Heather Hines

Associate Professor of Biology and Entomology

Heather Hines

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Applies genomic, transcriptomic, phylogenomic, and bioinformatic approaches to study the evolution and genetics of diverse traits in bees and wasps. This includes study of mimetic color diversification, plant gall induction, novel morphologies, speciation, and social evolution.

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Genomics Bees Bombus Hymenoptera Gene Flow Ecology Color Genome Genes Global Change Phylogeny Ecosystem Butterflies Pollinating Insects Parasitism Insecta Phenotype Divergence Diapause Gene Pollen Climate Wasps Biological Sciences Transcriptome

Most Recent Publications

Genetic Modification of a Hox Locus Drives Mimetic Color Pattern Variation in a Highly Polymorphic Bumble Bee

Wanhu Yang, Jixiang Cui, Yuxin Chen, Chao Wang, Yuanzhi Yin, Wei Zhang, Shanlin Liu, Cheng Sun, Hu Li, Yuange Duan, Fan Song, Wanzhi Cai, Heather M. Hines, Li Tian, 2023, Molecular Biology and Evolution

Comparative anatomy of venom glands suggests a role of maternal secretions in gall induction by cynipid wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)

Antoine Guiguet, John Tooker, Andrew R. Deans, Istvan Miko, István Mikó, Gang Ning, Szabina Schweger, Szabina Schwéger, Heather M. Hines, 2023, Insect Systematics and Diversity on p. 3

Extreme acidity in a cynipid gall: a potential new defensive strategy against natural enemies

Antoine Guiguet, Nathaniel McCartney, Kadeem Gilbert, John Tooker, Andrew Deans, Jared Gregory Ali, Heather M. Hines, 2023, Biology Letters on p. 20220513–20220513

Variance in heat tolerance in bumble bees correlates with species geographic range and is associated with several environmental and biological factors

Cody Feuerborn, Gabriela Quinlan, Rachael Shippee, Tori Strausser, Tatiana Terranova, Christina Grozinger, Heather M. Hines, 2023, Ecology and Evolution on p. e10730

Landscape transcriptomics as a tool for addressing global change effects across diverse species

Jason Keagy, Chloe P. Drummond, Kadeem J. Gilbert, Christina M. Grozinger, Jill Hamilton, Heather M. Hines, Jesse Lasky, Cheryl A. Logan, Ruairidh Sawers, Tyler Wagner, 2023, Molecular Ecology Notes

Beat the heat: thermal respites and access to food associated with increased bumble bee heat tolerance

Gabriela Quinlan, Cody Feuerborn, Heather M. Hines, Christina Grozinger, 2023, Journal of Experimental Biology on p. jeb245924

Landscape transcriptomics as a tool for addressing global change effects across diverse species

Jason Keagy, Chloe Pak Drummond, Chloe Drummond, Kadeem Gilbert, Christina Grozinger, J Hamilton, Heather Hines, J Lasky, Cheryl Logan, Ruairidh Sawers, T Wagner, 2023, Molecular Ecology Resources

Symptomatic Infection with Vairimorpha spp. Decreases Diapause Survival in a Wild Bumble Bee Species (Bombus griseocollis)

Margarita Orlova, Monique Porter, Heather M. Hines, Etya Amsalem, 2023, Animals on p. 1656

Local habitat type influences bumble bee pathogen loads and bee species distributions

Elena Gratton, Darin J. McNeil, Darin McNeil, Jr, Christina Grozinger, Heather M. Hines, 2023, Environmental Entomology on p. 491--501

The diversity, evolution, and development of setal morphologies in bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus spp.)

Heather Hines, Shelby Kilpatrick, Istvan Miko, Daniel Snellings, M Lopez-Uribe, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Li Tian, 2022, PeerJ on p. e14555

Most-Cited Papers

Finding Our Way through Phenotypes

Andrew R. Deans, Suzanna E. Lewis, Eva Huala, Salvatore S. Anzaldo, Michael Ashburner, James P. Balhoff, David C. Blackburn, Judith A. Blake, J. Gordon Burleigh, Bruno Chanet, Laurel D. Cooper, Mélanie Courtot, Sándor Csösz, Hong Cui, Wasila Dahdul, Sandip Das, T. Alexander Dececchi, Agnes Dettai, Rui Diogo, Robert E. Druzinsky, Michel Dumontier, Nico M. Franz, Frank Friedrich, George V. Gkoutos, Melissa Haendel, Luke J. Harmon, Terry F. Hayamizu, Yongqun He, Heather M. Hines, Nizar Ibrahim, Laura M. Jackson, Pankaj Jaiswal, Christina James-Zorn, Sebastian Köhler, Guillaume Lecointre, Hilmar Lapp, Carolyn J. Lawrence, Nicolas Le Novère, John G. Lundberg, James Macklin, Austin R. Mast, Peter E. Midford, István Mikó, Christopher J. Mungall, Anika Oellrich, David Osumi-Sutherland, Helen Parkinson, Martín J. Ramírez, Stefan Richter, Peter N. Robinson, Alan Ruttenberg, Katja S. Schulz, Erik Segerdell, Katja C. Seltmann, Michael J. Sharkey, Aaron D. Smith, Barry Smith, Chelsea D. Specht, R. Burke Squires, Robert W. Thacker, Anne Thessen, Jose Fernandez-Triana, Mauno Vihinen, Peter D. Vize, Lars Vogt, Christine E. Wall, Ramona L. Walls, Monte Westerfeld, Robert A. Wharton, Christian S. Wirkner, James B. Woolley, Matthew J. Yoder, Aaron M. Zorn, Paula Mabee, 2015, PLoS Biology on p. e1002033

The gene cortex controls mimicry and crypsis in butterflies and moths

Nicola J. Nadeau, Carolina Pardo-Diaz, Annabel Whibley, Megan A. Supple, Suzanne V. Saenko, Richard W.R. Wallbank, Grace C. Wu, Luana Maroja, Laura Ferguson, Joseph J. Hanly, Heather Hines, Camilo Salazar, Richard M. Merrill, Andrea J. Dowling, Richard H. Ffrench-Constant, Violaine Llaurens, Mathieu Joron, W. Owen McMillan, Chris D. Jiggins, 2016, Nature on p. 106-110

Complex modular architecture around a simple toolkit of wing pattern genes

Steven M. Van Belleghem, Pasi Rastas, Alexie Papanicolaou, Simon H. Martin, Carlos F. Arias, Megan A. Supple, Joseph J. Hanly, James Mallet, James J. Lewis, Heather M. Hines, Mayte Ruiz, Camilo Salazar, Mauricio Linares, Gilson R.P. Moreira, Chris D. Jiggins, Brian A. Counterman, W. Owen McMillan, Riccardo Papa, 2017, Nature Ecology and Evolution

Pollen protein: Lipid macronutrient ratios may guide broad patterns of bee species floral preferences

Anthony Vaudo, John Tooker, Harland M. Patch, David J. Biddinger, Michael Coccia, Makaylee Crone, Mark Fiely, Jacob Francis, Heather M. Hines, Mackenzie Hodges, Stephanie Jackson, Denis Michez, Junpeng Mu, Laura Russo, Maliheh Safari, Erin Treanore, Maryse Vanderplanck, E Yip, Anne Leonard, Christina M. Grozinger, 2020, Insects on p. 132

Bumble bees in landscapes with abundant floral resources have lower pathogen loads

Darin McNeil, Elyse McCormick, Ashley Heimann, Melanie Kammerer, Margaret Douglas, Sarah Goslee, Christina Grozinger, Heather M. Hines, 2020, Scientific Reports on p. 22306

Ecology and evolution of cuckoo bumble bees

Patrick Lhomme, Heather M. Hines, 2019, Annals of the Entomological Society of America on p. 122-140

Substantial genetic divergence and lack of recent gene flow support cryptic speciation in a colour polymorphic bumble bee (Bombus bifarius) species complex

Guillaume Ghisbain, Jeffrey D. Lozier, Sarthok Rasique Rahman, Briana D. Ezray, Li Tian, Jonah M. Ulmer, Sam D. Heraghty, James P. Strange, Pierre Rasmont, Heather M. Hines, 2020, Systematic Entomology on p. 635-652

Expanding insect pollinators in the Anthropocene

Guillaume Ghisbain, Maxence Gérard, Thomas J. Wood, Heather M. Hines, Denis Michez, 2021, Biological Reviews on p. 2755-2770

Divergence with gene flow across a speciation continuum of Heliconius butterflies

Megan A. Supple, Riccardo Papa, Heather M. Hines, W. Owen McMillan, Brian A. Counterman, 2015, BMC Evolutionary Biology

Phylogenomics of Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera) and implications for evolution of mode of parasitism and viral endogenization

Barbara J. Sharanowski, Ryan D. Ridenbaugh, Patrick K. Piekarski, Gavin R. Broad, Gaelen R. Burke, Andrew R. Deans, Alan R. Lemmon, Emily C. Moriarty Lemmon, Gloria J. Diehl, James B. Whitfield, Heather M. Hines, 2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

News Articles Featuring Heather Hines

Oct 21, 2021

Scientists uncover the genetic pathway that colors bumble bee stripes

While most people in the U.S. may think of bumble bees as the standard yellow and black variety, there are an estimated 260 bee species that sport about 400 different color patterns. One reason many people associate bumble bees with distinct colors is because evolution can influence multiple bee species to share similar color patterns in specific geographic regions, which scientists call mimicry.

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Feb 11, 2020

Climate Change Has Driven Serious Declines in World’s Bumblebees

The number of habitats in North America that bumblebees occupy has fallen by almost 50 percent

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Feb 06, 2020

Bumblebees Are Going Extinct In A Time of Climate Chaos

Loss of the vital pollinators, due in part to temperature extremes and fluctuations, could have dire consequences for ecosystems and agriculture.

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May 01, 2019

How The Bumble Bee Got Its Stripes

Researchers have discovered a gene that drives color differences within a species of bumble bees. This discovery helps to explain the highly diverse color patterns among bumble bee species as well as how mimicry — individuals in an area adopting similar color patterns — evolves.

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May 01, 2019

Researchers Identify ‘Color Switch’ Gene in Black-Tailed Bumblebees

Penn State researcher Heather Hines and colleagues investigated the genetic basis of color in the black-tailed bumblebee, which exhibits two regional color patterns.

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