John W. Finger


Department

School of Health Sciences

Role: Faculty
Campus: Springfield

Postal mail

Missouri State University
School of Health Sciences
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield, MO 65897

Details

Education

  • PhD, 2014, University of Georgia
  • BS, 2008, North Carolina State University

 

Teaching

  • BMS 308 Human Physiology Laboratory

Professional experience

Publications

Peer-reviewed publications in print (or final online version posted for online only journals).

For updated citation count, see Google Scholars page.

  • Moss, R. A., K. M. Murphy, S. T. Gardner, M. M. Watkins, J W. Finger Jr., M. D. Kelley, R. M. Elsey, D. A. Warner, and M. T. Mendonca. 2023. Exposure to ecologically relevant estrogen levels do not influence morphology or immune parameters in hatchling American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2023.109767
  • Kelley, M. D., E. W. Finger, and J. W. Finger Jr. 2023. Carphophis amoenus amoenus (Eastern Worm Snake). Lee County, Alabama. Geographic Distribution. Herpetological Review 54:3, 403.
  • Murphy, K. M., M. M. Watkins, J. W. Finger Jr., M. D. Kelley, R. M. Elsey, D. A. Warner, and M. T. Mendonca. 2022. Xenobiotic estradiol-17β alters gut microbiota of hatchling American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). Environmental Microbiology. dio: 10.1111/1462- 2920.16222
  • Kelley, M. D., J. W. Finger Jr., and M. T. Mendonca. 2022. Male gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) concentration-dependent social responses to diluted mental gland pheromones. Behavioural Processes. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2022.104729
  • Moore, L. A.*, J. W. Finger Jr.*, D. L. Haskins*, R. M. Elsey, S. B. Castleberry, T. C. Glen, C. H. Jagoe, and I. L. Brisbin Jr. 2022. Tissue distribution of mercury in the bodies of wild American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) from a coastal marsh in Louisiana (USA). Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 83, 13-20. doi: 10.1007/s00244-022-00938-3. *Authors contributed equally to manuscript
  • Finger, J. W. Jr., M. D. Kelley, M. T. Hamilton, Y. Zhang, R. M. Elsey, M. T. Mendonca, and A. N. Kavazis. Changes in antioxidant enzyme levels following capture in juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) are tissue dependent. 2022. Canadian Journal of Zoology. doi: 10.1139/cjz-2021-0231
  • Finger, J. W. Jr., M. D. Kelley, Y. Zhang, M. T. Hamilton, R. M. Elsey, A. Kavazis, and M. T. Mendonca. 2022. Increased brain glucocorticoid receptors are associated with decreased body condition in juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). South American Journal of Herpetology 23, 42-48. doi: 10.2994/SAJH-D-20-00008.1

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