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Experimental evolution makes microbes more cooperative with their local host genotype by Batstone, Rebecca T, O'Brien, Anna M, Harrison, Tia L, Frederickson, Megan E

“…Advances in microbiome science require a better understanding of how beneficial microbes adapt to hosts. We tested whether hosts select for more-cooperative…”
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Biological Responses to Climate Change and Nanoplastics Are Altered in Concert: Full-Factor Screening Reveals Effects of Multiple Stressors on Primary Producers by Yang, Yamin, Guo, Yawen, O’Brien, Anna M, Lins, Tiago F, Rochman, Chelsea M, Sinton, David

“…While the combined presence of global climate change and nanosized plastic particle (i.e., nanoplastic) pollution is clear, the potential for interactions…”
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Nanoplastic State and Fate in Aquatic Environments: Multiscale Modeling by Lins, Tiago F, O'Brien, Anna M, Zargartalebi, Mohammad, Sinton, David

“…We now know that nanoplastics can harm aquatic organisms, but understanding ecological risk starts with understanding fate. We coupled population balance and…”
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Mutualistic Outcomes Across Plant Populations, Microbes, and Environments in the Duckweed Lemna minor by O’Brien, Anna M., Laurich, Jason, Lash, Emma, Frederickson, Megan E.

“…The picture emerging from the rapidly growing literature on host-associated microbiota is that host traits and fitness often depend on interactive effects of…”
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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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Accelerated high-throughput imaging and phenotyping system for small organisms by Kose, Talha, Lins, Tiago F, Wang, Jessie, O'Brien, Anna M, Sinton, David, Frederickson, Megan E

“…Studying the complex web of interactions in biological communities requires large multifactorial experiments with sufficient statistical power. Automation…”
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Harnessing plant-microbiome interactions for bioremediation across a freshwater urbanization gradient by O’Brien, Anna M., Yu, Zhu Hao, Pencer, Clara, Frederickson, Megan E., LeFevre, Gregory H., Passeport, Elodie

“…•Duckweed microcosms rapidly transformed benzotriazole in >60 experimental contexts.•Microcosms with diverse microbiomes or algae transformed more…”
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Importance of plant‐ and microbe‐driven metabolic pathways for plant defence by O'Brien, Anna M.

“…Expression of plant phenotypes can depend on both plant genomes and interactions between plants and the microbes living in, on and near their roots. We…”
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Evolutionary consequences of microbiomes for hosts: impacts on host fitness, traits, and heritability by O'Brien, Anna M, Laurich, Jason R, Frederickson, Megan E

“…An organism's phenotypes and fitness often depend on the interactive effects of its genome (Gh⁢o⁢s⁢t), microbiome (Gm⁢i⁢c⁢r⁢o⁢b⁢e), and environment (E). These…”
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Representative subsampling methods for the chemical identification of microplastic particles in environmental samples by De Frond, Hannah, O'Brien, Anna M., Rochman, Chelsea M.

“…Chemical identification of microplastics is time-consuming, especially when particles are numerous. To save resources, a subsample of particles is often…”
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Teosinte populations exhibit weak local adaptation to their rhizosphere biota despite strong effects of biota source on teosinte fitness and traits by O'Brien, Anna M, Sawers, Ruairidh J H, Gasca-Pineda, Jaime, Baxter, Ivan, Eguiarte, Luis E, Ross-Ibarra, Jeffrey, Strauss, Sharon Y

“…While biotic interactions often impose selection, species and popula- tions vary in whether they are locally adapted to biotic interactions. Evo- lutionary…”
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A Deep Dive into the Complex Chemical Mixture and Toxicity of Tire Wear Particle Leachate in Fathead Minnow by Chibwe, Leah, Parrott, Joanne L., Shires, Kallie, Khan, Hufsa, Clarence, Stacey, Lavalle, Christine, Sullivan, Cheryl, O'Brien, Anna M., De Silva, Amila O., Muir, Derek C.G., Rochman, Chelsea M.

“…The ecological impact of tire wear particles in aquatic ecosystems is a growing environmental concern. We combined toxicity testing, using fathead minnow…”
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Microplastics shift impacts of climate change on a plant-microbe mutualism: Temperature, CO2, and tire wear particles by O'Brien, Anna M., Lins, Tiago F., Yang, Yamin, Frederickson, Megan E., Sinton, David, Rochman, Chelsea M.

“…Anthropogenic stressors can affect individual species and alter species interactions. Moreover, species interactions or the presence of multiple stressors can…”
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Why do sunflowers have invisible colors? by Laurich, Jason, O'Brien, Anna M

“…In the common sunflower, patterns of UV-absorbing pigments are controlled by a newly identified regulatory region and may be under the influence of…”
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Microbial effects on plant phenology and fitness by O'Brien, Anna M., Ginnan, Nichole A., Rebolleda‐Gómez, María, Wagner, Maggie R.

“…Plant development and the timing of developmental events (phenology) are tightly coupled with plant fitness. A variety of internal and external factors…”
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Adaptive phenotypic divergence in an annual grass differs across biotic contexts by O’Brien, Anna M., Sawers, Ruairidh J.H., Strauss, Sharon Y., Ross-Ibarra, Jeffrey

“…Climate is a powerful force shaping adaptation within species, yet adaptation to climate occurs against a biotic background: species interactions can filter…”
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Advances in alkaline earth-nitrogen chemistry by Torvisco, Ana, O’Brien, Anna Y., Ruhlandt-Senge, Karin

“…The scope of nitrogen-based alkaline earth metal chemistry has dramatically expanded in recent years, with advances being driven by the availability of…”
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Evaluation of averted loss gains under Victorian biodiversity offset policy by O'Brien, Anna, Gordon, Ascelin

“…Biodiversity offsetting seeks to balance losses in biodiversity from development with offset actions that generate biodiversity gains. In Victoria, Australia,…”
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Resilience to multiple stressors in an aquatic plant and its microbiome by O'Brien, Anna M., Yu, Zhu Hao, Luo, Dian‐ya, Laurich, Jason, Passeport, Elodie, Frederickson, Megan E.

“…Premise Outcomes of species interactions, especially mutualisms, are notoriously dependent on environmental context, and environments are changing rapidly…”
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Community interactions among microbes give rise to host-microbiome mutualisms in an aquatic plant by Laurich, Jason R, Lash, Emma, O'Brien, Anna M, Pogoutse, Oxana, Frederickson, Megan E

“…Microbiomes often benefit plants, conferring resistance to pathogens, improving stress tolerance, or promoting plant growth. As potential plant mutualists,…”
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