K. Adhikari

Workflows for detecting fungicide resistance in net form and spot form net blotch pathogens

This study develops phenotyping and genotyping workflows to detect fungicide resistance in Pyrenophora teres pathogens, identifying prevalent resistance alleles in South and Western Australia.

Thermal tolerance and preference are both consistent with the clinal distribution of house fly proto-Y chromosomes

This study shows that male-determining chromosomes in house flies affect thermal tolerance and preference in a way consistent with their clinal distribution across latitudes.

Trans regulation of an odorant binding protein by a proto-Y chromosome affects male courtship in house fly

The paper identifies a Y-linked gene that regulates odorant binding proteins, affecting male courtship in house flies and demonstrating a molecular mechanism for sexually antagonistic evolution.

Temperature-dependent effects of house fly proto-Y chromosomes on gene expression

The paper investigates temperature-dependent gene expression effects of proto-Y chromosomes in house flies, finding few sex-determining gene effects but many other temperature-interacting genes.

Sex chromosome evolution in muscid flies

The paper compares sex chromosome evolution in muscid flies to determine why some species have divergent sex chromosomes while others conserve them.