Publications
- Kapun, M., et al [DEST consortium members, including K. A. Dyer]. Drosophila Evolution over Space and Time (DEST) - A New Population Genomics Resource. BioRxiv DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.01.428994.
- Machado, H., A. O. Bergland, et al [Dros-RTEC consortium members, including K. A. Dyer]. 2021. Broad geographic sampling reveals predictable and pervasive seasonal adaptation in Drosophila. eLife 10: e67577. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.67577.
- Dyer, K. A. and D. W. Hall. 2019. Fitness consequences of a non-recombining sex-ratio drive chromosome can explain its prevalence in the wild. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, 286: 20192529. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2529.
- Ginsberg, P. S., D. P. Humphreys, and K. A. Dyer. 2019. Ongoing hybridization obscures phylogenetic relationships in the Drosophila subquinaria species complex. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 32: 1093-1105. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13512.
- Scott Chialvo, C.H., B. E. White, L. K. Reed, and K. A. Dyer. 2019. A phylogenetic examination of host use evolution in the quinaria and testacea groups of Drosophila. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 130: 233-243. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.027.
- Pieper, K. E., R. L. Unckless, and K. A. Dyer. 2018. A fast-evolving X-linked duplicate of importin-a2 is overexpressed in sex-ratio drive in Drosophila neotestacea. Molecular Ecology 27: 5165-5179. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14928.
- Scott Chialvo, C. H., B. E. White, L. K. Reed, and K. A. Dyer. 2018. A phylogenetic examination of host use evolution in the quinaria and testacea groups of Drosophila. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 130: 233-243. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.027.
- Dyer, K. A.*, E. R. Bewick*, B. E. White, M. J. Bray, and D. P. Humphreys. 2018. Fine scale geographic patterns and consequences of reinforcing selection in natural populations of Drosophila subquinaria and D. recens. Molecular Ecology 27: 3655-3670. (*equal contribution) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14825.
- Pieper, K. E. and K. A. Dyer. 2018. Meiotic Drive. Oxford Bioliographies. DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780199941728-0103.
- Pieper, K. E. and K. A. Dyer. 2016. Occasional recombination may allow a selfish sex-ratio X-chromosome to persist at high frequencies in the wild. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 29: 2229-2241. DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12948.
- Lindholm, A. K., K. A. Dyer, R. C. Firman, L. Fishman, W. Forstmeier, L. Holman, H. Johannesson, U. Knief, H. Kokko, A. M. Larracuente, A. Manser, C. Montchamp-Moreau, V. G. Petrosyan, A. Pomiankowski, D. C. Presgraves, L. D. Safronova, A. Sutter, R. L. Unckless, R. L. Verspoor, N. Wedell, G. S. Wilkinson, & T. A. R. Price. 2016. The ecology and evolutionary dynamics of meiotic drive. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31: 315-326. DOI: doi:10.1016/j.tree.2016.02.001.
- Humphreys, D. P., H. D. Rundle, and K. A. Dyer. 2016. Patterns of reproductive isolation in the Drosophila subquinaria complex: Can reinforced premating isolation cascade to other species? Current Zoology 62: 183-191. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cz/zow005.
- Roy-Zokan, E. M., K. A. Dyer, and R. B. Meagher. 2015. Phylogenetic patterns of codon evolution in the ACTIN-DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR / COFILIN (ADF/CFL) gene family. PLoS One 10: e0145917. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145917.
- Rundle, H. D. and K. A. Dyer. 2015. Reproductive character displacement of female mate preferences for male cuticular hydrocarbons in Drosophila subquinaria. Evolution 69: 2625-2637. DOI: 10.1111/evo.12761.
