​2025 & preprints
Selection and transmission of the gut microbiome alone shifts mammalian behavior
​ Suzuki TA, T Akbuğa-Schön, JL Waters, D Jakob, D Long Vu, MA Ballinger, SC Di Rienzi, H Chang, IE de Araujo, AV Tyakht &
​RE Ley (in review). [bioRxiv]

Tuberculosis susceptibility in genetically diverse mice reveals functional diversity of neutrophils
Ravesloot-Chavez MM, E Van Dis, D Fox, XH Nguyenla, SL Rawal, MA Ballinger, H Thomas, D Kotov, R Vance, MW Nachman &
​SS Stanley (in review). [bioRxiv]​

2024

​Tissue-specific and cis-regulatory changes underlie parallel, adaptive gene expression evolution in house mice
Durkin SM, MA Ballinger & MW Nachman (2024). PLoS Genetics. [bioRxiv] [pdf]

Into the wild: A novel wild-derived inbred strain resource expands the genomic and phenotypic diversity of laboratory mouse models
Dumont BL, D Gatti, MA Ballinger, D Lin, M Phifer-Rixey, MJ Sheehan, TA Suzuki, LK Wooldridge, H Opoku Frempong, G Churchill, C Lutz, N Rosenthal, JK White & MW Nachman (2024). PLoS Genetics [bioRxiv] [pdf]

2023

Environmentally robust cis-regulatory changes underlie rapid climatic adaptation
Ballinger MA, KL Mack, SM Durkin, EA Riddell & MW Nachman (2023). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2214614120 ​[bioRxiv] [github] [pdf]
(see perspective: "Gene regulation helps species thrive in new climates")

2022

The contribution of genetic and environmental effects to Bergmann's rule and Allen's rule in house mice
Ballinger MA & MW Nachman (2022). The American Naturalist. doi: 10.1086/719028 [bioRxiv] [github] [pdf]

The genomic basis of high-elevation adaptation in wild house mice (Mus musculus domesticus) from South America
​Beckman EJ, FM Martins, TA Suzuki, K Bi, S Keeble, JM Good, AS Chavez, MA Ballinger, K Agwamba & MW Nachman (2022). Genetics. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab226 [pdf]

2021

A unifying eco-physiological framework for animal dormancy
Wilsterman K, MA Ballinger & CM Williams (2021). Functional Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13718 [pdf]

2020 & earlier

Gene regulation underlies environmental adaptation in house mice
Mack KL, MA Ballinger, M Phifer-Rixey & MW Nachman (2018). Genome Research. doi: 10.1101/gr.238998.118 [pdf]

Nature's fat burning machine: brown adipose tissue in a hibernating mammal
Ballinger MA & MT Andrews (2018). Journal of Experimental Biology. doi: 10.1242/jeb.162586 [pdf]

Are lethal alleles too abundant in humans?
Ballinger MA & MAF Noor (2018). Trends in Genetics. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2017.12.013 [pdf]

Enhanced oxidative capacity of ground squirrel brain mitochondria during hibernation
Ballinger MA, C Schwartz & MT Andrews (2017). American Journal of Physiology. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00314.2016 [pdf]

Seasonal changes in brown adipose tissue mitochondria in a mammalian hibernator: from gene expression to function
Ballinger MA, C Hess, MW Napolitano, JA Bjork & MT Andrews (2016). American Journal of Physiology. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00463.2015 [pdf]

Melatonin receptor signaling contributes to neuroprotection upon arousal from torpor in thirteen-lined ground squirrels
Schwartz C, MA Ballinger & MT Andrews (2015). American Journal of Physiology. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00292.2015 [pdf]