Charles Bessey Professor and Professor of Biological Science
225 Manter Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dr. Zera's homepage: http://www.biosci.unl.edu/labs/zera/index.html
azera1@unl.edu
2009
Morph-associated JH titer diel rhythm in Gryllus firmus: Experimental verification of its circadian basis and cycle characterization in artificially selected lines raised in the field, Anthony J. Zera and Zhangwu Zhao
2008
Tissue and stage-specific juvenile hormone esterase (JHE) and epoxide hydrolase (JHEH) enzyme activities and Jhe transcript abundance in lines of the cricket Gryllus assimilis artificially selected for plasma JHE activity: Implications for JHE microevolution, Anurag Anand, Erica Crone, and Anthony J. Zera
2007
Jhe in Gryllus assimilis: Cloning, sequence-activity associations and phylogeny, E. J. Crone, Anthony J. Zera, A. Anand, J. G. Oakeshott, T. D. Sutherland, R. J. Russell, Lawrence G. Harshman, Federico G. Hoffmann, and C. Claudianos
The cost of reproduction: the devil in the details, Lawrence G. Harshman and Anthony J. Zera
Evolutionary Endocrinology: The Developing Synthesis between Endocrinology and Evolutionary Genetics, Anthony J. Zera, Lawrence G. Harshman, and Tony D. Williams
Hormones in the Field: Evolutionary Endocrinology of Juvenile Hormone and Ecdysteroids in Field Populations of the Wing-Dimorphic Cricket Gryllus firmus, Anthony J. Zera, Zangwu Zhao, and Katherine Kaliseck
2006
Evolutionary genetics of juvenile hormone and ecdysteroid regulation in Gryllus: A case study in the microevolution of endocrine regulation, Anthony J. Zera
Intermediary Metabolism and Life-History Trade-Offs: Differential Metabolism of Amino Acids Underlies the Dispersal-Reproduction Trade-Off in a Wing-Polymorphic Cricket, Anthony J. Zera and Zhangwu Zhao
Biochemical basis of specialization for dispersal vs. reproduction in a wing-polymorphic cricket: Morph-specific metabolism of amino acids, Zhangwu Zhao and Anthony J. Zera
2005
2004
Effect of a Juvenile Hormone Analogue on Lipid Metabolism in a Wing-Polymorphic Cricket: Implications for the Endocrine-Biochemical Bases of Life-History Trade-Offs, Anthony J. Zera and Zhangwu Zhao
A morph-specific daily cycle in the rate of JH biosynthesis underlies a morph-specific daily cycle in the hemolymph JH titer in a wing-polymorphic cricket, Zhangwu Zhao and Anthony J. Zera
The hemolymph JH titer exhibits a large-amplitude, morph-dependent, diurnal cycle in the wing-polymorphic cricket, Gryllus firmus, Zhangwu Zhao and Anthony J. Zera
2003
The Endocrine Regulation of Wing Polymorphism in Insects: State of the Art, Recent Surprises, and Future Directions, Anthony J. Zera
Life-History Evolution and the Microevolution of Intermediary Metabolism: Activities of Lipid-Metabolizing Enzymes in Life-History Morphs of a Wing-Dimorphic Cricket, Anthony J. Zera and Zhangwu Zhao
Morph-dependent fatty acid oxidation in a wing-polymorphic cricket: Implications for the trade-off between dispersal and reproduction, Anthony J. Zera and Zhangwu Zhao
2002
Review of Dispersal. Based on a conference held in Roscoff, France, 23 April–1 May 1999., Anthony J. Zera
Purification and Characterization of Hemolymph Juvenile Hormone Esterase from the Cricket, Gryllus assimilis, Anthony J. Zera, Travis Sanger, Jeremiah Hanes, and Lawrence G. Harshman
Differential lipid biosynthesis underlies a tradeoff between reproduction and fl ight capability in a wing-polymorphic cricket, Zhangwu Zhao and Anthony J. Zera
2001
The Endocrine-Genetic Basis of Life-History Variation: The Relationship Between The Ecdysteroid Titer and Morph-Specific Reproduction in the Wing-Polymorphic Cricket Gryllus Firmus, Anthony J. Zera and Justin Bottsford
Genetic and Diurnal Variation in the Juvenile Hormone Titer in a Wing-Polymorphic Cricket: Implications for the Evolution of Life Histories and Dispersal, Anthony J. Zera and Gretchen Cisper
The Physiology of Life History Trade-Offs in Animals, Anthony J. Zera and Lawrence G. Harshman
The Metabolic Basis of Life History Variation: Genetic and Phenotypic Differences in Lipid Reserves among Life History Morphs of the Wing-Polymorphic Cricket, Gryllus firmus, Anthony J. Zera and A. Larsen
Enzymological and Radiotracer Studies of lipid Metabolism in the Flight-Capable and Flightless Morphs of the Wing-Polymorphic Cricket, Gryllus firmus, Z. Zhao and Anthony J. Zera
2000
Juvenile Hormone Titer and Morph-Specific Reproduction in the Wing-Polymorphic Cricket, Gryllus firmus, Gretchen Cisper, Anthony J. Zera, and David W. Borst
Nutrient absorption and utilization by wing and flight muscle morphs of the cricket Gryllus firmus: Implications for the trade-off between flight capability and early reproduction, Anthony J. Zera and Tammy Brink
1999
The Endocrine Genetics of Wing Polymorphism in Gryllus: Critique of Recent Studies and State of the Art, Anthony J. Zera
Evolutionary Endocrinology of Juvenile Hormone Esterase: Functional Relationship with Wing Polymorphism in the Cricket, Gryllus firmus, Anthony J. Zera and Yuan Huang
1998
The Physiology of Life-History Trade-offs: Experimental Analysis of a Hormonally Induced Life-History Trade-off in Gryllus assimilis, Anthony J. Zera, Jason Potts, and Kari Kobus
1997
Physiology and Ecology of Dispersal Polymorphism in Insects, Anthony J. Zera and Robert F. Denno
Flight-Muscle Polymorphism in the Cricket Gryllus firmus: Muscle Characteristics and Their Influence on the Evolution of Flightlessness, Anthony J. Zera, Jeffry Sall, and Kimberly Grudzinski
1996
Artificial Selection on JHE Activity in Gryllus assimilis: Nature of Activity Differences Between Lines and Effect on JH Binding and Metabolism, Anthony J. Zera, Jeffrey Sall, and Robert Schwartz
1995
Evolutionary Endocrinology of Juvenile Hormone Esterase in Gryllus assimilis: Direct and Correlated Responses to Selection, Anthony J. Zera and Caiqiu Zhang
1994
Differential resource consumption obviates a potential flight–fecundity trade-off in the sand cricket (Gryllus firmus), S. Mole and Anthony J. Zera
1993
Differential Mating Success of Male Wing Morphs of the Cricket, Gryllus rubens, Cami L. Holtmeier and Anthony J. Zera
Differential allocation of resources underlies the dispersal-reproduction trade-off in the wing-dimorphic cricket, Gryllus rubens, Simon Mole and Anthony J. Zera
1987
Temperature-dependent Kinetic Variation among Phosphoglucose Isomerase Allozymes from the Wing-polymorphic Water Strider, Limnoporus canaliculatusl, Anthony J. Zera
1984
Differences in Survivorship, Development Rate and Fertility between the Long-winged and Wingless Morphs of the Waterstrider, Limnoporus Canaliculatus, Anthony J. Zera
1983
Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Wing Polymorphism in the Waterstrider Limnoporus canaliculatus, Anthony J. Zera, David J. Innes, and Margaret E. Saks
1981
Genetic Structure of Two Species of Waterstriders (Gerridae: Hemiptera) with Differing Degrees of Winglessness, Anthony J. Zera