Recent Publications

  • Martinez AA, Conboy A, Buskirk SW, Marad DA, Lang GI. 2022. Long-term adaptation to galactose as a sole carbon source selects for mutations in nutrient signaling pathways. Journal of Molecular Evolution (in review) doi: 10.1101/2022.05.17.492354
  • Buskirk SW, Skibbens RV. 2022. G1-Cyclin2 (Cln2) promotes chromosome hypercondensation in eco1/ctf7 rad61 null cells during hyperthermic stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. G3 doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkac157
  • Aggeli D, Marad DA, Liu X, Buskirk SW, Levy SF, Lang GI. 2022. Overdominant and partially dominant mutations drive short-term adaptation in diploid yeast. Genetics. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyac061
  • Vignogna RC, Buskirk SW, Lang GI. 2021. Exploring a local genetic interaction using evolutionary replay experiments. Molecular Biology and Evolution. doi: 10.1101/2021.01.27.428500
  • Buskirk SW, Rokes AB, Lang GI. 2020. Adaptive evolution of nontransitive fitness in yeast. eLife. doi: 10.7554/eLife.62238
  • Mhatre E, Snyder D, Sileo E, Turner CB, Buskirk SW, Fernandez NL, Neiditch MB, Waters CM, Cooper VS. 2019. One gene, multiple ecological strategies: a biofilm regulator is a capacitor for sustainable diversity. PNAS. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2008540117
  • Turner CB, Buskirk SW, Harris KB, Cooper VS. 2019. Negative frequency-dependent selection maintains coexisting genotypes during fluctuating selection. Molecular Ecology. doi.org/10.1111/mec.15307
  • *Fisher KJ, *Buskirk SW, Vignogna RC, Marad DA, Lang GI. 2018. Adaptive genome duplication affects patterns of molecular evolution in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLOS Genetics. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007396 (* denotes equal contribution)
  • Marad DA, Buskirk SW, Lang GI. 2018. Altered access to beneficial mutations slows adaptation and biases fixed mutations in diploids. Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0503-9
  • Buskirk SW, Peace RE, Lang GI. 2017. Hitchhiking and epistasis give rise to cohort dynamics in adapting populations. PNAS. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1702314114
  • Silva IN, Santos PM, Santos MR, Zlosnik JE, Speert DP, Buskirk SW, Bruger EL, Waters CM, Cooper VS, Moreira LM. 2016. Long-Term Evolution of Burkholderia multivorans During a Chronic Cystic Fibrosis Infection Reveals Shifting Forces of Selection. mSystems.; doi: 10.1128/mSystems.00029-16
  • Ellis CN, Traverse CC, Mayo-Smith L, Buskirk SW, Cooper VS. 2015. Character displacement and evolution of niche complementarity in a model biofilm community. Evolution. doi: 10.1111/evo.12581
  • Buskirk SW, Lafontaine ER. 2014. Moraxella catarrhalis expressed a cardiolipin synthase that impacts adherence to human epithelial cells. Journal of Bacteriology. doi: 10.1128/JB.00298-13
  • Shaffer TL, Balder R, Buskirk SW, Hogan RJ, Lafontaine ER. 2013. Use of the chinchilla model to evaluate the vaccinogenic potential of the Moraxella catarrhalis filamentous hemagglutinin-like proteins MhaB1 and MhaB2. PLOS ONE. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067881
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