Levi T. Morran - Publications

Affiliations: 
Emory University, Atlanta, GA 
Area:
experimental evolution

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Year Citation  Score
2023 Slowinski SP, Cho J, Penley MJ, Alexander LW, Greenberg AB, Namburar SR, Morran LT. High parasite virulence necessary for the maintenance of host outcrossing via parasite-mediated selection. Evolution Letters. 7: 371-378. PMID 38045726 DOI: 10.1093/evlett/qrad036  0.786
2023 Stoy KS, Díaz-Almeyda EM, Bartelt C, Acosta A, Morran LT, Gerardo NM. Host-associated transmission favors transition of a commensal towards antagonism. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. PMID 37739788 DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpad173  0.432
2022 Smith AC, Rizvi H, Hickman MA, Morran LT. Increased Virulence and Large-Scale Reduction in Genome Size of Tetraploid Evolved in Nematode Hosts. Frontiers in Fungal Biology. 3: 903135. PMID 37746173 DOI: 10.3389/ffunb.2022.903135  0.456
2022 Stoy KS, Chavez J, De Las Casas V, Talla V, Berasategui A, Morran LT, Gerardo NM. Evaluating coevolution in a horizontally transmitted mutualism. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. PMID 36622711 DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpac009  0.425
2022 Hoang KL, Choi H, Gerardo NM, Morran LT. Coevolution's conflicting role in the establishment of beneficial associations. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. PMID 35304743 DOI: 10.1111/evo.14472  0.436
2021 Smith A, Morran L, Hickman MA. Host defense mechanisms induce genome instability leading to rapid evolution in an opportunistic fungal pathogen. Infection and Immunity. IAI0032821. PMID 34898249 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00328-21  0.367
2021 Hoang KL, Gerardo NM, Morran LT. Association with a novel protective microbe facilitates host adaptation to a stressful environment. Evolution Letters. 5: 118-129. PMID 33868708 DOI: 10.1002/evl3.223  0.364
2021 Signe White P, Arslan D, Kim D, Penley M, Morran L. Host genetic drift and adaptation in the evolution and maintenance of parasite resistance. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. PMID 33783870 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13785  0.484
2020 Gibson AK, Baffoe-Bonnie H, Penley MJ, Lin J, Owens R, Khalid A, Morran LT. The evolution of parasite host range in heterogeneous host populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. PMID 32086852 DOI: 10.1111/Jeb.13608  0.598
2020 White PS, Choi A, Pandey R, Menezes A, Penley M, Gibson AK, de Roode J, Morran L. Host heterogeneity mitigates virulence evolution. Biology Letters. 16: 20190744. PMID 31992149 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2019.0744  0.607
2020 Morran LT. Evolution: Convergent Pathways to Symbiosis. Current Biology : Cb. 30: R64-R66. PMID 31962076 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2019.11.070  0.412
2020 Gibson AK, White PS, Penley MJ, Roode JCd, Morran LT. An experimental test of parasite adaptation to common versus rare host genotypes Biology Letters. 16: 20200210. DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2020.0210  0.505
2019 Cutter AD, Morran LT, Phillips PC. Males, Outcrossing, and Sexual Selection in Nematodes. Genetics. 213: 27-57. PMID 31488593 DOI: 10.1534/Genetics.119.300244  0.57
2019 Bhattacharya A, Toro Díaz VC, Morran LT, Bashey F. Evolution of increased virulence is associated with decreased spite in the insect-pathogenic bacterium Xenorhabdus nematophila. Biology Letters. 15: 20190432. PMID 31455168 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2019.0432  0.403
2019 White PS, Penley MJ, Tierney ARP, Soper DM, Morran LT. Dauer life stage of Caenorhabditis elegans induces elevated levels of defense against the parasite Serratia marcescens. Scientific Reports. 9: 11575. PMID 31399616 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-019-47969-W  0.76
2019 Liu C, Gibson AK, Timper P, Morran LT, Tubbs RS. Rapid change in host specificity in a field population of the biological control organism . Evolutionary Applications. 12: 744-756. PMID 30976307 DOI: 10.1111/Eva.12750  0.488
2019 Feistel DJ, Elmostafa R, Nguyen N, Penley M, Morran L, Hickman MA. A Novel Virulence Phenotype Rapidly Assesses Fungal Pathogenesis in Healthy and Immunocompromised Hosts. Msphere. 4. PMID 30971447 DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.00697-18  0.404
2019 Hoang KL, Gerardo NM, Morran LT. The effects of on fitness after heat stress. Ecology and Evolution. 9: 3491-3499. PMID 30962907 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.4983  0.45
2019 Wernick RI, Christy SF, Howe DK, Sullins JA, Ramirez JF, Sare M, Penley MJ, Morran LT, Denver DR, Estes S. Sex and Mitonuclear Adaptation in Experimental Populations. Genetics. PMID 30670540 DOI: 10.1534/Genetics.119.301935  0.679
2018 Penley MJ, Morran LT. Assessment of Competitive Fitness in the Presence of a Bacterial Parasite. Bio-Protocol. 8: e2971. PMID 34395774 DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.2971  0.368
2018 McMillan JR, Blakney RA, Mead DG, Coker SM, Morran LT, Waller LA, Kitron U, Vazquez-Prokopec GM. Larviciding Culex spp. (Diptera: Culicidae) Populations in Catch Basins and Its Impact on West Nile Virus Transmission in Urban Parks in Atlanta, GA. Journal of Medical Entomology. PMID 30295776 DOI: 10.1093/Jme/Tjy174  0.354
2018 Penley MJ, Greenberg AB, Khalid A, Namburar SR, Morran LT. No measurable fitness cost to experimentally evolved host defense in the Caenorhabditis elegans-Serratia marcescens host-parasite system. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. PMID 30187979 DOI: 10.1111/Jeb.13372  0.553
2018 Lynch ZR, Penley MJ, Morran LT. Turnover in local parasite populations temporarily favors host outcrossing over self-fertilization during experimental evolution. Ecology and Evolution. 8: 6652-6662. PMID 30038764 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.4150  0.595
2018 Grossman MK, Uc-Puc V, Rodriguez J, Cutler DJ, Morran LT, Manrique-Saide P, Vazquez-Prokopec GM. Restoration of pyrethroid susceptibility in a highly resistant population. Biology Letters. 14. PMID 29899128 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2018.0022  0.311
2018 Penley M, Morran L. Assessment of Caenorhabditis elegans Competitive Fitness in the Presence of a Bacterial Parasite Bio-Protocol. 8. DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.2971  0.338
2017 Gibson AK, Morran LT. A Model for Evolutionary Ecology of Disease: The Case for Caenorhabditis Nematodes and Their Natural Parasites. Journal of Nematology. 49: 357-372. PMID 29353923 DOI: 10.21307/Jofnem-2017-083  0.493
2017 Penley MJ, Ha GT, Morran LT. Evolution of Caenorhabditis elegans host defense under selection by the bacterial parasite Serratia marcescens. Plos One. 12: e0181913. PMID 28792961 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0181913  0.639
2017 Lynch ZR, Schlenke TA, Morran LT, de Roode JC. Ethanol confers differential protection against generalist and specialist parasitoids of Drosophila melanogaster. Plos One. 12: e0180182. PMID 28700600 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0180182  0.397
2017 Penley MJ, Morran LT. Host mating system and coevolutionary dynamics shape the evolution of parasite avoidance in Caenorhabditis elegans host populations. Parasitology. 1-8. PMID 28655368 DOI: 10.1017/S0031182017000804  0.59
