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Michigan State University: East Lansing, MI, US

1993-12 | PhD (Zoology)
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Michael Travisano

Columbia University: New York, NY, US

1979-09 to 1983-05 | BA (Astrophysics)
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Michael Travisano

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Detecting life by behavior, the overlooked sensitivity of behavioral assays

Scientific Reports
2024-08-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-69942-y
Contributors: Daniela Zinßmeister; Moshe Leibovitch; Eviatar Natan; Sondra Turjeman; Omry Koren; Michael Travisano; Yoni Vortman; Beatriz Baselga-Cervera
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Genomic sequencing reveals convergent adaptation during experimental evolution in two budding yeast species

Communications Biology
2024-07-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06485-y
Contributors: Pu Wang; William W. Driscoll; Michael Travisano
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The eco-evolutionary origins of life

Evolution
2024-01-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpad195
Contributors: Maria Kalambokidis; Michael Travisano; Brandon Ogbunugafor; Tracey Chapman
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Multispecies interactions shape the transition to multicellularity

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2023-09-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1055
Contributors: Maria Kalambokidis; Michael Travisano
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Fight not flight: parasites drive the bacterial evolution of resistance, not escape

2023-04-30 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.29.538831
Contributors: Michael Blazanin; Jeremy Moore; Sydney Olsen; Michael Travisano
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Loss-of-heterozygosity facilitates a fitness valley crossing in experimentally evolved multicellular yeast

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2022-06-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2722
Contributors: Beatriz Baselga-Cervera; Noah Gettle; Michael Travisano
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Adaptation and Exaptation: From Small Molecules to Feathers

Journal of Molecular Evolution
2022-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-022-10049-1
Contributors: Moran Frenkel-Pinter; Anton S. Petrov; Kavita Matange; Michael Travisano; Jennifer B. Glass; Loren Dean Williams
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Plasmid hypermutation using a targeted artificial DNA replisome

Science Advances
2021-07-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abg8712
Contributors: Xiao Yi; Joleen Khey; Romas J. Kazlauskas; Michael Travisano
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The landscape of innovation in bacteria, battleships, and beyond

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2021-06-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2015565118
Contributors: Terence C. Burnham; Michael Travisano
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Evolutionary innovation using EDGE, a system for localized elevated mutagenesis

PLOS ONE
2020-04-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232330
Contributors: Xiao Yi; Sebastian D. Fugmann; Romas Kazlauskas; Michael Travisano
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Plastic multicellular development of Myxococcus xanthus : genotype–environment interactions in a physical gradient

Royal Society Open Science
2019-03-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.181730
Contributors: Natsuko Rivera-Yoshida; Alejandro V. Arzola; Juan A. Arias Del Angel; Alessio Franci; Michael Travisano; Ana E. Escalante; Mariana Benítez
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The lost world of Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, a relictual bacterial niche in a desert oasis

eLife
2018-11-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.38278
Contributors: Valeria Souza; Alejandra Moreno-Letelier; Michael Travisano; Luis David Alcaraz; Gabriela Olmedo; Luis Enrique Eguiarte
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The Evolution of Molecular Compatibility between Bacteriophage ΦX174 and its Host

Scientific Reports
2018-05-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-25914-7
Contributors: Alexander Kula; Joseph Saelens; Jennifer Cox; Alyxandria M. Schubert; Michael Travisano; Catherine Putonti
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Rapid adaptation to near extinction in microbial experimental evolution

Journal of Bioeconomics
2018-04-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10818-017-9257-8
Contributors: Michael Travisano; Michihisa Maeda; Fumie Fuji; Toshiaki Kudo
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Developmental evolution facilitates rapid adaptation

Scientific Reports
2017-11-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16229-0
Contributors: Hui Lin; Romas J. Kazlauskas; Michael Travisano
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Synergistic cooperation promotes multicellular performance and unicellular free-rider persistence

Nature Communications
2017-06-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15707
Contributors: William W Driscoll; Michael Travisano
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Evolution of simple multicellularity increases environmental complexity

