Here are some publications from the Velicer Lab:
30. Yu, Y.-T. N., X. Yuan and G. J. Velicer. 2010. Adaptive evolution of an sRNA that controls Myxococcus development. Science, in press.
29. Kraemer, S. A., M. A. Toups and G. J. Velicer. 2010. Natural variation in developmental life-history traits of the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. FEMS Microbiol Ecol, in press.
28. Vos, M. and G. J. Velicer. 2009. Social conflict in centimeter- and global-scale populations of the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. Current Biology, 19:1763-1767.
27. Velicer, G.J. and H. Mendes-Soares, Bacterial predators. Curr Biol, 2009. 19(2): p. R55-6.
26. Hillesland, K.L., G.J. Velicer, and R.E. Lenski, Experimental evolution of a microbial predator's ability to find prey. Proc Biol Sci, 2009. 276(1656): p. 459-67.
25. Vos, M. and G.J. Velicer, Isolation by distance in the spore-forming soil bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. Curr Biol, 2008. 18(5): p. 386-91.
24. Vos, M. and G.J. Velicer, Natural variation of gliding motility in a centimetre-scale population of Myxococcus xanthus. FEMS Microbiol Ecol, 2008. 64(3): p. 343-50.
23. Krug, D., et al., Discovering the hidden secondary metabolome of Myxococcus xanthus: a study of intraspecific diversity. Appl Environ Microbiol, 2008. 74(10): p. 3058-68.
22. Kadam, S.V., et al., Novel transcriptome patterns accompany evolutionary restoration of defective social development in the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. Mol Biol Evol, 2008. 25(7): p. 1274-81.
21. Schneiker, S., et al., Complete genome sequence of the myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum. Nat Biotechnol, 2007. 25(11): p. 1281-9.
20. Hillesland, K.L., R.E. Lenski, and G.J. Velicer, Ecological variables affecting predatory success in Myxococcus xanthus. Microbial Ecology, 2007. 53(4): p. 571-578.
19. Vos, M. and G.J. Velicer, Genetic population structure of the soil bacterium Myxococcus xanthus at the centimeter scale. Appl Environ Microbiol, 2006. 72(5): p. 3615-25.
18. Velicer, G.J., et al., Comprehensive mutation identification in an evolved bacterial cooperator and its cheating ancestor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2006. 103(21): p. 8107-12.
17. Kadam, S.V. and G.J. Velicer, Variable patterns of density-dependent survival in social bacteria. Behavioral Ecology, 2006. 17(5): p. 833-838.
16. Fiegna, F., et al., Evolution of an obligate social cheater to a superior cooperator. Nature, 2006. 441(7091): p. 310-4.
15. Velicer, G.J., Evolution of cooperation: does selfishness restraint lie within? Curr Biol, 2005. 15(5): p. R173-5.
14. Velicer, G.J., Evolution of cooperation: the benefits of ridesharing. Heredity, 2005. 95(2): p. 116-7.
13. Hillesland, K.L. and G.J. Velicer, Resource level affects relative performance of the two motility systems of Myxococcus xanthus. Microb Ecol, 2005. 49(4): p. 558-66.
12. Fiegna, F. and G.J. Velicer, Exploitative and hierarchical antagonism in a cooperative bacterium. PLoS Biol, 2005. 3(11): p. e370.
11. Travisano, M. and G.J. Velicer, Strategies of microbial cheater control. Trends in Microbiology, 2004. 12(2): p. 72-78.
10. Velicer, G.J. and Y.T.N. Yu, Evolution of novel cooperative swarming in the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. Nature, 2003. 425(6953): p. 75-78.
9. Velicer, G.J., Social strife in the microbial world. Trends in Microbiology, 2003. 11(7): p. 330-337.
8. Fiegna, F. and G.J. Velicer, Competitive fates of bacterial social parasites: persistence and self-induced extinction of Myxococcus xanthus cheaters. Proc Biol Sci, 2003. 270(1523): p. 1527-34.
7. Velicer, G.J. and K.L. Stredwick, Experimental social evolution with Myxococcus xanthus. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 2002. 81(1-4): p. 155-64.
6. Velicer, G.J., R.E. Lenski, and L. Kroos, Rescue of social motility lost during evolution of Myxococcus xanthus in an asocial environment. J Bacteriol, 2002. 184(10): p. 2719-27.
5. Hao, T., et al., Identification of the Omega4514 regulatory region, a developmental promoter of Myxococcus xanthus that is transcribed in vitro by the major vegetative RNA polymerase. J Bacteriol, 2002. 184(12): p. 3348-59.
4. Velicer, G.J., L. Kroos, and R.E. Lenski, Developmental cheating in the social bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. Nature, 2000. 404(6778): p. 598-601.
3. Velicer, G.J., T.M. Schmidt, and R.E. Lenski, Application of Traditional and Phylogenetically Based Comparative Methods to Test for a Trade-off in Bacterial Growth Rate at Low versus High Substrate Concentration. Microb Ecol, 1999. 38(3): p. 191-200.
2. Velicer, G.J., Pleiotropic effects of adaptation to a single carbon source for growth on alternative substrates. Appl Environ Microbiol, 1999. 65(1): p. 264-9.
1. Velicer, G.J., L. Kroos, and R.E. Lenski, Loss of social behaviors by myxococcus xanthus during evolution in an unstructured habitat. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 1998. 95(21): p. 12376-80.