Vassiliki Koufopanou

Most-cited papers

Population genomics of domestic and wild yeasts
Gianni Liti, David M. Carter, Alan M. Moses, J. Warringer +22 more
2008Nature1,493 citations Open access
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The Evolutionary Biology and Population Genetics Underlying Fungal Strain Typing
John W. Taylor, D. Geiser, A. Burt, Vassiliki Koufopanou
1999Clinical Microbiology Reviews352 citations Open access
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Population genomics of the wild yeast Saccharomyces paradoxus: Quantifying the life cycle
I. J. Tsai, D. Bensasson, A. Burt, Vassiliki Koufopanou
2008Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America315 citations Open access
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Concordance of gene genealogies reveals reproductive isolation in the pathogenic fungus Coccidioides immitis.
Vassiliki Koufopanou, A. Burt, John W. Taylor
1997Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America260 citations Open access
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Homing endonuclease genes: the rise and fall and rise again of a selfish element.
A. Burt, Vassiliki Koufopanou
2004Current Opinion in Genetics and Development186 citations
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Cancer selection
A. Leroi, Vassiliki Koufopanou, A. Burt
2003Nature Reviews. Cancer162 citations
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Population Genetics of the Wild Yeast Saccharomyces paradoxus
Louise J. Johnson, Vassiliki Koufopanou, M. Goddard, R. Hetherington +2 more
2004Genetics159 citations Open access
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Saccharomyces sensu stricto as a model system for evolution and ecology.
Taissa Replansky, Vassiliki Koufopanou, D. Greig, G. Bell
2008Trends in Ecology & Evolution133 citations
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Gene genealogies, cryptic species, and molecular evolution in the human pathogen Coccidioides immitis and relatives (Ascomycota, Onygenales).
Vassiliki Koufopanou, A. Burt, T. Szaro, John W. Taylor
2001Molecular biology and evolution117 citations Open access
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A molecular phylogeny of the patellid limpets (Gastropoda: Patellidae) and its implications for the origins of their antitropical distribution.
Vassiliki Koufopanou, David G. Reid, S. Ridgway, Richard H. Thomas
1999Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution112 citations
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The Evolution of Soma in the Volvocales
Vassiliki Koufopanou
1994American Naturalist104 citations
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Adaptation for horizontal transfer in a homing endonuclease.
Vassiliki Koufopanou, M. Goddard, A. Burt
2002Molecular biology and evolution97 citations Open access
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The spatial scale of genetic differentiation in a model organism: the wild yeast Saccharomyces paradoxus
Vassiliki Koufopanou, Joseph Hughes, G. Bell, A. Burt
2006Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences96 citations Open access
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Conservation of recombination hotspots in yeast
I. J. Tsai, A. Burt, Vassiliki Koufopanou
2010Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America69 citations Open access
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Rapid Evolution of Yeast Centromeres in the Absence of Drive
D. Bensasson, M. Zarowiecki, A. Burt, Vassiliki Koufopanou
2008Genetics69 citations Open access
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Soma and germ: an experimental approach using Volvox
Vassiliki Koufopanou, G. Bell
1993Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences60 citations
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Evolution of divergent DNA recognition specificities in VDE homing endonucleases from two yeast species.
K. Posey, Vassiliki Koufopanou, A. Burt, F. S. Gimble
2004Nucleic Acids Research47 citations Open access
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The architecture of the life cycle in small organisms
G. Bell, Vassiliki Koufopanou
199144 citations
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Degeneration and domestication of a selfish gene in yeast: molecular evolution versus site-directed mutagenesis.
Vassiliki Koufopanou, A. Burt
2005Molecular biology and evolution43 citations Open access
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The cost of copy number in a selfish genetic element: the 2‐μm plasmid of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Ellie Harrison, Vassiliki Koufopanou, Austin Burt, R. MacLean
2012Journal of Evolutionary Biology38 citations
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Yeasts from temperate forests
Simone Mozzachiodi, Feng-Yan Bai, P. Baldrian, G. Bell +26 more
2022Yeast34 citations Open access
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DEVELOPMENTAL MUTANTS OF VOLVOX: DOES MUTATION RECREATE THE PATTERNS OF PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY?
Vassiliki Koufopanou, G. Bell
1991Evolution; international journal of organic evolution18 citations Open access
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Metabolic variation in natural populations of wild yeast
P. Samani, É. Low‐Décarie, K. McKelvey, T. Bell +4 more
2015Ecology and Evolution16 citations Open access
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Sex drives intracellular conflict in yeast
Ellie Harrison, R. MacLean, Vassiliki Koufopanou, Austin Burt
2014Journal of Evolutionary Biology13 citations Open access
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Estimating the Fitness Effects of New Mutations in the Wild Yeast Saccharomyces paradoxus
Vassiliki Koufopanou, S. Lomas, I. J. Tsai, A. Burt
2015Genome Biology and Evolution10 citations Open access
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Population Size, Sex and Purifying Selection: Comparative Genomics of Two Sister Taxa of the Wild Yeast Saccharomyces paradoxus
Vassiliki Koufopanou, S. Lomas, O. Pronina, Pedro Almeida +4 more
2020Genome Biology and Evolution9 citations Open access
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Primers for fourteen protein-coding genes and the deep phylogeny of the true yeasts
Vassiliki Koufopanou, J. Swire, S. Lomas, A. Burt
2013FEMS Yeast Research4 citations Open access
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Identifying Single-Origin Rare Variants in Population Genomic Data
J. Reynolds, Vassiliki Koufopanou, Austin Burt
2025bioRxiv1 citations Open access
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Genomic characterization and diversity of dsRNA viruses and their killer satellites in a natural population of the yeast Saccharomyces paradoxus
Mahsan Nematbakhsh, Vassiliki Koufopanou, A. Cass, A. Burt
2026Virus Evolution0 citations Open access
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