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Allen J. Moore

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Distinguished Research Professor
Department of Entomology
Associate Dean for Research, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences
Postdoc (1989-1990), Washington University School of Medicine
Postdoc (1988-1989), Northwestern University Medical School
Ph.D. (1988) University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Editor-in-Chief, Ecology and Evolution (Wiley Open Access) (2011-current)
  • Editorial Board, Oxford Bibliographies in Evolutionary Biology (2013-2015)
  • Founding Board of Editors, Oxford Bibliographies in Evolutionary Biology (2012)
  • Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) (2007-2011)
  • Editor, Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2005-2007)
  • Editor, Animal Behaviour (2003-2006)

 

  • Lamar Dodd Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Sciences, University of Georgia (2017)
  • Distinguished Research Professor, University of Georgia (2014)
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012)
  • T. P. Cooper Outstanding Research Award, University of Kentucky (1996)
  • American Society of Naturalists, Young Investigator Award (1989)
  • NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Biology (1989)
  • University of Colorado Outstanding Ph.D. Research (1988)
  • NIMH Predoctoral Fellowship in Behavioral Genetics (1985-1988)

 

Research Interests -

  • The A.J. Moore laboratory studies evolution and genetics of traits expressed in and influencing social interactions. We address the evolution of social interactions from quantitative genetic models to molecular genetics. We are also interested in the genetics, development and evolution of differences between the sexes (including sexual dimorphism, sexual signaling and parental care) and in the genetic basis and consequences of sexual selection.
Research Areas:
Research Interests:

Evolutionary biology & behavior genetics; molecular and quantitative genetic studies of complex traits, especially social interactions (parenting, mating behavior, communication); development of behavior; theoretical investigations of complex trait evolution

Selected Publications:

Books

  • Losos, J., Baum, D. A., Futuyma, D. J., Hoekstra, H. E., Lenski, R. E., Moore, A. J., Peichel, C, L., Schluter, D., & Whitlock, M. J. (editors). 2013. Princeton Guide to Evolution. Princeton University Press.

  • Székely, T., A. J. Moore & J. Komdeur (eds) 2010. Social Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution. Cambridge University Press.

Journal Articles:

  • Benowitz, K. M., A. U. Amukamara, E. C. McKinney & A. J. Moore. 2019. Development and the effects of extended parenting in the cold-breeding burying beetle Nicrophorus sayi. Ecological Entomology 44: 11-16.

  • Benowitz, K. M., E. C. McKinney, C. B. Cunningham & A. J. Moore. 2019. Predictable gene expression related to behavioural variation in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides. Behavioral Ecology 30: 402-407.

  • Bewick, A.J., Z. Sanchez, E. C. McKinney, A. J. Moore, R. J. Schmitz & P. J. Moore. 2019. Dnmt1 is essential for egg production and embryo viability in the large milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus. Epigenetics & Chromatin 12:6 doi:10.1186/s13072-018-0246-5.

  • Carter, M. J., A. J. Wilson, A. J. Moore & N. J. Royle. 2019. The role of indirect genetic effects in the evolution of interacting reproductive behaviors in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides. Ecology and Evolution 9: 998-1009 (DOI:10.1002/ece3.4731).

  • Cunningham, C. B., L. Ji, E. C. McKinney, K. M. Benowitz, R. J. Schmitz & A. J. Moore. 2019. Changes of gene expression but not cytosine methylation are associated with male parental care reflecting behavioural state, social context, and individual flexibility. Journal of Experimental Biology 222, jeb188649. doi:10.1242/jeb.188649.

  • Moore, A. J. & K. M. Benowitz. 2019. From phenotype to genotype: the precursor hypothesis predicts genetic influences that facilitates transitions to social behaviour. Current Opinion in Insect Science, in press.

  • Ziadie, M. A., F. Ebot-Ojong, E. C. McKinney & A. J. Moore. 2019. Evolution of personal and social immunity in the context of parental care. American Naturalist 193: 296-308.

  • Bailey, N. W. & A. J. Moore. 2018. Evolutionary consequences of social isolation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 33: 595-607.

  • Bailey, N. W., L. Marie-Orleach & A. J. Moore. 2018. Indirect genetic effects in behavioural ecology: Does behaviour play a special role in evolution? Behavioral Ecology 29: 1-11. doi:10.1093/beheco/arx127.

  • Bailey, N. W., L. Marie-Orleach & A. J. Moore. 2018. If everything is special, is anything special? A response to comments on Bailey et al. Behavioral Ecology 29: 17-18. doi:10.1093/beheco/arx191

  • Benowitz, K. M., M. E. Sparks, E. C. McKinney, P. J. Moore & A. J. Moore. 2018. Variation in mandible development and its relationship to dependence on parents across burying beetles. Ecology and Evolution 8: 12832-12840.

  • Benowitz, K. M., E. C. McKinney, E. M. Roy-Zokan, C. B. Cunningham & A. J. Moore. 2017. The role of lipid metabolism during parental care in two species of burying beetle (Nicrophorus spp.). Animal Behaviour 129: 143-149.

  • Bacigalupe, L. D., A. J. Moore, R. F. Nespolo, E. L. Rezende & F. Bozinovic. 2017. Quantitative genetic modelling of the parental care hypothesis for the evolution of endothermy. Frontiers in Physiology 8: 1006. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.

  • Benowitz, K. M., E. C. McKinney, C. B. Cunningham & A. J. Moore. 2017. Relating quantitative variation within a behavior to variation in transcription. Evolution 71: 1999-2009.

