Projects

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  Eco-evolutionary forces maintaining genetic diversity in Pseudomonas syringae

  Core Project

  P. syringae is a well known plant pathogen with genetic diversity. The Bergelson and Pascual labs use eco-evolutionary models and data to study how diversity is maintained in wild plants and crops.

Publications

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  Li et al., 2026

  Li, S., Laderman, E., Maerkle, H., Yang, Y., Bergelson, J., & Pascual, M. (2026). Negative Frequency-Dependent Selection Promotes Strain Structure in a Plant Pathogen. Ecol Lett. 2026 Jan;29(1):e70304.

  https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70304
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  Liaghat et al., 2025

  Liaghat, A., Guillemet, M., Whitaker, R., Gandon, S., & Pascual, M. (2025). Host competitive assymetries accelerate viral evolution in a microbe-virus coevolutionary system. Ecology Letters, 28 (6): e70153.

  https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70153
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  Liaghat et al., 2024

  Liaghat, A., Yang, J., Whitaker, R., & Pascual, M. (2024). Punctuated virus-driven succession generates dynamical alternations in CRISPR-mediated microbe-virus coevolution. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 21(217), 20240195.

  https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2024.0195