Hittinger, Chris Todd

Tempo and Mode of Genome Evolution in the Budding Yeast Subphylum

Shen, X.-X., Opulente, D. A., Kominek, J., Zhou, X., Steenwyk, J. L., Buh, K. V., Haase, M. A. B., Wisecaver, J. H., Wang, M., Doering, D. T., et al. (2018) · Cell

Yeasts and Rust Fungi StudiesFungal and yeast genetics research

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Contentious relationships in phylogenomic studies can be driven by a handful of genes

Shen, X.-X., Hittinger, C. T., & Rokas, A. (2017) · Nature Ecology & Evolution

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesProtist diversity and phylogeny

Cited by 520

Gene duplication and the adaptive evolution of a classic genetic switch

Hittinger, C. T., & Carroll, S. B. (2007) · Nature

Fungal and yeast genetics researchEvolution and Genetic Dynamics

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Evaluating fast maximum likelihood-based phylogenetic programs using empirical phylogenomic data sets

Zhou, X., Shen, X.-X., Hittinger, C. T., & Rokas, A. (2018) · Molecular Biology and Evolution

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

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Extensive loss of cell-cycle and DNA repair genes in an ancient lineage of bipolar budding yeasts

Steenwyk, J. L., Opulente, D. A., Kominek, J., Shen, X.-X., Zhou, X., Labella, A. L., Bradley, N. P., Eichman, B. F., Čadež, N., Libkind, D., et al. (2019) · PLoS Biology

Fungal and yeast genetics researchYeasts and Rust Fungi Studies

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Genomic factors shape carbon and nitrogen metabolic niche breadth across Saccharomycotina yeasts

Opulente, D. A., LaBella, A. L., Harrison, M.-C., Wolters, J. F., Liu, C., Li, Y., Kominek, J., Steenwyk, J. L., Stoneman, H. R., VanDenAvond, J., et al. (2024) · Science

Fungal and yeast genetics researchYeasts and Rust Fungi Studies

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Pathogenic budding yeasts isolated outside of clinical settings

Opulente, D. A., Langdon, Q. K., Buh, K. V., Haase, M. A. B., Sylvester, K., Moriarty, R. V., Jarzyna, M., Considine, S. L., Schneider, R. M., & Hittinger, C. T. (2019) · FEMS Yeast Research

Yeasts and Rust Fungi StudiesAntifungal resistance and susceptibility

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Comparative modeling reveals the molecular determinants of aneuploidy fitness cost in a wild yeast model

Rojas, J., Hose, J., Dutcher, H. A., Place, M., Wolters, J. F., Hittinger, C. T., & Gasch, A. P. (2024) · Cell Genomics

Evolution and Genetic DynamicsChromosomal and Genetic Variations

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Comparative modeling reveals the molecular determinants of aneuploidy fitness cost in a wild yeast model

Rojas, J., Hose, J., Dutcher, H. A., Place, M., Wolters, J. F., Hittinger, C. T., & Gasch, A. P. (2024) · Cell Genomics

Evolution and Genetic DynamicsChromosomal and Genetic Variations

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Mitochondrial genome diversity across the subphylum Saccharomycotina

Wolters, J. F., LaBella, A. L., Opulente, D. A., Rokas, A., & Hittinger, C. T. (2023) · Frontiers in Microbiology

Fungal and yeast genetics researchGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies

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Functional divergence in a multi-gene family is a key evolutionary innovation for anaerobic growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Krause, D. J., & Hittinger, C. T. (2022) · Molecular Biology and Evolution

Fungal and yeast genetics researchYeasts and Rust Fungi Studies

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Specialization restricts the evolutionary paths available to yeast sugar transporters

Crandall, J. G., Zhou, X., Rokas, A., & Hittinger, C. T. (2024) · Molecular Biology and Evolution

Evolution and Genetic DynamicsFungal and yeast genetics research

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Specialization Restricts the Evolutionary Paths Available to Yeast Sugar Transporters

Crandall, J. G., Zhou, X., Rokas, A., & Hittinger, C. T. (2024) · Molecular Biology and Evolution

Evolution and Genetic DynamicsFungal and yeast genetics research

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Stable hypermutators revealed by the genomic landscape of genes involved in genome stability among yeast species

Gonçalves, C., Steenwyk, J. L., Rinker, D. C., Opulente, D. A., LaBella, A. L., Harrison, M.-C., Wolters, J. F., Zhou, X., Shen, X.-X., Covo, S., et al. (2025) · Molecular Biology and Evolution

Fungal and yeast genetics researchEvolution and Genetic Dynamics

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