Publications

2022 (Stelkens lab members in bold)

  1. Ament-Velásquez* L, C Gilchrist*, A Rêgo, DP Bendixsen, C Brice, J Grosse-Sommer, N Rafati, R Stelkens. The dynamics of adaptation to stress from standing genetic variation and de novo mutations. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac242, *authors contributed equally
  2. Stelkens R, DP Bendixsen: The evolutionary and ecological potential of yeast hybrids. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 2022, 76:101958 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gde.2022.101958
  3. Tavakolian N, JG Frazão, DP Bendixsen, R Stelkens, CB Li : Shepherd: accurate clustering for correcting DNA barcode errors. Bioinformatics 2022, 38:3710-3716 https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btac395
  4. Gettle N, B Gallone, K Verstrepen, R Stelkens. 2022. Harnessing the power of technical and natural variation in 116 yeast datasets to benchmark long read assembly pipelines. bioRxiv, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.17.484703
  5. Boynton PJ, KR Patil, I Stefanini, R Stelkens, FA Cubillos, Yeast ecology and communities. Yeast, 2022, 39(1-2):3. DOI: 10.1002/yea.3691

2021

  1. Bendixsen DP, JG Frazão, R Stelkens, Saccharomyces yeast hybrids on the rise, Yeast, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1002/yea.3684
  2. Bendixsen DP, D Peris, R Stelkens. Patterns of genomic instability in interspecific yeast hybrids with diverse ancestries, Frontiers in Fungal Biology, 2021, https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffunb.2021.742894/abstract
  3. Brice C, Z Zhang, D Bendixsen, RB Stelkens, Hybridization outcomes have strong genomic and environmental contingencies, The American Naturalist, 2021, https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/715356
  4. Bendixsen* DP, N Gettle*, C Gilchrist, Z Zhang, R Stelkens, Genomic evidence of an ancient East Asian divergence event in wild Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genome Biology and Evolution, 2021, evab001, *authors contributed equally https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab001

2020

  1. Bendixsen, DP, J Roberts, B Townshend, EJ Hayden, Phased nucleotide inserts for sequencing low-diversity RNA samples from in-vitro selection experiments. RNA 2020 doi: 10.1261/rna.072413.119
  2. Rego A, Chaturvedi S, Springer A, Lish AM, Barton C, Kapheim K, Messina FJ, Gompert Z, Combining experimental evolution and genomics to understand how seed beetles adapt to a marginal host plant. Genes 11:400, 2020, https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/4/400

2019

  1. Meier JI, RB Stelkens, DA Joyce, S Mwaiko, N Phiri, UK Schliewen, OM Selz, CE Wagner, C Katongo, O Seehausen, The coincidence of ecological opportunity with hybridization explains rapid adaptive radiation in Lake Mweru cichlid fishes, Nature Communications 10:5391, 2019 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-13278-z
  2. Zhang* Z, DP Bendixsen*, T Janzen, A Nolte, D Greig, R Stelkens, Recombining your way out of trouble: The genetic architecture of hybrid fitness under environmental stress, *authors contributed equally, Molecular Biology and Evolution 2019, doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msz211
  3. Gilchrist C, RB Stelkens, Aneuploidy in Yeast: Segregation Error or Adaptation Mechanism? Yeast 2019, doi:10.1002/yea.3427
  4. Gu, H, X Qi, Y Jia, Z Zhang, C Nie, X Li, J Li, Z Jiang, Q Wang, L Qu, Inheritance patterns of the transcriptome in hybrid chickens and their parents revealed by expression analysis. Scientific Reports 9:1 2019: 1-10
  5. Hudon, SF, EP Hurtado, JD Beck, SJ Burden, DP Bendixsen, KR Callery, JS Forbey, LP Waits, RA Miller, OK Nielsen, JA Heath, E J Hayden, Universal assay for measuring vertebrate telomeres by real-time quantitative PCR. bioRxiv 797068, 2019
  6. Bendixsen, DP, J Collet, B Østman, EJ Hayden, Genotype network intersections promote evolutionary innovation. PLoS Biology. 17(5):e3000300, 2019

