Publications
* Denotes student author (undergraduate, Master’s or PhD) mentored by me
2025
Schubert N*, Nichols HJ, Mwanguhya F, Businge R, Kyambulima S, Mwesige K, Hoffman JI, Cant MA, Winternitz JC (2025) Sex-dependent influence of major histocompatibility complex diversity on fitness in a social mammal. Molecular Ecology e70058. DOI:10.1111/mec.70058:e70058. PDF
Ottensmann M, Wiegmann A, Kruger O, Rinaud T, Strube C, Winternitz J and Chakarov N (2025) Surviving in a changing world: weather and juvenile condition matter for a long-lived avian predator, but blood parasites do not appear to. Oikos e11072. DOI:10.1002/oik.11072. PDF
2024
Schubert N*, Stober C, Born M, Mwanguhya F, Businge R, Kyambulima S, Mwesige K, Cant MA, Nichols HJ, Winternitz JC (2024) Banded mongooses discriminate relatedness and MHC diversity in unfamiliar conspecifics. bioRxiv 2024.2012.2022.629965, DOI:10.1101/2024.12.22.629965. link to preprint
Schubert N*, Nichols HJ, Mwanguhya F, Businge R, Kyambulima S, Mwesige K, Hoffman JI, Cant MA, Winternitz JC (2024) Sex-dependent influence of major histocompatibility complex diversity on fitness in a social mammal. bioRxiv 2024.2012.2018.629201, DOI:10.1101/2024.12.18.629201. link to preprint
Schubert N*, Nichols HJ, Mwanguhya F, Businge R, Kyambulima S, Mwesige K, Cant MA, Winternitz JC (2024) Characterization of both major histocompatibility complex classes in a wild social mammal: the banded mongoose. bioRxiv 2024.12.14.628504, DOI: 10.1101/2024.12.14.628504. link to preprint
2023
Winternitz J, Chakarov N, Rinaud T, Ottensmann M, Krüger O (2023) High functional allelic diversity and copy number in both MHC classes in the common buzzard. BMC Ecology and Evolution 23, 24, DOI:10.1186/s12862-023-02135-9. PDF
2022
Winternitz JC, Abbate JL (2022) The genes of attraction: mating behavior, immunogenetic variation, and parasite resistance. In: Animal Behavior and Parasitism (eds. Ezenwa VO, Altizer S, Hall RJ), Oxford University Press, DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192895561.003.0011. PDF
2021
Winternitz J (2021) Detangling the mechanisms and timing of MHC-dependent sexual selection using Soay sheep. Molecular Ecology, DOI:10.1111/mec.16255. PDF
Moran NP, Caspers BA, Chakarov N, Ernst UR, Fricke C, Kurtz J, Lilie ND, Lo LK, Müller C, R R, Takola E, Trimmer PC, van Benthem KJ, Winternitz J, Wittmann MJ (2021) Shifts between cooperation and antagonism driven by individual variation: a systematic synthesis review. Oikos, DOI:10.1111/oik.08201. EcoEvoRxiv. October 28. doi:10.32942/osf.io/sbrvu. PDF
Schubert N*, Nichols H, Winternitz J (2021) How can the MHC mediate social odor via the microbiota community? A deep dive into mechanisms. Behavioral Ecology, 32: 359-373, DOI:10.1093/beheco/arab004. PDF
Winternitz J, Schubert N*, Nichols H (2021) Let’s keep alternative hypotheses on the table: a response to comments on Schubert et al. Behavioral Ecology, 32: 378-379, DOI:10.1093/beheco/arab039. PDF
Krishna M, Winternitz J, Garkoti SC, Penuelas J (2021) Functional leaf traits indicate phylogenetic signals in forests across an elevational gradient in the central Himalaya. Journal of Plant Research, DOI:10.1007/s10265-021-01289-1. PDF
2020
Havlíček J**, Winternitz J**, Roberts SC (2020) Major histocompatibility complex-associated odour preferences and human mate choice: near and far horizons. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 375: 20190260, DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0260. PDF **Authors contributed equally.