2016-08-05 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/067991
Contributors: María Rebolleda-Gómez; William C. Ratcliff; Jonathon Fankhauser; Michael Travisano
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Experimental evolution of trichoderma citrinoviride for faster deconstruction of cellulose

PLoS One
2016-01-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147024
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PMID: 26820897
Contributors: Hui Lin; Michael Travisano; Romas J. Kazlauskas
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Parallelism in adaptive radiations of experimental Escherichia coli populations

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
2016-01-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12841
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PMID: 26683761
Contributors: Gerda Saxer; Michael Travisano
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Ecological perspectives on synthetic biology

Frontiers in Microbiology
2015 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00143
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PMID: 25767468
Contributors: Ana E. Escalante; María Rebolleda-Gómez; Mariana Benítez; Michael Travisano
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Origins of multicellular evolvability in snowflake yeast

Nature Communications
2015 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7102
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PMID: 25600558
Contributors: William C. Ratcliff; Johnathon D. Fankhauser; David W. Rogers; Duncan Greig; Michael Travisano
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How do microbial populations and communities function as model systems?

Quarterly Review of Biology
2015-09-01 | Journal article | Author
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PMID: 26591851
Contributors: Maureen A. O'Malley; Michael Travisano; Gregory J. Velicer; Jessica A. Bolker
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Experimental evolution of multicellular complexity in saccharomyces cerevisiae

BioScience
2014 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu045
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Contributors: William C. Ratcliff; Michael Travisano
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Geometry Shapes Evolution of Early Multicellularity

PLoS Computational Biology
2014-09-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003803
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PMID: 25233196
Contributors: Eric Libby; William Ratcliff; Michael Travisano; Ben Kerr
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Experimental evolution of an alternating uni- and multicellular life cycle in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Nature Communications
2013-11-06 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3742
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PMID: 24193369
Contributors: William C. Ratcliff; Matthew D. Herron; Kathryn Howell; Jennifer T. Pentz; Frank Rosenzweig; Michael Travisano
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Disentangling direct and indirect fitness effects of microbial dormancy

American Naturalist
2013-08 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1086/670943
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PMID: 23852350
Contributors: William C. Ratcliff; Mitchell Hoverman; Michael Travisano; R. Ford Denison
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Antagonism influences assembly of a Bacillus guild in a local community and is depicted as a food-chain network

ISME Journal
2013-03 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.119
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PMID: 23096405
Contributors: Rocío Anaís Pérez-Gutiérrez; Varinia López-Ramírez; África Islas; Luis David Alcaraz; Ismael Hernández-González; Beatriz Carely Luna Olivera; Moisés Santillán; Luis E. Eguiarte; Valeria Souza; Michael Travisano et al.
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Microbes modeling ontogeny

Biology and Philosophy
2013-03 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-013-9363-5
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Contributors: Alan C. Love; Michael Travisano
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Lost in the map

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
2013-02 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01802.x
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PMID: 23356605
Contributors: Michael Travisano; Ruth G. Shaw
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Adaptation and divergence during experimental evolution of multicellular Saccharomyces cerevisiae

2012 | Conference paper | Author
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Part of ISBN: 9780262310505
Contributors: Maria Rebolleda-Gomez; William Ratcliff; Michael Travisano
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Understanding microbial community diversity metrics derived from metagenomes

FEMS Microbiology Ecology
2012-10 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01405.x
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PMID: 22554028
Contributors: Germán Bonilla-Rosso; Luis E. Eguiarte; David Romero; Michael Travisano; Valeria Souza
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Mesocosms of Aquatic Bacterial Communities from the Cuatro Cienegas Basin (Mexico)

Microbial Ecology
2012-08 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0045-7
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PMID: 22460437
Contributors: Silvia Pajares; German Bonilla-Rosso; Michael Travisano; Luis E. Eguiarte; Valeria Souza
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A spectrum of pleiotropic consequences in development due to changes in a regulatory pathway