  • Bewick, A. J., K. J. Vogel, A. J. Moore & R. J. Schmitz. 2017. Evolution of DNA methylation across insects. Molecular Biology & Evolution 34: 656-664. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msw264

  • Cunningham, C. B., M. Badgett, R. B. Meagher, R. Orlando & A. J. Moore. 2017. Ethological principles predict the neuropeptides co-opted to influence parenting. Nature Communications 8:14225 | DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14225.

  • Mehlferber, E. C., K. M. Benowitz, E. M. Roy-Zokan, E. C. McKinney, C. B. Cunningham & A. J. Moore. 2017. Duplication and sub/neofunctionalization of Malvolio, an insect equivalent of Nramp, in the subsocial beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides. G3 7:3393-3403. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300183

  • Moore, A. J., J. Firn & A. Beckerman. 2017. Academic practice in ecology and evolution: soliciting a new category of manuscript. Ecology and Evolution 7: 5030-5031.

  • Benowitz, K. M., E. C. McKinney & A. J. Moore. 2016. Differences in parenting in two species of burying beetle, Nicrophorus orbicollis and Nicrophorus vespilloides. Journal of Ethology 34: 315-319.

  • Benowitz, K. M., & A. J. Moore. 2016. Biparental care is predominant and beneficial to parents in the burying beetle Nicrophorus orbicollis (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 119: 1082-1088.

  • Cunningham, C. B., K. VanDenHeuvel, D. B. Khana, E. C. McKinney & A. J. Moore. 2016. The role of neuropeptide F in a transition to parental care. Biology Letters 12: 20160158.

  • Hopwood, P. E., M. L. Head, E. J. Jordan, M. J. Carter, E. Davey, A. J. Moore & N. J. Royle. 2016. Selection on an antagonistic behavioral trait can drive rapid genital coevolution in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides.  Evolution 70: 1180-1188.

  • Hopwood, P. E., G. P. F. Mazué, M. J. Carter, M. L. Head, A. J. Moore, & N. J. Royle. 2016. Do female Nicrophorus vespilloides reduce direct costs by choosing males that mate less frequently? Biology Letters 12: 20151064.

  • Hopwood, P. E., A. J. Moore, T. Tregenza & N. J. Royle. 2016. The effect of size and sex-ratio experiences on reproductive competition in Nicrophorus vespilloides burying beetles in the wild. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 29: 541-550.

  • Hopwood, P. E., A. J. Moore, T. Tregenza & N. J. Royle. 2016. Niche variation and the maintenance of variation in body size in burying beetles. Ecological Entomology 41: 96-104.

  • Miller, C. W., G. C. McDonald & A. J. Moore. 2016. The tale of the shrinking weapon: seasonal changes in nutrition affect weapon size and sexual dimorphism, but not evolvability. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 29: 2266-2275.

  • Moore, A. J. & A. P. Beckerman. 2016. Ecology and Evolution in an open world (or: why supplementary data are evil). Ecology and Evolution 6: 2655-2656.

  • Royle, N. J., S. H. Alonzo & A. J. Moore. 2016. Co-evolution, conflict and complexity: what have we learned about the evolution of parental care behaviours? Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 12: 30-36.

  • Shaw, R. G., A. J. Moore, M. Noor, M. G. Ritchie. 2016. Transparency and reproducibility in evolutionary research. Ecology and Evolution 6: 4605-4606.

  • Whitlock, M. C., J. L. Bronstein, E. M. Bruna, A. M. Ellison, C. W. Fox. M. A. McPeek. A. J. Moore, M. A F. Noor, M. D. Rausher, L. H. Rieseberg, M. G. Ritchie, R. G. Shaw. 2016. A balanced data archiving policy for long-term studies. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31: 84-85.

  • Benowitz, K. M., K. J. Moody & A. J. Moore. 2015. The evolution of species differences in maternal effects. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28: 503-509.

  • Carter, M. J., M. L. Head, A. J. Moore & N. J. Royle. 2015, Behavioural plasticity and GxE of reproductive tactics in Nicrophorus vespilloides burying beetles. Evolution 69: 969-978.

  • Cunningham, C. B., M. K. Douthit & A. J. Moore. 2015. Expression of octopaminergic receptor genes in four non-neural tissues in the beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides. Insect Science 22: 495-502.

  • Cunningham, C. B., L. Ji, R. A. W. Wiberg, J. M. Shelton, E. C. McKinney, D. J. Parker, R. B. Meagher, K. M. Benowitz, E. M. Roy-Zokan, M. G. Ritchie, S. J. Brown, R. J. Schmitz, A. J. Moore. The genome and methylome of a beetle with complex social behavior, Nicrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Genome Biology and Evolution doi:10.1093/gbe/evv194

  • Flores, E. E., M. Stevens, A. J. Moore, H. M. Rowland & J. D. Blount. 2015. Body size but not warning signal luminance influences predation risk in recently metamorphosed poison frogs. Ecology and Evolution 5:4603-4616.

  • Hopwood, P. E., A. J. Moore, T. Tregenza & N. J. Royle. 2015. Male burying beetles extend, not reduce, parental care duration when reproductive competition is high. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28: 1394-1402.

  • Newcombe, D., P. J. Moore & A. J. Moore. 2015. The role of maternal effects in adaptation to different diets. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 114: 202-211.

  • Newcombe, D., J. Hunt, C. Mitchell & A. J. Moore. 2015. Maternal effects and maternal selection arising from variation in allocation of free amino acids to eggs. Ecology and Evolution 5: 2397-2410.

  • Parker, D. J., C. B. Cunningham, C. A. Walling, C. E. Stamper, M. L. Head, E. M. Roy-Zokan, E. C., McKinney, M. G. Ritchie, A. J. Moore. 2015. Transcriptomes of parents identify parenting strategies and sexual conflict in a subsocial beetle. Nature Communications 6:8449 doi: 10.1038/ncomms9449.

