David Jennings, Ph.D.
David Jennings, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology

Office: 217 B Voigt Science Hall
Phone: 6185376096
Email: DHJennings@mckendree.edu


Education:
Ph.D., University of Colorado - Biology
M.S., Rutgers University - Biology
B.S., Kansas State University - Biology 

Publications & Manuscripts

  1. Packard, M.J., D.H. Jennings , and J. Hanken. (1996).  Growth and uptake of mineral by embryos of the direct-developing frog, Eleutherodacytlus coqui .  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 113A, 343-349.
  2. Hanken, J., D.H. Jennings , and L. Olsson. (1997).  Mechanistic basis of life-history evolution in anuran amphibians: Direct development.  Am. Zool. 37, 160-171.
  3. Hanken, J., M.W. Klymkowsky, K.E. Alley, and D.H. Jennings . (1997).  Life history evolution alters embryonic patterning in direct-developing frogs.  Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 264, 1349-1354.
  4. Jennings, D.H ., and J. Hanken (1998).  Mechanistic basis of life history evolution in anuran amphibians: Thyroid gland development in the direct-developing frog, Eleutherodacytlus coqui. General and Comparative Endocrinology 111, 225-232.
  5. Breuner, C., D.H. Jennings , M.C. Moore, and M. Orchinik. (2000).  Pharmacological adrenalectomy with mitotane. General and Comparative Endocrinology 120, 27-34.
  6. Jennings, D.H., M.C. Moore, R. Knapp, L. Matthews, and M. Orchinik. (2000).  Plasma steroid-binding globulins mediate stress reactivity in the tree lizard, Urosaurus ornatus . General and Comparative Endocrinology 120, 289-299. Painter, D.,
  7. D.H. Jennings , and M.C. Moore. (2002).  Placental buffering of maternal steroid hormone effects on fetal and yolk hormone levels: a comparative study of a viviparous lizard, Sceloporus jarrovi , and an oviparous lizard, Sceloporus graciosus .  General and Comparative Endocrinology 127, 105-116.  
  8. Weiss, S.L., D.H. Jennings , and M.C. Moore. (2002). Effect of captivity in semi-natural enclosures on the reproductive endocrinology of female lizards.   General and Comparative Endocrinology 128, 238-246.
  9. Jennings, D.H. , D.L. Painter, and M.C. Moore. (2004).  Role of the adrenal gland in early post-hatching differentiation of alternative male phenotypes in the tree lizard ( Urosaurus ornatus ).  General and Comparative Endocrinology 135, 81-89.
  10. Taylor, E.T, DeNardo, D., and D.H. Jennings . (2004).  Seasonal steroid hormone levels and their relation to reproduction in the Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox (Serpentes: Viperidae).  General and Comparative Endocrinology 136, 328-337.
  11. Steiner, A.A., M.D. Dogan, A.I. Ivanov, S. Patel, A.Y. Rudaya, D.H. Jennings , M. Orchinik, T.W.W. Pace, K.A. O’Connor, L.R. Watkins, and A.A. Romanovsky (in press). A new function  of the leptin receptor: mediation of the recovery from lipopolysaccharide-induced hypothermia.  FASEB Journal.


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