de Vienne, D. M., Hood, M. E., and
Giraud, T. 2009. Phylogenetic
determinants of potential host shifts in fungal pathogens. (in review - inquire).
Bernasconi, G., Antonovics, J., Biere, A., Charlesworth, D., Delph, L. F., Filatov, D.,
Giraud, T., Hood, M. E., Marais, G. A. B, McCauley, D., Pannell, J., Shykoff, J. A., Vyskot, B.,
Wolfe, L. Widmer, A. 2009. Re-emergence of Silene as a model system in ecology and evolution. (in review - inquire).
Gold,
A., Giraud, T., and Hood, M. E. 2009. Within-host
competitive exclusion among species of the anther-smut pathogen. (in review - inquire).
Johnson,
L. J., Giraud, T., Anderson, R., and Hood, M. E. 2009.
The impact of genome defense on mobile elements in Microbotryum. (in revision for
second review - inquire).
Aguileta,
G., Hood, M. E., Refrégier, G., and Giraud, T. 2009. Genome
evolution in plant pathogenic and symbiotic fungi. Advances in Botanical Research. (in press - inquire).
Devier, B., Aguileta,
G., Hood, M. E., and Giraud, T. 2009. Ancient trans-specific
polymorphism at pheromone receptor genes in basidiomycetes. Genetics (in press - inquire).
de Vienne, D. M., Refrégier,
G., Hood, M. E., Guigue, A., Devier,
B., Vercken, E., Smadja, C.
Deseille, A., and Giraud, T. 2009. Hybrid sterility and inviability in the
parasitic fungal species complex Microbotryum.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology (in press - inquire).
Sloan,
D. B., Giraud, T., and Hood, M. E. 2008. Maximized virulence in a
sterilizing pathogen: the anther-smut fungus and its co-evolved hosts. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21:
1544-1554. (printed - inquire for a PDF).
Giraud, T., Refrégier,
G., Le Gac, M., de Vienne, D. M., and Hood, M. E. 2008.
Speciation in fungi. Fungal Genetics and Biology 45: 791–802. (printed - inquire for a PDF)
Giraud, T., Yockteng, R., López-Villavicencio,
M., Refrégier, G., and Hood, M. E. 2008.
The mating system of the anther smut fungus, Microbotryum violaceum: selfing under heterothallism. Eukaryotic Cell 7: 765–775. PDF
Refregier, G., Le Gac, M., Jabbour,
F., Widmer, A., Shykoff, J.
A., Yockteng, R., Hood, M. E., and Giraud, T. 2008. Cophylogeny of the anther smut fungi and their
caryophyllaceous hosts: Prevalence of host shifts and importance of delimiting
parasite species for inferring cospeciation. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:100. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-100. PDF
Giraud, T., Yockteng, R.
Marthey, S., Chiapello, H., Jonot, O., Lopez-Villavicencio, M., Hood, M. E., De
Vienne, D., Gendrault-Jacquemard, A., Wincker, P. and
Dossat, C. 2008.
Isolation of 60 polymorphic microsatellite loci in EST
libraries of four sibling species of the phytopathogenic
fungal complex Microbotryum. Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 387–392.
(printed - inquire for a PDF)
López-Villavicencio, M., Jonot, O., Coantic, A., Hood, M.
E., Enjalbert, J., and Giraud, T. 2007.
Multiple infections by related genotypes in natural populations of the
anther smut fungus. PLoS Pathogen 3:e176. PDF
Yockteng, R, Marthey, S. Chiapello,
H, Gendrault, A., Hood, M. E., Rodolphe,
F., Wincker, P., Dossat,
C., and Giraud, T. 2007.
Expressed sequences tags of the anther smut fungus, Microbotryum violaceum, identify mating and pathogenicity gene. BMC Genomics 8: 272. PDF
Le Gac, M.,
Hood, M. E., and Giraud, T. 2007. Evolution
of reproductive isolation within a parasitic fungal species complex. Evolution 61: 1781–1787. PDF
Cafuir, L., Antonovics, J., and Hood, M.
E. 2007.
Tissue culture and quantification of individual-level
resistance to anther-smut disease in Silene vulgaris. International Journal of Plant Sciences
168: 415-419. PDF
Antonovics, J., Abbate,
J., Howell Baker, C., Daley, D., Hood, M. E., Jenkins, C. E., Johnson, L. J.,
Murray, J. J., Panjeti, V., Rudolf, V. H. W., and
Sloan, D. 2007. Evolution by any
other name: antibiotic resistance and avoidance of the e-word. PLoS Biology 5: 137-140. PDF
Le Gac, M., Hood, M. E., Fournier, E., Giraud, T. 2007. Phylogenetic evidence of
host-specific cryptic species in the anther smut fungus. Evolution 61: 15-26. PDF
Koskella, B., Giraud, T., and Hood, M. E. 2006. Pathogen relatedness affects the
prevalence of within-host competition. American Naturalist 168: 121-126.
