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My research focuses on how disease constrains the evolutionary process. This has primarily involved demographic studies of behaviour, meiosis and life history in insects. We have found that fungus-infected insects adaptively alter their thermal preferences, shift their diet, and exhibit higher meiotic recombination. These phenomena provide basic insights into evolution, health and healthy ageing. But, they are also important for insect control and managing the spread of human diseases by insects. Our current research is focused on applying what we have learned to help people, especially with respect to fertility, alternative medicine and Chagas Disease.
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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Modelling Systems for Managing Bee Disease: The Epidermiology of European Foul Brood
Feil, E., Britton, N. & Priest, N.
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
1/11/10 → 31/10/13
Project: Research council
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Development of Genomic Genotyping Resources
Priest, N. & Dorus, S.
1/03/09 → 31/03/11
Project: Research council
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A mutational hotspot that determines highly repeatable evolution can be built and broken by silent genetic changes
Horton, J. S., Flanagan, L. M., Jackson, R. W., Priest, N. K. & Taylor, T. B., 19 Oct 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 1, 6092.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Silicon Valley’s quest for immortality – and its worrying sacrifices
Horton, J. & Priest, N., 10 Dec 2018, The Conversation, 101405.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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The evolution of sex-specific dominance in response to sexually antagonistic selection
Spencer, H. G. & Priest, N. K., May 2016, In: The American Naturalist. 187, 5, p. 658-666 9 p., 10.1086/685827.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cold-seeking behaviour mitigates reproductive losses from fungal infection in Drosophila
Hunt, V., Zhong, W., Mcclure, C., Mlynski, D., Duxbury, E., Charnley, A. & Priest, N., 9 Dec 2015, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 85, 1, p. 178-186 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Recombination Is Surprisingly Constructive for Artificial Gene Regulatory Networks in the Context of Selection for Developmental Stability
Wang, Y., Lan, Y., Weinreich, D., Priest, N. & Bryson, J., Jul 2015, p. 530. 537 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review