Luke M. Noble

Variation in inbreeding depression within and among Caenorhabditis species

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.

Conservative evolution of genetic and genomic features in Caenorhabditis becei, an experimentally tractable gonochoristic worm

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

Selection can favor a recombination landscape that limits polygenic adaptation

The paper shows that recombination modifiers can influence adaptation by altering local recombination rates, even if they reduce genome-wide polygenic adaptation.

rec-1 loss of function is insufficient to homogenize crossover distribution in Caenorhabditis elegans

The paper shows that loss of function in rec-1 in C. elegans reduces but does not eliminate non-uniform crossover distribution, affecting X chromosome non-disjunction.

The ancestral C. elegans cuticle suppresses rol-1

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.

Comparative genomics of ten new Caenorhabditis species

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