Experimental evolution of multicellularity WC Ratcliff, RF Denison, M Borrello, M Travisano Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (5), 1595-1600, 2012 | 574 | 2012 |
An oscillating tragedy of the commons in replicator dynamics with game-environment feedback JS Weitz, C Eksin, K Paarporn, SP Brown, WC Ratcliff Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (47), E7518-E7525, 2016 | 224 | 2016 |
Experimental evolution of an alternating uni-and multicellular life cycle in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii WC Ratcliff, MD Herron, K Howell, JT Pentz, F Rosenzweig, M Travisano Nature communications 4, 2742, 2013 | 201 | 2013 |
Origins of multicellular evolvability in snowflake yeast WC Ratcliff, JD Fankhauser, DW Rogers, D Greig, M Travisano Nature communications 6 (1), 6102, 2015 | 168 | 2015 |
De novo origins of multicellularity in response to predation MD Herron, JM Borin, JC Boswell, J Walker, ICK Chen, CA Knox, M Boyd, ... Scientific reports 9 (1), 2328, 2019 | 159 | 2019 |
Killing by Type VI secretion drives genetic phase separation and correlates with increased cooperation L McNally, E Bernardy, J Thomas, A Kalziqi, J Pentz, SP Brown, ... Nature communications 8 (1), 14371, 2017 | 159 | 2017 |
Poly‐3‐hydroxybutyrate (PHB) supports survival and reproduction in starving rhizobia WC Ratcliff, SV Kadam, RF Denison FEMS microbiology ecology 65 (3), 391-399, 2008 | 156 | 2008 |
Individual-level bet hedging in the bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti WC Ratcliff, RF Denison Current Biology 20 (19), 1740-1744, 2010 | 90 | 2010 |
Horizontal gene transfer of functional type VI killing genes by natural transformation J Thomas, SS Watve, WC Ratcliff, BK Hammer MBio 8 (4), 10.1128/mbio. 00654-17, 2017 | 74 | 2017 |
Ratcheting the evolution of multicellularity E Libby, WC Ratcliff Science 346 (6208), 426-427, 2014 | 73 | 2014 |
Drivers of spatial structure in social microbial communities D Yanni, P Márquez-Zacarías, PJ Yunker, WC Ratcliff Current biology 29 (11), R545-R550, 2019 | 70 | 2019 |
Alternative actions for antibiotics WC Ratcliff, RF Denison Science 332 (6029), 547-548, 2011 | 62 | 2011 |
Cellular packing, mechanical stress and the evolution of multicellularity S Jacobeen, JT Pentz, EC Graba, CG Brandys, WC Ratcliff, PJ Yunker Nature physics 14 (3), 286-290, 2018 | 54 | 2018 |
TEMPO AND MODE OF MULTICELLULAR ADAPTATION IN EXPERIMENTALLY EVOLVED SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE WC Ratcliff, JT Pentz, M Travisano Evolution 67 (6), 1573-1581, 2013 | 54 | 2013 |
Geometry Shapes Evolution of Early Multicellularity E Libby, W Ratcliff, M Travisano, B Kerr PLoS Computational Biology 10 (9:e1003803), 1-12, 2014 | 52 | 2014 |
Nascent life cycles and the emergence of higher-level individuality WC Ratcliff, M Herron, PL Conlin, E Libby Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 372 …, 2017 | 50 | 2017 |
De novo evolution of macroscopic multicellularity GO Bozdag, SA Zamani-Dahaj, TC Day, PC Kahn, AJ Burnetti, DT Lac, ... Nature 617 (7962), 747-754, 2023 | 49 | 2023 |
Single-strain inoculation may create spurious correlations between legume fitness and rhizobial fitness ET Kiers, WC Ratcliff, RF Denison New Phytologist 198 (1), 4-6, 2013 | 49 | 2013 |
Stabilizing multicellularity through ratcheting E Libby, PL Conlin, B Kerr, WC Ratcliff Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 371 …, 2016 | 48 | 2016 |
Oxygen suppression of macroscopic multicellularity GO Bozdag, E Libby, R Pineau, CT Reinhard, WC Ratcliff Nature communications 12 (1), 2838, 2021 | 47 | 2021 |