Publications

Below is a list of selected publications by Dr. Sirot. For other publications by Dr. Sirot, visit here.

Seminal Fluid Proteins

  • Sirot, L.K. 2019. Modulation of seminal fluid molecules by males and females. Curr Opin Insect Sci 35: 109-116. [Link]

  • Sirot, L.K. 2019. On the evolutionary origins of insect seminal fluid proteins. Gen Comp Endocrinol 278: 104-111. [Link]

  • Wigby, S., Y.H. Kim, J. Perry, & L.K. Sirot. 2015. Developmental environment mediates male seminal protein investment in Drosophila melanogaster. Functional Ecology, DOI 10.1111/1365-2435.12515.

  • Joseph, P.N., R.K. Sharma, A. Agarwal, & L.K. Sirot. 2015. Men ejaculate larger volumes of semen, more motile sperm, and more quickly when exposed to images of novel women. Evolutionary Psychological Science, DOI 10.1007/s40806-015-0022-8.

  • Sirot, L.K. & M.W. Wolfner. 2015 Who’s zoomin’ who? Seminal fluid proteins and cryptic female choice in diptera. Chapter In Cryptic Female Choice in Arthropods: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Prospects; A. Aisenberg and A. Peretti, eds., Springer Press.

  • Sirot, L.K., A. Wong, T. Chapman, & M.F. Wolfner. 2014. Sexual conflict and seminal fluid proteins: a dynamic landscape of sexual interactions. Chapter In Sexual Conflict; W. Rice and S. Gravrilets, eds., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

  • Vogel, A., H. Jocque, L.K. Sirot, & A.C. Fiumera. 2014. Effects of atrazine exposure on male reproduction in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Insect Physiology, 72C:14-21.

  • Boes K.E., Ribeiro J.M.C., Wong A., Harrington L.C., Wolfner M.F., and Sirot, L.K. (2014) Identification and characterization of seminal fluid proteins in the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 8(6): e2946. [Full text]

  • Sirot L.K., Findlay G.D., Sitnik J.L., Frasheri D., Avila F.W., Wolfner M.F. (2014). Molecular characterization and evolution of a gene family encoding both female- and male-specific reproductive proteins in Drosophila. Mol Biol Evol. 31(6):1554-67. [Full text]

  • Perry, J.C., Sirot, L.K., and Wigby, S. (2013). The seminal symphony: How to compose an ejaculate. Trends Ecol. Evol. 28(7), 414-422. [Full text]

  • Helinski, M.E., Deewatthanawong, P., Sirot, L.K., Wolfner, M.F., and Harrington, L.C. (2012). Duration and dose-dependency of female sexual receptivity responses to seminal fluid proteins in Aedes albopictus and Ae. aegypti mosquitoes. J. Insect Physiol. 58(10), 1307-1313. [Full text]

  • Smith, D.T., Sirot, L.K., Wolfner, M.F., Hosken, D.J., Wedell, N. (2012). The consequences of genetic variation in sex peptide expression levels for egg laying and retention in females. Heredity. 109(4), 222-225. [Full text]

  • South, A., Sirot, L.K., Lewis, S.M. (2011). Identification of predicted seminal fluid proteins in Tribolium castaneum. Insect Mol Biol. 20(4), 447-456. [Full text]

  • Sirot, L.K., Wolfner, M.F., and Wigby, S. (2011). Protein-specific manipulation of ejaculate composition in response to female mating status in Drosophila melanogaster. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 108, 9922–9926. [Full text]

  • Sirot, L.K., Hardstone, M.C., Helinski, M.E.H., Ribeiro, J.M.C., Kimura, M., Deewatthanawong, P., Wolfner, M.F., and Harrington, L.C. (2011). Towards a semen proteome of the dengue vector mosquito: Protein identification and potential functions. Plos Neglect. Trop. Dis. 5. [Full text]

  • Avila, F.W., Sirot, L.K., LaFlamme, B.A., Rubinstein, C.D., and Wolfner, M.F. (2011). Insect seminal fluid proteins: identification and function. Annual Review of Entomology, 56, 21–40.[Abstract]

  • Sirot, L.K., Buehner, N.A., Fiumera, A.C., and Wolfner, M.F. (2009). Seminal fluid protein depletion and replenishment in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster: an ELISA-based method for tracking individual ejaculates. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 63, 1505–1513.[Abstract]

  • Sirot, L.K., LaFlamme, B.A., Sitnik, J.L., Rubinstein, C.D., Avila, F.W., Chow, C.Y., and Wolfner, M.F. (2009). Molecular social interactions: Drosophila melanogaster seminal fluid proteins as a case study. Advances in Genetics, 68, 23–56. [Abstract]

  • Wigby, S., Sirot, L.K., Linklater, J.R., Buehner, N., Calboli, F.C.F., Bretman, A., Wolfner, M.F., and Chapman, T. (2009). Seminal fluid protein allocation and male reproductive success. Curr. Biol. 19, 751–757. [Full text]

  • Sirot, L.K., Poulson, R.L., McKenna, M.C., Girnary, H., Wolfner, M.F., and Harrington, L.C. (2008). Identity and transfer of male reproductive gland proteins of the dengue vector mosquito, Aedes aegypti: Potential tools for control of female feeding and reproduction. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 38, 176–189. [Full text]

  • Haerty, W., Jagadeeshan, S., Kulathinal, R.J., Wong, A., Ram, K.R., Sirot, L.K., Levesque, L., Artieri, C.G., Wolfner, M.F., Civetta, A., et al. (2007). Evolution in the fast lane: Rapidly evolving sex-related genes in Drosophila. Genetics 177, 1321–1335. [Full text]

  • Sirot, L.K., Lapointe, S.L., Shatters, R., Bausher, M. (2006) Transfer and fate of seminal fluid mlecules in the beetle Diaprepes abbreviatus: Implications for the reproductive biology of a pest species. J. Insect Phys., 52(3), 300-308.[Abstract]

  • Ram, K.R., Sirot, L.K., and Wolfner, M.F. (2006). Predicted seminal astacin-like protease is required for processing of reproductive proteins in Drosophila melanogaster. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 103, 18674–18679. [Full text]

Behavior

  • Córdova-García, G., Sirot, L., Abraham, S., Díaz-Fleischer, F., Flores-Estevez, N., López-Ortega, M., & Pérez-Staples, D. (2021). Mating, but not male accessory gland products, changes female response to olfactory cues in anastrepha fruit flies. Frontiers in Physiology, 12. [Full Text] Gilkey, P. L., Ortiz, D. L., Kowalo, T., Troyo, A., & Sirot, L. K. (2021). Host-feeding patterns of the mosquito assemblage at Lomas Barbudal Biological Reserve, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Journal of Medical Entomology, 58(6), 2058–2066. [Full Text]

  • Sirot, L., Bansal, R., Esquivel, C. J., Arteaga‐Vázquez, M., Herrera‐Cruz, M., Pavinato, V. A., Abraham, S., Medina‐Jiménez, K., Reyes‐Hernández, M., Dorantes‐Acosta, A., & Pérez‐Staples, D. (2021). Post‐mating gene expression of mexican fruit fly females: Disentangling the effects of the male accessory glands. Insect Molecular Biology, 30(5), 480–496. [Full Text]

  • Sirot, L. K., & Wolfner, M. F. (2020). “Call and response”: A case of behavioral‐molecular copulatory dialogue? BioEssays, 42(11), 2000248. [Full Text]

  • Orr, T. J., Burns, M., Hawkes, K., Holekamp, K. E., Hook, K. A., Josefson, C. C., Kimmitt, A. A., Lewis, A. K., Lipshutz, S. E., Lynch, K. S., Sirot, L. K., Stadtmauer, D. J., Staub, N. L., Wolfner, M. F., & Hayssen, V. (2020). It takes two to tango: Including a female perspective in reproductive biology. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 60(3), 796–813. [Full Text]

  • Sirot, L.K. and S.L. Lapointe. (2008) Patterns and consequences of mating behavior of the Diaprepes root weevil Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the field. Florida Entomologist. 91, 400-406.[Full Text]

  • Sirot, L.K., Brockmann, H.J., Marinis, C., and Muschett, G. (2003). Maintenance of a female-limited polymorphism in Ishcnura ramburi (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Anim. Behav., 66, 763-755. [Abstract]

  • Sirot, L.K. and H.J. Brockmann. (2001). Costs of sexual interactions to females in Rambur’s forktail damselfly, Ischnura ramburi (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Anim. Behav. 61, 415 -424.[Abstract]

Conservation

  • Putz, F.E., Sirot, L.K., and Pinard, M.A. (2001) Tropical forest management and wildlife: silvicultural effects on forest structure, fruit production, and locomotion of arboreal mammals, In The Cutting Edge: Conserving Wildlife in Logged Tropical Forests; Robert A. Fimbel, John G. Robinson, and Alejandro Grajal, eds. Columbia University Press: New York, New York, pp. 11-35. [Link]

  • Boinski, S. and Sirot, L. (1997) Uncertain conservation status of squirrel monkeys in Costa Rica, Saimiri oerstedi oerstedi and Saimiri oerstedi citrinellus. Folia Primatologica, 68, 181-193. [Abstract]