Current and representative articles (full list by Google Scholar below):
Webster, A., & Polak, M., 2024. Resistance in Drosophila against ectoparasitism by Gamasodes mites: inducible factors mediating mite-shedding capacity. Manuscript.
Benoit, J.B., Ajayi, O.M., Webster, A., Grieshop, K., Lewis, D., Talbott, H., Bose, J. and Polak, M., 2024. Shifted levels of sleep and activity under darkness as mechanisms underlying ectoparasite resistance. bioRxiv, pp. 2023-10. Currently under consideration at Biological Timing and Sleep.
McEvey, S.F., & Polak, M. 2024. Common Drosophila immigrans species group flies at fruit-bait in Thailand (Diptera: Drosophilidae). figshare. Figure. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.26182085.v1
McEvey, S.F., & Polak, M. 2024. Drosophila burmae (Diptera: Drosophilidae)—high resolution diagnostic images. figshare. Figure. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.26182019.v1
McEvey, S.F., & Polak, M. 2024. Drosophila formosana (Diptera: Drosophilidae)—high resolution diagnostic images. figshare. Figure. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.26182055.v1
McEvey, S.F., & Polak, M. 2024. Drosophila hypocausta (Diptera: Drosophilidae)—high resolution diagnostic images. figshare. Figure. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.26181938.v1
McEvey, S.F., & Polak, M. 2024. Drosophila siamana (Diptera: Drosophilidae)—high resolution diagnostic images. figshare. Figure. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.26182019.v1
Polak, M., Bose, J., Benoit, J.B. & Singh, H. 2023. Heritability and preadult survivorship costs of ectoparasite resistance in the naturally occurring Drosophila-Gamasodes mite system. Evolution 77: 2068-2080 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