2017

  1. Bernardes J, RB Stelkens, D Greig, Heterosis in hybrids within and between yeast species, Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2017, 30 (3): 538–548 doi: 10.1111/jeb.13023

2016

  1. Stelkens RB, D Greig, Fungal evolution: On the origin of yeast species, NATURE Microbiology 2016 1 (1): 15017, doi: 10.1038/nmicrobiol2015.17
  2. Boynton P, RB Stelkens, V Kowallik, D Greig, Measuring microbial fitness in a field reciprocal transplant experiment, Molecular Ecology Resources 2016, doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12562
  3. Stelkens RB, EL Miller, D Greig, Asynchronous spore germination in isogenic, natural isolates of Saccharomyces paradoxus, FEMS Yeast Research 2016, 16 (3) doi: 10.1093/femsyr/fow012

2015

  1. Stelkens* RB, K King*, J Webster, D Smith, M Brockhurst, Hybridization in parasites: Consequences for adaptive evolution, pathogenesis, and public health in a changing world, *authors contributed equally, PLOS Pathogens 2015, 11(9): e1005098
  2. Stelkens RB, C. Schmid, O Seehausen, Hybrid breakdown in cichlid fish, PLOS ONE 2015, 10(5): e0127207

2014

  1. Stelkens RB, M Brockhurst, G Hurst, E Miller, D Greig, The effect of hybrid transgression on environmental tolerance in experimental yeast crosses. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2014, 27(11): 2507-2519
  2. Stelkens RB, M Brockhurst, G Hurst, D Greig, Hybridization facilitates evolutionary rescue, Evolutionary Applications 2014, 7(10): 1209-1217
  3. Stelkens RB, M Pompini, C Wedekind, Testing the effects of genetic crossing distance on embryo survival within a metapopulation of brown trout (Salmo trutta). Conservation Genetics 2014, 15: 375-386

2013

  1. Stelkens RB, ES Clark, C Wedekind, Parental influences on pathogen resistance in brown trout embryos and effects of outcrossing within a river network, PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e57832

2012

  1. Stelkens RB, M Pompini, C Wedekind, Testing for local adaptation in brown trout using reciprocal transplants. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2012, 12: 247
  2. Abbott R, D Albach, S Ansell, JW Arntzen, SJE Baird, N Bierne et al. (incl. RB Stelkens), Hybridization and speciation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2012, 26: 229-246
  3. Stelkens RB, G Jaffuel, M Escher, C Wedekind, Genetic and phenotypic population divergence on a microgeographic scale in brown trout. Molecular Ecology 2012, 21:2896-2915

2010

  1. Stelkens RB, C Wedekind, Environmental sex reversal, Trojan sex genes, and sex ratio adjustment: conditions and population consequences. Molecular Ecology 2010, 19: 627–646
  2. Wedekind C, RB Stelkens, Tackling the diversity of sex determination. Biology Letters 2010, 6: 7-9
  3. Stelkens RB, KA Young, O Seehausen, The accumulation of reproductive incompatibilities in African cichlid fish. Evolution 2010, 64:617-633

2009

  1. Stelkens RB, C Schmid, O Selz, O Seehausen, Phenotypic novelty in experimental hybrids is predicted by the genetic distance between species of cichlid fish. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:283, doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-283
  2. Stelkens RB, O Seehausen, Genetic distance between species predicts novel trait expression in their hybrids. Evolution 2009, 63:884-897
  3. Stelkens RB, O Seehausen, Phenotypic divergence but not genetic distance predicts assortative mating among species of a new cichlid fish radiation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2009, 22:1679-1694

2008

  1. Stelkens RB, MER Pierotti, DA Joyce, AM Smith, I van der Sluijs, O Seehausen, Disruptive sexual selection on male nuptial coloration in an experimental hybrid population of cichlid fish. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 2008, 363:2861-2870
  2. van der Sluijs I, TJM Van Dooren, KD Hofker, JJM van Alphen, RB Stelkens, O Seehausen, Female mating preference functions predict sexual selection against hybrids between sibling species of cichlid fish. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 2008, 363:2871-2877