Joanna Masel

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University of Arizona

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Joanna Masel is a Professor at the University of Arizona, USA. Her research areas include evolutionary biology, genetics, and the dynamics of protein domains in vertebrates. Recent articles authored by Dr. Masel address significant topics such as the evolutionary implications of amino acid substitution and strategies for enhancing pandemic response through improved testing methodologies.

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Does an evolutionary ratchet of complexity rescue us from mutation load?

Open Date: 2020-12-01

Close Date: 2023-11-01

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A long-term arrow of protein evolutionary time

Open Date: 2017-08-01

Close Date: 2020-07-01

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Ecological effects of clonal interference in a changing environment

Open Date: 2014-08-01

Close Date: 2018-07-31

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THE CONVERSION OF NONCODING SEQUENCES INTO PROTEINS

Open Date: 2013-08-19

Close Date: 2019-03-31

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Evolvability, preadaptation, and the evolution of something from nothing

Open Date: 2013-08-01

Close Date: 2016-08-01

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Bui Quang Minh

Senior Lecturer

Australian National University

AUSTRALIA

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Jason Bertram

University of Western Ontario

CANADA

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James Hay

University of Oxford

UNITED KINGDOM

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Robert Lanfear

Australian National University

AUSTRALIA

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Wolfgang Ebbers

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Erasmus University Rotterdam

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Thomas Bataillon

Aarhus University

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Yannick Wurm

Professor in Evolutionary Genomics & Bioinformatics

Queen Mary University of London

UNITED KINGDOM

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Enhanced testing can substantially improve defense against several types of respiratory virus pandemic

Substitution load revisited: a high proportion of deaths can be selective

The protein domains of vertebrate species in which selection is more effective have greater intrinsic structural disorder

The protein domains of vertebrate species in which selection is more effective have greater intrinsic structural disorder

Background Selection From Unlinked Sites Causes Nonindependent Evolution of Deleterious Mutations

Order of amino acid recruitment into the genetic code resolved by last universal common ancestor’s protein domains

Differential Retention of Pfam Domains Contributes to Long-term Evolutionary Trends

Combatting SARS-CoV-2 With Digital Contact Tracing and Notification: Navigating Six Points of Failure

nQMaker: Estimating Time Nonreversible Amino Acid Substitution Models

Genetics of adaptation and fitness landscapes: From toy models to testable quantitative predictions

Random Peptides Rich in Small and Disorder-Promoting Amino Acids Are Less Likely to Be Harmful

Differences in evolutionary accessibility determine which equally effective regulatory motif evolves to generate pulses

The economic value of quarantine is higher at lower case prevalence, with quarantine justified at lower risk of infection

Universal and taxon-specific trends in protein sequences as a function of age

Mutation bias can shape adaptation in large asexual populations experiencing clonal interference

Only a Single Taxonomically Restricted Gene Family in the Drosophila melanogaster Subgroup Can Be Identified with High Confidence

Evolution Rapidly Optimizes Stability and Aggregation in Lattice Proteins Despite Pervasive Landscape Valleys and Mazes

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Bui Quang Minh

Jason Bertram

James Hay

Robert Lanfear

Wolfgang Ebbers

Thomas Bataillon

Yannick Wurm

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