2023
Wolbachia in natural Drosophila simulans (Diptera: Drosophilidae) populations in Ukraine (Journal article)
Serga, S., Maistrenko, O. M. M., Kovalenko, P. A. A., Tsila, O., Hrubiian, N., Bilokon, S., . . . Kozeretska, I. (2023). Wolbachia in natural Drosophila simulans (Diptera: Drosophilidae) populations in Ukraine. SYMBIOSIS, 89(2), 187-196. doi:10.1007/s13199-023-00899-8DOI: 10.1007/s13199-023-00899-8
Paulouskaya, O., Romero-Soriano, V., Ramirez-Lanzas, C., Price, T. A. R., & Betancourt, A. J. (2023). Levels of P-element-induced hybrid dysgenesis in Drosophila simulans are uncorrelated with levels of P-element piRNAs. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS, 13(2). doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkac324DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkac324
2021
Wallace, M. A., Coffman, K. A., Gilbert, C., Ravindran, S., Albery, G. F., Abbott, J., . . . Obbard, D. J. (2021). The discovery, distribution, and diversity of DNA viruses associated with Drosophila melanogaster in Europe. VIRUS EVOLUTION, 7(1). doi:10.1093/ve/veab031DOI: 10.1093/ve/veab031
2020
The discovery, distribution and diversity of DNA viruses associated with<i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>in Europe (Journal article)
Wallace, M., Coffman, K., Gilbert, C., Ravindran, S., Albery, G., Abbott, J., . . . Obbard, D. (2020). The discovery, distribution and diversity of DNA viruses associated with<i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>in Europe. doi:10.1101/2020.10.16.342956DOI: 10.1101/2020.10.16.342956
Kapun, M., Barron, M. G., Staubach, F., Obbard, D. J., Wiberg, R. A. W., Vieira, J., . . . Gonzalez, J. (2020). Genomic Analysis of European Drosophila melanogaster Populations Reveals Longitudinal Structure, Continent-Wide Selection, and Previously Unknown DNA Viruses. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 37(9), 2661-2678. doi:10.1093/molbev/msaa120DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaa120
2019
Heissl, A., Betancourt, A. J., Hermann, P., Povysil, G., Arbeithuber, B., Futschik, A., . . . Tiemann-Boege, I. (2019). The impact of poly-A microsatellite heterologies in meiotic recombination. Life Science Alliance, 2(2). doi:10.26508/lsa.201900364DOI: 10.26508/lsa.201900364
XRCC1 and ERCC1 DNA repair gene deficiency leads to an increase in complex conversion frequency during meiosis (Conference Paper)
Heissl, A., Betancourt, A. J., & Tiemann-Boege, I. (2019). XRCC1 and ERCC1 DNA repair gene deficiency leads to an increase in complex conversion frequency during meiosis. In EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS Vol. 27 (pp. 1751). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
2018
Length asymmetry and heterozygosity strongly influences the evolution of poly-A microsatellites at meiotic recombination hotspots (Journal article)
Heissl, A., Betancourt, A., Hermann, P., Povysil, G., Arbeithuber, B., Futschik, A., . . . Tiemann-Boege, I. (2018). Length asymmetry and heterozygosity strongly influences the evolution of poly-A microsatellites at meiotic recombination hotspots. doi:10.1101/431841DOI: 10.1101/431841
Hill, T., & Betancourt, A. J. (2018). Extensive exchange of transposable elements in the Drosophila pseudoobscura group. MOBILE DNA, 9. doi:10.1186/s13100-018-0123-6DOI: 10.1186/s13100-018-0123-6
Extensive horizontal exchange of transposable elements in the<i>Drosophila pseudoobscura</i>group (Journal article)
Hill, T., & Betancourt, A. (2018). Extensive horizontal exchange of transposable elements in the<i>Drosophila pseudoobscura</i>group. doi:10.1101/284117DOI: 10.1101/284117
Käfer, J., Betancourt, A. J., Villain, A. S., Fernandez, M., Vignal, C., Marais, G. A. B., & Tenaillon, M. I. (2018). Progress and Prospects in Gender Visibility at SMBE Annual Meetings. Genome Biology and Evolution. doi:10.1093/gbe/evy056DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy056
Bergman, J., Betancourt, A. J., & Vogl, C. (2018). Transcription-Associated Compositional Skews in Drosophila Genes. GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 10(1), 269-275. doi:10.1093/gbe/evx200DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evx200
2016
Kaiser, T. S., Peon, B., Szkiba, D., Preussner, M., Sedlazeck, F. J., Zrim, A., . . . Tessmar-Raible, K. (2016). The genomic basis of circadian and circalunar timing adaptations in a midge. Nature, 540(7631), 69-73. doi:10.1038/nature20151DOI: 10.1038/nature20151
Horváth, B., Betancourt, A. J., & Kalinka, A. T. (2016). A novel method for quantifying the rate of embryogenesis uncovers considerable genetic variation for the duration of embryonic development in Drosophila melanogaster. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16(1). doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0776-zDOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0776-z
Hill, T., Schlötterer, C., & Betancourt, A. J. (2016). Hybrid Dysgenesis in Drosophila simulans Associated with a Rapid Invasion of the P-Element. PLOS Genetics, 12(03). doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1005920DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005920
Endler, L., Betancourt, A. J., Nolte, V., & Schlötterer, C. (2016). Reconciling Differences in Pool-GWAS Between Populations: A Case Study of Female Abdominal Pigmentation in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics, 202(2), 843-855. doi:10.1534/genetics.115.183376DOI: 10.1534/genetics.115.183376
2015
Kofler, R., Hill, T., Nolte, V., Betancourt, A. J., & Schlötterer, C. (2015). The recent invasion of natural Drosophila simulans populations by the P-element. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(21), 6659-6663. doi:10.1073/pnas.1500758112DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1500758112
