Jessica F. Stephenson

This study shows that VIE marking in guppies does not affect growth but increases parasite burden and transmission rates over time.

The paper examines how purging and admixture affect genetic load in an invasive guppy population, finding that strongly and weakly deleterious mutations respond differently to these processes.

The study examines how Trinidadian guppies' pace of life influences their resistance and fecundity tolerance to parasites but not mortality tolerance.

This study shows that host genetics and the skin microbiome independently predict parasite resistance in Trinidadian guppies, with the microbiome explaining as much variation in infection severity as genetic selection lines.