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Song, Hojun Associate Professor
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- Associate Professor, Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
The Song Lab focuses on the study of an insect order Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids) and other insects and aims at understanding behavioral, ecological, physiological, morphological and molecular evolution in a phylogenetic framework.
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Foquet, B., Little, D. W., Medina-Durn, J. H., & Song, H.
(2022).
The time course of behavioural phase change in the Central American locust Schistocerca piceifrons. Journal of Experimental Biology.
225(23), jeb244621.
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Woodrow, C., Pulver, C., Song, H., & Montealegre-Z, F.
(2022).
Auditory mechanics in the grig (Cyphoderris monstrosa): tympanal travelling waves and frequency discrimination as a precursor to inner ear tonotopy. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences.
289(1973), 20220398.
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Hoang, T., Foquet, B., Rana, S., Little, D. W., Woller, D. A., Sword, G. A., & Song, H.
(2022).
Development of RNAi Methods for the Mormon Cricket, Anabrus simplex (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Insects.
13(8), 739-739.
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Song, H., Muschett, G. R., Woller, D. A., Slatyer, R. A., Tatarnic, N. J., & Umbers, K.
(2021).
Taxonomic notes on the Australian skyhopper genus Kosciuscola Sjöstedt (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oxyinae). ZOOTAXA.
5071(1), 118-130.
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MARIÑO-PÉREZ, R., SANABRIA-URBÁN, S., POCCO, M. E., FOQUET, B., & SONG, H.
(2021).
Studies in Mexican Grasshoppers: Four new species of Reyesacris Fontana, Buzzetti & Mariño-Pérez, 2011 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Ommatolampidinae). ZOOTAXA.
5039(4), 518-536.
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Barrientos-Lozano, L., Song, H., Rocha-Sánchez, A. Y., & Torres-Castillo, J. A.
(2021).
State of the Art Management of the Central American Locust Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons (Walker, 1870). Agronomy.
11(6), 1024-1024.
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Kearney, M. R., Hossain, M. A., Sinclair, S. J., & Song, H.
(2021).
Grasshopper country before and after: a resurvey of Ken Key's collecting expeditions in New South Wales, Australia, 70 years on. Austral Entomology.
60(1), 52-65.
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Verlinden, H., Sterck, L., Li, J., Li, Z., Yssel, A., Gansemans, Y., ... Broeck, J. V.
(2021).
First draft genome assembly of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. F1000Research.
9, 775-775.
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Barreto, L., Shon, A., Knox, D., Song, H., Park, H., & Kim, J.
(2021).
Motorized Treadmill and Optical Recording System for Gait Analysis of Grasshoppers. Sensors.
21(17), 5953-5953.
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Weissman, D. B., Vandergast, A. G., Song, H., Shin, S., McKenna, D. D., & Ueshima, N.
(2021).
Generic relationships of New World Jerusalem crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatoidea:Stenopelmatinae), including all known species of Stenopelmatus. ZOOTAXA.
4917(1), zootaxa.4917.1.1-122.
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Zahid, S., Mario-Prez, R., Amehmood, S. A., Muhammad, K., & Song, H.
(2020).
An Illustrated Key of Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) of the Indian Subcontinent Region. ZOOTAXA.
4895(3), zootaxa.4895.3.4-397.
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Song, H., Bthoux, O., Shin, S., Donath, A., Letsch, H., Liu, S., ... Simon, S.
(2020).
Author Correction: Phylogenomic analysis sheds light on the evolutionary pathways towards acoustic communication in Orthoptera. Nature Communications.
11(1), 5674.
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Verlinden, H., Sterck, L., Li, J., Li, Z., Yssel, A., Gansemans, Y., ... Vanden Broeck, J.
(2020).
First draft genome assembly of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. F1000Research.
9, 775-775.
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Medina-Durn, J. H., Mayn-Estrada, R., Mario-Prez, R., & Song, H.
(2020).
Morphology and Phylogenetic Position of Two New Gregarine Species (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinorida) Parasitizing the Lubber Grasshopper Taeniopoda centurio (Drury, 1770) (Insecta: Orthoptera: Romaleidae) in Mexico. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.
67(1), 4-17.
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Song, H., Donthu, R. K., Hall, R., Hon, L., Weber, E., Badger, J. H., & Giordano, R.
(2019).
Description of soybean aphid (Aphis glycines Matsumura) mitochondrial genome and comparative mitogenomics of Aphididae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
113, 103208-103208.
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Mario-Prez, R., & Song, H.
(2019).
On the origin of the New World Pyrgomorphidae (Insecta: Orthoptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
139, 106537-106537.
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Kilpatrick, S. K., Foquet, B., Castellanos, A. A., Gotham, S., Little, D. W., & Song, H.
(2019).
Revealing hidden density-dependent phenotypic plasticity in sedentary grasshoppers in the genus Schistocerca Stl (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Cyrtacanthacridinae). Journal of Insect Physiology.
118, 103937-103937.
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Richardson, S., Trimm, T., Paredes, R., Koehl, J., & Song, H.
(2019).
A new species of king cricket Glaphyrosoma Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae: Glaphyrosomatini) from Costa Rica with behavioral observations. ZOOTAXA.
4671(1), zootaxa.4671.1.7-104.
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Yang, L. u., Ravikanthachari, N., Mario-Prez, R., Deshmukh, R., Wu, M., Rosenstein, A., ... Andolfatto, P.
(2019).
Predictability in the evolution of Orthopteran cardenolide insensitivity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences.
374(1777), 20180246-20180246.
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Gale, C. C., Borrego, E., Blackmon, H., Harper, J. K., Richardson, D., & Song, H.
(2019).
Investigating a Photolytic Metabolite in the Nocturnal Grasshopper Schistocerca ceratiola (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America.
112(1), 50-55.
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Milani, D., Bardella, V. B., Ferretti, A., Palacios-Gimenez, O. M., Melo, A., Moura, R. C., ... Cabral-de-Mello, D. C.
(2018).
Satellite DNAs Unveil Clues about the Ancestry and Composition of B Chromosomes in Three Grasshopper Species. Genes.
9(11), 523-523.
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Marino-Perez, R., & Song, H.
(2018).
Phylogeny of the grasshopper family Pyrgomorphidae (Caelifera, Orthoptera) based on morphology. Systematic Entomology.
43(1), 90-108.
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Song, H., Foquet, B., Mario-Prez, R., & Woller, D. A.
(2017).
Phylogeny of locusts and grasshoppers reveals complex evolution of density-dependent phenotypic plasticity. Scientific Reports.
7(1), 6606.
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Sanabria-Urbn, S., Song, H., Oyama, K., Gonzlez-Rodrguez, A., & Castillo, R.
(2017).
Integrative taxonomy reveals cryptic diversity in neotropical grasshoppers: taxonomy, phylogenetics, and evolution of the genus Sphenarium Charpentier, 1842 (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae). ZOOTAXA.
4274(1), 1-86.
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Woller, D. A., & Song, H.
(2017).
Investigating the functional morphology of genitalia during copulation in the grasshopper Melanoplus rotundipennis (Scudder, 1878) via correlative microscopy. JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY.
278(3), 334-359.
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Raszick, T. J., & Song, H.
(2016).
The ecotype paradigm: testing the concept in an ecologically divergent grasshopper. Insect Systematics & Evolution.
47(4), 363-387.
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Amorim, D. S., Santos, C., Krell, F., Dubois, A., Nihei, S. S., Oliveira, O., ... Grimaldi, D.
(2016).
Timeless standards for species delimitation. ZOOTAXA.
4137(1), 121-128.
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Song, H., Amdgnato, C., Cigliano, M. M., Desutter-Grandcolas, L., Heads, S. W., Huang, Y., Otte, D., & Whiting, M. F.
(2015).
300 million years of diversification: elucidating the patterns of orthopteran evolution based on comprehensive taxon and gene sampling. Cladistics.
31(6), 621-651.
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Sanabria-Urbn, S., Song, H., Oyama, K., Gonzlez-Rodrguez, A., Serrano-Meneses, M. A., & Cueva Del Castillo, R.
