Emma Whittington

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I am an evolutionary biologist passionate about sexual selection and its impact on sperm proteome evolution and the genome. In particular male-female interactions in the female reproductive tract post-mating, and their potential role in species differences.

 

Background

2019 - PhD - Syracuse University, NY, USA  “Sperm Proteome Variation Between Species and Within the Female Reproductive Tract"

2012 - Masters in Evolutionary Biology - University of Bath, UK

 

Teaching

Lectures on Mating Systems and Nesting, Parenting and Territoriality in BIOS2000 - Animal Behaviour 1. Instructor for ForBio: Introduction to Bioinformatics. 

Tags: Sperm Biology, Speciation, Evolution, Proteomics

Publications

  • Rowe, M., Whittington, E., Borziak, K., Ravinet, M., Eroukhmanoff, F., Sætre, G-P., and Dorus, S. (2019). Molecular Diversification of the Seminal Fluid Proteome in a Recently Diverged Passerine Species Pair. Molecular Biology and Evolution. DOI: /10.1093/molbev/msz235
  • Whittington, E., Karr, T., Mongue, A.J., Dorus, S., and Walters, J. (2019). Evolutionary Proteomics Reveals Distinct Patterns of Complexity and Divergence Between Lepidopteran Sperm Morphs. Genome Biology and Evolution. DOI: /10.1093/gbe/evz080
  • Whittington, E., Forsythe, D., Karr, T., Walters, J., and Dorus, S. (2017). Contrasting Patterns of Evolutionary Constraint and Novelty Revealed by Comparative Sperm Proteomic Analysis in Lepidoptera. BMC Genomics. 18:931. DOI: /10.1186/s12864-017-4293-2
  • McDonough, C.E., Whittington, E., Pitnick, S. and Dorus, S. (2016). Proteomics of Reproductive Systems: Towards a Molecular Understanding of Postmating, Prezygotic Reproductive Barriers. Journal of Proteomics. 135:26-37. DOI: /10.1016/j.jprot.2015.10.015
  • Whittington, E., Zhao, Q., Borziak, K., Walters, J.R. and Dorus, S. (2015). Characterisation of the Manduca sexta Sperm Proteome: Genetic Novelty Underlying Sperm Composition in Lepidoptera. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 62: 183-93. DOI: /10.1016/j.ibmb.2015.02.011
  • Whittington, Emma & Ålund, Murielle (2023). Sperm, eggs, pollen, and gelato, oh my! Molecular Reproduction and Development. ISSN 1040-452X. doi: 10.1002/mrd.23722.

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Published Dec. 12, 2019 1:05 PM - Last modified Apr. 9, 2022 7:54 AM

Projects

Website: emmawhittington.wordpress.com

Twitter: @emwhitti