Andrew H. Moeller

Community-wide adaptive evolution of gut bacteria during dietary transitions

This study shows that dietary transitions drive reproducible adaptive evolution in gut bacteria across multiple species, with specific genetic responses observed in key functions like invertases.

Gut microbiota promote early-life digestive function in songbirds

This study shows that gut microbiota colonization is essential for digestive development in House sparrows, increasing intestinal structure and function.

The mouse gut microbiota responds to predator odor and predicts host behavior

This study shows that predator odor exposure alters mouse gut microbiota, which predicts host behavior through gene expression and microbial interactions.

Dietary and gut microbial variation among urban and rural populations of house mice (Mus musculus domesticus)

This study examines diet and gut microbiota differences between urban and rural house mice, finding urban mice have less microbial diversity and different dietary patterns.

Isolation by distance promotes strain diversification in the wild mouse gut microbiota

The paper shows that geographic isolation, not host ancestry, drives strain diversification in the gut microbiota of wild deer mice.

Recent genetic drift in the co-diversified gut bacterial symbionts of laboratory mice

This study shows that gut bacterial symbionts of laboratory mice have accumulated genetic mutations faster than those of wild mice, likely due to genetic drift in captivity.

Sex-specific competitive social feedback amplifies the role of early life contingency in male mice

This study shows that in male mice, competition amplifies the impact of early life contingency, leading to divergent life trajectories, while this effect is absent in females.

Hackflex library preparation enables low-cost metagenomic profiling

This study evaluates Hackflex library preparation for metagenomic sequencing, showing it recovers all members of a mock community and distinguishes microbiota between individual mice.