Mark C. Bitter

The paper analyzes genetic structure and diversity of Coccidioides immitis in environmental and human isolates to understand disease transmission and environmental distribution.

This study identifies a physiological mechanism in a desert plant that enables survival in extreme heat through leaf cooling.

This study uses genomic data from Drosophila melanogaster to show how fitness trade-offs manifest under fluctuating selection, identifying genomic regions linked to reproduction and stress tolerance.

This study maps the genetic architecture of pigmentation evolution in Drosophila melanogaster and finds that while trait direction can be predicted, the specific loci involved are unpredictable and the genotype-phenotype map is stable across populations.

The paper shows that beneficial reversal of dominance at the Ace locus in Drosophila melanogaster allows resistant alleles to persist under fluctuating insecticide selection.

This study shows that resource variation in Drosophila melanogaster affects phenotypic and genomic evolution but is secondary to seasonal selective pressures, with adaptation to resource environments being trait-specific.

This study shows that Drosophila melanogaster pigmentation adapts rapidly and deterministically to environmental gradients across multiple timescales through distinct genetic components.

This study shows Aedes sierrensis has heritable genetic variation in heat tolerance that could allow it to adapt to warming faster than projected climate changes.