Michel, A.P., J. Rull, M. Aluja, J.L. Feder.  2007.  The Genetic Structure of Hawthorn-infesting Rhagoletis pomonella Populations in Mexico: Implications for Sympatric Host Race Formation.  Molecular Ecology.  In press.

Feder, J. L. and A. A. Forbes.  2007.  Habitat avoidance and speciation for phytophagous insect specialists.  Functional Ecology.  21:585-597.

Xie, X., J. Rull, A. Michel, S. Velez, A. A. Forbes, N. Lobo, M. Aluja and J. L. Feder.  2007.  Hawthorn-infesting populations of Rhagoletis pomonella in Mexico and speciation mode plurality.  Evolution.  1091-1105.

2006

Noor, M.A.F., and J.L. Feder. 2006. Speciation genetics: Evolving approaches. Nature Reviews Genetics 7:851-861

Forbes, A.A. and J.L. Feder.  2006.  Divergent preferences of Rhagoletis host races for olfactory and visual fruit cues.  Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata.  119:121-127.

Rull, J., M. Aluja, J.L. Feder, S. Berlocher.  2006.  Distribution and host range of hawthorn-infesting Rhagoletis (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Mexico.  Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99:662-672.

2005

Dambroski, H.R., C. Linn, S. Berlocher, A.A. Forbes, W. Roelofs, and J. L. Feder.  2005.  The genetic basis for fruit odor discrimination in Rhagoletis flies and its significance for sympatric host shifts.  Evolution. 59: 1953-1964.

Forbes, A.A., J. Fisher and J.L. Feder. 2005. Habitat avoidance: overlooking an important aspect of host specific mating and sympatric speciation?  Evolution.  59:1552-1559.

Feder, J.L., X. Xie, J. Rull, S. Velez, A. Forbes, B. Leung, H. Dambroski, K.E. Filchak, M. Aluja.  2005.  Mayr, Dobzhansky and Bush: A Golden Braid of Biogeography, Inversions, Differential Introgression, Clines, and Sympatric Speciation?  The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 102: 6573-6580.

2004

Linn C.E. Jr., Dambroski H.R., Feder J.F., Berlocher S.H., Nojima S., and Roelofs W.L.  2004. Postzygotic isolating factor in sympatric speciation in Rhagoletis Flies: Reduced response of hybrids to parental host-fruit odors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A., 101: 17753-17758.

2003

Linn, C. Jr., J.L. Feder, S. Nojima , H.R. Dambroski , S.H. Berlocher and W. Roelofs . 2003. Host fruit odor discrimination and sympatric race formation in the apple maggot. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 100: 11490-11493.

Feder, J.L., S.H. Berlocher , J.B. Roethele , H. Dambroski, J.J. Smith, W.L. Perry, V. Gavrilovic, K.E. Filchak, J. Rull and M. Aluja . 2003. Allopatric genetic origins for sympatric host plant shifts and race formation in Rhagoletis . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 100: 10314-10319.  (also see Trends in Ecology & Exolution Online, Dec.17th, 2003)

Stolz, U., S. Velez, K.V. Wood, M. Wood and J.L. Feder. 2003. Darwinian natural selection for orange bioluminescent color in a Jamaican click beetle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 100: 14955-14959.  (see also Editors Choice Science Jan. 9th, 2004).

Feder, J.L., S.B. Roethele , K.E. Filchak, J. Niedbalski and J. Romero-Severson. 2003. Evidence for inversions related to sympatric host are formation in the apple maggot fly . Genetics 163: 939-953.

Linn C. Jr, Feder J.L., Nojima S., Dambroski H.R., Berlocher S.H., Roelofs W. 2003. Fruit odor discrimination and sympatric host race formation in Rhagoletis.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 100:11490-3

2002 and beyond (selected papers)....

Berlocher, S.H. and J. L. Feder.  2002. Sympatric speciation in phytophagous insects: moving beyond controversy? Annual Review of Entomology 47:773-815.

Roethele , J.B., J. Romero-Severson and J.L. Feder. 2001. Evidence for Broad-Scale Conservation of Linkage Map Relationships between Rhagoletis pomonella and Drosophila melanogaster . Genetics 94:936-947.

Filchak, K.E., J.B. Roethele and J.L. Feder. 2000. Natural selection and sympatric divergence in the apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella . Nature 407:739-742.

Feder, J.L. 1998. The apple maggot fly, Rhagoletis pomonella: flies in the face of conventional wisdom about speciation? In: Endless forms: species and speciation. London: Oxford University Press.  pp.130-144.

Roethele, J.B., J.L. Feder, S.H. Berlocher, M.E. Kreitman, and D.A. Lashkari. 1997. Toward a molecular genetic linkage map for the apple maggot fly (Deiptera: Tephritidae): comparison of alternative strategies. Genetics 90:470-479.

Feder, J.L., Roethele , J., Wlazlo , B. and Berlocher , S.H. 1997. Selective maintenance of allozyme differences between sympatric host races of the apple maggot fly. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 94:11417-11421.

Feder, J.L., Stolz , U., Lewis, K.M., Perry, W., Roethele , J.B. & A. Rogers. 1997. The Effects of Winter Length on the Genetics of Apple and Hawthorn Races of Rhagoletis pomonella (Diptera : Tephritidae). Evolution 51:1860-1874.

Feder, J.L. 1994. The effects of parasitoids on sympatric host races of Rhagoletis pomonella (Diptera: Tephritidae).  Ecology 76:801-813.

Feder, J.L., S. Opp , B. Wlazlo , K. Reynolds, W. Go and S. Spisak . 1994. Host fidelity is an effective pre-mating barrier between sympatric races of the Apple Maggot Fly. Proceedings National Academy of Sciences, USA 91:7990-7994.