Clinal variation in Drosophila; a signature of climatic adaptation and a resource for adaptive gene discovery.

Population bottlenecks constrain host microbiome diversity and genetic variation impeding fitness.

Michael Ørsted, Erika Yashiro, Ary A Hoffmann, Torsten Nygaard Kristensen

2022-05-23

It is becoming increasingly clear that microbial symbionts influence key aspects of their host's fitness, and vice versa. This may..

Characterization of the first Wolbachia from the genus Scaptodrosophila, a male-killer from the rainforest species S.claytoni

Kelly M Richardson, Michele Schiffer, Perran A Ross, Joshua A Thia, Ary A Hoffmann

2022-02-20

The Scaptodrosophila genus represents a large group of drosophilids with a worldwide distribution and a predominance of species in..

Genomic knockout of hsp23 both decreases and increases fitness under opposing thermal extremes in Drosophila melanogaster

Xinyue Gu, Wei Chen, Trent Perry, Philip Batterham, Ary A Hoffmann

2021-09-29

Under exposure to harmful environmental stresses, organisms exhibit a general stress response involving upregulation of the expres..

Variation in sex ratio of the leafminer Phytomyza plantaginis Goureau (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from Australia

Marianne P Coquilleau, Xuefen Xu, Peter M Ridland, Paul A Umina, Ary A Hoffmann

2021-07-06

Parthenogenetic reproduction has only previously been demonstrated in two species of agromyzid leafminer flies (Diptera: Agromyzid..

Life History Effects Linked to an Advantage for wAu Wolbachia in Drosophila

Li-Jun Cao, Weibin Jiang, Ary A Hoffmann

2019-05-01

Wolbachia endosymbiont infections can persist and spread in insect populations without causing apparent effects on reproduction of..

Genomic evidence for role of inversion 3RP of Drosophila melanogaster in facilitating climate change adaptation

Rahul V Rane, Lea Rako, Martin Kapun, Siu F Lee, Ary A Hoffmann

2015-05-01

Chromosomal inversion polymorphisms are common in animals and plants, and recent models suggest that alternative arrangements spre..

Assessing the relative importance of environmental effects, carry-over effects and species differences in thermal stress resistance: a comparison of Drosophilids across field and laboratory generations

Michele Schiffer, Sandra Hangartner, Ary A Hoffmann

2013-10-01

There is increasing interest in comparing species of related organisms for their susceptibility to thermal extremes in order to ev..