Heather M. Hines
Kelpeltet, Myanmar |
B.A. Biology/Anthropology, University of Iowa M.S. Entomology, University of Illinois Ph.D. Entomology, University of Illinois Heather Hines Department of Genetics Box 7614 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-7614 Office: 3532 Gardner Hall email: heather_hines@ncsu.edu |
As a Ph.D. student I focused primarily on the systematics and evolution of bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombini). This culminated in the construction of a phylogeny of over 200 of the 250 bumble bee species of the world in collaboration with Dr. Sydney Cameron and Dr. Paul Williams (The Natural History Museum, London) (Cameron et al., 2007). This phylogeny provides good support and resolution across the bumble bees and resolves many of the conventional subgenera as monophyletic. The phylogeny served as a framework for reclassifying and simplifying the Bombus subgeneric system (Williams et al., 2008). We are using this phylogeny as a template for further research on Bombus character evolution, including studies on Bombus historical biogeography and divergence times (Hines, 2008) and the genetic control of color pattern. These projects and research I have engaged in on nest architecture in the neotropical bumble bee Bombus pullatus (Hines et al., 2007a), and on the evolution of sociality in Vespidae (Hines et al., 2007b), are described further under Ph.D. Research.
Extending upon my previous research on the phylogenetics and evolution of color pattern in the globally mimetic bumble bees, my current research focuses on the genes underlying the wing patterns of the neotropical Heliconius butterflies, a model system for the study of Müllerian mimicry and color pattern diversification. To infer gene networks responsible for differences among these morphs, I am utilizing gene expression data from butterfly races using microarrays and next generation sequencing. I am also studying Heliconius phylogeographic history and assessing the feasibility of using sequences from loci linked and unlinked to adaptive traits, such as color pattern, to better infer trait history. More information on these projects is provided under Postdoc Research.
Publications
1. Counterman, B. A., Arajuo-Perez, F., Hines, H. M., Baxter, S. W., Morrison, C. M., Lindstrom, D. P., Papa, R., Ferguson, L., Joron, M., ffrench-Constant, R., Smith, C., Nielsen, D. M., Chen, R., Jiggins, C. D., Reed, R. D., Halder, G., Mallet, J., and W. O. McMillan. Genomic Hotspots for adaptation: population genetics of Müllerian mimicry in Heliconius erato. Submitted. 2. Williams, P. H., Cameron, S. A., Hines, H. M., Cederberg, B., and P. Rasmont. 2008. A simplified subgeneric classification of the bumblebees (genus Bombus). Apidologie 39: 46-74. 3. Hines, H. M. 2008. Historical biogeography, divergence times, and diversification patterns of bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus). Systematic Biology 57: 58-75. 4. Cameron, S. A., Hines, H. M., and P. H. Williams. 2007. A comprehensive phylogeny of the bumble bees (Bombus). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 91: 161-188. 5. Hines, H. M., Cameron, S. A., and A. R. Deans. 2007a. Nest architecture and foraging behavior in Bombus pullatus (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with comparisons to other tropical bumble bees. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 80: 1-15. 6. Hines, H. M., Hunt, J. H., O'Connor, T. K., Gillespie, J. J., and S. A. Cameron. 2007b. Multigene phylogeny reveals eusociality evolved twice in vespid wasps. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 104: 3295-3299. 7. Hines, H. M., Cameron, S. A., and P. H. Williams. 2006. Molecular phylogeny of the bumble bee subgenus Pyrobombus (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus) with insights into gene utility for lower-level analysis. Invertebrate Systematics 20: 289-303. 8. Rasmont, P., Terzo, M., Aytekin, A. M., Hines, H., Urbanova, K., Cahlikova, L., and I. Valterova. 2005. Cephalic secretions of the bumblebee subgenus Sibiricobombus Vogt suggest Bombus niveatus Kriechbaumer and Bombus vorticosus Gerstaecker are conspecific (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus). Apidologie 36: 571-584. 9. Hines, H. M., and S. D. Hendrix. 2005. Bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) diversity and abundance in tallgrass prairie patches: Effects of local and landscape floral resources. Environmental Entomology 34: 1477-1484. 10. Nelson, D. R., Hines, H., and B. Stay. 2004. Methyl-branched hydrocarbons, major components of the waxy material coating the embryos of the viviparous cockroach Diploptera punctata. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B 138: 265-276.



















