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Publications

Peer-reviewed Articles

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Description: This article examined the evolution and turnover of adaptive alleles in clonal lineages of wild Daphnia pulex. This was my first Daphnia article and was a side-project that stemmed into the first chapter of my dissertation.  

Barnard-Kubow, K. B., Becker, D., Murray, C. S., Porter, R., Gutierrez, G., Erickson, P., ... & Bergland, A. O. (2022). Genetic variation in reproductive investment across an ephemerality gradient in Daphnia pulex. Molecular Biology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac121

Description: This article was a revaluation of species classification using a very common statistic called average nucleotide identity (ANI) on over 90,000 eukaryotic microbe genomes. This was my first article and a side-project finished within the Wu lab at UVA during my first-year rotation.  

Murray, C.S., Gao, Y. & Wu, M. Re-evaluating the evidence for a universal genetic boundary among microbial species. Nature Communications 12, 4059 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24128-2 

Karen Barnard-Kubow, Dörthe Becker, Connor S. Murray, Robert Porter, Grace Gutierrez, Priscilla Erickson, Joaquin CB Nunez, Erin Voss, Kushal Suryamohan, Aakrosh Ratan, Andrew Beckerman, Alan O Bergland. Polygenic variation in sexual investment across an ephemerality gradient in Daphnia pulex. bioRxiv (2021). https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.23.449662

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POSTERS

2022:

  • Connor S. Murray and Alan O. Bergland. The evolutionary history and adaptive divergence of Daphnia pulex. Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference (PEQG) 2022, Pacific Grove, CA.

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2020:

  • Connor S. Murray and Alan O. Bergland. Purifying selection influences population dynamics in Daphnia. The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC 2020), Metro Washington, DC (Cancelled due to Covid-19).

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2019:

  • Connor S. Murray and David Houle. Macroevolution of the wings and legs in Drosophila. SEPEEG 45th Annual conference, Clemson University, Pendelton, SC.

 

2018:

  • Connor S. Murray and David Houle. Tri-Beta 6th Annual Research Poster Competition, Tallahassee, FL (3rd place winner).

ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

Invited Talks:

  • University of Virginia, Department of Biology - University of Virginia, VA, USA (2020-2022). 

  • FlyMasters Forum, Department of Biology - Florida State University, FL, USA (2019). 

  • Nunez JCB, A. Bangerter, C. S. Murray, Y. Yu, B. A. Lenhart, P. A. Erickson, A. O. Bergland. ‘Do supergenes mediate seasonal adaptation in overwintering?’ 63rd Drosophila Research Conference. April 6-10, 2022. San Diego, CA, USA. 

Contributed Talks:

Submitted work and Preprints

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