B. Auxier

Community diversity affects functionality and species sorting during propagation of a natural microbial community

The paper examines how microbial community diversity impacts functionality and species sorting during propagation, finding that yeast significantly affects function but not long-term bacterial sorting.

Identification of heterokaryon incompatibility genes in Aspergillus fumigatus highlights a narrow footprint of ancient balancing selection

This study identifies het genes in Aspergillus fumigatus involved in heterokaryon incompatibility and shows that balancing selection acts with a narrow genomic footprint despite high recombination rates.

Recombinant haplotypes reflect sexual reproduction in symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

The paper uses genome sequences to show that dikaryon AMF genomes exhibit reciprocal recombination, supporting a sexual rather than parasexual life cycle.

Living apart together: modelling the consequences of the dikaryotic life cycle of mushroom-forming fungi for genomic conflict

This study models how the dikaryotic life cycle of Basidiomycete fungi affects genomic conflict, showing that maintaining fertilization potential increases monokaryon fertilization but reduces mycelium fitness.