Using artificial systems to explore the ecology and evolution of symbioses

Dynamics in the mixed microbial concourse

(2010) E. H. Wintermute et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Generation of a novel wing colour pattern by the Wingless morphogen

(2010) Thomas Werner et al.   NATURE

Ecological interactions are evolutionarily conserved across the entire tree of life

(2010) José M. Gómez et al.   NATURE

Antagonistic coevolution accelerates molecular evolution

(2010) Steve Paterson et al.   NATURE

Unrestricted migration favours virulent pathogens in experimental metapopulations: evolutionary genetics of a rapacious life history

(2010) C. M. Eshelman et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Rapid evolution of stability and productivity at the origin of a microbial mutualism

(2010) K. L. Hillesland et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multiple reciprocal adaptations and rapid genetic change upon experimental coevolution of an animal host and its microbial parasite

(2010) R. D. Schulte et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Selective Press Extinctions, but Not Random Pulse Extinctions, Cause Delayed Ecological Recovery in Communities of Digital Organisms

(2009) Gabriel Yedid et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

The Coevolving Web of Life(American Society of Naturalists Presidential Address)

(2009) John N. Thompson   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Network Architectures

(2009) Wai-Leung Ng et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Termite-Microbe Symbiotic System and Its Efficient Degradation of Lignocellulose

(2009) Toshiaki KUDO   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Auto-/heterotrophic endosymbiosis evolves in a mature stage of ecosystem development in a microcosm composed of an alga, a bacterium and a ciliate

(2009) Toshiyuki Nakajima et al.   BIOSYSTEMS

EVIDENCE FOR NEGATIVE FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT SELECTION DURING EXPERIMENTAL COEVOLUTION OF A FRESHWATER SNAIL AND A STERILIZING TREMATODE

(2009) Britt Koskella et al.   EVOLUTION

Spatiotemporal modulation of biodiversity in a synthetic chemical-mediated ecosystem

(2009) Hao Song et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Eco-evolutionary dynamics

(2009) F. Pelletier et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evolutionary dynamics in structured populations

(2009) M. A. Nowak et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Legumes regulate Rhizobium bacteroid development and persistence by the supply of branched-chain amino acids

(2009) J. Prell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Interactions between zebrafish pigment cells responsible for the generation of Turing patterns

(2009) A. Nakamasu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Simpson's Paradox in a Synthetic Microbial System

(2009) J. S. Chuang et al.   SCIENCE

Optimal Foraging by Bacteriophages through Host Avoidance

(2008) Richard H. Heineman et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Experimental demonstration of ecological character displacement

(2008) Jabus G Tyerman et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

NOVEL WEAPONS: INVASIVE PLANT SUPPRESSES FUNGAL MUTUALISTS IN AMERICA BUT NOT IN ITS NATIVE EUROPE

(2008) Ragan M. Callaway et al.   ECOLOGY

Metabolic Changes Associated With Adaptive Diversification in Escherichia coli

(2008) M. Le Gac et al.   GENETICS

A synthetic Escherichia coli predator–prey ecosystem

(2008) Frederick K Balagaddé et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

Optimal Foraging Predicts the Ecology but Not the Evolution of Host Specialization in Bacteriophages

(2008) Sébastien Guyader et al.   PLoS One

Defined spatial structure stabilizes a synthetic multispecies bacterial community

(2008) H. J. Kim et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Functional diversity in coral-dinoflagellate symbiosis

(2008) M. Stat et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Historical contingency and the evolution of a key innovation in an experimental population of Escherichia coli

(2008) Z. D. Blount et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Experimental evolution of a microbial predator's ability to find prey

(2008) K. L Hillesland et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Breakdown of an Ant-Plant Mutualism Follows the Loss of Large Herbivores from an African Savanna

(2008) T. M. Palmer et al.   SCIENCE

Engineering microbial consortia: a new frontier in synthetic biology

(2008) Katie Brenner et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Regular pattern formation in real ecosystems

(2008) Max Rietkerk et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION