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Bowden, R. M., L. Smithee, R. T. Paitz (2009) A modified yolk biopsy technique improves survivorship of turtle eggs. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. In press.

Les, H. L., R. T. Paitz, and R. M. Bowden (2009) Living at extremes: development at the edges of viable temperature under constant and fluctuating conditions. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. In press.

Paitz, R. T. and R. M. Bowden (2008) A proposed role of the sulfotransferase/sulfatase pathway in modulating yolk steroid effects. Integrative and Comparative Biology doi: 10.1093/icb/icn034.

Maddox, J. D., R. M. Bowden, and P. J. Weatherhead (2008) Yolk testosterone and estradiol variation relative to clutch size, laying order and hatching asynchrony in Common Grackles. Journal of Ornithology, doi: 10.1007/s10336-008-0311-0.

Les, H. L., R. T. Paitz, and R. M. Bowden (2007) An experimental test of the effects of fluctuating incubation temperatures on hatchling phenotype. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Physiology and Evolutionary Genetics 307A:274-280.

Paitz, R. T., H. K. Harms, R. M. Bowden, and F. J. Janzen (2007) Experience pays: offspring survival increases with female age. Biology Letters 3:44-46.

Freedberg, S., R. M. Bowden, M. A. Ewert, D. R. Sengelaub, and C. E. Nelson (2006) Long-term sex reversal by oestradiol in amniotes with heteromorphic sex chromosomes. Biology Letters 2:378-381.

Harms, H. K., R. T. Paitz, R. M. Bowden, and F. J. Janzen (2005) Age and season impact resource allocation to eggs and nesting behavior in painted turtles. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78:996-1004.

Valenzuela, N., D. C. Adams, R. M. Bowden, A. C. Gauger (2004) Morphometric sex indentification of hatchling turtles reveals conserved shape dimorphism across chelonian suborders. Copeia 2004:735-742.

Bowden, R. M., H. K. Harms, R. T. Paitz, and F. J. Janzen (2004) Does optimal egg size vary with demographic stage because of a physiological constraint? Functional Ecology 18:522-529.

St. Juliana, J. R., R. M. Bowden, and F. J. Janzen (2004) The impact of behavioral and physiological maternal effects on offspring sex ratio in the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56:270-278.

Bowden, R. M., M. A. Ewert, and C. E. Nelson (2002) Hormone levels in yolk decline throughout development in the red-eared slider turtle ( Trachemys scripta elegans ). General and Comparative Endocrinology 129:171-177.

Bowden, R. M., M. A. Ewert, S. Freedberg, and C. E. Nelson (2002) Maternally derived yolk hormones vary in follicles of the painted turtle, Chrysemys picta . Journal of Experimental Zoology 293:67-72.

Bowden, R. M., M. A. Ewert, J. L. Lipar, and C. E. Nelson (2001) Concentrations of steroid hormones in layers and biopsies of chelonian egg yolks. General and Comparative Endocrinology 121:95-103.

Bowden, R. M., M. A. Ewert, and C. E. Nelson (2000) Environmental sex determination in a reptile varies seasonally and with yolk hormones. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences 267:1745-1749.

Bowden, R. M., S. Williamson, and M. D. Breed (1998) Floral oils: their effect on nestmate recognition in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. Insectes Sociaux 45:209-214.

Breed, M. D., R. M. Bowden, M. F. Garry, and A. L. Weicker (1996) Giving-up time variation in response to differences in nectar volume and concentration in the giant tropical ant, Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 9:659-672.

Bowden, R. M., M. F. Garry, and M. D. Breed (1994) Discrimination of con- and heterospecific bees by Trigona (Tetragonisca) angustula guards. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 67:137-139.