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Bart Kensinger, Ph.D. student. Major advisor: Barney Luttbeg. Sexual selection and speciation.
B.Sc. 2005, University of Missouri Email: bart.kensinger@okstate.edu |
Specific Interests
My current research focuses on character displacement in two species of sympatric katydids in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas. I am interested in how sexual signal competition affects male and female choice, and the role of mate choice in reproductive isolation.
Selected publications
- Hunt, J. H., B. J. Kensinger, J. A. Kossuth, M. T. Henshaw, K. Norberg, F. Wolschin, and G. V. Amdam. 2007. A diapause pathway underlies the gyne phenotype in Polistes wasps, revealing an evolutionary route to caste-containing insect societies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104: 14020-14025.