The paper investigates migration patterns and hybridization in Asian stonechats around the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, finding a migratory divide with hybridization and diverse routes.

Evolution Letters · May 5, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

Sociability is a multidimensional trait in Drosophila melanogaster

Tiphaine P. M. Bailly, Sanne J. C. Lamers, Adithya Sarma, A. M. Jansen, Koen Freerks, Michael van Dijk, Rampal S. Etienne, Bregje Wertheim, Jean‐Christophe Billeter

This study quantifies sociability in Drosophila melanogaster using three paradigms and finds that sociability is multidimensional with uncorrelated traits.

Behavior Genetics · Mar 1, 2026Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Footprints of worldwide adaptation in structured populations of D. melanogaster through the expanded DEST 2.0 genomic resource

Joaquin C. B. Nunez, Marta Coronado‐Zamora, Mathieu Gautier, Martin Kapun, Sonja Steindl, Lino Ometto, Katja M. Hoedjes, Julia Beets, R. Axel W. Wiberg, Giovanni R Mazzeo, David J. Bass, Denys Radionov, Iryna A. Kozeretska, Maria Zinchenko, O. V. Protsenko, , Alan O. Bergland

The paper uses DEST 2.0 to analyze genetic variation in D. melanogaster across continents and time, identifying adaptation patterns and stable spatial genetic structures.

Molecular Biology and Evolution · Jul 30, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

DROP: Molecular voucher database for identification of Drosophila parasitoids

Chia‐Hua Lue, Matthew L. Buffington, Sonja J. Scheffer, Matthew L. Lewis, Tyler A. Elliott, Amelia R. I. Lindsey, Amy C. Driskell, Anna Jandova, Masahito T. Kimura, Y. Carton, Robert R. Kula, Todd A. Schlenke, Mariana Mateos, Shubha Govind, Julien Varaldi, , Jan Hrček

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

Molecular Ecology Resources · Jun 4, 2021Peer-reviewedGenomics