Breitenbach, A. T., R. A. Marroquín-Flores, R. T. Paitz, and R. M. Bowden. 2023. Experiencing short waves early in development changes thermal responsiveness of turtle embryos to later heat waves. Journal of Experimental Biology 226: jeb246235.
Marroquín-Flores, R. A., R. T. Paitz, and R. M. Bowden. 2022. Temperature fluctuations and estrone sulfate affect gene expression via different mechanisms to promote female development in a species with temperature-dependent sex determination. Journal of Experimental Biology 225: jeb244211.
Paitz, R. T., A. T. Breitenbach, R. A. Marroquín-Flores, and R. M. Bowden. 2022. Understanding how variable thermal environments affect the molecular mechanisms underlying temperature-sensitive phenotypes: lessons from sex determination. Journal of Experimental Biology 225: jeb242373.
Rittinger, M. A., R. M. Bowden, L. A. Sauers, R. T. Paitz, C. J. Poppe, C. F. Thompson, and S. K. Sakaluk. 2022. Sex-specific effects of hatching order on nestling baseline corticosterone in a wild songbird. General and Comparative Endocrinology 113964.
Breitenbach, A. T., R. M. Bowden, and R. T. Paitz. 2022. Effects of constant and fluctuating temperatures on gene expression during gonadal development. Integrative and Comparative Biology 62:21-29.
Marroquín-Flores, M., R. M. Bowden, and R. T. Paitz. 2021. Brief exposure to warm temperatures reduces intron retention in Kdm6b in a species with temperature-dependent sex determination. Biology Letters 20210167.
Bowden, R. M. and R. T Paitz. 2021. Is thermal responsiveness affected by maternal estrogens in species with temperature-dependent sex determination? Sexual Development DOI: 10.1159/000515187.
Breitenbach, A. T., A. W. Carter, R. T. Paitz, and R. M. Bowden. 2020. Using naturalistic incubation conditions to demonstrate how variation in the timing and continuity of heat wave exposure influences phenotype. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences 20200992.
Campbell, N. A., R. Angles, R. M. Bowden, J. M. Casto, and R. T. Paitz. 2020. Characterizing the timing of yolk testosterone metabolism and the effects of metabolites on development in avian eggs. Journal of Experimental Biology 223: jeb210427.
Ashford, M. A., S. M. Palackdharry, B. M. Sadd, R. M. Bowden, and L. A. Vogel. 2019. Intestinal B cells in the red-eared slider turtle, Trachemys scripta: Anatomical distribution and implications for ecological interactions with pathogenic microbes. Journal of Experimental Zoology 331:407-415.
Nichols, N., A. W. Carter, R. T. Paitz, and R. M. Bowden. 2019. Red-eared slider hatchlings (Trachemys scripta) show a seasonal shift in behavioral types. Journal of Experimental Zoology 331:485-493.
Carter, A. W., R. T. Paitz, and R. M. Bowden. 2019. The devil is in the details: identifying aspects of temperature variation that underlie sex determination in species with TSD. Integrative and Comparative Biology 59:1081-1088.
Greives, T. J. and R. M. Bowden. 2019. The world is not flat: accounting for the dynamic nature of the environment as we move beyond static experimental manipulations. Integrative and Comparative Biology 59:1033-1037.
Dillard, J., A. W. Carter, G. D. Ower, R. T. Paitz, and R. M. Bowden. 2019. Learning and behavior in hatchling Trachemys scripta exposed to bisphenol-a during embryonic development. Physiology & Behavior 209:112614.
Bowers, E. K., C. F. Thompson, R. M. Bowden, and S. K. Sakaluk. 2019. Posthatching parental care and offspring growth vary with maternal corticosterone level in a wild bird population. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 92:496-504.
Allman, P., R. M. Bowden, J. Donini, and I. Serra. 2019. Year-round plasma steroid hormone profiles and the reproductive ecology of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) at the southernmost edge of their range. General and Comparative Endocrinology 282:113213.
Carter, A. W., R. M. Bowden, and R. T. Paitz. 2018. Evidence of embryonic regulation of maternally derived yolk corticosterone. Journal of Experimental Biology 221:jeb 182600.
Bowden, R. M. and R. T. Paitz. 2018. Temperature fluctuations and maternal estrogens as critical factors for understanding temperature-dependent sex determination in nature. Journal of Experimental Zoology 329:177-184.
Carter, A. W., B. M. Sadd, T. Tuberville, R. T. Paitz, and R. M. Bowden. 2018. Short heatwaves during fluctuating incubation regimes produce females under temperature-dependent sex determination with implications for sex ratios in nature. Scientific Reports 8:3.
