PUBLICATIONS

DUBIE JJ, KATJU V*, BERGTHORSSON U*. 2024. Dissecting the sequential evolution of a selfish mitochondrial genome in Caenorhabditis elegans. In revision.
*joint corresponding authors

SEQUEIRA AN, O’KEEFE IP, KATJU V*, BERGTHORSSON U*. 2024. Friend turned foe: selfish behavior of a spontaneously arising mitochondrial deletion in an experimentally evolved Caenorhabditis elegans population. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics 14(4):jkae018. https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkae018
*joint corresponding authors

ESTES S, DIETZ ZP, KATJU V, BERGTHORSSON U. 2023. Evolutionary codependency: insights into the mitonuclear interaction landscape from experimental and wild Caenorhabditis nematodes. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development, 81:102081. DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2023.102081.
Invited review article.

DAIGLE AT, DEISS TC, MELDE RH, BERGTHORSSON U, KATJU V. 2022. Bergerac strains of C. elegans revisited: expansion of Tc1 elements imposes a significant genomic and fitness cost. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, Aug 17; jkac214. DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkac214

BEVER BW, DIETZ ZP, SULLINS JA, MONTOYA AM, BERGTHORSSON U, KATJU V, ESTES S. 2022. Mitonuclear mismatch is associated with increased male frequency, outcrossing, and male sperm size in experimentally-evolved C. elegans. Frontiers in Genetics special issue titled “Energy-producing Organelles and the Nucleus: A Phenomenal Genomic Friendship.” Frontiers in Genetics 13:742272. DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.742272
Invited research article.

KATJU V*, KONRAD A, DEISS TC, BERGTHORSSON U*. 2022. Mutation rate and spectrum in obligately outcrossing Caenorhabditis elegans mutation accumulation lines subjected to RNAi-induced knockdown of the mismatch repair gene msh-2. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 12(1):jkab364, DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab364. Published: 21 October 2021
*joint corresponding authors

DEISS TC, KONRAD A, BERGTHORSSON U*, KATJU V*. 2021. Global gene expression divergence in spontaneous mutation accumulation lines of Caenorhabditis elegans under varying efficiency of selection. In revision.
Available as preprint in bioRxiv 2021.05.03.442498. DOI:10.1101/2021.05.03.442498
*joint corresponding authors

BERGTHORSSON U, SHEEBA CJ, KONRAD A, BELICARD T, BELTRAN T, KATJU V*, SARKIES P*. 2020. Long-term experimental evolution reveals purifying selection on piRNA-mediated control of transposable element expression. BMC Biology 18(1): 162. DOI:10.1186/s12915-020-00897-y
*joint corresponding authors

BELTRAN T, SHAHREZAEI V, KATJU V, SARKIES P. 2020. Epimutations driven by small RNAs arise frequently but have limited duration in a metazoan organism. Nature Ecology and Evolution 4(11): 1539-1548. DOI:10.1038/s41559-020-01293-z
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DUBIE JJ, CARAWAY A, STOUT MM, KATJU V*, BERGTHORSSON U*. 2020. The conflict within: proliferation and persistence of a spontaneously arising selfish mitochondrial genome. Special issue titled “Linking the Mitochondrial Genotype to Phenotype: A Complex Endeavour.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences 375(1970): 20190174. DOI:10.1098/rstb.2019.0174
*joint corresponding authors
Invited research article.

KONRAD A, BRADY MJ, BERGTHORSSON, KATJU V. 2019. Mutational landscape of spontaneous base substitutions and small indels in experimental Caenorhabditis elegans populations of differing size. Genetics 212: 837-854. DOI:10.1534/genetics.119.302054

KATJU V, BERGTHORSSON U. 2019. Old trade, new tricks: insights into the spontaneous mutation process from the partnering of classic mutation accumulation experiments with high-throughput genomic approaches. Genome Biology and Evolution 11: 136-1651. DOI:10.1093/gbe/evy252
Invited review.

KONRAD A, FLIBOTTE S, TAYLOR J, WATERSTON RH, MOERMAN DG, BERGTHORSSON U, KATJU V. 2018. Mutational and transcriptional landscape of spontaneous gene duplications and deletions in Caenorhabditis elegans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 115: 7386-7391. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1801930115
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KATJU V, PACKARD LB, KEIGHTLEY PD. 2018. Fitness decline under osmotic stress in Caenorhabditis elegans populations subjected to spontaneous mutation accumulation at varying population sizes. Evolution 72: 1000-1008. DOI:10.1111/evo.13463

KONRAD A, THOMPSON O, WATERSTON RH, MOERMAN DG, KEIGHTLEY PD, BERGTHORSSON U, KATJU V. 2017. Mitochondrial mutation rate, spectrum and heteroplasmy in Caenorhabditis elegans mutation accumulation lines of differing population size. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34: 1319-1334. DOI:10.1093/molbev/msx051

BERGTHORSSON U, KATJU V. 2016. Gene copy-number changes in evolution. DOI:10.1002/9780470015902.a0026319
In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (eLS). John Wiley & sons, Ltd: Chichester. http://www.els.net
Invited review.

