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Selected publications

Divergence in a eukaryotic transcription factor’s co-TF dependence involves multiple intrinsically disordered regions
Snyder LF, O'Brien EM, Zhao J, Liang J, Bruce BJ, Zhang Y, Zhu W, Cassier TH, Schnicker NJ, Zhou X, Gordan R, He BZ .   (2025)   Nat Commun. 16, 5340   PMID: 40533454
Divergence of TORC1-mediated Stress Response Leads to Novel Acquired Stress Resistance in a Pathogenic Yeast
Liang J , Tang H, Snyder LF, Youngstrom CE, He BZ .   (2023)   PLOS Pathog 19(10):e1011748   PMID: 37871123
Parallel Expansion and Divergence of an Adhesin Family in Pathogenic Yeasts
Smoak RS , Snyder LF , Fassler JS , He BZ .   (2023)   Genetics. 223(4), iyad024   PMID: 36794645
Evolution of reduced co-activator dependence led to target expansion of a starvation response pathway
He BZ , Zhou X, O'Shea EK .   (2017)   eLife. 6:e25157   PMID: 28485712

All publications

Combat behaviors predictive of fight outcome in Gromphadorhina portentosa
Young JJ , Craven CA , Koenig JA, Addemir M, He BZ, Miakotina OL, Eberl DF .   (2026)   microPublication Biology 2026   PMID: 41660195
An Optimized LIVE/DEAD Assay Coupled with Flow Cytometry for Quantifying Post-Stress Survival in Yeast Cells
Tang H, Miller J, He BZ .   (2025)   J. Vis. Exp. (222), e69005   PMID: 40952960
Divergence in a eukaryotic transcription factor’s co-TF dependence involves multiple intrinsically disordered regions
Snyder LF, O'Brien EM, Zhao J, Liang J, Bruce BJ, Zhang Y, Zhu W, Cassier TH, Schnicker NJ, Zhou X, Gordan R, He BZ .   (2025)   Nat Commun. 16, 5340   PMID: 40533454
Reflective environment heightens crayfish aggressive and fearful behaviors
Rocca SM , Saldana DN , Addemir M, Koenig JA, He BZ, Miakotina OL, Eberl DF .   (2024)   MicroPub Biol. (2023) doi:10.17912/micropub.biology.001184   PMID: 38854633
Divergence of TORC1-mediated Stress Response Leads to Novel Acquired Stress Resistance in a Pathogenic Yeast
Liang J , Tang H, Snyder LF, Youngstrom CE, He BZ .   (2023)   PLOS Pathog 19(10):e1011748   PMID: 37871123
Parallel Expansion and Divergence of an Adhesin Family in Pathogenic Yeasts
Smoak RS , Snyder LF , Fassler JS , He BZ .   (2023)   Genetics. 223(4), iyad024   PMID: 36794645
GenTree, an integrated resource for analyzing the evolution and function of primate-specific coding genes.
Shao Y, Chen C, Shen H, He BZ, Yu D, Jiang S, Zhao S, Gao Z, Zhu Z, Chen X, Fu Y, Chen H, Gao G, Long M, Zhang YE .   (2019)   Genome Res. (2019) doi:10.1101/gr.238733.118   PMID: 30862647
Dynamic Changes in Yeast Phosphatase Families Allow for Specialization in Phosphate and Thiamine Starvation.
Nahas JV, Iosue CL, Shaik NF, Selhorst K, He BZ, Wykoff DD .   (2018)   G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 2018 May 10;g3.200303.2018   PMID: 29748198
Evolution of reduced co-activator dependence led to target expansion of a starvation response pathway
He BZ , Zhou X, O'Shea EK .   (2017)   eLife. 6:e25157   PMID: 28485712
Emergence, Retention and Selection: A Trilogy of Origination for Functional De Novo Proteins from Ancestral LncRNAs in Primates
Chen JY , Shen QS , Zhou WZ , Peng J, He BZ, Li Y, Liu CJ, Luan X, Ding W, Li S, Chen C, Tan BC, Zhang YE, He A , Li CY   (2015)   PLoS Genet. 11(7): e1005391   PMID: 26177073
Expression profile and gene age jointly shaped the genome-wide distribution of premature termination codons in a Drosophila melanogaster population
Yang H , He BZ , Ma H, Tsaur SC, Ma C, Wu Y, Ting CT, Zhang YE .   (2015)   Mol Biol Evol. 32(1),216-228   PMID: 25371429
Genetic Complexity in a Drosophila Model of Diabetes-Associated Misfolded Human Proinsulin
Park SY , Ludwig MZ , Tamarina NA, He BZ, Carl SH, Dickerson DA, Barse L, Arun B, Williams CL, Miles CM, Philipson LH, Steiner DF, Bell GI, Kreitman M .   (2014)   Genetics. 196(2):539-55   PMID: 24281154
Effect of Genetic Variation in a Drosophila Model of Diabetes-Associated Misfolded Human Proinsulin
He BZ , Ludwig MZ, Dickerson DA, Barse L, Arun B, Vilhjálmsson BJ, Jiang P, Park SY, Tamarina NA, Selleck SB, Wittkopp PJ, Bell GI, Kreitman M .   (2014)   Genetics. 196(2):557-67   PMID: 24281155
Using Drosophila natural variation to study the role of positive selection in cis-regulatory evolution and the genetic basis of a complex disease trait
He BZ   (2012)   The University of Chicago. 145; 3548238   PMID:
Does Positive Selection Drive Transcription Factor Binding Site Turnover? A Test with Drosophila Cis-Regulatory Modules
He BZ , Holloway AK, Maerkl SJ, Kreitman M .   (2011)   PLoS Genet. 7(4):e1002053   PMID: 21572512
The birth and death of microRNA genes in Drosophila
Lu J, Shen Y, Wu Q, Kumar S, He B, Shi S, Carthew RW, Wang SM , Wu CI .   (2008)   Nat Genet. 40(3):351-5   PMID: 18278047
A quantitative study of lambda-phage SWITCH and its components.
Lou C, Yang X, Liu X, He B, Ouyang Q .   (2007)   Biophys J. 92(8):2685-93   PMID: 17259278