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PREPRINTS AND SUBMITTED
Jernigan, CM, WA Freiwald, MJ Sheehan. Neural correlates of individual facial recognition in a social wasp. (in revision) Preprint available at bioRxiv
Legan, AW & MJ Sheehan. Lineage-specific patterns of sexually dimorphic antennal transcription in the paper wasp Polistes fuscatus. (in revision)
PUBLISHED PAPERS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
2025 & in press
Sheehan, MJ & MN Zipple. (accepted) Individual identity signatures: roles of negative frequency dependent selection and cognition in shaping and maintaining individuality and trait diversity. Philosophical Transactions B
Zipple, MN, B Loflin*, DC Kuo*, E Tan*, MJ Sheehan. (2025). Transfer to a naturalistic setting restructures fear responses in laboratory mice. Current Biology 35 (24):R1175-R1176.
Mammen, LCC & MJ Sheehan. (2025) Animal Behavior: a digger wasp never forgets. Current Biology 35: R424-426. (commentary)
Zipple, MN, I Zhao, D Chang Kuo*, SM Lee, MJ Sheehan^, W Zhou^. Ecological realism accelerates epigenetic aging in mice. Aging Cell e70098
^co-corresponding authors
Sheehan, MJ & SE Miller. (2025) Linking individual fitness to the evolution of cognition. Philosophical Transactions B 380: 20240122.
Miller, CH, TM Reichard*, J Yang*, B Carlson-Clarke*, CC Vogt, MR Warden, MJ Sheehan. Pregnancy modulates responses to male odors in house mice. Hormones and Behavior 175: 105802.
Zipple, MN, D Chang Kuo*, X Meng*, TM Reichard*, K Guess*, CC Vogt, AH Moeller, MJ Sheehan. Competitive social feedback amplifies the role of early life contingency in male mice. Science 387:81-85.
Reichard, TM*, CH Miller, J Yang*, MJ Sheehan. (2025). Seasonality of the estrus cycle in laboratory mice under constant conditions. Laboratory Animals
2024
Jernigan, CM, LCC Mammen, RD Brown, MJ Sheehan. Paper wasps: A model clade for social cognition. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 89: 102928.
Sheehan, MJ. (2024). Social dominance, aggression, and physiology in Polistes paper wasps. Advances in Insect Physiology.
Sheehan, MJ & CM Jernigan. (2024). How does communication evolve? Insights from geographic variation in facial signaling in Polistes paper wasps. Current Opinion in Insect Science
Jernigan, CM & MJ Sheehan. (2024) Developmental biology: Wait a bit and then you'll smell it. Current Biology 34:R688-690 (commentary)
Dumont, BL, DM Gatti, MA Ballinger, D Lin, M Phifer-Rixey, MJ Sheehan, TA Suzuki, LK Woolridge, HO Frempong, RA Lawal, GA Churchill, C Lutz, N Rosenthal, JK White, MW Nachman. (2024). Into the Wild: A novel wild-derived inbred strain resource expands the genomic and phenotypic diversity of laboratory mouse models. PLoS Genetics 20: e1011228
Zipple, MN, CC Vogt, MJ Sheehan. (2024) Genetically identical mice express alternative reproductive tactics depending on social conditions in the field. Proceedings B 219: 20230099
*Cover photo
Vogt, C.C., MN Zipple, DD Sprockett, CH Miller, SX Hardy*, MK Arthur*, AM Greenstein*, MS Colvin, AH Moeller, MJ Sheehan. Female behavior drives the formation of distinct social structure in C57BL/6J versus wild-derived outbred mice in field enclosures. (in press) BMC Biology 22:35
Real, MVF, MJ Sheehan, AH Moeller (2024). Major urinary protein (Mup) gene family deletion drives sex-specific alterations in the house mouse gut microbiota. Microbiology Spectrum 12:e03566-23
2023
Tumulty, J.P., S.E. Miller, S.M. Van Bellingham, H.I. Weller, C.M. Jernigan, S. Vincent*, R.J. Staudenraus*, A.W. Legan, TJ Polnaszek, F.M.K. Uy, A. Walton, MJ Sheehan. (2023). Evidence of a selective link between cooperation and individual recognition. Current Biology
Walton, A, E Flores, A Guinness, R Fortune, MJ Sheehan, AL Toth (2023). A practical approach to RNA interference for studying gene function in a refractory social insect (on a limited budget). Insectes Sociaux 70: 213-224
Sprocket, DD, JD Price, AF Juristich, RJ Schmaltz, MVF Real, SL Goldman, MJ Sheehan, AE Ramer-Tait, AH Moeller. (2023) Home-site advantage for host species-specific gut microbiota. Science Advances 9: eadf5499
Zipple, MZ, CC Vogt, MJ Sheehan. Re-wilding Model Organisms: Opportunities to Test Causal Mechanisms in Social Determinants of Health and Aging. (2023) Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 105238
Miller, SE & MJ Sheehan (2023). Sex differences in deleterious genetic variants in a haplodiploid social insect. Molecular Ecology .
