Publications
Manuscripts in progress​
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Stoy, K.S., Morran, L.T., Gerardo, N.M. Pathways by which the squash bug Anasa tristis acquires and transmits Serratia marcescens, a bacterial pathogen of cucurbit (in revision)
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Published
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Stoy, K.S. and Ratcliff, W.C. (2024). Uncovering the Hidden Complexity of Magentotactic Multicellular Bacteria. PLOS Biology. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002695
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Stoy, K.S., Bingham, E., Burnetti, A., Datta, S. Pineau, R., Peterson, A., Ratcliff, W.C. (2024). Adaptive radiation during the evolution of complex multicellularity. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/evolinnean/kzae008
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Stoy, K.S., Diaz, E., Bartelt, C., Acosta, A., Morran, L.T., Gerardo, N.M. (2023). Host-associated symbiont transmission favors transitions toward antagonism. Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpad173
Stoy, K.S., Chavez, J., *de las Casas, V., Talla, V., Berasategui, A., Morran, L.T., Gerardo, N.M. (2023). Evaluating coevolution in a horizontally transmitted mutualism. Evolution. DOI:10.1093/evolut/qpac009
Mendiola, S.Y., Stoy, K.S., DiSalvo, S., Wynn, C., Civitello, D.J., Gerardo, N.M. (2021). Competitive exclusion of phytopathogenic Serratia marcescens from squash bug vectors by the facultative endosymbiont Caballeronia. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01550-21
Acevedo, T.S., Fricker, G.P., Garcia, J.R., Alcaide, T., Berasategui, A., Stoy, K.S., Gerardo, N.M. (2021): The importance of environmentally-acquired bacterial symbionts for the squash bug (Anasa tristis), a significant agricultural pest. Frontiers in Microbiology. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.719112
Stoy, K.S., Gibson, A.K., Gerardo, N.M., Morran, L.T. (2020): A need to consider the evolutionary genetics of host-symbiont mutualisms. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. DOI:10.1111/jeb.13715
Gerardo, N.M., Hoang, K.L., Stoy, K.S. (2020): Evolution of animal immunity in the light of beneficial symbioses. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 375:20190601. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0601
Gibson, A.K., Stoy, K.S., Lively, C.M. (2018): Bloody-minded parasites and sex: the effects of fluctuating virulence. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13253.
Vergara, D., Fuentes, J.A., Stoy, K.S., Lively, C.M. (2016): Evaluating Shell Variation Across Different Populations of Freshwater Snail. Molluscan Research. DOI: 10.1080/13235818.2016.1253446.
Gibson, A.K., Stoy, K.S., Gelarden, I.A., Lively, C.M., Morran, L.T. (2015): The evolution of reduced antagonism – a role for host-parasite coevolution. Evolution. DOI: 10.1111/evo.12785