Maude Quicray

Contrasting patterns of lifetime fat metabolism in the vinegar fly, Drosophila melanogaster, and the parasitoid amber wasp, Leptopilina heterotoma

This study compares fat metabolism patterns in Drosophila melanogaster and Leptopilina heterotoma across their lifetimes, finding differences in fat accumulation and usage rates between species and inbred lines.

The gut microbiota of two rodents varies over fine spatial scales yet is minimally influenced by the environmental microbiota

This study examines gut microbiota variation in two rodent species across Wytham Woods, finding that local environmental factors have minimal influence compared to biotic factors.