C. Veller

Two teosintes made modern maize

This study clarifies the origin of modern maize by showing it resulted from an ancient admixture between domesticated maize and Zea mays ssp. mexicana around 5300 years ago, contributing to genetic and phenotypic diversity.

Recombination and selection against introgressed DNA

This paper uses mathematical modeling and simulations to show that recombination rate influences the purging of introgressed DNA, with implications for genomic signals of historical introgression.

Mate choice enhances post-zygotic barriers to gene flow via ancestry bundling

The paper shows mate choice enhances post-zygotic barriers to gene flow by bundling ancestry in offspring, increasing purging of introgressed DNA through increased ancestry variance.

Dominance shifts increase the likelihood of soft selective sweeps

The paper shows dominance shifts increase the likelihood of soft selective sweeps during adaptation to new environments, using Drosophila pesticide resistance as a case study.

Invasion and maintenance of meiotic drivers in populations of ascomycete fungi

The paper develops a population genetic model to study the invasion and coexistence of meiotic drivers in ascomycete fungi, focusing on spore killing and its dependence on ploidy, selfing rate, and spore killing efficiency.

On the logic of Fisherian sexual selection

This paper analyzes Fisherian sexual selection in diploids, showing it operates through two channels—trans and cis—distinguishing diploid from haploid models.

Selection for synchronized cell division in simple multicellular organisms

The paper models competition between multicellular organisms using synchronous and asynchronous cell division to show natural selection favors one over the other.

Drift-Induced Selection Between Male And Female Heterogamety

The paper shows that drift-induced selection, not neutrality, drives evolutionary transitions between male and female heterogamety by favoring dominant sex-determining chromosomes.

The evolution of queen control over worker reproduction in the social Hymenoptera

This study develops a mathematical model to analyze the evolutionary dynamics of queen control over worker reproduction in eusocial Hymenoptera, identifying conditions for the emergence and stability of queen-induced worker sterility.