Evolutionary persistence of insect bunyavirus infection despite host acquisition and expression of the viral nucleoprotein gene.
2019. Ballinger MJ and Taylor DJ. Virus Evolution 5 (2). DOI: 10.1093/ve/vez017
Taxonomy of the order Bunyavirales: update 2019.
2019. Archives of virology 164(7): 1949-1965
Taxonomy of the order Bunyavirales: second update 2018.
2019. Archives of virology 164(3): 927-941
Toxin and genome evolution in a Drosophila defensive symbiosis.
2019. Ballinger MJ, Gawryluk RMR, and Perlman SJ. Genome Biology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy272
The defensive Spiroplasma.
2019. Ballinger MJ and Perlman SJ. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 32. DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2018.10.004
Cellular production of a counterfeit viral protein confers immunity to infection by a related virus.
2018. Warner BE, Ballinger MJ, Yerramsetty P, Reed J, Taylor DJ, Smith TJ, and Bruenn JA. PeerJ. 6:e5679. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5679
Evolution and diversity of inherited Spiroplasma in Myrmica ants.
2018. Ballinger MJ, Moore LD, and Perlman SJ. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 84(4). DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02299-17
An exceptional family: Ophiocordyceps-allied fungus dominates the microbiome of soft scale insects. Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccidae.
2017. Gomez-Polo P, Ballinger MJ, Lalzar M, Malik A, Ben-Dov Y, Mozes-Daube N, Perlman SJ, Iasur-Kruh L, and Chiel E. Molecular Ecology. 26(20):5855-5868. DOI: 101111/mec14332
Unexpected differences in the population genetics of phasmavirids (Bunyavirales) from subarctic ponds.
2017. Ballinger MJ, Medeiros AS, Qin J, and Taylor DJ. Virus Evolution. DOI: 101093/ve/vex015
Generality of toxins in defensive symbiosis: Ribosome-inactivating proteins and defense against parasitic wasps in Drosophila.
2017. Ballinger MJ and Perlman SJ. PLOS Pathogens. 13(7): e1006431 DOI: 101371/journalppat1006431
Bacterial associates of Hyalesthes obsoletus. Hemiptera: Cixiidae. the insect vector of bois noir disease with a focus on cultivable bacteria.
2017. Iasur-Kruh L, Naor V, Zahavi T, Ballinger MJ, Sharon R, Robinson WE, Perlman SJ, Zchori-Fein E. Research in Microbiology. 168(1):94-101 DOI: 101016/jresmic201608005
Climate‐associated tundra thaw pond formation and range expansion of boreal zooplankton predators.
2015. Taylor DJ, Ballinger MJ, Medeiros AS, and Kotov AA. Ecography. DOI: 101111/ecog01514
Evidence that ebolaviruses and cuevaviruses have been diverging from marburgviruses since the Miocene.
2014. Taylor DJ, Ballinger MJ, Zhan JJ, Hanzly LE, and Bruenn JA. PeerJ. 2:e556 DOI: 107717/peerj556
Discovery and evolution of bunyavirids in arctic phantom midges and ancient bunyavirid-like sequences in insect genomes.
2014. Ballinger MJ, Bruenn JA, Hay J, Czechowski D, and Taylor DJ. Journal of Virology. 88(16): 8783-94 DOI: 101128/JVI00531-14
Selectively maintained paleoviruses in Holarctic water fleas reveal an ancient origin for phleboviruses.
2013. Ballinger MJ, Bruenn JA, Kotov AA, and Taylor DJ. Virology. 446(1-2):276-82 DOI: 101016/jvirol201307032
Virus-host coevolution under a modified nuclear genetic code.
2013. Taylor DJ, Ballinger MJ, Bowman SM, and Bruenn JA. PeerJ. 1:e50 DOI: 107717/peerj50
Phylogeny integration and expression of sigma virus-like genes in Drosophila.
2012. Ballinger MJ, Bruenn JA, and Taylor DJ. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 65(1):251-8 DOI: 101016/jympev201206008
Evolutionary maintenance of filovirus-like genes in bat genomes.
