Jay Evans

1.       Simone, M., Evans, J.D., Spivak, M. (2009) Resin collection and social immunity in honey bees (Evolution, in press).

2.       Evans, J.D., Spivak, M. (2009) Socialized Medicine: Individual and communal disease barriers in honey bees (Journal Invert. Pathol. in press).

3.       Evans, J.D., Chen, Y.P., Pettis, J.P., Williams, V. (2009) Bee cups: Single-use cages for honey bee experiments (J. Apicultural Res, in press).

4.       Ellis, J., Evans, J.D., Pettis, J.P. (2009) Reviewing colony losses and Colony Collapse Disorder in the United States (J. Apicultural Res, in press).

5.       Antúnez, K., Evans, J.D., Zunino, P. (2009) Secreted and immunogenic proteins produced by the honey bee bacterial pathogen, Paenibacillus larvae (Veterinary Microbiology, in press).

6.       Antúnez, K., Anido, M., Schlapp, G., Evans, J.D., Zunino, P. (2009) Characterization of secreted proteases of Paenibacillus larvae, potential virulence factors involved in honeybee larval infection (Journal Invert Pathol, in press).

7.       Johnson, R.M., Evans, J.D., Robinson, G.E., Berenbaum, M.R. (2009) Changes in Gene Expression Relating to Colony Collapse Disorder in honey bees, Apis mellifera (Proceedings of the Natl. Academy of Sciences, USA,106 (35) 14790-14795.

8.       van Engelsdorp, D., Evans, J.D., Saegerman, C., Mullin, C.,  Haubruge, E.,  Nguyen, B. K.. Frazier, M., Frazier, J., Cox-Foster, D., Chen, Y., Underwood, R., Tarpy, D.R., Pettis. J. S. (2009) Colony Collapse Disorder: a descriptive study, PLoS ONE 4 (8), art. no. e6481.

9.       Chen, Y.P., Evans, J. D., Zhou, L., Boncristiani, H., Kimura, K., Xiao, T. Q. G. Litkowski, A. M., and Pettis, J. S. (2009) Asymmetrical coexistence of Nosema ceranae and N. apis in honey bees, Journal Invert. Pathol., 101 (3), pp. 204-209.

10.   Viljakainen, L., Evans, J.D., Hasselmann, M., Rueppel, O., Tingek, S. Pamilo, P. (2009) Rapid evolution of immune proteins in social insects, Mol. Biol. Evol, 26 (8), pp. 1791-1801.

11.   Cornman, R.S., Street, C., Chen, Y., Zhao, Y., Schatz, M., Salzberg, S., Egholm, M, Hutchison, S., Pettis, J.P., Lipkin, W.I., Evans, J.D. (2009) Genomic analyses of the microsporidian Nosema ceranae, an emerging parasite of honey bees, PLoS Pathogens 5(6): e1000466. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000466.

12.   Chen, Y.P., Evans, J.D., Murphy, C.A., Gutell R., Zuker, M., Gundersen-Rindal, D.E., and Pettis, J. S. (2009) Morphological, molecular, and phylogenetic characterization of Nosema ceranae, a microsporidian parasite isolated from the European honey bee Apis mellifera, Journal Eukaryotic Microbiology, doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00374.x.

13.   Rehner, S., Evans, J.D.(2009) Microsatellite loci for the fungus, Ascosphaera apis, cause of honey bee chalkbrood disease, Molecular Ecology Resources, 9(3) 855-858.

14.   van Engelsdorp, D., Evans, J.D., Donovall, L., Mullin, C., Frazier, M., Frazier, J., Pettis, J., Tarpy, D.R. (2009) Entombed pollen: a new condition in honey bee colonies associated with increased risk of colony mortality, Journal Invert. Pathol. 101(2): 147-149.

15.   Palacios, G.P., Hui, J, Qan, PL, Kalkstein, A., Hokavuori, K.S., Bussetti, A.V., Conlan, S., Evans, J.D., Chen, Y.P., van Engelsdorp, D., Efrat, H., Pettis, J., Cox-Foster, D., Holmes, E.C., Briese, T., Lipkin, W.I. (2008) Genetic analysis of Israeli acute paralysis virus: distinct clusters are circulating in the United States, Journal Virology 82: 6209-6217.

