Publications

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2025 & preprints

Selection and transmission of the gut microbiome alone shifts mammalian behavior

Suzuki TA, T Akbuğa-Schön, JL Waters, D Jakob, D Long Vu, MA Ballinger, SC Di Rienzi, H Chang, IE de Araujo, AV Tyakht & RE Ley

Tuberculosis susceptibility in genetically diverse mice reveals functional diversity of neutrophils

Ravesloot-Chavez MM, E Van Dis, D Fox, XH Nguyenla, SL Rawal, MA Ballinger, H Thomas, D Kotov, R Vance, MW Nachman & SS Stanley

2024

Tissue-specific and cis-regulatory changes underlie parallel, adaptive gene expression evolution in house mice

Durkin SM, MA Ballinger & MW Nachman. PLoS Genetics 20(2): e1010892.

Into the Wild: A novel wild-derived inbred strain resource expands the genomic and phenotypic diversity of laboratory mouse models

Dumont BL, D Gatti, MA Ballinger, D Lin, M Phifer-Rixey, MJ Sheehan, TA Suzuki, LK Wooldridge, H Opoku Frempong, G Churchill, C Lutz, N Rosenthal, JK White & MW Nachman. PLoS Genetics 20(4): e1011228.

2023

Environmentally robust cis-regulatory changes underlie rapid climatic adaptation

Ballinger MA, Mack KL, SM Durkin, EA Riddell & MW Nachman. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120(39): e2214614120.

Perspective: Gene regulation helps species thrive in new climates

2022

The contribution of genetic and environmental effects to Bergmann's rule and Allen's rule in house mice

Ballinger MA & MW Nachman. The American Naturalist 199(5):691-704.

The genomic basis of high-elevation adaptation in wild house mice (Mus musculus domesticus) from South America

Beckman EJ, Martins FM, TA Suzuki, K Bi, S Keeble, JM Good, AS Chavez, MA Ballinger, K Agwamba & MW Nachman. Genetics 220(2), iyab226.

2021

A unifying eco-physiological framework for animal dormancy

Wilsterman K, MA Ballinger & CM Williams. Functional Ecology 35:11-31.

2020 & earlier

Gene regulation underlies environmental adaptation in house mice

Mack KL, MA Ballinger, M Phifer-Rixey & MW Nachman. 2018. Genome Research 28:1636-1645.

Nature's fat burning machine: brown adipose tissue in a hibernating mammal

Ballinger MA & MT Andrews. 2018. Journal of Experimental Biology 221, jeb162586.

Are lethal alleles too abundant in humans?

Ballinger MA & MAF Noor. 2018. Trends in Genetics 34(2):87-89.

Enhanced oxidative capacity of ground squirrel brain mitochondria during hibernation

Ballinger MA, C Schwartz & MT Andrews. 2017. American Journal of Physiology 312: R301–R310.

Seasonal changes in brown adipose tissue mitochondria in a mammalian hibernator: from gene expression to function

Ballinger MA, C Hess, MW Napolitano, JA Bjork & MT Andrews. 2016. American Journal of Physiology 311: R325–R336.

Melatonin receptor signaling contributes to neuroprotection upon arousal from torpor in thirteen-lined ground squirrels

Schwartz C, MA Ballinger & MT Andrews. 2015. American Journal of Physiology 309: R1292–R1300.