Publications

A full list of publications can be found on Google Scholar. Preprints are also available on BioRxiv.

    • Soft selective sweeps predominate in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti.
      RN Ketchum, DR Matute, DR Schrider. Molecular Biology and Evolution. Available
    • Morphological and genetic characterization of novel Sarocladium spinificis strains in association with Coccidioides posadasii.
      MM Teixeira, SA Ahmed, HL Mead, S de Hoog, N Wiederhold, JE Stajich, DR Matute, GR Thompson. Microbiology Spectrum e00689-25. Available
    • The dynamics of transposable element content in the genome of the human pathogen Histoplasma.
      DA Turissini, PW Kelly, O Kompathoum, JA Rader, GI Jofre, J Li, MK Sutherland, VE Sepúlveda, DR Matute. Fungal Genetics and Biology 104057. Available
    • Genomic epidemiology of Histoplasma in Africa.
      MM Teixeira, BM Barker, A Alanio, A Sturny-Leclère, D Garcia-Hermoso, NP Govender, DR Matute. Mbio e00564-25. Available
    • Phylogenetic and functional diversity among Drosophila-associated metagenome-assembled genomes.
      AA Comeault, AH Orta, DB Fidler, T Nunn, AR Ellison, TA Anspach, DR Matute. Msystems e00027-25. Available
    • High genetic diversity of Histoplasma in the Amazon basin, 2006–2017.
      Q Zeb, S Vreden, A Adenis, F Yegres, M Demar, MJS Buitrago, BM Barker, M Nacher, DR Matute. Emerging infectious diseases 1169. Available
    • Sporothrix is neglected among the neglected.
      DR Matute, MM Teixeira. PLoS Pathogens e1012898. Available
    • Tracing histoplasmosis genomic epidemiology and species occurrence across the USA.
      BG Tenório, DR Kollath, L Gade, AP Litvintseva, T Chiller, JS Jenness, JE Stajich, DR Matute, AS Hanzlicek. Emerging Microbes & Infections 2315960. Available
    • Autochthonous blastomyces dermatitidis, India.
      A Chowdhary, GI Jofre, A Singh, AJ Dagilis, VE Sepúlveda, AT McClure, DR Matute. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2577. Available
    • Admixture in the fungal pathogen Blastomyces.
      GI Jofre, AJ Dagilis, VE Sepúlveda, T Anspach, A Singh, A Chowdhary, DR Matute. Genetics iyae155. Available
    • Ancestral neural circuits potentiate the origin of a female sexual behavior in Drosophila.
      M Li, DS Chen, IP Junker, FI Szorenyi, GH Chen, AJ Berger, AA Comeault, DR Matute, Y Ding. Nature Communications 9210. Available
    • Single-fly genome assemblies fill major phylogenomic gaps across the Drosophilidae Tree of Life.
      S Simoni, TE Steenwinkel, ZA Syed, A Takahashi, KHC Wei, T Yokoyama, MB Eisen, A Kopp, D Matute. PLoS Biology e3002697. Available
    • Genotypic diversity, virulence, and molecular genetic tools in Histoplasma.
      VE Sepúlveda, WE Goldman, DR Matute. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews e00076-23. Available
    • Phenotypic characterization of cryptic species in the fungal pathogen Histoplasma.
      VE Sepúlveda, JA Rader, J Li, WE Goldman, DR Matute. Msphere e00009-24. Available
    • Humidity and temperature preference in two Neotropical species of sand flies.
      JA Rader, A Stuckert, R Santander-Gualdron, G Cadavid-Restrepo, CX Moreno-Herrera, DR Matute. Parasites & Vectors 246. Available
    • The spread of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe.
      JA Rader, A Serrato-Capuchina, T Anspach, DR Matute. Acta Tropica 107106. Available
    • Aedes albopictus is present in the lowlands of southern Zambia.
      DR Matute, BS Cooper. Acta Tropica 107115. Available
    • Isotopic niches do not follow the expectations of niche conservatism in the bird genus Cinclodes.
      JA Rader, DR Matute. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 1185-1197. Available
    • The fitness of an introgressing haplotype changes over the course of divergence and depends on its size and genomic location.
      AJ Dagilis, DR Matute. PLoS Biology e3002185. Available
    • Strong positive selection in Aedes aegypti and the rapid evolution of insecticide resistance.
      RR Love, JR Sikder, RJ Vivero, DR Matute, DR Schrider. Molecular Biology and Evolution msad072. Available
    • Patterns of population structure and introgression among recently differentiated Drosophila melanogaster populations.
      JM Coughlan, AJ Dagilis, A Serrato-Capuchina, H Elias, D Peede, K Isbell, DM Castillo, BS Cooper, DR Matute. Molecular Biology and Evolution msac223. Available
    • Single nucleotide polymorphisms and chromosomal copy number variation may impact the Sporothrix brasiliensis antifungal susceptibility and sporotrichosis clinical outcomes.
