Karen Kapheim

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Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

• Kapheim, K., (2025). Prepupal diapause reduces adult lifespan in the solitary alfalfa leafcutter bee. Scientific Reports, 15, 37149. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-21239-4
• Kapheim, K., (2025). The genome of the solitary bee Tetrapedia diversipes (Hymenoptera, Apidae). G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 15, jkae264. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkae264
• Kapheim, K.M, (2024). Recombination rate variation in social insects: An adaptive perspective. Annual Review of Genetics, 58, doi: 10.1146/annurev-genet-111523-102550
• Kapheim, K., (2024). Reproductive inefficiency and increased behavioral variation are associated with large group size in the orchid bee, Euglossa dilemma. Insectes Sociaux, 71, 211-219. doi: 10.1007/s00040-024-00967-2
• Kapheim, K., (2024). Assessing the effects of cold storage regimes of North American Bombus gynes. Journal of Applied Entomology, 148, 712-722. doi: 10.1111/jen.13261
• Pope, N.S, Singh, A., Childers, A.K, Kapheim, K., Evans, J.D, Lopez-Uribe, M.M, (2023). The expansion of agriculture has shaped the recent evolutionary history of a specialized squash pollinator. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120, e2208116120.
• Kapheim, K., Johnson, M.M, Jolley, , (2021). Composition and acquisition of the microbiome in solitary, ground-nesting alkali bees. Scientific Reports, 11, 2993. doi: 0.1038/s41598-021-82573-x
• Rego, A., Chaturvedi, S., Springer, A., Lish, A.M, Barton, C.L, Kapheim, K.M, Messina, F.J, Gompert, Z., (2020). Combining experimental evolution and genomics to understand how seed beetles adapt to a marginal host plant. Genes, 11, 400.
• Kapheim, K., (2018). Effects of social organization and resource availability on brood parasitism in the facultatively social nocturnal bee Megalopta genalis. Insectes Sociaux, 65:1, 85-93. doi: 10.1007/s00040-017-0590-7
• Rodgers, T.W, Kapheim, K., (2017). A high elevation record of the little spotted cat Leopardus tigrinus oncilla from western Panama. Southwestern Naturalist, 62, 225-227. doi: 10.1894/SWNAT-D-17-00024.1
• Rodger, T.W, Xu, C., Giacalone, J., Kapheim, K., Saltonstall, K., Vargas, M., Yu, D., Somervuo, P., McMillan, W.O, Jansen, P., (2017). Carrion fly-derived DNA metabarcoding is an effective tool for mammal surveys: evidence from a known tropical mammal community. Molecular Ecology Resources, 17, e133-e145. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12701
• Kapheim, K., Johnson, M.M, (2017). Juvenile hormone, but not nutrition or social cues, affects reproductive maturation in solitary alkali bees (Nomia melanderi). Journal of Experimental Biology, doi: 10.1242/jeb.162255
• Kapheim, K., (2017). Nutritional, endocrine, and social influences on reproductive physiology at the origins of social behavior. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 22, 62-70. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2017.05.018
• Brand, P., Saleh, N., Pan, H., Li, C., Kapheim, K., Ramírez, S.R, (2017). The nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of the facultatively eusocial orchid bee Euglossa dilemma. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 7:9, 2891-2898. doi: 10.1534/g3.117.043687
• Kapheim, K., Johnson, M.M, (2017). Support for the reproductive ground plan hypothesis in a solitary bee: links between sucrose response and reproductive status. Proceedings of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences, 284, 2406. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2406
• Kapheim, K., (2016). Genomic sources of phenotypic novelty in the evolution of eusociality in insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 13, 24-32. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2015.10.009
• Matthew, M.S, Kapheim, K., Axel, B., Tara, M.A, Gene, R.E, (2016). Brain regions and molecular pathways responding to food rewards in the honey bee. Genes, Brain, & Behavior, 15, 305-317. doi: 10.1111/gbb.12275
• Kapheim, K., Chan, T., Smith, A.R, Wcislo, W.T, Nonacs, P., (2016). Ontogeny of division of labor in a facultatively eusocial sweat bee Megalopta genalis. Insectes Sociaux, 63, 185-191. doi: 10.1007/s00040-015-0454-y
• Kapheim, K., Rao, V.D, Yeoman, C.J, Wilson, B.A, White, B.A, Goldenfeld, N., Robinson, G.E, (2015). Caste-specific differences in hindgut microbial communities of honey bees (Apis mellifera). PLoS One, 10:4, e0123911. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123911
• Kapheim, K., Nonacs, P., Smith, A.R, Wayne, R.K, Wcislo, W.T, (2015). Kinship, parental manipulation and evolutionary origins of eusociality. Proceedings of the Royal Society - Biological Sciences, 282, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2886
• Kapheim, K., Pan, H., Li, C., Salzberg, S.L, Puiu, D., Magoc, T., Robertson, H.M, Hudson, M.E, Venkat, A., Fischman, B.J, Hernandez, A., Yandell, M., Ence, D., Holt, C., Yocum, G.D, Kemp, W.P, Bosch, J., Waterhouse, R.M, Zdobnov, E.M, Stolle, E., Kraus, F.B, Helbing, S., Moritz, R.F, Glastad, K.M, Hunt, B.G, Goodisman, M.A, Hauser, F., Grimmelikhuijzen, C.J, Pinheiro, D.G, Nunes, F.M, Soares, M.P, Tanaka, É.D, Simões, Z.L, Hartfelder, K., Evans, J.D, Barribeau, S.M, Johnson, R.M, Massey, J.H, Southey, B.R, Hasselmann, M., Hamacher, D., Biewer, M., Kent, C.F, Zayed, A., Blatti, III, C., Sinha, S., Johnston, J.S, Hanrahan, S.J, Kocher, S.D, Wang, J., Robinson, G.E, Zhang, G., (2015). Genomic signatures of evolutionary transitions from solitary to group living. Science, 348:6239, 1139-1143. doi: 10.1126/science.aaa4788
• Nonacs, P., Kapheim, K., (2014). Cultural evolution and emergent group-level traits through social heterosis. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37:03, 266-267.
• Tierney, S.M, Fischer, C.N, Rehan, S.M, Kapheim, K., Wcislo, W.T, (2013). Frequency of social nesting in the sweat bee Megalopta genalis (Halictidae) does not vary across a rainfall gradient, despite disparity in brood production and body size. Insectes Sociaux, 60:2, 163-172.
• Smith, A.R, Kapheim, K., Perez-Ortega, B., Brent, C.S, Wcislo, W.T, (2013). Juvenile hormone levels reflect social opportunities in the facultatively eusocial sweat bee Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Horm Behav, 63:1, 1-4.
• Kapheim, K., Smith, A.R, Nonacs, P., Wcislo, W.T, Wayne, R.K, (2013). Foundress polyphenism and the origins of eusociality in a facultatively eusocial sweat bee, Megalopta genalis (Halictidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 67:2, 331-340.
• Enzmann, B.L, Kapheim, K., Wang, T.B, Nonacs, P., (2012). Giving them what they want: manipulating Argentine ant activity patterns with water. Journal of Applied Entomology, 136:8, 588-595.
• Nonacs, P., Kapheim, K., (2012). Modeling Disease Evolution with Multilevel Selection: HIV as a Quasispecies Social Genome. Journal of Evolutionary Medicine, 1, 235553. doi: 10.4303/jem/235553
• Kapheim, K., Smith, A.R, Ihle, K.E, Amdam, G.V, Nonacs, P., Wcislo, W.T, (2012). Physiological variation as a mechanism for developmental caste-biasing in a facultatively eusocial sweat bee. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279:1732, 1437-1446.
• Kapheim, K., Bernal, S.P, Smith, A.R, Nonacs, P., Wcislo, W.T, (2011). Support for maternal manipulation of developmental nutrition in a facultatively eusocial bee, Megalopta genalis (Halictidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 65:6, 1179-1190.
• Kapheim, K., Pollinger, J.P, Wcislo, W.T, Wayne, R.K, (2009). Characterization of 12 polymorphic microsatellite markers for a facultatively eusocial sweat bee (Megalopta genalis). Molecular Ecology Resources, 9:6, 1527-9.
• Smith, A.R, Kapheim, K., O’Donnell, S., Wcislo, W.T, (2009). Social competition but not subfertility leads to a division of labour in the facultatively social sweat bee Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Animal Behaviour, 78:5, 1043-1050.
• Nonacs, P., Kapheim, K., (2008). Social heterosis and the maintenance of genetic diversity at the genome level. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 21, 631 - 635.
• Nonacs, P., Kapheim, K., (2007). Social heterosis and the maintenance of genetic diversity. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20:6, 2253-2265. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01418.x
• Boydston, E.E, Kapheim, K., Holekamp, K.E, (2006). Patterns of den occupation by the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta). African Journal of Ecology, 44:1, 77-86.
• Boydston, E.E, Kapheim, K., van Horn, R.C, Smale, L., Holekamp, K.E, (2005). Sexually dimorphic patterns of space use throughout ontogeny in the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta). Journal of Zoology, 267:3, 271-281.
• Boydston, E.E, Kapheim, K., Watts, H.E, Szykman, M., Holekamp, K.E, (2003). Altered behaviour in spotted hyenas associated with increased human activity. Animal Conservation, 6, 207-219.
• Boydston, E.E, Kapheim, K., Szykman, M., Holekamp, K.E, (2003). Individual variation in space use by female spotted hyenas. Journal of Mammalogy, 84:3, 1006-1018.
• Kapheim, K., French, S., Multi-year assessment of the effects of tourism on physiological parameters of the Northern Bahamian Rock Iguana (Cyclura cychlura). . Journal of Experimental Zoology

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