Michael Travisano

10.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
97 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Michael Travisano is a scholar working on Genetics, Sociology and Political Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Travisano has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Genetics, 46 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 45 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael Travisano's work include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (61 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (46 papers) and Plant and animal studies (19 papers). Michael Travisano is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (61 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (46 papers) and Plant and animal studies (19 papers). Michael Travisano collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and United Kingdom. Michael Travisano's co-authors include Richard E. Lenski, Paul B. Rainey, Duncan Greig, William C. Ratcliff, Robert A. Waterland, Judith A. Mongold, Gregory J. Velicer, Michael Doebeli, R. Ford Denison and Albert F. Bennett and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Travisano

95 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Adaptive radiation in a heterogeneous environment

1998 913 citations Paul B. Rainey, Michael Travisano profile →
Dynamics of adaptation and diversification: a 10,000-generation experiment with bacterial populations.

1994 696 citations Michael Travisano et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Experimental evolution of multicellularity

2012 342 citations William C. Ratcliff, R. Ford Denison et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Travisano United States	35	4.1k	3.1k	2.1k	1.2k	1.1k	97	6.8k
Dominique Schneider France	40	3.4k 0.8×	3.1k 1.0×	1.0k 0.5×	896 0.7×	197 0.2×	84	5.5k
Dmitri A. Petrov United States	69	6.8k 1.6×	8.2k 2.7×	397 0.2×	1.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.4×	193	14.4k
Rolf F. Hoekstra Netherlands	36	1.6k 0.4×	1.3k 0.4×	702 0.3×	463 0.4×	946 0.9×	102	3.9k
Frédéric Thomas France	53	2.3k 0.6×	1.4k 0.4×	495 0.2×	3.5k 2.8×	1.3k 1.2×	327	10.7k
Peter D. Keightley United Kingdom	54	8.5k 2.1×	4.8k 1.6×	815 0.4×	739 0.6×	1.6k 1.5×	150	11.1k
Adam Eyre‐Walker United Kingdom	61	7.0k 1.7×	7.2k 2.3×	530 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	142	11.9k
Lin Chao United States	42	4.8k 1.2×	2.6k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	625 0.6×	78	7.0k
Hinrich Schulenburg Germany	45	1.9k 0.5×	2.4k 0.8×	413 0.2×	1.0k 0.8×	614 0.6×	132	6.5k
Reinhard Bürger Austria	47	5.2k 1.3×	1.6k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.8k 1.4×	3.1k 2.9×	200	10.5k
Michael M. Desai United States	38	3.9k 0.9×	2.9k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	512 0.4×	429 0.4×	80	5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Travisano

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Travisano

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Travisano

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Denison, R. Ford, et al.. (2023). Experimental evolution in the cyanobacterium Trichormus variabilis: increases in size and morphological diversity. Evolution. 77(5). 1216–1225. 3 indexed citations

Chacón, Jeremy M., et al.. (2023). Disentangling a metabolic cross-feeding in a halophilic archaea-bacteria consortium. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1276438–1276438. 3 indexed citations

Travisano, Michael, et al.. (2023). The eco-evolutionary origins of life. Evolution. 78(1). 1–12. 7 indexed citations

Travisano, Michael, et al.. (2022). Loss-of-heterozygosity facilitates a fitness valley crossing in experimentally evolved multicellular yeast. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1976). 20212722–20212722. 5 indexed citations

Yi, Xiao, et al.. (2021). Plasmid hypermutation using a targeted artificial DNA replisome. Science Advances. 7(29). 18 indexed citations

Yi, Xiao, Romas J. Kazlauskas, & Michael Travisano. (2020). Evolutionary innovation using EDGE, a system for localized elevated mutagenesis. PLoS ONE. 15(4). e0232330–e0232330. 2 indexed citations

Arzola, Alejandro V., et al.. (2019). Plastic multicellular development of Myxococcus xanthus : genotype–environment interactions in a physical gradient. Royal Society Open Science. 6(3). 181730–181730. 10 indexed citations

Lin, Hui, Michael Travisano, & Romas J. Kazlauskas. (2016). Experimental Evolution of Trichoderma citrinoviride for Faster Deconstruction of Cellulose. PLoS ONE. 11(1). e0147024–e0147024. 4 indexed citations

Escalante, Ana E., et al.. (2015). Ecological perspectives on synthetic biology: insights from microbial population biology. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. 143–143. 62 indexed citations

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Ratcliff, William C., R. Ford Denison, Mark E. Borrello, & Michael Travisano. (2012). Experimental evolution of multicellularity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(5). 1595–1600. 342 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pajares, Silvia, Germán Bonilla‐Rosso, Michael Travisano, Luis E. Eguiarte, & Valeria Souza. (2012). Mesocosms of Aquatic Bacterial Communities from the Cuatro Cienegas Basin (Mexico): A Tool to Test Bacterial Community Response to Environmental Stress. Microbial Ecology. 64(2). 346–358. 10 indexed citations

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Escalante, Ana E., Sumiko Inouye, & Michael Travisano. (2012). A Spectrum of Pleiotropic Consequences in Development Due to Changes in a Regulatory Pathway. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e43413–e43413. 9 indexed citations

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Saxer, Gerda, Michael Doebeli, & Michael Travisano. (2010). The Repeatability of Adaptive Radiation During Long-Term Experimental Evolution of Escherichia coli in a Multiple Nutrient Environment. PLoS ONE. 5(12). e14184–e14184. 33 indexed citations

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Saxer, Gerda, Michael Doebeli, & Michael Travisano. (2009). Spatial structure leads to ecological breakdown and loss of diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 276(1664). 2065–2070. 34 indexed citations

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Spencer, Christine C., Gerda Saxer, Michael Travisano, & Michael Doebeli. (2007). Seasonal resource oscillations maintain diversity in bacterial microcosms. Evolutionary ecology research. 9(5). 775–787. 23 indexed citations

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Cooper, Tim F., Elizabeth A. Ostrowski, & Michael Travisano. (2007). A NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MUTATION PLEIOTROPY AND FITNESS EFFECT IN YEAST. Evolution. 61(6). 1495–1499. 46 indexed citations

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Spencer, Christine C., et al.. (2007). Adaptive Diversification in Genes That Regulate Resource Use in Escherichia coli. PLoS Genetics. 3(1). e15–e15. 57 indexed citations

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Greig, Duncan, Edward J. Louis, Rhona H. Borts, & Michael Travisano. (2002). Hybrid Speciation in Experimental Populations of Yeast. Science. 298(5599). 1773–1775. 132 indexed citations

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Rainey, Paul B., Angus Buckling, Rees Kassen, & Michael Travisano. (2000). The emergence and maintenance of diversity: insights from experimental bacterial populations. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 15(6). 243–247. 154 indexed citations

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Travisano, Michael. (1997). Long-Term Experimental Evolution in Escherichia coli. VI. Environmental Constraints on Adaptation and Divergence. Genetics. 146(2). 471–479. 47 indexed citations

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