A. Estoup

Rapid and transient evolution of local adaptation to seasonal host fruits in an invasive pest fly

This study shows that local adaptation, not phenotypic plasticity, dominates in Drosophila suzukii populations adapting to changing host fruits over generations.

Adaptation and correlated fitness responses over two time scales in Drosophila suzukii populations evolving in different environments

This study tracks fitness changes in Drosophila suzukii populations across multiple generations and environments, revealing how adaptation dynamics differ over time.

f-statistics estimation and admixture graph construction with Pool-Seq or allele count data using the R package poolfstat

The paper introduces an R package for estimating f-statistics and constructing admixture graphs from Pool-Seq or allele count data, validated on simulated and real datasets.

The worldwide invasion of Drosophila suzukii isaccompanied by a large increase of transposable elementload and a small number of putatively adaptive insertions

The paper examines TE load and adaptive insertions in Drosophila suzukii invasive populations, finding increased TE load and 15 putatively adaptive insertions.

How do invasion syndromes evolve? An experimental evolution approach using the ladybird Harmonia axyridis

This study uses artificial selection on H. axyridis to investigate how invasion syndromes evolve, finding that selecting on age at first reproduction leads to more widespread phenotypic changes than selecting on body mass.

A young age of subspecific divergence in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria inferred by ABC Random Forest

The paper uses ABC-RF to estimate the timing of divergence in Schistocerca gregaria, finding recent divergence around 2.6 Ky, supported by southern colonization from northern founders.

Near-chromosome level genome assembly of the fruit pest Drosophila suzukii using long-read sequencing

This paper improves the genome assembly of Drosophila suzukii using long-read sequencing, resulting in a higher quality and more contiguous genome compared to previous short-read assemblies.

A whole-genome scan for association with invasion success in the fruit fly Drosophila suzukii using contrasts of allele frequencies corrected for population structure

The paper identifies genetic variants associated with invasion success in Drosophila suzukii using a new statistical method to correct for population structure.

The genomic basis of colour pattern polymorphism in the harlequin ladybird

This study identifies the gene pannier as controlling melanic pattern polymorphism in the harlequin ladybird through cis-regulatory allelic variation.