Zimmerman, L. M., A. W. Carter, R. M. Bowden, and L. A. Vogel. 2017. Immmunocompetence in a long-lived ectothermic vertebrate is temperature dependent but shows no decline in older adults. Functional Ecology 31:1383-1389.
Carter, A. W., R. M. Bowden, and R. T. Paitz. 2017. Seasonal shifts in sex ratios are mediated by maternal effects and fluctuating incubation temperatures.Functional Ecology 31:876-884.
Palackdharry, S., B. M. Sadd, L. A. Vogel, and R. M. Bowden. 2017. The effect of environmental temperature on reptilian peripheral blood B cell functions. Hormones and Behavior 88:87-94.
Bowers, E. K., R. M. Bowden, C. F. Thompson, and S.K. Sakaluk. 2016. Elevated corticosterone during egg production elicits increased maternal investment and promotes nestling growth in a wild songbird. Hormones and Behavior 83: 6-13.
Strange, M. S., R. M. Bowden, C. F. Thompson, and S. K. Sakaluk. 2016. Pre- and postnatal effects of corticosterone on fitness-related traits and the timing of endogenous corticosterone production in a songbird. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology 325A:347-359.
Holgersson, M. C. N., W. A. Nichols, R. T. Paitz, and R. M. Bowden. 2016. How important is the eggshell as a source for initial acquisition of Salmonella in hatchling turtles? Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology 325A:142-148.
Treidel, L. A., A. W. Carter, and R. M. Bowden. 2016. Temperature experienced during incubation affects antioxidant capacity but not oxidative damage in hatchling red-eared slider turtles (Trachemys scripta elegans). Journal of Experimental Biology 219:561-570.
Carter, A. W., R. T. Paitz, K. E. McGhee, and R. M. Bowden. 2016. Turtle hatchlings show behavioral types that are robust to developmental manipulations. Physiology & Behavior 155:46-55.
Paez, V. P., L. Echeverri-G, B. C. Bock, R. M. Bowden, and L. Hinestroza. 2015. Preovulatory maternal effects on intra- and interpopulation variation in sex ratios and phenotypic characteristics of Magdalena River turtles (Podocnemis lewyana). Herpetologica 71:196-202.
Bowers, E.K., Bowden, R.M., Sakaluk, S.K. and C.F. Thompson. 2015. Immune activation generates corticosterone-mediated terminal reproductive investment in a wild bird. American Naturalist 185: 769-783.
Paitz, R. T. and R. M. Bowden. 2015. The in ovo conversion of oestrone to oestrone sulfate is rapid and subject to inhibition by Bisphenol A. Biology Letters 11:20140946.
Bowden, R. M., A. W. Carter, and R. T. Paitz. 2014. Constancy in an inconstant world: moving beyond constant temperatures in the study of reptilian incubation. Integrative and Comparative Biology 54:830-840.
Zimmerman, L. M., R. M. Bowden, and L. A. Vogel. 2014. A vertebrate cytokine primer for eco-immunologists. Functional Ecology28:1061-1073.
Paitz, R. T., S. G. Clairardin, A. C. Gould, J. W. Hicke L. M. Zimmerman, and R. M. Bowden. 2014. Corticosterone levels during the nesting process in red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta). Journal of Herpetology 48:567-570.
Zimmerman, L. M., R. M. Bowden, and L. A. Vogel. 2013. Red-eared slider turtles lack response to immunization with keyhole limpet hemocyanin but have high levels of natural antibodies. ISRN Zoology 2013:858941.
Clairardin, S. G., R. T. Paitz, and R. M. Bowden. 2013. In ovo inhibition of steroid metabolism by bisphenol-a as a potential mechanism of endocrine disruption. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences 20131773.
Paitz, R. T. and R. M. Bowden. 2013. Sulfonation of maternal steroids is a conserved metabolic pathway in vertebrates. Integrative and Comparative Biology 53:895-901.