Miller, C.H., MF Hillock*, J Yang*, B Carlson-Clarke*, K Haxillari*, AY Lee*, MR Warden, MJ Sheehan. Dynamic changes to signal allocation rules in response to variable social environments in house mice. (2023) Communications Biology 6:297
Legan, A.W., C.C. Vogt, M.J. Sheehan. Postural analysis reveals persistent vigilance in paper wasps after conspecific challenge. Ecology and Evolution. 13:e10436
Miller, C.H., K Haxillari*MF Hillock*, TM Reichard*, MJ Sheehan. (2023). Scent mark signal investment predicts fight dynamics in house mice. Proceedings B 290:20222489
Jernigan, C.M., J. Staftrom, N.C. Zaba*, CC Vogt, MJ Sheehan. Color is necessary for specialized face learning in the Northern paper wasp, Polistes fuscatus. (2023). Animal Cognition 26: 589-598.
2022
Miller, S.E., A.W. Legan, F.M.K. Uy, M.J. Sheehan. (2022). Highly contiguous genome assemblies of the Guinea paper wasp (Polistes exclamans) and Mischocyttarus mexicanus. Genome Biology and Evolution
Sheehan, MJ. Burrowing deeper to uncover the genetic architecture of behavioral evolution. Cell Reports 38 (7), 110378 (commentary)
Goldman, S.L., J. G. Sanders, W. Yan, A. Denice, M. Cornwall, K.N. Ivey, E.N. Taylor, A. Gunderson, M.J. Sheehan, D. Mjungu, E.V. Lonsdorf, A.E. Pusey, B.H. Hahn, A.H. Moeller. (2022). Culture-enriched molecular profiling improves resolution of the vertebrate gut microbiota. Molecular Ecology Resources
2021
Uy, F.M.K., C.M. Jernigan, N.C. Zaba*, E. Mehrotra*, S.E. Miller, & M.J. Sheehan. (2021). Dynamic neurogenomic responses to social interactions and dominance outcomes in female paper wasps. PLoS Genetics
Miller, S.E., C.M. Jernigan, A.W. Legan, C.H. Miller, J.P. Tumulty, A. Walton, & M.J. Sheehan. (2021). Animal behavior missing from data archives. Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Rittschof, C.C. & Sheehan, M.J. (2021). Editorial Overview: Behavioral ecology of insects in a changing world. Current Opinion in Insect Sciences 45: vi-viii. (commentary)
M. J. Sheehan & S.E. Miller. (2021). The promises and challenges of archiving insect behavior and natural history in a changing world. Current Opinion in Insect Sciences
Mindaye, S.T., C. Sun, S.A.Z. Esfahani, E.C. Matsui, M.J. Sheehan, R.L. Rabin, & J.E. Slater. (2021). Diversity and complexity of mouse allergens in urine, house dust, and allergen extracts assessed with an immuno-allergomic approach. Allergy
Jernigan, C.M., N. Zaba* & M.J. Sheehan. (2021). Age and social experienced induce plasticity in visual processing brain regions of the paper wasp, Polistes fuscatus. Biology Letters https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0073
Legan, A.W., C.M. Jernigan, S.E. Miller, M. Fuchs* & M.J. Sheehan (2021). Expansion and accelerated evolution of 9-exon odorant receptors in Polistes paper wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Molecular Biology and Evolution
Miller, S.E. & M.J. Sheehan. (2021). Ecogeographical patterns of body size differ among North American paper wasp species. Insectes Sociaux 68:109-122.
2020
Sheehan, M.J. & Goldberg, J. (2020). Animal Behavior: Socially distanced wasps learn about rivals. Current Biology 30: R878-R880 (commentary)
Miller, C.H., P. Campbell & M.J. Sheehan. (2020). Distinctive evolutionary trajectories of V1R clades among mouse species. BMC Evolutionary Biology 20: 99.
Walton, A., M.J. Sheehan & A.L. Toth. (2020). Going wild for functional genomics: RNA interference as a tool to study gene-behavior associations in diverse species and ecological contexts. Hormones and Behavior 124:104774
Sun, S.J., A. Catherall, S. Pacoal, B. Jarrett, S.E. Miller, M.J. Sheehan & R. Kilner. (2020). Rapid local adaptation linked with phenotypic plasticity. Evolution Letters 4:345-359.
Bluher, S.E^, S.E. Miller^ & M.J. Sheehan. (2020). Fine scale population structure but limited genetic differentiation in a cooperatively breeding paper wasp. Genome Biology and Evolution 12: 701-714.
^ equal co-authorship,
Miller, S.E., M.J. Sheehan^ & H.K. Reeve^ (2020). Co-evolution of cognitive abilities and identity signals in individual recognition systems. Philosophical Transactions B 375: 20190467.
^ co-corresponding authors
Sheehan, M.J.^ & H.K. Reeve^. (2020). Evolutionary stable investments in recognition systems explain patterns of discrimination failure and success. Philosophical Transactions B 375: 20190465.
^ equal co-authorship, co-corresponding authors
Freeman, A.R., A.G. Ophir & M.J. Sheehan. (2020) The giant pouched rat (Cricetomyx ansorgei) olfactory receptor repertoire. PLoS One 15(4): e0221981.
Keen, S.C., E.F. Cole, M.J. Sheehan & B.C. Sheldon. (2020) Social learning of acoustic anti-predator cues occurs between wild bird species. Proceedings B 287: 20192513.
Miller, S.E., A.W. Legan, M. Henshaw, K.L. Ostevik, K. Samuk, F.M.K. Uy, & M.J. Sheehan. (2020) Evolutionary dynamics of recent selection on cognitive abilities. PNAS 117:3045-3052
*Cover photo
Tumulty, J.P. & Sheehan, M.J. (2020). What drives diversity in social recognition mechanisms? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Walton, A, J.P. Tumulty, A.L. Toth, & M.J. Sheehan (2020). Hormonal modulation reproduction in Polistes fuscatus social wasps: Dual functions in both ovary development and sexual receptivity. Journal of Insect Physiology 120:103972
2019
Sheehan, M.J., P. Campbell & C.H. Miller. (2019) Evolutionary patterns of major urinary protein scent signals in house mice and relatives. Molecular Ecology 28:3587-3601
Suzuki, T.A., M. Phifer-Rixey, K.L. Mack, M.J. Sheehan, D. Lin, K. Bi & M.W. Nachman. (2019). Host genetic determinants of gut microbiota in wild mice. Molecular Ecology 28:3197-3207
Freeman, A.R., M.J. Sheehan & A.G. Ophir. (2019). Anogenital distance predicts sexual odour preference in African giant pouched rats. Animal Behaviour 148:123-132.
Miller, S.E., A.W. Legan, Z.A. Flores*, H.Y. Ng*, & M.J. Sheehan. (2019). Strong, but incomplete, mate choice discrimination between two closely related species of paper wasp. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 126:614-622.
2018
Miller, S.E., S. E. Bluher, E. Bell, A. Cini, R. Carvalho da Silva, A. Rodrigues de Souza, K. M. Gandia, J. Jandt, K. Loope, A. Prato, J.N. Pruitt, D. Rankin, E. Rankin, R.J. Southon, F.M.K. Uy, S. Weiner, C.M. Wright, H. Downing, R. Gadagkar, M.C. Lorenzi, L. Rusina, S. Sumner, E.A. Tibbetts, A. Toth, & M. J. Sheehan. (2018). WASPnest: a worldwide assessment of social Polistine nesting behavior. Ecology 99:2405
Phifer-Rixey, M., K. Bi, K.G. Ferris, M.J. Sheehan, D. Lin, K.L. Mack, S.M. Keeble, T.A. Suzuki, J.M. Good, M.W. Nachman. (2018). The genomic basis of environmental adaptation in house mice. PLoS Genetics.
Tibbetts, E.A., A. Injaian, M.J. Sheehan, & N. Desjardins (2018). Intraspecific variation in learning: worker wasps are less able to learn and remember individual conspecific faces than queen wasps. American Naturalist 191: 595-603.
Sheehan, M.J, C.H. Miller, C.C. Vogt, & R.A. Ligon. (2018). Behavioral Evolution: Can you dig it? Current Biology. 28:R19-R21. (commentary)
2017
Sheehan, M.J., C. Miller, H.K. Reeve (2017). Identity signaling and patterns of cooperative behavior. Integrative and Comparative Biology.
