Publications
* Denotes undergraduate independent project or thesis students that I mentored for the project
12. van Meer N.M.M.E, Yan J.L., Salerno C.M., Dirks J., Miller C.W. (2026). Environmental impact on insect cuticle thickness. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 66. icag047. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icag047
11. Yan, J.L., Dobbin M.L.*, Chen J.*, Dukas, R. (2026). The adaptive significance of polyandry: a meta-analysis. Evolution. 80(4), 838-853. https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpag013
10. Yan, J.L., Rosenbaum, J.R.*, Yang, D.*, Dukas, R. (2025). Optimal polyandry in fruit flies. Evolution. 79(2), 193–202. https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpae148
9. Yan, J.L., Smith N.M.T, Filice D.C.S., Dukas, R. (2024). Winner and loser effects: A meta-analysis. Animal Behaviour. 216, 15 – 22. Editor's choice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.07.014
8. Yan, J.L., Dobbin, M.L.*, Dukas, R. (2024). Sexual conflict: the fitness cost of traumatic insemination, female avoidance, and male mate choice. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 291:20232808. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2808
7. Yan, J.L., Rosenbaum, J.R.*, Esteves, S.*, Dobbin, M.L.*, Dukas, R. (2024). Sexual conflict in bed bugs: effects of social experience. Behavioral Ecology. 35(3), arae030. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arae030
6. Yan, J.L., Prebus, M. (2024). Variability of nest relocation behaviour among acorn ant species. Insectes Sociaux, 71(1), 49-60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-024-00950-x
5. Kashetsky, T., Yan, J.L., Doering, G.N., Skelton, T., Dukas, R. (2023). The effect of experience on collective decision-making. Behavioural Processes, 213, 104962. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2023.104962
4. Yan, J.L., Dukas, R. (2022). The social consequences of sexual conflict in bed bugs: Social
networks and sexual attraction. Animal Behaviour, 192, 109-117. Editor’s choice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.07.016
3. Scott, A. M., Yan, J.L., Baxter, C. M., Dworkin, I., & Dukas, R. (2022). The genetic basis of variation
in sexual aggression: Evolution versus social plasticity. Molecular Ecology, 31(10), 2865-2881.
https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16437
2. Dukas R., Yan J.L., Scott A.M., Sivaratnam S., and Baxter C.M. (2021). Artificial selection on forced
copulation success: Correlated traits and trade-offs. Evolution, 74(6), 1112-1123.
https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13993
1. Baxter, C.M., Yan J.L., and Dukas R. (2019). Genetic variation in sexual aggression and the factors that determine forced-copulation success. Animal Behaviour, 158, 261-267.