Our publications since 2013. For a complete list, including earlier papers, see Jan’s Google Scholar profile.
Metabolic switching promotes microbial coexistence under fluctuating resources
Yu-Pei Tseng, Jan Engelstädter, Andrew D. Letten
bioRxiv (2026)
Mutations associated with streptomycin resistance predicted to be highly prevalent and evolvable across bacteria
Le Na Ngo, Andrew D. Letten, Jan Engelstädter
bioRxiv (2026)
Growth-density inversion in Escherichia coli reveals superlinear, not sublinear, density dependence
James A. Orr, Kaleigh E. Davis, Alicia H. Williams, Jan Engelstädter, Daniel B. Stouffer, Andrew D. Letten
PLOS Biology, 24, e3003898 (2026)
Conspecific Gamete Precedence in Speciation: History, Evidence, and a Research Roadmap
Henry Arenas-Castro, Jan Engelstädter, Rhonda Snook, Loren Rieseberg, Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos
EcoEvoRxiv (2026)
Dynamics of virus infection in a Wolbachia-infected host
Angelique K. Asselin, Jan Engelstädter, Karyn N. Johnson
Virology, 615, 110759 (2026)
Shifting resource limitation explains multiphasic patterns of density dependence
Andrew D. Letten, James A. Orr, Jan Engelstädter, Noelle A. Held, Christopher Klausmeier, Michael Manhart, Daniel B. Stouffer
bioRxiv (2026)
Drug mode of action and resource constraints modulate antimicrobial resistance evolution
Oscar Delaney, Christopher R. P. Brown, Andrew D. Letten, Jan Engelstädter
Journal of Theoretical Biology, 618, 112316 (2026)
The genetic architecture of polygenic adaptation under a network-derived trait
Nicholas L. V. O’Brien, Barbara Holland, Jan Engelstädter, Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos
bioRxiv (2025)
Strong genotype-by-genotype and genotype-by-environment interactions induced by antibiotic resistance mutations
Alicia H. Williams, Ian Gooi, Madelaine Boggan, Ziqing Liu, Andrew D. Letten, Jan Engelstädter
bioRxiv (2025)
A unifying principle for multispecies coexistence under resource fluctuations
James A. Richardson, Jan Engelstädter, Andrew D. Letten
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122, e2424996122 (2025)
Optimal antimicrobial dosing combinations when drug-resistance mutation rates differ
Oscar Delaney, Andrew D Letten, Jan Engelstädter
Evolution, 79, 1900--1910 (2025)
Evolution and evolvability of rifampicin resistance across the bacterial tree of life
Negin Bolourchi, Christopher R. P. Brown, Andrew D. Letten, Jan Engelstädter
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122, e2424307122 (2025)
Ecological and Mutation-Order Speciation in Senecio
Maddie E. James, Maria C. Melo, Federico Roda, Diana Bernal-Franco, Melanie J. Wilkinson, Gregory M. Walter, Huanle Liu, Jan Engelstädter, Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos
Molecular Ecology, 34, e70090 (2025)
Chimeric Reference Panels for Genomic Imputation
Meikun Zhou, Maddie E. James, Jan Engelstädter, Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos
Genetics, 232, iyaf212 (2025)
Antidepressant drugs promote the spread of broad-host-range plasmid in mouse and human gut microbiota
Pengbo Ding, Ji Lu, Tong Lei, Yinan Guo, Baoli Zhu, Yong Zhao, Yue Wang, Jan Engelstädter, Mark A. Schembri, Jianhua Guo
Gut Microbes, 17, 2514138 (2025)
Belt and braces: Two escape ways to maintain the cassette reservoir of large chromosomal integrons
Egill Richard, Baptiste Darracq, Eloi Littner, Gael A. Millot, Valentin Conte, Thomas Cokelaer, Jan Engelstädter, Eduardo P. C. Rocha, Didier Mazel, Céline Loot
PLOS Genetics, 20, e1011231 (2024)
The distribution of fitness effects during adaptive walks using a simple genetic network
Nicholas L. V. O'Brien, Barbara Holland, Jan Engelstädter, Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos
PLOS Genetics, 20, e1011289 (2024)
Frequent, infinitesimal bottlenecks maximize the rate of microbial adaptation
Oscar Delaney, Andrew D Letten, Jan Engelstädter
Genetics, 225, iyad185 (2023)
Antidepressants can induce mutation and enhance persistence toward multiple antibiotics
