Thomas C. Mathers

The paper generates high-quality chromosome-level genomes for three Plasmodium species from natural infections, improving understanding of their biology and evolution.

The paper predicts structures of rapidly evolving aphid effector proteins using Alphafold2 with custom multiple sequence alignments, revealing saposin-like folds and structural diversity.

This study investigates speciation in boobies through genomic analysis, finding introgression, divergence patterns, and a neo-sex chromosome linked to coloration diversity.

This study shows hybridisation enables Amazonian trees to rapidly evolve chemical defences against herbivores, driving diversification in response to shifting herbivore communities.

The paper reconstructs ancestral linkage groups in 340 dipteran genomes to study chromosome evolution, finding conserved groups in Nematoceran lineages and chromosomal fissions in Brachycera.

The paper presents a new phased assembly of the Antarctic spiny plunderfish and identifies genomic features linked to cold adaptation in notothenioids.

MicroFinder improves bird genome curation by identifying conserved microchromosome genes to anchor manual assembly of fragmented microchromosomes.

This study generates chromosome-scale genome assemblies of germline restricted chromosomes (GRCs) in fungus gnats and finds they evolve dynamically with gene-rich content under strong purifying selection.

The paper presents 40 new microsporidian genomes, revealing evidence of sexual reproduction and autopolyploidy, with tetraploid genomes organized into diploid compartments.

The paper sequenced genomes of two invasive adelgid species to identify potential targets for selective insecticides through comparative analysis and virtual screening.

This study examines two Neotropical butterfly radiations, revealing high rates of hybridization and chromosomal rearrangements as drivers of diversification.

This study presents chromosome-level genome assemblies for three psyllid species that transmit Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum, revealing gene expansions and population substructure in Dyspersa apicalis.

This study identifies Mp10, an aphid saliva CSP effector, which suppresses plant PTI by interacting with AMSH deubiquitinases and modulating PRR kinase trafficking.

This study identifies genetic adaptations to whole genome duplication in Cochlearia species, highlighting kinetochore and ion transport gene changes across multiple WGD events.

The paper presents the genome of the banana aphid P. nigronervosa and its symbionts, using Illumina sequencing and a k-mer deduplication pipeline to improve assembly quality.

The paper presents a chromosome-level genome assembly of the woolly apple aphid, providing insights into its phylogenetic relationships and genomic structure.

The paper presents chromosome-scale genome assemblies of aphids, revealing extensive autosome rearrangements and X chromosome conservation over 30 million years.

The paper improves the genome assembly and annotation of the soybean aphid using new methods, resulting in higher contiguity and better gene representation.

The paper identifies an aphid gene family that translocates RNA into plants, promoting aphid reproduction and indicating cross-kingdom RNA deployment.

This study analyzes DNA methylation and gene expression differences between male and asexual female morphs of the green peach aphid, finding sex-specific methylation patterns linked to sexual differentiation.