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Michael E. Hood

Amherst College

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Department Of Biology

NoneMichael E. Hood is currently serving as a Biology faculty at Amherst College.

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evolutionary biology genetics biology ecology fungus fungal biology fungal genetics fungal evolution fungal ecology pathogens coevolution genomics population genetics molecular evolution plant science plant disease plant pathology phylogenetics genome biology fungal reproduction biological evolution evolutionary genetics disease ecology ima fungus molecular ecology fungal systematics reproductive biology molecular plant pathology fungal pathogens plant-pathogen interactions adaptation host-parasite relationships fungal diversity host-microbe interactions chromosome biology pathogen transmission mating-type chromosomes invertebrate pathology heredity systematics molecular plant-microbe interactions avian biology animal ecology speciation fungal symbiosis host genetics cytogenetics plant health plant-parasite coevolution evolutionary theory microbotryum violaceum anther-smut fungus anther-smut fungi gene evolution evolutionary microbiology wildlife ecology population ecology anther-smut disease sexual selection interspecies transmission plant taxonomy genome studies plant-microbe interactions vegetation science phylogenomics model system evolutionary strata multiple infections recombination suppression transposable elements repeat-induced point mutation pheromone receptor genes pathogenic fungus anther-smut pathogens host-shift speciation mitochondrial gene order

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Combined Supplemental Tables and Figures With Legends From Contrasting Sensitivities to Seasonal Warming Among Co-Occurring Diseases.. Figshare (2026)

communicable diseasesclimate dynamicsglobal warmingclimatologyclimate epidemiologyclimate change effectsecologyclimate change

Contrasting Sensitivities to Seasonal Warming Among Co-Occurring Diseases. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (2026)

environmental healthcommunicable diseasesclimate dynamicsinfectious diseasesclimatic changeanthropogenic effectsclimate epidemiologybiometeorologyclimate changeepidemiology

Supplementary Material From"Contrasting Sensitivities to Seasonal Warming Among Co-Occurring Diseases.". Figshare (2026)

communicable diseasesclimate dynamicsglobal warmingclimatologyclimate epidemiologyclimate change effectsecologyclimate changeepidemiology

Repeated Loss of Function at Hd Mating-Type Genes and of Recombination in Anther-Smut Fungi. Nature Communications (2025)

genetic recombinationgeneticsmolecular geneticsfungusfungal geneticsfungal evolutionbiologyfungal biologyfungal reproductiongenome biology

Genetic Independence of Naturally Correlated Variation in Resistance to Endemic and Novel Pathogens. Ecology Letters (2024)

Michael E. HoodEmily L. BrunsJanis AntonovicsIsabel DavisMichelle LauniSophia BulzoniSamantha E. Rothberg

geneticsgenetic independenceinfectious diseasespathogensecologygenetic variation

Repeated Loss of Function at Hd Mating-Type Genes and of Recombination Suppression Without Mating-Type Locus Linkage in Anther-Smut Fungi. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Elise A LucottePaul JayQuentin RougemontLorelei BoyerAmandine AC CornilleAlodie SnircAmandine LabatElizabeth ChahineMarine DuhamelJacob GendelmanWen-Juan MaRoxanne Kaaren HayesMichael H PerlinMichael HoodRicardo C. Rodriguez de la VegaTatiana Giraud

molecular evolutiongeneticsrecombination suppressionfungal evolutionfungal geneticshost geneticsevolutionary biologyanther-smut fungigene evolutionmolecular biologyhd mating-type genes

Soil Seed Bank of the Alpine Endemic Carnation, Dianthus Pavonius Tausch (Piedmont, Italy), a Useful Model for the Study of Host–Pathogen Dynamics. Plants (2024)

Valentina CarassoEmily L. BrunsJanis AntonovicsMichael E. Hood

soil seed bankhost-parasite relationshipsplant-pathogen interactionsplant sciencealpine endemic carnationhost-pathogen dynamicsecologysoil

Author Response for"Specific Resistance Prevents the Evolution of General Resistance and Facilitates Disease Emergence". (2023)

