J. Ayroles

Wolbachia interacts with the microbiome to shape fitness-associated traits during seasonal adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster

This study shows Wolbachia limits microbial diversity and interacts with the microbiome to influence fitness traits in Drosophila during seasonal adaptation.

Latitudinal cline does not predict variation in the microbiome of wild Drosophila melanogaster

The study examines microbiome variation in Drosophila melanogaster across a latitudinal gradient and finds no correlation between latitude and microbiome diversity.

Selection on ancient variations drives the adaptive radiation of Metrosideros across the Hawaiian archipelago

This study investigates how ancient genetic variations drive adaptive radiation in Hawaiian Metrosideros, showing balancing selection on pre-existing haplotypes facilitates diversification despite limited genetic diversity.

Wild flies hedge their thermal preference bets in response to seasonal fluctuations

The paper tests if thermal preference variation in Drosophila melanogaster reflects a bet-hedging strategy across regions and finds evidence supporting this evolutionary strategy.

Urbanization and market-integration have strong, non-linear effects on metabolic health in the Turkana

The paper examines how urbanization and market integration affect metabolic health in the Turkana, finding non-linear health declines with increasing urbanicity and early life exposure to urban environments.

Can the microbiome influence host evolutionary trajectories?

This study investigates how the microbiome can influence host evolutionary trajectories by analyzing microbial inheritance, phenotypic effects, and empirical evidence from Drosophila.

Supervised machine learning reveals introgressed loci in the genomes of Drosophila simulans and D. sechellia

This paper introduces FILET, a supervised machine learning method to detect introgressed loci between Drosophila species, finding significant introgression from D. simulans to D. sechellia.