R. J. Machida

The paper uses Oxford Nanopore sequencing to generate six gastropod mitochondrial genomes as part of a biodiversity curriculum, demonstrating its utility for hands-on genomics training.

The paper develops four mRNA abundance ratio indices to estimate growth rates in eukaryotes using RNA-Seq data from Daphnia magna and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, finding significant correlations with growth rates.

This study tests RNA allometric scaling using mock community metatranscriptome analysis, finding that smaller, faster-growing species have higher RNA abundance per tissue mass.