Peer-reviewed Publications
* Denotes student author (undergraduate, Master’s or PhD) mentored by me
2024
Schubert N*, Nichols HJ, Mwanguhya F, Businge R, Kyambulima S, Mwesige K, Cant MA, Winternitz JC (2024) Characterization of both major histocompatibility complex classes in a wild social mammal: the banded mongoose. bioRxiv 2024.12.14.628504, DOI: 10.1101/2024.12.14.628504. link to preprint
2023
Winternitz J, Chakarov N, Rinaud T, Ottensmann M, Krüger O (2023) High functional allelic diversity and copy number in both MHC classes in the common buzzard. BMC Ecology and Evolution 23, 24, DOI:10.1186/s12862-023-02135-9. PDF
2022
Winternitz JC, Abbate JL (2022) The genes of attraction: mating behavior, immunogenetic variation, and parasite resistance. In: Animal Behavior and Parasitism (eds. Ezenwa VO, Altizer S, Hall RJ), Oxford University Press, DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192895561.003.0011. PDF
2021
Winternitz J (2021) Detangling the mechanisms and timing of MHC-dependent sexual selection using Soay sheep. Molecular Ecology, DOI:10.1111/mec.16255. PDF
Moran NP, Caspers BA, Chakarov N, Ernst UR, Fricke C, Kurtz J, Lilie ND, Lo LK, Müller C, R R, Takola E, Trimmer PC, van Benthem KJ, Winternitz J, Wittmann MJ (2021) Shifts between cooperation and antagonism driven by individual variation: a systematic synthesis review. Oikos, DOI:10.1111/oik.08201. EcoEvoRxiv. October 28. doi:10.32942/osf.io/sbrvu. PDF
Schubert N*, Nichols H, Winternitz J (2021) How can the MHC mediate social odor via the microbiota community? A deep dive into mechanisms. Behavioral Ecology, 32: 359-373, DOI:10.1093/beheco/arab004. PDF *PhD student.
Winternitz J, Schubert N*, Nichols H (2021) Let’s keep alternative hypotheses on the table: a response to comments on Schubert et al. Behavioral Ecology, 32: 378-379, DOI:10.1093/beheco/arab039. PDF *PhD student.
Krishna M, Winternitz J, Garkoti SC, Penuelas J (2021) Functional leaf traits indicate phylogenetic signals in forests across an elevational gradient in the central Himalaya. Journal of Plant Research, DOI:10.1007/s10265-021-01289-1. PDF
2020
Havlíček J**, Winternitz J**, Roberts SC (2020) Major histocompatibility complex-associated odour preferences and human mate choice: near and far horizons. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 375: 20190260, DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0260. PDF **Authors contributed equally.
Solak HM*, Yanchukov A, Ayanoğlu İC, Çolak F, Matur F, Sözen M, Winternitz JC (2020) Altitudinal effects on innate immune response of a subterranean rodent. Zoological Science, 37: 1-11, 11. DOI:10.2108/zs190067 . PDF, *Master’s student.
Radwan J, Babik W, Kaufman J, Lenz TL, Winternitz J (2020) Advances in the evolutionary understanding of MHC polymorphism. Trends in Genetics, DOI:10.1016/j.tig.2020.01.008. PDF
2019
Näpflin K, O’Connor EA, Becks L, Bensch S, Ellis VA, Hafer-Hahmann N, Harding KC, Lindén SK, Olsen MT, Roved J, Sackton TB, Shultz AJ, Venkatakrishnan V, Videvall E, Westerdahl H, Winternitz JC, Edwards SV (2019) Genomics of host-pathogen interactions: challenges and opportunities across ecological and spatiotemporal scales. PeerJ, DOI:10.7717/peerj.8013. PeerJ link
2017
Winternitz J, Abbate J, Huchard E, Havlíček J and Garamszegi LZ (2017) Patterns of MHC-dependent mate selection in humans and non-human primates: a meta-analysis. Molecular Ecology, 26: 668-688. PDF
2016
Streicker D, Winternitz J, Satterfield D, Condori E, Recuenco E, Velasco-Villa A, Altizer S, and Valderrama W (2016) Host-pathogen evolutionary signatures reveal dynamics and future invasions of vampire bat rabies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, DOI:10.1073/pnas.1606587113. PDF, Media Coverage (NPR, Sept. 13, 2016).
2015
Winternitz JC and Abbate JL (2015) Examining the evidence for major histocompatibility complex-dependent mate selection in humans and nonhuman primates. Research and Reports in Biology, 2015(6): 73-88. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RRB.S58514. PDF
Winternitz JC, Promerova M, Polakova R, Vinker M, Schnitzer J, Munclinger P, Babik W, Radwan J, Bryja J, and Albrecht T (2015) Effects of heterozygosity and MHC diversity on patterns of extra-pair paternity in the socially monogamous Scarlet rosefinch. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 69: 459. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-014-1858-9. PDF
2014
Winternitz JC, Wares JP, Yabsley MJ and Altizer S (2014) Wild cyclic voles maintain high neutral and MHC diversity without strong evidence for parasite-mediated selection. Evolutionary Ecology, 28: 957–975. DOI: 10.1007/s10682-014-9709-8. PDF
2013
Winternitz JC, Minchey SG, Garamszegi LZ, Huang S, Stephens PR and Altizer S (2013) Sexual selection explains more functional variation in mammalian immune genes than parasitism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 280(1769): 20131605. PDF
Winternitz JC and Wares JP (2013) Duplication and population dynamics shape historic patterns of selection and genetic variation at the MHC in rodents. Ecology and Evolution, 3(6):1552-1568. PDF
2012 and earlier
Winternitz JC, Yabsley MJ, Altizer SM (2012) Parasite infection and host dynamics in a naturally fluctuating rodent population. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 90:1149-1160. PDF
Blumstein DT, Richardson DT, Cooley L, Winternitz J, Daniel JC (2008) The structure, meaning, and function of yellow-bellied marmot pup screams. Animal Behavior, 76: 1055-1064. PDF
Blumstein DT, Cooley L, Winternitz J, Daniel JC (2008) Do yellow-bellied marmots respond to predator vocalizations? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 62(3): 457-468. PDF
Other Publications
Han, BA, Rushmore, J, Fritzsche, A, Satterfield, D, Winternitz, J (2012) Preempting Pandemics. Science, 337: 647-648. Book Review. PDF