Publications of Lutz Becks

Cairns, J.; Jousset, A.; Becks, L.; Hiltunen, T.: Effect of mutation supply on population dynamics and trait evolution in an experimental microbial community. Ecology Letters 25 (2), pp. 355 - 365 (2022)

Retel, C.; Kowallik, V.; Becks, L.; Feulner, P. G. D.: Strong selection and high mutation supply characterize experimental Chlorovirus evolution. Virus Evolution 8 (1), veac003 (2022)

Nowell, R. W.; Wilson, C. G.; Almeida, P.; Schiffer, P. H.; Fontaneto, D.; Becks, L.; Rodriguez, F.; Arkhipova, I. R.; Barraclough, T. G.: Evolutionary dynamics of transposable elements in bdelloid rotifers. eLife 10, e63194 (2021)

Bernardes, J. P.; John, U.; Woltermann, N.; Valiadi, M.; Hermann, R. J.; Becks, L.: The evolution of convex trade-offs enables the transition towards multicellularity. Nature Communications 12, 4222 (2021)

Cairns, J.; Jokela, R.; Becks, L.; Mustonen, V.; Hiltunen, T.: Repeatable ecological dynamics govern the response of experimental communities to antibiotic pulse perturbation. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4, pp. 1385 - 1394 (2020)

Koch, H.; Wagner, S.; Becks, L.: Antagonistic species interaction drives selection for sex in a predator–prey system. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33, pp. 1180 - 1191 (2020)

Scheuerl, T.; Cairns, J.; Becks, L.; Hiltunen, T.: Predator coevolution and prey trait variability determine species coexistence. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286 (1902), 20190245 (2019)

Becks, L.; Milinski, M.: Extortion strategies resist disciplining when higher competitiveness is rewarded with extra gain. Nature Communications 10, 783 (2019)

Näpflin, K.; O’Connor, E. A.; Becks, L.; Bensch, S.; Ellis, V. A.; Hafer-Hahmann, N.; Harding, K. C.; Lindén, S. K.; Olsen, M. T.; Roved, J. et al.; Sackton, T. B.; Shultz, A. J.; Venkatakrishnan, V.; Videvall, E.; Westerdahl, H.; Winternitz, J. C.; Edwards, S. V.: Genomics of host-pathogen interactions: challenges and opportunities across ecological and spatiotemporal scales. PeerJ 7, e8013 (2019)

Retel, C.; Kowallik, V.; Huang, W.; Werner, B.; Künzel, S.; Becks, L.; Feulner, P. G. D.: The feedback between selection and demography shapes genomic diversity during coevolution. Science Advances 5 (10), eaax0530 (2019)

Theodosiou, L.; Hiltunen, T.; Becks, L.: The role of stressors in altering eco-evolutionary dynamics. Functional Ecology 33 (1), pp. 73 - 83 (2019)

Frickel, J.; Feulner, P. G.D.; Karakoc, E.; Becks, L.: Population size changes and selection drive patterns of parallel evolution in a host-virus system. Nature Communications 9, 1706 (2018)

Hiltunen, T.; Cairns, J.; Frickel, J.; Jalasvuori, M.; Laakso, J.; Kaitala, V.; Künzel, S.; Karakoc, E.; Becks, L.: Dual-stressor selection alters eco-evolutionary dynamics in experimental communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2 (12), pp. 1974 - 1981 (2018)

Horas, E. L.; Theodosiou, L.; Becks, L.: Why are algal viruses not always successful? Viruses 10 (9), 474 (2018)

Frickel, J.; Theodosiou, L.; Becks, L.: Rapid evolution of hosts begets species diversity at the cost of intraspecific diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114 (42), pp. 11193 - 11198 (2017)

Cairns, J.; Becks, L.; Jalasvuori, M.; Hiltunen, T.: Sublethal streptomycin concentrations and lytic bacteriophage together promote resistance evolution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 372 (1712), 20160040 (2017)

Cairns, J.; Frickel, J.; Jalasvuori, M.; Hiltunen, T.; Becks, L.: Genomic evolution of bacterial populations under coselection by antibiotics and phage. Molecular Ecology 26 (7), pp. 1848 - 1859 (2017)

Ehrlich, E.; Becks, L.; Gaedke, U.: Trait–fitness relationships determine how trade-off shapes affect species coexistence. Ecology 98 (12), pp. 3188 - 3198 (2017)

Hiltunen, T.; Kaitala, V.; Laakso, J.; Becks, L.: Evolutionary contribution to coexistence of competitors in microbial food webs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284 (1864), 20170415 (2017)

Huang, W.; Traulsen, A.; Werner, B.; Hiltunen, T.; Becks, L.: Dynamical trade-offs arise from antagonistic coevolution and decrease intraspecific diversity. Nature Communications 8, 2059 (2017)