Hall, R.A., MacPherson, A. Local adaptation of life-history traits in a seasonal environment. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 2025.

Reyes, E., MacPherson, A., M’Gonigle, L. It’s better to be choosy in small populations: drift promotes the evolution of weak female preference for rare phenotypes. Evolution. 2025.

Toorians, M., Davies, T.J., MacPherson, A. Multi-host pathogen transmission and the disease–diversity relationship. Biological Reviews. 2025.

Pennell, M., MacPherson, A. Reading Yule in light of the history and present of macroevolution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2025.

Salehzadeh, M., Stockie, J.M., MacPherson, A. Aggregation unveiled: a sequential modelling approach to bark beetle outbreaks. Theoretical Population Biology. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2024.10.002

Otto, S.P., MacPherson, A., Colijn, C. Endemic does not mean constant as SARS-CoV-2 continues to evolve. Evolution. 2024.

Davies, T.J., MacPherson, A. Seed masting as a mechanism for escape from pathogens. Current Biology. 2024.

Urquhart-Cronish, M., Angert, A.L., Otto, S.P., MacPherson, A. Density-dependent selection during range expansion affects expansion load in life-history traits. The American Naturalist. 2024.

Clancy, E., MacPherson, A., Cheek, R.G., Mouton, J.C., Sillett, T.S., Chalambor, C.K., Funk, W.C., Hohenlohe, P.A. Unraveling adaptive evolutionary divergence at microgeographic scales. The American Naturalist. 2023.

Peters, M.A.E., Mideo, N., MacPherson, A. The maintenance of genetic diversity under host–parasite coevolution in finite, structured populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 2023.

Liu, P., Song, Y., Colijn, C., MacPherson, A. The impact of sampling bias on viral phylogeographic reconstruction. PLoS Global Public Health. 2022.

Wang, S., Nalley, M.J., Chatla, K., Aldaimalani, R., MacPherson, A., Wei, K., Corbett, R., Mai, D., Bachtrog, D. Neo-sex chromosome evolution shapes sex-dependent asymmetrical introgression barrier. PNAS. 2022.

MacPherson, A., Wang, S., Yamaguchi, R., Rieseberg, L.H., Otto, S.P. Parental population range expansion before secondary contact promotes heterosis. The American Naturalist. 2022.

MacPherson, A., Louca, S., McLaughlin, A., Joy, J.B., Pennell, M.W. Unifying phylogenetic birth–death models in epidemiology and macroevolution. Systematic Biology. 2021.

Louca, S., McLaughlin, A., MacPherson, A., Joy, J.B., Pennell, M.W. Fundamental identifiability limits in molecular epidemiology. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 2021.

Ph.D.

MacPherson, A.,Keeling M.J., Otto, S.P., Feedback between coevolution and epidemiology can help or hinder the maintenance of genetic variation in host‐parasite models. Evolution. 2021

Mathematica Files: A: Constant_Size, B: Ecological_Model, C: Epidemiological_Model

MacPherson, A.,Keeling M.J., Otto, S.P., Coevolution fails to maintain genetic variation in a host–parasite model with constant finite population size. Theoretical Population Bioology. 2020

Mathematica Files: A: Moran_Model, B: Seed_Dormancy, C: Wright_Fisher_model

MacPherson, A., Otto, S.P., Nuismer, S.L., Keeping pace with the Red Queen: Identifying the genetic basis of susceptibility to infectious disease. Genetics. 2018

Mathematica Files: A: CoGWAS

MacPherson, A., Otto, S.P., Joint coevolutionary-epidemiological models dampen Red Queen cycles and alter conditions for epidemics. Theoretical Population Biology. 2018

Mathematica Files: A: SIRS_Model, B: SEIRS_Model, C: Morand_Model

Masters & Undergraduate

MacPherson, A., Nuismer, S.L., Natural Selection and the probability of parallel genetic evolution from standing genetic variation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 2017

MacPherson, A., Hohenlohe, P.A., Nuismer, S.L., Trait dimensionality explains widespread variation in local adaptation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 2015

Nuismer, S.L., MacPherson, A., Rosenblum, E.B., Crossing the threshold: gene-flow, dominance and the critical level of standing genetic variation required for adaptation to novel environments. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 2012

Balemba, O.B., Stenkamp-Strahm, C.H., Cady, J., MacPherson, A., High-fat diet-induced neuropathy of enteric nervous system and the effect of Alpha-7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine receptor agonist, DMAB-Anabaseine Dihydrochloride. Gastroenterology. 2011