Kyle T. David

The paper discovers three novel ancient whole genome duplications in Saccharomycotina yeasts, suggesting WGD may be more common in fungi than previously thought.

The paper investigates the relationship between gene family expansions and metabolic traits in yeasts, finding that keystone gene families drive multiple metabolic innovations.

The paper analyzes gene family evolution across nearly all known Saccharomycotina yeast species, finding distinct evolutionary patterns with gene loss linked to metabolic and genomic changes.

The paper uses machine learning to analyze Aspergillus species distribution and predicts climate change impacts on their ranges and diversity.

The paper shows that the fungal gene ENB1, acquired from a bacterial operon, enables iron uptake in W/S clade yeasts and evolved through horizontal transfer and gene loss.