2025
Lee, D.#, Shahandeh, MP., Abuin, L., and Benton, R.# (2025). Comparative single-cell transcriptomic atlases of drosophilid brains suggest glial evolution during ecological adaptation. PLoS Biology 23(4):e3003120. # co-corresponding author
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003120
Mermet, J., Cruchet, S., Borbora, A-S., Lee, D., Chai, P-C., Jang, A., Menuz, K. and Benton, R. (2025) Multilayer regulation underlies the functional precision and evolutionary potential of the olfactory system. Nature Communications 16(1):9514.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-64514-8
Sohn, J., Kwon, S., Lee, G-Y., Kim, SS., Lee, Y., Lee, J., Jung, Y., Ham, S., Park, H-EH,. Park, S. Ha, SG., Lee, D., Lee, S-JV. (2025) HLH-30/TFEB mediates sexual dimorphism in immunity in Caenorhabditis elegans. Autophagy 21(2):283-297.
2024
Lee, D.*, Lee, BY.*, Choi, MK.*, Kim, N., and Lee, J. (2024). Role of gustatory neurons opposing TGF-beta in regulating nictation behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Bioscience 49:95. * co-first author
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-024-00474-3
Yang, H., Lee, D., Kim, H., Cook, DE., Paik, YK., Andersen, EC. Lee, J. (2024) Glial expression of a steroidogenic enzyme underlies natural variation in hitchhiking behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121(28):e2320796121
2023
Lee, D., Fox, BW., Palomino, DCF., Panda, O., Tenjo, FJ., Koury, E., Evans, KS., Stevens, L., Rodrigues, PR., Kolodziej, AR., Schroeder, FC. and Andersen, EC. (2023). Natural genetic variation in the pheromone production of C. elegans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120(26):e2221150120.
Lim, DS., Kim, J., Kim, W., Kim, N., Lee, S., Lee, D., Lee, J. (2023) daf-42 is an evolutionarily young gene essential for dauer development in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 224(4):iyad097.
2022
Zhang, G., Roberto, NM., Lee, D., Hahnel, S., Andersen, EC. (2022) The impact of species-wide gene expression variation on Caenorhabditis elegans complex traits. Nature Communications. 13(1):1-13
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31208-4
Crombie, TA., Battlay, P., Tanny RE., Evans, KS., Buchanan, CM., Cook, DE., Dilks, CM., Stinson, LA., Zdraljevic, SZ., Zhang, G., Roberto, NM., Lee, D., Ailion, M., Hodgins, KA., Andersen, EC. (2022) Local adaptation and spatiotemporal patterns of genetic diversity revealed by repeated sampling of Caenorhabditis elegans across the Hawaiian Islands. Molecular Ecology. 31(8):2327-2347
DOI: 10.1111/mec.16400
2021
Lee, D.*, Zdraljevic, S.*, Stevens, L.*, Wang, Y., Tanny, RE., Crombie, TA., Cook, DE., Webster, AK., Chirakar, R., Baugh, LR., Sterken, MG., Braendle, C., Félix, M-A., Rockman, MV. and Andersen, EC. (2021). Balancing selection maintains hyper-divergent haplotypes in C. elegans. Nature Ecology & Evolution 5(6):794-807. * co-first author
2020
Cho, B., Yoon, S-H., Lee, D., Koranteng, F., Tattikota, SG., Cha, N., Shin, M., Do, H., Hu, Y., Oh, SY., Lee, D., Menon, AV., Moon, SJ., Perrimon, N., Nam, J-W. and Shim, J. (2020) Single-cell transcriptome maps of myeloid blood cell lineages in Drosophila. Nature Communications. 11(1):4483.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18135-y
Zhao, Y., Long, L., Wan, J., Biliya, S., Brady, SC., Lee, D., Ojemakinde, A., Andersen, EC., Vannberg, FO., Lu, H. and McGrath PT. (2020). A spontaneous complex structural variant in rcan-1 increases exploratory behavior and laboratory fitness of Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS Genet 24;16(2):e1008606.
2019
Crombie, TA., Zdraljevic, S., Cook, DE., Tanny, RE., Brady, SC., Wang, Y., Evans, KS., Hahnel, S., Lee, D., Rodriguez, BC., Zhang, G., Zwaag, JVD., Kiontke, KC., and Andersen, EC. (2019). Deep sampling of Hawaiian Caenorhabditis elegans reveals high genetic diversity and admixture with global populations. eLife 8:e50465.
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.50465
Lee, D., Zdraljevic, S., Cook, DE., Frézal, L., Hsu, J-C., Sterken, MG., Riksen, JAG., Wang, J., Kammenga, JE., Braendle, C., Félix, M-A., Schroeder, FC. and Andersen, EC. (2019). Selection and gene flow shape niche-associated variation in pheromone response. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3(10): 1455–1463.
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-0982-3
Brady, SC., Zdraljevic, S., Bisaga, KW., Tanny, RE., Cook, DE., Lee, D., Wang, Y. and Andersen, EC. (2019). A Novel Gene Underlies Bleomycin-Response Variation in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 212(4): 1453-1468
2018
Zamanian, M., Cook, DE., Zdraljevic, S., Brady, SC., Lee, D., Lee, J. and Andersen EC. (2018). Discovery of genomic intervals that underlie nematode responses to benzimidazoles. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 12(3):e0006368.
DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006368
Richaud, A., Zhang, G., Lee, D., Lee, J. and Félix, M-A. (2018). The Local Coexistence Pattern of Selfing Genotypes in Caenorhabditis elegans Natural Metapopulations. Genetics 208(2): 807-821.
2017
Kim, J., Lee, D., and Lee, J. (2017). A quantitative trait locus for nictation behavior on chromosome V. microPublication Biology. 10.17912/W23D39.
DOI: 10.17912/W23D39
Lee, D., Yang, H., Kim, J., Brady, S., Zdraljevic, S., Zamanian, M., Kim, H., Paik, YK., Kruglyak, L., Andersen, EC. and Lee, J. (2017). The genetic basis of natural variation in a phoretic behavior. Nature Communications 8(1): 273(1-7).
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00386-x
Lee, D.*, Lee, H.*, Kim, N.*, Lim, DS. and Lee, J. (2017). Regulation of a hitchhiking behavior by neuronal insulin and TGF-β signaling in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 484(2): 323-330. * co-first author
2015
Lee, D., Lee, H., Choi, M., Park, S. and Lee, J. (2015). Nictation Assays for Caenorhabditis and Other Nematodes. Bio-protocol 5(7): e1433.
2011
Lee, H., Choi, M., Lee, D., Kim, H., Hwang, H., Kim, H., Park, S., Paik, Y. and Lee, J. (2011). Nictation, a dispersal behavior of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, is regulated by IL2 neurons. Nature Neuroscience 15(1), 107-112.
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2975