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Lai Ka Lo

Max Planck Institute for Chemical EcologyORCID 0000-0002-8289-9229Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Ecology· 1 Evolutionary Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1

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Ashmita Baruah· 1 shared Helle Jensen· 1 shared Joachim KurtziD· 1 shared Nora K. E. SchulziD· 1 shared Robert J. PaxtoniD· 1 shared Yuko UlrichiD· 1 shared

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2025-2025 · peak 2/yr

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Ashmita Baruah

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Experimental infections with a honeybee virus induce fitness costs in ant colonies

Lai Ka Lo, Ashmita Baruah, Robert J. Paxton, Yuko Ulrich

This study shows that ants can acquire ABPV, incur fitness costs, and transmit the virus within colonies without supporting replication.

bioRxiv · Oct 22, 2025 · PreprintEcology

Experimental Removal of Niche Construction Alters the Pace and Mechanisms of Resistance Evolution

Lai Ka Lo, Nora K. E. Schulz, Helle Jensen, Joachim Kurtz

This study shows that removing niche construction in red flour beetles slows resistance evolution to a bacterial pathogen, indicating niche construction facilitates adaptation.

bioRxiv · Mar 27, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology