Preprint publications21. Raina, M., Allotta, M., Lombard, J., Deshpande, N.J., Sanchez, C., Gougat-Barbera, C., Gammuto, L., Petroni, G., Kaltz, O., and Zilio, G. (2026). Evolution at experimental epidemic fronts speeds up parasite spread. bioRxiv, 2026.01.06.697932. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.06.697932
20. Zilio, G., Aubin, E., Bedhomme, S., Bolick, L., Bravo, I.G., Bruand, C., Capela, D., Challe, M., Charrière, G.M., Courtay, G., Devillez, M.A., Elmaleh, F., Fereol, S., Froissart, R., Givens, J., Gougat-Barbera, C., Govaert, L., Guidot, A., Hamet, J., Huet, M., Hummer, P., Jacob, S., Kaltz, O., Krasovec, M., Guillaume, M., Legrand, D., Nidelet, T., Orcel, D., Philippe, H., Piganeau, G., Przybylska, M.S., Remigi, P., Sauviac, L., Schneider-Nettsträter, F., Segond, D., Serre, C., Sicard, D., Silveira, J.G.C., Tonnabel, J., Vasseur, F., Vedrenne, A., Vidal, E., Violle, C., Wenzel, M.K., Fronhofer, E.A., and Chevin, L.M. (2025) Environmental complexity constrains evolutionary adaptation across taxa. bioRxiv, 2025.12.22.695988. https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.22.695988 |
Peer-reviewed publications
19. Zilio, G., Bayona, J.Z., Rousseau, L., Raichle, J., Gougat-Barbera, C., Duncan, A.B., Dean, A.D., Kaltz, O., and Fenton, A. (2026). Differing effects of parasite-parasite interactions types on the spatial epidemiology of co-circulating parasites. Phil Trans B (in press), preprint at: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.02.716128
18. Zilio, G.*, Moodie, I.R.*, Malusare, S.P.*, Devillez, MA., Givens, J., Gougat-Barbera, C., Fronhofer, E.A. (2026). The evolution of the thermal performance curves and life-history traits in responses to thermal selection. Evolution, qpag052, https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpag052
17. Zilio, G., Bedhomme, S., Fronhofer E.A., Jacob, S., Legrand, D., Philippe, H., Chevin, L.M. (2026). Addressing multi-generational non-genetic inheritance in experimental studies of evolution. Evolution, qpag027, https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpag027
16. Zilio, G., Duncan, A.B., Ezenwa V.O., Fenton, A., Gjini, E., Kaltz, O., Magalhães, S., Michalakis, Y., Mideo, N., Pedersen, A., Taguchi, L., Tollenaere, C., Zélé, F., Dean, A.D. (2026). Co-circulation and co-infection: parasite interactions across scales. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2025.12.002
15. Gould, E., Fraser, H.S., Parker, T.H., Nakagawa, S., Griffith, S.C., Vesk, P.A., Fidler, F., et al. (2025). Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology. BMC Biology, 23(1), 35; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-024-02101-x
14. Bestion, E., Legrand, D., Baines, C.B., Bonte, D., Coulon, A., Dahirel, M., Delgado, M., Deshpande, J.N., Duncan, A.B., Fronhofer, E.A., Gounand, I., Jacob, S., Kaltz, O., Massol, F., Matthysen, E., Parmentier, T., Saade, C., Schtickzelle, N., Zilio, G., Cote, J. (2024). Species interactions affect dispersal: a meta-analysis.
Phil Trans B, https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0127
13. Fronhofer, E.A., Bonte, D., Bestion, E., Cote, J., Deshpande, J.N., Duncan, A.B., Hovestadt, T., Kaltz, O., Keith, S., Kokko, H., Legrand, D., Malusare, S.P., Parmentier, T., Saade, C., Schtickzelle, N., Zilio, G., Massol, F. (2024).
Evolutionary ecology of dispersal in biodiverse spatially structured systems: what is old and what is new?
Phil Trans B, https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0142
12. Zilio, G., Deshpande, J.N., Duncan, A.B., Fronhofer, E.A., Kaltz, O. (2024). Dispersal evolution and
eco-evolutionary dynamics in antagonistic species interactions.
