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M. Cruzan

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Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 2 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Research Focus:synaptic & neural circuits· 1

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J. Schwoch· 1 shared M. Streisfeld· 1 shared

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Testing Wright's Intermediate Population Size Hypothesis - When Genetic Drift is a Good Thing

This study uses simulations to test Wright's hypothesis that genetic drift facilitates selection in small populations, finding that drift accelerates beneficial mutation fixation and promotes adaptive evolution in populations of intermediate size.

bioRxiv · Sep 7, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Fitness Effects of Somatic Mutations Accumulating during Vegetative Growth

M. Cruzan, M. Streisfeld, J. Schwoch

The paper evaluates the fitness effects of somatic mutations in Mimulus guttatus by comparing autogamy and geitonogamy progeny, finding that beneficial mutations can increase fitness.

bioRxiv · Jul 22, 2020Evolutionary Biology