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Sophie Jean Walton

California Institute of TechnologyORCID 0000-0003-1320-1525Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Evolutionary Biology· 1 Genetics· 1 Synthetic Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:E. coli· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintNov 6, 2025

Community coalescence reveals strong selection and coexistence within species in complex microbial communities

Sophie Jean Walton, Qing Xu, Richa Sharma…·Benjamin H. Good

The paper studies intra-species diversity in microbial communities by competing gut strains, finding strong selection and coexistence due to biotic interactions.

2 citations

humanmetagenomics

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Synthetic BiologybioRxivPreprintDec 18, 2020

Analysis of Circuits for Dosage Control in Microbial Populations

Sophie Jean Walton, Samuel E. Clamons, Richard M. Murray

The paper analyzes genetic circuits for dosage control in microbial populations using the Lux quorum sensing system and demonstrates the effects of negative feedback and degradase activity on circuit robustness.

DOI 10.1101/2020.12.18.423556

E. colistatistical model

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GeneticsGeneticsPeer-reviewedJun 9, 2020

Caenorhabditis elegans AF4/FMR2 family homolog affl-2 is required for heat shock induced gene expression

Sophie Jean Walton, Han Wang, Porfirio Quintero-Cadena…·Paul W. Sternberg

This study identifies affl-2, a C. elegans ortholog of the human AF4/FMR2 family, as a regulator of heat shock induced gene expression.

6 citations

C. elegansexperimental assay

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