Sheehan, M.J., J. Choo, E.A. Tibbetts (2017). Heritable variation in color patterns mediating individual recognition. Royal Society Open Science 4 (2) 161008.
2016
Sheehan, M.J., V. Lee, R. Corbett-Detig, K. Bi, R.J. Beynon, J.L. Hurst, M.W. Nachman. (2016). Selection on coding and regulatory variation maintains individuality in the major urinary protein scent marks in wild mice. PLoS Genetics
Sheehan, M.J. and Bergman, T.J. (2016). A quality signaling - recognition trade-off at the level of the type of interaction not species: a response to comments on Sheehan and Bergman. Behavioral Ecology. 27: 18-19.
Sheehan, M.J. and Bergman, T.J. (2016). Is there an evolutionary trade-off between between quality signals and social recognition? Invited review in Behavioral Ecology. 27: 2-13.
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2015 & earlier
Sheehan, M.J. et al (2015). Different axes of environmental variation explain the presence versus extent of cooperative nest founding associations in Polistes paper wasps. Ecology Letters. 18: 1057-1067
Sheehan, M.J., D. Sholler*, E.A. Tibbetts (2014). Specialized learning of a facial signal of quality in a paper wasp, Polistes dominula. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 113: 992-997.
Sheehan, M.J. and Nachman, M.W. (2014). Morphological and population genomic evidence that human faces have evolved to signal individual identity. Nature Communications. 5:4800, doi:10.1038/ncomms5800
Sheehan, M.J., J.Jinn* and E.A. Tibbetts. (2014). Co-evolution of visual signals and eye morphology in Polistes paper wasps. Biology Letters. 10: 20140254
Sheehan, M.J., M.A. Straub*, E.A. Tibbetts. (2014) How does individual recognition evolve? Comparing responses to identity information in Polistes species with and without individual recognition. Ethology. 120: 169-179.
Tibbetts, E.A. & Sheehan, M.J. (2013). Individual recognition and the evolution of learning and memory in Polistes paper wasps. In Handbook of Invertebrate Learning and Memory. eds R. Menzel and P.R. Benjamin. Elseveir, San Diego, CA.
Bergman, T.J. & Sheehan, M.J. (2013). Social knowledge and signals in primates. American Journal of Primatology. 75: 683-694.
Tibbetts, E.A. & Sheehan, M.J. (2012). The effect of juvenile hormone on Polistes wasp fertility varies with cooperative behavior. Hormones and Behavior. 61: 559-564
Sheehan, M.J. & Tibbetts, E.A. (2011). Specialized face learning is associated with individual recognition in paper wasps. Science. 334: 1272-1275.
Tibbetts, E.A. & Sheehan, M.J. (2011). Facial patterns are a conventional signal of agonistic ability in Polistes exclamans paper wasps. Ethology. 117: 1138-1146.
Sheehan, M.J. & Tibbetts, E.A. (2011). Condition-dependence and the origins of elevated fluctuating asymmetry in quality signals. Behavioral Ecology. 22: 1166-1172.
Sheehan, M.J. & Tibbetts, E.A. (2010) Selection for individual recognition and the evolution of polymorphic identity signals in Polistes paper wasps. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 570-577.
Cords, M., M.J. Sheehan, L.S. Ekernas. (2010). Sex and age differences in juvenile social priorities in female-philopatric, non-despotic blue monkeys. American Journal of Primatology. 72: 193-205.
*Cover photo
Sheehan, M.J. & Tibbetts, E.A. (2009). Evolution of identity signals: Frequency-dependent benefits of distinctive phenotypes used for individual recognition. Evolution. 63: 3106-3113.
*Cover photo
Sheehan, M.J. & Tibbetts, E.A. (2008). Robust long-term social memories in a paper wasp. Current Biology. 18: R851-2.
Tibbetts, E.A., M.J. Sheehan, J. Dale. (2008). A testable definition of individual recognition. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 23(7): 356.
Schoenemann, P.T., L.D. Glotzer, M.J. Sheehan. (2005). Reply to "Is prefrontal white matter enlargement a human evolutionary specialization?" Nature Neuroscience. 8: 538.
Schoenemann, P.T., M.J. Sheehan, and L.D. Glotzer. (2005). Prefrontal white matter volume is disproportionately larger in humans than in other primates. Nature Neuroscience. 8: 242-252.
