Marta A. Antunes

RT-qPCR Validation of Candidate Genes Underlying Thermal Adaptation in Drosophila subobscura

The paper validates candidate genes for thermal adaptation in Drosophila subobscura using RT-qPCR, finding that 33.3% of tested genes showed consistent expression patterns with RNA-seq results, highlighting the importance of effect size over expression level.

Long-term laboratory Drosophila populations prefer ancestral nutritional cues from the environment

The paper tests if long-term lab populations of Drosophila subobscura show plasticity in response to different fruit hosts and finds higher fecundity and reproductive success in fruit media compared to control conditions.

Monandrous flies do remate: plastic and evolutionary consequences of heat exposure on mating behaviour and fertility in Drosophila subobscura

This study examines how heat exposure affects mating behavior and fertility in monandrous Drosophila subobscura, finding plastic responses in females but not males.