- Conn, C. E., R. Bythell-Douglas, D. Neumann, S. Yoshida, B. Whittington, J. H. Westwood, K. Shirasu, C. S. Bond, K. A. Dyer, and D. C. Nelson. 2015. Convergent evolution enabled host detection in parasitic plants. Science 349: 540-543. DOI: 10.1126/science.aab1140
- Arthur, N. J., and K. A. Dyer. 2015. Asymmetrical sexual isolation but no postmating isolation between the closely related species Drosophila suboccidentalis and D. occidentalis. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15:38. pdf
- Bewick, E. R., and K. A. Dyer. 2014. Reinforcement shapes clines in mate discrimination in Drosophila subquinaria. Evolution, 68: 3082-3094. pdf
- Dyer, K. A., B. E. White, J. Sztepanacz, E. R. Bewick, and H. D. Rundle. 2014. Reproductive character displacement of epicuticular compounds and their contribution to mate choice in Drosophila subquinaria and D. recens. Evolution 68: 1163-1175. pdf
- Bray, M. J., T. Werner, and K. A. Dyer. 2014. Two genomic regions together cause dark abdominal pigmentation in Drosophila tenebrosa. Heredity 112: 454-462. pdf
- Pinzone, C. P., and K. A. Dyer. 2013. Higher polyandry is associated with lower prevalence of sex-ratio drive in natural populations of Drosophila neotestacea. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 280: 20131397. pdf
- Coyle, D. R., J. Pickering, K. A. Dyer, F. R. Lehman, J. E. Mohan, and K. J. K. Gandhi. 2013. Dynamics of an unprecedented outbreack of two native moth species, Cissusa spadix and Phoberia atomaris (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), on Oak trees (Quercus spp.) in the Southeastern USA. American Entomologist 59: 82-94. (Feature article) pdf
- Curtis, S., J. Sztepanacz, B. E. White, K. A. Dyer, H. Rundle, and P. Mayer. 2013. Epicuticular compounds of Drosophila subquinaria and D. recens: Identification, quantification, and their role in female mate choice. Journal of Chemical Ecology 39: 579-590.pdf
- Debban, C. L. and K. A. Dyer. 2013. No evidence for behavioral adaptations to nematode parasitism by the fly Drosophila putrida. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 8: 1646-1654. pdf
- Giglio, E. M. and K. A. Dyer. 2013. Divergence of premating behaviors in the closely related species Drosophila subquinaria and D. recens. Ecology and Evolution 3: 365-374. pdf
- Dyer, K. A., M. J. Bray, and S. J. Lopez. 2013. Genomic conflict drives pattern of X-linked population structure in Drosophila neotestacea. Molecular Ecology 22: 157-169. pdf
- Dyer, K. A. 2012. Local selection underlies the geographic distribution of sex-ratio drive in Drosophila neotestacea. Evolution 66: 973-984. pdf and supplemental material
- Dyer, K. A., C. Burke, and J. Jaenike. 2011. Wolbachia-mediated persistence of mtDNA from a potentially extinct species. Molecular Ecology 20: 2805-2817. pdf and supplemental material
- Dyer, K. A., B. E. White, M. J. Bray, D. G. Piqué, and A. J. Betancourt. 2011. Molecular evolution of a Y chromosome to autosome gene duplication in Drosophila. Molecular Biology and Evolution 28: 1293-1306. pdfand supplemental material
- Jaenike, J. and K. A. Dyer. 2008. No resistance to male-killing Wolbachia after thousands of years of infection. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 1570-1577. pdf
- Unckless, R. L., L. M. Boilio, M. Schifano, and K. A. Dyer. 2008. Isolation and characterization of 30 polymorphic microsatellites from the mycophagous fly Drosophila innubila. Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 939-942. pdf
- Dyer, K. A. 2007. Identification and characterization of 21 polymorphic microsatellite loci from the mycophagous fly Drosophila neotestacea. Molecular Ecology Notes 7: 1120 - 1122. pdf
- Dyer, K. A., B. Charlesworth, and J. Jaenike. 2007. Chromosome-wide linkage disequilibrium as a consequence of meiotic drive. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 104: 1587-1592. pdf and supplemental material.
- Jaenike, J., K. A. Dyer, C. Cornish, and M. S. Minhas. 2006. Asymmetrical reinforcement and Wolbachia infection in Drosophila. PLoS Biology 4: 1852-1862. pdf, supplemental material, and correction to Figure 1.
- Dyer, K. A. and J. Jaenike. 2005. Evolutionary dynamics of a spatially structured host-parasite association: Drosophila innubila and male-killing Wolbachia. Evolution 59: 1518-1528. pdf
- Dyer, K. A., M. S. Minhas, and J. Jaenike. 2005. Expression and modulation of embryonic male-killing in Drosophila innubila: Opportunities for multi-level selection. Evolution 59: 838-848. pdf
- Shoemaker*, D. D., K. A. Dyer*, M. Ahrens, K. McAbee, and J. Jaenike. 2004. Decreased diversity but increased substitution rate in host mtDNA as a consequence of Wolbachia endosymbiont infection. Genetics 168: 2049-2058. (*contributed equally) pdf
- Dyer, K. A. and J. Jaenike. 2004. Evolutionary stable infection by a male-killing endosymbiont in Drosophila innubila: Molecular evidence from the host and parasite genomes. Genetics 168: 1443-1455. pdf
- Guindon, S., A. G. Rodrigo, K. A. Dyer, and J. P. Huelsenbeck. 2004. Modeling the site-specific variation of selection patterns along lineages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 35: 12957-12962. pdf
- Huelsenbeck, J. P. and K. A. Dyer. 2004. Bayesian estimation of positively selected sites. Journal of Molecular Evolution 58: 661-672. pdf
- Jaenike, J., K. A. Dyer, and L. K. Reed. 2003. Within-population structure of competition and the dynamics of male-killing Wolbachia. Evolutionary Ecology Research 5: 1023-1036. pdf
- Ross, C. L., K. A. Dyer, T. Erez, S. J. Miller, J. Jaenike, and T. A. Markow. 2003. Rapid divergence of microsatellite abundance among species of Drosophila. Molecular Biology and Evolution 20: 1143-1157. pdf
- Price, C. S. C., K. A. Dyer, and J. A. Coyne. 1999. Sperm competition in Drosophila males involves both displacement and incapacitation. Nature 400: 449-452. pdf