Yue Wang, Zhigang Yu, Pengbo Ding, Ji Lu, Likai Mao, Lyman Ngiam, Zhiguo Yuan, Jan Engelstädter, Mark A. Schembri, Jianhua Guo
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120, e2208344120 (2023)
Host phylogeny and ecological associations best explain Wolbachia host shifts in scale insects
Ehsan Sanaei, Gregory F. Albery, Yun Kit Yeoh, Yen-Po Lin, Lyn G. Cook, Jan Engelstädter
Molecular Ecology, 32, 2351--2363 (2023)
Correction: Non-antibiotic pharmaceuticals enhance the transmission of exogenous antibiotic resistance genes through bacterial transformation
Yue Wang, Ji Lu, Jan Engelstädter, Shuai Zhang, Pengbo Ding, Likai Mao, Zhiguo Yuan, Philip L. Bond, Jianhua Guo
The ISME Journal, 16, 612 (2022)
Wolbachia in scale insects: a distinct pattern of infection frequencies and potential transfer routes via ant associates
Ehsan Sanaei, Yen-Po Lin, Lyn G. Cook, Jan Engelstädter
Environmental Microbiology, 24, 1326--1339 (2022)
Cytoplasmic incompatibility in hybrid zones: infection dynamics and resistance evolution
Erik Sandertun Røed, Jan Engelstädter
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 35, 240--253 (2022)
The Evolution of a Specialized, Highly Virulent Fish Pathogen through Gene Loss and Acquisition of Host-Specific Survival Mechanisms
Laura Baseggio, Oleksandra Rudenko, Jan Engelstädter, Andrew C. Barnes
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 88, e0022222 (2022)
Genetic slippage after sex maintains diversity for parasite resistance in a natural host population
Camille Ameline, Felix Voegtli, Jason Andras, Eric Dexter, Jan Engelstädter, Dieter Ebert
Science Advances, 8, eabn0051 (2022)
The Molecular Clock as a Tool for Understanding Host-Parasite Evolution
Rachel C. M. Warnock, Jan Engelstädter
The Evolution and Fossil Record of Parasitism (Topics in Geobiology), 417--450 (2021)
Complete, closed and curated genome sequences of Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida isolates from Australia indicate mobilome-driven localized evolution and novel pathogenicity determinants
Laura Baseggio, Oleksandra Rudenko, Nicky Buller, Matt Landos, Jan Engelstädter, Andrew C. Barnes
Microbial Genomics, 7 (2021)
Wolbachia host shifts: routes, mechanisms, constraints and evolutionary consequences
Ehsan Sanaei, Sylvain Charlat, Jan Engelstädter
Biological Reviews, 96, 433--453 (2021)
A Two-Locus System with Strong Epistasis Underlies Rapid Parasite-Mediated Evolution of Host Resistance
Camille Ameline, Yann Bourgeois, Felix Vögtli, Eevi Savola, Jason Andras, Jan Engelstädter, Dieter Ebert
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38, 1512--1528 (2021)
Highly Replicated Evolution of Parapatric Ecotypes
Maddie E. James, Henry Arenas-Castro, Jeffrey S. Groh, Scott L. Allen, Jan Engelstädter, Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38, 4805--4821 (2021)
Phenotypic and genotypic parallel evolution in parapatric ecotypes of Senecio
Maddie E. James, Melanie J. Wilkinson, Diana M. Bernal, Huanle Liu, Henry L. North, Jan Engelstädter, Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos
Evolution, 75, 3115--3131 (2021)
Non-antibiotic pharmaceuticals enhance the transmission of exogenous antibiotic resistance genes through bacterial transformation
Yue Wang, Ji Lu, Jan Engelstädter, Shuai Zhang, Pengbo Ding, Likai Mao, Zhiguo Yuan, Philip L. Bond, Jianhua Guo
The ISME Journal, 14, 2179--2196 (2020)
Evolutionary epidemiology of Streptococcus iniae: Linking mutation rate dynamics with adaptation to novel immunological landscapes
Oleksandra Rudenko, Jan Engelstädter, Andrew C. Barnes
Infection, Genetics and Evolution: Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics in Infectious Diseases, 85, 104435 (2020)
Strikingly high levels of heterozygosity despite 20 years of inbreeding in a clonal honey bee
Nicholas M. A. Smith, Claire Wade, Michael H. Allsopp, Brock A. Harpur, Amro Zayed, Stephen A. Rose, Jan Engelstädter, Nadine C. Chapman, Boris Yagound, Benjamin P. Oldroyd
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 32, 144--152 (2019)
The dynamics of preferential host switching: Host phylogeny as a key predictor of parasite distribution
Jan Engelstädter, Nicole Z. Fortuna
Evolution, 73, 1330--1340 (2019)
Science policies: How should science funding be allocated? An evolutionary biologists' perspective
Stephanie Meirmans, Roger K. Butlin, Anne Charmantier, Jan Engelstädter, Astrid T. Groot, Kayla C. King, Hanna Kokko, Jane M. Reid, Maurine Neiman
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 32, 754--768 (2019)
Asexual but Not Clonal: Evolutionary Processes in Automictic Populations
Jan Engelstädter
Genetics, 206, 993--1009 (2017)
Reversing resistance: different routes and common themes across pathogens
Richard C. Allen, Jan Engelstädter, Sebastian Bonhoeffer, Bruce A. McDonald, Alex R. Hall
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 284, 20171619 (2017)
Recombination Rate Evolution and the Origin of Species
Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos, Jan Engelstädter, Loren H. Rieseberg
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 31, 226--236 (2016)
The evolutionary dynamics of integrons in changing environments
Jan Engelstädter, Klaus Harms, Pål J. Johnsen
The ISME Journal, 10, 1296--1307 (2016)
Steady at the wheel: conservative sex and the benefits of bacterial transformation
Ole Herman Ambur, Jan Engelstädter, Pål J. Johnsen, Eric L. Miller, Daniel E. Rozen
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 371, 20150528 (2016)
Evolutionary mysteries in meiosis
Thomas Lenormand, Jan Engelstädter, Susan E. Johnston, Erik Wijnker, Christoph R. Haag
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 371, 20160001 (2016)
The evolution of recombination rates in finite populations during ecological speciation
James Reeve, Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos, Jan Engelstädter
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 283, 20161243 (2016)
Host-parasite coevolutionary dynamics with generalized success/failure infection genetics
Jan Engelstädter
The American Naturalist, 185, E117--129 (2015)
Classic reaction kinetics can explain complex patterns of antibiotic action
Pia Abel Zur Wiesch, Sören Abel, Spyridon Gkotzis, Paolo Ocampo, Jan Engelstädter, Trevor Hinkley, Carsten Magnus, Matthew K. Waldor, Klas Udekwu, Ted Cohen
Science Translational Medicine, 7, 287ra73 (2015)
Fitness landscapes emerging from pharmacodynamic functions in the evolution of multidrug resistance
Jan Engelstädter
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27, 840--853 (2014)
The evolution of X chromosome inactivation in mammals: the demise of Ohno's hypothesis?
Eugénie Pessia, Jan Engelstädter, Gabriel A. B. Marais
Cellular and molecular life sciences: CMLS, 71, 1383--1394 (2014)
Adaptation through genetic time travel? Fluctuating selection can drive the evolution of bacterial transformation
Jan Engelstädter, Danesh Moradigaravand
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 281, 20132609 (2014)
The impact of natural transformation on adaptation in spatially structured bacterial populations
Danesh Moradigaravand, Jan Engelstädter
BMC evolutionary biology, 14, 141 (2014)
Recombination accelerates adaptation on a large-scale empirical fitness landscape in HIV-1
Danesh Moradigaravand, Roger Kouyos, Trevor Hinkley, Mojgan Haddad, Christos J. Petropoulos, Jan Engelstädter, Sebastian Bonhoeffer
PLOS Genetics, 10, e1004439 (2014)
On the genetic architecture of cytoplasmic incompatibility: inference from phenotypic data
Igor Nor, Jan Engelstädter, Olivier Duron, Max Reuter, Marie-France Sagot, Sylvain Charlat
The American Naturalist, 182, E15--24 (2013)
The evolution of natural competence: disentangling costs and benefits of sex in bacteria
Danesh Moradigaravand, Jan Engelstädter
The American Naturalist, 182, E112--126 (2013)
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