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Levi T. Morran

Emory University · US
Area of research
Genetics · Sociology and Political Science
Research interest
Research interests include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation, Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences.
h-index
22
citations
2,004
works
78
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

Increased Virulence and Large-Scale Reduction in Genome Size of Tetraploid Candida albicans Evolved in Nematode Hosts
Frontiers in Fungal Biology 2022cited by 6position: lastdoi
Host genetic drift and adaptation in the evolution and maintenance of parasite resistance
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2021cited by 14position: lastdoi
Host heterogeneity mitigates virulence evolution
Biology Letters 2020cited by 49position: lastdoi
The evolution of parasite host range in heterogeneous host populations
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2020cited by 47position: lastdoi
A need to consider the evolutionary genetics of host–symbiont mutualisms
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2020cited by 31position: lastdoi
Males, Outcrossing, and Sexual Selection in <i>Caenorhabditis</i> Nematodes
Genetics 2019cited by 90position: middledoi
A Novel Virulence Phenotype Rapidly Assesses <i>Candida</i> Fungal Pathogenesis in Healthy and Immunocompromised <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i> Hosts
mSphere 2019cited by 25position: middledoi
Restoration of pyrethroid susceptibility in a highly resistant <i>Aedes aegypti</i> population
Biology Letters 2018cited by 41position: middledoi
Phoresy
Current Biology 2017cited by 66position: middledoi
Ethanol confers differential protection against generalist and specialist parasitoids of Drosophila melanogaster
PLoS ONE 2017cited by 26position: middledoi
Twitchin kinase inhibits muscle activity
Molecular Biology of the Cell 2017cited by 22position: middledoi
Experimental Evolution as an Underutilized Tool for Studying Beneficial Animal–Microbe Interactions
Frontiers in Microbiology 2016cited by 59position: middledoi
Coevolutionary interactions with parasites constrain the spread of self‐fertilization into outcrossing host populations
Evolution 2016cited by 28position: middledoi
Nematode-bacteria mutualism: Selection within the mutualism supersedes selection outside of the mutualism
Evolution 2016cited by 23position: firstdoi

Grants

CAREER: Host-Parasite Coevolutionary Dynamics: Testing key hypotheses in host mating system evolution
NSF1750553$932,3182018–2024PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

McKenna J. Penley · Emory University6 papers (2016–2021)P. Signe White · University of California, Berkeley3 papers (2017–2021)Amanda K. Gibson · University of Virginia3 papers (2020–2020)Curtis M. Lively · Indiana University2 papers (2016–2016) · 2 papers (2016–2019)Nicole M. Gerardo · Emory University2 papers (2016–2020)Jacobus de Roode · Florida State University2 papers (2017–2020)Meleah A. Hickman · Emory University2 papers (2019–2022)Arooj Khalid · Emory University1 papers (2020–2020)Raymond C. Parrish · Indiana University Bloomington1 papers (2016–2016)Danial Arslan · Florida State University1 papers (2021–2021)Victoria Byrd · Case Western Reserve University1 papers (2016–2016)Heidi Goodrich‐Blair · University of Tennessee at Knoxville1 papers (2016–2016)Hyundoo Hwang · Georgia Institute of Technology1 papers (2017–2017)Julián Rodrı́guez · Universidad de La Laguna1 papers (2018–2018)Dorian J. Feistel · Georgia Institute of Technology1 papers (2019–2019)Barbara Franke · University of Bath1 papers (2017–2017)Todd A. Schlenke · University of Arizona1 papers (2017–2017)Guy M. Benian · Emory University1 papers (2017–2017) · 1 papers (2017–2017)