M. E. Alfaro

The paper presents a high-quality genome assembly for the Yellow Warbler using HiFi and Omni-C sequencing, providing a resource for studying gene flow and conservation.

This study investigates the morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes after the K-Pg extinction, finding a prolonged diversification driven by body elongation and lineage radiation throughout the Cenozoic.

The paper designs a bait set to enrich 2,708 ultraconserved nuclear loci from ostariophysan fishes and tests its utility across various phylogenetic scales.

The paper tests if venom gene diversity drives speciation rates in cone snails but finds no significant signal, suggesting other factors may be more important for diversification.