Shaffer, H. B., P. Minx, D. E. Warren, A. M. Shedlock, R. C. Thomson, N. Valenzuela, J. Abramyan, D. Badenhorst, K. K. Biggar, G. M. Borchert, C. W. Botka, R. M. Bowden, E. L. Braun, A. M. Bronikowski, B. G. Bruneau, L. T. Buck, B. Capel, T. A. Castoe, M. Czerwinski, K. D. Delehaunty, S. W. Edwards, C. C. Fronick, M. K. Fujita, L. Fulton, T. A. Graves-Lindsey, R. E. Green, W. Haerty, R. Hariharan, L. W. Hillier, A. K. Holloway, D. Janes, F. J. Janzen, C. Kandoth, L. Kong, A. P. J. de Koning, Y. Li, R. Literman, S. E. McGaugh, L. Mork, M. O’Laughlin, R. T. Paitz, D. D. Pollock, C. P. Ponting, S. Radhakrishnan, B. J. Raney, J. M. Richman, J. St. John, T. Schwartz, A. Sethuraman, P.Q. Spinks, K.B. Storey, N. Thane, T. Vinar, L.M. Zimmerman, W.C. Warren, E.R. Mardis, and R. K. Wilson. 2013.The western painted turtle genome, a model for the evolution of extreme physiological adaptations in a slowly evolving lineage. Genome Biology 14:R28.
Huang, V., R. M. Bowden, and D. Crews. 2013. Yolk-albumen testosterone in a lizard with temperature-dependent sex determination: relation with development. General and Comparative Endocrinology 186:67-71.
King, R. and R. Bowden. 2013. Seasonal, condition-dependent, and individual variation in testosterone in a natricine snake. Journal of Herpetology 47:179-183.
Zimmerman, L. M., S. G. Clairardin, R. T. Paitz, J. W. Hicke, K. A. LaMagdeleine, L. A. Vogel, and R. M. Bowden. 2013. Humoral immune responses are maintained with age in a long-lived ectotherm, the red-eared slider turtle. Journal of Experimental Biology216:633-640.
Grana, S. C., S. K. Sakaluk, R. M. Bowden, M. A. Doellman, L. A. Vogel, and C. F. Thompson. 2012. Reproductive allocation in female house wrens is not influenced by experimentally altered male attractiveness. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66:1247-1258.
Zimmerman, L. M., R. T. Paitz, S. G. Clairardin, L. A. Vogel, and R. M. Bowden. 2012. No evidence that estrogens affect the development of the immune system in the red-eared slider turtle, Trachemys scripta. Hormones & Behavior 62:331-336.
Paitz, R. T., A. R. Sawa, and R. M. Bowden. 2012. Characterizing the metabolism and movement of yolk estradiol during embryonic development in the red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta). General and Comparative Endocrinology 176:507-512.
Haussmann, M., A. Longnecker, N. Marchetto, S. Juliano, and R. Bowden. 2012. Embryonic exposure to corticosterone modifies the juvenile stress response, oxidative stress, and telomere length. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences279:1447-1456.
McGaugh, S. E., R. M. Bowden, C-H. Kuo, and F. J. Janzen. 2011. Field-measured heritability of the threshold for sex determination in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination. Evolutionary Ecology Research 13:75-90.
Paitz, R. T. and R. M. Bowden. 2011. Biological activity of oestradiol sulphate in an oviparous amniote: implications for maternal steroid effects. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences 278:2005-2010.
Bowden, R. M, R. T. Paitz, and F. J. Janzen. 2011. The ontogeny of post-maturation resource allocation in a turtle. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 84:204-211.
Paitz, R. T., Bowden, R. M., and Casto, J. M. 2011. Embryonic modulation of maternal steroids in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences 278:99:106.
Schwanz, L. E., R.-J. Spencer, R. M. Bowden, and F. J. Janzen. 2010. Climate and predation dominate early life demography and adult recruitment in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination: insight from a long-term study. Ecology 91:3016-3026.
Paitz, R. T., S. G. Clairardin, A. M. Griffin, M. C. N. Holgersson, and R. M. Bowden. 2010. Temperature fluctuations affect offspring sex but not morphological, behavioral, or immunological traits in the painted turtle, Chrysemys picta. Canadian Journal of Zoology88:479-486.
Zimmerman, L. M., R. T. Paitz, L. A. Vogel, and R. M. Bowden. 2010. Variation in the seasonal patterns of innate and adaptive immunity in the red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta). Journal of Experimental Biology 213:1477-1483.
Zimmerman, L. M., L. A. Vogel, and R. M. Bowden. 2010. Understanding the vertebrate immune system: insights from the reptilian perspective. Journal of Experimental Biology 213:661-671.
Paitz, R. T. and R. M. Bowden. 2010. Progesterone metabolites, “xenobiotic-sensing” nuclear receptors, and the metabolism of maternal steroids. General and Comparative Endocrinology 166:217-221.
McGaugh, S. E., L. E. Schwanz, R. M. Bowden, J. E. Gonzalez, and F. J. Janzen. 2010. Inheritance of nesting behavior across natural environmental variation in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination. Proceedings of the Royal Society London: Biological Sciences 277:1219-1226.
