Daniel Ricardo Matute

The paper uses long-read sequencing to identify structural variants in Culex quinquefasciatus, revealing their potential role in insecticide resistance and adaptation.

This study examines temperature preference variation in two Aedes species across altitudes on two islands, finding a cline in temperature preference with higher elevation populations preferring cooler temperatures.

The paper analyzes genome variation in Sporothrix species to understand their evolutionary strategies and drug resistance mechanisms.

The paper introduces a method to detect co-evolutionary interactions within a single species by analyzing evolutionary rate correlations, applied to Drosophila melanogaster's Sxl gene across 72 Dipteran species.

The paper examines egg size and shape evolution in 29 drosophilid species, finding negative allometry between egg size and adult body size and moderate phylogenetic signal.

The paper uses machine learning to detect soft and hard selective sweeps in Aedes aegypti, finding soft sweeps are more common, suggesting rapid adaptation to environmental pressures.

The paper identifies two new -amylase genes in Histoplasma and shows their roles in -glucan biosynthesis and virulence, revealing ancient gene duplications.

The paper measures wing loading in 30 Drosophila species under controlled conditions and finds it lacks phylogenetic signal, unlike body mass and wing area.

This study examines transposable element insertions in Aedes aegypti genomes to assess their contribution to genetic diversity and potential role in insecticide resistance.

The paper presents the first telomere-to-telomere assemblies for two Paracoccidioides species, revealing chromosomal rearrangements and mitochondrial introgression.

This paper develops statistical models and tools to analyze lineage-pair traits, improving the analysis of non-independent data in evolutionary biology.

The paper detects Histoplasma DNA in soil and bat tissue samples from Brazil, identifying environmental hotspots and multiple bat species as hosts.

The paper analyzes metagenome-assembled genomes from drosophilid flies to assess phylogenetic and functional diversity of their associated bacteria across different environments.

The paper examines how flight feather evolution rates and disparity vary along the wing, finding higher rates toward the wingtip and evidence for modularity.

The paper investigates genetic diversity and sex differentiation in Lutzomyia longipalpis, identifying sex chromosomes and population structure across South America.

This study analyzes the demographic history and genetic diversity of Aedes aegypti across continents, finding reduced genetic diversity and minor selection efficacy reduction in the Americas.

This study characterizes two clinical Sarocladium spinificis strains that inhibit Coccidioides posadasii growth, revealing their genomic features and potential antifungal properties.

This study shows temperature affects mating rates and reproductive isolation in Drosophila species and heterospecific crosses.

The paper identifies a neural circuit in Drosophila santomea that co-opts an ancestral circuit to drive a new female sexual behavior through social feedback.

This study identifies phenotypic traits that distinguish five cryptic species of Histoplasma, aiding clinical identification and evolutionary research.

The paper identifies strong selective sweeps in Aedes aegypti genomes linked to insecticide resistance, showing rapid evolutionary adaptation to vector control.

The paper assembles and annotates mitochondrial genomes of Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii, and assesses population variation across 77 genomes, identifying common genes and introns.

The paper reports the discovery of Drosophila melanogaster in African wilderness areas and provides genomic insights into its geographic expansion history.