Publications
Xu, M., Fincke, O. M. 2022 Negative body size-dependent resource allocation underlies conspicuous sexual ornaments in a territorial damselfly. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 35:288-298 [pdf]
Xu, M., Fincke, O. M. 2022 To harass or to respect: the economy of male persistence despite female refusal in a damselfly with scramble mate competition. International Journal of Odonatology 25: 7-15 [pdf]
Xu, M., & Shaw, K. L. 2021. QTL fine mapping reveals multiple linked song QTL and genetic coupling between song and preference loci underlying rapid speciation. Journal of Heredity 112: 204-213 [pdf]
Xu, M., & Shaw, K. L. 2020. Spatial Mixing between calling males of two closely related, sympatric crickets suggests beneficial heterospecifics interactions in a nonadaptive radiation. Journal of Heredity 111: 84-91 [pdf]
Xu, M., Shaw, K. L. 2019. Genetic coupling of signal and preference facilitates sexual isolation during rapid speciation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286: 20191607 [pdf]
Xu, M., & Shaw, K. L. 2019. The genetics of mating song evolution underlying speciation: linking quantitative variation to candidate genes for behavioral isolation. Genetics 211: 1089-1104 [pdf]
Fincke, O. M., Xu, M., Khazan, E., Wilson, M., Ware, J. 2018. Tests of hypotheses for morphological and genetic divergence in Megaloprepus damselflies across Neotropical forests. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125: 844-861 [pdf]
Xu, M., Fincke, O. M. 2015. Ultraviolet wing signal affects territorial contest outcome in a sexually dimorphic damselfly. Animal Behaviour 101: 67-74 [pdf]
Barnard, A., Fincke, O. M., Shield, M., Xu, M., 2015. Melanic individuals in polychromatic Enallagma damselflies result from phenotypic, not genetic, variation. International Journal of Odonatology 18: 3-14 [pdf]
Xu, M., Cerreta, A., Schultz, T. D., Fincke, O. M. 2014. Selective use of multiple sexual cues by males reflects a decision rule for sex discrimination in a female polymorphic, sexually mimetic damselfly. Animal Behaviour 92: 9-18 [pdf]
Xu, M., Fincke, O. M. 2011. Tests of the harassment-reduction function and frequency-dependent maintenance of a female-specific color polymorphism in a damselfly. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65: 1215-1227 [pdf]
Xu, M., Fincke, O. M. 2022 To harass or to respect: the economy of male persistence despite female refusal in a damselfly with scramble mate competition. International Journal of Odonatology 25: 7-15 [pdf]
Xu, M., & Shaw, K. L. 2021. QTL fine mapping reveals multiple linked song QTL and genetic coupling between song and preference loci underlying rapid speciation. Journal of Heredity 112: 204-213 [pdf]
Xu, M., & Shaw, K. L. 2020. Spatial Mixing between calling males of two closely related, sympatric crickets suggests beneficial heterospecifics interactions in a nonadaptive radiation. Journal of Heredity 111: 84-91 [pdf]
Xu, M., Shaw, K. L. 2019. Genetic coupling of signal and preference facilitates sexual isolation during rapid speciation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286: 20191607 [pdf]
Xu, M., & Shaw, K. L. 2019. The genetics of mating song evolution underlying speciation: linking quantitative variation to candidate genes for behavioral isolation. Genetics 211: 1089-1104 [pdf]
Fincke, O. M., Xu, M., Khazan, E., Wilson, M., Ware, J. 2018. Tests of hypotheses for morphological and genetic divergence in Megaloprepus damselflies across Neotropical forests. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125: 844-861 [pdf]
Xu, M., Fincke, O. M. 2015. Ultraviolet wing signal affects territorial contest outcome in a sexually dimorphic damselfly. Animal Behaviour 101: 67-74 [pdf]
Barnard, A., Fincke, O. M., Shield, M., Xu, M., 2015. Melanic individuals in polychromatic Enallagma damselflies result from phenotypic, not genetic, variation. International Journal of Odonatology 18: 3-14 [pdf]
Xu, M., Cerreta, A., Schultz, T. D., Fincke, O. M. 2014. Selective use of multiple sexual cues by males reflects a decision rule for sex discrimination in a female polymorphic, sexually mimetic damselfly. Animal Behaviour 92: 9-18 [pdf]
Xu, M., Fincke, O. M. 2011. Tests of the harassment-reduction function and frequency-dependent maintenance of a female-specific color polymorphism in a damselfly. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65: 1215-1227 [pdf]