      AM Nicola, PM de Macedo, ACF Valle, MC Gutierrez-Galhardo, DFS Freitas, BM Barker, DR Matute. Fungal Genetics and Biology 103743. Available
    • Phylogenetic climatic niche conservatism in sandflies (Diptera: Phlebotominae) and their relatives.
      ERR D'Agostino, R Vivero, L Romero, E Bejarano, AH Hurlbert, AA Comeault, DR Matute. Evolution 2361-2374. Available
    • A need for standardized reporting of introgression: Insights from studies across eukaryotes.
      AJ Dagilis, D Peede, JM Coughlan, GI Jofre, ERR D'Agostino, H Mavengere, AD Tate, DR Matute. Evolution Letters 344-357. Available
    • Using neutral loci to quantify reproductive isolation and speciation: a commentary on Westram et al., 2022.
      AMM Stuckert, DR Matute. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 1169-1174. Available
    • Diversity of cave Phlebotomines (Diptera: Psychodidae) from a Colombian cave.
      MV Londono, AMM Stuckert, RJ Vivero, DR Matute. Acta tropica 106515. Available
    • The evolutionary trajectory of drosophilid walking.
      LE Brezovec, J Coughlan, S Herbst, A Krieger, SY Lee, B Pratt, AD Smart, E Song, A Suvorov, DR Matute. Current Biology 3005-3015. Available
    • Correction: Highly contiguous assemblies of 101 drosophilid genomes.
      E Bertolini, V Košťál, RS Hawley, A Takahashi, CD Jones, DK Price, N Whiteman, A Kopp, DR Matute. Elife e78579. Available
    • Widespread introgression across a phylogeny of 155 Drosophila genomes.
      ERR D'agostino, DK Price, PJ Waddell, M Lang, V Courtier-Orgogozo, JR David, D Petrov, DR Matute. Current Biology 111-123. Available
    • An Indian lineage of Histoplasma with strong signatures of differentiation and selection.
      GI Jofre, A Singh, H Mavengere, G Sundar, E D'Agostino, A Chowdhary, DR Matute. Fungal Genetics and Biology 103654. Available
    • Genomic signatures of admixture and selection are shared among populations of Zaprionus indianus across the western hemisphere.
      AA Comeault, AF Kautt, DR Matute. Molecular Ecology 6193-6210. Available
    • Genomic diversity analysis reveals a strong population structure in Histoplasma capsulatum LAmA (Histoplasma suramericanum).
      F Almeida-Silva, M de Melo Teixeira, DR Matute, M de Faria Ferreira, BM Barker, R Almeida-Paes. Journal of Fungi 865. Available
    • P-elements strengthen reproductive isolation within the Drosophila simulans species complex.
      A Serrato-Capuchina, ERR D'Agostino, D Peede, B Roy, K Isbell, J Wang, DR Matute. Evolution 2425-2440. Available
    • Highly contiguous assemblies of 101 drosophilid genomes.
      E Bertolini, V Košťál, RS Hawley, A Takahashi, CD Jones, DK Price, N Whiteman, A Kopp, DR Matute. Elife e66405. Available
    • Mitochondrial genomes of the human pathogens Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii.
      M de Melo Teixeira, BF Lang, DR Matute, JE Stajich, BM Barker. G3 jkab132. Available
    • Pure species discriminate against hybrids in the Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup.
      A Serrato-Capuchina, TD Schwochert, S Zhang, B Roy, D Peede, C Koppelman, DR Matute. Evolution 1753-1774. Available
    • Comparative studies on speciation: 30 years since Coyne and Orr.
      DR Matute, BS Cooper. Evolution 764-778. Available
    • Temperature-dependent competitive outcomes between the fruit flies Drosophila santomea and Drosophila yakuba.
      AA Comeault, DR Matute. The American Naturalist 312-323. Available
    • Paracoccidioides brasiliensis isolated from nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) reveal population structure and admixture in the Amazon Basin.
      E Bagagli, DR Matute, HG Garces, BG Tenorio, AG Garces, LGB Alves, DH Yamauchi, MF Hrycyk, BM Barker. Journal of Fungi 54. Available
    • Who are we now? A demographic assessment of three evolution societies.
      CA Rushworth, RS Baucom, BK Blackman, M Neiman, ME Orive, A Sethuraman, J Ware, DR Matute. Evolution. Available
    • Paracoccidioides genomes reflect high levels of species divergence and little interspecific gene flow.
      H Mavengere, K Mattox, MM Teixeira, VE Sepúlveda, OM Gomez, O Hernandez, J McEwen, DR Matute. MBio. Available
    • The importance of intrinsic postzygotic barriers throughout the speciation process.
