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Cristina C. Ledón‐Rettig

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Indiana University

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Animal Behavior and ReproductionAmphibian and Reptile BiologyNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorPhysiological and biochemical adaptations

Publications

22

Citations

880

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

14

Publishing since 2013

Research summary
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Cristina C. Ledón-Rettig studies how an animal's environment, especially its diet early in life, shapes its development, behavior, physiology, and evolution. Much of her work uses spadefoot toads, examining how larval feeding influences brain structure, hormone systems (such as stress-related corticosterone), and gene activity. A recurring theme is developmental plasticity: how the same genetic material can produce different outcomes depending on conditions experienced during growth.

Developmental plasticity and evolutionDiet effects on brain and behaviorStress hormone (glucocorticoid) physiologyGene expression and transgenerational effectsAmphibian and insect biology

After some quieter years, publication activity has been steady to slightly growing recently, averaging about two papers per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.0/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 3 publications1819202021: 2 publications21222023: 3 publications232024: 4 publications4242025: 2 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences×2
  • Ecology and Evolution×2
  • General and Comparative Endocrinology×2
  • Oikos×1
  • Nature Communications×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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