Christine C. Spencer

University of Toronto — Canada

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

10h-index909citations14works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Evolution and Genetic Dynamics(6), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms(5), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation(4), Genetic diversity and population structure(2), Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models(2)

Publications14 total

Selection, Epistasis, and Parent‐of‐Origin Effects on Deleterious Mutations across Environments in<i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>
The American Naturalist·2009· 35 cited
Metabolic Changes Associated With Adaptive Diversification in <i>Escherichia coli</i>
Genetics·2008· 41 citedOpen Access
Adaptation increases the likelihood of diversification in an experimental bacterial lineage
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2008· 70 citedOpen Access
Experimental demonstration of ecological character displacement
BMC Evolutionary Biology·2008· 68 citedOpen Access
Seasonal resource oscillations maintain diversity in bacterial microcosms
2007· 28 cited
Adaptive Diversification in Genes That Regulate Resource Use in Escherichia coli
PLoS Genetics·2007· 75 citedOpen Access
Age-Specific Changes in Epistatic Effects on Mortality Rate in Drosophila melanogaster
Journal of Heredity·2005· 46 citedOpen Access
Gene x genotype interactions : epistasis for longevity, stress resistance, and mortality rates in Drosophila melanogaster
2003
Testing an ‘aging gene’ in long‐lived <i>Drosophila</i> strains: increased longevity depends on sex and genetic background
Aging Cell·2003· 139 citedOpen Access
Biologists Finally Horn In on Senescence in the Wild
Science of Aging Knowledge Environment·2002· 2 cited
Genes, Culture, and Aging Flies--What the Lab Can and Cannot Tell Us About Natural Genetic Variation for Senescence
Science of Aging Knowledge Environment·2002· 9 cited
Experimental evaluation of the usefulness of microsatellite DNA for detecting demographic bottlenecks
Molecular Ecology·2000· 331 cited
Polymorphic microsatellite markers in the western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis.
PubMed·1999· 65 cited
Antelope with Locked Horns
Journal of Mammalogy·1942

Frequent Co-authors

Michael Doebeli(5), Daniel Promislow(4), Melanie Bertrand(4), Jabus Tyerman(3), Joseph E. Neigel(2), P. L. Leberg(2), Michael Travisano(2), Christine E. Howell(1), Amber Wright(1), Caryl A. Chlan(1), Kim T. Scribner(1), Michael C. Wooten(1), Mickaël Le Gac(1), Michelle D. Brazas(1), Robert E. W. Hancock(1), Alethea D. Wang(1), Nathaniel P. Sharp(1), Katherine Tedman‐Aucoin(1), Aneil F. Agrawal(1), Gerda Saxer(1)