M. Vences

Exploring the impact of read clustering thresholds on RADseq-based systematics: an empirical example from European amphibians.

This study evaluates the impact of clustering thresholds on RADseq assemblies in amphibians, showing that topology is resilient to threshold changes but branch lengths are affected.

iTaxoTools 0.1: Kickstarting a specimen-based software toolkit for taxonomists

iTaxoTools 0.1 provides a user-friendly software toolkit for alpha-taxonomic tasks, including species delimitation and diagnosis, with six GUI-based programs and new Python implementations of taxonomic algorithms.

Abiotic environmental adaptation in vertebrates is characterized by functional genomic constraint

The paper identifies genes involved in abiotic environmental adaptation across vertebrates and finds evidence of functional genomic constraint and recurrent gene use.

Microbiomes from feces vs. gut in aquatic vertebrates: distinct community compositions between substrates and preservation methods

This study compares microbiome composition between gut and fecal samples from aquatic vertebrates, showing that sample type and preservation methods significantly affect results.

Tarantula phylogenomics: A robust phylogeny of multiple tarantula lineages inferred from transcriptome data sheds light on the prickly issue of urticating setae evolution

This study uses transcriptome data to infer a robust phylogeny of tarantulas, revealing new insights into the evolution of urticating setae.

Seasonal changes in diet and toxicity in the Climbing Mantella frog (Mantella laevigata)

This study examines how seasonal environmental changes affect the diet and toxin profiles of Climbing Mantella frogs, finding seasonal differences in diet composition and toxin abundance.