Matthew V. Rockman

The paper analyzes the genomic diversity of C. tropicalis, finding geographic correlation and hyper-divergent regions linked to environmental adaptation.

The paper generates and analyzes recombinant inbred lines (RILs) in Caenorhabditis becei to study heritable variation and QTLs in a gonochoristic nematode population.

The paper surveys Caenorhabditis nematodes on Pohnpei, finds new species, and uses phylogenetics to infer that the Elegans Supergroup originated in the Americas and diversified in the Pacific before reaching Asia.

The paper identifies 94 candidate genes in C. elegans linked to susceptibility to 23 environmental toxicants using genome-wide association analysis.

The paper analyzes over 2,000 Caenorhabditis briggsae wild strains to uncover genetic diversity, population structure, and evolutionary mechanisms shaping phenotypic variation.

This study identifies abundant mitochondrial mutations and widespread mitonuclear epistasis in C. elegans by analyzing genetic variation and phenotypic outcomes across diverse strains.

The paper investigates inbreeding depression in Caenorhabditis species, finding it universal but variable, with some species showing low depression and potential as models for outcrossing systems.

The paper describes five new Caenorhabditis species from Indonesia, reports their phylogenetic placement, and identifies exceptions to Haldane's rule in interspecific hybrid fertility.

This paper identifies C. becei as an experimentally tractable gonochorist and shows conserved genetic properties from androdioecious species, along with new genomic features.

This study investigates how partial selfing affects the evolution of Medea and peel elements in Caenorhabditis nematodes, showing that antagonistic alleles experience positive frequency dependence and can generate genomic islands of deep coalescence.

The study examines whether radiation exposure at Chornobyl affected genomes or mutagen tolerance in local worms, finding no systematic association between radiation levels and mutation or tolerance.

This paper presents the first chromosomal-level genome assembly of Streblospio benedicti, revealing insights into its genomic basis for developmental divergence without genome duplication.

The paper shows that a genetic insertion in col-182 in the N2 strain enhances rol-1 rolling, revealing the impact of genetic background on mutant phenotypes.

The paper shows that polygenic demographic variation in C. elegans is driven by tightly-linked antagonistic-effect loci, with large-effect variants masked by epistasis or linkage disequilibrium.

The paper describes ten new Caenorhabditis species, presents their genome sequences, and analyzes their evolutionary relationships and gene structure.

The paper investigates fine-scale crossover rate variation on the C. elegans X chromosome and finds lower variation compared to other species, with no evidence of hotspots.