no code implementations • 20 Sep 2021 • Brandon A. Turner, Theresa R. Miorin, Nicholas B. Stewart, Robert W. Reid, Cathy C. Moore, Rebekah L. Rogers
In D. santomea 468 mutations are associated with strong signals of differentiation from the mainland while in island D yakuba we identify 383 candidates of local adaptation.
no code implementations • 17 Aug 2021 • Rebekah L. Rogers, Cathy C. Moore, Nicholas B. Stewart
We observe "bursts" of new gene creation in F1 hybrids of D. yakuba and D. santomea, a species complex known to hybridize in nature.
no code implementations • 1 Aug 2020 • Rebekah L. Rogers, Stephanie L. Grizzard, James E. Titus-McQuillan, Katherine Bockrath, Sagar Patel, John P. Wares, Jeffrey T. Garner, Cathy C. Moore
With advances in genome sequencing it is possible to gain a broader view of how gene family proliferation and TE content evolve in non-model species when populations become threatened.