Complex-trait dissection with Evolve-and-Resequence: Selection for improved flight performance in laboratory fruit fly populations
Srikant Venkitachalam, Natalie Anne Heath, Adam Albright, Mary K. York, Mik Kuehnel, Kayla Robinson, Sheila Vázquez, Kevin M. Middleton, Elizabeth G. King
This study uses Evolve-and-Resequence to improve flight performance in Drosophila melanogaster, identifying genomic changes and phenotypic traits associated with the adaptation.
bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology