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Kshama Ekanath Rai

California State University, FullertonORCID 0000-0002-4522-3406Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:Drosophila· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1

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The Microbiotas Response to Host Adaptive Evolution

Zachary S. Greenspan, Robert Courville, Courtney Mueller, Kenneth Ryan Arnold, Kathy Thien, Michaelangelo Marcellana, Han Yin, Arnie Lynn C. Bengo, Kshama Ekanath Rai, Elnaz Bagheri, Sam Behseta, John M. Chaston, Parvin Shahrestani

The paper examines microbiota changes in Drosophila melanogaster populations selected for different aging trajectories, finding a consistent loss of Wolbachia in short-lived populations and its dominance in long-lived ones.

bioRxiv · Sep 22, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology