Publications Since Arriving at W&M
Undergraduate authors are underlined.
In Review/ In Prep
2024
Bingham, A., Sur, A., Shaw, L.B., Murphy, H.A. (2024) The effect of recognition on competition among clones in spatially structured microbial communities. PLoS One 19(3):e0299546.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0299546
2023
Ekdahl, L.I. , Salcedo, J.A., Dungan, M.M., Mason, D.V., Myagmarsuren, D., Murphy, H.A. (2023) Selection on plastic adherence leads to hyper-multicellular strains and incidental virulence in the budding yeast. eLife
*first two authors are equal contributors
https://elifesciences.org/articles/81056
Insight Article about our research.
2022
Forehand, A.L., Myagmarsuren, D., Chen, Z., Murphy, H.A. (2022) Variation in pH gradients and FLO11 expression in mat biofilms in environmental isolates of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microbiology Open, 11, e1277. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1277
2020-21
Lab closure due to COVID.
Oppler, Z.J., Parrish, M.E., and Murphy, H.A. (2019) Variation at an adhesin locus suggests sociality in natural populations of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286: 20191948. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.1948
Data: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/566160
Lenhart, B.A., Meeks, B., Murphy, H.A. (2019) Variation in filamentous growth and response to quorum-sensing compounds in environmental isolates of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. G3: Genes | Genomes | Genetics 9:1533-1544. doi: 10.1534/g3.119.400080
Data: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA525878
2019
2018
Deschaine, B.M., Heysel, A.R., Lenhart, B.A., and Murphy, H.A. (2018) Biofilm formation and toxin production provide a fitness advantage in mixed colonies of environmental yeast isolates. Ecology and Evolution 8:5541-5550. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4082
2017
Skelly, D.A., Magwene, P.M., Meeks, B., and Murphy, H.A. (2017) A cluster of clinical Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolates with slightly elevated mutation rates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284:20162672. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2672
2015
Murphy, H.A. and Zeyl, C.W. (2015) A potential case of reinforcement in a facultatively sexual unicellular eukaryote. The American Naturalist 186(2): 312-319. doi: 10.1086/682071 (Data available: doi: 10.5061/dryad.2c8m3)
Pre-2015: Select Publications
Reding, L.P., Swaddle, J.P., and Murphy, H.A. (2013) Sexual selection hinders adaptation in experimental yeast populations. Biology Letters 9:20121202. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.1202
Murphy, H.A. and Zeyl, C.W. (2012) Prezygotic isolation between Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces paradoxus through differences in mating speed and germination timing. Evolution 66(4) 1196-1209. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01516.x (Data available: doi:10.5061/dryad.708bb5kr)
Murphy, H.A. and Zeyl, C.W. (2010). Yeast sex: Surprisingly high rates of outcrossing in asci. PLoS One. 5(5):e10461. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010461
Kuehne, H.A., Murphy, H.A., Francis, C.A., and Sniegowski, P.D. (2007). Allopatric divergence, secondary contact, and genetic isolation in wild yeast populations. Current Biology. 17:407-411. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.12.047
Murphy, H.A., Kuehne, H.A., Francis, C.A., and Sniewoski, P.D. (2006). Mate choice assays and mating propensity differences in natural yeast populations. Biology Letters. 2(4): 553-556. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0534