Solak HM*, Yanchukov A, Ayanoğlu İC, Çolak F, Matur F, Sözen M, Winternitz JC (2020) Altitudinal effects on innate immune response of a subterranean rodent. Zoological Science, 37: 1-11, 11. DOI:10.2108/zs190067 . PDF
Radwan J, Babik W, Kaufman J, Lenz TL, Winternitz J (2020) Advances in the evolutionary understanding of MHC polymorphism. Trends in Genetics, DOI:10.1016/j.tig.2020.01.008. PDF
2019
Näpflin K, O’Connor EA, Becks L, Bensch S, Ellis VA, Hafer-Hahmann N, Harding KC, Lindén SK, Olsen MT, Roved J, Sackton TB, Shultz AJ, Venkatakrishnan V, Videvall E, Westerdahl H, Winternitz JC, Edwards SV (2019) Genomics of host-pathogen interactions: challenges and opportunities across ecological and spatiotemporal scales. PeerJ, DOI:10.7717/peerj.8013. PeerJ link
2017
Winternitz J, Abbate J, Huchard E, Havlíček J and Garamszegi LZ (2017) Patterns of MHC-dependent mate selection in humans and non-human primates: a meta-analysis. Molecular Ecology, 26: 668-688. PDF
2016
Streicker D, Winternitz J, Satterfield D, Condori E, Recuenco E, Velasco-Villa A, Altizer S, and Valderrama W (2016) Host-pathogen evolutionary signatures reveal dynamics and future invasions of vampire bat rabies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, DOI:10.1073/pnas.1606587113. PDF, Media Coverage (NPR, Sept. 13, 2016).
2015
Winternitz JC and Abbate JL (2015) Examining the evidence for major histocompatibility complex-dependent mate selection in humans and nonhuman primates. Research and Reports in Biology, 2015(6): 73-88. DOI: 10.2147/RRB.S58514. PDF
Winternitz JC, Promerova M, Polakova R, Vinker M, Schnitzer J, Munclinger P, Babik W, Radwan J, Bryja J, and Albrecht T (2015) Effects of heterozygosity and MHC diversity on patterns of extra-pair paternity in the socially monogamous Scarlet rosefinch. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 69: 459. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-014-1858-9. PDF
2014
Winternitz JC, Wares JP, Yabsley MJ and Altizer S (2014) Wild cyclic voles maintain high neutral and MHC diversity without strong evidence for parasite-mediated selection. Evolutionary Ecology, 28: 957–975. DOI: 10.1007/s10682-014-9709-8. PDF
2013
Winternitz JC, Minchey SG*, Garamszegi LZ, Huang S, Stephens PR and Altizer S (2013) Sexual selection explains more functional variation in mammalian immune genes than parasitism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 280(1769): 20131605. PDF
Winternitz JC and Wares JP (2013) Duplication and population dynamics shape historic patterns of selection and genetic variation at the MHC in rodents. Ecology and Evolution, 3(6):1552-1568. PDF
2012 and earlier
Winternitz JC, Yabsley MJ, Altizer SM (2012) Parasite infection and host dynamics in a naturally fluctuating rodent population. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 90:1149-1160. PDF
Han BA, Rushmore J, Fritzsche A, Satterfield D, Winternitz J (2012) Preempting Pandemics. Science, 337: 647-648. Book Review. PDF
Blumstein DT, Richardson DT, Cooley L, Winternitz J, Daniel JC (2008) The structure, meaning, and function of yellow-bellied marmot pup screams. Animal Behavior, 76: 1055-1064. PDF
Blumstein DT, Cooley L, Winternitz J, Daniel JC (2008) Do yellow-bellied marmots respond to predator vocalizations? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 62(3): 457-468. PDF