Representative articles (full list by Google Scholar below):
Polak, M., Bose, J., Benoit, J.B. & Singh, H. 2022. Heritability and preadult survivorship costs of ectoparasite resistance in the naturally occurring Drosophila-Gamasodes mite system. Evolution, doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpad118. Get the pdf
Polak, M., & McEvey, S.F. 2022. Refutation of traumatic insemination in the Drosophila bipectinata species complex. Biology Letters 18: 20210625. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0625. Get the pdf
Polak, M., & Tomkins, J.L. 2021. Natural selection, sexual selection and the jaws of death. Current Biology, 31: R1092-R1095. Get the pdf
McEvey, S.F., Polak, M. 2021. The Drosophilidae (Diptera) of the Cook Islands. Records of the Australian Museum, 73: 153-170. [We conducted faunal surveys of 3 islands in the Cooks, collecting and identifying > 8,000 fly specimens. The paper also describes a new species discovered on the island of Rarotonga in montane forest; this is an endemic species we believe may be threatened by climate change. It should be noteworthy to regional stakeholders in Oceania that D. suzukii was absent in our surveys.] Get the pdf
Polak, M., Hurtado-Gonzales, J.L., Benoit, J.B., Hooker, K.J., & Tyler, F. 2021. Positive genetic covariance between fertilizing capacity and sexual ornamentation. Current Biology, 31: 1547–1554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.046. Get the pdf; pdf with SI; and the commentary by Pomiankowski and Wedell (2021)
Tyler, F., Haverkos, S., Imm, A., Polak, M. 2021. Analysis of correlated responses in key ejaculatory traits to artificial selection on a diversifying secondary sexual trait. Journal of Insect Physiology, 133: 104291. Get the pdf
Arnqvist, G., Grieshop, K., Hotzy, C., Röhn, J., Polak, M., & Rowe, L. 2021. Direct and indirect effects of male genital elaboration in female seed beetles. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, 288: 20211068. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1068 Get the pdf
Benoit, J.B., Bose, J., Bailey, S., Polak, M. 2020. Interactions with ectoparasitic mites induce host metabolic and immune responses in flies at the expense of reproduction-associated factors. Parasitology, 147: 1196-1205. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182020000918 Get the pdf
Mao-Yuan, Y., Guo, J.-J., Polak, M., Yi, T.C., Jin, D.C. 2020. A new species and new record of Gamasodes (Mesostigmata: Parasitidae) from China. Systematic & Applied Acarology, 29:1299-1318. https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.25.7.10 Get the pdf
Rodriguez-Exposito, E., Garcia-Gonzalez, F., Polak, M. 2019. Individual and synergistic effects of male external genital traits in sexual selection. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2019;00:1–13 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13546 Get the pdf
Polak, M., Simmons, L.W., Benoit, J.B., Ruohonen, K., Simpson, S.J., Solon-Biet, S.M. 2017. Nutritional geometry of paternal effects on embryo mortality. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B: Biological Sciences. 284:20171492. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1492 Get the pdf
Polak, M., Fanson, K.V., Taylor, P.W., Yap, S. 2016. Differential genotypic effects of sexual trait size of offspring mating success and viability. Behavioral Ecology 27:444-451. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arv174 Get the pdf
Hurtado-Gonzales, J.L., Gallaher, W., Warner, A., Polak, M. 2014. Microscale laser surgery demonstrates the grasping function of the male sex comb in Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila bipectinata. Ethology 120:1-12. DOI: 10.1111/eth.12316 Get the pdf
Polak, M., Tomkins, J.L. 2013. Developmental selection against developmental instability: A direct demonstration. Biology Letters, 9:20121081, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2012.1081 Get the pdf
Hotzy, C., Polak, M., Rönn, J.L., Arnqvist, G. 2012. Phenotypic engineering unveils the function of genital morphology. Current Biology 23:2258-2261. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.009 Get the pdf
Polak, M. & Trivers, R.L. (1994) The science of symmetry in biology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 9:122-124. Get the pdf
Polak, M. 1994. Parasites increase fluctuating asymmetry of male Drosophila nigrospiracula: implications for sexual selection. In: T.A. Markow (ed.), Developmental Instability: Its Origins and Evolutionary Implications, Kluwer. 257-267, 1994. Get the pdf