Host-parasite interactions

184. Hillesland, K. L., G. J. Velicer, and R. E. Lenski. 2009. Experimental evolution of a microbial predator’s ability to find prey. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 276:459–467. (Abstract)
176. Yoshida, T., S. P. Ellner, L. E. Jones, B. J. M. Bohannan, R. E. Lenski, and N. G. Hairston, Jr. 2007. Cryptic population dynamics: rapid evolution masks trophic interactions. PLoS Biology 5:1868-1879. (Article)
154. Cooper, T. F., R. E. Lenski, and S. F. Elena. 2005. Parasites and mutational load: an experimental test of a pluralistic theory for the evolution of sex. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 272:311-317. (Article)
135. Lenski, R. E. 2002. Resistance, cost of. Pp. 1008-1010 in M. Pagel, S. Frank, C. Godfray, B. K. Hall, K. Hawkes, D. M. Hillis, A. Kodric-Brown, R. E. Lenski, and A. Pomiankowski, eds. Encyclopedia of Evolution. Oxford University Press, New York. (Order)
133. Lenski, R. E. 2002. Basic reproductive rate (R₀). Pp. 93-94 in M. Pagel, S. Frank, C. Godfray, B. K. Hall, K. Hawkes, D. M. Hillis, A. Kodric-Brown, R. E. Lenski, and A. Pomiankowski, eds. Encyclopedia of Evolution. Oxford University Press, New York. (Order)
124. Lenski, R. E. 2001. Testing Antonovics' five tenets of ecological genetics: experiments with bacteria at the interface of ecology and genetics. Pp. 25-45 in M. C. Press, N. Huntly, and S. Levin, eds. Ecology: Achievement and Challenge. Blackwell Science, Oxford. (Acrobat file)
116. Bohannan, B. J. M., and R. E. Lenski. 2000. The relative importance of competition and predation varies with productivity in a model community. American Naturalist 156:329-340. (Abstract) (Acrobat file)
114. Bohannan, B. J. M., and R. E. Lenski. 2000. Linking genetic change to community evolution: insights from studies of bacteria and bacteriophage. Ecology Letters 3:362-377. (Acrobat file)
98. Bohannan, B. J. M., M. Travisano, and R. E. Lenski. 1999. Epistatic interactions can lower the cost of resistance to multiple consumers. Evolution 53:292-295. (Abstract) (Acrobat file)
97. Bohannan, B. J. M., and R. E. Lenski. 1999. Effect of prey heterogeneity on the response of a model food chain to resource enrichment. American Naturalist 153:73-82. (Abstract) (Acrobat file)
88. Turner, P. E., V. S. Cooper, and R. E. Lenski. 1998. Tradeoff between horizontal and vertical modes of transmission in bacterial plasmids. Evolution 52:455-469. (Abstract) (Acrobat file)
86. Taylor, D. R., A. M. Jarosz, R. E. Lenski, and D. W. Fulbright. 1998. The acquisition of hypovirulence in host-pathogen systems with three trophic levels. American Naturalist 151:343-355. (Abstract) (Acrobat file)
85. Bohannan, B. J. M., and R. E. Lenski. 1997. Effect of resource enrichment on a chemostat community of bacteria and bacteriophage. Ecology 78:2303-2315. (Abstract) (Acrobat file)
72. Bonhoeffer, S., R. E. Lenski, and D. Ebert. 1996. The curse of the pharaoh: the evolution of virulence in pathogens with long living propagules. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 263:715-721 (Acrobat file)
56. Lenski, R. E., and R. M. May. 1994. The evolution of virulence in parasites and pathogens: reconciliation between two competing hypotheses. Journal of Theoretical Biology 169:253-265. (Abstract)
54. Lenski, R. E., S. C. Simpson, and T. T. Nguyen. 1994. Genetic analysis of a plasmid-encoded, host genotype-specific enhancement of bacterial fitness. Journal of Bacteriology 176:3140-3147. (Abstract) (Acrobat file)
51. Moxon, E. R., P. B. Rainey, M. A. Nowak, and R. E. Lenski. 1994. Adaptive evolution of highly mutable loci in pathogenic bacteria. Current Biology 4:24-33. (Article)
23. Bouma, J. E., and R. E. Lenski. 1988. Evolution of a bacteria/plasmid association. Nature 335:351-352. (Abstract) (Acrobat file)
22. Lenski, R. E. 1988. Evolution of plague virulence (News and Views). Nature 334:473-474. (Acrobat file)
21. Lenski, R. E. 1988. Experimental studies of pleiotropy and epistasis in Escherichia coli. II. Compensation for maladaptive pleiotropic effects associated with resistance to virus T4. Evolution 42:433-440. (Acrobat file)
20. Lenski, R. E. 1988. Experimental studies of pleiotropy and epistasis in Escherichia coli. I. Variation in competitive fitness among mutants resistant to virus T4. Evolution 42:425-432. (Acrobat file)
18. Lenski, R. E. 1988. Dynamics of interactions between bacteria and virulent phage. Advances in Microbial Ecology 10:1-44. (Acrobat file)
17. Lenski, R. E., and J. E. Bouma. 1987. Effects of segregation and selection on instability of pACYC184 in Escherichia coli B. Journal of Bacteriology 169:5314-5316. (Abstract)
14. Lenski, R. E., and B. R. Levin. 1985. Constraints on the coevolution of bacteria and virulent phage: a model, some experiments, and predictions for natural communities. American Naturalist 125:585-602. (Acrobat file)
13. Levin, B. R., and R. E. Lenski. 1985. Bacteria and phage: a model system for the study of the ecology and coevolution of hosts and parasites. Pp. 227-242 in D. Rollinson and R. M. Anderson, editors. Ecology and Genetics of Host-Parasite Interactions. Academic Press, London.
9. Lenski, R. E. 1984. Coevolution of bacteria and phage: are there endless cycles of bacterial defenses and phage counterdefenses? Journal of Theoretical Biology 108:319-325. (Abstract)
8. Lenski, R. E. 1984. Two-step resistance by Escherichia coli B to bacteriophage T2. Genetics 107:1-7. (Abstract)
6. Levin, B. R., and R. E. Lenski. 1983. Coevolution in bacteria and their viruses and plasmids. Pp. 99-127 in D. J. Futuyma and M. Slatkin, editors. Coevolution. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Mass. (Acrobat file)