Genetics of a de novo origin of undifferentiated multicellularity

by Matthew D. Herron, William C. Ratcliff, Jacob Boswell, Frank Rosenzweig
Published 2018-01-01

Trait heritability in major transitions

by Matthew D. Herron, Seyed A. Zamani-Dahaj, William C. Ratcliff
Published 2018-12-01

When stress predicts a shrinking gene pool, trading early reproduction for longevity can increase fitness, even with lower fecundity.

by William C Ratcliff, Peter Hawthorne, Michael Travisano, R Ford Denison
Published 2009-06-01

Horizontal Gene Transfer of Functional Type VI Killing Genes by Natural Transformation

by Jacob Thomas, Samit S. Watve, William C. Ratcliff, Brian K. Hammer, Bonnie Bassler
Published 2017-07-01

The Consequences of Budding Versus Binary Fission on Adaptation and Aging in Primitive Multicellularity

by Hanna Isaksson, Peter L. Conlin, Ben Kerr, William C. Ratcliff, Eric Libby
Published 2021-04-01

Oxygen suppression of macroscopic multicellularity

by G. Ozan Bozdag, Eric Libby, Rozenn Pineau, Christopher T. Reinhard, William C. Ratcliff
Published 2021-05-01

Topological constraints in early multicellularity favor reproductive division of labor

by David Yanni, Shane Jacobeen, Pedro Márquez-Zacarías, Joshua S Weitz, William C Ratcliff, Peter J Yunker
Published 2020-09-01

Division of Labor, Bet Hedging, and the Evolution of Mixed Biofilm Investment Strategies

by Nick Vallespir Lowery, Luke McNally, William C. Ratcliff, Sam P. Brown, Matthew R. Parsek
Published 2017-08-01

Killing by Type VI secretion drives genetic phase separation and correlates with increased cooperation

by Luke McNally, Eryn Bernardy, Jacob Thomas, Arben Kalziqi, Jennifer Pentz, Sam P. Brown, Brian K. Hammer, Peter J. Yunker, William C. Ratcliff
Published 2017-02-01