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K. C. Shim

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Evolutionary Biology· 6 Immunology· 1

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 5 Approach:experimental assay· 4 Approach:statistical model· 3 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1

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D. I. Bolnick· 7 shared J. N. Weber· 5 shared N. C. Steinel· 3 shared L. E. Fuess· 2 shared S. den Haan· 2 shared A. K. Hund· 1 shared B. K. Lohman· 1 shared C. A. Hernadez· 1 shared

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Local adaptation and host specificity to copepod intermediate hosts by the Schistocephalus solidus tapeworm

K. C. Shim, C. Peterson, D. I. Bolnick

The paper tests if the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus is locally adapted and host specific to copepod intermediate hosts, finding no local adaptation but host specificity between copepod genera.

bioRxiv · May 15, 2022Evolutionary Biology

Population genomics of a threespine stickleback tapeworm in Vancouver Island

K. C. Shim, J. N. Weber, C. A. Hernadez, D. I. Bolnick

The paper examines genetic structuring in tapeworm populations and their fish hosts using ddRAD sequencing, finding greater genetic differentiation in fish than in tapeworms.

bioRxiv · May 15, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Evidence of divergent selection in a parasite due to its host immunological respond

K. C. Shim, J. N. Weber, S. den Haan, D. I. Bolnick

The paper examines if fibrosis in threespine stickleback fish leads to divergent selection in its tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus by analyzing whole-genome sequences.

bioRxiv · May 15, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Evolution of a costly immunity to cestode parasites is a pyrrhic victory

J. N. Weber, N. C. Steinel, F. Peng, K. C. Shim, B. K. Lohman, L. Fuess, S. De Lisle, D. I. Bolnick

The paper shows that freshwater stickleback populations evolved resistance to tapeworms through fibrosis, but this resistance reduced fecundity, leading to selection for a tolerant strategy with fibrosis suppression.

bioRxiv · Aug 4, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

A test of the Baldwin Effect: Differences in both constitutive expression and inducible responses to parasites underlie variation in host response to a parasite

L. E. Fuess, J. N. Weber, S. den Haan, N. C. Steinel, K. C. Shim, D. I. Bolnick

This study tests the Baldwin Effect in stickleback fish resistance to a parasite, finding no support for the effect but highlighting the role of constitutive and inducible gene expression variation in host-parasite interactions.

bioRxiv · Jul 29, 2020Immunology

Rapid Evolution of Parasite Resistance via Improved Recognition and Accelerated Immune Activation and Deactivation

A. K. Hund, L. E. Fuess, M. L. Kenney, M. F. Maciejewski, J. M. Marini, K. C. Shim, D. I. Bolnick

This study investigates how three threespine stickleback populations differ in their immune response to a tapeworm, finding that resistant populations recognize the parasite, activate fibrosis faster, and attenuate it more effectively than susceptible populations.

bioRxiv · Jul 3, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Recent evolution of cestode growth suppression by threespine stickleback

J. N. Weber, N. C. Steinel, K. C. Shim, D. I. Bolnick

This study shows threespine stickleback evolved heritable differences in suppressing cestode growth, with low-infection populations dramatically reducing parasite size compared to high-infection populations.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Jun 20, 2017Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology