From crickets to Daphnia

2026

• NJ Butterworth, KJ Moore, MD Hall (2026) Hotter, faster, sicker? Warming shifts the cost of infection from individuals to populations. Journal of Animal Ecology 00, 1–9. PDF DOI
• X Han, S Kumari, H Do, C Bevan, O Wasielewski, MD Hall, D Wlodkowic (2026) Thermotactic decision-making in aquatic invertebrates: high-resolution behavioral analysis of ecotoxicological effects. Environmental Science & Technology 60(16), 12006–12017. DOI
• N Vey, J Lush, KJ Moore, MD Hall (2026) Sex differences in the thermal acclimation and tolerance of Daphnia clones along a latitudinal cline. Biology Letters 22(2), 20250524. PDF DOI
• GM Walter, A Chakraborty, FE Cockerell, V Kellermann, LA Alton, CR White, MD Hall, CM Sgrò (2026) Local adaptation in climate tolerance at a small geographic scale contrasts with broad latitudinal patterns. Ecology Letters 29, e70295. DOI

2025

• NJ Butterworth, J Lush, KJ Moore, MD Hall (2025) The sicker sex is plastic: thermal plasticity determines sex biases in pathogen transmission. Ecology 106(11), e70259. PDF DOI
• SL Ser, F Ware-Gilmore, NL Dennington, A Miller, BP McNulty, ML Harris, MJ Jones, MD Hall, CM Sgrò, K Shea, EA McGraw (2025) Repeated thermal stress exposure in Aedes aegypti co-infected with Wolbachia and dengue virus. mSphere 10(10), e00129-25. DOI
• J Lush, C Bevan, CM Sgrò, MD Hall (2025) How robust are signals of local adaptation? Exposure to a common fungal pathogen does not disrupt clinal trends in host thermal tolerance. Journal of Thermal Biology 133, 104289. PDF DOI
• GM Walter, A Chakraborty, FE Cockerell, VM Kellermann, MD Hall, CR White, CM Sgrò (2025) Variation in temperature but not diet determines the stability of latitudinal clines in tolerance traits and their plasticity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 292, 2054. DOI
• F Ware-Gilmore, MJ Jones, AJ Mejia, NL Dennington, MD Audsley, MD Hall, CM Sgrò, T Buckley, GS Anand, J Jose, EA McGraw (2025) Evolution and adaptation of dengue virus in response to high-temperature passaging in mosquito cells. Virus Evolution 11, veaf016. DOI

2024

• NJ Butterworth, L Heffernan, MD Hall (2024) Is there a sicker sex? Dose relationships modify male–female differences in infection prevalence. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 291, 20232575. PDF DOI
• J Lush, CM Sgrò, MD Hall (2024) Anticipating change: the impact of simulated seasonal heterogeneity on heat tolerances along a latitudinal cline. Ecology 105(7), e4359. PDF DOI
• TE Hector, MS Shocket, CM Sgrò, MD Hall (2024) Acclimation to warmer temperatures can protect host populations from both further heat stress and the potential invasion of pathogens. Global Change Biology 30(6), e17341. PDF DOI
• MD Hall, BL Phillips, CR White, DJ Marshall (2024) The hidden costs of resistance: contrasting the energetics of successfully and unsuccessfully fighting infection. Functional Ecology 38(4), 714–723. PDF DOI
• LC Aulsebrook, BBM Wong, MD Hall (2024) Pharmaceutical pollution alters the cost of bacterial infection and its relationship to pathogen load. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 291(2014), 20231273. PDF DOI
• LC Rigby, MD Hall, K Monro, A Uesugi (2024) Evolution of ‘invasion syndrome’ in invasive goldenrod is not constrained by genetic trade-offs. Evolutionary Applications 17(7), e13734. DOI
• L Marie-Orleach, MD Hall, L Schärer (2024) Contrasting the form and strength of pre- and postcopulatory sexual selection in a flatworm. Evolution 78(3), 511–525. DOI

2023

• LC Aulsebrook, BBM Wong, MD Hall (2023) Can pharmaceutical pollution alter the spread of infectious disease? A case study using fluoxetine. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 378(1873). PDF DOI
• KC King, MD Hall, J Wolinska (2023) Infectious disease ecology and evolution in a changing world. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 378(1873).
• F Ware-Gilmore, M Novelo, CM Sgrò, MD Hall, EA McGraw (2023) Assessing the role of family level variation and heat shock gene expression in the thermal stress response of the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 378(1873).
• G Zilio, LS Nørgaard, C Gougat-Barbera, MD Hall, EA Fronhofer, O Kaltz (2023) Travelling with a parasite: the evolution of resistance and dispersal syndromes during experimental range expansion. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290(1990).

