Jessica A. Rhodes

High-resolution mapping of a rapidly evolving complex trait reveals genotype-phenotype stability and an unpredictable genetic architecture of adaptation

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.

Manual validation finds only ultra-long long-read sequencing enables faithful, population-level structural variant calling in Drosophila melanogaster euchromatin

The paper shows ultra-long long-read sequencing is needed for accurate structural variant calling in Drosophila melanogaster.

Drosophila melanogaster pigmentation demonstrates adaptive phenotypic parallelism over multiple timescales

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

GWAS in 446,118 European adults identifies 78 genetic loci for self-reported habitual sleep duration supported by accelerometer-derived estimates