Publications

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2021 - Present

• Corcoran J., Storks L., & Wong, R.Y. (2024) Bold zebrafish (Danio rerio) learn faster in an associative learning task. bioRxiv [Preprint]

• Kraus A., Garcia B., Ma J., Herrera K.J., Zwaka, H., Kapraz, R., Wong, R.Y., Engert F., & Salinas, I. (2023) Olfactory detection of viruses shapes brain immunity and behavior in zebrafish. bioRxiv [Preprint]

• Baker, M.R.^ & Wong, R.Y. (2021) Npas4a expression in the teleost forebrain is associated with stress coping style differences in fear learning. Scientific Reports 11:12074 [Paper]

2016 - 2020

• Goodman, A.C.*, & Wong, R.Y. (2020) Differential effects of ethanol on behavior and GABAA receptor expression in adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) with alternative stress coping styles. Scientific Reports 10:13076 [Paper]

• Johnson, Z.V., Moore, E.C., Wong, R.Y. , Godwin, J.R., Streelman, J.T., & Roberts, R.B., (2020) Exploratory behaviour is associated with microhabitat and evolutionary radiation in Lake Malawi cichlids. Animal Behaviour [Paper]

• Baker, M.R.^ & Wong, R.Y., (2019) Contextual fear learning and memory differ between stress coping styles in zebrafish. Scientific Reports 9:9935 [Paper]

• Wong, R.Y., French, J. , & Russ, J.B.^, (2019) Differences in stress reactivity between zebrafish with alternative stress coping styles. Royal Society Open Science 6:181797 [Paper]

• Baker, M.R.^, Goodman, A.C.*, Santo J.B., & Wong, R.Y., (2018) Repeatability and reliability of exploratory behavior in proactive and reactive zebrafish, Danio rerio. Scientific Reports 8:12114 [Paper]

• Baker, M.R.^, Hofmann, H.A., & Wong, R.Y., (2017) Neurogenomics of behavioral plasticity in socioecological contexts. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS). John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. [Paper]

2011 - 2015

• Wong, R.Y., Lamm, M.S.^, & Godwin, J., (2015) Characterizing the neurotranscriptomic states in alternative stress coping styles. BMC Genomics 16:425  [Paper] 

• Wong, R.Y. & Godwin, J., (2015) Neurotranscriptome profiles of multiple zebrafish strains. Genomics Data 5: 206-209 [Paper]

• Wong, R.Y., McLeod, M.*, & Godwin, J., (2014) Limited sex-biased neural gene expression patterns across strains in zebrafish (Danio rerio). BMC Genomics 15:905 [Paper]

• Wong, R.Y. & Cummings. M.E., (2014) Expression patterns of neuroligin-3 and tyrosine hydroxylase across the brain during mate choice contexts in female swordtails. Brain Behavior Evolution 83:231-243 [Paper]

• Wong, R.Y., Oxendine, S.E.*, & Godwin, J., (2013) Behavioral and neurogenomic transcriptome changes in wild-derived zebrafish with fluoxetine treatment. BMC Genomics 14:348 [Paper] 

• Wong, R.Y.^, Ramsey M.E., & Cummings, M.E., (2012) Localizing brain regions associated with female mate preference behavior in a swordtail. PLoS ONE 7(11): e50355 [Paper]

• Wong, R.Y., Perrin, F.*, Oxendine, S.E.*, Kezios, Z.D.*, Sawyer, S.*, Zhou, L.*, & Godwin, J., (2012) Comparing behavioral responses across multiple assays of stress and anxiety in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Behaviour 149: 1205–1240 [Paper]

• Ramsey M.E., Maginnis T.L., Wong R.Y.^, Brock C.^, & Cummings M.E., (2012) Identifying context-specific gene profiles of social, reproductive and mate preference behavior in a fish species with female mate choice. Frontiers in Neuroscience 6:62 [Paper]

• Wong, R.Y.^, So, P.*, & Cummings, M.E., (2011) How female size and male displays influence mate preference in a swordtail. Animal Behaviour 82, 691-697. [Paper]

• Ramsey, M., Wong, R.Y.^, & Cummings, M.E., (2011) Estradiol, reproductive cycle and preference behavior in a northern swordtail. General and Comparative Endocrinology 170, 381-390. [Paper]

2007 - 2010

• Wong, R.Y.^ & Hofmann, H.A., (2010) Behavioral Genomics: An Organismal Perspective. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS). John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. [Paper]

• Cummings, M.E., Larkins-Ford, J., Reilly, C. R. L., Wong, R.Y.^, Ramsey, M.^, & Hofmann, H.A., (2008) Sexual and social stimuli elicit rapid and contrasting genomic responses. Proc Biol Sci. 275, 393-402. [Paper]

• Wong, R.Y.* & Hopkins, C.D., (2007) Electrical and behavioral courtship displays in the mormyrid fish Brienomyrus brachyistius . J Exp Biol 210, 2244-2252. [Paper]