DrVassiliki Koufopanou

Research
My research is in evolutionary and population genetics, using the yeasts as a model system to study:

genome evolution
evolution and domestication of selfish genetic elements
horizontal transfer of genes
species diversity and phylogenetics
Selected Publications
Tsai I.J., A. Burt and V. Koufopanou (2010) Conservation of recombination hotspots in yeast. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107:7847-7852 (doi)
Tsai, I. J., D. Bensasson, A. Burt and V. Koufopanou (2008) Population genomics of a wild yeast: quantifying the life cycle. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105:4957-4962 (doi)
Bensasson, D., M. Zarowiecki, A. Burt and V. Koufopanou (2008). Rapid evolution of yeast centromeres in the absence of drive. Genetics Vol:178, Pages:2161-2167(doi)
Koufopanou, V. J. Hughes, G. Bell and A. Burt (2006). The spatial scale of genetic differentiation in a model organism: the wild yeast Saccharomyces paradoxus. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London B 361:1941-1946 (doi)
Koufopanou, V. and A. Burt (2005). Degeneration and domestication of a selfish gene in yeast: molecular evolution versus site-directed mutagenesis. Molecular Biology and Evolution 22: 1535-1538 (doi)
Burt, A. and V. Koufopanou (2004). Homing endonuclease genes: the rise and fall and rise again of a selfish element. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 14: 609-615 (doi)
Johnson, L. J., V. Koufopanou, et al. (2004). Population genetics of the wild yeast Saccharomyces paradoxus. Genetics 166: 43-52.
Leroi, A., V. Koufopanou, and A. Burt. (2003). Cancer selection. Nature Reviews, Cancer 3: 226-231 (doi)