16.   Navajas, M., Migeon, A., Alaux, C., Cros-Arteil, S., Martin-Magniette, M.L., Robinson, G.E., Evans, J.D., Crauser, D.,  Le Conte, Y. (2008) Differential gene expression of the honey bee Apis mellifera associated with Varroa destructor infection, BMC Genomics 9(1):301

17.   Teixeira, E.W., Chen, Y.P., Message, D., Pettis, J., Evans, J.D. (2008) Virus infections in Brazilian honey bees, Journal Invert. Pathol. 99: 117-119.

18.   Evans, J.D., Spiewok, S., Teixeira, E.W., Neumann, P. (2008) Microsatellite loci for the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida, a nest parasite of honey bees, Molecular Ecology Resources, 8: 698-700..

19.   Tribolium Genome Sequencing Consortium (2008) The first genome sequence of a beetle, Tribolium castaneum, a model for insect development and pest biology, Nature, 452, 949 - 955.

20.   Chen, Y.P., Evans, J.D., Smith, I. B.; and Pettis, J. S. (2008).  Nosema ceranae is a long-present and wide-spread microsporidian infection of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) in the United States. Journal Invertebrate Pathology 92:152-159.

21.   Chen, Y.P, Evans, J.D. (2007) Historical presence of Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus in honey bees from the United States, American Bee Journal, 147, 1027-1028.

22.   Sackton, T.B., Lazzaro, B.P., Schlenke, T.A., Evans, J.D., Hultmark, D., Clark, A.G. (2007) Dynamic evolution of the innate immune system in Drosophila, Nature Genetics, 12, 1461-1468.

23.   Drosophila Genome Sequencing Consortium (2007) Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny, Nature, 450(7167):203-18.

24.  Cox-Foster, D.L., Conlan, S., Holmes, E.C., Palacios, G., Evans, J.D., Moran, N.A., Quan, P., Briese, T., Hornig, M., Geiser, D.M., Martinson, V., vanEngelsdorp, D., Kalkstein, A.L., Drysdale, A., Hui, J., Zhai, J., Cui, L., Hutchison, S.K., Simons, J.F., Egholm, M., Pettis, J.S., Lipkin, W.I.(2007) A metagenomic survey of microbes in honey bee colony collapse disorder, Science, 318, 283-287.

25.  Zou, Z., Evans, J.D., Lu, Z., Zhao, P., Williams, M., Sumapthipala, NH., Hetru, C., Hultmark, D., Jiang, H. (2007) Comparative genomic analysis of the Tribolium immune system, Genome Biology, 8, R177.

26.  Chen, Y., Evans, J.D., Smith, I.B., Pettis, J.P. (2007) Nosema ceranae is a widespread parasite of honey bees in the United States, J. Invert. Pathology, 92:152-159.

27.  Evans, J.D., Pettis, J.S., Smith, I.B., (2007) Diagnostic genetic test for the honey bee tracheal mite, Acarapis woodi, J. Apicult. Research,46(3), 195-197.

28.   Moritz, R.F.A. and Evans, J.D. (2007) Honey bee genomics and breeding for resistance to viral infections, in  Aubert, M. and Moritz, R.F.A, eds. Bee Research and Virology, European Union Research Programme.

29.   Weaver, D.B., Anzola, J.M., Evans, J.D., Reese, J., Childs, K.L. Reid, J., Zdobnov, E., Samanta, M., Miller, J., Elsik, C.G. (2007) Computational and transcriptional evidence for microRNAs in the honeybee genome, Genome Biology, 8:6:R97.

30.   Chen, Y., Evans, J.D., Hamilton, M., Feldlaufer, M. (2007) The influence of RNA integrity on the detection of honey bee viruses:  Molecular assessment of different sample storage methods, J. Invert Pathology,46, 81-87.

31.   Decanini, L.I., Collins, A.M., Evans, J.D. (2007) Variation and heritability in immune-gene expression by diseased honey bees. J. Heredity, 98, 195-201.

32.   Haddad, N., Migdadi, H., Evans, J., Pettis, J. (2007) Genetic structure of Varroa mite populations in Apis mellifera syriaca, Adv. Environ. Biol. 1, 1-3.

