Linda M. Kohn
Professor Emerita
Campus
UTM
CSB Appointment
Emeritus
Research Areas
Evolutionary Biology, Genetics / Genomics, Plant Biology
Education
Ph.D. Cornell University 1979
B.Sc. University of Vermont 1973
Titles and Honors
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Primary Undergraduate Department
Biology, UTM
Graduate Programs
Cell & Systems Biology
Research Description
Fungal Biology: Systematics, Population Biology, Trophic Interactions, Experimental Evolution, Speciation.
Contact Information
Office Phone: 905-828-3997
Office: DV3047
Lab: DV4090C
Lab Phone: 905-828-5338
Email
Mailing Address
Department of Cell & Systems Biology
University of Toronto
3359 Mississauga Road
Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6
Canada
Publications
2014
The Underlying Structure of Adaptation Under Strong Selection in Twelve Experimental Yeast Populations
Kohn LM, Anderson JB
2014, Eukaryotic cell, 25016004
2012
PRP8 inteins in species of the genus Botrytis and other ascomycetes
Bokor AA, Kohn LM, Poulter RT, van Kan JA
2012, Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B, 49, 250-61, 22285471
Evidence for a common toolbox based on necrotrophy in a fungal lineage spanning necrotrophs, biotrophs, endophytes, host generalists and specialists
Andrew M, Barua R, Short SM, Kohn LM
2012, PloS one, 7, e29943, 22253834
2011
Cellular effects and epistasis among three determinants of adaptation in experimental populations of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Parreiras LS, Kohn LM, Anderson JB
2011, Eukaryotic cell, 10, 1348-56, 21856932
2010
Determinants of divergent adaptation and Dobzhansky-Muller interaction in experimental yeast populations
Anderson JB, Funt J, Thompson DA, Prabhu S, Socha A, Sirjusingh C, Dettman JR, Parreiras L, Guttman DS, Regev A, Kohn LM
2010, Current biology : CB, 20, 1383-8, 20637622
2009
Genome-wide investigation of reproductive isolation in experimental lineages and natural species of Neurospora: identifying candidate regions by microarray-based genotyping and mapping
Dettman JR, Anderson JB, Kohn LM
2010, Evolution; international journal of organic evolution, 64, 694-709, 19817850
Single nucleotide polymorphism-based diagnostic system for crop-associated Sclerotinia species
Andrew M, Kohn LM
2009, Applied and environmental microbiology, 75, 5600-6, 19581480
Evidence for alteration of fungal endophyte community assembly by host defense compounds
Saunders M, Kohn LM
2009, The New phytologist, 182, 229-38, 19170900
2008
Divergent adaptation promotes reproductive isolation among experimental populations of the filamentous fungus Neurospora
Dettman JR, Anderson JB, Kohn LM
2008, BMC evolutionary biology, 8, 35, 18237415
2007
Host-synthesized secondary compounds influence the in vitro interactions between fungal endophytes of maize
Saunders M, Kohn LM
2008, Applied and environmental microbiology, 74, 136-42, 17993551
Marker stability throughout 400 days of in vitro hyphal growth in the filamentous ascomycete, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Kohn LM, Schaffer MR, Anderson JB, Grünwald NJ
2008, Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B, 45, 613-7, 17996469
Incipient speciation by divergent adaptation and antagonistic epistasis in yeast
Dettman JR, Sirjusingh C, Kohn LM, Anderson JB
2007, Nature, 447, 585-8, 17538619
New Populations of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum from Lettuce in California and Peas and Lentils in Washington
Malvárez G, Carbone I, Grünwald NJ, Subbarao KV, Schafer M, Kohn LM
2007, Phytopathology, 97, 470-83, 18943288
2006
An optimized method for mycelial compatibility testing in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Schafer MR, Kohn LM
2006, Mycologia, 98, 593-7, 17139852
2005
Origins of host-specific populations of the blast pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae in crop domestication with subsequent expansion of pandemic clones on rice and weeds of rice
Couch BC, Fudal I, Lebrun MH, Tharreau D, Valent B, van Kim P, Nottéghem JL, Kohn LM
2005, Genetics, 170, 613-30, 15802503
2003
Mode of selection and experimental evolution of antifungal drug resistance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Anderson JB, Sirjusingh C, Parsons AB, Boone C, Wickens C, Cowen LE, Kohn LM
2003, Genetics, 163, 1287-98, 12702675
2002
A multilocus gene genealogy concordant with host preference indicates segregation of a new species, Magnaporthe oryzae, from M. grisea
Couch BC, Kohn LM
2002, Mycologia, 94, 683-93, 21156541
Population genomics of drug resistance in Candida albicans
Cowen LE, Nantel A, Whiteway MS, Thomas DY, Tessier DC, Kohn LM, Anderson JB
2002, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 99, 9284-9, 12089321