Zimmerman, L. M., L. A. Vogel, K. A. Edwards, and R. M. Bowden. 2010. Phagocytic B cells in a reptile. Biology Letters 6:270-273.
Paitz, R. T., A. C. Gould, M. C. N. Holgersson, and R. M. Bowden. 2010. Temperature, phenotype, and the evolution of temperature-dependent sex determination: how do natural incubations compare with laboratory incubations? Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 314B:86-93.
Schwanz, L. E., R. M. Bowden, R.-J. Spencer, and F. J. Janzen. 2009. Nesting ecology and offspring recruitment in a long-lived turtle.Ecology 90:1709.
Paitz, R. T. and R. M. Bowden. 2009. Rapid decline in the concentrations of three yolk steroids during development: is it embryonic regulation? General and Comparative Endocrinology 161:246-251.
Bowden, R. M., L. Smithee, R. T. Paitz. 2009. A modified yolk biopsy technique improves survivorship of turtle eggs. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 82:611-615.
Les, H. L., R. T. Paitz, and R. M. Bowden. 2009. Living at extremes: development at the edges of viable temperature under constant and fluctuating conditions. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 82:105-112.
Paitz, R. T. and R. M. Bowden. 2008. A proposed role of the sulfotransferase/sulfatase pathway in modulating yolk steroid effects.Integrative and Comparative Biology 48:428-436. doi: 10.1093/icb/icn034.
Maddox, J. D., R. M. Bowden, and P. J. Weatherhead. 2008. Yolk testosterone and estradiol variation relative to clutch size, laying order and hatching asynchrony in Common Grackles. Journal of Ornithology, doi: 10.1007/s10336-008-0311-0.
Les, H. L., R. T. Paitz, and R. M. Bowden. 2007. An experimental test of the effects of fluctuating incubation temperatures on hatchling phenotype. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Physiology and Evolutionary Genetics 307A:274-280.
Paitz, R. T., H. K. Harms, R. M. Bowden, and F. J. Janzen. 2007. Experience pays: offspring survival increases with female age.Biology Letters 3:44-46.
Freedberg, S., R. M. Bowden, M. A. Ewert, D. R. Sengelaub, and C. E. Nelson. 2006. Long-term sex reversal by oestradiol in amniotes with heteromorphic sex chromosomes. Biology Letters 2:378-381.
Harms, H. K., R. T. Paitz, R. M. Bowden, and F. J. Janzen. 2005. Age and season impact resource allocation to eggs and nesting behavior in painted turtles. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78:996-1004.
Valenzuela, N., D. C. Adams, R. M. Bowden, A. C. Gauger. 2004. Morphometric sex indentification of hatchling turtles reveals conserved shape dimorphism across chelonian suborders. Copeia 2004:735-742.
Bowden, R. M., H. K. Harms, R. T. Paitz, and F. J. Janzen. 2004. Does optimal egg size vary with demographic stage because of a physiological constraint? Functional Ecology 18:522-529.
St. Juliana, J. R., R. M. Bowden, and F. J. Janzen. 2004. The impact of behavioral and physiological maternal effects on offspring sex ratio in the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56:270-278.
Bowden, R. M., M. A. Ewert, and C. E. Nelson. 2002. Hormone levels in yolk decline throughout development in the red-eared slider turtle ( Trachemys scripta elegans). General and Comparative Endocrinology 129:171-177.
Bowden, R. M., M. A. Ewert, S. Freedberg, and C. E. Nelson. 2002. Maternally derived yolk hormones vary in follicles of the painted turtle, Chrysemys picta . Journal of Experimental Zoology 293:67-72.
Bowden, R. M., M. A. Ewert, J. L. Lipar, and C. E. Nelson. 2001. Concentrations of steroid hormones in layers and biopsies of chelonian egg yolks. General and Comparative Endocrinology 121:95-103.
Bowden, R. M., M. A. Ewert, and C. E. Nelson. 2000. Environmental sex determination in a reptile varies seasonally and with yolk hormones. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences 267:1745-1749.
Bowden, R. M., S. Williamson, and M. D. Breed. 1998. Floral oils: their effect on nestmate recognition in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. Insectes Sociaux 45:209-214.
Breed, M. D., R. M. Bowden, M. F. Garry, and A. L. Weicker. 1996. Giving-up time variation in response to differences in nectar volume and concentration in the giant tropical ant, Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 9:659-672.
Bowden, R. M., M. F. Garry, and M. D. Breed. 1994. Discrimination of con- and heterospecific bees by Trigona (Tetragonisca)angustula guards. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 67:137-139.