A. B. Dennis

Gene and allele specific expression underlying the electric signal divergence in African weakly electric fish

The paper identifies gene and allele-specific expression patterns underlying electric signal divergence in African weakly electric fish, highlighting cis-regulatory differences in KCNJ2 and KLF5.

Consequences of pharmacophagous uptake from plants and conspecifics in a sawfly elucidated using chemical and molecular techniques

The paper investigates pharmacophagy in the turnip sawfly, showing that conspecific nibbling transfers clerodanoids and upregulates metabolic pathways, despite metabolic costs.

Dual RNA-seq in an aphid parasitoid reveals plastic and evolved adaptation to symbiont-conferred resistance

The paper uses dual RNA-seq to study gene expression changes in parasitoid wasps and their aphid hosts during infection, revealing genetic and plastic adaptations to symbiont-conferred resistance.

A new lineage of segmented RNA viruses infecting animals

The paper identifies a new lineage of segmented RNA viruses using small RNA data from Drosophila and meta-transcriptomic datasets, showing evidence of vertebrate infections.