Research articles
C. Patil, J. Sylvester, K. Abdilleh, M. Morsworthy, K. Pottin, M. Malinsky, R. Bloomquist, Z. Johnson, McGrath, and J. Streelman (2021). Genome-enabled discovery of evolutionary divergence in brains and behavior. Scientific Reports 11(1):1-14.
Z. Johnson, M. Arrojwala, V. Aljapur, T. Lee, T. Lancaster, M. Lowder, K. Gu, J. Stockert, R. Lecesne, J. Moorman, J. Streelman, and McGrath (2020). “Automated measurement of long-term bower behaviors in Lake Malawi cichlids using depth sensing and action recognition.” Scientific Reports 10(1):20573.
C. Dilks, S. Hahnel, Q. Sheng, L. Long, McGrath, and E. Andersen (2020). “Quantitative benzimidazole resistance and fitness effects of parasitic nematode beta-tubulin alleles”. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance 15, 28-36.
L. Long, Z. Johnson, T. Lancaster, V. Aljapur, J. Streelman, and McGrath (2020). “Automatic classification of cichlid behaviors using 3D convolutional residual networks”. iScience 23 (10), 101591.
Y. Zhao, L. Long, J. Wan, S. Biliya, S. Brady, D. Lee, E. Andersen, F. Vannberg, H. Lu, and McGrath (2020). “A spontaneous complex structural variant in rcan-1 increases exploratory behavior and laboratory fitness of C. elegans” PLOS Genetics 16(2), e1008607.
W. Xu, L. Long, Y. Zhao, L. Stevens, I. Felipe, J. Munoz, R. Ellis, and McGrath (2019). “Evolution of Yin and Yang isoforms of a chromatin remodeling subunit precedes the creation of two genes” Elife doi: 10.7554/eLife.48119.
C. Gimond, A. Vielle, N. Silva-Soares, S. Zdraljevic, McGrath, E. Andersen, and C. Braendle (2019). “Natural Variation and Genetic Determinants of Caenorhabditis elegans Sperm Size” Genetics doi: 10.1534/genetics.119.30242..
A. Lopez-Cruz, A. Sordillo, N. Pokala, Q. Liu, McGrath, and C. Bargmann (2019). “Parallel Multimodal Circuits Control an Innate Foraging Behavior” Neuron 102(2):407-419.
R. York, C. Patil, K. Abdilleh, Z. Johnson, M. Conte, M. Genner, McGrath, H. Fraser, R. Ferneld, and T. Streelman (2018). “Behavior-dependent cis regulation reveals genes and pathways associated with bower building in cichlid fishes.” PNAS 115(47):E11081-90.
S. Hahnel, B. Zdraljevic, S. Rodriguez, Y. Zhao, McGrath, and E. Andersen (2018). “Extreme allelic heterogeneity at a Caenorhabditis elegans beta-tubulin locus explains natural resistance to benzimidazoles.” PLOS Pathogens 14(10) doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007226.
Y. Zhao, L. Long, W. Xu, R. Campbell, E. Large, J. Greene and McGrath (2018). “Changes to social feeding behaviors are not sufficient for fitness gains of the C. elegans N2 reference strain”. Elife doi: 10.7554/eLife.38675.
W. Zhuo, H. Lu#, and McGrath# (2017). “Microfluidic Platform with Spatiotemporally Controlled Micro-Environment for Studying Long-term C. elegans Developmental Arrests”. Lab on a Chip. DOI: 10.1039/c6Ic01573e
E. Large, R. Padmanabhan, K. Watkins, R. Campbell, W. Xu, and P. McGrath# (2017). “Modeling of a negative feedback mechanism explains antagonistic pleiotropy in reproduction in domesticated elegans strains”. PLOS Genetics. 13(5): e1006769.
K. Evans, Y. Zhao, S. Brady, L. Long, McGrath, and E. Andersen (2017). “Correlations of Genotype with Climate Parameters Suggest Caenorhabditis elegans Niche Adaptations”. G3 (Bethesda). 7(1):289-298.
J. Greene, M. Dobosiewicz, R. Butcher, McGrath, and C. Bargmann (2016). “Regulatory changes in two chemoreceptor genes contribute to a Caenorhabditis elegans QTL for foraging behavior”. Elife 5:e21454.
