Publications

Genetic Background Alters Dominance Relationships between mat Alleles in the Ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila
SS Phadke, T Paixão, T Pham, S Pham, RA Zufall
2014 Journal of Heredity 105 (1), 130-135

Accumulation of spontaneous mutations in the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila
HA Long, T Paixão, RBR Azevedo, RA Zufall
2013 Genetics 195 (2), 527-540

Chilodonella uncinata is Not Pathogenic to Culex pipiens Mosquitoes
KJ Spring, RA Zufall
2013 Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 60 (3), 317-320

Chromosome Copy Number Variation and Control in the Ciliate Chilodonella uncinata
KJ Spring, S Pham, RA Zufall
2013 PLoS ONE 8 (2), e56413

Restricted distribution and limited gene flow in the model ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila
RA Zufall, KL Dimond, FP Doerder
2013 Molecular ecology 22 (4), 1081-1091

On the immortality of television sets:“function” in the human genome according to the evolution-free gospel of ENCODE
D Graur, Y Zheng, N Price, RBR Azevedo, RA Zufall, E Elhaik
2013 Genome biology and evolution 5 (3), 578-590

Patterns of intron sequence conservation in the genus Tetrahymena
Y Zheng, KL Dimond, D Graur, RA Zufall
2013 Protist Genomics 1, 19-24

Is evolution of mating preferences inevitable? Random mating in the multisex system of Tetrahymena thermophila
SS Phadke, L Cooper, RA Zufall
2012 International Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2012

Evolution of Germline-Limited Sequences in Two Populations of the Ciliate Chilodonella uncinata
RA Zufall, M Sturm, BC Mahon
2012 Journal of molecular evolution 74 (3-4), 140-146

Diversification of takeout, a male-biased gene family in Drosophila
N Vanaphan, B Dauwalder, RA Zufall
2012 Gene 491 (2), 142-148

Sex ratio evolution under probabilistic sex determination
T Paixão, SS Phadke, RBR Azevedo, RA Zufall
2011 Evolution 65 (7), 2050-2060

Diverse modes of reproduction in the marine free-living ciliate Glauconema trihymene
H Long, RA Zufall
2010 BMC Microbiology 10 (1), 108

Rapid diversification of mating systems in ciliates
SS Phadke, RA Zufall
2009 Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 98 (1), 187-197

Variation in macronuclear genome content of three ciliates with extensive chromosomal fragmentation: a preliminary analysis
CL McGrath, RA Zufall, LA Katz
2007 Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 54 (3), 242-246

Micronuclear and Macronuclear Forms of β‐Tubulin Genes in the Ciliate Chilodonella uncinata Reveal Insights into Genome Processing and Protein Evolution
RA Zufall, LA Katz
2007 Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 54 (3), 275-282

Genome architecture drives protein evolution in ciliates
RA Zufall, CL McGrath, SV Muse, LA Katz
2006 Molecular Biology and Evolution 23 (9), 1681-1687

Hiring criteria in biology departments of academic institutions
CM Fleet, MFN Rosser, RA Zufall, MC Pratt, TS Feldman, PP Lemons
2006 BioScience 56 (5), 430-436

Evolution of developmentally regulated genome rearrangements in eukaryotes
RA Zufall, T Robinson, LA Katz
2005 Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 304B, 448-455

Genetic changes associated with floral adaptation restrict future evolutionary potential
RA Zufall, MD Rausher
2004 Nature 428 (6985), 847-850

Pathway length and evolutionary constraint in amino acid biosynthesis
MT Rutter, RA Zufall
2004 Journal of molecular evolution 58 (2), 218-224

The genetic basis of a flower color polymorphism in the common morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea)
RA Zufall, MD Rausher
2003 Journal of Heredity 94 (6), 442-448

Book Chapters

Beyond Simple Homology Searches: Multiple Sequence Alignments and Phylogenetic Trees
RA Zufall
2009 Current Protocols Essential Laboratory Techniques, 11.3. 1-11.3. 17

Genome evolution in ciliates
C McGrath, RA Zufall, LA Katz
2006 Genomics and Evolution of Eukaryotic Microbes. Oxford University Press.