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  1. Meyer, J. R., and R. E. Lenski. 2019. Subtle environmental differences have cascading effects on the ecology and evolution of a model microbial community. In W. Banzhaf, B. H. C. Cheng, K. Deb, K. E. Holekamp, R. E. Lenski, C. Ofria, R. T. Pennock, W. F. Punch, and D. J. Whittaker, editors. Evolution in Action: Past, Present and Future. Springer, in press.

  2. Burmeister, A. R., R. M. Sullivan, and R. E. Lenski. 2019. Fitness costs and benefits of resistance to phage Lambda in experimentally evolved Escherichia coli. In W. Banzhaf, B. H. C. Cheng, K. Deb, K. E. Holekamp, R. E. Lenski, C. Ofria, R. T. Pennock, W. F. Punch, and D. J. Whittaker, editors. Evolution in Action: Past, Present and Future. Springer, in press.

  3. Burmeister, A. R., and R. E. Lenski. 2018. Specifying the harsh conditions of life: resource competition and predation in the 1970s. American Naturalist 91: 87-89. (Open Access)

  4. Meyer, J. R., D. T. Dobias, S. J. Medina, L. Servilio, A. Gupta, and R. E. Lenski. 2016. Ecological speciation of bacteriophage Lambda in allopatry and sympatry. Science 354:1301-1304. (Abstract)[10.5061/dryad.4qb79]

  5. Burmeister, A. R., R. E. Lenski, and J. R. Meyer. 2016. Host coevolution alters the adaptive landscape of a virus. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 283: 20161528. (Article)[10.5061/dryad.2tj43]

  6. Grosskopf, T., J. Consuegra, J. Gaffé, J. Willison, R. E. Lenski, O. S. Soyer, and D. Schneider. 2016. Metabolic modelling in a dynamic evolutionary framework predicts adaptive diversification of bacteria in a long-term evolution experiment. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16:163. (Article)

  7. Zaman, L., J. R. Meyer, S. Devangam, D. M. Bryson, R. E. Lenski, and C. Ofria. 2014. Coevolution drives the emergence of complex traits and promotes evolvability. PLOS Biology 12:e1002023. (Full Text)[doi:10.5061/dryad.485qq]

  8. Meyer, J. R., D. T. Dobias, J. S. Weitz, J. E. Barrick, R. T. Quick, and R. E. Lenski. 2012. Repeatability and contingency in the evolution of a key innovation in phage Lambda. Science 335:428-432. (Abstract)[doi:10.5061/dryad.sh7rm2pt]

  9. Lenski, R. E. 2011. Chance and necessity in the evolution of a bacterial pathogen (News and Views). Nature Genetics 43:1174-1176. (Link)

  10. Meyer, J. R., A. A. Agrawal, R. T. Quick, D. T. Dobias, D. Schneider, and R. E. Lenski. 2010. Parallel changes in host resistance to viral infection during 45,000 generations of relaxed selection. Evolution 64:3024-3034. (Abstract)

  11. Hillesland, K. L., G. J. Velicer, and R. E. Lenski. 2009. Experimental evolution of a microbial predator’s ability to find prey. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 276:459–467. (Abstract)

  12. Yoshida, T., S. P. Ellner, L. E. Jones, B. J. M. Bohannan, R. E. Lenski, and N. G. Hairston, Jr. 2007. Cryptic population dynamics: rapid evolution masks trophic interactions. PLoS Biology 5:1868-1879. (Article)

  13. Cooper, T. F., R. E. Lenski, and S. F. Elena. 2005. Parasites and mutational load: an experimental test of a pluralistic theory for the evolution of sex. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 272:311-317. (Article)

  14. Lenski, R. E. 2002. Resistance, cost of. Pp. 1008-1010 in M. Pagel, S. Frank, C. Godfray, B. K. Hall, K. Hawkes, D. M. Hillis, A. Kodric-Brown, R. E. Lenski, and A. Pomiankowski, eds. Encyclopedia of Evolution. Oxford University Press, New York. (Order)

  15. Lenski, R. E. 2002. Basic reproductive rate (R0). Pp. 93-94 in M. Pagel, S. Frank, C. Godfray, B. K. Hall, K. Hawkes, D. M. Hillis, A. Kodric-Brown, R. E. Lenski, and A. Pomiankowski, eds. Encyclopedia of Evolution. Oxford University Press, New York. (Order)

  16. Lenski, R. E. 2001. Testing Antonovics' five tenets of ecological genetics: experiments with bacteria at the interface of ecology and genetics. Pp. 25-45 in M. C. Press, N. Huntly, and S. Levin, eds. Ecology: Achievement and Challenge. Blackwell Science, Oxford. (Acrobat file)

