recent papers
(full list at Google Scholar)
Shropshire J.D., W.R. Conner, D. Vanderpool, A.A. Hoffmann, M. Turelli, and B.S. Cooper. Coming soon. Turnover of pathogen-blocking Wolbachia and their incompatibility loci.
Terbot II J.W., B.S. Cooper, J.M. Good, and J.D. Jensen. In revision. A simulation framework for modeling the within-patient evolutionary dynamics of SARS-CoV-2.
Richardson K.M, P.A. Ross, B.S. Cooper, W.R. Conner, T. Schmidt, and A.A. Hoffmann. 2023. A male-killing Wolbachia endosymbiont is concealed by another endosymbiont and a nuclear suppressor. Accepted at PLOS Biology. 21:e3001879.
Radousky Y.A., M.T.J. Hague, S. Fowler, E. Paneru, A. Codina, C. Ruggamas, G. Hartzog, B.S. Cooper, and W.T. Sullivan. 2023. Distinct Wolbachia localization patterns in oocytes of diverse Drosophila species reveal multiple strategies of vertical transmission. GENETICS. 224:iyad038.
Terbot II J. W., P. Johri, S.W. Liphardt, S.P. Pfeifer, B.S. Cooper, J.M. Good, and J.D. Jensen. 2023 Developing an appropriate evolutionary model for SARS-CoV-2 patient samples. PLOS Pathogens. 19:e1011265.
Hague M.T.J., J.D. Shropshire, C.N. Caldwell, J.P. Statz, W.R. Conner, and B.S. Cooper. 2022. Temperature effects on cellular host-microbe interactions explains continent-wide endosymbiont prevalence. Current Biology. 10.1016/j.cub.2021.11.065.
-Press: Environmental conditions determine how Wolbachia interacts with its host
-Press: Wolbachia like it hot
Shropshire J.D., E. Hamant, W.R. Conner, and B.S. Cooper. 2022. cifB transcription largely explains cytoplasmic incompatibility variation across divergent Wolbachia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Nexus. 1:pgac099.
Coughlan J.M., A.J. Dagilis, A. Serrato-Capuchina, H. Elias, D. Peede, K. Isbell, D.M. Castillo, B.S. Cooper, and D.R. Matute. 2022. Patterns of population structure and introgression among recently differentiated Drosophila melanogaster populations. Molecular Biology & Evolution. 39:msac223
Beckmann J.F., K. Van. Vaerenberghe, D.E. Akwa, and B.S. Cooper. 2021. A single mutation weakens symbiont-induced reproductive manipulation through reductions in deubiquitylation efficiency. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). 118:e2113271118.
Shropshire J.D., E. Hamant, and B.S. Cooper. 2021. Male age and Wolbachia dynamics: Investigating how fast and why bacterial densities and cytoplasmic incompatibility strengths vary. mBio. 12:e02998-21.
Wheeler T.B., V. Thompson, W.R. Conner, and B.S. Cooper. 2021. Wolbachia in the spittlebug Prosapia ignipectus: Variable infection frequencies, but no apparent effect on host reproductive isolation. Ecology & Evolution. 11:10054-10065.
Hague M.T.J., H.A. Woods, and B.S. Cooper. 2021. Pervasive effects of Wolbachia on host activity. Biology Letters. 17: 20210052.
Matute D.R. and B.S. Cooper. 2021. Comparative studies on speciation: 30 years since Coyne and Orr. Evolution. doi.org/10.1111/evo.14181
-Prof. Coyne's thoughts
Conner, W.R., E.K. Delaney, al. et B.S. Cooper, and M. Turelli. A phylogeny for the Drosophila montium subgroup: a model clade for comparative analyses. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107061
Hague M.T.J., C. Caldwell, and B.S. Cooper. 2020. Pervasive effects of Wolbachia on host temperature preference. Mbio. 11: e01768-20
Hague M.T.J., H. Mavengere, D.R. Matute, and B.S. Cooper. 2020. Environmental and genetic contributions to imperfect wMel-like Wolbachia transmission and frequency variation. GENETICS. 215:1117-1132.
Sprengelmeyer, Q.D., S. Mansourian, J.D. Lange, D.R. Matute, B.S. Cooper, E. Jirle, M.C. Stensmyr, and J.E. Pool. 2020. Recurrent collection of Drosophila melanogaster from Wild African Environments and Genomic Insights into Species History. Molecular Biology & Evolution. 37:627-638.
Cooper, B.S., D. Vanderpool, W.R. Conner, D.R. Matute, and M. Turelli. 2019.Wolbachia acquisition by Drosophila yakuba-clade hosts and transfer of incompatibility loci between distantly related Wolbachia. GENETICS. 212:1399-1419.
Meany, M.K., W.R. Conner, S.V. Richter, J.A. Bailey, M. Turelli, and B.S. Cooper. 2019. Loss of cytoplasmic incompatibility and minimal fecundity effects explain relatively low Wolbachia frequencies in Drosophila mauritiana. Evolution. 73-6:1278-1295. 73-6: 1278–129573-6: 1278–129573-6: 1278–1295
Cooper, B.S., A. Sedghifar, W.T. Nash, A.A. Comeault, D.R. Matute. 2018. A maladaptive combination of traits contributes to the maintenance of a Drosophila hybrid zone. Current Biology. 28:2940-2947.
-find a F1000 recommendation by Norman Johnson here.
Turelli, M., B.S. Cooper, K.M. Richardson, P.S. Ginsberg, B.P. Peckenpaugh, C.X. Antelope, K.J. Kim, M.R. May, A. Abrieux, D.A. Wilson, M.J. Bronski, B.R. Moore, J. Gao, M.B. Eisen, J.C. Chiu, W.R. Conner, A.A. Hoffmann. 2018. Rapid global spread of wRi-like Wolbachia across multiple Drosophila. Current Biology. 28:1-9.
-find a summary of this work from Greg Hurst and friends here.
Cooper, B.S., P.S. Ginsberg, M. Turelli, and D.R. Matute. 2017. Wolbachia in the Drosophila yakuba complex: pervasive frequency variation and weak cytoplasmic incompatibility, but no apparent effect on reproductive isolation. GENETICS. 205:333-351.
Adrion, J.R., M.W. Hahn, and B.S. Cooper. 2015. Revisiting classic clines in Drosophila melanogaster in the age of genomics. Trends in Genetics. 31:434-444.
Cooper, B.S., C. Burrus, C. Ji, M.W. Hahn, and K.L. Montooth. 2015. Similar efficacies of selection shape mitochondrial and nuclear genes in both Drosophila melanogaster and Homo sapien. Genes|Genomes|Genetics. 5:2165-76.
Preprints
Matute D.R. and B.S. Cooper. Reinforcement alone does not explain increased reproductive isolation in sympatry. bioRxiv.
see Google Scholar for prior publications
Terbot II J.W., B.S. Cooper, J.M. Good, and J.D. Jensen. In revision. A simulation framework for modeling the within-patient evolutionary dynamics of SARS-CoV-2.
Richardson K.M, P.A. Ross, B.S. Cooper, W.R. Conner, T. Schmidt, and A.A. Hoffmann. 2023. A male-killing Wolbachia endosymbiont is concealed by another endosymbiont and a nuclear suppressor. Accepted at PLOS Biology. 21:e3001879.
Radousky Y.A., M.T.J. Hague, S. Fowler, E. Paneru, A. Codina, C. Ruggamas, G. Hartzog, B.S. Cooper, and W.T. Sullivan. 2023. Distinct Wolbachia localization patterns in oocytes of diverse Drosophila species reveal multiple strategies of vertical transmission. GENETICS. 224:iyad038.
Terbot II J. W., P. Johri, S.W. Liphardt, S.P. Pfeifer, B.S. Cooper, J.M. Good, and J.D. Jensen. 2023 Developing an appropriate evolutionary model for SARS-CoV-2 patient samples. PLOS Pathogens. 19:e1011265.
Hague M.T.J., J.D. Shropshire, C.N. Caldwell, J.P. Statz, W.R. Conner, and B.S. Cooper. 2022. Temperature effects on cellular host-microbe interactions explains continent-wide endosymbiont prevalence. Current Biology. 10.1016/j.cub.2021.11.065.
-Press: Environmental conditions determine how Wolbachia interacts with its host
-Press: Wolbachia like it hot
Shropshire J.D., E. Hamant, W.R. Conner, and B.S. Cooper. 2022. cifB transcription largely explains cytoplasmic incompatibility variation across divergent Wolbachia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Nexus. 1:pgac099.
Coughlan J.M., A.J. Dagilis, A. Serrato-Capuchina, H. Elias, D. Peede, K. Isbell, D.M. Castillo, B.S. Cooper, and D.R. Matute. 2022. Patterns of population structure and introgression among recently differentiated Drosophila melanogaster populations. Molecular Biology & Evolution. 39:msac223
Beckmann J.F., K. Van. Vaerenberghe, D.E. Akwa, and B.S. Cooper. 2021. A single mutation weakens symbiont-induced reproductive manipulation through reductions in deubiquitylation efficiency. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). 118:e2113271118.