(2015).
Body Size Adaptations to Altitudinal Climatic Variation in Neotropical Grasshoppers of the Genus Sphenarium (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae). PLoS ONE.
10(12), e0145248-e0145248.
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Kelly, S. L., Song, H., & Jenkins, D. G.
(2015).
Land management practices interactively affect wetland beetle ecological and phylogenetic community structure. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS.
25(4), 891-900.
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Song, H., Moulton, M. J., & Whiting, M. F.
(2014).
Rampant nuclear insertion of mtDNA across diverse lineages within Orthoptera (Insecta). PLoS ONE.
9(10), e110508-e110508.
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Woller, D. A., Fontana, P., Mario-Prez, R., & Song, H.
(2014).
Studies in Mexican Grasshoppers: Liladownsia fraile, a new genus and species of Dactylotini (Acrididae: Melanoplinae) and an updated molecular phylogeny of Melanoplinae. ZOOTAXA.
3793(4), 475-495.
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Song, H., & Thijssen, M. S.
(2014).
Insect Systematics & Evolution: A new vision for the future. Insect Systematics & Evolution.
45(2), 115-116.
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Krogmann, L., & Song, H.
(2013).
Morphology and integrative phylogenetics. Insect Systematics & Evolution.
44(3-4), 239-240.
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Song, H., & Mario-Prez, R.
(2013).
Re-evaluation of taxonomic utility of male phallic complex in higher-level classification of Acridomorpha (Orthoptera: Caelifera). Insect Systematics & Evolution.
44(3-4), 241-260.
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Mugleston, J. D., Song, H., & Whiting, M. F.
(2013).
A century of paraphyly: a molecular phylogeny of katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) supports multiple origins of leaf-like wings. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
69(3), 1120-1134.
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Song, H., Moulton, M. J., Hiatt, K. D., & Whiting, M. F.
(2013).
Uncovering historical signature of mitochondrial DNA hidden in the nuclear genome: the biogeography of Schistocerca revisited. Cladistics.
29(6), 643-662.
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Blondin, L., Badisco, L., Pags, C., Foucart, A., Risterucci, A., Bazelet, C. S., ... Chapuis, M.
(2013).
Characterization and comparison of microsatellite markers derived from genomic and expressed libraries for the desert locust. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Entomologie.
137(9), 673-683.
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Gotham, S., & Song, H.
(2013).
Non-swarming grasshoppers exhibit density-dependent phenotypic plasticity reminiscent of swarming locusts. Journal of Insect Physiology.
59(11), 1151-1159.
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Tatarnic, N. J., Umbers, K., & Song, H.
(2013).
Molecular phylogeny of the Kosciuscola grasshoppers endemic to the Australian alpine and montane regions. Invertebrate Systematics.
27(3), 307-316.
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Kumar, S., Ganji, P. N., Song, H., von Kalm, L., & Borst, D. W.
(2013).
Correction: Exposure to Exogenous Enkephalins Disrupts Reproductive Development in the Eastern Lubber Grasshopper, Romalea microptera (Insecta: Orthoptera). PLoS ONE.
8(5), 10.1371/annotation/7c19edf3-4648-45de-8132-16.
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Leavitt, J. R., Hiatt, K. D., Whiting, M. F., & Song, H.
(2013).
Searching for the optimal data partitioning strategy in mitochondrial phylogenomics: a phylogeny of Acridoidea (Insecta: Orthoptera: Caelifera) as a case study. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
67(2), 494-508.
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Kumar, S., Nagaraju, G. P., Song, H., von Kalm, L., & Borst, D. W.
(2012).
Exposure to exogenous enkephalins disrupts reproductive development in the Eastern lubber grasshopper, Romalea microptera (Insecta: Orthoptera). PLoS ONE.
7(11), e51126-e51126.
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Song, H.
(2011).
Density-Dependent Phase Polyphenism in Nonmodel Locusts: A Minireview. Psyche : A Journal of Entomology.
2011, 1-16.
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Moulton, M. J., Song, H., & Whiting, M. F.
(2010).
Assessing the effects of primer specificity on eliminating numt coamplification in DNA barcoding: a case study from Orthoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta). Molecular Ecology Resources.
10(4), 615-627.
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Song, H.
(2010).
Grasshopper Systematics: Past, Present and Future. Journal of Orthoptera Research.
19(1), 57-68.
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LEGENDRE, F., ROBILLARD, T., SONG, H., WHITING, M. F., & DESUTTERGRANDCOLAS, L.
(2010).
One hundred years of instability in ensiferan relationships. Systematic Entomology.
35(3), 475-488.
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SONG, H., SHEFFIELD, N. C., CAMERON, S. L., MILLER, K. B., & WHITING, M. F.
(2010).
When phylogenetic assumptions are violated: base compositional heterogeneity and amongsite rate variation in beetle mitochondrial phylogenomics. Systematic Entomology.
35(3), 429-448.
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Sheffield, N. C., Hiatt, K. D., Valentine, M. C., Song, H., & Whiting, M. F.
(2010).
Mitochondrial genomics in Orthoptera using MOSAS. Mitochondrial DNA Part A.
21(3-4), 87-104.
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Song, H., & Bucheli, S. R.
(2010).
Comparison of phylogenetic signal between male genitalia and non-genital characters in insect systematics. Cladistics.
26(1), 23-35.
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Jensen, D., Svenson, G. J., Song, H., & Whiting, M. F.
(2009).
Phylogeny and evolution of male genitalia within the praying mantis genus Tenodera (Mantodea:Mantidae). Invertebrate Systematics.
23(5), 409-421.
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Song, H.
(2009).
Species-specificity of male genitalia is characterized by shape, size, and complexity. Insect Systematics & Evolution.
40(2), 159-170.
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Cameron, S. L., Sullivan, J., Song, H., Miller, K. B., & Whiting, M. F.
(2009).
A mitochondrial genome phylogeny of the Neuropterida (lacewings, alderflies and snakeflies) and their relationship to the other holometabolous insect orders. 38(6), 575-590.
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Sheffield, N. C., Song, H., Cameron, S. L., & Whiting, M. F.
(2009).
Nonstationary evolution and compositional heterogeneity in beetle mitochondrial phylogenomics. Systematic Biology.
58(4), 381-394.
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Sheffield, N. C., Song, H., Cameron, S. L., & Whiting, M. F.
(2008).
A comparative analysis of mitochondrial genomes in Coleoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta) and genome descriptions of six new beetles. Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE).
25(11), 2499-2509.
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Fenn, J. D., Song, H., Cameron, S. L., & Whiting, M. F.
(2008).
A preliminary mitochondrial genome phylogeny of Orthoptera (Insecta) and approaches to maximizing phylogenetic signal found within mitochondrial genome data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
49(1), 59-68.
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Song, H., Buhay, J. E., Whiting, M. F., & Crandall, K. A.
(2008).
Many species in one: DNA barcoding overestimates the number of species when nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes are coamplified. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
105(36), 13486-13491.
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Song, H., & Wenzel, J. W.
(2008).
Phylogeny of bird-grasshopper subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae) and the evolution of locust phase polyphenism. Cladistics.
24(4), 515-542.
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SONG, H., & WENZEL, J. W.
(2008).
Mosaic pattern of genital divergence in three populations of Schistocerca lineata Scudder, 1899 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Cyrtacanthacridinae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
94(2), 289-301.
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Song, H., Weissman, D. B., Barrientos-Lozano, L., & Cano-Santana, Z.
(2006).
The Locust Island. American Entomologist.
52(3), 168-181.
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Song, H.
(2006).
Description of Schistocerca cohni n. sp. and redescription of S. socorro (Dirsh) (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Cyrtacanthacridinae) from Mexico. ZOOTAXA.
43-52.
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Song, H.
(2004).
On the origin of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria (Forskl) (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Cyrtacanthacridinae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences.
271(1548), 1641-1648.
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Song, H.
(2004).
Revision of the Alutacea Group of Genus Schistocerca (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Cyrtacanthacridinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America.
97(3), 420-436.
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Song, H.
(2004).
Post-adult emergence development of genitalic structures in Schistocerca Stl and Locusta L. (Orthoptera: Acrididae). PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON.
106(1), 181-191.
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Foquet, B., Little, D. W., Medina-Durn, J. H., & Song, H.
(2022).
The time course of behavioural phase change in the Central American locust Schistocerca piceifrons. Journal of Experimental Biology.
225(23), jeb244621.
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chapter
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Cullen, D. A., Cease, A. J., Latchininsky, A. V., Ayali, A., Berry, K., Buhl, J., ... Rogers, S. M.
(2017).
From Molecules to Management: Mechanisms and Consequences of Locust Phase Polyphenism. Advances in Insect Physiology.
INSECT EPIGENETICS.
(pp. 167-285).
Elsevier.
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Cullen, D. A., Cease, A. J., Latchininsky, A. V., Ayali, A., Berry, K., Buhl, J., ... Rogers, S. M.
(2017).
From Molecules to Management: Mechanisms and Consequences of Locust Phase Polyphenism. Advances in Insect Physiology.
INSECT EPIGENETICS.
(pp. 167-285).
Elsevier.
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institutional repository document
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Song, H., Bthoux, O., Shin, S., Donath, A., Letsch, H., Liu, S., ... Simon, S.
(2020).
Phylogenomic analysis sheds light on the evolutionary pathways towards acoustic communication in Orthoptera. Nature Communications.
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Song, H., Bthoux, O., Shin, S., Donath, A., Letsch, H., Liu, S., ... Simon, S.
(2020).
Phylogenomic analysis sheds light on the evolutionary pathways towards acoustic communication in Orthoptera. Nature Communications.
Research
principal investigator on
- NSFDEB-NERC: Integrating phylogenomics, biophysics, and functional genomics to unravel the evolution of hearing and singing in Ensifera (katydids, crickets and relatives) awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2020 - 2024
- SG: Collaborative Research: Evolution and Speciation in Afromontane and Alpine Grasshoppers in Southern Africa awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2017 - 2021
- Developing smart molecular insecticide (RNAi-based) control method targeting Mormon crickets (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) awarded by United States Department of Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2019 - 2020
- Transcriptome Sequencing of Mormon Cricket in Preparation for FY19 Farm Bill on Smart Molecular Insecticide (RNAi-Based) awarded by United States Department of Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2019 - 2020
- ADVANCING SYSTEMATIC RESEARCH IN ORTHOPTERA (ARTHROPODA: INSECTA) awarded by National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2015 - 2020
- CAREER: Evolution of Locust Swarms and Phenotypic Plasticity in Grasshoppers awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2015 - 2019
Teaching
teaching activities
- EEBL606 Phylogen & Comparative Biology Instructor
- EEBL681 Seminar Instructor
- EEBL689 Sptp: Advanced Evol Jrnl Club Instructor
- EEBL689 Sptp:advanced Ecol Jrnl Club Instructor
- ENTO301 Biodivers & Biol Insects Instructor
- ENTO455 Field Ento In Tropics-costa Ri Instructor
- ENTO455 Field Entomology In Tropi: Cri Instructor
- ENTO455 Fld Entomology In Tropics:cri Instructor
- ENTO489 Sptp: Field Ento Top-costa Ric Instructor
- ENTO491 Research Instructor
- ENTO601 Prncpl Of Systmtc Ento Instructor
- ENTO627 Insect Behavior Natural Hist Instructor
- ENTO685 Directed Studies Instructor
- ENTO689 Sptp:insect Beh Nat Hist Instructor
- ENTO691 Research Instructor
- GENE491 Hnr-research Instructor
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Entomology, The Ohio State University - (Columbus, Ohio, United States) 2006
- M.S. in Entomology, The Ohio State University - (Columbus, Ohio, United States) 2002
- B.S. in Entomology, Cornell University - (Ithaca, New York, United States) 2000
awards and honors
Contact
first name
- Hojun
has last name
- Song
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Entomology
2475 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-2475
USA
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- hsong@tamu.edu