The
Chavhan
Lab for
Understanding
Evolution
Peer-reviewed publications
(in reverse chronological order; the colored text shows links)
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7. Chavhan, Y., Malusare, S., & Dey, S.
Population size shapes trade-off dilution and adaptation to a marginal niche unconstrained by sympatric habitual conditions
Evolution (2023) 78 (2), 342-354 doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpad212
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6. Chavhan, Y.*, Dey, S., & Lind, P.A.*
Bacteria evolve macroscopic multicellularity by the genetic assimilation of phenotypically plastic cell clustering
Nature Communications 14, 3555 (2023)
*Corresponding authors
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5. Chavhan, Y., Malusare, S. & Dey, S.
Interplay of population size and environmental fluctuations: A new explanation for fitness cost rarity in asexuals
Ecology Letters 24, 1943–1954 (2021)
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4. Chavhan, Y., Malusare, S. & Dey, S.
Larger bacterial populations evolve heavier fitness trade-offs and undergo greater ecological specialization.
Heredity 124, 726–736 (2020)
Companion article
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3. Chavhan, Y., Karve, S. & Dey, S.
Adapting in larger numbers can increase the vulnerability of Escherichia coli populations to environmental changes.
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​2. Chavhan, Y., Ali, S. I. & Dey, S.
Larger numbers can impede adaptation in asexual populations despite entailing greater genetic variation.
Evolutionary Biology 46, 1–13 (2019)
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1. Karve, S., Daniel, S., Chavhan Y., Anand, A., Kharola, S.S. & Dey, S.
Escherichia coli populations in unpredictably fluctuating environments evolve to face novel stresses through enhanced efflux activity.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28, 1131–1143 (2015)