Trends in Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.03.006
11. Zilio, G., Krenek S., Gougat-Barbera, C., Fronhofer, E.A., and Kaltz, O. (2023). Predicting evolution in experimental range expansions of an aquatic model system.
Evolution Letters, https://doi.org/10.1093/evlett/qrad010
10. Zilio, G.*, Nørgaard, L.S.*, Gougat-Barbera, C., Hall, M.D., Fronhofer, E.A., and Kaltz, O. (2023). Travelling with a parasite: the evolution of resistance and dispersal syndrome during experimental range expansion. Proc B, doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1966
*: equal contributions
9. Malusare, S.P.*, Zilio, G. *, and Fronhofer, E.A. (2023). Evolution of thermal performance curves: a meta-analysis of selection experiments (2022). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14087
*: equal contributions
8. Zilio, G., Kaltz, O., and Koella, J.C. (2022). Resource availability for the mosquito Aedes aegypti affects the transmission mode evolution of a microsporidian parasite.
Evolutionary Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-022-10184-7
7. Zilio, G., Nørgaard, L.S., Petrucci, G., Zeballos, N., Gougat-Barbera, C., Fronhofer, E.A., and Kaltz, O. (2021). Parasitism and host dispersal plasticity in an aquatic model system.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, doi: 10.1111/jeb.13893
6. Nørgaard, L.S.*, Zilio, G.*, Saade, C., Gougat-Barbera, C., Hall, M.D., Fronhofer, E.A., and Kaltz, O. (2021). An evolutionary trade-off between parasite virulence and dispersal at experimental invasion fronts.
Ecology Letters, doi: 10.1111/ele.13692
*: equal contributions
5. Weiler J., Zilio, G., Zeballos, N., Nørgaard, L.S., Conce Alberto W.D., Krenek S., Kaltz, O., and Bright, L. (2020). Among-strain variation in resistance of Paramecium caudatum to the endonuclear parasite Holospora undulata: geographic and lineage-specific patterns.
Frontiers in Microbiology 11:603046. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.603046
4. Zilio, G. and Koella, J.C. (2020). Sequential co-infections drive parasite competition and the outcome of infection. Journal of Animal Ecology, doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13302
3. Thiévent, K., Zilio, G., Hauser, G., and Koella, J.C. (2019). Malaria load affects the salivary apyrase activity of mosquitoes. Journal of Insect Physiology, 116, 10-16.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2019.04.003
2. Zilio, G., Moesch, L., Bovet, N., Sarr, A., and Koella, J.C. (2018). The effect of parasite infection on the recombination rate of the mosquito Aedes aegyti. PLoS One, 13(10): e0203481.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0203481
1. Zilio, G., Thiévent, K., and Koella, J.C. (2018). Host genotype and environment affect the trade-off between horizontal and vertical transmission of the parasite Edhazardia aedis. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 18, 59. doi: 10.1186/s12862-018-1184-3
18. Zilio, G.*, Moodie, I.R.*, Malusare, S.P.*, Devillez, MA., Givens, J., Gougat-Barbera, C., Fronhofer, E.A. (2026). The evolution of the thermal performance curves and life-history traits in responses to thermal selection. Evolution, qpag052, https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpag052
17. Zilio, G., Bedhomme, S., Fronhofer E.A., Jacob, S., Legrand, D., Philippe, H., Chevin, L.M. (2026). Addressing multi-generational non-genetic inheritance in experimental studies of evolution. Evolution, qpag027, https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpag027
16. Zilio, G., Duncan, A.B., Ezenwa V.O., Fenton, A., Gjini, E., Kaltz, O., Magalhães, S., Michalakis, Y., Mideo, N., Pedersen, A., Taguchi, L., Tollenaere, C., Zélé, F., Dean, A.D. (2026). Co-circulation and co-infection: parasite interactions across scales. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2025.12.002
15. Gould, E., Fraser, H.S., Parker, T.H., Nakagawa, S., Griffith, S.C., Vesk, P.A., Fidler, F., et al. (2025). Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology. BMC Biology, 23(1), 35; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-024-02101-x
14. Bestion, E., Legrand, D., Baines, C.B., Bonte, D., Coulon, A., Dahirel, M., Delgado, M., Deshpande, J.N., Duncan, A.B., Fronhofer, E.A., Gounand, I., Jacob, S., Kaltz, O., Massol, F., Matthysen, E., Parmentier, T., Saade, C., Schtickzelle, N., Zilio, G., Cote, J. (2024). Species interactions affect dispersal: a meta-analysis.
