| Perspective: evolution and detection of genetic robustness JAGM De Visser, J Hermisson, GP Wagner, LA Meyers, ... Evolution 57 (9), 1959-1972, 2003 | 635 | 2003 |
| Prisoner's dilemma in an RNA virus PE Turner, L Chao Nature 398 (6726), 441, 1999 | 566 | 1999 |
| Perspective: sign epistasis and genetic costraint on evolutionary trajectories DM Weinreich, RA Watson, L Chao Evolution 59 (6), 1165-1174, 2005 | 561 | 2005 |
| Fitness of RNA virus decreased by Muller's ratchet L Chao Nature 348 (6300), 454-455, 1990 | 517 | 1990 |
| Structured habitats and the evolution of anticompetitor toxins in bacteria L Chao, BR Levin Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 78 (10), 6324-6328, 1981 | 514 | 1981 |
| Resource-limited growth, competition, and predation: a model and experimental studies with bacteria and bacteriophage BR Levin, FM Stewart, L Chao The American Naturalist 111 (977), 3-24, 1977 | 430 | 1977 |
| Evolution by small steps and rugged landscapes in the RNA virus ϕ6 CL Burch, L Chao Genetics 151 (3), 921-927, 1999 | 328 | 1999 |
| Competition between high and low mutating strains of Escherichia coli L Chao, EC Cox Evolution, 125-134, 1983 | 280 | 1983 |
| Evolvability of an RNA virus is determined by its mutational neighbourhood CL Burch, L Chao Nature 406 (6796), 625, 2000 | 267 | 2000 |
| A complex community in a simple habitat: an experimental study with bacteria and phage L Chao, BR Levin, FM Stewart Ecology 58 (2), 369-378, 1977 | 260 | 1977 |
| Amelioration of the cost of conjugative plasmid carriage in Eschericha coli K12 C Dahlberg, L Chao Genetics 165 (4), 1641-1649, 2003 | 249 | 2003 |
| Genetic mosaicism in plants and clonal animals DE Gill, L Chao, SL Perkins, JB Wolf Annual review of Ecology and Systematics 26 (1), 423-444, 1995 | 195 | 1995 |
| Rapid evolutionary escape by large populations from local fitness peaks is likely in nature DM Weinreich, L Chao Evolution 59 (6), 1175-1182, 2005 | 190 | 2005 |
| Transposable elements as mutator genes in evolution L Chao, C Vargas, BB Spear, EC Cox Nature 303 (5918), 633, 1983 | 181 | 1983 |
| Understanding the evolutionary fate of finite populations: the dynamics of mutational effects OK Silander, O Tenaillon, L Chao PLoS biology 5 (4), e94, 2007 | 164 | 2007 |
| The rate of compensatory mutation in the DNA bacteriophage φX174 A Poon, L Chao Genetics 170 (3), 989-999, 2005 | 158 | 2005 |
| Epistasis and its consequences for the evolution of natural populations CB Fenster, LF Galloway, L Chao Trends in Ecology & Evolution 12 (7), 282-286, 1997 | 158 | 1997 |
| Epistasis and its relationship to canalization in the RNA virus φ6 CL Burch, L Chao Genetics 167 (2), 559-567, 2004 | 152 | 2004 |
| Kin selection and parasite evolution: higher and lower virulence with hard and soft selection L Chao, KA Hanley, CL Burch, C Dahlberg, PE Turner The Quarterly review of biology 75 (3), 261-275, 2000 | 145 | 2000 |
| Asymmetries generated by transcription-coupled repair in enterobacterial genes MP Francino, L Chao, MA Riley, H Ochman Science 272 (5258), 107-109, 1996 | 144 | 1996 |
Paul E. TurnerProfessor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University Verified email at yale.edu