  • Roy-Zokan, E. M., C. B. Cunningham, L. E. Hebb, E. C. McKinney & A. J. Moore. 2015. Vitellogenin and vigellogenin receptor gene expression is associated with male and female parenting in a subsocial insect. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 20150787. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0787.

  • Addesso, K. M., K. A. Short, A. J. Moore & C. W. Miller. 2014. Context-dependent female mate preferences in leaf-footed cactus bug. Behaviour 151: 479-492.

  • Cunningham, C. B., M. K. Douthit & A. J. Moore. 2014. Octopaminergic gene expression and flexible social behaviour in the subsocial beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides. Insect Molecular Biology 23: 391-404.

  • Gillespie, S., M. Tudor, A. J. Moore & C. W. Miller. 2014. Sexual selection is influenced by both developmental and adult environments. Evolution 68:3421-3432.

  • Head, M., C. Hinde, A. J. Moore & N. J. Royle. 2014. Correlated evolution in parental care in females but not males in response to selection on paternity assurance behaviour. Ecology Letters 17: 803-810.

  • Hopwood, P. E., A. J. Moore & N. J. Royle. 2014. Effects of resource variation during early life and adult social environment on contest outcomes in burying beetles. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281: 20133102. (doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.3102).

  • McGlothlin, J. W, J. B. Wolf, E. D. Brodie III & A. J. Moore. 2014.  Quantitative genetic versions of Hamilton's rule with empirical applications. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 369 20130358 (doi:10.1098/rstb.2013.0358).

  • Attisano, A. A., T. Tregenza, A. J. Moore & P. J. Moore. 2013. Oosorption and migratory strategy of the milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus. Animal Behaviour 86: 651-657.

  • Bacigalupe, L. D., K. Barrientos, A. P. Beckerman, M. Carter, C. C. Figueroa, S. P. Foster, A. J. Moore, A. X. Silva & R. F. Nespolo. 2013. Can invasions occur without change? A comparison of G matrices and selection in the peach-potato aphid, Myzus persicae. Ecology and Evolution 3: 5109-5118.

  • Benowitz, K., M. L. Head, C. Williams, A. J. Moore & N. J. Royle. 2013. Male age mediates reproductive investment and response to paternity assurance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280: 20131124 (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1124).

  • Bleakley, B. H., S. M. Welter, K. McCauley-Cole, S. M. Shuster & A. J. Moore. 2013. Cannibalism as an interacting phenotype: pre-cannibalistic aggression is influenced by social partners in the endangered Socorro isopod (Thermosphaeroma theromophilum). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26: 832-842.

  • Flores, E. E., M. Stevens, A. J. Moore, & J. D. Blount. 2013. Diet, development and the optimisation of warning signals in post-metamorphic green and black poison frogs. Functional Ecology 27: 816-829.

  • Hopwood, P. E., A. J. Moore & N. J. Royle. 2013. Nutrition during sexual maturation affects competitive ability but not reproductive productivity in burying beetles. Functional Ecology 27: 1350-1357.

  • Komdeur, J., M. J. J. Schrama, K. Meijer, A. J. Moore & L. W. Beukeboom. 2013. Co-breeding in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides: Tolerance rather than cooperation. Ethology 119: 1138-1148.

  • Moore, A. J. 2013. Genetic influences on social dominance: cow wars. Heredity 110: 1-2.

  • Moore, A. J., L. D. Bacigalupe & R. R. Snook. 2013. Integrated and independent evolution of heteromorphic sperm types. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280: 20131647. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1647)

  • Newcombe, D., J. D. Blount, C. Mitchell & A. J. Moore. 2013. Chemical defence in the large milkweed bug Oncopeltus fasciatus (Dallas) derives from maternal but not paternal diet. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 149: 197-205.

  • Attisano, A., A. J. Moore & P. J. Moore. 2012. Reproduction-longevity trade-offs reflect diet, not adaptation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25: 873-880.

  • Bailey, N. W. & A. J. Moore. 2012. Runaway sexual selection without genetic correlations: social environments and flexible mate choice initiate and enhance the Fisher process. Evolution 66: 2674-2684.

  • Flores, E. E., A. J. Moore & J. D. Blount. 2012. Unusual whitish eggs in the poison frog Dendrobates auratus Gerard, 1855. Tropical Zoology 25: 67-73.

  • Head, M. L., L. K. Berry, N. J. Royle & A. J. Moore. 2012. Paternal care: direct and indirect genetic effects of fathers on offspring performance. Evolution 66: 3570-3581.

  • Hunt, J., R. R. Snook, C. Mitchell, H. S. Crudgington & A. J. Moore. 2012. Sexual selection and experimental evolution of chemical signals in Drosophila pseudoobscura. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25: 2232-2241.

  • Procter, D. S., A. J. Moore & C.W. Miller. 2012. The form of sexual selection arising from male-male competition depends on the presence of females in the social environment. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25: 803-812.

  • Abbot, P. et al. 2011. Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality. Nature 471:E1-E4.

  • House, C. M., B. H. Bleakley, C. A. Walling, T. A. R. Price, C. E. Stamper & A. J. Moore. 2011. The influence of maternal effects on indirect benefits associated with polyandry. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278 : 1177-1182.

  • Moore, A. J. 2011. Open debate and progress in ecology and evolution. Ecology and Evolution 1:doi:10.1002/ece3.5

  • South, S. H., C. M. House, A. J. Moore, S. J. Simpson & J. Hunt. 2011. Male cockroaches prefer a high carbohydrate diet that makes them more attractive to females: implications for the study of condition dependence. Evolution 65: 1594-1606.

  • McGlothlin, J. W., A. J. Moore, J. B. Wolf & E. D. Brodie III 2010. Interacting phenotypes and the evolutionary process. III. Social evolution. Evolution 64: 2558-2574.

  • Moore, A. J. 2010. What would Darwin do? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 1-5.

  • Moore, A. J., M. A. McPeek, L. Reiseberg & M. C. Whitlock 2010. The need for archiving data in evolutionary biology. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 659-660.

  • Rausher, M. D., M. A. McPeek, A. J. Moore, L. Rieseberg & M. C. Whitlock 2010. Data archiving. Evolution 64: 603-604.

  • Snook, R. R., L. D. Bacigalupe & A. J. Moore 2010. The quantitative genetics and coevolution of male and female reproductive traits. Evolution 64: 1926-1934.

  • Whitlock, M. C., M. A. McPeek, M. D. Rausher, L. Rieseberg & A. J. Moore. 2010. Data archiving. American Naturalist 175: 145-146.

  • Barrett, E. L. B., A. J. Moore & P. J. Moore 2009. Diet and social conditions during sexual maturation have unpredictable influences on female life history trade-offs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 571-581.

  • Barrett, E. L. B., A. J. Moore & P. J. Moore 2009. Does the scent of a potential mate prevent the resoprtion of oocytes by apoptosis in Nauphoeta cinerea (Oliver)? Insect Science 16: 393-398.

  • Barrett, E. L. B., A. J. Moore & P. J. Moore 2009. A potential function for oocyte apoptosis in unmated Nauphoeta cinereaPhysiological Entomology 34: 272-277.

  • Barrett, E. L. B., J. Hunt, A. J. Moore & P. J. Moore 2009. Effects of nutrition during juvenile and sexual development on female life-history trajectories: the thrifty phenotype in a cockroach. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276: 3257-3264.

  • Edvardsson, M., J. Hunt, A. J. Moore & P. J. Moore 2009. Quantitative genetic variation in the control of ovarian apoptosis under different environments. Heredity 103: 217-222.

  • House, C. M., C. A. Walling, C. E. Stamper & A. J. Moore 2009. Females benefit from multiple mating but not multiple mates in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 1961-1966.

  • Hunt, J., C. J. Breuker, J. A. Sadowski & A. J. Moore 2009. Male-male competition, female mate choice and their interaction: determining total sexual selection. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 13-26.

  • McPeek, M. A., D. L. DeAngelis, R. G. Shaw, A. J. Moore, M. D. Rausher, D. R. Strong, A. M. Ellison, L. Barrett, L. Rieseberg, M. D. Breed, J. Sullivan, C. W. Osenberg, M. Holyoak & M. A. Elgar 2009. The golden rule of reviewing. American Naturalist 173: E155-E158.

  • Walling, C. A., C. E. Stamper, C. Salisbury & A. J. Moore 2009. Experience does not alter alternative mating tactics in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides. Behavioral Ecology 20: 153-159.

  • Bacigalupe, L. D., H. S. Crudginton, J. Slate, A. J. Moore & R. R. Snook. 2008. Sexual selection and interacting phenotypes in experimental evolution: a study of Drosophila pseudoobscura mating behavior. Evolution 62: 1804-1812.

  • Barrett, E. L. B., R. F. Preziosi, A. J. Moore & P. J. Moore 2008. Effects of mating delay and nutritional signals on resource recycling in a cyclically breeding cockroach. Journal of Insect Physiology 54: 25-31.

  • Edvardsson, M., J. Hunt, P. J. Moore & A. J. Moore 2008. Female agreement over male attractiveness is not affected by cost of mating with experienced males. Behavioral Ecology 19: 854-859.

  • Gibbs, M., C. J. Breuker, P. T. Smiseth & A. J. Moore 2008. Does sibling competition have a sex-specific effect on offspring growth and development in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides? Entomologia Experimentalis et Applica 126: 158-164.

  • House, C. M., G. M. V. Evans, P. T. Smiseth, C. E. Stamper, C. A. Walling & A. J. Moore 2008. The evolution of repeated mating in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides. Evolution 62: 2004-2014.

  • Montrose, V. T., W. E. Harris, A. J. Moore & P. J. Moore 2008. Sperm competition within a dominance hierarchy: investment in social status versus investment in ejaculates. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 1290-1296.

  • Smiseth, P. T. & A. J. Moore 2008. Parental distribution of resources in relation to hunger and size rank in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides. Ethology 114: 789-796.

  • Walling, C. A., C. E. Stamper, P. T. Smiseth & A. J. Moore. 2008. Genetic architecture of sex differences in parental care. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 105: 18430-18435.

  • Bacigalupe, L. D, H. S. Crudington, F. Hunter, A. J. Moore, & R. R. Snook 2007. Sexual conflict does not drive reproductive isolation in experimental populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20: 1763-1771.

  • Gowaty, P. A., W. W. Anderson, C. K. Blum, L. C. Drickamer, Y.-K. Kim, & A. J. Moore 2007. The hypothesis of reproductive compensation and its assumptions about mate preferences and offspring viability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104: 15023-15027.

  • Harris, W. E., A. J. Moore & P. J. Moore 2007. Variation in sperm size within and between ejaculates in a cockroach. Functional Ecology  21: 598-602.

  • House, C. M., J. Hunt & A. J. Moore 2007. Sperm competition, alternative mating tactics, and context-dependent fertilisation success in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274: 1309-1315.

  • Hunt, J., J. B. Wolf & A. J. Moore 2007. The biology of multivariate evolution. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20: 24-27.

  • Lock, J. E., P. T. Smiseth, P. J. Moore & A. J. Moore 2007. Coadaptation of prenatal and postnatal maternal effects. American Naturalist 170: 709-718.

