Becky Claire Fuller

Professor

UIUC

Affiliations

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

School of Integrative Biology

Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

Becky Claire Fuller is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Professor at Uiuc.

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Becky Claire Fuller

UIUC

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evolutionary biology biology evolutionary ecology behavioral ecology ecology and evolutionary biology sexual selection ecology animal behavior population genetics genetic variation coevolution genetics ecology evolution fitness breeding behavior adaptation evolutionary significance ethology speciation evolutionary genetics population biology interspecific behavioral interaction fish biology biological evolution evolutionary applications molecular ecology zoology natural selection visual system visual science reproductive biology ornithology reproductive success vertebrate vision aquatic organisms bluefin killifish heredity mating psychology genetic diversity hybridisation genome biology evolutionary theory invertebrate vision predator-prey interactions opsin expression lucania goodei rainbow darter animal ecology color constancy behavioral isolation cascade reinforcement freshwater biology photoreceptor cells animal behaviour fishery science wildlife ecology morphological evidence rainbow darters male competition l. parva sensory bias intrinsic isolation foraging evolutionary developmental biology bioacoustics freshwater ecosystems marine ecology light regulation artificial selection predation risk experimental design developmental instability sensory drive ecophysiology bioluminescence retina neurological mechanisms evolutionary psychology animal cognition behavioral neuroscience

Notable Scholarly Works

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Collaborators

Costs of Delayed Mating Opportunities, Overripening, and Mate Choice in Killifish. Ichthyology & Herpetology (2025)

Jonathan ChanRatna KaratgiEvi MaloneKieran PatelValerie ShamsynaRebecca C. Fuller

animal behaviorreproductive successsexual selectionevolutionary psychologybehavioral ecologymating psychologybiologydelayed mating opportunitiesfitnessethologyevolutionary ecologybreeding behaviormate choiceevolutionary biologybehavioral sciences

Sexual Dimorphism in Fin Size and Shape in Bluefin Killifish. (2025)

Kasey BrockelsbyElijah DavisValerie ShamsynaOlivia RodenRebecca Fuller

morphologysexual selectionbiologyallometric studiesanatomymorphology (biology)marine ornithologybody sizeornithologyevolutionary biology

Sexual Dimorphism in Fin Size and Shape in North American Killifish. Ecology and Evolution (2025)

Elijah J. DavisKasey BrockelsbyMilton TanRebecca C. Fuller

phylogeneticsfin sizemorphological evidencesexual selectionpopulation geneticsbehavioral ecologyzoologybiologynorth american killifishevolutionary ecologymorphology (biology)vertebrate paleontologyevolutionary significancebiological evolutionecology and evolutionary biologyspeciationsexual dimorphismevolutionary biology

When Rivals Are Absent: Male Aggression Towards Females in Bluefin Killifish. Ecology and Evolution (2025)

Ratna KaratgiRebecca C. Fuller

bluefin killifishanimal behaviorinterspecific behavioral interactionsexual selectionaggressive behaviorsbehavioral ecologybiologyfitnessbreeding behaviorevolutionary ecologypredator-prey interactionsfemale mortalityecology and evolutionary biologyecologyevolutionary biology

When Rivals Are Absent: Male Aggression Towards Females in Bluefin Killifish. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Ratna KaratgiBecky Fuller

bluefin killifishanimal behaviorinterspecific behavioral interactionsexual selectionbehavioral ecologybiologyfitnessethologyevolutionary ecologypredator-prey interactionsbreeding behaviorfemale mortalityecology and evolutionary biologymale/male competitionecologyevolutionary biology

Polyphenisms and Polymorphisms: Genetic Variation in Plasticity and Color Variation Within and Among Bluefin Killifish Populations. Evolution (2022)

Rebecca C. FullerKatie E. McGheeBenjamin SandkamMatthew SchraderJoseph Travis

stable color polymorphismsgenetic diversityadaptationbehavioral ecologybiologyevolutionary biologygenetic variationevolutionary geneticsevolutionary ecologybiological evolutionevolutionary significancenatural selectionswamp populationecologypopulation geneticscolor variation

Revisiting Old Truths: The Evolution of Male Coloration in Guppies as a Function of Predation. Molecular Ecology (2022)

Rebecca C. Fuller

animal behaviorecology evolutioninterspecific behavioral interactionsexual selectionbehavioral ecologybiologymale colour patternscoevolutionbreeding behaviorevolutionary ecologypredator-prey interactionsevolutionary significanceecology and evolutionary biologyold truthsecologypredation riskevolutionary biology

Visual Background Choice and Light Environment Affect Male Guppy Visual Contrast. Vision (2022)

John A. EndlerDara-Marie RaggaySolomon Maerowitz-McMahanDavid N. ReznickRebecca C. Fuller

uniform lightvisual systemvisual perceptionecologybehavioral scienceslightingvertebrate visionsexual selectionbehavioral ecologyethologyecology and evolutionary biologyanimal ecologyevolutionary biologyvisual scienceanimal behaviorvisual backgroundbreeding behaviorevolutionary ecologyvisual background choice

A Potential Role for Overdominance in the Maintenance of Colour Variation in the Neotropical Tortoise Beetle, Chelymorpha Alternans. Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2021)

Lynette R. StricklandRebecca C. FullerDonald WindsorCarla E. Cáceres

genetic variationecological entomologyspeciationnatural selectioninsect sciencepersistent polymorphismsdisassortative matingcoevolutionentomologybiological evolutionecology evolutionbehavioral ecologybiologyevolutionary geneticsevolutionary biologyadaptationgeneticsevolutionary ecologypopulation genetics

Author Response for"a Potential Role for Overdominance in the Maintenance of Color Variation in the Neotropical Tortoise Beetle, Chelymorpha Alternans". (2021)

Lynette R. StricklandRebecca C. FullerDonald WindsorCarla E. Cáceres

author responsecolor variationinsect conservationtropical insect sciencebiologyforest entomologycoevolutionevolutionary ecologyentomologyecological entomologyneotropical tortoise beetleecology and evolutionary biologyecologyevolutionary biologyinsect science