Shropshire J.D., E. Hamant, and B.S. Cooper. 2021. Male age and Wolbachia dynamics: Investigating how fast and why bacterial densities and cytoplasmic incompatibility strengths vary. mBio. 12:e02998-21.
Wheeler T.B., V. Thompson, W.R. Conner, and B.S. Cooper. 2021. Wolbachia in the spittlebug Prosapia ignipectus: Variable infection frequencies, but no apparent effect on host reproductive isolation. Ecology & Evolution. 11:10054-10065.
Hague M.T.J., H.A. Woods, and B.S. Cooper. 2021. Pervasive effects of Wolbachia on host activity. Biology Letters. 17: 20210052.
Matute D.R. and B.S. Cooper. 2021. Comparative studies on speciation: 30 years since Coyne and Orr. Evolution. doi.org/10.1111/evo.14181
-Prof. Coyne's thoughts
Conner, W.R., E.K. Delaney, al. et B.S. Cooper, and M. Turelli. A phylogeny for the Drosophila montium subgroup: a model clade for comparative analyses. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107061
Hague M.T.J., C. Caldwell, and B.S. Cooper. 2020. Pervasive effects of Wolbachia on host temperature preference. Mbio. 11: e01768-20
Hague M.T.J., H. Mavengere, D.R. Matute, and B.S. Cooper. 2020. Environmental and genetic contributions to imperfect wMel-like Wolbachia transmission and frequency variation. GENETICS. 215:1117-1132.
Sprengelmeyer, Q.D., S. Mansourian, J.D. Lange, D.R. Matute, B.S. Cooper, E. Jirle, M.C. Stensmyr, and J.E. Pool. 2020. Recurrent collection of Drosophila melanogaster from Wild African Environments and Genomic Insights into Species History. Molecular Biology & Evolution. 37:627-638.
Cooper, B.S., D. Vanderpool, W.R. Conner, D.R. Matute, and M. Turelli. 2019.Wolbachia acquisition by Drosophila yakuba-clade hosts and transfer of incompatibility loci between distantly related Wolbachia. GENETICS. 212:1399-1419.
Meany, M.K., W.R. Conner, S.V. Richter, J.A. Bailey, M. Turelli, and B.S. Cooper. 2019. Loss of cytoplasmic incompatibility and minimal fecundity effects explain relatively low Wolbachia frequencies in Drosophila mauritiana. Evolution. 73-6:1278-1295. 73-6: 1278–129573-6: 1278–129573-6: 1278–1295
Cooper, B.S., A. Sedghifar, W.T. Nash, A.A. Comeault, D.R. Matute. 2018. A maladaptive combination of traits contributes to the maintenance of a Drosophila hybrid zone. Current Biology. 28:2940-2947.
-find a F1000 recommendation by Norman Johnson here.
Turelli, M., B.S. Cooper, K.M. Richardson, P.S. Ginsberg, B.P. Peckenpaugh, C.X. Antelope, K.J. Kim, M.R. May, A. Abrieux, D.A. Wilson, M.J. Bronski, B.R. Moore, J. Gao, M.B. Eisen, J.C. Chiu, W.R. Conner, A.A. Hoffmann. 2018. Rapid global spread of wRi-like Wolbachia across multiple Drosophila. Current Biology. 28:1-9.
-find a summary of this work from Greg Hurst and friends here.
Cooper, B.S., P.S. Ginsberg, M. Turelli, and D.R. Matute. 2017. Wolbachia in the Drosophila yakuba complex: pervasive frequency variation and weak cytoplasmic incompatibility, but no apparent effect on reproductive isolation. GENETICS. 205:333-351.
Adrion, J.R., M.W. Hahn, and B.S. Cooper. 2015. Revisiting classic clines in Drosophila melanogaster in the age of genomics. Trends in Genetics. 31:434-444.
Cooper, B.S., C. Burrus, C. Ji, M.W. Hahn, and K.L. Montooth. 2015. Similar efficacies of selection shape mitochondrial and nuclear genes in both Drosophila melanogaster and Homo sapien. Genes|Genomes|Genetics. 5:2165-76.
Preprints
Matute D.R. and B.S. Cooper. Reinforcement alone does not explain increased reproductive isolation in sympatry. bioRxiv.
see Google Scholar for prior publications