  • Miller, C. W. & A. J. Moore 2007. A potential resolution to the lek paradox through indirect genetic effects. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274: 1279-1286.

  • Moore, P. J., W. E. Harris & A. J. Moore 2007. The cost of keeping eggs fresh: quantitative genetic variation in females that mate late relative to sexual maturation. American Naturalist 169: 311-322.

  • Oldekop, J. A., P. T. Smiseth, H. D. Piggins & A. J. Moore 2007. Adaptive switch from infancticide to parental care: How do beetles time their behaviour? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20: 1998-2004.

  • Smiseth, P. T., L. Lennox & A. J. Moore 2007. Interaction between parental care and sibling competition: parents enhance offspring growth and exacerbate sibling competition. Evolution 61: 2331-2339.

  • Smiseth, P. T. & A. J. Moore 2007. Signalling of hunger by senior and junior larvae in asynchronous broods of the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides. Animal Behaviour 74: 699-705.

  • Smiseth, P. T., R. J. S. Ward & A. J. Moore 2007. Parents influence asymmetric sibling competition: Experimental evidence with partially dependent young. Ecology 88: 3174-3182.

  • Astles, P. A., A. J. Moore & R. F Preziosi 2006. A comparison of methods to estimate cross environment genetic correlations.  Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19: 114-122.

  • Gibbs M., L. A. Lace, M. J. Jones & A. J. Moore 2006. Multiple host plant use may arise from gender-specific fitness effects. Journal of Insect Science 6:04, insectscience.org/6.04.

  • Lessells, C.M. et al. 2006. Debating sexual selection and mating strategies. Science 312: 689-690.

  • Smiseth, P. T., S. Musa & A. J. Moore 2006. Negotiation between parents: does the timing of mate loss affect female compensation in Nicrophorus vespilloides? Behavior 143: 293-301.

  • Smiseth, P. T., R. J. S. Ward & A. J. Moore 2006. Asynchronous hatching in Nicrophorus vespilloides, an insect in which parents provide food for their offspring.  Functional Ecology 20: 151-156.

  • Astles, P. A., A. J. Moore & R. F Preziosi 2005.  Genetic variation in traits responding to an indirect ecological effect.  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 272: 2577-2581.

  • Gibbs M., L. A. Lace, M. J. Jones & A. J. Moore 2005. Egg size-number trade-off and a decline in oviposition site choice quality: Female Pararge aegeria butterflies pay a cost of having males present at oviposition.  Journal of Insect Science 5:39, insectscience.org/5.39.

  • Kölliker, M., E. D. Brodie III, & A. J. Moore 2005. The coadaptation of parental supply and offspring demand.  American Naturalist 166: 506-516.

  • Moore, A. J. & T. Pizzari 2005.  Quantitative genetic models of sexual conflict based on interacting phenotypes.  American Naturalist 165: S88-S97.

  • Smiseth, P. T., C. Dawson, E. Varley & A. J. Moore 2005.  How do caring parents respond to mate loss? Differential response by males and females.  Animal Behaviour 69: 551-559.

  • Lock, J. E., P. T. Smiseth & A. J. Moore 2004.  Selection, inheritance and the evolution of parent-offspring interactions.  American Naturalist 164: 13-24.

  • Gibbs, M., L. A. Lace, M. J. Jones & A. J. Moore 2004.  Intraspecific competition in the speckled wood butterfly Parage aegeria: effect of rearing density and gender on larval life history.  Journal of Insect Science 4(16): 1-6.

  • Gibbs, M., L. A. Lace, M. J. Jones & A. J. Moore 2004. Differences in search behaviour of the two Madeiran speckled butterflies, Pararge aegeria and Pararge xiphia (Lepidoptera: Satyridae), implications for interspecific competition? Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal 55: 5-15.

  • Moore, A. J. 2004.  All in the family.  Nature 427: 517-518.

  • Moore, P. J., W. E. Harris, V. T. Montrose, D. Levin & A. J. Moore 2004.  Constraints on evolution and post-copulatory sexual selection: trade-offs among ejaculate characteristics.  Evolution 58: 1773-1780.

  • Rauter, C. M. & A. J. Moore 2004. Time constraints and trade-offs among parental care behaviours: effects of brood size, sex, and loss of mate.  Animal Behaviour 68: 695-702.

  • Smiseth, P. T. & A. J. Moore 2004. Behavioral dynamics between caring males and females in a beetle with facultative biparental care.  Behavioral Ecology 15: 621-628.

  • Smiseth, P. T. & A. J. Moore 2004. Signalling of hunger when offspring forage by both begging and self-feeding. Animal Behaviour 67: 1083-1088.

  • Moore, A. J., P. A. Gowaty & P. J. Moore 2003. Females avoid manipulative males and live longer.  Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16: 523-530.

  • Moore, P. J. & A. J. Moore 2003.  Developmental flexibility and the effect of social environment on fertility and fecundity in parthenogenetic reproduction.  Evolution & Development 5: 163-168.

  • Smiseth, P. T., C. T. Darwell & A. J. Moore 2003.  Partial begging: An empirical model for the early evolution of offspring begging.  Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 270: 1773-1777.

  • Beeler, A. E., C. M. Rauter & A. J. Moore 2002.  Mate discrimination by females in the burying beetle Nicrophorus orbicollis: the influence of male size on attractiveness to females.  Ecological Entomology 27: 1-6.

  • Boake, C. R. B., F. Breden & A. J. Moore 2002.  Behavior genetics for behavioral ecologists.  American Naturalist 160: i.

  • Boake, C. R. B., S. J. Arnold, F. Breden, L. M. Meffert, M. J. Ritchie, B. Taylor, J. B. Wolf & A. J. Moore 2002.  Genetic tools for studying adaptation and the evolution of behavior.  American Naturalist 160: S143-S159.

