Papers & preprints

Publications

Selected work from our current and continuing research.

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2026

Horizontally acquired mitochondrial alternative oxidase contributes to springtail bioenergetics and life belowground
Weaver RJ.
bioRxiv. Preprint · Not peer reviewed
DOI: 10.64898/2026.06.01.729305
Shared Pathways, Physiological Constraint, and the Evolutionary Origins of an Honest Signal. A commentary on Számadó et al. (2025)
Hill GE, Powers MJ, Weaver RJ.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 39(8): 1058–1061.
DOI: 10.1093/jeb/voag048

2023

Mitochondrial alternative oxidase across the tree of life: Presence, absence, and putative cases of lateral gene transfer
Weaver RJ, McDonald AE.
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics 1864(4): 149003.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2023.149003
Disentangling positive selection from relaxed selection in animal mitochondrial genomes
Zwonitzer KD, Iverson ENK, Sterling JE, Weaver RJ, Maclaine BA, Havird JC.
The American Naturalist 202(4): E121–E129.
DOI: 10.1086/725805
Carotenoid ornaments and the spandrels of physiology: a critique of theory to explain condition dependency
Hill GE, Weaver RJ, Powers MJ.
Biological Reviews 98(6): 2320–2332.
DOI: 10.1111/brv.13008

2022

Genomic signatures of mitonuclear coevolution in mammals
Weaver RJ, Rabinowitz S, Thueson K, Havird JC.
Molecular Biology and Evolution 39(11): msac233.
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msac233

2020

High mitochondrial mutation rates in Silene are associated with nuclear-mediated changes in mitochondrial physiology
Weaver RJ, Carrion G, Nix R, Maeda GP, Rabinowitz S, Iverson ENK, Thueson K, Havird JC.
Biology Letters 16(9): 20200450.
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0450

2019

Hypothesized evolutionary consequences of the alternative oxidase (AOX) in animal mitochondria
Weaver RJ.
Integrative and Comparative Biology 59(4): 994–1004.
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icz015
Beyond the powerhouse: integrating mitonuclear evolution, physiology, and theory in comparative biology
Havird JC, Weaver RJ, Milani L, Ghiselli F, Greenway R, Ramsey AJ, Jimenez AG, Dowling DK, Hood WR, Montooth KL, Estes S, Schulte PM, Sokolova IM, Hill GE.
Integrative and Comparative Biology 59(4): 856–863.
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icz132

2018

Carotenoid metabolism strengthens the link between feather coloration and individual quality
Weaver RJ, Santos ESA, Tucker AM, Wilson AE, Hill GE.
Nature Communications 9(1): 73.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02649-z

2017

What maintains signal honesty in animal colour displays used in mate choice?
Weaver RJ, Koch RE, Hill GE.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 372(1724): 20160343.
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0343