      JM Coughlan, DR Matute. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Available
    • Environmental and genetic contributions to imperfect w Mel-like Wolbachia transmission and frequency variation.
      MTJ Hague, H Mavengere, DR Matute, BS Cooper. Genetics 1117-1132. Available
    • Genomic diversity of the human pathogen Paracoccidioides across the South American continent.
      M de Melo Teixeira, ME Cattana, DR Matute, JF Muñoz, A Arechavala, K Isbell, R Schipper, G Santiso. Fungal Genetics and Biology 103395. Available
    • Genetic diversity and thermal performance in invasive and native populations of African fig flies.
      AA Comeault, J Wang, S Tittes, K Isbell, S Ingley, AH Hurlbert, DR Matute. Molecular Biology and Evolution 1893-1906. Available
    • Paternally inherited P-element copy number affects the magnitude of hybrid dysgenesis in Drosophila simulans and D. melanogaster.
      A Serrato-Capuchina, J Wang, E Earley, D Peede, K Isbell, DR Matute. Genome Biology and Evolution 808-826. Available
    • Incompatibilities between emerging species.
      AJ Dagilis, DR Matute. Science 710-711. Available
    • Recurrent collection of Drosophila melanogaster from wild African environments and genomic insights into species history.
      QD Sprengelmeyer, S Mansourian, JD Lange, DR Matute, BS Cooper, EV Jirle, MC Stensmyr, JE Pool. Molecular Biology and Evolution 627-638. Available
    • A novel Sporothrix brasiliensis genomic variant in Midwestern Brazil: evidence for an older and wider sporotrichosis epidemic.
      L Monteiro Cruz, I Barbieri Dos Santos, J Stajich, R Almeida Paes, RM Zancopé Oliveira, D Matute. Emerging Microbes & Infections 2515-2525. Available
    • Rapid and predictable evolution of admixed populations between two Drosophila species pairs.
      DR Matute, AA Comeault, E Earley, A Serrato-Capuchina, D Peede, A Monroy-Eklund, W Huang, CD Jones. Genetics 211-230. Available
    • Population structure and genetic diversity among isolates of Coccidioides posadasii in Venezuela and surrounding regions.
      P Alvarado, CC Roe, GR Thompson III, JSL Patané, JW Sahl, P Keim, JN Galgiani, AP Litvintseva, DR Matute. MBio. Available
    • Fungal species boundaries in the genomics era.
      DR Matute, VE Sepúlveda. Fungal Genetics and Biology 103249. Available
    • Gene exchange between two divergent species of the fungal human pathogen, Coccidioides.
      CS Maxwell, K Mattox, DA Turissini, MM Teixeira, BM Barker, DR Matute. Evolution 42-58. Available
    • Speciation: On the scent of mate discrimination genes.
      JM Coughlan, DR Matute. Current Biology R1389-R1391. Available
    • Correlated evolution of two copulatory organs via a single cis-regulatory nucleotide change.
      O Nagy, I Nuez, R Savisaar, AE Peluffo, A Yassin, M Lang, DL Stern, DR Matute, JR David. Current Biology 3450-3457. Available
    • Genetic divergence and the number of hybridizing species affect the path to homoploid hybrid speciation.
      AA Comeault, DR Matute. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 9761-9766. Available
    • A maladaptive combination of traits contributes to the maintenance of a Drosophila hybrid zone.
      BS Cooper, A Sedghifar, WT Nash, AA Comeault, DR Matute. Current Biology 2940-2947. Available
    • Recent admixture between species of the fungal pathogen Histoplasma.
      CS Maxwell, VE Sepulveda, DA Turissini, WE Goldman, DR Matute. Evolution Letters 210-220. Available
    • The role of transposable elements in speciation.
      A Serrato-Capuchina, DR Matute. Genes 254. Available
    • Supervised machine learning reveals introgressed loci in the genomes of Drosophila simulans and D. sechellia.
      DR Schrider, J Ayroles, DR Matute, AD Kern. PLoS Genetics e1007341. Available
    • When genes move, genomes collide.
      Y Brandvain, DR Matute. PLoS Genetics e1007286. Available
    • The rate of evolution of postmating-prezygotic reproductive isolation in Drosophila.
      DA Turissini, JA McGirr, SS Patel, JR David, DR Matute. Molecular Biology and Evolution 312-334. Available
    • Species boundaries in the human pathogen Paracoccidioides.
      DA Turissini, OM Gomez, MM Teixeira, JG McEwen, DR Matute. Fungal Genetics and Biology 9-25. Available
    • Wolbachia in the Drosophila yakuba complex: pervasive frequency variation and weak cytoplasmic incompatibility, but no apparent effect on reproductive isolation.
      BS Cooper, PS Ginsberg, M Turelli, DR Matute. Genetics 333-351. Available