  • Evenden, M. L., B. G. Spohn, A. J. Moore, R. F. Preziosi & K. F. Haynes 2002.  Inheritance and evolution of male response to sex pheromone in Trichoplusia ni (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).  Chemoecology 12: 53-59.

  • Moore, A. J., K. F. Haynes, R. F. Preziosi & P. J. Moore 2002.  The evolution of interacting phenotypes: genetics and evolution of social dominance.  American Naturalist 160: S186-S197.

  • Moore, A. J. & P. Kukuk 2002.  Quantitative genetic analysis in natural populations. Nature Reviews Genetics 3: 971-978.

  • Rauter, C. M. & A. J. Moore 2002.  Quantitative genetics of growth and development time in the burying beetle Nicrophorus pustulatus in the presence and absence of post-hatching parental care.  Evolution 56: 96-110.

  • Rauter, C. M. & A. J. Moore 2002.  Evolutionary importance of parental care performance, food resources, and direct and indirect genetic effects in a burying beetle.  Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15: 407-417.

  • Sadowski, J. A., J. L. Grace & A. J. Moore 2002. Complex courtship behavior in the striped ground cricket, Allonemobius socius (Orthoptera: Gryllidae): Does social environment affect male and female behavior? Journal of Insect Behavior 15: 69-84.

  • Smiseth, P. T. & A. J. Moore 2002. Does resource availability affect offspring begging and parental provisioning in a partially begging species?  Animal Behaviour 63: 577-585.

  • Corley, L. S., J. R. Blankenship & A. J. Moore  2001 Genetic variation and asexual reproduction in the facultatively parthenogenetic cockroach Nauphoeta cinerea: Implications for the evolution of sex.  Journal of Evolutionary Biology 14:68-74.

  • Gemeno, C., A. J. Moore, R. F. Preziosi & K. F. Haynes 2001.  Quantitative genetics of signal evolution: a comparison of the pheromonal signal in two populations of the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni. Behavior Genetics 31:157-165.

  • Moore, A. J., P. A. Gowaty, W. Wallin, & P. J. Moore 2001. Sexual conflict and the evolution of female mate choice and male dominance.  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 268:517-523.

  • Moore, P. J. & A. J. Moore 2001. Reproductive aging and mating: the ticking of the biological clock in female cockroaches.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 98:9171-9176.

  • Wolf, J. B., W. A. Frankino, A. F. Agrawal, E. D. Brodie III & A. J. Moore 2001.  Developmental interactions and the constituents of quantitative variation.  Evolution 55:232-245.

  • Snyder, W.E., S. B. Joseph, R. F. Preziosi & A. J. Moore  2000.  Nutritional benefits of cannibalism for the lady beetle Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) when prey quality is poor.  Environmental Entomology 29:1173-1179.

  • Beeler, A. E., C. M. Rauter & A. J. Moore 1999. Pheromonally-mediated mate attraction by males of the burying beetle Nicrophorus orbicollis: Alternative calling tactics conditional on both intrinsic and extrinsic factors.  Behavioral Ecology 10: 578-584.

  • Corley, L. S., J. R. Blankenship, A. J. Moore & P. J. Moore 1999.  Developmental constraints on the mode of reproduction in the facultatively parthenogenetic cockroach Nauphoeta cinereaEvolution & Development 1: 90-99.

  • Corley, L. S. & A. J. Moore 1999.  Fitness of alternative modes of reproduction: Developmental constraints and the evolutionary maintenance of sex.  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 266: 471-476.

  • Joseph, S. B., W. E. Snyder & A. J. Moore 1999.  Cannibalizing Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) larvae use endogenous cues to avoid eating relatives.  Journal of Evolutionary Biology 12: 792-797.

  • Moore, A. J. & P. J. Moore 1999.  Balancing sexual selection through opposing mate choice and male competition.  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 266: 711-716.

  • Preziosi, R. F., W. E. Snyder, C. P. Grill & A. J. Moore 1999.  The fitness of manipulating phenotypes: Implications for studies of fluctuating asymmetry and multivariate selection.  Evolution 53: 1312-1318.

  • Rauter, C. M. & A. J. Moore 1999.  Do honest signalling models of offspring solicitation apply to insects?  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 266: 1691-1696.

  • Sadowski, J. A., A. J. Moore & E. D. Brodie III 1999.  The evolution of empty nuptial gifts in a dance fly, Empis snoddyi (Diptera: Empididae): Bigger isn’t always better.  Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 45:161-166.

  • Wagner, J. D., M. D. Glover, J. B. Moseley, & A. J. Moore 1999.  Heritability and fitness consequences of cannibalism in Harmonia axyridisEvolutionary Ecology Research 1:375-388.

  • Wolf, J. B., E. D. Brodie III & A. J. Moore 1999.  Interacting phenotypes and the evolutionary process. II.  Selection resulting from social interactions.  American Naturalist 153:254-266.

  • Wolf, J. B., E. D. Brodie III & A. J. Moore 1999.  The role of maternal and paternal effects in the evolution of parental quality by sexual selection.  Journal of Evolutionary Biology 12: 1157-1167.

  • Grill, C. P. & A. J. Moore 1998.  Effects of a larval antipredator response and larval diet on adult phenotype in an aposematic ladybird beetle.  Oecologica 114:274-282.

  • Wolf, J. B., E. D. Brodie III, J. M. Cheverud, A. J. Moore & M. J. Wade 1998.  Evolutionary consequences of indirect genetic effects.  Trends in Ecology & Evolution 13:64-69.

  • Clark, D. C., S. J. DeBano, & A. J. Moore 1997.  The influence of environmental quality on sexual selection in Nauphoeta cinerea (Dictyoptera: Blaberidae).  Behavioral Ecology 8:46-53.

