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
Presgraves, D. C., and Yi, S. (2009). Doubts about complex speciation between humans and chimpanzees. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. , in press.
Elango, N., Hunt, B. G., Goodisman, M. A. D., and Yi, S. (2009). DNA methylation is widespread and associated with differential gene expression in castes of the honeybee, Apis mellifera . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 106: 11206-11211. [Abstract]
Peng, Z., Elango, N., Wildman, D. E., Yi, S. (2009). Primate phylogenomics: developing numerous non-coding, non-repetitive markers for ecological and phylogenetic applications and analysis of evolutionary rate variation. BMC Genomics, 10: 247. [Open Access Full Text]
Elango, N., Lee, J., Peng, Z., Loh, Y.-H. E., Yi, S. (2009). Evolutionary rate variation in Old World monkeys. Biology Letters, 5: 405-408. [Abstract, PDF]
Hazen, T. H., Kennedy, D. K., Chen, S., Yi, S., and P. A. Sobecky (2009). Inactivation of mismatch repair increases diversity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Environmental Microbiology, 11:(5) 1254-1266. [Abstract, PDF]
Loh, Y.-H. E., Katz, L. S., Mims, M. C., Kocher, T. D., Yi, S., and J. T. Streelman (2008). Comparative analysis reveals signatures of differentiation amid genomic polymorphism in Lake Malawi cichlids. Genome Biology, 9: R113. [Open Access Full Text, PDF]
Elango, N. and Yi, S. (2008). DNA methylation and structural and functional bimodality of vertebratet promoters. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 25:(8) 1602-1608. [Abstract, PDF]
Elango, N., Kim, S-H., NISC Comparative Sequencing Group, Vigoda, E. and Yi, S. (2008). Mutations of different molecular origins exhibit contrasting patterns of regional substitution rate variation. PLoS Computational Biology 4:(2) e1000015. [Open Access Full Text, PDF]
Warden, C. D., Kim, S-H. and Yi, S. (2008). Predicted functional RNAs within coding regions constrain evolutionary rates of yeast proteins. PLoS One 3:(2) e1559. [Open Access Full Text, PDF]
Kim, S-H. and Yi, S. (2008). Mammalian nonsynonymous sites are not overdispersed: Comparative genomic analysis of index of dispersion of mammalian proteins. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 25:(2) 634-642. [Abstract, PDF]
Yi, S. (2007). Understanding neutral genomic molecular clocks. Evolutionary Biology, 34: 144-151. [Abstract] [PDF]
Kim, S-H. and Yi, S. (2007). Understanding relationship between sequence and functional evolution in yeast proteins. Genetica, 131: 151-156. [Abstract] [PDF, Supplementary Material]To use the partial correlation method used in this paper, click this [link]
Yi, S. and W-H. Li. (2007). Episodic molecular evolution of some protein hormones in primates and its implications for primate adaptation. In, Ravosa, M. J. and, M. Dagosto. Eds. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. New York, NY, USA. pp. 739-773.
Kim, S.-H.*, Elango, N.*, Warden, C., Vigoda, E., and Yi, S. (2006). Heterogenous genomic molecular clocks in primates. PLoS Genetics, 2: e163. * equal contribution [Full Text, PDF]
Yi, S. (2006). Non-adaptive evolution of genome complexity. BioEssays, 28: 979-982. [Abstract] [PDF]
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]
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. [Abstract] [PDF, Supplementary Material]
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, Supplementary Material]
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]
Bartolome, C., Maside, 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]
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]
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. [Abstract]
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]
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]
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. [Abstract]
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]
Li, W-H., Yi, S. and K. D. Makova. (2002). Male-driven evolution. Current Opinions in Genetics and Development. 12: 650-656. [Abstract] [PDF]
Yi, S., Bernat, B., Pal, 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]
Yi, S. and B. Charlesworth. (2000). A selective sweep associated with a recent gene transposition in Drosophila miranda. Genetics. 156: 1753-1763. [Abstract] [PDF]
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]