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Rapid evolution of Medicago polymorpha during invasion shifts interactions with the soybean looper by Jack, Chandra N., Friesen, Maren L.

“…The Enemy Release Hypothesis posits that invasion of novel habitats can be facilitated by the absence of coevolved herbivores. However, a new environment and…”
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Microbial Inoculants: Silver Bullet or Microbial Jurassic Park? by Jack, Chandra N., Petipas, Renee H., Cheeke, Tanya E., Rowland, Jennifer L., Friesen, Maren L.

“…The appeal of using microbial inoculants to mediate plant traits and productivity in managed ecosystems has increased over the past decade, because microbes…”
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Whose trait is it anyways? Coevolution of joint phenotypes and genetic architecture in mutualisms by O'Brien, Anna M, Jack, Chandra N, Friesen, Maren L, Frederickson, Megan E

“…Evolutionary biologists typically envision a trait's genetic basis and fitness effects occurring within a single species. However, traits can be determined by…”
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Migration in the social stage of Dictyostelium discoideum amoebae impacts competition by Jack, Chandra N, Buttery, Neil, Adu-Oppong, Boahemaa, Powers, Michael, Thompson, Christopher R L, Queller, David C, Strassmann, Joan E

“…Interaction conditions can change the balance of cooperation and conflict in multicellular groups. After aggregating together, cells of the social amoeba…”
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An exploration of how plant and soil characteristics shape the Hypericum perforatum microbiome in three habitats by Petipas, Renee H., Higgins, Steven A., Koechli, Chantal, Debenport, Spencer J., Jack, Chandra N., Geber, Monica A., Buckley, Daniel H.

“…Saint John’s wort, Hypericum perforatum , is a medicinally and ecologically important perennial plant species that has a broad global distribution. Despite the…”
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Segregate or cooperate- a study of the interaction between two species of Dictyostelium by Jack, Chandra N, Ridgeway, Julia G, Mehdiabadi, Natasha J, Jones, Emily I, Edwards, Tracy A, Queller, David C, Strassmann, Joan E

“…A major challenge for evolutionary biology is explaining altruism, particularly when it involves death of one party and occurs across species. Chimeric…”
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Third-party mutualists have contrasting effects on host invasion under the enemy-release and biotic-resistance hypotheses by Jack, Chandra N., Friesen, Maren L., Hintze, Arend, Sheneman, Leigh

“…Plants engage in complex multipartite interactions with mutualists and antagonists, but these interactions are rarely included in studies that explore plant…”
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A high‐throughput method of analyzing multiple plant defensive compounds in minimized sample mass by Jack, Chandra N., Rowe, Shawna L., Porter, Stephanie S., Friesen, Maren L.

“…Premise of the Study Current methods for quantifying herbivore‐induced alterations in plant biochemistry are often unusable by researchers due to practical…”
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Structured growth and genetic drift raise relatedness in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum by Buttery, Neil J., Jack, Chandra N., Adu-Oppong, Boahemaa, Snyder, Kate T., Thompson, Christopher R. L., Queller, David C., Strassmann, Joan E.

“…One condition for the evolution of altruism is genetic relatedness between altruist and beneficiary, often achieved through active kin recognition. Here, we…”
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Rhizobia protect their legume hosts against soil-borne microbial antagonists in a host-genotype-dependent manner by Jack, Chandra N., Wozniak, Katherine J., Porter, Stephanie S., Friesen, Maren L.

“…Microbial inhabitants of the rhizosphere can have substantial impacts on the fitness of their associated host plants, in both beneficial and detrimental ways…”
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Kin preference in a social microbe by Mehdiabadi, Natasha J., Jack, Chandra N., Farnham, Tiffany Talley, Platt, Thomas G., Kalla, Sara E., Shaulsky, Gad, Queller, David C., Strassmann, Joan E.

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Social evolution Kin preference in a social microbe by Platt, Thomas G, Queller, David C, Strassmann, Joan E, Kalla, Sara E, Mehdiabadi, Natasha J, Jack, Chandra N, Farnham, Tiffany Talley, Shaulsky, Gad

“…Kin recognition helps cooperation to evolve in many animals, but it is uncertain whether microorganisms can also use it to focus altruistic behaviour on…”
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Cost of movement in the multicellular stage of the social amoebae Dictyostelium discoideum and D. purpureum by Jack, C.N, Adu-Oppong, B, Powers, M, Queller, D.C, Strassmann, J.E

“…One of the challenges of microbial life is that the best location for feeding and growth may not be the best location for dispersal. This is likely to be the…”
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