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Jernigan, C.M., Freiwald, W.A., and Sheehan, M.J. (in revision) Neural correlates of individual facial recognition in a social wasp. BioRxiv. 2024.04.11.589095; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.11.589095 invited for resubmission to Cell
 
Jernigan, C.M., Connor, E., Lei, H., Victor, J., Crimaldi, J. , Smith, B.H. (in revision) Active sensing: Different plume structures affect movements of antennae in honey bees (Apis mellifera).
 
Mammen, L., Zaba, N.K., Uy, F.M.K., Jernigan, C.M., Sheehan, M.J. (in prep) Dyadic aggressive encounters differ between paper wasps with visual signals of identity versus quality.
 
Walton, A., Jernigan, C.M., Riojas-Schnier, J., Chatterje, M., Severin, A., Sheehan, M.J., Toth, A.L. (in prep) Peripheral expression of egg yok protein vitellogenin alters brain gene activity and complex behavior in a social wasp.
 
Richardson, L.I., Jernigan, C.M., Jha, S., Muth, F. (in prep) Bumblebee queens differ in brain morphology but not learning performance across life stages.
 
Jernigan, C.M., Mammen, L., Brown, R., Sheehan, M.J. (2024) Paper wasps: A model clade for social cognition. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 89, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2024.102928
 
Sheehan, M.J. and Jernigan, C.M. (2024) How does communication evolve? Insights from geographic variation in facial signaling in Polistes paper wasps. Curr. Opin. Insect. Sci. 66, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2024.101258
 
Jernigan, C.M., and Sheehan, M.J. (2024) Developmental biology: Wait a bit and then you’ll smell it. Current Biology. 34(14) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.002
 
Tumulty, J.P., Miller, S.E., Van Belleghem, S.M., Weller, H.I., Jernigan, C.M., *Vincent, S., *Staudenraus, R.J., Legan, A.W., Polnaszek, T.J., Uy, F.M.K., Walton, A., Sheehan, M.J. (2023). Evidence for a selective link between cooperation and individual recognition. Current Biology. 33(24) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.11.032
 
Jernigan, C.M., Uy, F.M.K. (2023) Impact of the Social environment in insect sensory systems. Curr. Opin. Insect. Sci. 59, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2023.101083
 
¥Jernigan, C.M., ¥Stafstrom, J.A., *Zaba, N.C., Vogt, C.C., Sheehan, M.J. (2022). Color is necessary for specialized face learning in the Northern paper wasp, Polistes fuscatus. Anim. Cogn. 26(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-022-01691-9
 
Lei, H., ¥Jernigan, C.M., ¥Haney, S.H., Guo, X., Cook, C., Bazhenov, M., Smith, B.H. (2022). Novelty detection in early olfactory processing of the honey bee, Apis mellifera. PLoS One. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.06.463371
 
Uy, F.M.K., Jernigan, C.M., *Zaba, N.C., *Mehrotra, E., Miller, S.E., Sheehan, M.J., (2021). Dynamic neurogenomic responses to social interactions and dominance outcomes in female paper wasps. PLOS Genet. 17(9), doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.01.433260
 
Miller, S.E., Jernigan, C.M., Legan, A.W., Miller, C.H., Tumulty, J.P., Walton, A., Sheehan, M.J. (2021). Animal behavior missing from data archives. Trends Ecol. Evol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.07.008
 
Legan, A.W., Jernigan, C.M., Miller, S.E, *Fuchs, M.F., Michael, M.J. (2021). Expansion and accelerated evolution of 9-exon odorant receptors in Polistes paper wasps. Mol. Biol. Evol. 36(11), https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msab023
 
Jernigan, C.M., *Zaba, N.C., Sheehan, M.J. (2021). Age and social experience induced plasticity across brain regions of the paper wasp Polistes fuscatus. Biol. Lett. 17(4), 20210073. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0073  
Recommended by Faculty Opinions Chittka L: Faculty Opinions Recommendation of [Jernigan CM et al., Biol Lett 2021 17(4):20210073]. In Faculty Opinions, 13 Oct 2021; 10.3410/f.739962161.793588839
 
Jernigan, C.M., *Halby, R., Gerkin, R., Sinakevitch, I., Locatelli, F., Smith, B.H. (2020). Experience-dependent tuning of early olfactory processing in the adult honey bee, Apis mellifera. J. Exp. Biol. doi:10.1242/jeb.206748
 
Jernigan, C. M., Birgiolas, J., *McHugh, C., Roubik, D. W., Wcislo, W. T., & Smith, B.H. (2018). Colony-level non-associative plasticity of alarm responses in the stingless honey bee, Tetragonisca angustula. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 72(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-018-2471-0
 
Birgiolas, J., Jernigan, C.M., Gerkin, R.C., Smith, B.H., Crook, S.M. (2017). Real-time assessment of insect antenna movement and proboscis extension reflex. J. Vis. Exp. 130, e56803, doi:10.3791/56803
 
Birgiolas, J., Jernigan, C.M., Smith, B.H., Crook, S. (2016). SwarmSight: Measuring the temporal evolution of animal group activity levels from natural scene and laboratory videos. Behavior research methods. doi:10.3758/s13428-016-0732-2
 
Jernigan, C.M., Roubik, D. W., Wcislo, W.T., and Riveros, A.J. (2014). Color dependent learning in restrained africanized honey bees. J. Exp. Biol. 217, 337-343. doi:10.1242/jeb.091355
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Research in Popular Press

Wasps with no social life may find it harder to recognize others, New Scientist

Social wasps lose face recognition abilities in isolation, Science Mag


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