Arbeithuber, B., Betancourt, A. J., Ebner, T., & Tiemann-Boege, I. (2015). Crossovers are associated with mutation and biased gene conversion at recombination hotspots. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(7), 2109-2114. doi:10.1073/pnas.1416622112DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1416622112
2014
Ávila, V., Marion de Procé, S., Campos, J. L., Borthwick, H., Charlesworth, B., & Betancourt, A. J. (2014). Faster-X Effects in Two Drosophila Lineages. Genome Biology and Evolution, 6(10), 2968-2982. doi:10.1093/gbe/evu229DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu229
2013
Bastide, H., Betancourt, A., Nolte, V., Tobler, R., Stöbe, P., Futschik, A., & Schlötterer, C. (n.d.). A Genome-Wide, Fine-Scale Map of Natural Pigmentation Variation in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS Genetics, 9(6), e1003534. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1003534DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003534
2012
THE RELATION BETWEEN THE NEUTRALITY INDEX FOR MITOCHONDRIAL GENES AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF MUTATIONAL EFFECTS ON FITNESS (Journal article)
Betancourt, A. J., Blanco-Martin, B., & Charlesworth, B. (2012). THE RELATION BETWEEN THE NEUTRALITY INDEX FOR MITOCHONDRIAL GENES AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF MUTATIONAL EFFECTS ON FITNESS. Evolution, 66(8), 2427-2438. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01628.xDOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01628.x
de Procé, S. M., Zeng, K., Betancourt, A. J., & Charlesworth, B. (2012). Selection on codon usage and base composition in<i>Drosophila americana</i>. Biology Letters, 8(1), 82-85. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2011.0601DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0601
Kofler, R., Betancourt, A. J., & Schlötterer, C. (n.d.). Sequencing of Pooled DNA Samples (Pool-Seq) Uncovers Complex Dynamics of Transposable Element Insertions in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS Genetics, 8(1), e1002487. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002487DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002487
2011
Dyer, K. A., White, B. E., Bray, M. J., Pique, D. G., & Betancourt, A. J. (2011). Molecular Evolution of a Y Chromosome to Autosome Gene Duplication in Drosophila. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 28(3), 1293-1306. doi:10.1093/molbev/msq334DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq334
2010
Lack of Evidence for Sign Epistasis Between Beneficial Mutations in an RNA Bacteriophage (Journal article)
Betancourt, A. J. (2010). Lack of Evidence for Sign Epistasis Between Beneficial Mutations in an RNA Bacteriophage. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 71(5-6), 437-443. doi:10.1007/s00239-010-9397-0DOI: 10.1007/s00239-010-9397-0
2009
Reduced Effectiveness of Selection Caused by a Lack of Recombination (Journal article)
Betancourt, A. J., Welch, J. J., & Charlesworth, B. (2009). Reduced Effectiveness of Selection Caused by a Lack of Recombination. Current Biology, 19(8), 655-660. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2009.02.039DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.02.039
Genetic Recombination and Molecular Evolution (Journal article)
Charlesworth, B., Betancourt, A. J., Kaiser, V. B., & Gordo, I. (2009). Genetic Recombination and Molecular Evolution. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, 74(0), 177-186. doi:10.1101/sqb.2009.74.015DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2009.74.015
2007
Mutation rates: When the going gets tough, beneficial mutations get going (Journal article)
Betancourt, A. (2007). Mutation rates: When the going gets tough, beneficial mutations get going. Heredity, 99(4), 359-360. doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6801042DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6801042
2006
Fitness effects of beneficial mutations: the mutational landscape model in experimental evolution (Journal article)
Betancourt, A. J., & Bollback, J. P. (2006). Fitness effects of beneficial mutations: the mutational landscape model in experimental evolution. CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT, 16(6), 618-623. doi:10.1016/j.gde.2006.10.006DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2006.10.006
2004
A Pseudohitchhiking Model of X vs. Autosomal Diversity (Journal article)
Betancourt, A. J., Kim, Y., & Orr, H. A. (2004). A Pseudohitchhiking Model of X vs. Autosomal Diversity. Genetics, 168(4), 2261-2269. doi:10.1534/genetics.104.030999DOI: 10.1534/genetics.104.030999
2002
Linkage limits the power of natural selection in
<i>Drosophila</i> (Journal article)
Betancourt, A. J., & Presgraves, D. C. (2002). Linkage limits the power of natural selection in <i>Drosophila</i>. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 99(21), 13616-13620. doi:10.1073/pnas.212277199DOI: 10.1073/pnas.212277199
Betancourt, A. J., Presgraves, D. C., & Swanson, W. J. (2002). A Test for Faster X Evolution in Drosophila. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 19(10), 1816-1819. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004006DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004006
2001
Orr, H. A., & Betancourt, A. J. (2001). Haldane's sieve and adaptation from the standing genetic variation. Genetics.
1999
Begun, D. J., Betancourt, A. J., Langley, C. H., & Stephan, W. (1999). Is the fast/slow allozyme variation at the Adh locus of Drosophila melanogaster an ancient balanced polymorphism? Citation]. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 16(12), 1816-1819. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026095DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026095