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Melissa R. L. Whitaker

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Publications

10

Citations

280

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10

Active since

2014

Affiliations

Harvard University(Current)

ETH Zurich

East Tennessee State University

Lund University

Evolutionary Genomics (United States)

Melissa R. L. Whitaker is an author at Harvard University specializing in life sciences, insect ecology, and biology.

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Publications per year

2014–2023

10

Publications

10

Microbial Communities of Lycaenid Butterflies Do Not Correlate with Larval Diet

Melissa R. L. Whitaker, Shayla Salzman, Jon G. Sanders et al. · Frontiers in Microbiology · 2016 · 79 citations · Full text

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The evolution of red color vision is linked to coordinated rhodopsin tuning in lycaenid butterflies

Marjorie A. Liénard, Gary D. Bernard, Andrew A. Allen et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2021 · 65 citations · Full text

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Cycad-feeding insects share a core gut microbiome

Shayla Salzman, Melissa R. L. Whitaker, Naomi E. Pierce · Biological Journal of the Linnean Society · 2018 · 34 citations

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Combining stable isotope analysis with DNA metabarcoding improves inferences of trophic ecology

Melissa R. L. Whitaker, Christopher C. M. Baker, Shayla Salzman et al. · PLoS ONE · 2019 · 25 citations · Full text

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Quantifying the effects of species traits on predation risk in nature: A comparative study of butterfly wing damage

Freerk Molleman, Juhan Javoiš, Robert Β. Davis et al. · Journal of Animal Ecology · 2019 · 19 citations · Full text

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