Cover art for ET&C Focus article: Head et al. 2012, Epigenetics for Ecotoxicologists
Peer-reviewed publications:
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=Sa4rQJkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Liu P, Ewald J, Galvez JH, Head JA, Crump D, Bourque G, Basu N, Xia J. 2021. Seq2Fun: ultra-fast functional profiling of RNA-seq data for non-model organisms, Genome Research. DOI: 10.1101/gr.269894.120
Brennan CL, Boulanger E, Duval S, Frei B, Gorbet A, Head JA, Shieldcastle M, Jones AW. 2021. Two cases of a previously undocumented New World warbler hybrid (Setophaga magnolia x S. ruticilla) in eastern North America, Wilson Journal of Ornithology, doi: 10.1676/19-24
Peixoto MRLV, Karrow NA, Newman A, Head JA, Widowski TM. 2021. Effects of acute stressors experienced by five strains of layer breeders on measures of stress and fear in their offspring. Physiology & Behavior, 228: 113185
Crump D, Boulanger E, Farhat A, Williams KL, Basu N, Hecker M, Head JA. 2020. Effects of early-life stage exposure of double-crested cormorant embryos to 4 environmental chemicals on apical outcomes of regulatory relevance. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 40(2):390-401
Hodson PV, Wallace SJ, de Solla SR, Head JA, Parrott JL, Thomas PJ, Langlois VS. 2020. Polycyclic aromatic compounds in Canada: The challenges of ecological risk assessments. Environmental Pollution, 266: 115165
Armstrong B, Mora-Zamorano F, Carvan III, M, McNaught AS, Basu N, Head JA, Klingler R, Ivan L, Murphy C. 2020. Exploring the impacts of methylmercury induced behavioral alterations in larval yellow perch using an individual-based model. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 149(6): 664-680
Wallace SJ, de Solla SR, Head JA, Hodson PV, Parrott JL, Thomas PJ, Berthiaume A, Langlois VS. 2020. Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) in the Canadian environment: Exposure and effects on wildlife. Environmental Pollution, 265:114863
Marteinson S & Guigueno M, Fernie KJ, Head JA, Chu S, Letcher RJ. 2020. Uptake, deposition and metabolism of triphenyl phosphate in eggs and chicks of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 39(3):565-573
Hanas A, Guigueno M, Fernie KJ, Letcher RJ, Chamberland F, Head JA. 2020. Assessment of the effects of early life exposure to triphenyl phosphate on fear, boldness, aggression, and activity in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) chicks. Environmental Pollution, 258:113695
Farhat A, Boulanger E, Bidinosti L, Basu N, Hecker M, Crump D, Head JA. 2020. An early-life stage alternative testing strategy for assessing the impacts of environmental chemicals in birds. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 39(1):141-154
* one of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry's top 10 Exceptional Papers of 2020
Defo MA, Gendron AD, Head JA, Pilote M, Turcotte P, Marcogliese D, Houde M. 2019. Cumulative effects of cadmium and natural stressors (temperature and parasite infection) on molecular and biochemical responses of juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Aquatic Toxicology, 217:105347
Guigueno MF, Head JA, Letcher RJ, Hanas AM, Fernie KJ. 2019. Early life exposure to triphenyl phosphate: Effects on thyroid function, growth, and resting metabolic rate of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) chicks. Environmental Pollution, 253:899-908
Head JA. 2019. An ecotoxicological perspective on transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 38(6): 1149-1151
Boulanger E, Barst BD, Alloy MM, Blais S, Houde M, Head JA. 2019. Assessment of contamination of sediment using a contact assay with early-life stage zebrafish (Danio rerio). Science of The Total Environment, 659: 950-962
Basu N, Crump D, Head JA, Hickey G, Hogan N, Maguire S, Xia J, Hecker M. 2019. EcoToxChip: A next-generation toxicogenomics tool for chemical prioritization and environmental management. 2019. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 38(2): 279-288
Head JA and *Kennedy SW. 2019. Interindividual variation in the cytochrome P4501A response to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in herring gull embryo hepatocytes. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 38(3): 660-670
Guigueno MF, Karouna-Renier NK, Henry PFP, Head JA, Peters LE, Palace VP, Letcher RJ, Fernie KJ. 2018. Female American kestrels have a larger hippocampus than males: A link with reversed sexual size dimorphism. Behavioural Brain Research, 349, 98-101
Debofsky A, Klingler R, Mora F, Waltz M, Sheperd B, Larson J, Anderson D, Yang L, Goetz F, Basu N, Head JA, Tonellato P, Murphy C, Carvan M. (2018) Female reproductive impacts of dietary methylmercury in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) and zebrafish (Danio rerio). Chemosphere, 195: 301-311
Franci CD, Aleksieva A, Boulanger E, Brandenburg J, Johnston T, Malinova A, Head JA. 2018. Potency of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in chicken and Japanese quail embryos. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 37 (6), 1556-1564
Brandenburg J, Head JA. 2018. Effects of in ovo exposure to benzo [k] fluoranthene (BkF) on CYP1A expression and promoter methylation in developing chicken embryos. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 204:88-96
Mora FX, Klingler R, Basu N, Head JA, Murphy CA, Binkowski F, Larson J, Carvan MJ. 2017. Develpmental methylmercury exposure affects swimming behaviour and foraging efficiency of yellow perch larvae. ACS Omega, 2.8, 4870-4877
Arini A., Head J.A., Murphy C.A., Carvan M.J., Goetz R., Klingler R.H., Nam D.H., Basu N. 2016. Neuroendocrine biochemical effects in methylmercury-exposed yellow perch, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 187, 10-18.
