Yiqing Wang

The paper shows mobile genetic elements drive a fusion-deletion cycle in plasmids, shaping their evolution and antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.

The paper compares plasmid persistence strategies and finds that combining active partitioning with toxin-antitoxin systems maximizes plasmid fitness in prokaryotes.

The paper shows that antibiotic resistance islands in MDR plasmids are biased towards specific plasmid lineages and evolve rapidly within these lineages.

The paper analyzes pseudogenes in plasmid genomes to show higher pseudogene density compared to chromosomes and links non-functionalization to loss of plasmid mobility.