Professor
Possibly accepting new graduate students
Fields of Interest
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Selected Research
- The evolution of cooperation by the Hankshaw effect., Kerr Benjamin, Dickinson Katherine J., Hammarlund Sarah P., and Connelly Brian D., Evolution, 06/2016, Volume 70, Issue 6 (2016)
- Toxins go viral: phage-encoded lysis releases group B colicins, Kerr Benjamin and van Raay Katrina, Environmental Microbiology, 01/2016, Volume 18, Issue 5, p.1308 - 1311 (2016)
- Negative niche construction favors the evolution of cooperation, Kerr Benjamin, Hammarlund Sarah P., Connelly Brian D., and Dickinson Katherine J., Evolutionary Ecology, Jan-04-2016, Volume 30, Issue 2, p.267 - 283 (2016)
- The evolution of cooperation by the Hankshaw effect, Kerr Benjamin, Hammarlund Sarah P., Connelly Brian D., and Dickinson Katherine J., Evolution, Jan-06-2016, Volume 70, Issue 6, p.1376 - 1385 (2016)
- Microbiology: Taking the bad with the good, Bergstrom Carl T and Kerr Benjamin, Nature, 08/2016, Volume 521, Issue 7553, p.431 - 432 (2015)
- The evolutionary origin of somatic cells under the dirty work hypothesis, Kerr B, Goldsby H., and Ofria C., PLoS Biology, Volume 12, Issue 5 (2014)
- Life cycles, fitness decoupling and the evolution of multicellularity, Kerr B, Hammerschmidt K., Rose C., and Rainey P., Nature, 2014, Volume 515 (2014)
- Evolutionary rescue from extinction is contingent on a lower rate of environmental change, Lindsey Haley A., Gallie Jenna, Taylor Susan, and Kerr Benjamin, Nature, Oct-02-2013, Volume 494, Issue 7438, p.463 - 467 (2013)
- Coevolutionary cycling of host sociality and pathogen virulence in contact networks, West J D, Prado F, Sheih A, and Kerr B, 2009, Volume 261, Issue 4, p. - -569Elsevier (2009)
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