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Susan L. Balenger

University of MinnesotaORCID 0000-0003-4354-4959Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Jack G. RayneriD· 2 shared Leeban H. YusufiD· 2 shared Nathan W. BaileyiD· 2 shared David A. GrayiD· 1 shared Franca EichenbergeriD· 1 shared Jessica V. A. Bainbridge· 1 shared Kalyani Z TwymaniD· 1 shared Mark L. BlaxteriD· 1 shared

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintJul 3, 2026

Ecological genomics of a novel host-parasitoid arms-race in nature

Leeban H. Yusuf, Jack G. Rayner, Renjie Zhang…·Nathan W. Bailey

The paper studies genomic signatures of coevolution between a parasitoid fly and its cricket host, revealing arms-race dynamics and selective sweeps driven by host adaptations.

DOI 10.64898/2026.06.30.735478

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Evolutionary BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewedAug 1, 2024

Competing adaptations maintain non-adaptive variation in a wild cricket population

Jack G. Rayner, Franca Eichenberger, Jessica V. A. Bainbridge…·Nathan W. Bailey

The paper shows that two adaptive traits in crickets co-occur and prevent each from fixing due to genetic linkage and fitness costs.

12 citations

Drosophilaexperimental assay

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