Marten J. Edwards

Muhlenberg College — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Insect Resistance and Genetics(11), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research(7), Plant and animal studies(7), Vector-Borne Animal Diseases(5), Vector-borne infectious diseases(4)

Publications28 total

Suppression of transgenerational lipid provisioning inhibits desiccation resistance, but not diapause, in the vector mosquito, Aedes albopictus
2026Open Access
Genetics tools for corpora allata specific gene expression in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
Scientific Reports·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
Epoxidation of juvenile hormone was a key innovation improving insect reproductive fitness
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2021· 59 citedOpen Access
A 4-Yr Survey of the Range of Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in the Lehigh Valley Region of Eastern Pennsylvania
Journal of Medical Entomology·2019· 23 citedOpen Access
The periodical cicada four-year acceleration hypothesis revisited and the polyphyletic nature of Brood V, including an updated crowd-source enhanced map (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: <i>Magicicada</i> )
PeerJ·2018· 14 citedOpen Access
Identification of an anellovirus and genomoviruses in ixodid ticks
Virus Genes·2017· 25 cited
The Distribution of Periodical Cicada (Hemiptera: Cicadidae:<i>Magicicada</i>) Brood II in 2013: Disjunct Emergences Suggest Complex Brood Origins
American Entomologist·2015· 9 citedOpen Access
Relatively low prevalence of Babesia microti and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases·2015· 18 cited
A coordinated expression of biosynthetic enzymes controls the flux of juvenile hormone precursors in the corpora allata of mosquitoes
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology·2011· 80 cited
Periodical cicadas (Magicicada spp.): A GIS-based map of Broods XIV in 2008 and “XV” in 2009
American Entomologist·2011· 15 citedOpen Access
Genetic differentiation between sun and shade habitats in populations of <i>Lindera benzoin</i> L.
Population Ecology·2010· 13 cited
The Distribution of Periodical Cicada Brood X in 2004
American Entomologist·2009· 29 citedOpen Access
Increased per capita herbivory in the shade: Necessity, feedback, or luxury consumption?
Ecoscience·2008· 54 cited
Eleven polymorphic microsatellite loci in <i>Lindera benzoin</i>, Lauraceae
Molecular Ecology Notes·2007· 7 cited
Differential Expression of &lt;I&gt;Ixodes ricinus&lt;/I&gt; Tick Genes Induced by Blood Feeding or &lt;I&gt;Borrelia burgdorferi&lt;/I&gt; Infection
Journal of Medical Entomology·2005· 108 cited
Differential Expression of<i>Ixodes ricinus</i>Tick Genes Induced by Blood Feeding or<i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i>Infection
Journal of Medical Entomology·2005· 88 citedOpen Access
<i>Aedes aegypti</i> transducing densovirus pathogenesis and expression in <i>Aedes aegypti</i> and <i>Anopheles gambiae</i> larvae
Insect Molecular Biology·2001· 46 cited
Robust gut-specific gene expression in transgenic <i>Aedes aegypti</i> mosquitoes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2000· 159 citedOpen Access
Permeability and disruption of the peritrophic matrix and caecal membrane from Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae mosquito larvae
Journal of Insect Physiology·2000· 90 cited
A gut‐specific serine protease from the malaria vector <i>Anopheles gambiae</i> is downregulated after blood ingestion
Insect Molecular Biology·2000· 31 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Marcelo Jacobs‐Lorena(7), Fernando G. Noriega(4), John R. Cooley(4), John Zyla(4), Chris Simon(4), Marcela Nouzová(3), Richard A. Niesenbaum(3), Gene Kritsky(3), David C. Marshall(3), Gerry Bunker(3), Jin Yoshimura(3), Nataliia Rudenko(2), Maryna Golovchenko(2), Libor Grubhoffer(2), Henry H. Hagedorn(2), Matthew DeGennaro(2), Francisco Fernández-Lima(2), Kathy B. R. Hill(2), Roy Troutman(2), Stephen M. Chiswell(2)