2022

• LC Aulsebrook, BBM Wong, MD Hall (2022) Warmer temperatures limit the effects of antidepressant pollution on life-history traits. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289(1968). PDF DOI
• SAY Gipson, AK Pettersen, L Heffernan, MD Hall (2022) Host sex modulates the energetics of pathogen proliferation and its dependence on environmental resources. The American Naturalist 199(5), E186–E196. PDF DOI
• C Ma, CK Mirth, MD Hall, MDW Piper (2022) Amino acid quality modifies the quantitative availability of protein for reproduction in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Insect Physiology 139, 104050. DOI

2021

• TE Hector, CM Sgrò, MD Hall (2021) Thermal limits in the face of infectious disease: how important are pathogens? Global Change Biology 27(19), 4469–4480. PDF DOI
• TE Hector, CM Sgrò, MD Hall (2021) Temperature and pathogen exposure act independently to drive host phenotypic trajectories. Biology Letters 17(6), 20210072. PDF DOI
• LS Nørgaard, G Zilio, C Saade, C Gougat-Barbera, MD Hall, EA Fronhofer, O Kaltz (2021) An evolutionary trade-off between parasite virulence and dispersal at experimental invasion fronts. Ecology Letters 24(4), 739–750. DOI
• A Radzvilavicius, SA Layh, MD Hall, DK Dowling, IG Johnston (2021) Sexually antagonistic evolution of mitochondrial and nuclear linkage. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 34(5), 757–766. DOI
• F Ware-Gilmore, CM Sgrò, Z Xi, HLC Dutra, MJ Jones, K Shea, MD Hall, MB Thomas, EA McGraw (2021) Microbes increase thermal sensitivity in the mosquito Aedes aegypti, with the potential to change disease distributions. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 15(7), e0009548. DOI
• S Drapes, MD Hall, BL Phillips (2021) Effect of habitat permanence on life-history: extending the Daphnia model into new climate spaces. Evolutionary Ecology 35(4), 595–607. DOI
• J Lever, S Drapes, MD Hall, I Booksmythe (2021) Condition-dependent sexual reproduction is driven by benefits, not costs of sex. Behavioral Ecology 32(6), 1372–1379. DOI

2020

• LS Nørgaard, G Ghedini, BL Phillips, MD Hall (2020) Energetic scaling across different host densities and its consequences for pathogen proliferation. Functional Ecology 35(2), 475–484. PDF DOI
• TE Hector, CM Sgrò, MD Hall (2020) The influence of immune activation on thermal tolerance along a latitudinal cline. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33(9), 1224–1234. PDF DOI
• T Laidlaw, TE Hector, CM Sgrò, MD Hall (2020) Pathogen exposure reduces sexual dimorphism in a host’s upper thermal limits. Ecology and Evolution 10(23), 12851–12859. PDF DOI
• MJ Roast, NH Aranzamendi, M Fan, N Teunissen, MD Hall, A Peters (2020) Fitness outcomes in relation to individual variation in constitutive innate immune function. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287, 20201997. DOI
• AK Pettersen, MD Hall, CR White, DJ Marshall (2020) Metabolic rate, context-dependent selection, and the competition–colonization trade-off. Evolution Letters 4(4), 333–334. DOI
• LC Aulsebrook, MG Bertram, JM Martin, AE Aulsebrook, T Brodin, JP Evans, MD Hall, MK O’Bryan, AJ Pask, CR Tyler, BBM Wong (2020) Reproduction in a polluted world: implications for wildlife. Reproduction 160(2), R13–R23. DOI

2019

• LS Nørgaard, BL Phillips, MD Hall (2019) Infection in patchy populations: contrasting pathogen invasion success and dispersal at varying times since host colonization. Evolution Letters 3(5), 555–566. PDF DOI
• MD Hall, J Routtu, D Ebert (2019) Dissecting the genetic architecture of a stepwise infection process. Molecular Ecology 28(17), 3942–3957. PDF DOI
• M Novelo, MD Hall, D Pak, PR Young, EC Holmes, EA McGraw (2019) Intra-host growth kinetics of dengue virus in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. PLoS Pathogens 15(12), e1008218. DOI
• LS Nørgaard, BL Phillips, MD Hall (2019) Can pathogens optimise both transmission and dispersal by exploiting sexual dimorphism in their hosts? Biology Letters 15(6), 1–5. DOI
• TE Hector, CM Sgrò, MD Hall (2019) Pathogen exposure disrupts an organism’s ability to cope with thermal stress. Global Change Biology 25(11), 3893–3905. PDF DOI
• SAY Gipson, L Jimenez, MD Hall (2019) Host sexual dimorphism affects the outcome of within-host pathogen competition. Evolution 73(7), 1443–1455. PDF DOI
• P Erm, MD Hall, BL Phillips (2019) Anywhere but here: local conditions motivate dispersal in Daphnia. PeerJ 7, e6599. DOI