2016 Hoang KL, Morran LT, Gerardo NM. Experimental Evolution as an Underutilized Tool for Studying Beneficial Animal-Microbe Interactions. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7: 1444. PMID 27679620 DOI: 10.3389/Fmicb.2016.01444  0.482
2016 Slowinski SP, Morran LT, Parrish RC, Cui ER, Bhattacharya A, Lively CM, Phillips PC. Coevolutionary interactions with parasites constrain the spread of self-fertilization into outcrossing host populations. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. PMID 27593534 DOI: 10.1111/Evo.13048  0.732
2016 Parrish RC, Penley MJ, Morran LT. The Integral Role of Genetic Variation in the Evolution of Outcrossing in the Caenorhabditis elegans-Serratia marcescens Host-Parasite System. Plos One. 11: e0154463. PMID 27119159 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0154463  0.535
2016 Morran LT, Penley MJ, Byrd VS, Meyer AJ, O'Sullivan TS, Bashey F, Goodrich-Blair H, Lively CM. Nematode-Bacteria Mutualism: Selection Within the Mutualism Supersedes Selection Outside of the Mutualism. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. PMID 26867502 DOI: 10.1111/Evo.12878  0.583
2015 Gibson AK, Stoy KS, Gelarden IA, Penley MJ, Lively CM, Morran LT. The evolution of reduced antagonism-A role for host-parasite coevolution. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. PMID 26420682 DOI: 10.1111/Evo.12785  0.703
2014 Morran LT, Parrish RC, Gelarden IA, Allen MB, Lively CM. Experimental coevolution: rapid local adaptation by parasites depends on host mating system. The American Naturalist. 184: S91-100. PMID 25061681 DOI: 10.1086/676930  0.736
2014 Lively CM, Morran LT. The ecology of sexual reproduction. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 27: 1292-303. PMID 24617324 DOI: 10.1111/Jeb.12354  0.667
2013 Morran LT, Parrish RC, Gelarden IA, Lively CM. TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF OUTCROSSING AND HOST MORTALITY RATES IN HOST-PATHOGEN EXPERIMENTAL COEVOLUTION Evolution. 67: 1860-1868. PMID 23815644 DOI: 10.1111/Evo.12007  0.717
2011 Anderson JL, Reynolds RM, Morran LT, Tolman-Thompson J, Phillips PC. Experimental evolution reveals antagonistic pleiotropy in reproductive timing but not life span in Caenorhabditis elegans. The Journals of Gerontology. Series a, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 66: 1300-8. PMID 21975091 DOI: 10.1093/Gerona/Glr143  0.709
2011 Morran LT, Schmidt OG, Gelarden IA, Parrish RC, Lively CM. Running with the Red Queen: Host-parasite coevolution selects for biparental sex Science. 333: 216-218. PMID 21737739 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1206360  0.725
2010 Morran LT, Ohdera AH, Phillips PC. Purging deleterious mutations under self fertilization: paradoxical recovery in fitness with increasing mutation rate in Caenorhabditis elegans. Plos One. 5: e14473. PMID 21217820 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0014473  0.558
2010 Anderson JL, Morran LT, Phillips PC. Outcrossing and the maintenance of males within C. elegans populations. The Journal of Heredity. 101: S62-74. PMID 20212008 DOI: 10.1093/Jhered/Esq003  0.678
2009 Morran LT, Parmenter MD, Phillips PC. Mutation load and rapid adaptation favour outcrossing over self-fertilization. Nature. 462: 350-2. PMID 19847164 DOI: 10.1038/Nature08496  0.628
2009 Morran LT, Cappy BJ, Anderson JL, Phillips PC. Sexual partners for the stressed: facultative outcrossing in the self-fertilizing nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 63: 1473-82. PMID 19210536 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.2009.00652.X  0.664
2007 Bashey F, Morran LT, Lively CM. Co-infection, kin selection, and the rate of host exploitation by a parasitic nematode Evolutionary Ecology Research. 9: 947-958.  0.635
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