Publications: K.A. McKean

  • McKean, K.A., Yourth, C., Lazzaro, B. and Clark, A.G. (in press). "The evolutionary costs of immunological maintenance and deployment in Drosophila melanogaster." BMC Evolutionary Biology.
  • McKean, K.A., Yourth, C., Lazzaro, B. and Clark, A.G. (in prep). "Sexual conflict of gene expression affects an immunological trade-off."
  • Bedhomme, S., McKean, K.A., and Chippindale, A. (submitted). "Is sexual conflict shaping sex differences in immune function?" Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Letters.
  • McKean, K.A., and Nunney, L. (2008). "Sexual selection and immune function in Drosophila melanogaster." Evolution 62(2):386-400.
  • McKean, K.A., and Nunney, L. (2005). "Bateman's principle and immunity: Phenotypically plastic reproductive strategies predict immunological sex differences in Drosophila melanogaster." Evolution 59(7):1510-1517.
  • Schlenke, T. and McKean, K.A. (2005). "A role of Adh in the Drosophila immune response?" Journal of Insect Molecular Biology 14(2):175-178.
  • McKean, K.A. and Nunney, L. (2001). "Increased sexual activity reduces male immune function in Drosophila melanogaster." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 14:7904-7909.
  • Zuk, M., and McKean, K.A. (2000). "Signals, parasites and the immune system." pages 407-419 in: Animal Signals: Signaling and Signal Design in Animal Communication, Y. Espmark, T. Amundsen, and G. Rosenqvist, eds. Tapir Academic Press, Trondheim Norway.
  • McKean, K.A., Nunney, L., and Zuk, M. (1996). "Immunology taught by Darwin." Science 272(5262):634-635.
  • McKean, K.A. and Zuk, M. (1995). "An evolutionary perspective on signaling in behavior and immunology." Naturwissenshaften 82(11):509-516.
  • Zuk, M. and McKean, K.A. (1996). "Sex differences in parasite infections: Patterns and processes." International Journal for Parasitology 26(10):1009-1023.
  • Zuk, M., Johnsen, T.S., Kolluru, G.R., McKean, K.A., and Schulke, B. (1994). "Survival, reproduction and behavior." Ecology 75(6):1854-1855.