Six BR Lab Papers out on BioRxiv – check them out!

Harned S*, Mankiewicz JL, Borski RJ, Godwin J, Burford Reiskind MO. (Revised & Resubmitted; Preprint 2026) The value multi-year sampling for detecting fine-scale population genetic structure in marine fishes: A case study of juvenile southern flounder. PLoS One; Preprint DOI: 10.64898/2026.04.24.720543

Ding J*, Reed EMX*, Reiskind MH, Burford Reiskind MO. (In press 2026; Preprint 2026) Fine-scale landscape genomics show asymmetric patterns of gene flow within a local geopolitical boundary for the invasive mosquito Aedes albopictus. Ecology & Evolution; Preprint BioRxiv 2025 DOI: XXX

Butler CD*, Ding JY*, Baltzegar J, Brow ZS, Burford Reiskind MO, Reiskind MH. (Published 2026 & Preprint 2025) Socioeconomic predictors of knockdown resistance in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae). Royal Society Open Science; Preprint BioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2025.07.01.662680

Baltzegar J, Butler CD*, Ding JY*, Beeson CM**, Reed EMX, Reiskind MH, Burford Reiskind MO. (Published 2026, Preprint 2025) Emergence and spatial expansion of knockdown resistance in a suburban population of Aedes albopictus. Parasites & Vectors; Preprint BioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2025.06.30.662396

Harned S*, Mankiewicz JL, Borski RJ, Burford Reiskind MO, Godwin J. (2025, Preprint) De novo transcriptome assembly and sex-differential expression in wild caught southern flounder, Paralichthys lethostigma, during a critical development period. Preprint BioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2025.10.21.683694

Reed EMX*, Reiskind MH, Burford Reiskind MO. (2026; Preprint 2025) Spatiotemporal variation in abundance and genetic structure across the urban-rural landscape gradient: Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) (Diptera: Culicidae) in Wake County, NC. Journal of Medical Entomology DOI: ; Preprint BioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2025.06.12.659333

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About the Author:

Martha is the Director of the Genetics & Genomics Scholars graduate program and an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at NC State. She investigates evolutionary process of how species respond to rapid changes in their abiotic or biotic environments.