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M. Polak

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Organism:Drosophila· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Assay:imaging· 1

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J. B. Benoit· 2 shared J. Bose· 2 shared A. Webster· 1 shared D. Lewis· 1 shared H. Singh· 1 shared H. Talbott· 1 shared K. Grieshop· 1 shared O. M. Ajayi· 1 shared

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Shifted levels of sleep and activity under darkness as mechanisms underlying ectoparasite resistance

J. B. Benoit, O. M. Ajayi, A. Webster, K. Grieshop, D. Lewis, H. Talbott, J. Bose, M. Polak

This study shows that mite-resistant Drosophila melanogaster lines exhibit reduced sleep, increased activity, and metabolic gene expression, but decreased starvation resistance under darkness.

bioRxiv · Oct 30, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Heritability and pre-adult survivorship costs of ectoparasite resistance in the naturally occurring Drosophila-Gamasodes mite system

M. Polak, J. Bose, J. B. Benoit, H. Singh

This study shows that ectoparasite resistance in Drosophila can be selectively improved, but comes with a cost in pre-adult survivorship under stress.

bioRxiv · Dec 15, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Refutation of traumatic insemination in the Drosophila bipectinata species complex: Hypothesis fails critical tests

M. Polak, S. F. McEvey

The paper refutes the claim that traumatic insemination occurs in the Drosophila bipectinata species complex by showing sperm transfer occurs through the vaginal opening, not via puncture wounds.

bioRxiv · Aug 16, 2021Evolutionary Biology