Wielgoss, S., J. D. Van Dyken and G. J. Velicer.
Mutation rate and effective population size of the model cooperative bacterium Myxococcus xanthus.
Genome Biology and Evolution (2024).
MyxoEE-8.READ IT HERE
2023
Cossey, S. M., G. J. Velicer and Y.-T. N Yu.
Ribonuclease D processes a small RNA regulator of multicellular development in myxobacteria.
Genes (2023).
MyxoEE-2.READ IT HERE
2022
La Fortezza, M., K. A. Schaal and G. J. Velicer.
Group formation: On the evolution of aggregative multicellularity.
In Herron, M. D., P. L. Conlin and W. C. Ratcliff eds.
The Evolution of Multicellularity (2022).
MyxoEE-1/2/5/7.
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
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La Fortezza, M., O. Rendueles, H. Keller and G. J. Velicer.
Hidden paths to endless forms most wonderful: ecology latently shapes evolution of multicellular development in predatory bacteria.
Communications Biology (2022).
MyxoEE-3.READ IT HERE
Schaal, K. A., Y.-T. N Yu, M. Vasse and G. J. Velicer.
Allopatric divergence of cooperators confers cheating resistance and limits effects of a defector mutation.
BMC Ecology and Evolution (2022).
MyxoEE-3.READ IT HERE
2021
Freund, L., M. Vasse, and G. J. Velicer.
Hidden paths to endless forms most wonderful: parasite-blind diversification of host quality.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2021).
MyxoEE-3.READ IT HERE
La Fortezza, M. and G. J. Velicer.
Social selection within aggregative multicellular development drives morphological evolution.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2021).
MyxoEE-7.READ IT HERE
Nair, R. R. and G. J. Velicer.
Predatory bacteria select for sustained prey diversity.
Microorganisms (2021).
MyxoEE-6.READ IT HERE
2020
Rendueles, O. and G. J. Velicer.
Hidden paths to endless forms most wonderful: Complexity of bacterial motility shapes diversification of latent phenotypes.
BMC Evolutionary Biology (2020).
MyxoEE-3.READ IT HERE
*The MyxoEE numbering system was first introduced in this paper.*
2019
Nair, R. R., M. Vasse, S. Wielgoss, L. Sun, Y.-T.N. Yu and G. J. Velicer.
Bacterial predator-prey coevolution accelerates genome evolution and selects on virulence-associated prey defences.
Nature Communications (2019). MyxoEE-6.READ IT HERE
Chen, I.-C. K., B. M. Satinsky, G. J. Velicer and Y.-T.N. Yu.
sRNA‐pathway genes regulating myxobacterial development exhibit clade‐specific evolution.
Evolution & Development (2019).
MyxoEE-2.READ IT HERE
2018
Nair, R. R., F. Fiegna and G. J. Velicer.
Indirect evolution of social fitness inequalities and facultative social exploitation.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2018).
MyxoEE-3.READ IT HERE
2017
Yu, T.-T.N., E. Cooper and G. J. Velicer.
A conserved stem of the Myxococcus xanthus sRNA Pxr controls sRNA accumulation and multicellular development.
Scientific Reports (2017).
MyxoEE-2.READ IT HERE
Chen, I.-.C. K., G. J. Velicer and Y.-T.N. Yu.
Divergence of functional effects among bacterial sRNA paralogs.
BMC Evolutionary Biology (2017).
MyxoEE-2.READ IT HERE
Zee, P. C., J. Liu and G. J. Velicer.
Pervasive, yet idiosyncratic, epistatic pleiotropy during adaptation in a behaviourally complex microbe.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2017).
MyxoEE-3.READ IT HERE
Rendueles, O., and G. J. Velicer.
Evolution by flight and fight: diverse mechanisms of adaptation by actively motile microbes.
The ISME Journal (2017).
MyxoEE-3.READ IT HERE
Zee, P. C. and G. J. Velicer.
Parallel emergence of negative epistasis across experimental lineages.
Evolution (2017).
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2016
Yu, Y.-T.N., M. Kleiner and G. J. Velicer.
Spontaneous reversions of an evolutionary trait loss reveal regulators of an sRNA that controls multicellular development in the myxobacteria.
Journal of Bacteriology (2016).
MyxoEE-2.READ IT HERE
2015
Rendueles, O., P. C. Zee, I. Dinkelacker, M. Amherd, S. Wielgoss and G. J. Velicer.
