Alison Pischedda

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Barnard College

Affiliations

Barnard College

Department of Neuroscience

Department Of Biological Sciences

Department Of Theatre

Alison Pischedda is currently serving as a Barnard College Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Barnard College.

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Alison Pischedda

Barnard College

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

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evolutionary biology sexual selection biology genetics evolutionary ecology population genetics behavioral sciences entomology insect science avian biology reproductive biology behavioral ecology breeding behavior mating psychology male mate choice drosophila melanogaster fitness biological evolution ecology and evolutionary biology animal behavior reproductive success genetic variation adaptation evolutionary genetics sex differences population biology plo biology heredity insect molecular biology sexual behavior genome biology evolutionary theory reproduction response intralocus sexual conflict human genetics animal science mammalian biology sex research sociobiology ethology human sexuality medical genetics group evolution speciation animal reproduction plant-insect interactions comparative psychology natural selection developmental genetics phage biology mutualistic interactions gametes fertilisation sexual attractiveness high-fitness females fertilization success components mating success time frame sexual conflict natural variation female pheromones male mating preferences sex ratios future matings male postcopulatory success sexual experience ornithology zooarchaeology sex roles human behavior social behavior social sciences zoology coevolution ecology evolution behavioral neuroscience gender identity biological anthropology animal cognition gender studies fertility human evolution evolutionary psychology gendered sexuality psychology reproductive science evolutionary anthropology evolutionary applications mammalogy animal ecology ecology reproductive endocrinology sexual and reproductive health behavioural genetics human biology

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Exposure to Rivals Does Not Affect Male Mate Choice in Drosophila Melanogaster. Ecology and Evolution (2025)

coevolutionfitnessanimal behaviormale mate choiceethologyrivals doesreproduction responsebehavioral sciencesecology and evolutionary biologyevolutionary ecologymating psychologymutualistic interactionsbehavioral ecologysocial behaviorsexual selectionbiologyevolutionary biologyreproductive biologysex differencesevolutionary psychology

Genetic Variation in Male Mate Choice for Large Females in Drosophila Melanogaster. Ecology and Evolution (2025)

Grace S. FreedIsabella G. MartinezAvigayil LevAna‐Maria Anthony CuadradoAlison Pischedda

geneticsmale mate choicepopulation geneticslarge femalessexual selectionevolutionary biologyecology and evolutionary biologygenetic variationecology

Indirect Fitness Benefits Can Reinforce the Direct Fitness Benefits of Male Mate Choice. Evolution (2025)

direct fitness benefitsmale mate choicesociobiologysexual selectiongender studiesbehavioral sciencesindirect fitness benefitsmating psychologysex researchfitnessevolutionary psychologybehavioral ecology

Intraspecific Coevolutionary Arms Races. Elsevier eBooks (2025)

Longer Matings Increase Male Competitive Fertilization Success in Drosophila Melanogaster. Biology Letters (2025)

coevolutionfitnessreproductive sciencegametesfertilisationreproduction responseecology and evolutionary biologyevolutionary ecologyevolutionary applicationsfertilitygeneticsreproductive successpopulation geneticsbehavioral ecologylonger matingsdevelopmental systemsexual selectionbiologyevolutionary biologyreproductive biology

Sexual Conflict Over Mating Duration in Drosophila Melanogaster. Animal Behaviour (2025)

Life History Changes Associated With Over 400 Generations of Artificial Selection on Body Size in Drosophila. Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2024)

Andrew D StewartCalvin M HerrickTrevor R FitzgibbonJames M WehnerAvigayil LevPatricia A VentiAlison Pischedda

evolutionary geneticsgeneticspopulation geneticsphylogeneticsdevelopmental geneticshereditypopulation biologybiological evolutionlife history changesartificial selectionbiologyevolutionary biologyevolutionary ecologymammalian biologynatural selectiongenetic variationevolutionary theoryadaptation

Sexual Conflict. Elsevier eBooks (2024)

Author Response for"Male Size Does Not Affect the Strength of Male Mate Choice for High‐Quality Females in I Drosophila Melanogaster /I". (2023)

drosophila melanogasterreproductive successauthor responsemale sizesexual selectionbiologyevolutionary biologyevolutionary ecologymating psychologyreproductive biologysex differencesfitnessevolutionary psychologybehavioral ecology

Cryptic Male Mate Choice for High-Quality Females Reduces Male Postcopulatory Success in Future Matings. Evolution (2023)

Olivia E AnastasioChelsea S SinclairAlison Pischedda

male postcopulatory successreproductive successfuture matingsbreeding behaviorbiological evolutionsexual selectionevolutionary biologybehavioral sciencesevolutionary ecologymating psychologyreproductive biologyecologybehavioral ecology