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B. Epstein

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Evolutionary Biology· 4 Ecology· 1 Microbiology· 1

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Approach:statistical model· 5 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Assay:DNA methylation· 2 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Organism:plant (other)· 2

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A. Storfer· 3 shared M. J. Margres· 3 shared P. Tiffin· 3 shared A. K. Fraik· 2 shared A. Patton· 2 shared A. Veillet· 2 shared B. Schonfeld· 2 shared H. McCallum· 2 shared

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A. Storfer

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Local adaptation to mercury contamination by nitrogen-fixing rhizobia is driven by horizontal gene transfer, copy number, and enhanced gene expression

A. Bhat, R. Sharma, M. M. Lucas, K. Desigan, M. Clear, A. Mishra, R. Bowers, T. Woyke, B. Epstein, P. Tiffin, J. J. Pueyo, T. Paape

This study identifies that horizontal gene transfer, copy number, and enhanced expression of the Mer operon confer mercury tolerance in rhizobia, with implications for plant-metal interactions.

bioRxiv · Dec 27, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology

Partners in space: Discordant population structure between legume hosts and rhizobium symbionts in their native range

A. Riley, M. Grillo, B. Epstein, P. Tiffin, K. Heath

The paper compares population structure between legume hosts and rhizobium symbionts, finding discordant genetic patterns that may affect coevolution.

bioRxiv · Jun 30, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Host-associated rhizobia fitness: Dependence on nitrogen, density, community complexity, and legume genotype

L. T. Burghardt, B. Epstein, M. Hoge, D. Trujillo, P. Tiffin

This study examines how host genotype, nitrogen levels, rhizobial density, and community complexity affect the fitness of 68 rhizobial strains in the Ensifer meliloti - Medicago truncatula mutualism.

bioRxiv · Nov 20, 2020 · PreprintEcology

Contemporary and historical selection in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) support novel, polygenic response to transmissible cancer

A. R. Stahlke, B. Epstein, S. Barbosa, M. J. Margres, A. Patton, S. A. Hendricks, A. Veillet, A. K. Fraik, B. Schonfeld, H. McCallum, R. Hamede, M. E. Jones, A. Storfer, P. A. Hohenlohe

This study identifies contemporary and historical selection in Tasmanian devils in response to transmissible cancer, finding limited overlap between genes under recent and ancient selection.

bioRxiv · Aug 7, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Hybridizing salamanders experience accelerated diversification

A. Patton, M. J. Margres, B. Epstein, J. Eastman, L. J. Harmon, A. Storfer

This study shows hybridizing salamander lineages have higher net diversification rates due to increased speciation and reduced extinction.

bioRxiv · Feb 5, 2020Evolutionary Biology

Disease swamps molecular signatures of genetic-environmental associations to abiotic factors in Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) populations

A. K. Fraik, M. J. Margres, B. Epstein, S. Barbosa, M. Jones, S. Hendricks, B. Schonfeld, A. Stahlke, A. Veillet, R. Hamede, H. McCallum, E. Lopez-Contreras, S. J. Kallinen, P. A. Hohenlohe, J. L. Kelley, A. Storfer

The paper examines how disease impacts genetic-environmental associations in Tasmanian devils, finding that disease swamps abiotic environmental signals.

bioRxiv · Sep 24, 2019Evolutionary Biology