Mora-Zamorano F.X., Klingler R., Murphy C.A., Basu N., Head J.A., Carvan M.J. 2016. Parental whole life cycle exposure to dietary methylmercury in zebrafish (Danio rerio) affects the behavior of offspring. Environmental Science & Technology, 50 (9), 4808-4816.
Head JA, Jeffrey RWP, Farmahin R, Kennedy SW. 2015. The potency of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) for induction of ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) activity in hepatocyte cultures from chicken, Pekin duck, and greater scaup. Environmental Science & Technology, 49 (6), 3787-3794
Head J.A. 2014. Patterns of DNA methylation in animals: an ecotoxicological perspective, Integrative Comparative Biology, Invited Review, published online Apr 2014
Head J.A., Mittal K. 2014. Application of the LUMA assay to Ecological Species; Tissue Quality Requirements and a Survey of DNA Methylation Levels in Animals, Molecular Ecology Resources, published online Apr 2014
Basu N., Goodrich J., Head J.A. 2014. Ecogenetics of mercury: From genetic polymorphisms and epigenetics to risk assessment and decision-making. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, published online Apr 2014.
Basu N., Head J.A., Nam D.-H., Pilsner J.R., Carvan M.J., Chan H.M., Goetz F.W., Murphy C.A., Rouvinen-Watt K., Scheuhammer A.M. 2013. Effects of methylmercury on epigenetic markers in three model species: mink, chicken, and yellow perch. Comp Biochem Physiol Pt C Toxicology. 157C: 322-327.
Kwon S.Y., Blum J.D., Carvan M.J., Basu N., Head J.A., Madenjian C.P., David S.R., 2012. Absence of Fractionation of Mercury Isotopes during Trophic Transfer of Methylmercury to Freshwater Fish in Captivity, Environmental Science and Technology, 46 (14), 7527–7534.
Head J.A., Dolinoy D.C., Basu N., 2012. Epigenetics for Ecotoxicologists, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 31(2): 221. (cover article; invited).
Head J.A., Debofsky A., Hinshaw J., Basu N., 2011. Retrospective Analysis of Mercury Content in Feathers of Birds Collected From the State of Michigan (1895-2007), Ecotoxicology, 20 (7): 1636-1643.
Head J.A., Farmahin R., Kehoe A.S., O’Brien J.M, Shutt J.L., Kennedy S.W. 2010. Characterization of the avian aryl hydrocarbon receptor 1 from blood using non-lethal sampling methods, Ecotoxicology, 19 (8): 1560-1566.
Basu N., Head J.A., 2010. Mammalian wildlife as complementary models in neurotoxicology, Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 32: 114-119.
Head J.A., Kennedy S.W., 2010. Correlation between an in vitro and an in vivo measure of dioxin sensitivity in birds, Ecotoxicology, 19 (2): 377-382.
Basu N., Head J.A., Scheuhammer A.M., Bursian S.J., Rouvinen-Watt K., Chan H.M., 2009. The mink is still a reliable sentinel species in environmental health, Environmental Research, 109 (7): 940-941.
Head J.A., Hahn M.E., Kennedy S.W. 2008. Key amino acids in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor predict dioxin sensitivity in avian species, Environmental Science & Technology, 42: 7535-7541.
Head J.A., Kennedy S.W., 2007. Differential expression, induction, and stability of CYP1A4 and CYP1A5 mRNA in chicken and herring gull embryo hepatocytes. Comp. Biochem. And Physiol. – Part C: Toxicol. Pharmacol. 145: 617-624.
Head J.A., Kennedy S.W., 2007. Same-sample analysis of ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase activity and cytochrome P4501A mRNA abundance in chicken embryo hepatocytes. Anal. Biochem. 360: 294-302.
Head J.A., O’Brien J., Kennedy S.W., 2006. Exposure to 3,3’,4,4’,5-pentachlorobiphenyl during embryonic development has a minimal effect on the cytochrome P4501A response to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in cultured chicken embryo hepatocytes. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 25: 2981-2989.
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=Sa4rQJkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Liu P, Ewald J, Galvez JH, Head JA, Crump D, Bourque G, Basu N, Xia J. 2021. Seq2Fun: ultra-fast functional profiling of RNA-seq data for non-model organisms, Genome Research. DOI: 10.1101/gr.269894.120
Brennan CL, Boulanger E, Duval S, Frei B, Gorbet A, Head JA, Shieldcastle M, Jones AW. 2021. Two cases of a previously undocumented New World warbler hybrid (Setophaga magnolia x S. ruticilla) in eastern North America, Wilson Journal of Ornithology, doi: 10.1676/19-24
Peixoto MRLV, Karrow NA, Newman A, Head JA, Widowski TM. 2021. Effects of acute stressors experienced by five strains of layer breeders on measures of stress and fear in their offspring. Physiology & Behavior, 228: 113185
Crump D, Boulanger E, Farhat A, Williams KL, Basu N, Hecker M, Head JA. 2020. Effects of early-life stage exposure of double-crested cormorant embryos to 4 environmental chemicals on apical outcomes of regulatory relevance. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 40(2):390-401
Hodson PV, Wallace SJ, de Solla SR, Head JA, Parrott JL, Thomas PJ, Langlois VS. 2020. Polycyclic aromatic compounds in Canada: The challenges of ecological risk assessments. Environmental Pollution, 266: 115165
Armstrong B, Mora-Zamorano F, Carvan III, M, McNaught AS, Basu N, Head JA, Klingler R, Ivan L, Murphy C. 2020. Exploring the impacts of methylmercury induced behavioral alterations in larval yellow perch using an individual-based model. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 149(6): 664-680
Wallace SJ, de Solla SR, Head JA, Hodson PV, Parrott JL, Thomas PJ, Berthiaume A, Langlois VS. 2020. Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) in the Canadian environment: Exposure and effects on wildlife. Environmental Pollution, 265:114863
Marteinson S & Guigueno M, Fernie KJ, Head JA, Chu S, Letcher RJ. 2020. Uptake, deposition and metabolism of triphenyl phosphate in eggs and chicks of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 39(3):565-573
Hanas A, Guigueno M, Fernie KJ, Letcher RJ, Chamberland F, Head JA. 2020. Assessment of the effects of early life exposure to triphenyl phosphate on fear, boldness, aggression, and activity in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) chicks. Environmental Pollution, 258:113695
Farhat A, Boulanger E, Bidinosti L, Basu N, Hecker M, Crump D, Head JA. 2020. An early-life stage alternative testing strategy for assessing the impacts of environmental chemicals in birds. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 39(1):141-154
* one of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry's top 10 Exceptional Papers of 2020
Defo MA, Gendron AD, Head JA, Pilote M, Turcotte P, Marcogliese D, Houde M. 2019. Cumulative effects of cadmium and natural stressors (temperature and parasite infection) on molecular and biochemical responses of juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Aquatic Toxicology, 217:105347
Guigueno MF, Head JA, Letcher RJ, Hanas AM, Fernie KJ. 2019. Early life exposure to triphenyl phosphate: Effects on thyroid function, growth, and resting metabolic rate of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) chicks. Environmental Pollution, 253:899-908
Head JA. 2019. An ecotoxicological perspective on transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 38(6): 1149-1151
Boulanger E, Barst BD, Alloy MM, Blais S, Houde M, Head JA. 2019. Assessment of contamination of sediment using a contact assay with early-life stage zebrafish (Danio rerio). Science of The Total Environment, 659: 950-962
Basu N, Crump D, Head JA, Hickey G, Hogan N, Maguire S, Xia J, Hecker M. 2019. EcoToxChip: A next-generation toxicogenomics tool for chemical prioritization and environmental management. 2019. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 38(2): 279-288
Head JA and *Kennedy SW. 2019. Interindividual variation in the cytochrome P4501A response to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in herring gull embryo hepatocytes. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 38(3): 660-670
Guigueno MF, Karouna-Renier NK, Henry PFP, Head JA, Peters LE, Palace VP, Letcher RJ, Fernie KJ. 2018. Female American kestrels have a larger hippocampus than males: A link with reversed sexual size dimorphism. Behavioural Brain Research, 349, 98-101
Debofsky A, Klingler R, Mora F, Waltz M, Sheperd B, Larson J, Anderson D, Yang L, Goetz F, Basu N, Head JA, Tonellato P, Murphy C, Carvan M. (2018) Female reproductive impacts of dietary methylmercury in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) and zebrafish (Danio rerio). Chemosphere, 195: 301-311
Franci CD, Aleksieva A, Boulanger E, Brandenburg J, Johnston T, Malinova A, Head JA. 2018. Potency of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in chicken and Japanese quail embryos. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 37 (6), 1556-1564
Brandenburg J, Head JA. 2018. Effects of in ovo exposure to benzo [k] fluoranthene (BkF) on CYP1A expression and promoter methylation in developing chicken embryos. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 204:88-96
Mora FX, Klingler R, Basu N, Head JA, Murphy CA, Binkowski F, Larson J, Carvan MJ. 2017. Develpmental methylmercury exposure affects swimming behaviour and foraging efficiency of yellow perch larvae. ACS Omega, 2.8, 4870-4877
Arini A., Head J.A., Murphy C.A., Carvan M.J., Goetz R., Klingler R.H., Nam D.H., Basu N. 2016. Neuroendocrine biochemical effects in methylmercury-exposed yellow perch, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 187, 10-18.
Mora-Zamorano F.X., Klingler R., Murphy C.A., Basu N., Head J.A., Carvan M.J. 2016. Parental whole life cycle exposure to dietary methylmercury in zebrafish (Danio rerio) affects the behavior of offspring. Environmental Science & Technology, 50 (9), 4808-4816.
Head JA, Jeffrey RWP, Farmahin R, Kennedy SW. 2015. The potency of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) for induction of ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) activity in hepatocyte cultures from chicken, Pekin duck, and greater scaup. Environmental Science & Technology, 49 (6), 3787-3794
Head J.A. 2014. Patterns of DNA methylation in animals: an ecotoxicological perspective, Integrative Comparative Biology, Invited Review, published online Apr 2014
Head J.A., Mittal K. 2014. Application of the LUMA assay to Ecological Species; Tissue Quality Requirements and a Survey of DNA Methylation Levels in Animals, Molecular Ecology Resources, published online Apr 2014
Basu N., Goodrich J., Head J.A. 2014. Ecogenetics of mercury: From genetic polymorphisms and epigenetics to risk assessment and decision-making. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, published online Apr 2014.
Basu N., Head J.A., Nam D.-H., Pilsner J.R., Carvan M.J., Chan H.M., Goetz F.W., Murphy C.A., Rouvinen-Watt K., Scheuhammer A.M. 2013. Effects of methylmercury on epigenetic markers in three model species: mink, chicken, and yellow perch. Comp Biochem Physiol Pt C Toxicology. 157C: 322-327.
Kwon S.Y., Blum J.D., Carvan M.J., Basu N., Head J.A., Madenjian C.P., David S.R., 2012. Absence of Fractionation of Mercury Isotopes during Trophic Transfer of Methylmercury to Freshwater Fish in Captivity, Environmental Science and Technology, 46 (14), 7527–7534.
Head J.A., Dolinoy D.C., Basu N., 2012. Epigenetics for Ecotoxicologists, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 31(2): 221. (cover article; invited).
Head J.A., Debofsky A., Hinshaw J., Basu N., 2011. Retrospective Analysis of Mercury Content in Feathers of Birds Collected From the State of Michigan (1895-2007), Ecotoxicology, 20 (7): 1636-1643.
Head J.A., Farmahin R., Kehoe A.S., O’Brien J.M, Shutt J.L., Kennedy S.W. 2010. Characterization of the avian aryl hydrocarbon receptor 1 from blood using non-lethal sampling methods, Ecotoxicology, 19 (8): 1560-1566.
Basu N., Head J.A., 2010. Mammalian wildlife as complementary models in neurotoxicology, Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 32: 114-119.
Head J.A., Kennedy S.W., 2010. Correlation between an in vitro and an in vivo measure of dioxin sensitivity in birds, Ecotoxicology, 19 (2): 377-382.
Basu N., Head J.A., Scheuhammer A.M., Bursian S.J., Rouvinen-Watt K., Chan H.M., 2009. The mink is still a reliable sentinel species in environmental health, Environmental Research, 109 (7): 940-941.
Head J.A., Hahn M.E., Kennedy S.W. 2008. Key amino acids in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor predict dioxin sensitivity in avian species, Environmental Science & Technology, 42: 7535-7541.
Head J.A., Kennedy S.W., 2007. Differential expression, induction, and stability of CYP1A4 and CYP1A5 mRNA in chicken and herring gull embryo hepatocytes. Comp. Biochem. And Physiol. – Part C: Toxicol. Pharmacol. 145: 617-624.
Head J.A., Kennedy S.W., 2007. Same-sample analysis of ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase activity and cytochrome P4501A mRNA abundance in chicken embryo hepatocytes. Anal. Biochem. 360: 294-302.
Head J.A., O’Brien J., Kennedy S.W., 2006. Exposure to 3,3’,4,4’,5-pentachlorobiphenyl during embryonic development has a minimal effect on the cytochrome P4501A response to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in cultured chicken embryo hepatocytes. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 25: 2981-2989.
