Selected Publications

Salzburger W, Renn SCP, Steinke D, Braasch I, Hofmann HA, Meyer A (2008): Annotation of expressed sequence tags for the East African cichlid fish species Astatotilapia burtoni and evolutionary analyses of cichlid ORFs. BMC Genomics 9:96 (1-14).  Available Online

Cummings ME, Larkins-Ford J, Reilly CRL, Wong RY, Ramsey M, Hofmann HA (2008): Sexual and social stimuli elicit rapid and contrasting genomic responses. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275:393–402.     Download PDF

Duftner N, Larkins-Ford J, Legendre M, Hofmann HA (2008): Efficacy of RNA amplification is dependent on sequence characteristics: Implications for gene expression profiling using a cDNA microarray. Genomics 91:108-117.     Download PDF

Trainor BC, Hofmann HA (2007): Somatostatin and somatostatin receptor gene expression in dominant and subordinate cichlid fish. Behavioral Brain Research 179:314-320.     Download PDF

Shumway CA, Hofmann HA, Dobberfuhl AP (2007) A new technique for quantifying habitat complexity in freshwater or marine systems. Freshwater Biology 52:1065-1076.     Download PDF

Aubin-Horth N, Desjardins J, Martei Y, Balshine S, Hofmann HA (2007): Masculinized dominant females in a cooperatively breeding species. Molecular Ecology 16:1349–1358.        Download PDF

Pollen AA, Dobberfuhl AP, Scace J, Igulu MM, Renn SCP, Shumway CA, Hofmann HA (2007): Environmental complexity and social organization sculpt the brain in Lake Tanganyikan cichlid fish. Brain, Behavior & Evolution 70:21–39.
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Trainor BC, Hofmann HA (2006): Somatostatin regulates aggressive behavior in an African cichlid fish. Endocrinology, 147:5119–5125.        Download PDF

Hofmann HA (2006): GnRH signaling in behavioral plasticity. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 16:343-350.        Download PDF

Aubin-Horth N, Landry CR, Letcher BH, Hofmann HA (2005) Alternative life-histories shape different brain gene expression profiles in males of the same population. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 272:1655-1662Download PDF

Aubin-Horth N, Letcher BH, Hofmann HA (2005) Interaction of rearing environment and reproductive tactic on gene expression profiles in Atlantic Salmon. Journal of Heredity 96: 261-278.        Download PDF

Renn SCP, Aubin-Horth N, Hofmann HA (2004) Biologically meaningful expression profiling across species using heterologous hybridization to a cDNA microarray. BMC Genomics 5:42(1-13).        Download PDF

Hofmann HA (2003) Functional Genomics of Neural and Behavioral Plasticity. Journal of Neurobiology 54: 272-282.        Download PDF

Hofmann HA, Schildberger K (2001) Assessment of strength and willingness to fight during aggressive encounters in crickets. Animal Behaviour 62:337-348.     Download PDF

Hofmann HA, Fernald RD (2001) What cichlids tell us about the social regulation of brain and behavior. Journal of Aquariculture and Aquatic Sciences 9:17-31. Download PDF

Hofmann HA, Fernald RD (2000) Social status controls somatostatin-neuron size and growth. Journal of Neuroscience 20:1248-1252.         Download PDF

Stevenson PA, Hofmann HA, Schoch K, Schildberger K (2000) The fight and flight responses of crickets depleted of biogenic amines. Journal of Neurobiology 43:107-120.         Download PDF

Hofmann HA, Stevenson PA (2000) Flight restores fight in crickets. Nature 403:613.         Download PDF

Hofmann HA, Benson ME, Fernald RD (1999): Social status regulates growth rate: Consequences for life-history strategies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 95:14171-14176.          Download PDF