PDF
Antonovics, J., Hood, M.
E., and Howell Baker, C. 2006. Was the 1918 flu avian in origin? Nature
440: e9. PDF
Johnson,
L. J., Antonovics, J., and Hood, M. E. 2005. The evolution of
intratetrad mating rates. Evolution 59: 2525-2532. PDF
Lopez-Villavicencio, M., Enjalbert, E., Hood, M. E., Shykoff,
J. A., Raquin, C., Giraud, T. 2005. The anther
smut disease on Gypsophila repens: a case of
parasite sub-optimal performance following a recent host shift? Journal of
Evolutionary Biology 18: 1293-1303. PDF
Hood, M.
E., Katawczik, M., and Giraud, T. 2005. Repeat-induced point mutation and
the population structure of transposable elements in Microbotryum violaceum.
Genetics 170: 1081-1089. PDF
Hood, M. E. 2005. Repetitive DNA in the automictic fungus Microbotryum violaceum.
Genetica 124: 1-10. PDF
Hood, M.
E., Antonovics, J., and Koskella, B. 2004. Shared forces of
sex chromosome evolution in haploid-mating and diploid-mating organisms.
Genetics 168: 141-146. PDF
Hood, M. E. and
Antonovics, J. 2004. Mating within the meiotic tetrad
and the maintenance of genomic heterozygosity. Genetics 166:
1751-1759. PDF
Antonovics, J., Hood, M.
E., Thrall, P., Abrams, J. Y, and Duthie, M. 2003.
Herbarium studies on the distribution of anther-smut disease (Microbotryum
violaceum) and Silene species in the eastern
Hood, M. E. and Antonovics,
J. 2003. Plant species descriptions show signs of disease. Proceedings
of the Royal Society
Hood, M. E. 2003. Dynamics of multiple infection and within-host competition by the
anther-smut pathogen. American Naturalist 162: 122-133. PDF
Hood, M. E., Antonovics,
J., and Heishman, H. 2003. Karyotypic
similarity identifies multiple host-shifts of a pathogenic fungus in natural
populations. Infection, Genetics, and Evolution 2: 167-172. PDF
Hood, M. E. 2002. Dimorphic mating-type chromosomes in the fungus Microbotryum
violaceum. Genetics 160: 457-461. PDF
Antonovics, J., Hood, M.
E., Partain, J. 2002. The ecology and genetics
of a host-shift: Microbotryum as a model system. American Naturalist
160: S40-S53. PDF
Hood, M. E., Rocha, 0. J.,
and Antonovics, J. 2001. Differences in teliospore
germination patterns of Microbotryum violaceum on European and North
American Silene species. Mycological Research 105: 532-536. PDF
Hood, M. E. and
Antonovics, J. 2000. Intratetrad mating, heterozygosity, and the
maintenance of deleterious alleles in Microbotryum violaceum (=Ustilago
violacea). Heredity 85: 231-241. PDF
Hood, M. E. and
Antonovics, J. 1998. Two-celled promycelia and
mating-type segregation in Ustilago violacea (=Microbotryum violaceum).
International Journal of Plant Sciences 159: 199-205. PDF
Antonovics,
J., O'Keefe, K., and Hood, M. E. 1998. Theoretical population genetics of
mating- type linked haplo-lethal alleles. International
Journal of plant Science 159: 192-198. PDF
Hood, M.
E., Condon, J. M., Timko, M. P., and Riopel, J. L. 1998. Primary haustorial development of Striga
asiatica on host and nonhost
species. Phytopathology 88: 70-75. (cover article) PDF
Hood, M. E. and Shew, H. D. 1997. Reassessment of
the role of saprophytic activity in the ecology of Thielaviopsis
basicola. Phytopathology
87: 1214-1219. PDF
Hood, M. E. and Shew, H. D. 1997. The influcence of nurtients on
development, resting hyphae and aleuriospore
induction of Thielaviopsis basicola. Mycologia
89: 793-800. PDF
Hood, M. E. and Shew, H. D. 1997. Initial cellular interactions between
Thielaviopsis basicola
and tobacco root hairs. Phytopathology 87:
228-235. (cover article) PDF
Hood, M. E. and Shew, H. D. 1996. Pathogenesis of Thielaviopsis basicola
on a susceptible and a resistant cultivar of burley tobacco. Phytopathology 86: 38-44. PDF
Hood, M. E. and Shew, H. D. 1996. Applications of KOH-aniline blue fluorescence in the study of plant-fungal
interactions. Phytopathology 86: 704-708. PDF
(Link to M. E. Hood
homepage - Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics, Amherst College)