Anna E. Dewar

Most-cited papers

1. Plasmids do not consistently stabilize cooperation across bacteria but may promote broad pathogen host-range

   Anna E. Dewar, Joshua L. Thomas, T. Scott, G. Wild +3 more

   2021Nature Ecology & Evolution45 citations Open access

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2. Bacterial lifestyle shapes pangenomes

   Anna E. Dewar, Chunhui Hao, Laurence J. Belcher, Melanie Ghoul +1 more

   2024Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America43 citations Open access

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3. A phylogenetic approach to comparative genomics

   Anna E. Dewar, Laurence J. Belcher, Stuart A. West

   2025Nature reviews genetics38 citations Open access

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4. Kin selection for cooperation in natural bacterial populations

   Lawrence J. Belcher, Anna E. Dewar, Melanie Ghoul, S. West

   2022Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America36 citations Open access

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5. Gene transferability and sociality do not correlate with gene connectivity

   Chunhui Hao, Anna E. Dewar, S. West, Melanie Ghoul

   2022Proceedings of the Royal Society B10 citations Open access

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6. SOCfinder: a genomic tool for identifying social genes in bacteria

   Laurence J. Belcher, Anna E. Dewar, Chunhui Hao, Zohar Katz +2 more

   2023Microbial Genomics8 citations Open access

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7. Signatures of kin selection in a natural population of the bacteria Bacillus subtilis

   Laurence J. Belcher, Anna E. Dewar, Chunhui Hao, Melanie Ghoul +1 more

   2023Evolution Letters5 citations Open access

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8. Genes for cooperation are not more likely to be carried by plasmids

   Anna E. Dewar, Laurence J. Belcher, Thomas W. Scott, Stuart A. West

   2024Proceedings of the Royal Society B4 citations Open access

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9. Is cooperation favored by horizontal gene transfer?

   Thomas W. Scott, S. West, Anna E. Dewar, G. Wild

   2023Evolution Letters4 citations Open access

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10. Signatures of kin selection in a natural population of the bacteria Bacillus subtilis

    Lawrence J. Belcher, Anna E. Dewar, Chunhui Hao, Melanie Ghoul +1 more

    2022bioRxiv4 citations Open access

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11. The evolutionary and ecological consequences of cooperation

    Stuart A. West, Anna E. Dewar, R. Iritani, Laurence J. Belcher +1 more

    2025American Naturalist1 citations Open access

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12. Mobility shapes plasmid GC content evolution

    William Matlock, Anna E. Dewar

    2026bioRxiv0 citations Open access

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13. SOCfinder: a genomic tool for identifying cooperative genes in bacteria

    Laurence J. Belcher, Anna E. Dewar, Chunhui Hao, Zohar Katz +2 more

    2023bioRxiv0 citations Open access

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