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  1. Torso-Like Is a Component of the Hemolymph and Regulates the Insulin Signaling Pathway inDrosophila

    Article • Genetics, February 2018, Genetics Society of America

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth

  2. Unravelling the diversity of mechanisms through which nutrition regulates body size in insects

    Article • Current Opinion in Insect Science, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth

  3. Matching complex dietary landscapes with the signalling pathways that regulate life history traits

    Article • Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth

  4. The sex-specific effects of diet quality versus quantity on morphology in Drosophila melanogaster

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, September 2017, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth, Alexander Shingleton

  5. The Ol 1 mpiad: concordance of behavioural faculties of stage 1 and stage 3 Drosophila larvae

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, July 2017, The Company of Biologists

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth

  6. Adaptation to new nutritional environments: larval performance, foraging decisions, and adult oviposition choices in Drosophila suzukii

    Article • BMC Ecology, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth

  7. Food intake and food choice are altered by the developmental transition at critical weight in Drosophila melanogaster

    Article • Animal Behaviour, April 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth

  8. Growth-Blocking Peptides As Nutrition-Sensitive Signals for Insulin Secretion and Body Size Regulation

    Article • PLoS Biology, February 2016, PLOS

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth

  9. Allometry and size control: what can studies of body size regulation teach us about the evolution of morphological scaling relationships?

    Article • Current Opinion in Insect Science, February 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth, Alexander Shingleton

  10. Stage-Specific Plasticity in Ovary Size Is Regulated by Insulin/Insulin-Like Growth Factor and Ecdysone Signaling in Drosophila

    Article • Genetics, December 2015, Genetics Society of America

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth

  11. Differences in larval nutritional requirements and female oviposition preference reflect the order of fruit colonization of Zaprionus indianus and Drosophila simulans

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, November 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth

  12. Drosophila melanogaster larvae make nutritional choices that minimize developmental time

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, October 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth

  13. Ecdysone promotes growth of imaginal discs through the regulation of Thor in D. melanogaster

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2015, Nature

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth, Alexander Shingleton

  14. Coordinating morphology with behavior during development: an integrative approach from a fly perspective

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, February 2015, Frontiers

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth

  15. Nutritional control of body size through FoxO-Ultraspiracle mediated ecdysone biosynthesis

    Article • eLife, November 2014, eLife

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth, Alexander Shingleton

  16. The roles of juvenile hormone, insulin/target of rapamycin, and ecydsone signaling in regulating body size inDrosophila

    Article • Communicative & Integrative Biology, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth, Alexander Shingleton

  17. The POU Factor Ventral Veins Lacking/Drifter Directs the Timing of Metamorphosis through Ecdysteroid and Juvenile Hormone Signaling

    Article • PLoS Genetics, June 2014, PLOS

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth

  18. Coordination of Wing and Whole-Body Development at Developmental Milestones Ensures Robustness against Environmental and Physiological Perturbations

    Article • PLoS Genetics, June 2014, PLOS

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth, Alexander Shingleton

  19. Juvenile hormone regulates body size and perturbs insulin signaling in Drosophila

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth, Alexander Shingleton, Professor Lynn Moorhead Riddiford

  20. The developmental control of size in insects

    Article • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Developmental Biology, July 2013, Wiley

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth, Alexander Shingleton, Professor Lynn Moorhead Riddiford

  21. Mechanisms regulating nutrition-dependent developmental plasticity through organ-specific effects in insects

    Article • Frontiers in Physiology, January 2013, Frontiers

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth

  22. Integrating Body and Organ Size in Drosophila: Recent Advances and Outstanding Problems

    Article • Frontiers in Endocrinology, January 2012, Frontiers

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth, Alexander Shingleton

  23. A role for juvenile hormone in the prepupal development of Drosophila melanogaster

    Article • Development, February 2010, The Company of Biologists

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth, Professor Lynn Moorhead Riddiford

  24. The Ecdysone receptor controls the post-critical weight switch to nutrition-independent differentiation in Drosophila wing imaginal discs

    Article • Development, June 2009, The Company of Biologists

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth, Professor Lynn Moorhead Riddiford

  25. Developmental model of static allometry in holometabolous insects

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, August 2008, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth, Alexander Shingleton

  26. 2.7. Critical weight as a switch in the developmental response to starvation: the role of ecdysone in the maturation of Drosophila wing discs

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology, August 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth

  27. Size assessment and growth control: how adult size is determined in insects

    Article • BioEssays, January 2007, Wiley

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth, Professor Lynn Moorhead Riddiford

  28. The Role of the Prothoracic Gland in Determining Critical Weight for Metamorphosis in Drosophila melanogaster

    Article • Current Biology, October 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth, Professor Lynn Moorhead Riddiford

  29. Ecdysteroid control of metamorphosis in the differentiating adult leg structures of Drosophila melanogaster

    Article • Developmental Biology, February 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth

  30. Joint Development in the Drosophila Leg: Cell Movements and Cell Populations

    Article • Developmental Biology, June 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Christen Kerry Mirth