Prof Nathan Bailey
Professor of Evolutionary Biology
Research areas
Evolutionary biology, genetics, genomics, social behaviour
Member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland
www.flexiblephenotype.org
PhD supervision
- Thomas Green
- Shangzhe Zhang
Selected publications
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Open access
A high-quality reference genome and comparative genomics of the widely farmed banded cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus) identifies selective breeding targets
Zhang, S., Duffield, K. R., Foquet, B., Ramirez, J. L., Sadd, B. M., Sakaluk, S. K., Hunt, J. & Bailey, N. W., 16 Mar 2025, In: Ecology and Evolution. 15, 3, 12 p., e71134.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Divergent alternative mating tactics in convergent male reproductive morphs
Zhang, R. & Bailey, N., Sept 2025, In: Behavioral Ecology. 36, 5, p. 1-9 9 p., araf086.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Functional and evolutionary synergy of trait components can explain the existence of leaf masquerade in katydids
Wainwright, J. B., Rolfe, C. E. J., Ruxton, G. D. & Bailey, N. W., 3 Nov 2025, In: PLoS Biology. 23, 11, p. 1-16 16 p., e3003468.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Genotype and social environment influence female-female interactions in a non-social insect
Drago Rosa, A., Green, T. M. J. & Bailey, N. W., Jul 2025, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences. 292, 2051, p. 1-12 12 p., 20251007.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reliable reconstruction of cricket song from biophysical models and preserved specimens
Weiner, R., Duke, S., Simonelli, G., Bailey, N. W. & Mhatre, N., Jul 2025, In: Royal Society Open Science. 12, 7, p. 1-12 12 p., 251005.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A broader cultural view is necessary to study the evolution of sexual orientation
Savolainen, V., Bailey, N. W., Diamond, L., Swift-Gallant, A., Gavrilets, S., Raymond, M. & Verweij, K. J. H., 1 Feb 2024, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 8, 2, p. 181-183 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Open access
Behavioural plasticity compensates for adaptive loss of cricket song
Schneider, W., Rutz, C. & Bailey, N. W., 22 Mar 2024, In: Ecology Letters. 27, 3, 9 p., e14404.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Competing adaptations maintain nonadaptive variation in a wild cricket population
Rayner, J. G., Eichenberger, F., Bainbridge, J. V. A., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Yusuf, L. H., Balenger, S., Gaggiotti, O. E. & Bailey, N. W., 6 Aug 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121, 32, 9 p., e2317879121.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evolutionary biology of social expertise
Dukas, R. & Bailey, N. W., 30 Jun 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. Early View, 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Machine learning reveals singing rhythms of male Pacific field crickets are clock controlled
Westwood, M. L., Geissmann, Q., O'Donnell, A. J., Rayner, J., Schneider, W., Zuk, M., Bailey, N. W. & Reece, S. E., Jan 2024, In: Behavioral Ecology. 35, 1, 11 p., arad098.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review