Jamie Caroline Winternitz, Ph.D.

Position: post-doc
Research topics: immunogenetics
Department: External research facility Studenec
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E-mail: jcwinternitzgmail.com

Research interests

  • host-parasite interactions,
  • immunogenetics,
  • genetics of disease resistance in natural populations,
  • sexual selection and parasite-mediated natural. selection

    Peer-reviewed publications

    Blumstein, D.T., Cooley, L., Winternitz, J, Daniel, J.C. 2008. Do yellow-bellied marmots respond to predator vocalizations? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 62(3): 457-468.

    Blumstein, D.T., Richardson, D.T., Cooley, L., Winternitz, J., Daniel, J.C. 2008. The structure, meaning, and function of yellow-bellied marmot pup screams. Animal Behavior, 76: 1055-1064.

    Winternitz, J.C., Yabsley, M.J., Altizer, S.M. 2012. Parasite infection and host dynamics in a naturally fluctuating rodent population. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 90:1149-1160.

    Winternitz, J.C., Wares, J.P. Duplication and population dynamics shape historic patterns of selection and genetic variation at the MHC in rodents. Ecology and Evolution, in press.

    Other publications

    Han, B.A., Rushmore, J., Fritzsche, A., Satterfield, D., Winternitz, J. 2012. Preempting Pandemics. Science, 337: 647-648. Book Review.