FARSLOW JC, LIPINSKI KJ, PACKARD LB, TAYLOR J, FLIBOTTE S, EDGLEY ML, MOERMAN DG, KATJU V, BERGTHORSSON U. 2015. Rapid increase in frequency of gene copy-number variants during experimental evolution in Caenorhabditis elegans. BMC Genomics 16: 1044. DOI:10.1186/s12864-015-2253-2

BU L, KATJU V. 2015. Early evolutionary history and genomic features of gene duplicates in the human genome. BMC Genomics 16: 621. DOI:10.1186/s12864-015-1827-3

KATJU V, PACKARD LB, BU L, KEIGHTLEY PD, BERGTHORSSON U. 2015. Fitness decline in spontaneous mutation accumulation lines of Caenorhabditis elegans with varying effective population sizes. Evolution 69: 104-116. DOI:10.1111/evo.12554
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KATJU V, BERGTHORSSON U. 2013. Copy-number changes in evolution: rates, fitness effects and adaptive significance. Frontiers in Genetics 4: 273. DOI:10.3389/fgene.2013.00273
Invited review for special issue titled “Structural Variations in Genomes: Ecological and Evolutionary Implications.”

KATJU V. 2013. To the beat of a different drum: determinants implicated in the asymmetric sequences divergence of Caenorhabditis elegans paralogs. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13: 73. DOI:10.1186/1471-2148-13-73

KATJU V. 2012. In with the old, in with the new: the promiscuity of the duplication process engenders diverse pathways for novel gene creation. International Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2012: Article ID 341932, 24 pages. DOI:10.1155/2012/341932
Invited review for special issue titled “Molecular Evolutionary Routes that Lead to Innovations.”

BU L, BERGTHORSSON U, KATJU V. 2011. Local synteny and codon usage contribute to asymmetric sequence divergence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene duplicates. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 279. DOI:10.1186/1471-2148-11-279

LIPINSKI KJ, FARSLOW JC, FITZPATRICK KA, LYNCH M, KATJU V, BERGTHORESSON U. 2011. High spontaneous rate of gene duplication in Caenorhabditis elegans. Current Biology 21: 306-310. DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2011.01.026

KATJU V, BERGTHORSSON U. 2010. Genomic and population-level effects of gene conversion in Caenorhabditis paralogs. Genes (Basel) 1: 452-468. DOI:10.3390/genes1030452
Invited review for special issue titled “Gene Conversion in Duplicated Genes.”

RANE HS, SMITH JM, BERGTHORSSON U, KATJU V. 2010. Gene conversion and DNA sequence polymorphism in the sex-determination gene fog-2 and its paralog ftr-1in Caenorhabditis elegans. Molecular Biology and Evolution 27: 1561-1569. DOI:10.1093/molbev/msq039

KATJU V, FARSLOW JC, BERGTHORSSON U. 2009. Variation in gene duplicates with low synonymous divergence in Saccharomyces cerevisiae relative to Caenorhabditis elegans.
Genome Biology 10: R75. DOI:10.1186/gb-2009-10-7-r75

KATJU V, LABEAU EM, LIPINSKI KJ, BERGTHORSSON U. 2008. Sex-change by gene conversion in a Caenorhabditis elegans fog-2 mutant. Genetics 180: 669-672. DOI:10.1534/genetics.108.090035

KAMPING A, KATJU V, BEUKEBOOM LW, WERREN JH. 2007. Inheritance of gynandromorphism in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis. Genetics 175: 1321-1333. DOI:10.1534/genetics.106.067082

BEUKEBOOM LW, KAMPING A, LOUTER M, PIJNACKER LP, KATJU V, FERREE PM, WERREN JH. 2007. Haploid females in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis. Science 315: 206. DOI:10.1126/science.1133388

KATJU V, LYNCH M. 2006. On the formation of novel genes by duplication in the Caenorhabditis elegans genome. Molecular Biology and Evolution 23: 1056-1067. DOI:10.1093/molbev/msj114
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LYNCH M, KATJU V. 2004. The altered evolutionary trajectories of gene duplicates. Trends in Genetics 20: 544-549. DOI:10.1016/j.tig.2004.09.001

KATJU V, LYNCH M. 2003. The structure and early evolution of recently arisen gene duplicates in the Caenorhabditis elegans genome. Genetics 165:1793-1803.

SHOEMAKER DD, KATJU V, JAENIKE J. 1999. Wolbachia and the evolution of reproductive isolation between Drosophila recens and Drosophila subquinaria. Evolution 53: 1157-1164.