MyxoEE publications

- by MyxoEE number -

MyxoEE numbers are assigned in temporal order of the publication dates of the first papers from each MyxoEE.

MyxoEE-1 & 2

Velicer, G. J., L. Kroos, and R. E. Lenski. 1998. Loss of social behaviors by Myxococcus xanthus during evolution in an unstructured habitat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. READ IT HERE

Velicer, G. J., L. Kroos, and R. E. Lenski. 2000. Developmental cheating in the social bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. Nature. READ IT HERE

Velicer, G. J., R. E. Lenski, and L. Kroos. 2002. Rescue of social motility lost during evolution of Myxococcus xanthus in an asocial environment. Journal of Bacteriology. READ IT HERE

Velicer, G. J. and M. Vos. 2009. Sociobiology of the myxobacteria. Annual Review of Microbiology. (A review article with a new presentation of results from Velicer et al. 2000). READ IT HERE
MyxoEE-2 first publication
Fiegna, F. and G. J. Velicer. 2003. Competitive fates of bacterial social parasites: persistence and self-induced extinction of Myxococcus cheaters. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. READ IT HERE

Fiegna, F., Y.-T. N. Yu, S. V. Kadam and G. J. Velicer. 2006. Evolution of an obligate social cheater to a superior cooperator. Nature. READ IT HERE

Velicer, G. J., G. Raddatz, H. Keller, S. Deiss, C. Lanz, I. Dinkelacker and S. C. Schuster. 2006. Comprehensive mutation identification in an evolved bacterial cooperator and its cheating ancestor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. READ IT HERE

Kadam, S. V., S. Wegener-Feldbrügge, L. Søgaard-Andersen and G. J. Velicer. 2008. Novel transcriptome patterns accompany evolutionary reversion of defective social development in the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. Molecular Biology and Evolution. READ IT HERE

Velicer, G. J. and M. Vos. 2009. Sociobiology of the myxobacteria. Annual Review of Microbiology.(A review article with a new presentation of results from Velicer et al. 2000). READ IT HERE

Yu, Y.-T. Y., X. Yuan and G. J. Velicer. 2010. Adaptive evolution of an sRNA that controls Myxococcus. Science. READ IT HERE

smith, J., J. D. Van Dyken and P. C. Zee. 2010. A generalization of Hamilton's Rule for the evolution of microbial cooperation. Science. READ IT HERE (MyxoEE-1)

Chen, I.-.C. K., B. Griesenauer, Y.-T. N. Yu and G. J. Velicer. 2014. A recent evolutionary origin of a bacterial small RNA that controls multicellular fruiting body development. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. READ IT HERE

Yu, Y.-T.N., M. Kleiner and G. J. Velicer. 2016. Spontaneous reversions of an evolutionary trait loss reveal regulators of an sRNA that controls multicellular development in the myxobacteria. Journal of Bacteriology. READ IT HERE

Yu, T.-T.N., E. Cooper and G. J. Velicer. 2017. A conserved stem of the Myxococcus xanthus sRNA Pxr controls sRNA accumulation and multicellular development. Scientific Reports. READ IT HERE

Chen, I.-.C. K., G. J. Velicer and Y.-T.N. Yu. 2017. Divergence of functional effects among bacterial sRNA paralogs. BMC Evolutionary Biology. READ IT HERE

Chen, I.-C. K., B. M. Satinsky, G. J. Velicer and Y.-T.N. Yu. 2019. sRNA‐pathway genes regulating myxobacterial development exhibit clade‐specific evolution. Evolution & Development. READ IT HERE

Cossey, S. M.,  G. J. Velicer and Y.-T. N Yu. 2023. Ribonuclease D processes a small RNA regulator of multicellular development in myxobacteria. Genes. READ IT HERE

MyxoEE-3

Velicer, G. J. and Y.-T. N. Yu. 2003. Evolution of novel cooperative swarming in the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. Nature. READ IT HERE

Zee, P. C., H. Mendes-Soares, Y.-T. N. Yu, H. Keller, S. A. Kraemer, S. Ossowski, K. Schneeberger and G. J. Velicer. 2014. A shift from magnitude to sign epistasis during adaptive evolution of a bacterial social trait. Evolution. READ IT HERE

Rendueles, O., P. C. Zee, I. Dinkelacker, M. Amherd, S. Wielgoss and G. J. Velicer. 2015. Rapid and widespread de novo evolution of kin discrimination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. READ IT HERE

Zee, P. C., J. Liu and G. J. Velicer. 2017. Pervasive, yet idiosyncratic, epistatic pleiotropy during adaptation in a behaviourally complex microbe. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. READ IT HERE

Rendueles, O., and G. J. Velicer. 2017. Evolution by flight and fight: diverse mechanisms of adaptation by actively motile microbes. The ISME Journal. READ IT HERE

Zee, P. C. and G. J. Velicer. 2017. Parallel emergence of negative epistasis across experimental lineages. Evolution. READ IT HERE

Nair, R. R., F. Fiegna and G. J. Velicer. 2018. Indirect evolution of social fitness inequalities and facultative social exploitation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. READ IT HERE

Rendueles, O. and G. J. Velicer. 2020. Hidden paths to endless forms most wonderful: Complexity of bacterial motility shapes diversification of latent phenotypes. BMC Evolutionary Biology. READ IT HERE

Freund, L., M. Vasse and G. J. Velicer. 2021. Hidden paths to endless forms most wonderful: Parasite-blind diversification of host quality. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. READ IT HERE

La Fortezza, M., O. Rendueles, H. Keller and G. J. Velicer. 2022. Hidden paths to endless forms most wonderful: Ecology latently shapes evolution of multicellular development in predatory bacteria. Communications Biology. READ IT HERE

Schaal, K. A., Y.-T. N Yu, M. Vasse and G. J. Velicer. 2022. Allopatric divergence of cooperators confers cheating resistance and limits effects of a defector mutation. BMC Ecology and Evolution. READ IT HERE

MyxoEE-4

Hillesland, K. L., G. J. Velicer and R. E. Lenski. 2009. Experimental evolution of a microbial predator’s ability to find prey. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. READ IT HERE

MyxoEE-5

Manhes, P. and G. J. Velicer. 2011. Experimental evolution of selfish policing in social bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. READ IT HERE

MyxoEE-6

Nair, R. R., M. Vasse, S. Wielgoss, L. Sun, Y.-T.N. Yu and G. J. Velicer. 2019. Bacterial predator-prey coevolution accelerates genome evolution and selects on virulence-associated prey defences. Nature Communications. READ IT HERE

Nair, R. R. and G. J. Velicer. 2021. Predatory bacteria select for sustained prey diversity. Microorganisms. READ IT HERE

MyxoEE-7

La Fortezza, M. and G. J. Velicer. 2021. Social selection within aggregative multicellular development drives morphological evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. READ IT HERE

MyxoEE-8

Wielgoss, S., J. D. Van Dyken and G. J. Velicer. 2024. Mutation Rate and Effective Population Size of the Model Cooperative Bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. Genome Biology and Evolution. READ IT HERE