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Levi T. Morran

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h-index: 16
Works: 53
Citations: 1,599

Most-cited papers

Running with the Red Queen: Host-parasite coevolution selects for biparental sex
Levi T. Morran, Olivia Schmidt, Ian A. Gelarden, Raymond C. Parrish +1 more
2011Science411 citations Open access
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Mutation Load and Rapid Adaptation Favor Outcrossing Over Self-Fertilization
Levi T. Morran, M. Parmenter, Patrick C. Phillips
2009Nature227 citations Open access
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Outcrossing and the maintenance of males within C. elegans populations.
Jennifer L. Anderson, Levi T. Morran, Patrick C. Phillips
2010Journal of Heredity127 citations Open access
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Sexual Partners for the Stressed: Facultative Outcrossing in the Self-Fertilizing Nematode C. elegans
Levi T. Morran, Brian J Cappy, Jennifer L. Anderson, Patrick C. Phillips
2009Evolution; international journal of organic evolution90 citations Open access
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Males, Outcrossing, and Sexual Selection in Caenorhabditis Nematodes
A. Cutter, Levi T. Morran, Patrick C. Phillips
2019Genetics75 citations Open access
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Sex uncovered special issue: The ecology of sexual reproduction
C. Lively, Levi T. Morran
2014Journal of Evolutionary Biology72 citations Open access
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Experimental Evolution as an Underutilized Tool for Studying Beneficial Animal–Microbe Interactions
K. Hoang, Levi T. Morran, N. Gerardo
2016Frontiers in Microbiology62 citations Open access
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Experimental evolution reveals antagonistic pleiotropy in reproductive timing but not life span in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Jennifer L. Anderson, Rose M. Reynolds, Levi T. Morran, Julie Tolman-Thompson +1 more
2011The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences59 citations Open access
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Restoration of pyrethroid susceptibility in a highly resistant Aedes aegypti population
Marissa K. Grossman, Valentín Uc-Puc, Julian Rodriguez, D. Cutler +3 more
2018Biology Letters39 citations Open access
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Host heterogeneity mitigates virulence evolution
P. White, Angela Choi, Rishika Pandey, A. Menezes +4 more
2020Biology Letters37 citations Open access
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A Novel Virulence Phenotype Rapidly Assesses Candida Fungal Pathogenesis in Healthy and Immunocompromised Caenorhabditis elegans Hosts
Dorian J. Feistel, Rema Elmostafa, Nancy H. Nguyen, McKenna J. Penley +2 more
2018Msphere27 citations Open access
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A need to consider the evolutionary genetics of host–symbiont mutualisms
Kayla S. Stoy, A. Gibson, N. Gerardo, Levi T. Morran
2020Journal of Evolutionary Biology26 citations Open access
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Experimental coevolution: rapid local adaptation by parasites depends on host mating system
Levi T. Morran, Raymond C. Parrish, Ian A. Gelarden, Michael B Allen +1 more
2014American Naturalist24 citations Open access
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Ethanol confers differential protection against generalist and specialist parasitoids of Drosophila melanogaster
Z. R. Lynch, T. Schlenke, Levi T. Morran, J. D. de Roode
2017PLoS ONE21 citations Open access
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The evolution of parasite host range in heterogeneous host populations
A. Gibson, Helena S. Baffoe-Bonnie, McKenna J. Penley, Julie Lin +3 more
2020Journal of Evolutionary Biology20 citations Open access
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Sex and Mitonuclear Adaptation in Experimental Caenorhabditis elegans Populations
Riana I. Wernick, S. Christy, D. Howe, J. A. Sullins +6 more
2019Genetics18 citations Open access
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Evaluating coevolution in a horizontally transmitted mutualism.
Kayla S. Stoy, Joselyne Chavez, Valeria De Las Casas, V. Talla +3 more
2022Evolution; international journal of organic evolution16 citations
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No measurable fitness cost to experimentally evolved host defence in the Caenorhabditis elegans–Serratia marcescens host–parasite system
McKenna J. Penley, Arielle B Greenberg, Arooj Khalid, Sathvik R Namburar +1 more
2018Journal of Evolutionary Biology16 citations
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The Integral Role of Genetic Variation in the Evolution of Outcrossing in the Caenorhabditis elegans-Serratia marcescens Host-Parasite System
Raymond C. Parrish, McKenna J. Penley, Levi T. Morran
2016PLoS ONE16 citations Open access
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Co-infection, kin selection, and the rate of host exploitation by a parasitic nematode
F. Bashey, Levi T. Morran, C. Lively
200716 citations
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Association with a novel protective microbe facilitates host adaptation to a stressful environment
K. Hoang, N. Gerardo, Levi T. Morran
2021Evolution Letters15 citations Open access
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Twitchin kinase inhibits muscle activity
Yohei Matsunaga, Hyundoo Hwang, B. Franke, Rhys M. Williams +7 more
2017Molecular Biology of the Cell15 citations Open access
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Purging Deleterious Mutations under Self Fertilization: Paradoxical Recovery in Fitness with Increasing Mutation Rate in Caenorhabditis elegans
Levi T. Morran, A. Ohdera, Patrick C. Phillips
2010PLoS ONE14 citations Open access
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The effects of Bacillus subtilis on Caenorhabditis elegans fitness after heat stress
K. Hoang, N. Gerardo, Levi T. Morran
2019Ecology and Evolution13 citations Open access
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Evolution of Caenorhabditis elegans host defense under selection by the bacterial parasite Serratia marcescens
McKenna J. Penley, Giang T. Ha, Levi T. Morran
2017PLoS ONE13 citations Open access
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Host mating system and coevolutionary dynamics shape the evolution of parasite avoidance in Caenorhabditis elegans host populations
McKenna J. Penley, Levi T. Morran
2017Parasitology13 citations
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Host genetic drift and adaptation in the evolution and maintenance of parasite resistance
P. White, Danial Arslan, David Kim, McKenna J. Penley +1 more
2021Journal of Evolutionary Biology12 citations
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Turnover in local parasite populations temporarily favors host outcrossing over self‐fertilization during experimental evolution
Z. R. Lynch, McKenna J. Penley, Levi T. Morran
2018Ecology and Evolution12 citations Open access
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Host Defense Mechanisms Induce Genome Instability Leading to Rapid Evolution in an Opportunistic Fungal Pathogen
Amanda C. Smith, Levi T. Morran, Meleah A. Hickman
2021Infection and Immunity10 citations Open access
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Can a Symbiont (Also) Be Food?
K. Hoang, Levi T. Morran, N. Gerardo
2019Frontiers in Microbiology10 citations Open access
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Evolution of increased virulence is associated with decreased spite in the insect-pathogenic bacterium Xenorhabdus nematophila
Amrita Bhattacharya, Valeria C. Toro-Díaz, Levi T. Morran, F. Bashey
2019Biology Letters9 citations Open access
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Larviciding Culex spp. (Diptera: Culicidae) Populations in Catch Basins and Its Impact on West Nile Virus Transmission in Urban Parks in Atlanta, GA
Joseph R. McMillan, R. Blakney, D. Mead, S. Coker +4 more
2018Journal of medical entomology8 citations
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Advantages of laboratory natural selection in the applied sciences
J. Lewis, Levi T. Morran
2021Journal of Evolutionary Biology7 citations
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Phoresy
P. S. White, Levi T. Morran, J. D. de Roode
2017Current Biology7 citations Open access
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Increased Virulence and Large-Scale Reduction in Genome Size of Tetraploid Candida albicans Evolved in Nematode Hosts
Amanda C. Smith, H. Rizvi, Meleah A. Hickman, Levi T. Morran
2022Frontiers in Fungal Biology6 citations Open access
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Assessment of Course-Based Research Modules Based on Faculty Research in Introductory Biology
Megan F. Cole, Meleah A. Hickman, Levi T. Morran, C. Beck
2021Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education6 citations Open access
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A Model for Evolutionary Ecology of Disease: The Case for Caenorhabditis Nematodes and Their Natural Parasites
A. Gibson, Levi T. Morran
2017Journal of nematology6 citations Open access
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Gene flow accelerates adaptation to a parasite.
Jordan A. Lewis, Prathyusha Kandala, McKenna J. Penley, Levi T. Morran
2023Evolution; international journal of organic evolution5 citations
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Coevolution's conflicting role in the establishment of beneficial associations
K. Hoang, Hei-Tung Choi, N. Gerardo, Levi T. Morran
2022Evolution; international journal of organic evolution5 citations Open access
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Assessment of Caenorhabditis elegans Competitive Fitness in the Presence of a Bacterial Parasite.
McKenna J. Penley, Levi T. Morran
2018Bio-protocol5 citations Open access
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Antagonistic Coevolution Limits the Range of Host Defense in C. elegans Populations
J. Lewis, McKenna J. Penley, Hannan Sylla, S. Ahumada +1 more
2022Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology4 citations Open access
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High parasite virulence necessary for the maintenance of host outcrossing via parasite-mediated selection
Samuel P. Slowinski, Jaehoon Cho, McKenna J. Penley, Laura W Alexander +3 more
2023Evolution Letters2 citations Open access
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Evolution: Convergent Pathways to Symbiosis
Levi T. Morran
2020Current Biology2 citations Open access
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Outcrossing increases resistance against coevolving parasites
Samuel P. Slowinski, Jennifer D. Gresham, McKenna J. Penley, C. Lively +1 more
2024bioRxiv1 citations Open access
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Evaluating the role of coevolution in a horizontally transmitted mutualism
Kayla S. Stoy, Joselyne Chavez, Valeria De Las Casas, V. Talla +3 more
2021bioRxiv1 citations Open access
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An experimental test of parasite adaptation to common versus rare host genotypes
A. Gibson, P. White, McKenna J. Penley, J. D. de Roode +1 more
2020Biology Letters1 citations Open access
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The evolution of parasite host range in genetically diverse host populations
A. Gibson, Helena S. Baffoe-Bonnie, McKenna J. Penley, Julie Lin +3 more
2019bioRxiv1 citations Open access
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Corrigendum: Antagonistic Coevolution Limits the Range of Host Defense in C. elegans Populations
J. Lewis, McKenna J. Penley, Hannan Sylla, S. Ahumada +1 more
2022Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology0 citations Open access
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Supplementary material from "An experimental test of parasite adaptation to common versus rare host genotypes"
Levi T. Morran
20200 citations
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Supplemental Information from Host heterogeneity mitigates virulence evolution
P. White, Angela Choi, Rishika Pandey, A. Menezes +4 more
20200 citations
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