2022 Ballinger MA & Nachman MW. The contribution of genetic and environmental effects to Bergmann's rule and Allen's rule in house mice. The American Naturalist, 199(5): 691-704.[journal][bioRxiv][github][pdf]
Beckman EJ, Martins FM, Suzuki TA, Bi K, Keeble S, Good JM, Chavez AS, Ballinger MA, Agwamba K & Nachman MW. The genomic basis of high-elevation adaptation in wild house mice (Mus musculus domesticus) from South America. Genetics, iyab226. [journal][pdf]
2021 Wilsterman K, Ballinger MA & Williams CM. 2021. A unifying eco-physiological framework for animal dormancy. Functional Ecology, 35(1): 11-31.[journal][pdf]
2018 Mack KL, Ballinger MA, Phifer-Rixey M, & Nachman MW. 2018. Gene regulation underlies environmental adaptation in house mice. Genome Research, 28(11): 1636-1645. [journal] [pdf]
Ballinger MA & Andrews MT. 2018. Nature's fat burning machine: brown adipose tissue in a hibernating mammal. Journal of Experimental Biology, 221(supp 1): jeb162586. [journal][pdf]
Ballinger MA & Noor MAF. 2018. Are lethal alleles too abundant in humans? Trends in Genetics, 34(2): 87-89. [journal][pdf] 2015 - 2017 Ballinger MA, Schwartz C, & Andrews MT. 2017. Enhanced oxidative capacity of ground squirrel brain mitochondria during hibernation. American Journal of Physiology, 312: R301-R310. [journal][pdf]
Ballinger MA, Hess C, Napolitano MW, Bjork JA, & Andrews MT. 2016. Seasonal changes in brown adipose tissue mitochondria in a mammalian hibernator: from gene expression to function. American Journal of Physiology, 311: R325-R336. [journal][pdf]
Schwartz C, Ballinger MA, & Andrews MT. 2015. Melatonin receptor signaling contributes to neuroprotection upon arousal from torpor in thirteen-lined ground squirrels. American Journal of Physiology, 309: R292-R300. [journal][pdf]