Person
Wong, Ryan
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Biography and Research Interest
The Wong lab is broadly interested in exploring the mechanisms underlying variation of complex animal behaviors. Research in the lab takes an integrative approach to understanding behavioral variation. We draw on principles and methodologies ranging from behavioral ecology, neuroethology, molecular neuroscience, to bioinformatics. Specifically current research in the Wong lab examines the behavioral, neural, molecular, and neurotranscriptomic mechanisms of stress coping styles and affected related processes.
Non-Zebrafish Publications
Wong, R.Y. & Cummings. M.E., (2014) Expression patterns of neuroligin-3 and tyrosine hydroxylase across the brain during mate choice contexts in female swordtails. Brain Behavior Evolution 83:231-243
Wong, R.Y., Ramsey M.E., & Cummings, M.E., (2012) Localizing brain regions associated with female mate preference behavior in a swordtail. PLoS ONE 7(11): e50355
Ramsey M.E., Maginnis T.L., Wong R.Y., Brock C. & Cummings M.E., (2012) Identifying context-specific gene profiles of social, reproductive and mate preference behavior in a fish species with female mate choice. Frontiers in Neurogenomics 6:62
Wong, R.Y., So, P.*, & Cummings, M.E., (2011) How female size and male displays influence mate preference in a swordtail. Animal Behaviour 82, 691-697
Ramsey, M., Wong, R.Y., & Cummings, M.E., (2011) Estradiol, reproductive cycle and preference behavior in a northern swordtail. General and Comparative Endocrinology 170, 381-390
Wong, R.Y. & Hofmann, H.A., (2010) Behavioral Genomics: An Organismal Perspective. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS). John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester.
Cummings, M.E., Larkins-Ford, J., Reilly, C. R. L., Wong, R.Y., Ramsey, M., & Hofmann, H.A., (2008) Sexual and social stimuli elicit rapid and contrasting genomic responses. Proc Biol Sci. 275, 393-402
Wong, R.Y. & Hopkins, C.D., (2007) Electrical and behavioral courtship displays in the mormyrid fish Brienomyrus brachyistius . J Exp Biol 210, 2244-2252