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K. Lail

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Evolutionary Biology· 2 Microbiology· 2

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1

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A. Lipzen· 2 shared C. Daum· 2 shared J. Jenkins· 2 shared J. Schmutz· 2 shared A. B. Endeshaw· 1 shared A. C. Payton· 1 shared A. Clum· 1 shared A. E. Fleming· 1 shared

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2021-2023 · peak 3/yr

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A. Lipzen

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Time-resolved transcriptomics reveal a mechanism of host niche defense: beneficial root endophytes deploy a host-protective antimicrobial GH18-CBM5 chitinase

R. Eichfeld, L. K. Mahdi, C. De Quattro, L. Armbruster, A. B. Endeshaw, S. Miyauchi, M. J. Hellmann, S. Cord-Landwehr, I. Grigoriev, D. Peterson, V. Singan, K. Lail, E. Savage, V. Ng, G. Langen, , A. Zuccaro

This study uses time-resolved transcriptomics to identify a GH18-CBM5 chitinase in Sebacinales fungi that protects plants against the pathogen Bipolaris sorokiniana.

bioRxiv · Dec 29, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology

Within-Arctic horizontal gene transfer as a driver of convergent evolution in distantly related microalgae

R. G. Dorrell, A. Kuo, Z. Fussy, E. H. Richardson, A. Salamov, N. Zarevski, N. J. Freyria, F. M. Ibarbalz, J. Jenkins, J. J. Pierella Karlusich, A. Stecca Steindorff, R. E. Edgar, L. Handley, K. Lail, A. Lipzen, , C. Lovejoy

The paper identifies horizontal gene transfer as a driver of convergent evolution in Arctic microalgae, highlighting ice-binding domain gene transfers between distantly related species.

bioRxiv · Jul 31, 2021Evolutionary Biology

Novel insights into joint estimations of demography, mutation rate, and selection using UV sex chromosomes

S. B. Carey, J. H. Peniston, A. C. Payton, M. Kim, A. Lipzen, D. Bauer, K. Lail, C. Daum, K. Barry, J. Jenkins, J. Grimwood, J. Schmutz, S. F. McDaniel

This study examines how anisogamy influences genetic variation in moss using UV sex chromosomes, finding sex-biased mutation and selection but no model explaining observed diversity ratios.

bioRxiv · Mar 30, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Metagenomes from the Loxahatchee wildlife refuge in the Florida Everglades

J. B. Benskin, D. A. Alvarez, N. A. Cadavid, C. A. Childs, M. F. Cupelli, L. A. De, A. M. Diaz, S. A. Eldridge, Y. B. Elhabashy, A. E. Fleming, N. A. Fox, M. Franco, J. C. Gaspari, I. M. Gerstin, K. A. Gibson, , E. Eloe-Fadrosh

The paper analyzes metagenomes from sediment samples in the Florida Everglades to characterize microbial and viral communities, their taxonomic composition, and functional potential, revealing correlations between environmental factors and gene frequencies.

bioRxiv · Feb 16, 2021 · PreprintMicrobiology