Publications

Graham AM, Jamison JM, Bustos M, Cournoyer C, Michaels A, Presnell JS, Richter R, Crocker DE, Fustukjian A, Hunter ME, Rea LD, Marsillach J, Furlong CE, Meyer WK*, and Clark NL*.  Reduction of Paraoxonase Expression Followed by Inactivation across Independent Semiaquatic Mammals Suggests Stepwise Path to Pseudogenization. Mol Biol Evol. 2023 May 2;40(5). *contributed equally

Christmas MJ*, Kaplow IM*, Genereux DP, Dong MX, Hughes GM, Li X, Sullivan PF, Hindle AG, Andrews G, Armstrong JC, Bianchi M, Breit AM, Diekhans M, Fanter C, Foley NM, Goodman DB, Goodman L, Keough KC, Kirilenko B, Kowalczyk A, Lawless C, Lind AL, Meadows JRS, Moreira LR, Redlich RW, Ryan L, Swofford R, Valenzuela A, Wagner F, Wallerman O, Brown AR, Damas J, Fan K, Gatesy J, Grimshaw J, Johnson J, Kozyrev S V., Lawler AJ, Marinescu VD, Morrill KM, Osmanski A, Paulat NS, Phan BN, Reilly SK, Schäffer DE, Steiner C, Supple MA, Wilder AP, Wirthlin ME, Xue JR, Zoonomia Consortium, Birren BW, Gazal S, Hubley RM, Koepfli KP, Marques-Bonet T, Meyer WK, Nweeia M, Sabeti PC, Shapiro B, Smit AFA, Springer MS, Teeling EC, Weng Z, Hiller M, Levesque DL, Lewin HA, Murphy WJ, Navarro A, Paten B, Pollard KS, Ray DA, Ruf I, Ryder OA, Pfenning AR, Lindblad-Toh K, and Karlsson EK. Evolutionary constraint and innovation across hundreds of placental mammals. Science. 2023 Apr 28;380(6643). *contributed equally

Kaplow IM, Lawler AJ, Schäffer DE, Srinivasan C, Sestili HH, Wirthlin ME, Phan BN, Prasad K, Brown AR, Zhang X, Foley K, Genereux DP, Karlsson EK, Lindblad-Toh K, Meyer WK, Pfenning AR. Relating enhancer genetic variation across mammals to complex phenotypes using machine learning. Science. 2023 Apr 28;380(6643). 

Wilder AP*, Supple MA*, Subramanian A, Mudide A, Swofford R, Serres-Armero A, Steiner C, Koepfli KP, Genereux DP, Karlsson EK, Lindblad-Toh K, Marques-Bonet T, Munoz Fuentes V, Foley K, Meyer WK, Zoonomia Consortium, Ryder OA, and Shapiro B. The contribution of historical processes to contemporary extinction risk in placental mammals. Science. 2023 Apr 28;380(6643):eabn5856. *contributed equally

Martí-Carreras J, Gener AR, Miller SD, Brito AF, Camacho CE, Connor R, Deboutte W, Glickman C, Kristensen DM, Meyer WK et al. NCBI’s Virus Discovery Codeathon: Building “FIVE” —The Federated Index of Viral Experiments API Index. Viruses. 2020; 12:1424.

Kowalczyk A*, Meyer WK*, Partha R*, Mao W, Clark NL, Chikina M. RERconverge: An R package for associating evolutionary rates with convergent traits. Bioinformatics. 2019;35:4815–7. *contributed equally

Meyer WK, Jamison J, Richter R, Woods SE, Kronk C, Partha R, Chikina M, Bonde RK, Crocker DE, Gaspard J, Lanyon JM, Marsillach J, Furlong CE, and Clark NL. Ancient convergent losses of Paraoxonase 1 yield potential risks for modern marine mammals. Science. 2018 Aug; 361, 591-594.

Meyer WK*, Venkat A*, Kermany A, van de Geijn B, Zhang S, and Przeworski M. Evolutionary history inferred from the de novo assembly of a non-model organism, the blue-eyed black lemur. Molecular Ecology. 2015 Aug;24(17):4392-4405. *contributed equally

Meyer WK*, Zhang S*, Hayakawa S, Imai H, and Przeworski M. The convergent evolution of blue iris pigmentation in primates took distinct molecular paths. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2013 Jul;151(3):398-407. *contributed equally

Leffler, EM, Bullaughey K*, Matute DR*, Meyer WK*, Segurel L*, Venkat A*, Andolfatto P, and Przeworski M. Revisiting an Old Riddle: What Determines Genetic Diversity Levels within Species? PLoS Biol. 2012 Sep;10(9):e1001388. *contributed equally

Perry GH, Xue Y, Smith RS, Meyer WK, Caliskan M, Yanez-Cuna O, Lee AS, Gutierrez-Arcelus M, Ober C, Hollox EJ, Tyler-Smith C, and Lee C. Evolutionary genetics of the human Rh blood group system. Hum Genet. 2012 Jul;131(7):1205-16.

Meyer WK, Arbeithuber B, Ober C, Ebner T, Tiemann-Boege I, Hudson RR, and Przeworski M. Evaluating the evidence for transmission distortion in human pedigrees. Genetics. 2012 May;191(1):215-32.