Phil Trans B, https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0127
13. Fronhofer, E.A., Bonte, D., Bestion, E., Cote, J., Deshpande, J.N., Duncan, A.B., Hovestadt, T., Kaltz, O., Keith, S., Kokko, H., Legrand, D., Malusare, S.P., Parmentier, T., Saade, C., Schtickzelle, N., Zilio, G., Massol, F. (2024).
Evolutionary ecology of dispersal in biodiverse spatially structured systems: what is old and what is new?
Phil Trans B, https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0142
12. Zilio, G., Deshpande, J.N., Duncan, A.B., Fronhofer, E.A., Kaltz, O. (2024). Dispersal evolution and
eco-evolutionary dynamics in antagonistic species interactions.
Trends in Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.03.006
11. Zilio, G., Krenek S., Gougat-Barbera, C., Fronhofer, E.A., and Kaltz, O. (2023). Predicting evolution in experimental range expansions of an aquatic model system.
Evolution Letters, https://doi.org/10.1093/evlett/qrad010
10. Zilio, G.*, Nørgaard, L.S.*, Gougat-Barbera, C., Hall, M.D., Fronhofer, E.A., and Kaltz, O. (2023). Travelling with a parasite: the evolution of resistance and dispersal syndrome during experimental range expansion. Proc B, doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1966
*: equal contributions
9. Malusare, S.P.*, Zilio, G. *, and Fronhofer, E.A. (2023). Evolution of thermal performance curves: a meta-analysis of selection experiments (2022). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14087
*: equal contributions
8. Zilio, G., Kaltz, O., and Koella, J.C. (2022). Resource availability for the mosquito Aedes aegypti affects the transmission mode evolution of a microsporidian parasite.
Evolutionary Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-022-10184-7
7. Zilio, G., Nørgaard, L.S., Petrucci, G., Zeballos, N., Gougat-Barbera, C., Fronhofer, E.A., and Kaltz, O. (2021). Parasitism and host dispersal plasticity in an aquatic model system.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, doi: 10.1111/jeb.13893
6. Nørgaard, L.S.*, Zilio, G.*, Saade, C., Gougat-Barbera, C., Hall, M.D., Fronhofer, E.A., and Kaltz, O. (2021). An evolutionary trade-off between parasite virulence and dispersal at experimental invasion fronts.
Ecology Letters, doi: 10.1111/ele.13692
*: equal contributions
5. Weiler J., Zilio, G., Zeballos, N., Nørgaard, L.S., Conce Alberto W.D., Krenek S., Kaltz, O., and Bright, L. (2020). Among-strain variation in resistance of Paramecium caudatum to the endonuclear parasite Holospora undulata: geographic and lineage-specific patterns.
Frontiers in Microbiology 11:603046. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.603046
4. Zilio, G. and Koella, J.C. (2020). Sequential co-infections drive parasite competition and the outcome of infection. Journal of Animal Ecology, doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13302
3. Thiévent, K., Zilio, G., Hauser, G., and Koella, J.C. (2019). Malaria load affects the salivary apyrase activity of mosquitoes. Journal of Insect Physiology, 116, 10-16.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2019.04.003
2. Zilio, G., Moesch, L., Bovet, N., Sarr, A., and Koella, J.C. (2018). The effect of parasite infection on the recombination rate of the mosquito Aedes aegyti. PLoS One, 13(10): e0203481.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0203481
1. Zilio, G., Thiévent, K., and Koella, J.C. (2018). Host genotype and environment affect the trade-off between horizontal and vertical transmission of the parasite Edhazardia aedis. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 18, 59. doi: 10.1186/s12862-018-1184-3
Book chapter
1. Duncan, A.B., Zilio, G., Kaltz, O. (2025). Life history trait evolution in the context of host-parasite interactions. In M. Segoli and E. Wajnberg (Eds.), Life History Evolution: Traits, Interactions, and Applications. John Wiley & Sons Limited.
