Drosophila-virus genotype interactions dominate transmission, virulence and load, eroding additive fitness variance
Aleksei Belyi, Yiyang Du, Alastair James Wilson, Ben Longdon, Francis M. Jiggins
The paper quantifies how host-virus genetic interactions shape fitness variance in Drosophila and sigma virus, showing that interactions dominate over additive effects.
bioRxiv · May 24, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology