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- Lisa Horth
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Biological Sciences
- 3120c Physical Sciences Bldg Ii
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Norfolk,
VA
23529
- 757-683-6508
- lhorth@odu.edu
- Web Page
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Education
- Florida State University,
2001
- Major: Ecological Genetics
- Degree: Ph. D.
- University of Maryland, College Park,
1993
- Major: Conservation Biology
- Degree: M.S.
- University of Maryland, College Park,
1986
- Major: Microbiology
- Degree: B.S.
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Book Chapters
- (2009). Adaptation and Evolutionary Change. In: Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia.
- Horth, L. (2008). Gaining a comprehensive understanding of the role of heritable, molecular genetic variation in mate choice and mating related
genes. In: Genetic Inheritance Patterns. (pp. 229-249)
- Kallisz, S., Horth, L., and McPeek, M. (1997). Fragmentation and the Role of Seed Banks in Persistence in Isolated Populations of Collinsia verna. In: Conservation and Chronically
Fragmented Populations.. Chapman & Hall.
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Articles
- Horth, L., Binkley, C., Wilk, R., Reddy, P., and Reddy, A. (2009). Color, body-size and genitalia size are correlated traits in mosquitofish that maintain a rare morph. Copeia
- Kennedy, T., Horth, L., and Carr, D. E. (2009). The effects of nitrate loading in the water on the invasive macrophyte Hydrilla verticillata and two common, native macrophytes
(Vallisneria americana and Sagittaria kurziana) in Florida. Aquatic Botany
- Horth, L. (2007). Sensory genes drive mate choice: Evidence that duplications, mutations, and adaptive evolution alter variation in mating cue
genes and their receptors.. Genomics, 90 (2), (pp. 159-175).
- Horth, L. (2006). A sex-linked allele, autosomal modifiers and temperature-dependence appear to regulate melanism in male mosquitofish. Journal of Experimental Biology, 209, (pp. 4938-4945).
- Liberman, J., and Horth, L. (2006). Use of the EYEPORT vision training system to enhance the visual performance of police recruits. J. Behav. Optometry, 17 (4), (pp. 87-92).
- Horth, L. (2005). Melanic pigmentation and Melanocortin-1 Receptor Mutations in Animals. Proceedings of the Indian National Academy of Science, B70, (pp. 499-515).
- Bowen, T., and Horth, L. (2005). Use of the EYEPORT vision training system to enhance the visual performance of little league baeball players. J. Behav. Optometry, 16, (pp. 143-148).
- Horth, L. (2004). A brief description of the courtship display of male pike killfish (Belonesox belizanus). Florida Scientist, 67, (pp. 159-165).
- Horth, L. (2004). Predation and the persistence of melanic male mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 17, (pp. 672-679).
- Horth, L. (2003). Melanic body-color and aggressive mating behavior are correlated traits in male mosquitofish, (Gambusia holbrooki). Proceedings of the Royal Society, 270, (pp. 1033-1040).
- Horth, L., and Travis, J. (2002). Frequency-dependent numerical dynamics in mosquitofish. Proceedings of the Royal Society, 269, (pp. 2239-2247).
- Miller, T., Horth, L., and Reeves, R. (2002). Trophic Interactions in Pitcher Plant Communities. Community Ecology, 3, (pp. 109-116).
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Presentations
- Quantifying Cancer-Causing Human Papilloma Virus Strains in Hampton Roads Women
- Sponsoring Organization: Office of Research Seed Grant Presentations, ODU
- Date: December, 2009
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- Genes, natural selection and black pigment pattern in mosquitofish
- Sponsoring Organization: East Carolina State University
- Date: November, 2009
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- Biased sex ratio (and color morph ratio) is associated with melanic color pattern in eastern mosquitofish
- Sponsoring Organization: Amer Soc Ich Herp
- Date: July, 2009
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- Sex ratio distortion is linked to melanic genotype in Mosquitofish
- Sponsoring Organization: Soc Study Evol
- Date: July, 2009
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- Vaccination creates a new niche: modeling transmission dynamics of human papilloma virus (HPV) in a college (ODU) population
- Conference Name: Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics, Old Dominion University
- Sponsoring Organization: Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics, Old Dominion University
- Date: February, 2009
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- The beauty and bane of being a rare, melanic morph in a common fish species
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Maryland
- Location: College Park, Maryland
- Date: October, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- Temperature, a sex-linked allele and an autosomal modifier control expression of melanin in mosquitofish
- Sponsoring Organization: ASIH
- Date: July, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- Temperature, a sex-linked allele and an autosomal modifier control expression of melanin in mosquitofish
- Sponsoring Organization: AIBS
- Date: May, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- Inheritance patterns of Pectus excavatum
- Conference Name:
- Date: October, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- Female Pheromones and Male mating behavior in eastern mosquitofish
- Sponsoring Organization: Anim Behav
- Date: July, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- From field experiments to point mutations: Understanding how rare, melanic mosquitofish persist in nature
- Sponsoring Organization: University of New Mexico
- Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Date: April, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- Paternal age and the inheritance of Pectus excavatum
- Conference Name: Old Dominion University
- Sponsoring Organization: Old Dominion University
- Location: Norfolk, Virginia
- Date: April, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Stacey, M.
Horth, L.
Segna, K.
Dooley, A.
Maple, E.
Proud, V.
Kelly, R.
Nuss, D.
- The synthesis of ecology, evolution and genetics best explains the persistence of very rare melanic mosquitofish in nature
- Conference Name: Duke University
- Sponsoring Organization: Duke University
- Location: Durham, North Carolina
- Date: March, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- The evolutionary, ecological explanation for the persistence of a very rare color morph in an abundant fish species
- Sponsoring Organization: The George Washington University
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: February, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- Using color and vision exercises to enhance batting performance of little-league baseball players
- Conference Name:
- Date: January, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Liberman, J.
Bowen, T.
Horth, L.
- From field experiments to point mutations. Understanding how rare, melanic mosquitofish persist in nature
- Sponsoring Organization: Old Dominion University
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: March, 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- From field experiments to point mutations: Understanding how rare, melanic mosquitofish persist in nature
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Akron
- Location: Akron, Ohio
- Date: April, 2003
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- Frequency dependent selection and the persistence of rare color morphs in nature
- Sponsoring Organization: Vanderbilt University
- Location: Nashville, Tennessee
- Date: November, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- Understanding how selfish genetic elements and population structure bias sex-ratios of Silene vulgaris in nature
- Sponsoring Organization: Am Nat
- Date: July, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- Frequency and body-color affect fitness and mating behavior in male mosquitofish
- Sponsoring Organization: SSE
- Date: June, 2001
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- Understanding the genetic color polymorphism in male mosquitofish
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Virginia
- Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
- Date: November, 2000
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- Demographic effects of melanic male mosquitofish differ at high and low density
- Sponsoring Organization: SSE
- Date: July, 2000
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- Demographic effects of a color polymorphism in male mosquitofish: Gambusia holbrooki
- Sponsoring Organization: ESA
- Date: April, 2000
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- The maintenance of a genetic color polymorphism in mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki)
- Sponsoring Organization: Florida State University
- Location: Tallahassee, Florida
- Date: April, 2000
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- Demographic effects of a color polymorphism in male mosquitofish: Gambusia holbrooki
- Sponsoring Organization: SSE
- Date: June, 1999
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- Development of the abdominal musculature of the South African clawed toad, Xenopus laevis
- Sponsoring Organization: American Association of Anatomists
- Date: May, 1988
- Authors/Presenters:
Horth, L.
- Monocyte surface antigens and interleukin-2 receptor expression in cord blood, and its enhancement with LPS and interferon
gamma
- Sponsoring Organization: American Pediatric Soc & Soc Pediatric Research
- Date: 1987
- Authors/Presenters:
El-Mohandes, A.
Carcillo, J.
Horth, L.
Katona, I.
- Elected Honoree, Marquis Who's Who of American Women
- Invited, Montclaire Health Care Who's Who
- Elected Representative, Conservation Biol. Steering Comm., University of Maryland
- Elected Representative, Nat'l Assoc. Environ. Professionals, University of Maryland
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research