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Thomas Flatt is a researcher affiliated with the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. Their work is primarily situated in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The scientist has contributed notably to the subfields of Genetics, Insect Science, Molecular Biology, Aging, and Plant Science.

The main topics addressed in their research focus on genetic diversity and population structure, evolution and genetic dynamics, and genetics related to aging and longevity in model organisms. Additionally, studies on insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, neurobiology and insect physiology, and chromosomal and genetic variations form parts of their scholarly efforts.

The scientist has authored multiple papers, some of which include:

  • Life-History Evolution and the Genetics of Fitness Components in Drosophila melanogaster, 2020, Genetics
  • Evolutionary genomics can improve prediction of species' responses to climate change, 2020, Evolution Letters
  • Genomic Analysis of European Drosophila melanogaster Populations Reveals Longitudinal Structure, Continent-Wide Selection, and Previously Unknown DNA Viruses, 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Broad geographic sampling reveals the shared basis and environmental correlates of seasonal adaptation in Drosophila, 2021, eLife
  • How chromosomal inversions reorient the evolutionary process, 2023, Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Frequent coauthors in their research include Martin Kapun, Paul Schmidt, Esra Durmaz Mitchell, Alan O. Bergland, and Maaria Kankare, reflecting collaborative efforts in their scientific publications.

The venues where this researcher frequently publishes are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Evolution Letters
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Best Publications

  • Hormonal pleiotropy and the juvenile hormone regulation of Drosophila development and life history

    Thomas Flatt;Meng-Ping Tu;Marc Tatar

  • The evolutionary genetics of canalization.

    Thomas Flatt

  • Mechanisms of Life History Evolution: The Genetics and Physiology of Life History Traits and Trade-Offs

    Thomas Flatt;Andreas Heyland

  • Size and shape: the developmental regulation of static allometry in insects.

    Alexander W. Shingleton;W. Anthony Frankino;Thomas Flatt;H. Frederik Nijhout

  • Survival costs of reproduction in Drosophila.

    Thomas Flatt

  • Evolutionary genomics can improve prediction of species’ responses to climate change

    Ann-Marie Waldvogel;Barbara Feldmeyer;Gregor Rolshausen;Moises Exposito-Alonso

  • Reproduction, Fat Metabolism, and Life Span: What Is the Connection?

    Malene Hansen;Thomas Flatt;Hugo Aguilaniu

  • Drosophila germ-line modulation of insulin signaling and lifespan.

    Thomas Flatt;Kyung-Jin Min;Kyung-Jin Min;Cecilia D'Alterio;Eugenia Villa-Cuesta

  • Genome‐wide patterns of latitudinal differentiation among populations of Drosophila melanogaster from North America

    Daniel K. Fabian;Martin Kapun;Viola Nolte;Robert Kofler

  • Hormonal regulation of the humoral innate immune response in Drosophila melanogaster

    Thomas Flatt;Andreas Heyland;Florentina Rus;Ermelinda Porpiglia

  • Horizons in the evolution of aging

    Thomas Flatt;Linda Partridge;Linda Partridge

  • A New Definition of Aging

    Thomas Flatt

  • Adaptation of Drosophila to a novel laboratory environment reveals temporally heterogeneous trajectories of selected alleles

    Pablo Orozco-terWengel;Martin Kapun;VIiola Nolte;Robert Kofler

  • THE EFFECTS OF MUTUALISTIC ANTS ON APHID LIFE HISTORY TRAITS

    Thomas Flatt;Wolfgang W. Weisser

  • Genomic Evidence for Adaptive Inversion Clines in Drosophila melanogaster

    Martin Kapun;Daniel K. Fabian;Jérôme Goudet;Thomas Flatt

  • What is metamorphosis

    C. D. Bishop;D. F. Erezyilmaz;T. Flatt;C. D. Georgiou

  • Life-History Evolution and the Genetics of Fitness Components in Drosophila melanogaster

    Thomas Flatt

  • Ecdysone triggered PGRP-LC expression controls Drosophila innate immunity

    Florentina Rus;Thomas Flatt;Mei Tong;Kamna Aggarwal

  • Genomic Analysis of European Drosophila melanogaster Populations Reveals Longitudinal Structure, Continent-Wide Selection, and Previously Unknown DNA Viruses

    Martin Kapun;Maite G. Barrón;Fabian Staubach;Darren J. Obbard

  • Evolution in group-structured populations can resolve the tragedy of the commons

    Timothy Killingback;Jonas Bieri;Thomas Flatt

  • Integrating Evolutionary and Molecular Genetics of Aging

    Thomas Flatt;Paul S. Schmidt

  • Life-history evolution and the polyphenic regulation of somatic maintenance and survival.

    Thomas Flatt;Gro V. Amdam;Thomas B. L. Kirkwood;Stig W. Omholt;Stig W. Omholt

  • Broad geographic sampling reveals the shared basis and environmental correlates of seasonal adaptation in Drosophila .

    Heather E. Machado;Alan O. Bergland;Ryan Taylor;Susanne Tilk

  • JUVENILE HORMONE AS A REGULATOR OF THE TRADE-OFF BETWEEN REPRODUCTION AND LIFE SPAN IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

    Thomas Flatt;Tadeusz J. Kawecki

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul S. Schmidt
Paul S. Schmidt University of Pennsylvania
Volker Loeschcke
Volker Loeschcke Aarhus University
Bas J. Zwaan
Bas J. Zwaan Wageningen University & Research
Christian Schlötterer
Christian Schlötterer University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Marta Pascual
Marta Pascual University of Barcelona
Michael G. Ritchie
Michael G. Ritchie University of St Andrews
Marc Tatar
Marc Tatar Brown University
Bart Deplancke
Bart Deplancke École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Patricia Gibert
Patricia Gibert Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Dmitri A. Petrov
Dmitri A. Petrov Stanford University

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