2018

• MD Hall, N Mideo (2018) Linking sex differences to the evolution of infectious disease life-histories. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 373, 20170431. PDF DOI
• T Connallon, MD Hall (2018) Genetic constraints on adaptation: a theoretical primer for the genomics era. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1422(1), 65–87. PDF DOI
• SAY Gipson, MD Hall (2018) Interactions between host sex and age of exposure modify the virulence transmission trade-off. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 31(3), 428–437. PDF DOI
• T Connallon, MD Hall (2018) Environmental changes and sexually antagonistic selection. eLS, John Wiley & Sons. PDF DOI

2017

• MD Hall, G Bento, D Ebert (2017) The evolutionary consequences of stepwise infection processes. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 32(8), 612–623. PDF DOI
• O Thompson, SAY Gipson, MD Hall (2017) The impact of host sex on the outcome of co-infection. Scientific Reports 7(1), 910. PDF DOI
• JC Bachmann, F Cortesi, MD Hall, NJ Marshall, W Salzburger, HF Gante (2017) Real-time social selection maintains honesty of a dynamic visual signal in cooperative fish. Evolution Letters 1(5), 269–278. DOI

2016

• SAY Gipson, MD Hall (2016) The evolution of sexual dimorphism and its potential impact on host–pathogen coevolution. Evolution 70(5), 959–968. DOI
• T Connallon, MD Hall (2016) Genetic correlations and sex-specific adaptation in changing environments. Evolution 70(10), 2186–2198. PDF DOI
• J Michel, D Ebert, MD Hall (2016) The trans-generational impact of population density signals on host–parasite interactions. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16(1), 254. PDF DOI
• D Ebert, D Duneau, MD Hall, P Luijckx, JP Andras, L Du Pasquier, F Ben-Ami (2016) A population biology perspective on the stepwise infection process of the bacterial pathogen Pasteuria ramosa in Daphnia. Advances in Parasitology 91, 265–310. DOI

2015

• M Clerc, D Ebert, MD Hall (2015) Expression of parasite genetic variation changes over the course of infection: implications of within-host dynamics for the evolution of virulence. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282, 20142820. PDF DOI
• AC Roulin, M Mariadassou, MD Hall, J-C Walser, C Haag, D Ebert (2015) High genetic variation in resting stage production in a metapopulation: is there evidence for local adaptation? Evolution 69(10), 2747–2756. DOI
• JC Havird, MD Hall, DK Dowling (2015) The evolution of sex: a new hypothesis based on mitochondrial mutational erosion. BioEssays 37(9), 951–958. DOI

2014

• J Routtu, MD Hall, B Albere, C Beisel, RD Bergeron, A Chaturvedi, J Choi, J Colbourne, L De Meester, MT Stephens, C-P Stelzer, E Solorzano, WK Thomas, ME Pfrender, D Ebert (2014) An SNP-based second-generation genetic map of Daphnia magna and its application to QTL analysis of phenotypic traits. BMC Genomics 15, 1033. DOI
• E Sheikh-Jabbari, MD Hall, F Ben-Ami, D Ebert (2014) The expression of virulence for a mixed-mode transmitted parasite in a diapausing host. Parasitology 141, 1097–1107. DOI

2013

• MD Hall, D Ebert (2013) The genetics of infectious disease susceptibility: has the evidence for epistasis been overestimated? BMC Biology 11, 79. PDF DOI
• MD Hall, SP Lailvaux, RC Brooks (2013) Sex-specific evolutionary potential of pre- and postcopulatory reproductive interactions in the field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus. Evolution 67, 1831–1837. PDF DOI
• A Roulin, J Routtu, MD Hall, T Janicke, I Coulson, C Haag, D Ebert (2013) Local adaptation of sex-induction in a facultative sexual crustacean: insights from QTL mapping and natural populations of Daphnia magna. Molecular Ecology 22, 3567–3579. DOI

