Ummat Somjee

Selected Publications:

• Evans-Blake, C., Rubin, J. J., & Somjee, U. (2026). Flag-waving behavior in matador bugs is an antipredatory strategy. Current Zoology, 72(2), 293–302. 

• Somjee, U., Marting, P., Anzaldo, S., Simmons, L. W., & Painting, C. J. (2024). Extreme range in adult body size reveals hidden trade-offs among sexually selected traits. Evolution, 78(8), 1382–1395. 

• Somjee, U., Powell, E. C., Hickey, A. J., Harrison, J. F., & Painting, C. J. (2021). Exaggerated sexually selected weapons maintained with disproportionately low metabolic costs in a single species with extreme size variation. Functional Ecology, 35(10), 2282–2293. 

• Somjee, U. (2021). Positive allometry of sexually selected traits: Do metabolic maintenance costs play an important role? BioEssays, 43(6), e2000183. 

• Somjee, U., Woods, H. A., Duell, M., & Miller, C. W. (2018). The hidden cost of sexually selected traits: The metabolic expense of maintaining a sexually selected weapon. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285, 20181685. 

• Somjee, U., Miller, C. W., Tatarnic, N. J., & Simmons, L. W. (2018). Experimental manipulation reveals a trade-off between weapons and testes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 31, 57–65.