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Laura Corley Lavine
Assistant Professor
Department of Entomology,
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-6382

Phone: Office, 509-335-7907; Lab, 509-335-7908
E-Mail: lavine@wsu.edu
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Areas of Interest:

The development and evolution of adaptive phenotypic plasticity in insects.

Education:

Ph.D. Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, May 1999

M.S. Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, August 1995

B.S. Biology (with a Chemistry minor), Lander University, May 1992

Publications:

Bernasconi, G., Corley, L.S., and Lawniczak, M. In press. Trick or Treat: the Battle of the Sexes: book review of Sexual Conflict by G. Arnqvist and Locke Rowe. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

Emlen, D.J., Szafran, Q., Corley, L.S., and Dworkin, I. In press. Candidate genes for the development and evolution of beetle horns. Heredity

Corley, L.S., White, M.A. & Strand, M.R. 2005. Both endogenous and environmental factors affect embryo proliferation in the polyembryonic wasp Copidosoma floridanum. Evolution & Development 7:115-121.

Corley, L.S. 2005. Microevolution and development: studies of the genetic basis of adaptive variation in insects. Evolution & Development 7:79-80.

Corley, L.S. 2005. Expelling genomania from evolution, development and evo-devo: book review of Embryology, Epigenesis, and Evolution by J.S. Robert (Cambridge University Press 2004). Trends in Ecology and Evolution 20:11-12.

Donnell, D.M, *Corley, L.S., Chen, G., and Strand, M.R. 2004. Caste determination in a polyembryonic wasp involves inheritance of germ cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 101: 10095-10100.

Corley, L.S., Blankenship, J.R., and A.J. Moore. 2001. Genetic variation and asexual reproduction in the facultatively parthenogenetic cockroach Nauphoeta cinerea: Implications for the evolution of sex. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 14:68-74.

Harvey, J. A., Corley, L.S., and M. R. Strand. 2000. Competition induces adaptive shifts in caste ratios of a polyembryonic wasp. Nature 406: 183-186.

Swalla, B.J., Cameron, C.B. Corley, L.S. and J.R. Garey. 2000. Urochordates are monophyletic within the deuterostomes. Systematic Biology 49:52-64.

Corley, L.S., Blankenship, J.R., Moore A.J., and P.J. Moore. 1999. Developmental constraints on the mode of reproduction in the facultatively parthenogenetic cockroach Nauphoeta cinerea. Evolution and Development 1:90-99.

Corley, L.S. and A. J. Moore. 1999. Fitness of alternative modes of reproduction: developmental constraints and the evolutionary maintenance of sex. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 266:471-476.

Panganiban, G., Irvine, S., Lowe, C., Roehl, H., Corley, L.S., Sherbon, S., Grenier, J., Fallon, J., Kimble, J., Walker, M., Wray, G., Swalla, B.J., Martindale, M., and S. B. Carroll. 1997. The origin and evolution of animal appendages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 94:5162-5166.

Positions Held:

2001-present Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, Washington State University.

1999-2001 Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Mentor: Michael R. Strand)

1997-99 NSF-GRT Fellow, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky (Mentor: Allen J. Moore)

1996 Society for Developmental Biology Summer Fellow, Embryology Summer Course, The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

1995-96 Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, Vanderbilt University (Mentor: Billie J. Swalla)

1992-95 Teaching Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University

1992 Undergraduate Research, Department of Sciences, Lander University, "The Gross Anatomy of the Sea Squirt Styela plicata with Emphasis on the Circulatory System and the Adaptive Significance of Heart-Beat Reversal" (Mentor: Richard S. Fox)

1991-92 Assistant Cytotechnician, Greenwood Genetics Center, Greenwood SC (Supervisor: Mary K. Phelan)

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