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3629
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

James J. Bull is affiliated with the University of Idaho in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. They have contributed extensively to the study of molecular biology, infectious diseases, genetics, epidemiology, and plant science.

Their work covers several scientific topics, such as:

  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Recent publications by James J. Bull include:

  • "Symbiosis and stress: how plant microbiomes affect host evolution," 2020, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Self-disseminating vaccines to suppress zoonoses," 2020, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Evading resistance to gene drives," 2021, published in Genetics
  • "Which 'imperfect vaccines' encourage the evolution of higher virulence?", 2022, published in Evolution Medicine and Public Health
  • "Gene drive escape from resistance depends on mechanism and ecology," 2022, published in Evolutionary Applications

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with James J. Bull are:

  • Rustom Antia
  • Scott L. Nuismer
  • Christopher H. Remien
  • Richard Gomulkiewicz
  • Stephen M. Krone

The most common venues for their publications include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Evolution Medicine and Public Health
  • Science
  • Evolutionary Applications
  • PLoS Computational Biology

James J. Bull has been recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2016.

Best Publications

  • An Empirical Test of Bootstrapping as a Method for Assessing Confidence in Phylogenetic Analysis

    David M. Hillis;James J. Bull

  • Evolution of sex determining mechanisms

    James J. Bull

  • The evolution of cooperation.

    Joel L. Sachs;Ulrich G. Mueller;Thomas P. Wilcox;James J. Bull

  • Partitioning and combining data in phylogenetic analysis

    J. J. Bull;John P. Huelsenbeck;Clifford W. Cunningham;David L. Swofford

  • Sex Determination in Reptiles

    J. J. Bull

  • Combining data in phylogenetic analysis

    John P. Huelsenbeck;J.J. Bull;Clifford W. Cunningham

  • When is sex environmentally determined

    Eric L. Charnov;James J Bull

  • Why be an hermaphrodite

    Eric L. Charnov;James J. Bull;J. Maynard Smith

  • Population and evolutionary dynamics of phage therapy.

    Bruce R. Levin;James J. Bull

  • Distinguishing mechanisms for the evolution of co-operation

    James J Bull;W. R. Rice

  • Temperature-dependent sex determination in turtles

    James J Bull;R. C. Vogt;R. C. Vogt

  • Exceptional Convergent Evolution in a Virus

    James J Bull;M. R. Badgett;H. A. Wichman;J. P. Huelsenbeck

  • Fighting change with change: adaptive variation in an uncertain world

    Lauren Ancel Meyers;James J. Bull

  • Different trajectories of parallel evolution during viral adaptation

    H. A. Wichman;M. R. Badgett;L. A. Scott;C. M. Boulianne

  • SELECTION OF BENEVOLENCE IN A HOST-PARASITE SYSTEM.

    James J Bull;Ian J Molineux;W. R. Rice

  • Synergy and Order Effects of Antibiotics and Phages in Killing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms.

    Waqas Nasir Chaudhry;Jeniffer Concepción-Acevedo;Taehyun Park;Saadia Andleeb

  • A Model of Population Growth, Dispersal and Evolution in a Changing Environment

    Craig M. Pease;Russell Lande;J. J. Bull

  • Short-sighted evolution and the virulence of pathogenic microorganisms

    Bruce R. Levin;James J. Bull

  • Experimental phylogenetics: generation of a known phylogeny.

    David M. Hillis;James J. Bull;Mary E. White;Marty R. Badgett

  • Challenging the trade-off model for the evolution of virulence: Is virulence management feasible?

    Dieter Ebert;James J. Bull

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian J. Molineux
Ian J. Molineux The University of Texas at Austin
David Crews
David Crews The University of Texas at Austin
Eric L. Charnov
Eric L. Charnov University of New Mexico
Scott L. Nuismer
Scott L. Nuismer University of Idaho
Bruce R. Levin
Bruce R. Levin Emory University
David M. Hillis
David M. Hillis The University of Texas at Austin
Clifford W. Cunningham
Clifford W. Cunningham Duke University
Andrew D. Ellington
Andrew D. Ellington The University of Texas at Austin
Rustom Antia
Rustom Antia Emory University
Claus O. Wilke
Claus O. Wilke The University of Texas at Austin

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