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Yuchen Chen

Harvard UniversityPrimary ORCID profile (0000-0001-8558-3062 · 2 papers)Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Yuchen CheniD2 papers · Fudan University

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Genetics· 2 Evolutionary Biology· 1

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Organism:Drosophila· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1 Research Focus:spatial domain detection· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Norbert PerrimoniD· 2 shared Afroditi PetsakouiD· 1 shared Alice ZhengiD· 1 shared Connie NewiD· 1 shared Elizabeth FilineiD· 1 shared Ernest FraenkeliD· 1 shared Gabriel MacedoiD· 1 shared Hiroshi NishidaiD· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 3/yr

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Spatial isotope tracing maps compartmentalized nutrient use across the adult fruit fly

Sun Jin Moon, Kerui Huang, Jenna L. E. Blum, Connie New, Yooha Park, Yuchen Chen, Hiroshi Nishida, Veronika I. Pister, Md Ausrafuggaman Nahid, Yanhui Hu, Jason M. Tennessen, Ernest Fraenkel, John M. Asara, Shawn M. Davidson, Norbert Perrimon

This study maps spatial metabolic activity in adult fruit flies using isotope tracing and mass-spectrometry imaging, revealing compartmentalized nutrient use across tissues.

bioRxiv · Oct 12, 2026 · PreprintGenetics

Not all sexual monomorphisms evolve equally: female and male ornamentation in Tyranni passerines

Gabriel Macedo, Yuchen Chen, Sara Elizabeth Lipshutz

The paper examines female and male ornamentation in Tyranni passerines, finding that ornamentation patterns correlate with sociosexual selection pressures and mating systems.

The American Naturalist · Jul 22, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

Tumor-induced orexigenic imbalance lowers protein appetite and drives early organ wasting symptoms

Afroditi Petsakou, Elizabeth Filine, Matthew Li, Yuchen Chen, Alice Zheng, Norbert Perrimon

The paper identifies tumor-induced factors that reduce brain NPF signaling, leading to low protein appetite and early organ wasting in a fly model of cancer cachexia.

Nature Communications · Mar 6, 2026Peer-reviewedGenetics