| J. Jaenike | |
|---|---|
| Born | John Jaenike (1949-03-20)20 March 1949 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Known for | Red Queen hypothesis, mushroom-feeding Drosophila |
| Awards | The trypanosomatid parasite Jaenimonas drosophilae is named in Jaenike's honor |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ecology, Evolutionary biology |
| Institutions | University of Arizona, University of Rochester |
| Academic advisors | Henry S. Horn Robert H. MacArthur |
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. Jaenike is also known for his extensive work on mushroom-feeding Drosophila and the evolution of their inherited bacterial symbionts Wolbachia and Spiroplasma poulsonii.
In 2015, the trypanosomatid parasite Jaenimonas drosophilae was named in Jaenike's honour.
See also
References
- Jaenike, J. (1978). "An hypothesis to account for the maintenance of sex within populations". Evolutionary Theory. 3: 191–194.
- Jaenike, J.; Unckless, R.; Cockburn, S. N.; Boelio, L. M.; Perlman, S. J. (8 July 2010). "Adaptation via Symbiosis: Recent Spread of a Drosophila Defensive Symbiont". Science. 329 (5988): 212–215. Bibcode:2010Sci...329..212J. doi:10.1126/science.1188235. PMID 20616278. S2CID 206526012.
- 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.
- Hamilton; et al. (2015). Keith Gull (ed.). "Infection Dynamics and Immune Response in a Newly Described Drosophila-Trypanosomatid Association". American Society for Microbiology. 6 (5): e01356-15. doi:10.1128/mBio.01356-15. PMC 4600116. PMID 26374124.