PLoS One
2012-08-24 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043413
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PMID: 22937047
Contributors: Ana E. Escalante; Sumiko Inouye; Michael Travisano
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Travel, sex, and food

Astrobiology
2012-07-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0768
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PMID: 22920513
Contributors: Valeria Souza; Luis E. Eguiarte; Michael Travisano; James J. Elser; Christine Rooks; Janet L. Siefert
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Experimental evolution of multicellularity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2012-01-31 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1115323109
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PMID: 22307617
Contributors: William C. Ratcliff; R. Ford Denison; Mark Borrello; Michael Travisano
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Experimental evolution of ultraviolet radiation resistance in Escherichia Coli

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
2011-12 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01438.x
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PMID: 22133220
Contributors: Robert P. Goldman; Michael Travisano
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Diversity of culturable thermo-resistant aquatic bacteria along an environmental gradient in Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, México

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology
2011-02 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-010-9490-9
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EID:

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PMID: 20711674
Contributors: René Cerritos; Luis E. Eguiarte; Morena Avitia; Janet Siefert; Michael Travisano; Alejandra Rodríguez-Verdugo; Valeria Souza
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Adaptive evolution and inherent tolerance to extreme thermal environments

BMC Evolutionary Biology
2010 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-75
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PMID: 20226044
Contributors: Jennifer Cox; Alyxandria M. Schubert; Michael Travisano; Catherine Putonti
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The repeatability of adaptive radiation during long-term experimental evolution of Escherichia coli in a multiple nutrient environment

PLoS One
2010 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014184
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PMID: 21152028
Contributors: Gerda Saxer; Michael Doebeli; Michael Travisano
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Evolution of aging and late life

2009-12-03 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 9780520247666
Contributors: Casandra L. Rauser; Laurence D. Mueller; Michael Travisano; Michael R. Rose
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Long-term experimental evolution and adaptive radiation

2009-12-03 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 9780520247666
Contributors: Michael Travisano
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Effects of temperature on the fitness cost of resistance to bacteriophage T4 in Escherichia coli.

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
2009-06 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00654.x
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PMID: 19222568
Contributors: Michael A. Quance; Michael Travisano
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When stress predicts a shrinking gene pool, trading early reproduction for longevity can increase fitness, even with lower fecundity

PLoS One
2009-06-25 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006055
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PMID: 19557134
Contributors: William C. Ratcliff; Peter Hawthorne; Michael Travisano; R. Ford Denison
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Spatial structure leads to ecological breakdown and loss of diversity

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2009-06-07 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1827
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PMID: 19324788
Contributors: Gerda Saxer; Michael Doebeli; Michael Travisano
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Fungal viral mutualism moderated by ploidy

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
2008-09 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00443.x
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PMID: 18564376
Contributors: Robert McBride; Duncan Greig; Michael Travisano
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Methyl donor supplementation prevents transgenerational amplification of obesity

International Journal of Obesity
2008-09 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2008.100
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PMID: 18626486
Contributors: R. A. Waterland; Michael Travisano; K. G. Tahiliani; M. T. Rached; S. Mirza
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Density-dependent effects on allelopathic interactions in yeast

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
2008-03 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00292.x
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PMID: 17983463
Contributors: Duncan Greig; Michael Travisano
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Diet-induced hypermethylation at agouti viable yellow is not inherited transgenerationally through the female

FASEB Journal
2007-10 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1096/fj.07-8229com
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PMID: 17551099
Contributors: Robert A. Waterland; Michael Travisano; Kajal G. Tahiliani
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Response to "Methyl donors change the germline epigenetic state of the Avy allele" [2]

FASEB Journal
2007-10 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1096/fj.071003
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Contributors: Robert A. Waterland; Michael Travisano; Kajal G. Tahiliani
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A negative relationship between mutation pleiotropy and fitness effect in yeast

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
2007-06 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00109.x
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PMID: 17542856
Contributors: Tim F. Cooper; Elizabeth A. Ostrowski; Michael Travisano
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