  • Grill, C. P., A. J. Moore & E. D. Brodie III 1997. Genetic aspects of phenotypic plasticity in a colonising population of the ladybird Harmonia axyridisHeredity 78:261-269.

  • Moore, A. J. 1997.  The evolution of social signals: morphological, functional and genetic integration of the sex pheromone in Nauphoeta cinereaEvolution 51:1920-1928.

  • Moore, A. J., E. D. Brodie III & J. B. Wolf 1997. Interacting phenotypes and the evolutionary process: I. direct and indirect genetic effects of social interactions. Evolution 51:1352-1362.

  • Moore, P. J., N. L. Reagan-Wallin, K. F. Haynes & A. J. Moore 1997.  Odour conveys status on cockroaches.  Nature 389:25.

  • Spohn, B. G. & A. J. Moore 1997.  Environmental effects on agonistic interactions between males of the cockroach Nauphoeta cinereaEthology 103:855-864.

  • Wolf, J. B., A. J. Moore & E. D. Brodie III 1997.  The evolution of indicator traits for parental quality: the role of maternal and paternal effects. American Naturalist 150:639-649.

  • Brodie, E. D. III & A. J. Moore 1995.  Experimental studies of coral snake mimicry: Do snakes mimic millipedes?  Animal Behaviour 49:534-536.

  • Brodie, E. D. III, A. J. Moore, & F. J. Janzen 1995. Visualizing and quantifying natural selection.  Trends in Ecology & Evolution 10:313-318. 

  • Clark, D. C., D. D. Beshear, & A. J. Moore 1995.  The role of familiarity in structuring male-male social interactions in Gromphadorhina portentosa (Dictyoptera: Blaberidae).  Annals of the Entomological Society of America 88:554-561.

  • Clark, D. C. & A. J. Moore 1995.  Genetic aspects of communication during male-male competition in the Madagascar hissing cockroach: honest signalling of size. Heredity 75:198-205.

  • Clark, D. C. & A. J. Moore 1995.  Variation and repeatability of male agonistic hiss characteristics and their relationship to social rank in Gromphadorhina portentosaAnimal Behaviour 50:719-729.

  • Clark, D. C. & A. J. Moore 1995.  Social communication in the Madagascar hissing cockroach: Features of male courtship hisses and a comparison of courtship and agonistic hisses.  Behaviour 132:401-417.

  • Moore, A. J., N. L. Reagan, & K. F. Haynes 1995.  Conditional signalling strategies: Effects of ontogeny, social experience and social status on the pheromonal signal of male Nauphoeta cinereaAnimal Behaviour 50:191-202.

  • Clark, D. C. & A. J. Moore 1994. Social interactions and aggression among male Madagascar hissing cockroaches (Gromphadorhina portentosa).  Journal of Insect Behaviour 7:199-215.

  • Dugatkin, L. A., M. Alfieri, & A. J. Moore 1994.  The replicability of dominance hierarchies: Form - reform experiments using the cockroach Nauphoeta cinereaEthology 97:94-102.

  • Moore, A. J. 1994.  Genetic evidence for the 'good genes' process of sexual selection. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 35:235-241.

  • Moore, A. J. & C. R. B. Boake 1994.  Optimality and evolutionary genetics: Complementary procedures for evolutionary analysis in behavioural ecology.  Trends in Ecology & Evolution 9:69-72.

  • Moore, P. J., A. J. Moore, & G. B. Collins 1994.  Genotypic and developmental regulation of transient expression of a reporter gene in soybean cotyledons.  Plant Cell Reports 13:556-560.

  • Cheverud, J. M., S. C. Jacobs, & A. J. Moore 1993.  Genetic differences among subspecies of the Saddle-back tamarin (Saguinus fuscicollis): Evidence from hybrids.  American Journal of Primatology 31:23-39.

  • Moore, A. J. 1993.  Towards an evolutionary view of dominance.  Animal Behaviour 46:594-596.

  • Moore, A. J. & P. Wilson 1993. The evolution of sexually dimorphic earwig forceps: Social interactions among adults of the toothed earwig.  Behavioral Ecology 4:40-48.

  • Moore, A. J. & J. M Cheverud 1992.  The systematics of the Bare-face tamarins: Evidence from facial morphology.  American Journal of Physical Anthropology 89:73-84.

  • Moore, A. J. 1991. Genetics, inheritance, and social behaviour. Animal Behaviour 42:497-498.

  • Cheverud, J. M., D. Falk, C. Hildebolt, A. J. Moore, R. C. Helmcamp, & M. Vannier 1990.  Cortical asymmetry in rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) frontal lobes is heritable.  Brain, Behaviour and Evolution 35:368-372.

  • Cheverud, J. M. & A. J. Moore 1990. Subspecific morphological variation in the saddle-back tamarin (Saguinus fuscicollis).  American Journal of Primatology 21:1-15.

  • Moore, A. J. 1990. The inheritance of social dominance, mating behaviour, and attractiveness to mates in Nauphoeta cinerea. Animal Behaviour 39:388-397.

  • Moore, A. J. 1990. Sexual selection and the genetics of pheromonally mediated behavior in Nauphoeta cinerea (Dictyoptera: Blaberidae). Entomologia Generalis 15:133-147.

  • Moore, A. J. 1990. The evolution of sexual dimorphism by sexual selection: The separate effects of intrasexual selection and intersexual selection. Evolution 44:315-331.

  • Breed, M. D., K. B. Rogers, J. A. Hunley, & A. J. Moore 1989. A correlation between guard behaviour and defensive response in the honey bee.  Animal Behaviour 37:515-516.

  • Coelho, J. R. & A. J. Moore 1989. Allometry of resting metabolic rate in cockroaches (Insecta: Dictyoptera).  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 94A:587-590.

  • Moore, A. J. 1989. Sexual selection in Nauphoeta cinerea: Inherited mating preference?  Behavior Genetics 19:717-724.

  • Moore, A. J. 1989. The behavioral ecology of Libellula luctuosa (Burmeister) (Odonata:Libellulidae): III. Male density, OSR, and male and female mating behavior.  Ethology 80:120-136.

  • Moore, A. J. 1988. Female preferences, male social status, and sexual selection in Nauphoeta cinerea.  Animal Behaviour 36:303-305.

  • Moore, A. J., W. J. Ciccone, & M. D. Breed 1988. The influence of social experience on the behavior of male cockroaches, Nauphoeta cinereaJournal of Insect Behavior 1:157-168.

  • Moore, A. J. & P. J. Moore 1988. Female strategy during mate choice: Threshold assessment.  Evolution 42:387-391.

  • Breed, M. D., J. H. Fewell, A. J. Moore, K. R. Williams 1987. Graded recruitment in a ponerine ant.  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 20:407-411.

  • Moore, A. J. 1987. The behavioral ecology of Libellula luctuosa (Burmeister) (Anisoptera: Libellulidae): I. Temporal changes in the population density and the effects on male territorial behavior.  Ethology 75:246-254.

  • Moore, A. J. 1987. Behavioral ecology of Libellula luctuosa (Burmeister) (Anisoptera: Libellulidae): II. Proposed functions for territorial behaviors.  Odonatologica 16:385-391.

  • Moore, A. J., M. D. Breed, & M. J. Moor 1987. The guard honey bee: ontogeny and behavioural variability of workers performing a specialized task.  Animal Behaviour 35:1159-1167.

  • Moore, A. J. & M. D. Breed 1986. Mate assessment in a cockroach, Nauphoeta cinereaAnimal Behaviour 34:1160-1165.

Book Chapters

  • Royle, N. J. & A. J. Moore 2018. Nature and nurture in parental care. Pp. 131-156 in: Hosken, D. J., J. Hunt, N. Weddell, (eds) Genes and Behaviour: Beyond Nature and Nurture. Wiley Press.

  • Moore, A. J. 2013. Evolution of Behavior, Society and Humans. In: Losos, J., Baum, D. A., Futuyma, D. J., Hoekstra, H. E., Lenski, R. E., Moore, A. J., Peichel, C, L., Schluter, D., & Whitlock, M. J. (eds.) Princeton Guide to Evolution. Princeton University Press

  • Bleakley, B. H., J. B. Wolf & A. J. Moore 2010. Evolutionary quantitative genetics of social behaviour. Pp. 29-54 in: Social Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution. T. Székely, A. J. Moore & J. Komdeur (eds.). Cambridge University Press.

  • Moore, A. J., T. Székely, & J. Komdeur 2010. Prospects for research on social behaviour: systems biology meets behaviour. Pp. 538-550 in: Social Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution. T. Székely, A. J. Moore & J. Komdeur (eds.). Cambridge University Press.

  • Székely, T., A. J. Moore & J. Komdeur 2010. The uphill climb of sociobiology: towards a new synthesis. Pp. 1-4 in: Social Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution. T. Székely, A. J. Moore & J. Komdeur (eds.). Cambridge University Press.

  • Wolf, J. B. & A. J. Moore 2010. Interacting phenotypes and indirect genetic effects: a genetic perspective on the evolution of social behavior. Pp. 225-245 in: Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology. D. F. Westneat & C. W. Fox (eds). Oxford University Press.

  • Wolf, J. B. & A. J. Moore 2010. A very brief introduction to quantitative genetics. Pp. 75-79 in: Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology. D. F. Westneat & C. W. Fox (eds). Oxford Univ. Press.

  • Simmons, L. W. & A. J. Moore 2009. Evolutionary quantitative genetics of sperm. Pp. 405-434 in: Sperm Biology: An Evolutionary Perspective. T. R. Birkhead, D. J. Hosken & S. Pitnick (eds.). Academic Press.

  • d’Ettorre, P. & A. J. Moore 2008. Chemical communication and the coordination of social interactions in insects. Pp. 81-96 in: Sociobiology of Communication: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. P. d’Ettore & D. P. Hughes (eds.). Oxford University Press.

  • Moore, A. J. & P. J. Moore 2006. Genetics of sexual selection.  Pp. 339-349 in: Ecological Genetics.  C. W. Fox and J. B. Wolf (eds.).  Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford.

  • Moore, A. J., J. B. Wolf & E. D. Brodie III 1998.  The influence of direct and indirect genetic effects on the evolution of behavior: Social and sexual selection meet maternal effects.  Pp. 22-41 in: Maternal Effects as Adaptations.  T. A. Mousseau & C. W. Fox (eds.).  Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford.

  • Cheverud, J. M. & A. J. Moore 1994.  Quantitative genetics and the role of the environment provided by relatives in behavioral evolution.  pp. 67-100, In: Quantitative Genetic Studies of Behavioral Evolution.  C. R. B. Boake, (ed.).  Univ. Chicago Press, Chicago.

  • Breed, M. D. & A. J. Moore 1988. The guard bee as a component of the defensive response. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on African Honey Bees and Bee Mites. M. Delfinado-Baker, G. Needham, and R. E. Page (eds.), pp. 105-109. Ellis Harwood, Ltd.

  • Moore, A. J. 1988. Experimental demonstrations of the nature of sexual selection involving pheromones in a cockroach, Nauphoeta cinerea (Olivier). Proceedings of the International Congress of Entomology 18:236.

Articles Featuring Allen J. Moore

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