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Matute D.R. and B.S. Cooper. Reinforcement alone does not explain increased reproductive isolation in sympatry. bioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2021.05.06.442525.
2021
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. Accepted at Ecology & Evolution.
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. 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
2020
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.
2019
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
2018
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.
2017
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.
2015
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.
Matute D.R. and B.S. Cooper. Reinforcement alone does not explain increased reproductive isolation in sympatry. bioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2021.05.06.442525.
2021
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. Accepted at Ecology & Evolution.
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. 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
2020
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.
2019
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
2018
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.
2017
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.
2015
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.