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David A. Ernst
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Also affiliated: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2016–2020); Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (2022–2026)
7 h-index
20 pubs
185 cited
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David A. Ernst studies the biological mechanisms underlying magnetoreception and animal behavior, with a focus on sensory gene expression. His research investigates how animals, including sea turtles, spiny lobsters, rainbow trout, and butterflies, perceive and respond to magnetic fields and other environmental cues for navigation and behavior. Ernst has examined the effects of magnetic pulses on Caribbean spiny lobsters and explored candidate genes involved in magnetoreception in rainbow trout. His work also includes transcriptome analyses in butterflies to understand sex-specific sensory gene expression patterns and the impact of experience on their neurogenomic responses and mating behavior. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 7, with 22 publications and 184 citations.
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- h-index: 7
- Publications: 20
- Citations: 185
Selected Publications
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The gene <i>yellow</i> influences aversive mate preference learning in a butterfly (2026)
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A learning experience elicits sex‐dependent neurogenomic responses in Bicyclus anynana butterflies (2023)
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A learning experience elicits sex-dependent neurogenomic responses in Bicyclus anynana butterflies (2022)
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Effect of experience on mating behaviour in male Heliconius melpomene butterflies (2021)
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Stage- and sex-specific transcriptome analyses reveal distinctive sensory gene expression patterns in a butterfly (2021)
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Ontogenetic changes in sensory gene expression in Bicyclus anynana butterflies (2020)
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Wing-pattern-specific effects of experience on mating behavior in Heliconius melpomene butterflies (2020)
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Pulse magnetization elicits differential gene expression in the central nervous system of the Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus (2020)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Erica L. Westerman
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
6 shared publications
In database
- Stage- and sex-specific transcriptome analyses reveal distinctive sensory gene expression patterns in a butterfly
- A learning experience elicits sex‐dependent neurogenomic responses in Bicyclus anynana butterflies
- Effect of experience on mating behaviour in male Heliconius melpomene butterflies
- Wing-pattern-specific effects of experience on mating behavior in Heliconius melpomene butterflies
- Ontogenetic changes in sensory gene expression in Bicyclus anynana butterflies
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Peyton A. Rather
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
2 shared publications
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- Effect of experience on mating behaviour in male Heliconius melpomene butterflies
- Wing-pattern-specific effects of experience on mating behavior in Heliconius melpomene butterflies
Abigail E. Herzog
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
2 shared publications
In database
- Effect of experience on mating behaviour in male Heliconius melpomene butterflies
- Wing-pattern-specific effects of experience on mating behavior in Heliconius melpomene butterflies
Gabrielle A. Agcaoili
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
2 shared publications
In database
- A learning experience elicits sex‐dependent neurogenomic responses in Bicyclus anynana butterflies
- A learning experience elicits sex-dependent neurogenomic responses in Bicyclus anynana butterflies
Abbigail N. Merrill
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
2 shared publications
In database
- A learning experience elicits sex‐dependent neurogenomic responses in Bicyclus anynana butterflies
- A learning experience elicits sex-dependent neurogenomic responses in Bicyclus anynana butterflies
Robert R. Fitak
University of Central Florida (US)
1 shared publication
- Pulse magnetization elicits differential gene expression in the central nervous system of the Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus
Manfred Schmidt
Georgia State University (US)
1 shared publication
- Pulse magnetization elicits differential gene expression in the central nervous system of the Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus
Charles D. Derby
Georgia State University (US)
1 shared publication
- Pulse magnetization elicits differential gene expression in the central nervous system of the Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus
Sönke Johnsen
Duke University (US)
1 shared publication
- Pulse magnetization elicits differential gene expression in the central nervous system of the Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus
Kenneth J. Lohmann
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
1 shared publication
- Pulse magnetization elicits differential gene expression in the central nervous system of the Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus
Yi Ting Ter
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
1 shared publication
In database
- The gene <i>yellow</i> influences aversive mate preference learning in a butterfly
Keity J Farfan-Pira
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
1 shared publication
In database
- The gene <i>yellow</i> influences aversive mate preference learning in a butterfly
Erica L Westerman
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
1 shared publication
In database
- The gene <i>yellow</i> influences aversive mate preference learning in a butterfly
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