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James Fifer

Title(s)Postdoctoral Scholar, Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution
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    1. Rapid Evolution in a Coral Population Following a Mass Mortality Event. Evol Appl. 2026 Feb; 19(2):e70198. Fifer JE, Speare KE, Leinbach SE, Hendricks SF, Davies SW, Rose NH, Burkepile DE, Adam TC, Hofmann GE, Strader ME. PMID: 41635646; PMCID: PMC12862241.
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    2. Symbiodiniaceae and Bacterial Microbiome Dynamics Differentially Impact the Survival of Dominant Reef-Flat Porites Corals. Environ Microbiol. 2025 Sep; 27(9):e70175. Lock C, Miller TC, Anthony CJ, Rouzé H, Fifer J, McDermott G, Tramonte CA, Paulino L, Davies SW, Raymundo L, Bentlage B. PMID: 40944450; PMCID: PMC12432680.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    3. Ultraconserved Elements Reveal the Relationship Between Facultative Keratinophagy and Synanthropic Evolution in Clothes Moths. Mol Ecol. 2025 Jun; 34(12):e17799. Novick I, Alqassar JD, Aichelman HE, Kawahara AY, Chen K, Laurent RS, Fifer JE, Mullen S. PMID: 40376970.
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    4. Genomics of urban adaptation and exaptation in mosquitoes and consequences for vectorial capacity. Curr Opin Insect Sci. 2025 Aug; 70:101384. Fifer JE, Amoa-Bosompem M, Nelson D, Terner ER, Clifford AJ, Tan S, Rose NH. PMID: 40348056; PMCID: PMC12337636.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsPHPublic Health
    5. Cryptic coral diversity is associated with symbioses, physiology, and response to thermal challenge. Sci Adv. 2025 Jan 17; 11(3):eadr5237. Aichelman HE, Benson BE, Gomez-Campo K, Martinez-Rugerio MI, Fifer JE, Tsang L, Hughes AM, Bove CB, Nieves OC, Pereslete AM, Stanizzi D, Kriefall NG, Baumann JH, Rippe JP, Gondola P, Castillo KD, Davies SW. PMID: 39813343; PMCID: PMC11734718.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 7     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    6. Holobiont Traits Shape Climate Change Responses in Cryptic Coral Lineages. Glob Chang Biol. 2024 Nov; 30(11):e17578. Grupstra CGB, Meyer-Kaiser KS, Bennett MJ, Andres MO, Juszkiewicz DJ, Fifer JE, Da-Anoy JP, Gomez-Campo K, Martinez-Rugerio I, Aichelman HE, Huzar AK, Hughes AM, Rivera HE, Davies SW. PMID: 39600252.
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    7. Integrating cryptic diversity into coral evolution, symbiosis and conservation. Nat Ecol Evol. 2024 Apr; 8(4):622-636. Grupstra CGB, Gómez-Corrales M, Fifer JE, Aichelman HE, Meyer-Kaiser KS, Prada C, Davies SW. PMID: 38351091.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 19     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    8. Marine heatwaves threaten cryptic coral diversity and erode associations among coevolving partners. Sci Adv. 2023 08 11; 9(32):eadf0954. Starko S, Fifer JE, Claar DC, Davies SW, Cunning R, Baker AC, Baum JK. PMID: 37566650; PMCID: PMC10421036.
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    9. Starvation decreases immunity and immune regulatory factor NF-κB in the starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. Commun Biol. 2023 07 07; 6(1):698. Carrión PJA, Desai N, Brennan JJ, Fifer JE, Siggers T, Davies SW, Gilmore TD. PMID: 37420095; PMCID: PMC10329013.
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    10. Genetic divergence and range expansion in a western North Pacific coral. Sci Total Environ. 2022 Mar 20; 813:152423. Fifer JE, Yasuda N, Yamakita T, Bove CB, Davies SW. PMID: 34942242.
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    11. Going with the flow: How corals in high-flow environments can beat the heat. Mol Ecol. 2021 05; 30(9):2009-2024. Fifer J, Bentlage B, Lemer S, Fujimura AG, Sweet M, Raymundo LJ. PMID: 33655552.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 10     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    12. A framework for understanding gene expression plasticity and its influence on stress tolerance. Mol Ecol. 2021 03; 30(6):1381-1397. Rivera HE, Aichelman HE, Fifer JE, Kriefall NG, Wuitchik DM, Wuitchik SJS, Davies SW. PMID: 33503298.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 48     Fields:    Translation:Animals
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