  17. Bohannan, B. J. M., and R. E. Lenski. 2000. The relative importance of competition and predation varies with productivity in a model community. American Naturalist 156:329-340. (Abstract)(Acrobat file)

  18. Bohannan, B. J. M., and R. E. Lenski. 2000. Linking genetic change to community evolution: insights from studies of bacteria and bacteriophage. Ecology Letters 3:362-377. (Acrobat file)

  19. Bohannan, B. J. M., M. Travisano, and R. E. Lenski. 1999. Epistatic interactions can lower the cost of resistance to multiple consumers. Evolution 53:292-295. (Abstract)(Acrobat file)

  20. Bohannan, B. J. M., and R. E. Lenski. 1999. Effect of prey heterogeneity on the response of a model food chain to resource enrichment. American Naturalist 153:73-82. (Abstract)(Acrobat file)

  21. Turner, P. E., V. S. Cooper, and R. E. Lenski. 1998. Tradeoff between horizontal and vertical modes of transmission in bacterial plasmids. Evolution 52:455-469. (Abstract)(Acrobat file)

  22. Taylor, D. R., A. M. Jarosz, R. E. Lenski, and D. W. Fulbright. 1998. The acquisition of hypovirulence in host-pathogen systems with three trophic levels. American Naturalist 151:343-355. (Abstract)(Acrobat file)

  23. Bohannan, B. J. M., and R. E. Lenski. 1997. Effect of resource enrichment on a chemostat community of bacteria and bacteriophage. Ecology 78:2303-2315. (Abstract)(Acrobat file)

  24. Bonhoeffer, S., R. E. Lenski, and D. Ebert. 1996. The curse of the pharaoh: the evolution of virulence in pathogens with long living propagules. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 263:715-721 (Acrobat file)

  25. Lenski, R. E., and R. M. May. 1994. The evolution of virulence in parasites and pathogens: reconciliation between two competing hypotheses. Journal of Theoretical Biology 169:253-265. (Abstract)

  26. Lenski, R. E., S. C. Simpson, and T. T. Nguyen. 1994. Genetic analysis of a plasmid-encoded, host genotype-specific enhancement of bacterial fitness. Journal of Bacteriology 176:3140-3147. (Abstract)(Acrobat file)

  27. Moxon, E. R., P. B. Rainey, M. A. Nowak, and R. E. Lenski. 1994. Adaptive evolution of highly mutable loci in pathogenic bacteria. Current Biology 4:24-33. (Article)

  28. Bouma, J. E., and R. E. Lenski. 1988. Evolution of a bacteria/plasmid association. Nature 335:351-352. (Abstract)(Acrobat file)

  29. Lenski, R. E. 1988. Evolution of plague virulence (News and Views). Nature 334:473-474. (Acrobat file)

  30. Lenski, R. E. 1988. Experimental studies of pleiotropy and epistasis in Escherichia coli. II. Compensation for maladaptive pleiotropic effects associated with resistance to virus T4. Evolution 42:433-440. (Acrobat file)

  31. Lenski, R. E. 1988. Experimental studies of pleiotropy and epistasis in Escherichia coli. I. Variation in competitive fitness among mutants resistant to virus T4. Evolution 42:425-432. (Acrobat file)

  32. Lenski, R. E. 1988. Dynamics of interactions between bacteria and virulent phage. Advances in Microbial Ecology 10:1-44. (Acrobat file)

  33. Lenski, R. E., and J. E. Bouma. 1987. Effects of segregation and selection on instability of pACYC184 in Escherichia coli B. Journal of Bacteriology 169:5314-5316. (Abstract)

  34. Lenski, R. E., and B. R. Levin. 1985. Constraints on the coevolution of bacteria and virulent phage: a model, some experiments, and predictions for natural communities. American Naturalist 125:585-602. (Acrobat file)

  35. Levin, B. R., and R. E. Lenski. 1985. Bacteria and phage: a model system for the study of the ecology and coevolution of hosts and parasites. Pp. 227-242 in D. Rollinson and R. M. Anderson, editors. Ecology and Genetics of Host-Parasite Interactions. Academic Press, London.

  36. Lenski, R. E. 1984. Coevolution of bacteria and phage: are there endless cycles of bacterial defenses and phage counterdefenses? Journal of Theoretical Biology 108:319-325. (Abstract)

  37. Lenski, R. E. 1984. Two-step resistance by Escherichia coli B to bacteriophage T2. Genetics 107:1-7. (Abstract)

  38. Levin, B. R., and R. E. Lenski. 1983. Coevolution in bacteria and their viruses and plasmids. Pp. 99-127 in D. J. Futuyma and M. Slatkin, editors. Coevolution. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Mass. (Acrobat file)

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