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A. Aboobaker

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Evolutionary Biology· 3 Bioengineering· 1 Ecology· 1

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:multiple species· 2 Organism:plant (other)· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1

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A. G. Lai· 2 shared A. Di Donfrancesco· 1 shared A. Griffin· 1 shared D. B. Vizoso· 1 shared D. Olivieri· 1 shared D. Simanov· 1 shared E. Berezikov· 1 shared F. Beltman· 1 shared

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A. G. Lai

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Gene conversion limits the cost of asexuality in somatically immortal worms

S. Kershenbaum, M. J. Espejo, A. Griffin, A. Aboobaker

The paper investigates how gene conversion in stem cells helps asexual planarians avoid deleterious mutations, suggesting it limits the cost of asexuality.

bioRxiv · Mar 20, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Non-senescent species are not immortal: stress and decline in two planaria species

J. Deere, P. Holland, A. Aboobaker, R. Salguero-Gomez

This study shows that non-senescent planaria species experience stress under suboptimal resource conditions, which can affect their performance and viability.

bioRxiv · Jan 12, 2023Ecology

A platform for efficient transgenesis in Macrostomum lignano, a flatworm model organism for stem cell research

J. Wudarski, D. Simanov, K. Ustyantsev, K. de Mulder, M. Grelling, M. Grudniewska, F. Beltman, L. Glazenburg, T. Demircan, J. Wunderer, W. Qi, D. B. Vizoso, P. M. Weissert, D. Olivieri, S. Mouton, , E. Berezikov

This paper develops a transgenesis method for Macrostomum lignano and annotates its genome to enable genetic studies on stem cells and regeneration.

bioRxiv · Jun 18, 2017Bioengineering

The innate immune systems of malacostracan crustaceans exhibit both conserved and evolutionarily distinct components

A. G. Lai, A. Aboobaker

This study identifies conserved and divergent components of the innate immune system in malacostracan crustaceans using comparative genomics.

bioRxiv · Dec 5, 2016Evolutionary Biology

Analyses of the core eukaryotic protein subunit of telomerase support extensive adaptation to different evolutionary and life histories in the Metazoa

A. G. Lai, N. Pouchkina-Stantcheva, A. Di Donfrancesco, G. Kildisiute, S. Sahu, A. Aboobaker

This study analyzes TERT sequence and regulatory evolution across Metazoa, revealing extensive adaptation to diverse life histories and evolutionary pressures.

bioRxiv · Dec 2, 2016Evolutionary Biology