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Brian A. Dillard

Cornell UniversityORCID 0000-0003-1845-2980Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Andrew H. MoelleriD· 2 shared Jon G. SandersiD· 2 shared Abigail A. Landers· 1 shared Azhar P. HusainiD· 1 shared Daniel D. SprockettiD· 1 shared Kelsey M. YuleiD· 1 shared

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintSep 15, 2025

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

Brian A. Dillard, Jon G. Sanders, Azhar P. Husain…·Andrew H. Moeller

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

DOI 10.1101/2025.09.15.676373

mouseDNA methylation

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Evolutionary BiologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedMar 5, 2025

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

Daniel D. Sprockett, Brian A. Dillard, Abigail A. Landers…·Andrew H. Moeller

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.

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mousemetagenomics

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