*= Undergraduate co-author
Lab Members in bold.
PREPRINTS AND SUBMITTED
Jernigan, CM, WA Freiwald, MJ Sheehan. Neural correlates of individual facial recognition in a social wasp. (in revision) Preprint available at bioRxiv
Legan, AW & MJ Sheehan. Lineage-specific patterns of sexually dimorphic antennal transcription in the paper wasp Polistes fuscatus. (in revision)
PUBLISHED PAPERS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
2025 & in press
Sheehan, MJ & MN Zipple. (accepted) Individual identity signatures: roles of negative frequency dependent selection and cognition in shaping and maintaining individuality and trait diversity. Philosophical Transactions B
Zipple, MN, B Loflin*, DC Kuo*, E Tan*, MJ Sheehan. (2025). Transfer to a naturalistic setting restructures fear responses in laboratory mice. Current Biology 35 (24):R1175-R1176.
Mammen, LCC & MJ Sheehan. (2025) Animal Behavior: a digger wasp never forgets. Current Biology 35: R424-426. (commentary)
Zipple, MN, I Zhao, D Chang Kuo*, SM Lee, MJ Sheehan^, W Zhou^. Ecological realism accelerates epigenetic aging in mice. Aging Cell e70098
^co-corresponding authors
Sheehan, MJ & SE Miller. (2025) Linking individual fitness to the evolution of cognition. Philosophical Transactions B 380: 20240122.
Miller, CH, TM Reichard*, J Yang*, B Carlson-Clarke*, CC Vogt, MR Warden, MJ Sheehan. Pregnancy modulates responses to male odors in house mice. Hormones and Behavior 175: 105802.
Zipple, MN, D Chang Kuo*, X Meng*, TM Reichard*, K Guess*, CC Vogt, AH Moeller, MJ Sheehan. Competitive social feedback amplifies the role of early life contingency in male mice. Science 387:81-85.
Reichard, TM*, CH Miller, J Yang*, MJ Sheehan. (2025). Seasonality of the estrus cycle in laboratory mice under constant conditions. Laboratory Animals
2024
Jernigan, CM, LCC Mammen, RD Brown, MJ Sheehan. Paper wasps: A model clade for social cognition. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 89: 102928.
Sheehan, MJ. (2024). Social dominance, aggression, and physiology in Polistes paper wasps. Advances in Insect Physiology.
Sheehan, MJ & CM Jernigan. (2024). How does communication evolve? Insights from geographic variation in facial signaling in Polistes paper wasps. Current Opinion in Insect Science
Jernigan, CM & MJ Sheehan. (2024) Developmental biology: Wait a bit and then you'll smell it. Current Biology 34:R688-690 (commentary)
Dumont, BL, DM Gatti, MA Ballinger, D Lin, M Phifer-Rixey, MJ Sheehan, TA Suzuki, LK Woolridge, HO Frempong, RA Lawal, GA Churchill, C Lutz, N Rosenthal, JK White, MW Nachman. (2024). Into the Wild: A novel wild-derived inbred strain resource expands the genomic and phenotypic diversity of laboratory mouse models. PLoS Genetics 20: e1011228
Zipple, MN, CC Vogt, MJ Sheehan. (2024) Genetically identical mice express alternative reproductive tactics depending on social conditions in the field. Proceedings B 219: 20230099
*Cover photo
Vogt, C.C., MN Zipple, DD Sprockett, CH Miller, SX Hardy*, MK Arthur*, AM Greenstein*, MS Colvin, AH Moeller, MJ Sheehan. Female behavior drives the formation of distinct social structure in C57BL/6J versus wild-derived outbred mice in field enclosures. (in press) BMC Biology 22:35
Real, MVF, MJ Sheehan, AH Moeller (2024). Major urinary protein (Mup) gene family deletion drives sex-specific alterations in the house mouse gut microbiota. Microbiology Spectrum 12:e03566-23
2023
Tumulty, J.P., S.E. Miller, S.M. Van Bellingham, H.I. Weller, C.M. Jernigan, S. Vincent*, R.J. Staudenraus*, A.W. Legan, TJ Polnaszek, F.M.K. Uy, A. Walton, MJ Sheehan. (2023). Evidence of a selective link between cooperation and individual recognition. Current Biology
Walton, A, E Flores, A Guinness, R Fortune, MJ Sheehan, AL Toth (2023). A practical approach to RNA interference for studying gene function in a refractory social insect (on a limited budget). Insectes Sociaux 70: 213-224
Sprocket, DD, JD Price, AF Juristich, RJ Schmaltz, MVF Real, SL Goldman, MJ Sheehan, AE Ramer-Tait, AH Moeller. (2023) Home-site advantage for host species-specific gut microbiota. Science Advances 9: eadf5499
Zipple, MZ, CC Vogt, MJ Sheehan. Re-wilding Model Organisms: Opportunities to Test Causal Mechanisms in Social Determinants of Health and Aging. (2023) Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 105238
Miller, SE & MJ Sheehan (2023). Sex differences in deleterious genetic variants in a haplodiploid social insect. Molecular Ecology .
Miller, C.H., MF Hillock*, J Yang*, B Carlson-Clarke*, K Haxillari*, AY Lee*, MR Warden, MJ Sheehan. Dynamic changes to signal allocation rules in response to variable social environments in house mice. (2023) Communications Biology 6:297
Legan, A.W., C.C. Vogt, M.J. Sheehan. Postural analysis reveals persistent vigilance in paper wasps after conspecific challenge. Ecology and Evolution. 13:e10436
Miller, C.H., K Haxillari*MF Hillock*, TM Reichard*, MJ Sheehan. (2023). Scent mark signal investment predicts fight dynamics in house mice. Proceedings B 290:20222489
Jernigan, C.M., J. Staftrom, N.C. Zaba*, CC Vogt, MJ Sheehan. Color is necessary for specialized face learning in the Northern paper wasp, Polistes fuscatus. (2023). Animal Cognition 26: 589-598.
2022
Miller, S.E., A.W. Legan, F.M.K. Uy, M.J. Sheehan. (2022). Highly contiguous genome assemblies of the Guinea paper wasp (Polistes exclamans) and Mischocyttarus mexicanus. Genome Biology and Evolution
Sheehan, MJ. Burrowing deeper to uncover the genetic architecture of behavioral evolution. Cell Reports 38 (7), 110378 (commentary)
Goldman, S.L., J. G. Sanders, W. Yan, A. Denice, M. Cornwall, K.N. Ivey, E.N. Taylor, A. Gunderson, M.J. Sheehan, D. Mjungu, E.V. Lonsdorf, A.E. Pusey, B.H. Hahn, A.H. Moeller. (2022). Culture-enriched molecular profiling improves resolution of the vertebrate gut microbiota. Molecular Ecology Resources
2021
Uy, F.M.K., C.M. Jernigan, N.C. Zaba*, E. Mehrotra*, S.E. Miller, & M.J. Sheehan. (2021). Dynamic neurogenomic responses to social interactions and dominance outcomes in female paper wasps. PLoS Genetics
Miller, S.E., C.M. Jernigan, A.W. Legan, C.H. Miller, J.P. Tumulty, A. Walton, & M.J. Sheehan. (2021). Animal behavior missing from data archives. Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Rittschof, C.C. & Sheehan, M.J. (2021). Editorial Overview: Behavioral ecology of insects in a changing world. Current Opinion in Insect Sciences 45: vi-viii. (commentary)
M. J. Sheehan & S.E. Miller. (2021). The promises and challenges of archiving insect behavior and natural history in a changing world. Current Opinion in Insect Sciences
Mindaye, S.T., C. Sun, S.A.Z. Esfahani, E.C. Matsui, M.J. Sheehan, R.L. Rabin, & J.E. Slater. (2021). Diversity and complexity of mouse allergens in urine, house dust, and allergen extracts assessed with an immuno-allergomic approach. Allergy
Jernigan, C.M., N. Zaba* & M.J. Sheehan. (2021). Age and social experienced induce plasticity in visual processing brain regions of the paper wasp, Polistes fuscatus. Biology Letters https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0073
Legan, A.W., C.M. Jernigan, S.E. Miller, M. Fuchs* & M.J. Sheehan (2021). Expansion and accelerated evolution of 9-exon odorant receptors in Polistes paper wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Molecular Biology and Evolution
Miller, S.E. & M.J. Sheehan. (2021). Ecogeographical patterns of body size differ among North American paper wasp species. Insectes Sociaux 68:109-122.
2020
Sheehan, M.J. & Goldberg, J. (2020). Animal Behavior: Socially distanced wasps learn about rivals. Current Biology 30: R878-R880 (commentary)
Miller, C.H., P. Campbell & M.J. Sheehan. (2020). Distinctive evolutionary trajectories of V1R clades among mouse species. BMC Evolutionary Biology 20: 99.
Walton, A., M.J. Sheehan & A.L. Toth. (2020). Going wild for functional genomics: RNA interference as a tool to study gene-behavior associations in diverse species and ecological contexts. Hormones and Behavior 124:104774
Sun, S.J., A. Catherall, S. Pacoal, B. Jarrett, S.E. Miller, M.J. Sheehan & R. Kilner. (2020). Rapid local adaptation linked with phenotypic plasticity. Evolution Letters 4:345-359.
Bluher, S.E^, S.E. Miller^ & M.J. Sheehan. (2020). Fine scale population structure but limited genetic differentiation in a cooperatively breeding paper wasp. Genome Biology and Evolution 12: 701-714.
^ equal co-authorship,
Miller, S.E., M.J. Sheehan^ & H.K. Reeve^ (2020). Co-evolution of cognitive abilities and identity signals in individual recognition systems. Philosophical Transactions B 375: 20190467.
^ co-corresponding authors
Sheehan, M.J.^ & H.K. Reeve^. (2020). Evolutionary stable investments in recognition systems explain patterns of discrimination failure and success. Philosophical Transactions B 375: 20190465.
^ equal co-authorship, co-corresponding authors
Freeman, A.R., A.G. Ophir & M.J. Sheehan. (2020) The giant pouched rat (Cricetomyx ansorgei) olfactory receptor repertoire. PLoS One 15(4): e0221981.
Keen, S.C., E.F. Cole, M.J. Sheehan & B.C. Sheldon. (2020) Social learning of acoustic anti-predator cues occurs between wild bird species. Proceedings B 287: 20192513.
Miller, S.E., A.W. Legan, M. Henshaw, K.L. Ostevik, K. Samuk, F.M.K. Uy, & M.J. Sheehan. (2020) Evolutionary dynamics of recent selection on cognitive abilities. PNAS 117:3045-3052
*Cover photo
Tumulty, J.P. & Sheehan, M.J. (2020). What drives diversity in social recognition mechanisms? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Walton, A, J.P. Tumulty, A.L. Toth, & M.J. Sheehan (2020). Hormonal modulation reproduction in Polistes fuscatus social wasps: Dual functions in both ovary development and sexual receptivity. Journal of Insect Physiology 120:103972
2019
Sheehan, M.J., P. Campbell & C.H. Miller. (2019) Evolutionary patterns of major urinary protein scent signals in house mice and relatives. Molecular Ecology 28:3587-3601
Suzuki, T.A., M. Phifer-Rixey, K.L. Mack, M.J. Sheehan, D. Lin, K. Bi & M.W. Nachman. (2019). Host genetic determinants of gut microbiota in wild mice. Molecular Ecology 28:3197-3207
Freeman, A.R., M.J. Sheehan & A.G. Ophir. (2019). Anogenital distance predicts sexual odour preference in African giant pouched rats. Animal Behaviour 148:123-132.
Miller, S.E., A.W. Legan, Z.A. Flores*, H.Y. Ng*, & M.J. Sheehan. (2019). Strong, but incomplete, mate choice discrimination between two closely related species of paper wasp. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 126:614-622.
2018
Miller, S.E., S. E. Bluher, E. Bell, A. Cini, R. Carvalho da Silva, A. Rodrigues de Souza, K. M. Gandia, J. Jandt, K. Loope, A. Prato, J.N. Pruitt, D. Rankin, E. Rankin, R.J. Southon, F.M.K. Uy, S. Weiner, C.M. Wright, H. Downing, R. Gadagkar, M.C. Lorenzi, L. Rusina, S. Sumner, E.A. Tibbetts, A. Toth, & M. J. Sheehan. (2018). WASPnest: a worldwide assessment of social Polistine nesting behavior. Ecology 99:2405
Phifer-Rixey, M., K. Bi, K.G. Ferris, M.J. Sheehan, D. Lin, K.L. Mack, S.M. Keeble, T.A. Suzuki, J.M. Good, M.W. Nachman. (2018). The genomic basis of environmental adaptation in house mice. PLoS Genetics.
Tibbetts, E.A., A. Injaian, M.J. Sheehan, & N. Desjardins (2018). Intraspecific variation in learning: worker wasps are less able to learn and remember individual conspecific faces than queen wasps. American Naturalist 191: 595-603.
Sheehan, M.J, C.H. Miller, C.C. Vogt, & R.A. Ligon. (2018). Behavioral Evolution: Can you dig it? Current Biology. 28:R19-R21. (commentary)
2017
Sheehan, M.J., C. Miller, H.K. Reeve (2017). Identity signaling and patterns of cooperative behavior. Integrative and Comparative Biology.
Sheehan, M.J., J. Choo, E.A. Tibbetts (2017). Heritable variation in color patterns mediating individual recognition. Royal Society Open Science 4 (2) 161008.
2016
Sheehan, M.J., V. Lee, R. Corbett-Detig, K. Bi, R.J. Beynon, J.L. Hurst, M.W. Nachman. (2016). Selection on coding and regulatory variation maintains individuality in the major urinary protein scent marks in wild mice. PLoS Genetics
Sheehan, M.J. and Bergman, T.J. (2016). A quality signaling - recognition trade-off at the level of the type of interaction not species: a response to comments on Sheehan and Bergman. Behavioral Ecology. 27: 18-19.
Sheehan, M.J. and Bergman, T.J. (2016). Is there an evolutionary trade-off between between quality signals and social recognition? Invited review in Behavioral Ecology. 27: 2-13.
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2015 & earlier
Sheehan, M.J. et al (2015). Different axes of environmental variation explain the presence versus extent of cooperative nest founding associations in Polistes paper wasps. Ecology Letters. 18: 1057-1067
Sheehan, M.J., D. Sholler*, E.A. Tibbetts (2014). Specialized learning of a facial signal of quality in a paper wasp, Polistes dominula. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 113: 992-997.
Sheehan, M.J. and Nachman, M.W. (2014). Morphological and population genomic evidence that human faces have evolved to signal individual identity. Nature Communications. 5:4800, doi:10.1038/ncomms5800
Sheehan, M.J., J.Jinn* and E.A. Tibbetts. (2014). Co-evolution of visual signals and eye morphology in Polistes paper wasps. Biology Letters. 10: 20140254
Sheehan, M.J., M.A. Straub*, E.A. Tibbetts. (2014) How does individual recognition evolve? Comparing responses to identity information in Polistes species with and without individual recognition. Ethology. 120: 169-179.
Tibbetts, E.A. & Sheehan, M.J. (2013). Individual recognition and the evolution of learning and memory in Polistes paper wasps. In Handbook of Invertebrate Learning and Memory. eds R. Menzel and P.R. Benjamin. Elseveir, San Diego, CA.
Bergman, T.J. & Sheehan, M.J. (2013). Social knowledge and signals in primates. American Journal of Primatology. 75: 683-694.
Tibbetts, E.A. & Sheehan, M.J. (2012). The effect of juvenile hormone on Polistes wasp fertility varies with cooperative behavior. Hormones and Behavior. 61: 559-564
Sheehan, M.J. & Tibbetts, E.A. (2011). Specialized face learning is associated with individual recognition in paper wasps. Science. 334: 1272-1275.
Tibbetts, E.A. & Sheehan, M.J. (2011). Facial patterns are a conventional signal of agonistic ability in Polistes exclamans paper wasps. Ethology. 117: 1138-1146.
Sheehan, M.J. & Tibbetts, E.A. (2011). Condition-dependence and the origins of elevated fluctuating asymmetry in quality signals. Behavioral Ecology. 22: 1166-1172.
Sheehan, M.J. & Tibbetts, E.A. (2010) Selection for individual recognition and the evolution of polymorphic identity signals in Polistes paper wasps. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 570-577.
Cords, M., M.J. Sheehan, L.S. Ekernas. (2010). Sex and age differences in juvenile social priorities in female-philopatric, non-despotic blue monkeys. American Journal of Primatology. 72: 193-205.
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Sheehan, M.J. & Tibbetts, E.A. (2009). Evolution of identity signals: Frequency-dependent benefits of distinctive phenotypes used for individual recognition. Evolution. 63: 3106-3113.
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Sheehan, M.J. & Tibbetts, E.A. (2008). Robust long-term social memories in a paper wasp. Current Biology. 18: R851-2.
Tibbetts, E.A., M.J. Sheehan, J. Dale. (2008). A testable definition of individual recognition. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 23(7): 356.
Schoenemann, P.T., L.D. Glotzer, M.J. Sheehan. (2005). Reply to "Is prefrontal white matter enlargement a human evolutionary specialization?" Nature Neuroscience. 8: 538.
Schoenemann, P.T., M.J. Sheehan, and L.D. Glotzer. (2005). Prefrontal white matter volume is disproportionately larger in humans than in other primates. Nature Neuroscience. 8: 242-252.