33.   de Graaf, D.C., Alippi, A.M., Brown, M. , Evans, J.D., Feldlaufer, M., Gregorc, A., Hornitzky, M., Pernal, S.F., Schuch, D.M.T., Titĕra, D., Tomkies, V. Ritter, W. (2006) Diagnosis of American foulbrood in honey bees: A synthesis and proposed analytical protocols, Letters in Applied Microbiology,43:583-590.

34.   Honey Bee Genome Sequencing Consortium (2006) Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera, Nature 443, 931-949.

35.   Robinson, G.E, Evans, J.D., Maleszka, R., Robertson, H.M., Weaver, D.B, Worley, K. Gibbs, R.A., Weinstock, G.M. (2006) Sweetness and Light: Illuminating the honey bee genome, Insect Molecular Biology, 15:535-536.

36.   Qin, X, Evans, J.D., Aronstein, K.A., Murray, K.D, Weinstock, G.M. (2006) Genome sequences of the honey bee pathogens Paenibacillus larvae and Ascosphaera apis, Insect Molecular Biology, 15:715-718.

37.   Evans, J.D., Aronstein, K.A., Chen, Y., Hetru, C., Imler, J-L., Jiang, H., Kanost, M., Thompson, G., Zou, Z., Hultmark, D. (2006) Immune pathways and defence mechanisms in honey bees Apis mellifera. Insect Molecular Biology, 15:645-656.

38.   Cristino, A.S., Nunes, F., Lobo, C., Bitondi, M.M.G. Simões, Z.L.P., Evans, J.D., Hartfelder, K. (2006) Caste development and reproduction: a genome-wide analysis of hallmarks of insect eusociality. Insect Molecular Biology, 15:703-714.

39.   Collins, A.M., Caperna, T., Garrett, W., Williams, V., Evans, J.D. (2006) Proteomic analyses of male contributions to honey bee sperm storage and mating, Insect Molecular Biology, 15:541-550.

40.   Peiren N, de Graaf D.C., Evans, J.D., Jacobs F.J. (2006) Genomic and transcriptional analysis of protein heterogeneity of the honeybee venom allergen Api m 6. Insect Molecular Biology, 15:577-582.

41.   Wheeler, D.E., Buck, N., Evans, J.D. (2006) Expression of insulin pathway genes during the period of caste determination in the honey bee, Apis mellifera, Insect Molecular Biology, 15:597-602.

42.   Zou, Z., Lopez, D.L., Kanost, M.R., Evans, J.D., Jiang, H. (2006) Comparative analysis of serine protease-related genes in the honey bee genome: possible involvement in embryonic development and innate immunity, Insect Molecular Biology, 15:603-614.

43.   Evans, J.D. (2006) Beepath: An ordered quantitative-PCR array for exploring honey bee immunity and disease, J. Invert. Pathol 93, 135-139.

44.   Evans, J.D., Armstrong, T.A. (2006) Antagonistic interactions between honey bee bacterial symbionts and implications for disease, BMC Ecology 6:4.

45.   Chen, Y.P., Evans, J.D., Feldlaufer, M.F. (2006) Horizontal and vertical transfer of honey bee viruses, Journal. Invert Pathology, 92, 152-159.

46.   Evans, J.D., Maleszka, R., Robertson, H.M., Robinson, G.E., Weaver, D.B. (2006) Genome alert. Apidologie, 37, V-VI.

47.   Evans, J.D., Pettis, J.S. (2005) Colony-level impacts of immune responsiveness in honey bees, Apis mellifera. Evolution, 59(10), 2270-2274.

48.   Evans, J.D., Armstrong, T.A. (2005) Selective screening for honey bee bacterial symbionts that inhibit a key pathogen, Paenibacillus larvae, J. Apic Research, 44: 168-171.

49.   Evans, J.D. (2005) Beenome-mania: How will the Honey Bee Genome Project Help Beekeepers?, Bee World, 86(2) 25-26.

50.   Gregory, P.G., Evans, J.D., Rinderer, T., de Guzman, L. (2005) Conditional immune-gene suppression of honey bees parasitized by Varroa mites, J. Insect Science, 5, 7.

51.   Solignac, M, Cornuet,  J-M, Vautrin, D., Le Conte, Y., Anderson, D., Evans, J.D., Cros-Arteil, S., Navajas, M. (2005) The invasive Korea and Japan types of Varroa destructor, ectoparasitic mites of the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera), are two partially isolated clones, Proc. Royal Society, Series B, 272, 411-420.

