Publications

See Ben’s Google Scholar Profile for the most up-to-date list of publications.

Preprints

  • Goldman, O.V., DeFoe, A.E., Qi, Y., Jiao, Y., Weng, S., Houri-Zeevi, L., Lakhiani, P., Morita, T., Razzauti, J. Rosas-Villegas, A., Tsitohay, Y.N., Walker, M. M., Hopkins, B.R., Mosquito Cell Atlas Consortium, Akbari, O.S., Duvall, L.B., White-Cooper, H., Sorrells, T.R., Sharma, R., Li, H., Vosshall, L.B., Shai, N. Mosquito Cell Atlas: A single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of the adult Aedes aegypti mosquito. bioRxiv. Under review at Cell. [PDF] [LINK]

2025

  • Thompson, A., May, M., Hopkins, B.R., Riedl, N., Barmina, O., Liebeskind, B., Zhao, L., Begun, D., Kopp, A. (2025). Quantifying transcriptome turnover on phylogenies by modeling gene expression as a binary trait. Molecular Biology & Evolution. 42 (5), msaf106. [PDF] [LINK]
  • Luo, Y., Takau, A., Li, J., Fan, T., Hopkins, B.R., Le, Y., Ramirez, S., Matsuo, T., Kopp, A. (2025). Regulatory changes in the fatty acid elongase eloF underlie the evolution of sex-specific pheromone profiles in Drosophila prolongata. BMC Biology. 23, 117. [PDF] [LINK]

2024

  • Hopkins, B.R., Angus-Henry, A., Kim, B.Y., Carlisle, J.A., Thompson, A., & Kopp, A. (2024) Decoupled evolution of the Sex Peptide gene family and Sex Peptide Receptor in Drosophilidae. PNAS 121, e2312380120. [PDF] [LINK]
  • Hopkins, B.R., Allen, S., Avila, F.W., Wolfner, M.F. (2024). Male reproductive glands and their secretions in insects, in: Encyclopedia of Reproduction. 3rd edition. Elsevier. [PDF] [LINK]

2023

  • Hopkins, B.R., Barmina, O., & Kopp, A. (2023) A single-cell atlas of the sexually dimorphic Drosophila foreleg and its sensory organs during development. PLOS Biology 21 (6), e3002148. [PDF] [LINK]

2022

  • Hopkins, B.R. & Perry, J.C. (2022), The evolution of sex peptide: sexual conflict, cooperation, and coevolution. Biological Reviews 97 (4), 1426-1448. [PDF] [LINK]

2021

  • Hopkins, B.R. & Kopp, A. (2021) Evolution of sexual development and sexual dimorphism in insects. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 69, 129–139. [PDF] [LINK]
  • Perry, J.C. & Hopkins, B.R. (2021) Escaping the choosiness trap. Nature Ecology & Evolution 5, 1066–1067. [PDF] [LINK]
  • Wainwright, S.M., Hopkins, B.R., Mendes, C.C., Sekar, A., Kroeger, B., Hellberg, J.E.E.U., Fan, S.J., Pavey, A., Marie, P.P., Leiblich, A., Sepil, I., Charles, P.D., Thézénas, M.L., Fischer, R., Kessler, B.M., et al. (2021) Drosophila Sex Peptide controls the assembly of lipid microcarriers in seminal fluid. PNAS 118, e2019622118. [PDF] [LINK]

2020

  • Sepil, I., Hopkins, B.R., Dean, R., Bath, E., Friedman, S., Swanson, B., Ostridge, H.J., Harper, L., Buehner, N.A., Wolfner, M.F., Konietzny, R., Thézénas, M.L., Sandham, E., Charles, P.D., Fischer, R., et al. (2020) Male reproductive aging arises via multifaceted mating-dependent sperm and seminal proteome declines, but is postponable in Drosophila. PNAS 117, 17094–17103. [PDF] [LINK]
  • Hopkins, B.R., Sepil, I. & Wigby, S. (2020) Structural variation in Drosophila melanogaster spermathecal ducts and its association with sperm competition dynamics. Royal Society Open Science 7, 200130. [PDF] [LINK]

2019

  • Hopkins, B.R., Sepil, I., Thézénas, M.L., Craig, J.F., Miller, T., Charles, P.D., Fischer, R., Kessler, B.M., Bretman, A., Pizzari, T. & Wigby, S. (2019) Divergent allocation of sperm and the seminal proteome along a competition gradient in Drosophila melanogaster. PNAS 116, 17925–17933. [PDF] [LINK]
  • Hopkins, B.R., Sepil, I., Bonham, S., Miller, T., Charles, P.D., Fischer, R., Kessler, B.M., Wilson, C. & Wigby, S. (2019) BMP signaling inhibition in Drosophila secondary cells remodels the seminal proteome and self and rival ejaculate functions. PNAS 116, 24719–24728. [PDF] [LINK]
  • Sepil, I., Hopkins, B.R., Dean, R., Thézénas, M.-L., Charles, P.D., Konietzny, R., Fischer, R., Kessler, B.M. & Wigby, S. (2019) Quantitative proteomics identification of seminal fluid proteins in male Drosophila melanogaster. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics 18, S46–S58. [PDF] [LINK]

<2019

  • Hopkins, B.R., Avila, F.W. & Wolfner, M.F. (2018) Insect male reproductive glands and their products. In Encyclopedia of Reproduction pp. 137–144. Elsevier. [PDF] [LINK]
  • Hopkins, B.R., Sepil, I. & Wigby, S. (2017) Seminal fluid. Current Biology 27, R404–R405. [PDF] [LINK]
  • Reed, K.R., Korobko, I. V., Ninkina, N., Korobko, E. V., Hopkins, B.R., Platt, J.L., Buchman, V. & Clarke, A.R. (2015) Hunk/Mak-v is a negative regulator of intestinal cell proliferation. BMC Cancer 15, 1–9. [PDF] [LINK]