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T. Blankers

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Population bottleneck has only marginal effect on fitness evolution and its repeatability in dioecious C. elegans

K. Bisschop, T. Blankers, J. Mariën, M. T. Wortel, M. Egas, A. T. Groot, M. Visser, J. Ellers

This study tests if population bottlenecks reduce fitness evolution repeatability in C. elegans, finding no significant effect despite reduced genetic diversity.

bioRxiv · Oct 7, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Experimental evolution of a pheromone signal

T. Blankers, E. Fruitet, E. Burdfield-Steel, A. T. Groot

This study shows that artificial selection on a multicomponent pheromone signal in moths leads to a genetic covariance shift, enabling a response to selection without constraints from other linked components.

bioRxiv · Sep 6, 2021Evolutionary Biology

Sex pheromone signal and stability covary with fitness

T. Blankers, R. Lievers, C. Plata, M. van Wijk, D. van Veldhuizen, A. T. Groot

The paper investigates the relationship between sex pheromone traits and fitness in moths, finding that pheromone amount, composition, and stability correlate with reproductive success and longevity.

bioRxiv · Feb 5, 2021Evolutionary Biology

Parallel genomic architecture underlies repeated sexual signal divergence in Hawaiian Laupala crickets

T. Blankers, K. P. Oh, K. L. Shaw

The paper examines genetic parallelism in male mating song evolution across three Laupala cricket species pairs, finding substantial QTL overlap despite theoretical predictions.

bioRxiv · Aug 14, 2019Evolutionary Biology

Physical linkage and mate preference generate linkage disequilibrium for behavioral isolation in two parapatric crickets

T. Blankers, E. L. Berdan, M. Hennig, F. Mayer

The paper investigates the sources of linkage disequilibrium in two crickets by analyzing genetic covariance between song and preference traits, finding contributions from physical linkage and pleiotropy.

bioRxiv · Nov 12, 2018Evolutionary Biology

The genomic architecture of a rapid island radiation: recombination rate variation, chromosome structure, and genome assembly of the hawaiian cricket Laupala

T. Blankers, K. P. Oh, A. Bombarely, K. L. Shaw

This study examines the genomic architecture of Laupala crickets, finding no strong association between recombination rates and loci involved in behavioral isolation.

bioRxiv · Mar 12, 2018Evolutionary Biology

Demography and selection shape transcriptomic divergence in field crickets

T. Blankers, S. Vilaca, I. Waurick, D. Gray, M. Hennig, C. Mazzoni, F. Mayer, E. Berdan

The paper examines transcriptomic divergence in field crickets to disentangle the effects of demography and selection on genetic differentiation.

bioRxiv · Dec 20, 2017Evolutionary Biology