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Rachel C. Thayer

University of California, DavisORCID 0000-0001-5856-7614Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Cell Biology· 1 Evolutionary Biology· 1

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Organism:Drosophila· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:scRNA-seq· 1 Assay:spatial transcriptomics· 1

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David J BeguniD· 2 shared Elizabeth S PolstoniD· 2 shared Giovanni Hanna· 1 shared Jixiang Xu· 1 shared

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Evolutionary BiologyMolecular Biology and EvolutionPeer-reviewedSep 1, 2025

No evidence of sexually antagonistic coevolution in Drosophila reproductive tract transcriptomes

Rachel C. Thayer, Elizabeth S Polston, Giovanni Hanna, David J Begun

The paper tests for sexually antagonistic coevolution in Drosophila by analyzing female post-mating transcriptomes and finds no evidence of coevolution, instead supporting environmental and female-expressed genetic factors.

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Drosophilabulk RNA-seq

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Cell BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewedOct 25, 2024

Regional specialization, polyploidy, and seminal fluid transcripts in the Drosophila female reproductive tract

Rachel C. Thayer, Elizabeth S Polston, Jixiang Xu, David J Begun

The paper uses single-cell RNA-seq and in situ hybridization to discover new cell diversity and ploidy variation in the Drosophila female reproductive tract, revealing that seminal fluid protein genes are transcribed in specialized cells.

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