Publications (peer reviewed) :

Phillips, N, M. Salomon, A. Custer, D. Ostrow, and C. F. Baer. 2009. Spontaneous mutational and standing genetic (Co)variation at dinucleotide microsatellites in Caenorhabditis briggsae and C. elegans . Molecular Biology and Evolution , in press.

Baer, C. F. 2008. Quantifying the de-canalizing effects of spontaneous mutations in rhabditid nematodes. American Naturalist 172: 272–281.

Baer, C. F., M. M. Miyamoto, and D. R. Denver. 2007. Mutation rate variation in multicellular eukaryotes: causes and consequences. Nature Reviews Genetics 8: 619-631.

Ostrow, D. G., N. Phillips, A. Avalos, D. Blanton, A. Boggs, T. Keller, L. Levy, J. Rosenbloom, and C. F. Baer . 2007. Mutational bias for body size in Rhabditid nematodes. Genetics 176: 1653–1661.

Baer, C. F., N. Phillips, D. Ostrow, A. Avalos, D. Blanton, A. Boggs, T. Keller, L. Levy, and E. Mezerhane. 2006. Cumulative effects of spontaneous mutations for fitness in Caenorhabditis: role of genotype, environment and stress. Genetics 174: 1387-1395.

Fuller, R. C., C. F. Baer , and J. Travis. 2005. How and when selection experiments might actually be useful. Integr. Comp. Biol . 45: 391-404.

Baer, C. F., F. Shaw, C. Steding, M. Baumgartner, A. Hawkins, A. Houppert, N. Mason, M. Reed, K. Simonelic, W. Woodard, and M. Lynch. 2005. Comparative evolutionary genetics of spontaneous mutations affecting fitness in rhabditid nematodes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102: 5785-5790.

Baer, C. F., D. Tripp, T. Bjorksten, and M. F. Antolin. 2004. Phylogeography and the evolution of host use in a parasitoid wasp, Diarietiella rapae . Molecular Ecology 13: 1859-1869.

Baer, C. F., and M. Lynch. 2003. Correlated evolution of life-history with size at maturity in Daphnia pulicaria : patterns within and between populations. Genetical Research 81: 123-132.

W. C. Black IV, C. F. Baer , M. F. Antolin, and N. DuTeau. 2001. Population genomics: procedures for the genome-wide sampling of insect populations. Annual Review of Entomology 46: 441-469.

Baer, C. F., J. Travis, and K. Higgins. 2000. Experimental evolution in Heterandria formosa , a livebearing fish: group selection on population size. Genetical Research 76: 169-178.

Baer, C. F., and J. Travis. 2000. Direct and correlated responses to artificial selection on acute thermal stress tolerance in a livebearing fish. Evolution 54: 238-244.

Baer, C. F. 1999. Among-locus variation in F st : Fish, allozymes, and a lesson from the Lewontin-Krakauer test. Genetics 152: 653-659.

Travis, J., M. G. McManus, and C. F. Baer . 1999. Sources of variation in physiological phenotypes and their evolutionary significance. American Zoologist 39: 422-433.

Baer, C. F. 1998. Species-wide population structure in a southeastern US freshwater fish, Heterandria formosa : gene flow and biogeography. Evolution 52: 183-193.

Baer, C. F. 1998. Population structure in a south-eastern US freshwater fish, Heterandria formosa . II. Gene flow and biogeography within the St. Johns River drainage. Heredity 81: 404-411.

Baer, C. F., M. Dantzker, and M. J. Ryan. 1995. Schooling behavior in a color polymorphic Poeciliid fish: laboratory study. Environmental Biology of Fishes 43: 207-212.

Invited Commentary Articles :

Baer, C. F. 2008. Does the mutation rate depend on itself? PLoS Biology 6(2): e52.

Baer, C. F. 2007. Divining God's mutation rate. Cellscience Reviews 3(4). ISSN 1742-8130.

Submitted Manuscripts:

Joyner-Matos, J., A. Upadhyay, M. P. Salomon, V. Grigaltchik, and C. F. Baer . 200x. Mutational and standing genetic variance for lifespan in rhabditid nematodes: a case for mutation-selection balance. Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences , in review.

Higgins, L. A., L. Jacobs, R. McCleary, M. L. Wayne, and C. F. Baer . 200x. Genetic differences for cumulative mutational effects on fitness in Drosophila melanogaster . Genetica , in revision.