Soojin Yi, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 2000
Phone: 404-385-6084
Fax: 404-894-2295
Office: (IBB) 3302/3203
Publications
18. Yi, S. (2006). Non-adaptive evolution of genome complexity. BioEssays, 28: 979-982. [Abstract] [PDF]
17. Kim, S.-H.*, Elango, N.*, Warden, C., Vigoda, E., and Yi, S. (2006). Heterogenous genomic molecualr clocks in primates. PLoS Genetics, 2(10): e163 . * equal contribution [Full Text]
16. Yi, S. and W-H. Li. (2006). Episodic molecular evolution of some protein hormones in primates and its implications for primate adaptation. In, Frank, S.A., Godfray, C., Hall, B.K., Hawles, K., Hillis, D.M., Kodric-Brown, A., Lenski, R.E., and Pomiankowski, A. Eds. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. New York, NY, USA. in press.
15. Kim, S.-H., and Yi, S. (2006). Correlated asymmetry between sequence and functional divergence of duplicate proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 23: 1068-1075. (published electronically on March 1, 2006). [Abstract] [PDF, Supplementary Material]
14. Elango, N., J. W. Thomas, NISC Comparative Sequencing Group, and Yi, S. (2006). Variable molecular clocks in hominoids. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 103:1370-1375. [Abstract] [PDF, Supplementary Material]
13. Yi, S. and J. T. Streelman. (2005). Genome size is negatively correlated with effective population size in ray-finned fishes. Trends in Genetics, 21:643-646. [Abstract] [PDF]
12 .Yi, S. and W-H. Li. (2005). Molecular evolution of recombination hotspots and highly recombining pseudoautosomal regions in hominoids. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 22:1223-1230. [Abstract] [PDF]
11. Bartolomé, C., Masidé, X. Yi, S., Grant, A. L., and B. Charlesworth. (2005). Patterns of selection on synonymous and non-synonymous variants in Drosophila miranda. Genetics, 169:1495-1507. [Abstract] [PDF]
10. Yi, S., Summers, T. J., Pearson, N. M., and W-H. Li. (2004). Recombination has little effect on the rate of sequence divergence in pseudoautosomal boundary 1 among humans and great apes. Genome Research, 14:37-43. [Abstract] [PDF]
9. Yi, S. (2003). Synonymous and nonsynonymous rates. pp. In, Cooper, D. N. et al. Eds. Encyclopedia of the Human Genome. Nature Publishing Group Reference. New York, NY, USA.
8. Yi, S. and B. Charlesworth. (2003). Unusual pattern of single nucleotide polymorphisms at the exuperantia2 locus of Drosophila pseudoobscura. Genetical Research. 82:101-106. [Abstract] [PDF]
7. Yi, S., Bachtrog, D. and B. Charlesworth. (2003). A survey of chromosomal and nucleotide sequence variation in Drosophila miranda. Genetics. 164:1369-1381. [Abstract] [PDF]
6. Li, W-H. and Yi, S. (2002). Molecular evolution. pp. 750-756 In, Pagel, M. at al. Eds. Encyclopedia of Evolution. Vol II. Oxford University Press. New York, NY. USA.
5. Yi, S., Ellsworth, D. and W-H. Li. (2002). Slow molecular clocks in Old World monkeys, apes, and humans. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 19:2192-2198. [Abstract] [PDF]
4. Li, W-H., Yi, S. and K. D. Makova. (2002). Male-driven evolution. Current Opinions in Genetics and Development. 12:650-656. [Abstract] [PDF]
3. Yi, S., Bernat, B., Pál, G., Kossiakoff, A. and W-H. Li. (2002). Functional promiscuity of squirrel monkey growth hormone receptor toward both primate and nonprimate growth hormones. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 19:1083-1092. [Abstract] [PDF]
2. Yi, S. and B. Charlesworth. (2000). A selective sweep associated with a recent gene transposition in Drosophila miranda. Genetics. 156:1753-1763. [Abstract] [PDF]
1. Yi, S. and B. Charlesworth. (2000). Contrasting patterns of molecular evolution of genes on the new and old sex chromosomes of Drosophila miranda. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 17:703-717. [Abstract] [PDF]