A. San-Miguel, P. Kurshan, M. Crane, Y. Zhao, McGrath, K. Shen, H. Lu (2016). “Deep phenotyping unveils hidden traits and genetic relations in subtle mutants”, Nature Communications, 7: 12990.
J. Greene, M. Brown, M. Dobosiewicz, I. Ishida, E. Macosko, X. Zhang, R. Butcher, D. Cline, McGrath, and C. Bargmann# (2016). “Balancing selection shapes density-dependent foraging behaviors”. Nature 539(7628):254-258.
E. Large, W. Xu, Y. Zhao, S. Brady, L. Long, R. Butcher, E. Andersen, and McGrath (2016). “Selection on a subunit of the NURF Chromatin Remodeler Modifies Life History Traits in a Domesticated Strain of Caenorhabidtis elegans”. PLOS Genetics 12(7):e1006219.
X. Ai*, W. Zhuo*, Q. Liang#, McGrath#, and H. Lu#. (2014). “A high-throughput device for size based separation of C. elegans”, Lab on a Chip, 14(10):1746-1752.
McGrath, Y. Xu, J. Garrison, M. Ailion, R. Butcher, and C. Bargmann (2011). “Parallel evolution of domesticated Caenorhabditis targets pheromone receptor genes” Nature, 477(7364):321-325.
McGrath, M. Rockman, M. Zimmer, H. Jang, E. Macosko, L. Kruglyak, and C. Bargmann (2009). “Quantitative mapping of a digenic behavioral trait implicates globin variation in C. elegans sensory behaviors.” Neuron, 61(5):692-699.
S. Landt, E. Abeliuk, McGrath, J. Lesley, H. McAdams, and L. Shapiro (2008). “Small non-coding RNAs in Caulobacter crescentus.” Molecular Microbiology, 68(3):600-614.
McGrath, H. Lee, L. Zhang, A. Iniesta, A. Hottes, M. Tan, N. Hillson, P. Hu, L. Shapiro, and H. McAdams (2007). “High-throughput Identification of transcriptional start sites, conserved promoter motifs and predicted regulons.” Nature Biotechnology, 25:584-592.
A. Iniesta*, McGrath*, A. Reisenauer, H. McAdams, and L. Shapiro (2006). “A phospho-signalling pathway controls the localization and activity of a protease complex critical for bacterial cell cycle progression.” PNAS, 103:10935-10940.
McGrath*, A. Iniesta*, K. Ryan, L. Shapiro, and H. McAdams (2006). “A dynamically localized protease complex and a polar specificity factor control a cell cycle master regulator”. Cell, 124(3):535-547.
J. Chen, A. Hottes, H. McAdams, McGrath, P. Viollier, and L. Shapiro (2006). “Cytokinesis signals truncation of the PodJ polarity factor by a cell cycle-regulated protease.” EMBO Journal, 25(2):377-386.
S. Crosson, McGrath, C. Stephens, H. McAdams, L. Shapiro (2005). “Conserved modular design of an oxygen sensory signaling network with species-specific output.” PNAS, 102:8018-8023.
P. Viollier*, M. Thanbichler*, McGrath*, L. West, M. Meewan, H. McAdams, and L. Shapiro (2004). “Rapid and sequential movement of individual chromosomal loci to specific subcellular locations during bacterial DNA replication.” PNAS, 101:9257-9262.
Review articles
K. Evans, M van Wijk, McGrath, E. Andersen, and M. Sterken (2021). “From QTL to gene: C. elegans facilitates discoveries of the genetic mechanisms underlying natural variation.” Trends in Genetics 37 (10), 933-947.
McGrath, and I. Ruvinsky (2019). “A primer on pheromone signaling in C. elegans for systems biologists.” Current Opinion in Systems Biology, 13:23-30.
R. Campbell, McGrath, and A. Paaby (2018). “Analysis of epistasis in natural traits using model organisms.” Trends in Genetics, 34(11):883-898.
McGrath (2017). “Neurobiology: A genetic cause of age-related decline.” Nature, 551(7679):179-180.
N. Baran, McGrath, and T. Streelman (2017). “Applying gene regulatory network logic to the evolution of social behavior”. PNAS. 114(23):5886-5893.
McGrath (2013). “Varieties of behavioral natural variation”. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 23(1):24-28.
McGrath, P. Viollier, and H. McAdams (2004). “Setting the pace: mechanisms tying Caulobacter cell-cycle progression to macroscopic cellular events.” Current Opinion in Microbiology, 7:192-7.