John Jaenike Explained

Birth Name:	John Jaenike
J. Jaenike
Birth Date:	20 March 1949
Nationality:	American
Fields:	Ecology, Evolutionary biology
Alma Mater:	Princeton University
Academic Advisors:	Henry S. Horn Robert H. MacArthur
Known For:	Red Queen hypothesis, mushroom-feeding Drosophila
Workplaces:	University of Arizona, University of Rochester
Awards:	The trypanosomatid parasite Jaenimonas drosophilae is named in Jaenike's honor

John Jaenike is an ecologist and evolutionary biologist, and currently a professor at the University of Rochester New York. Jaenike was an early proponent of the Red Queen hypothesis, using the idea to explain the maintenance of sex.^[1] Jaenike is also known for his extensive work on mushroom-feeding Drosophila and the evolution of their inherited bacterial symbionts Wolbachia and Spiroplasma poulsonii.^{[2] [3]}

In 2015, the trypanosomatid parasite Jaenimonas drosophilae was named in Jaenike's honour.^[4]

See also

• Drosophila quinaria species group
• Mushroom-feeding Drosophila

References

1. Jaenike . J. . 1978 . An hypothesis to account for the maintenance of sex within populations . Evolutionary Theory . 3 . 191–194.
2. Jaenike . J. . Unckless . R. . Cockburn . S. N. . Boelio . L. M. . Perlman . S. J. . Adaptation via Symbiosis: Recent Spread of a Drosophila Defensive Symbiont . Science . 8 July 2010 . 329 . 5988 . 212–215 . 10.1126/science.1188235 . 20616278 . 2010Sci...329..212J . 206526012 .
3. Unckless, R. L. and J. Jaenike. 2012. Maintenance of a male-killing Wolbachia in Drosophila innubila by male-killing dependent and male-killing independent mechanisms. Evolution 66: 678-689.
4. Hamilton . Keith Gull . et al.. 10.1128/mBio.01356-15 . 26374124 . 4600116 . Infection Dynamics and Immune Response in a Newly Described Drosophila-Trypanosomatid Association . American Society for Microbiology. 6 . 5 . e01356-15 . 2015 .