Mark Hanson

Publications

• Immune genes and divergent antimicrobial peptides in flies of the subgenus Drosophila.
• X chromosome drive in a widespread Palearctic woodland fly, Drosophila testacea
• Immune evolution in the Immigrans-Tripunctata clade of Drosophila
• More Than Black or White: Melanization and Toll Share Regulatory Serine Proteases in Drosophila
• Synergy and remarkable specificity of antimicrobial peptides in vivo using a systematic knockout approach
• Genetic description of Manania handi and Manania gwilliami
• Dynamic evolution of antimicrobial peptides underscores trade-offs between immunity and ecological fitness
• New insights on Drosophila antimicrobial peptide function in host defense and beyond
• Cecropins contribute to Drosophila host defense against a subset of fungal and Gram-negative bacterial infection
• The Drosophila Baramicin polypeptide gene protects against fungal infection
• Drosophila Antimicrobial Peptides and Lysozymes Regulate Gut Microbiota Composition and Abundance
• Repeated subfunctionalization of a modular antimicrobial peptide gene for neural function
• Repeated truncation of a modular antimicrobial peptide gene for neural context
• Antimicrobial peptides do not directly contribute to aging in Drosophila, but improve lifespan by preventing dysbiosis
• Drosophila immunity: the Drosocin gene encodes two host defence peptides with pathogen-specific roles
• A systematic CRISPR approach to understanding the role of Drosophila antimicrobial peptides in immunity in vivo
• Ecology-relevant bacteria drive the evolution of host antimicrobial peptides in Drosophila
• The strain on scientific publishing
• When the microbiome shapes the host: immune evolution implications for infectious disease
• Sculpting the microbiome
• Varying phylogenetic signal to four bacterial pathogens across species of Drosophilidae
• The Drosophila immunity handbook
• Humoral immunity in insects: Antimicrobial peptides and other host defense peptides
• Layers of immunity: Deconstructing theDrosophilaeffector response