Justin C. Havird

This study examines how Andean birds adapt to elevation through metabolic rates and mitochondrial genetics, finding higher BMR and smaller body size at higher elevations despite similar mitochondrial function.

This study meta-analyzes 156 comparisons across 76 studies to assess mtDNA copy number changes in neurodegenerative diseases, finding no overall difference but significant heterogeneity.

This study examines evolutionary rate covariation between mitochondrial and nuclear-encoded OXPHOS genes in papilionoid legumes, finding accelerated substitution rates and relaxed purifying selection in a 50-kb inversion clade.

The paper uses admixture mapping in swordtail fish hybrids to identify mitonuclear incompatibilities, finding nine genomic regions involved in interactions between nuclear and mitochondrial genomes.

The paper investigates gene loss in nuclear-encoded mitochondrial OXPHOS genes in parasitic plants and finds that despite genetic alterations, OXPHOS function is preserved through reliance on complex II.

The paper assesses the sensitivity of genome-wide tests for mitonuclear genetic incompatibilities using Xiphophorus fish hybrids and finds inconsistent support for class-based covariation in mitonuclear ancestry.

The paper tests whether high-elevation species show adaptive evolution or relaxed selection in mtDNA, finding relaxed selection is more likely due to smaller ranges and population size.

This study identifies genetic alterations in mitochondrial genomes of heterotrophic plants, revealing recombination and retroprocessing as key drivers of genome evolution.

The paper describes an affordable Arduino-based thermo-controller for thermal ecology experiments, demonstrating its ability to maintain and reproduce desired temperatures.

This paper presents a high-quality chromosome-level genome assembly for the leopard gecko, identifying factors affecting assembly contiguity and providing a resource for squamate genomics.

This study identifies mitochondrial mutations in C. elegans using Duplex Sequencing, revealing oxidative damage signatures and an AT-bias in mutation patterns.

The paper introduces CyMIRA, a curated database of cytonuclear molecular interactions in Arabidopsis, to standardize and compare studies on evolutionary genomic data.