52.   Chen, Y.; Zhao, Y., Hammond, J.; Hsu, H.T.; Evans, J.D.; Feldlaufer, M.F. (2004) Multiple virus infections in the honey bee and genome divergence of honey bee viruses, J. Invert Pathol, 87, 84-93.

53.   Evans, J.D., Lopez, D.L. (2004) Bacterial probiotics induce an immune response in the honey bee (Hymenoptera:Apidae), J. Econ. Entomology, 97,752-756.

54.   Evans, J.D., Shearman, D.B., Oldroyd, B.P. (2004) Molecular basis of sex determination in haplodiploids, Trends Ecol Evol, 19, 1-3.

55.   Chen, Y, Pettis, J.S., Evans, J.D., Kramer, M., Feldlaufer, M.F. (2004) Transmission of Kashmir Bee Virus by the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor Anderson and Trueman. Apidologie 35, 441-448.

56.   Evans, J.D. (2004) Transcriptional immune response by honey bee larvae during invasion by the bacterial pathogen, Paenibacillus larvae. J. Invert Pathol, 85, 105-111.

57.   Collins, A.M., Williams, V., Evans, J.D. (2004) Sperm storage and antioxidative enzyme expression in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. Insect Molecular Biology, 13, 141-146.

58.   Evans, J.D. (2003)  Diverse origins of oxytetracycline resistance in the honey bee pathogen Paenibacillus larvae.  J. Invert Pathol, 83, 46-50.

59.   Evans, J.D., Weaver, D.B. (2003) Beenome soon:  Honey bees as a model ‘non-model’ system for comparative genomics, Comp. Funct. Genomics, 4, 351-352.

60.   Evans, J.D., Pettis, J.S., Hood, W.M, Shimanuki, (2003) Tracking an invasive honey bee pest:  Mitochondrial DNA variation in North American small hive beetles.  Apidologie, 34(2), 103-109.

61.   Evans, J.D., Gundersen-Rindal, D. (2003) Beenomes to Bombyx:  Future directions in applied insect genomics. Genome Biology, 4, 107.

62.   Evans, J.D., Lopez, D.L. (2002) Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the important honey bee pest, Varroa destructor (Acari:Varroidae). Exp. Appl. Acarology, 7, 69-78.

63.   Evans, J.D. (2001) Genetic evidence for coinfection of honey bees by acute bee paralysis and Kashmir bee viruses. J. Invert. Pathol, 78, 189-193.

64.   Evans, J.D. (2001) Gene-expression approach to larval health and development in honey bees, in Moritz, R.F.A., ed., Molecular mechanisms of disease tolerance in honey bees, Bee Research Institute; Czech Republic, 43-50.

65.   Evans, J.D., Pettis, J., and Sonstegard, T. (2001) Use of microsatellite DNA loci to infer genetic structure in the honey bee parasitic mite Varroa destructor, in Moritz, R.F.A., ed., Molecular mechanisms of disease tolerance in honey bees, Bee Research Institute; Czech Republic, 37-42.

66.   Evans, J.D., and Wheeler, D. E. (2001). Gene expression and the evolution of insect polyphenisms. BioEssays, 23(1), 62-68.

67.   Evans, J.D., Pettis, J. S., and Shimanuki, H. (2000). Mitochondrial DNA relationships in an emergent pest of honey bees: Aethina tumida (COLEOPTERA: NITIDULIDAE) from the United States and Africa. Annals of the Ent. Soc. of Amer., 93, 415-420.

68.   Evans, J.D. (2000). Microsatellite DNA loci for the honey bee parasitic mite Varroa jacobsoni. Molecular Ecology. 9, 1436-1438.

69.   Evans, J.D., and Hung, A.C. (2000). Molecular phylogenetics and the classification of honey bee viruses. Archives Virology, 145, 2015-2026.

70.   Evans, J.D., and Wheeler, D. E. (2000). Expression profiles during the honeybee caste program. Genome Biology, 2(1), 1-6.

71.   Evans, J.D., DeGrandi-Hoffman, G., and Wheeler, D.E. (2000). Honey bee queen production:  Tight genes or too much food? Amer. Bee Journal, 140(1), 136-137.

72.   Evans, J.D., and Wheeler, D. E. (1999). Differential gene expression between developing queens and workers in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA), 96, 5575-5580.