2011. Taylor DJ, Dittmar K, Ballinger MJ, and Bruenn JA. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11:336 DOI: 101186/1471-2148-11-336
2019. Ballinger MJ and Taylor DJ. Virus Evolution 5 (2). DOI: 10.1093/ve/vez017
Taxonomy of the order Bunyavirales: update 2019.
2019. Archives of virology 164(7): 1949-1965
Taxonomy of the order Bunyavirales: second update 2018.
2019. Archives of virology 164(3): 927-941
Toxin and genome evolution in a Drosophila defensive symbiosis.
2019. Ballinger MJ, Gawryluk RMR, and Perlman SJ. Genome Biology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy272
The defensive Spiroplasma.
2019. Ballinger MJ and Perlman SJ. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 32. DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2018.10.004
Cellular production of a counterfeit viral protein confers immunity to infection by a related virus.
2018. Warner BE, Ballinger MJ, Yerramsetty P, Reed J, Taylor DJ, Smith TJ, and Bruenn JA. PeerJ. 6:e5679. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5679
Evolution and diversity of inherited Spiroplasma in Myrmica ants.
2018. Ballinger MJ, Moore LD, and Perlman SJ. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 84(4). DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02299-17
An exceptional family: Ophiocordyceps-allied fungus dominates the microbiome of soft scale insects. Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccidae.
2017. Gomez-Polo P, Ballinger MJ, Lalzar M, Malik A, Ben-Dov Y, Mozes-Daube N, Perlman SJ, Iasur-Kruh L, and Chiel E. Molecular Ecology. 26(20):5855-5868. DOI: 101111/mec14332
Unexpected differences in the population genetics of phasmavirids (Bunyavirales) from subarctic ponds.
2017. Ballinger MJ, Medeiros AS, Qin J, and Taylor DJ. Virus Evolution. DOI: 101093/ve/vex015
Generality of toxins in defensive symbiosis: Ribosome-inactivating proteins and defense against parasitic wasps in Drosophila.
2017. Ballinger MJ and Perlman SJ. PLOS Pathogens. 13(7): e1006431 DOI: 101371/journalppat1006431
Bacterial associates of Hyalesthes obsoletus. Hemiptera: Cixiidae. the insect vector of bois noir disease with a focus on cultivable bacteria.
2017. Iasur-Kruh L, Naor V, Zahavi T, Ballinger MJ, Sharon R, Robinson WE, Perlman SJ, Zchori-Fein E. Research in Microbiology. 168(1):94-101 DOI: 101016/jresmic201608005
Climate‐associated tundra thaw pond formation and range expansion of boreal zooplankton predators.
2015. Taylor DJ, Ballinger MJ, Medeiros AS, and Kotov AA. Ecography. DOI: 101111/ecog01514
Evidence that ebolaviruses and cuevaviruses have been diverging from marburgviruses since the Miocene.
2014. Taylor DJ, Ballinger MJ, Zhan JJ, Hanzly LE, and Bruenn JA. PeerJ. 2:e556 DOI: 107717/peerj556
Discovery and evolution of bunyavirids in arctic phantom midges and ancient bunyavirid-like sequences in insect genomes.
2014. Ballinger MJ, Bruenn JA, Hay J, Czechowski D, and Taylor DJ. Journal of Virology. 88(16): 8783-94 DOI: 101128/JVI00531-14
Selectively maintained paleoviruses in Holarctic water fleas reveal an ancient origin for phleboviruses.
2013. Ballinger MJ, Bruenn JA, Kotov AA, and Taylor DJ. Virology. 446(1-2):276-82 DOI: 101016/jvirol201307032
Virus-host coevolution under a modified nuclear genetic code.
2013. Taylor DJ, Ballinger MJ, Bowman SM, and Bruenn JA. PeerJ. 1:e50 DOI: 107717/peerj50
Phylogeny integration and expression of sigma virus-like genes in Drosophila.
2012. Ballinger MJ, Bruenn JA, and Taylor DJ. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 65(1):251-8 DOI: 101016/jympev201206008
Evolutionary maintenance of filovirus-like genes in bat genomes.
2011. Taylor DJ, Dittmar K, Ballinger MJ, and Bruenn JA. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11:336 DOI: 101186/1471-2148-11-336