Rapid and widespread de novo evolution of kin discrimination.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2015).
MyxoEE-3.READ IT HERE
O’Malley, M. A., M. Travisano, G. J. Velicer and J. A. Bolker.
How do microbial populations and communities function as model systems?
The Quarterly Review of Biology (2015).
MyxoEE-1/2/3/5.READ IT HERE
2014
Chen, I.-.C. K., B. Griesenauer, Y.-T. N. Yu and G. J. Velicer.
A recent evolutionary origin of a bacterial small RNA that controls multicellular fruiting body development.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2014).
MyxoEE-2.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.
A shift from magnitude to sign epistasis during adaptive evolution of a bacterial social trait.
Evolution (2014).
MyxoEE-3.READ IT HERE
Velicer, G. J., H. Mendes-Soares and S. Wielgoss.
Whence comes social diversity? Ecological and evolutionary analysis of the myxobacteria.
In Myxobacteria: Genomics and Molecular Biology, P. Higgs and Z. Yang eds. Horizon Scientific Press (2014).
MyxoEE-1/2/3/4/5.READ IT HERE
2011
Manhes, P. and G. J. Velicer.
Experimental evolution of selfish policing in social bacteria.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2011).
MyxoEE-4.READ IT HERE
2010
Yu, Y.-T. Y., X. Yuan and G. J. Velicer.
Adaptive evolution of an sRNA that controls Myxococcus.
Science (2010).
MyxoEE-2.READ IT HERE
smith, J., J. D. Van Dyken and P. C. Zee.
A generalization of Hamilton's Rule for the evolution of microbial cooperation.
Science (2010).
MyxoEE-1.READ IT HERE
2009
Hillesland, K. L., G. J. Velicer and R. E. Lenski.
Experimental evolution of a microbial predator’s ability to find prey.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2009).
MyxoEE-4.READ IT HERE
Velicer, G. J. and M. Vos.
Sociobiology of the myxobacteria.
Annual Review of Microbiology (2009).
MyxoEE-1/2/3/4.READ IT HERE
2008
Kadam, S. V., S. Wegener-Feldbrügge, L. Søgaard-Andersen and G. J. Velicer.
Novel transcriptome patterns accompany evolutionary reversion of defective social development in the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus.
Molecular Biology and Evolution (2008).
MyxoEE-2.READ IT HERE
2007
Velicer, G. J. and K. L. Hillesland.
Why cooperate? The ecology and evolution of myxobacteria.
In Myxobacteria: Multicellularity and Differentiation, D. Whitworth, editor. American Society for Microbiology Press (2007).
MyxoEE-1/2/3.READ IT HERE
2006
Fiegna, F., Y.-T. N. Yu, S. V. Kadam and G. J. Velicer.
Evolution of an obligate social cheater to a superior cooperator.
Nature (2006).
MyxoEE-2.READ IT HERE
Velicer, G. J., G. Raddatz, H. Keller, S. Deiss, C. Lanz, I. Dinkelacker and S. C. Schuster.
Comprehensive mutation identification in an evolved bacterial cooperator and its cheating ancestor.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2006). MyxoEE-2.READ IT HERE
2004
Travisano, M. and G. J. Velicer.
Strategies of microbial cheater control.
Trends in Microbiology (2004).
MyxoEE-2/3.READ IT HERE
2003
Velicer, G. J.
Social strife in the microbial world.
Trends in Microbiology (2003).
MyxoEE-2.READ IT HERE
Velicer, G. J. and Y.-T. N. Yu.
Evolution of novel cooperative swarming in the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus.
Nature (2003).
MyxoEE-3.READ IT HERE
Fiegna, F. and G. J. Velicer.
Competitive fates of bacterial social parasites: persistence and self-induced extinction of Myxococcus cheaters.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2003). MyxoEE-2.READ IT HERE
2002
Velicer, G. J., R. E. Lenski, and L. Kroos.
Rescue of social motility lost during evolution of Myxococcus xanthus in an asocial environment.
Journal of Bacteriology (2002).
MyxoEE-1.READ IT HERE
2000
Velicer, G. J., L. Kroos, and R. E. Lenski.
Developmental cheating in the social bacterium Myxococcus xanthus.
Nature (2000).
MyxoEE-1.READ IT HERE
1998
Velicer, G. J., L. Kroos, and R. E. Lenski.
Loss of social behaviors by Myxococcus xanthus during evolution in an unstructured habitat.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (1998).
MyxoEE-1.READ IT HERE