None Samuel V. HulseNone Janis AntonovicsNone Michael E. HoodNone Emily L. Bruns

veterinary medicineinfectious diseasesauthor responsegeneral resistanceevolutionary biologyimmunologyspecific resistance

Dynamics of Transposable Element Accumulation in the Non-Recombining Regions of Mating-Type Chromosomes in Anther-Smut Fungi. Nature Communications (2023)

geneticsfungusfungal geneticschromosome biologycross-fertilizationbiologyfungal reproductionreproductive biology

Fungal Hacking of the Plant Sex-Determination Pathway via Interference With Agl24 in Silene Latifolia. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2023)

microbiologygeneticsplant endophytesfungusfungal geneticsfungal ecologymolecular plant pathologyplant sciencebiologyfungal biology

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Michael E. Hood

Amherst College

Affiliations

Department Of Biology

NoneMichael E. Hood is currently serving as a Biology faculty at Amherst College.

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Michael E. Hood

Amherst College

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

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Combined Supplemental Tables and Figures With Legends From Contrasting Sensitivities to Seasonal Warming Among Co-Occurring Diseases.. Figshare (2026)

communicable diseasesclimate dynamicsglobal warmingclimatologyclimate epidemiologyclimate change effectsecologyclimate change

Contrasting Sensitivities to Seasonal Warming Among Co-Occurring Diseases. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (2026)

environmental healthcommunicable diseasesclimate dynamicsinfectious diseasesclimatic changeanthropogenic effectsclimate epidemiologybiometeorologyclimate changeepidemiology

Supplementary Material From"Contrasting Sensitivities to Seasonal Warming Among Co-Occurring Diseases.". Figshare (2026)

communicable diseasesclimate dynamicsglobal warmingclimatologyclimate epidemiologyclimate change effectsecologyclimate changeepidemiology

Repeated Loss of Function at Hd Mating-Type Genes and of Recombination in Anther-Smut Fungi. Nature Communications (2025)

genetic recombinationgeneticsmolecular geneticsfungusfungal geneticsfungal evolutionbiologyfungal biologyfungal reproductiongenome biology

Genetic Independence of Naturally Correlated Variation in Resistance to Endemic and Novel Pathogens. Ecology Letters (2024)

Michael E. HoodEmily L. BrunsJanis AntonovicsIsabel DavisMichelle LauniSophia BulzoniSamantha E. Rothberg

geneticsgenetic independenceinfectious diseasespathogensecologygenetic variation

Repeated Loss of Function at Hd Mating-Type Genes and of Recombination Suppression Without Mating-Type Locus Linkage in Anther-Smut Fungi. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

molecular evolutiongeneticsrecombination suppressionfungal evolutionfungal geneticshost geneticsevolutionary biologyanther-smut fungigene evolutionmolecular biologyhd mating-type genes

Soil Seed Bank of the Alpine Endemic Carnation, Dianthus Pavonius Tausch (Piedmont, Italy), a Useful Model for the Study of Host–Pathogen Dynamics. Plants (2024)

Valentina CarassoEmily L. BrunsJanis AntonovicsMichael E. Hood

soil seed bankhost-parasite relationshipsplant-pathogen interactionsplant sciencealpine endemic carnationhost-pathogen dynamicsecologysoil

Author Response for"Specific Resistance Prevents the Evolution of General Resistance and Facilitates Disease Emergence". (2023)

None Samuel V. HulseNone Janis AntonovicsNone Michael E. HoodNone Emily L. Bruns

veterinary medicineinfectious diseasesauthor responsegeneral resistanceevolutionary biologyimmunologyspecific resistance

Dynamics of Transposable Element Accumulation in the Non-Recombining Regions of Mating-Type Chromosomes in Anther-Smut Fungi. Nature Communications (2023)

geneticsfungusfungal geneticschromosome biologycross-fertilizationbiologyfungal reproductionreproductive biology

Fungal Hacking of the Plant Sex-Determination Pathway via Interference With Agl24 in Silene Latifolia. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2023)

microbiologygeneticsplant endophytesfungusfungal geneticsfungal ecologymolecular plant pathologyplant sciencebiologyfungal biology

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