Robert McBride
Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
robert.mcbride@yale.edu
Research interests
I am broadly interested in understanding how interactions shape evolutionary processes; more specifically, understanding how mechanisms maintain mutualistic interactions, and the impact that these interactions have on shaping evolution.
I am also interested in understanding how organisms balance their ability to withstand perturbations, while simultaneously remaining capable of adapting to novel challenges. Specifically, how robustness and evolvability are related, and the mechanistic underpinnings of these processes.
An additional project I am working on in the Turner lab is using experimental evolution of RNA viruses to evaluate the effectiveness of modern methods of phylogenetic inference.
Background
Saint Vincent College, B.Sc. (1995 - 1999), Latrobe, PA. Concentration: Population Biology & Economics.
University of Houston, PhD (2001 - 2006), Houston, TX. Concentration: Evolutionary Biology (Lab of Mike Travisano).
Yale University, Postdoctoral Associate (2006 – Present), New Haven, CT. Concentration: Microbial Evolution (Lab of Paul Turner).
Publications
McBride, R. C., D. Greig and M. Travisano. 2008. Fungal Viral Mutualism Moderated by Ploidy. Evolution (In Press)
McBride, R. C., and P. E. Turner. 2008. Genetic Robustness and Evolvability of Viruses. Microbe (In Press)
Turner, P. E., R. C. McBride, and C. W. Zeyl. 2008. Sexual Exploits in Experimental Evolution. In Experimental Evolution: Concepts, Methods, and Applications. Editors, Theodore Garland, Jr. and Michael R. Rose. University of California Press. (In Press)
McBride, R.C., C.B. Ogbunugafor, and P.E. Turner. 2008. Robustness promotes evolvability to thermotolerance in an RNA virus. BMC Evolutionary Biology. (In press).
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