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Employment (2)

USDA Agricultural Research Service: Saint Paul, MN, US

2022 to present | Research Plant Pathologist
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Milton Drott

University of Wisconsin–Madison: MADISON, WI, US

2018 to 2022 | Postdoctoral Researcher
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Milton Drott

Education and qualifications (2)

Cornell University: Ithaca, New York, US

2012 to 2018 | Ph.D.
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Milton Drott

Franklin and Marshall College: PA, PA, US

2007 to 2011 | BA (Biology)
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Milton Drott

Works (16)

Why do plant pathogenic fungi produce mycotoxins? Potential roles for mycotoxins in the plant ecosystem.

Phytopathology®
2022-05-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0031-949X
Part of ISSN: 1943-7684
Source: Self-asserted source
Milton Drott

Bacterial hitchhikers derive benefits from fungal housing

Current Biology
2022-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0960-9822
Source: Self-asserted source
Milton Drott

Inadvertent Selection of a Pathogenic Fungus Highlights Areas of Concern in Human Clinical Practices

Journal of Fungi
2022-02-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2309-608X
Source: Self-asserted source
Milton Drott

Sex and self defense

eLife
2021-10-14 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2050-084X
Source: Self-asserted source
Milton Drott

Transcription Factor Repurposing Offers Insights into Evolution of Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Regulation

mBio
2021-08-31 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2150-7511
Source: Self-asserted source
Milton Drott

Microevolution in the pansecondary metabolome of <i>Aspergillus flavus</i> and its potential macroevolutionary implications for filamentous fungi

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2021-05-25 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0027-8424
Part of ISSN: 1091-6490
Source: Self-asserted source
Milton Drott

An interpreted atlas of biosynthetic gene clusters from 1,000 fungal genomes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2021-05-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0027-8424
Part of ISSN: 1091-6490
Source: Self-asserted source
Milton Drott

The Frequency of Sex: Population Genomics Reveals Differences in Recombination and Population Structure of the Aflatoxin-Producing Fungus Aspergillus flavus

mBio
2020-08-25 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2161-2129
Part of ISSN: 2150-7511
Source: Self-asserted source
Milton Drott

Diversity of Secondary Metabolism in Aspergillus nidulans Clinical Isolates

mSphere
2020-04-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2379-5042
Source: Self-asserted source
Milton Drott

Functional Characterization of Clinical Isolates of the Opportunistic Fungal Pathogen Aspergillus nidulans

mSphere
2020-04-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2379-5042
Source: Self-asserted source
Milton Drott

Population Subdivision and the Frequency of Aflatoxigenic Isolates in Aspergillus flavus in the United States

Phytopathology
2019-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0031-949X
Part of ISSN: 1943-7684
Source: Self-asserted source
Milton Drott

Fitness Cost of Aflatoxin Production inAspergillus flavusWhen Competing with Soil Microbes Could Maintain Balancing Selection

mBio
2019-02-19 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2150-7511
Source: Self-asserted source
Milton Drott

Balancing selection at nonself recognition loci in the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, demonstrated by trans-species polymorphisms, positive selection, and even allele frequencies

Heredity
2018-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0018-067X
Part of ISSN: 1365-2540
Source: Self-asserted source
Milton Drott

Balancing selection for aflatoxin in Aspergillus flavus is maintained through interference competition with, and fungivory by insects

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2017-12-20 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0962-8452
Part of ISSN: 1471-2954
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Milton Drott

Patterns, causes and consequences of defensive microbiome dynamics across multiple scales

Molecular Ecology
2015-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0962-1083
Source: Self-asserted source
Milton Drott

Recombination between Clonal Lineages of the Asexual Fungus Verticillium dahliae Detected by Genotyping by Sequencing

PLoS ONE
2014-09-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
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Milton Drott

Peer review (4 reviews for 4 publications/grants)

Review activity for IMA fungus. (1)
Review activity for ISME communications. (1)
Review activity for Nature ecology & evolution. (1)
Review activity for Nature genetics. (1)