Publications
2024
Ecological histories govern social exploitation by microorganisms.
Schaal, K. A., Manhes, P., & Velicer, G. J. (2024). Ecological histories govern social exploitation by microorganisms.. The ISME journal, wrae255. doi:10.1093/ismejo/wrae255
2023
Ecological histories determine the success of social exploitation.
The evolution and ecology of multiple antipredator defences
Kikuchi, D. W., Allen, W. L., Arbuckle, K., Aubier, T. G., Briolat, E. S., Burdfield‐Steel, E. R., . . . Exnerová, A. (2023). The evolution and ecology of multiple antipredator defences. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. doi:10.1111/jeb.14192
2022
Allopatric divergence of cooperators confers cheating resistance and limits effects of a defector mutation
Schaal, K. A., Yu, Y. -T. N., Vasse, M., & Velicer, G. J. (2022). Allopatric divergence of cooperators confers cheating resistance and limits effects of a defector mutation. BMC ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 22(1). doi:10.1186/s12862-022-02094-7
Antagonistic, synergistic, and social pleiotropy in microbial cheaters
Group Formation
Fortezza, M. L., Schaal, K. A., & Velicer, G. J. (2022). Group Formation. In The Evolution of Multicellularity (pp. 89-110). CRC Press. doi:10.1201/9780429351907-8
Microbial Models for the Evolution of Predator-Prey Interactions
2021
Behavioral Interactions between Bacterivorous Nematodes and Predatory Bacteria in a Synthetic Community
Mayrhofer, N., Velicer, G. J., Schaal, K. A., & Vasse, M. (2021). Behavioral Interactions between Bacterivorous Nematodes and Predatory Bacteria in a Synthetic Community. MICROORGANISMS, 9(7). doi:10.3390/microorganisms9071362