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Trainees+; Co-first authorships#; Corresponding authors†
Research articles in refereed journals since 2015
2024
Kaur, R.†, McGarry, A., Shropshire, J. D., Lehigh, B., Bordenstein, S. R.† (2024) Phage proteins modulate eukaryotic long non-coding RNA and DNA to spread a bacterial symbiont. Science, 383(6687), 1111-1117. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adk9469
Shropshire, J. D.†, Conner, W., Vanderpool, D., Hoffmann, A. A., Turelli, M., Cooper, B. S.† (2024) Rapid turnover of pathogen-blocking Wolbachia and their incompatibility loci. BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.04.569981.
2022
Shropshire, J. D.†, Hamant, E.+, Conner, W. R., & Cooper, B. S.† (2022). cifB-transcript levels largely explain cytoplasmic incompatibility variation across divergent Wolbachia. PNAS Nexus, 1(3), pgac099. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac099
Hague, M. T. J.†, Shropshire, J. D., Caldwell, C. N., Statz, J. P., Stanek, K. A., Conner, W. R., & Cooper, B. S.† (2022). Temperature effects on cellular host-microbe interactions explain continent-wide endosymbiont prevalence. Current Biology, 32(4), 878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.11.065
2021
Shropshire, J. D.†, Rosenberg, R.+, & Bordenstein, S. R.† (2021). The impacts of cytoplasmic incompatibility factor (cifA and cifB) genetic variation on phenotypes. Genetics, 217(1), iyaa007. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyaa007
Shropshire, J. D.†, Hamant, E.+, & Cooper, B. S.† (2021). Male age and Wolbachia dynamics: Investigating how fast and why bacterial densities and cytoplasmic incompatibility strengths vary. mBio, 12(6), e02998-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02998-21
2020
Shropshire, J. D.†, Kalra, M.+, & Bordenstein, S. R.† (2020). Evolution-guided mutagenesis of the cytoplasmic incompatibility proteins: Identifying CifA’s complex functional repertoire and new essential regions in CifB. PLOS Pathogens, 16(8), e1008794. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008794
Pugazenthi, S.+, White, P.+, Basu, A.+, Chandrashekar, A.+, & Shropshire, J. D.† (2020). Survey of Wolbachia frequency in Nashville, Tennessee reveals novel infections. American Journal of Undergraduate Research, 17(1), 21–29. https://doi.org/10.33697/ajur.2020.013
2019
Shropshire, J. D.†, & Bordenstein, S. R.† (2019). Two-By-One model of cytoplasmic incompatibility: Synthetic recapitulation by transgenic expression of cifA and cifB in Drosophila. PLOS Genetics, 15(6), e1008221. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008221
Layton, E. M.+, On, J.+, Perlmutter, J. I., Bordenstein, S. R.†, & Shropshire, J. D.† (2019). Paternal grandmother age affects the strength of Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila melanogaster. mBio, 10(6), e01879-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01879-19
2018
Shropshire, J. D.†, On, J.+, Layton, E. M.+, Zhou, H.+, & Bordenstein, S. R.† (2018). One prophage WO gene rescues cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(19), 4987–4991. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1800650115
2017
LePage, D. P.#†, Metcalf, J. A.#†, Bordenstein, S. R., On, J., Perlmutter, J. I., Shropshire, J. D., Layton, E. M.+, Funkhouser-Jones, L. J., Beckmann, J. F., & Bordenstein, S. R.† (2017). Prophage WO genes recapitulate and enhance Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility. Nature, 543(7644), 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature21391
2016
Shropshire, J. D.#, van Opstal, E. J.#, & Bordenstein, S. R.† (2016). An optimized approach to germ-free rearing in the jewel wasp Nasonia. PeerJ, 4, e2316. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2316
2015
Shropshire, J. D., Moore, D., Seier, E., & Joplin, K. H.† (2015). Male aggression, limited female choice and the ontogeny of mating behaviour in the flesh fly Sarcophaga crassipalpis. Physiological Entomology, 40(4), 325–335. https://doi.org/10.1111/phen.12118
Reviews and perspectives in refereed journals since 2015
2021
Kaur, R.†, Shropshire, J. D., Cross, K. L., Leigh, B., Mansueto, A. J., Stewart, V., Bordenstein, S. R., & Bordenstein, S. R.† (2021). Living in the endosymbiotic world of Wolbachia: A centennial review. Cell Host & Microbe, 29(6), 879–893. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2021.03.006
2020
Shropshire, J. D.†, Leigh, B., & Bordenstein, S. R.† (2020). Symbiont-mediated cytoplasmic incompatibility: What have we learned in 50 years? eLife, 9, e61989. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.61989
2019
Shropshire, J. D.†, Leigh, B., Bordenstein, S. R., Duplouy, A., Riegler, M., Brownlie, J. C., & Bordenstein, S. R.† (2019). Models and nomenclature for cytoplasmic incompatibility: Caution over premature conclusions - a response to Beckmann et al. Trends in Genetics, 35(6), 397–399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2019.03.004
2017
Shropshire, J. D., & Rokas, A.† (2017). Heredity: The gene family that cheats Mendel. eLife, 6, e28567. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.28567
2016
Shropshire, J. D., & Bordenstein, S. R.† (2016). Speciation by symbiosis: The microbiome and behavior. mBio, 7(2), e01785-15. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01785-15
Dittmer, J., van Opstal, E. J., Shropshire, J. D., Bordenstein, S. R., Hurst, G. D. D., & Brucker, R. M.† (2016). Disentangling a holobiont—Recent advances and perspectives in Nasonia wasps. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, 1478. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01478