L. P. Henry

Wolbachia interacts with the microbiome to shape fitness-associated traits during seasonal adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster

This study shows Wolbachia limits microbial diversity and interacts with the microbiome to influence fitness traits in Drosophila during seasonal adaptation.

Relative abundance data can misrepresent heritability of the microbiome

This paper shows that using relative abundance data to estimate microbiome heritability can lead to imprecise, overestimated, and biased results due to taxon interdependencies, large sample sizes, and microbial co-abundances.

When the microbiome defines the host phenotype: selection on vertical transmission in varying environments

The paper shows that intermediate vertical microbiome transmission can be adaptive in fluctuating environments by increasing phenotypic variability in offspring.

Meta-analysis suggests the microbiome responds to Evolve and Resequence experiments in Drosophila melanogaster

The paper re-analyzes genomic data from Drosophila melanogaster E&R experiments to show the microbiome responds to host selection, with bacterial diversity changes linked to host traits.

Why evolve reliance on the microbiome for timing of ontogeny?

This paper explores how microbiome interactions influence host ontogenetic timing through evolutionary theory and potential applications in agriculture and disease control.