A. S. Saxena

Mutability of mononucleotide repeats, not oxidative stress, explains the discrepancy between laboratory-accumulated mutations and the natural allele-frequency spectrum in C. elegans

The study shows that differences in mutation spectra between lab and natural C. elegans populations are due to mononucleotide repeat mutability, not oxidative stress.

Reverse plasticity underlies rapid evolution by clonal selection within populations of fibroblastspropagated on a novel soft substrate

This study shows that reverse plasticity drives rapid evolution in fibroblasts adapted to soft substrates through genetic changes, not phenotypic plasticity alone.

Evolution of the mutational process under relaxed selection in Caenorhabditis elegans

This study examines mutation rate variation in Caenorhabditis elegans mutation accumulation lines, finding that base-substitution rates vary with recombination and GC content, while indel rates are higher in high-fitness lines.

Head-to-Head Comparison of Three Methods of Quantifying Competitive Fitness in C. elegans

The paper compares three methods for quantifying competitive fitness in C. elegans, finding no significant differences in results but highlighting increased speed with automated tools.