Francis M. Jiggins

This study traces the invasion history of Aedes albopictus in Panama using mitogenomes and Wolbachia, finding multiple introductions from Asia via the Panama Canal rather than overland routes.

The paper analyzes the genomic diversity of Wolbachia strains and their plasmids in Aedes albopictus, revealing evolutionary patterns and structural variation driven by environmental factors.

The paper quantifies how host-virus genetic interactions shape fitness variance in Drosophila and sigma virus, showing that interactions dominate over additive effects.

The paper shows MHC-I diversity allowed wild rabbits to rapidly adapt to the myxoma virus pandemic through evolutionary shifts in allele frequencies.

This study identifies JAK/STAT, GATA, and NF-κB pathways as regulators of lectin-24A, a gene involved in Drosophila's humoral immune response to parasitoid wasps.

The paper introduces DROP, a curated molecular reference database for Drosophila parasitoids, to improve molecular identification and taxonomic accuracy.

The paper investigates the evolution of DNA methylation patterns across arthropods, finding widespread conservation of exon methylation in specific genes and lineage-specific changes in TE and promoter methylation.