Molly R. Morris Explained
| Molly R. Morris |
| Nationality: | American |
| Fields: | Behavioral ecology |
| Workplaces: | Ohio University |
| Education: | Earlham College
Indiana University |
| Thesis Title: | Mating behaviour in relation to sexual selection in the treefrogs Hyla chrysoscelis and Hyla ebraccata. |
| Thesis Url: | https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/ |
| Thesis Year: | 1987 |
| Doctoral Advisors: | )--> |
| Spouse: | Kevin de Queiroz |
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Molly R. Morris is an American behavioral ecologist who has worked with treefrogs and swordtail fishes in the areas of alternative reproductive tactics and sexual selection.
Morris received a Bachelor of Arts from Earlham College and a PhD from Indiana University.[1] As a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, her work with Mike Ryan demonstrated equal fitnesses between alternative reproductive tactics in a species of swordtail fish.[2] She joined the faculty at Ohio University in 1997, where she is now a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. She is also the Associate Editor for the journal Behavior. Her publication credits include multiple papers on Animal behavior and Ecology[3] . Her current research relates to diabetes, as well as behavioral ecology, using the swordtail fish Xiphophorus as a model organism.[4]
Personal life
Morris is married to Kevin de Queiroz, an evolutionary biologist at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.
Selected works
- Gardner. Roy. Morris. Molly R.. The evolution of bluffing in animal contests: an ESS approach. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 1989. 137. 2. 235–243. 10.1016/S0022-5193(89)80209-7. 1989JThBi.137..235G. 10535/5208. free.
- Morris. Molly R.. Female preference for trait symmetry in addition to trait size in swordtail fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 1998. 265. 1399. 907–911. 10.1098/rspb.1998.0377. 1689052.
- Just. Winfried. Morris. Molly R.. The Napoleon Complex: Why smaller males pick fights. Evolutionary Biology. 2003. 17. 5–6. 509–522. 10.1023/b:evec.0000005629.54152.83. 11965682.
- Morris. Molly R.. Nicoletto. Paul F.. Hesselman. Elizabeth. A polymorphism in female preference for a polymorphic male trait in the swordtail fish Xiphophorus cortezi. Animal Behaviour. 2003. 65. 1. 45–52. 10.1006/anbe.2002.2042. 13334832.
- Morris. Molly R.. Rios-Cardenas. Oscar. Scarlett Tudor. M.. Larger swordtail females prefer asymmetrical males. Biology Letters. 2006. 2. 1. 8–11. 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0387. 17148312. 1617184.
- Morris. Molly R.. Rios-Cardenas. Oscar. Lyons. Susan M. Scarlett Tudor. M.. Bono. Lisa M.. Fluctuating asymmetry indicates the optimization of growth rate over developmental stability. Functional Ecology. 2012. 26. 3. 723–731. 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01983.x. free.
- Morris. Molly. R.. Friebertshauser. R. J.. Rios-Cardenas. Oscar. Liotta. M. N.. Abbott. Jessica K.. The potential for disruptive selection on growth rates across genetically influenced alternative reproductive tactics. Evolutionary Ecology. 2016. 30. 3. 519–533. 10.1007/s10682-016-9823-x. 16340410.
Notes and References
- Web site: Molly R. Morris, Professor. Morris Lab. Ohio University. 4 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160607070207/http://www.ohio.edu/people/morrism/Morris2013/Morris.html. 7 June 2016. dead.
- Ryan. Michael J.. Pease. Craig M.. Morris. Molly R.. A Genetic Polymorphism in the Swordtail Xiphophorus nigrensis: Testing the Prediction of Equal Fitness. American Naturalist. 1992. 139. 1. 21–31. 10.1086/285311. 83801328.
- Web site: Molly R. Morris. www.ohio.edu. en. 2017-05-03.
- Web site: Molly Morris, PhD. www.ohio.edu. en. 2017-05-03.