2012

• MD Hall, A Vettiger, D Ebert (2012) Interactions between environmental stressors: the influence of salinity on host–parasite interactions between Daphnia magna and Pasteuria ramosa. Oecologia 171, 789–796. PDF DOI
• MM Kasumovic, MD Hall, H Try, RC Brooks (2012) Socially cued developmental plasticity affects condition-dependent trait expression. Behavioral Ecology 24, 429–434. DOI
• MD Hall, D Ebert (2012) Disentangling the influence of parasite genotype, host genotype and maternal environment on different stages of bacterial infection in Daphnia magna. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279, 3176–3183. PDF DOI
• JM Drayton, MD Hall, J Hunt, MD Jennions (2012) Sexual signaling and immune function in the black field cricket Teleogryllus commodus. PLoS ONE 7(7), e39631. DOI
• MM Kasumovic, MD Hall, RC Brooks (2012) The juvenile social environment introduces variation in the choice and expression of sexually selected traits. Ecology and Evolution 2(5), 1036–1047. DOI

2011

• MM Kasumovic, MD Hall, H Try, RC Brooks (2011) The importance of listening: developmental shifts in response to juvenile acoustic environment. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24, 1325–1334. DOI
• JM Drayton, RNC Milner, MD Hall, MD Jennions (2011) Inbreeding and courtship calling in the cricket Teleogryllus commodus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24, 47–58. DOI

2010

• MD Hall, SP Lailvaux, MW Blows, R Brooks (2010) Sexual conflict and the maintenance of multivariate genetic variation. Evolution 64(6), 1697–1703. PDF DOI
• SP Lailvaux, MD Hall, R Brooks (2010) Performance is no proxy for genetic quality: trade-offs between locomotion, attractiveness and life-history in crickets. Ecology 91(5), 1530–1537. DOI
• NI Morehouse, T Nakazawa, CM Booher, PD Jeyasingh, MD Hall (2010) Sex in a material world: why the study of sexual reproduction and sex-specific traits should become more nutritionally-explicit. Oikos 119, 766–788. PDF DOI
• MD Hall, LF Bussière, M Demont, PI Ward, R Brooks (2010) Competitive PCR reveals the complexity of post-copulatory sexual selection in Teleogryllus commodus. Molecular Ecology 19, 610–619. DOI
• SP Bonser, B Ladd, K Monro, MD Hall, MA Forster (2010) The adaptive value of functional and life history traits across fertility treatments in an annual plant. Annals of Botany. DOI
• LF Bussière, M Demont, A Pemberton, MD Hall, PI Ward (2010) The assessment of insemination success in yellow dung flies using competitive PCR. Molecular Ecology Resources 10(2), 292–303. DOI
• MD Hall, L McLaren, R Brooks, SP Lailvaux (2010) Interactions among performance capabilities predict male combat outcomes in the field cricket Teleogryllus commodus. Functional Ecology 24(1), 159–164. DOI

2009

• A Maklakov, MD Hall, S Simpson, J Dessman, F Clissold, F Zajitschek, D Raubenheimer, R Bonduriansky, R Brooks (2009) Sex differences in diet-dependent reproductive ageing. Aging Cell 8, 324–330. DOI
• F Zajitschek, J Hunt, M Jennions, MD Hall, R Brooks (2009) Effects of juvenile and adult diet on ageing and reproductive effort of male and female black field crickets, Teleogryllus commodus. Functional Ecology 23(3), 602–611. DOI
• MD Hall, LF Bussière, R Brooks (2009) Diet-dependent female evolution influences male lifespan in a nuptial feeding insect. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(4), 873–881. PDF DOI

2008

• MD Hall, LF Bussière, R Brooks (2008) The effects of diet quality and wing morph on male and female reproductive investment in a nuptial feeding ground cricket. PLoS ONE 3(10), e3437. PDF DOI
• MD Hall, LF Bussière, J Hunt, R Brooks (2008) Experimental evidence that sexual conflict influences the opportunity, form and intensity of sexual selection. Evolution 62, 2305–2315. PDF DOI
• A Maklakov, S Simpson, F Zajitschek, MD Hall, J Dessman, F Clissold, D Raubenheimer, R Bonduriansky, R Brooks (2008) Sex-specific fitness effects of nutrient intake generate sexual conflict over diet choice. Current Biology 18, 1062–1066. DOI

2004

• MD Hall, A Lindholm, R Brooks (2004) Direct selection on male attractiveness and female preference failed to produce a response. BMC Evolutionary Biology 4, 1. DOI