ZFIN Person: Pritchard, Victoria

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-970123-6

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-970123-6

Pritchard, Victoria

Email:	vpritcha@nmsu.edu
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Address:	Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences New Mexico State University 132 Knox Hall P.O. Box 30003, Campus Box 4901 2980 South Espina Street Las Cruces, NM 88003-0003 USA
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Phone:	(505) 646-1544
Fax:	(505) 646-1281
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

I have been investigating behaviour, morphological variability and inheritance of stripe pattern in populations of zebrafish derived from different areas of the species' range. Such an approach can be combined with the wealth of genetic and developmental information available for the zebrafish to identify the processes which underlie population divergence and, ultimately, speciation.

PUBLICATIONS

Wright, D., Rimmer, L.B., Pritchard, V.L., Krause, J., and Butlin, R.K. (2003) Inter and intra-population variation in shoaling and boldness in the zebrafish (Danio rerio). Die Naturwissenschaften. 90(8):374-377

Pritchard, V.L., Lawrence, J., Butlin, R.K., and Krause, J. (2001) Shoal choice in zebrafish, Danio rerio: the influence of shoal size and activity. Animal behaviour. 62(6):1085-1088

Pritchard, V.L. (2001) Behaviour and morphology of the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Ph.D. Thesis.

Krause, J., Hartmann, N., and Pritchard, V.L. (1999) The influence of nutritional state on shoal choice in zebrafish, Danio rerio. Animal behaviour. 57:771-775

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS
Krause, J., Butlin, R. K., Peukhuri, N. & Pritchard, V. L. (2000). The social organisation of fish shoals: a test of laboratory predictions for the field. Biological Reviews.

Tregenza, T., Pritchard, V. L & Butlin, R. K. (in press). The origins of premating isolation: testing hypotheses in the grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus. Evolution.

Tregenza, T., Pritchard, V. L. & Butlin, R. K. (2000). What drives speciation? Patterns of trait divergence between populations of the meadow grasshopper, Chorthippus parallelus. Evolution, 54, 574-585.

Tregenza, T., Buckley, S. H., Pritchard, V. L. & Butlin, R. K. (2000). Inter- and intra-population effects of sex and age on the epicuticular composition of the meadow grasshopper, Chorthippus parallelus. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 26, 257-278.