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A. C. Hughes

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Ecology· 4 Microbiology· 3 Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Evolutionary Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 5 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 4 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 4 Assay:metagenomics· 3 Organism:mouse· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:benchmarking· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1

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E. C. Holmes· 2 shared H. Song· 2 shared H. Zhou· 2 shared J. Li· 2 shared M. C. Orr· 2 shared T. Hu· 2 shared W. Shi· 2 shared X. Chen· 2 shared

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E. C. Holmes

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9 papers

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Buzz-world: Global patterns and drivers of buzzing bees and poricidal plants

A. L. Russell, S. L. Buchmann, J. S. Ascher, Z. Wang, R. Kriebel, D. D. Jolles, M. C. Orr, A. C. Hughes

This study examines global patterns and drivers of buzzing bee distribution, finding that poricidal plant richness significantly influences buzzing bee biodiversity.

bioRxiv · Mar 6, 2024 · PreprintEcology

SwrA extends DegU over an UP element to activate flagellar gene expression in Bacillus subtilis

A. Mishra, A. C. Hughes, J. Amon, D. Z. Rudner, X. Wang, D. B. Kearns

The paper shows SwrA extends DegU binding over a UP element to activate flagellar gene expression in Bacillus subtilis, enabling motility and swarming.

bioRxiv · Aug 4, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology

The recency and geographical origins of the bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2

J. E. Pekar, S. Lytras, M. Ghafari, A. F. Magee, E. Parker, J. L. Havens, A. Katzourakis, T. I. Vasylyeva, M. A. Suchard, A. C. Hughes, J. Hughes, D. L. Robertson, S. Dellicour, M. Worobey, J. O. Wertheim, P. Lemey

The paper identifies the recent origin and geographical distribution of bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2, showing they circulated in Asia before spilling over into humans.

bioRxiv · Jul 12, 2023Evolutionary Biology

A globally synthesised and flagged bee occurrence dataset and cleaning workflow

J. B. Dorey, E. E. Fischer, P. R. Chesshire, A. Nava-Bolanos, R. L. OReilly, S. Bossert, S. M. Collins, E. M. Lichtenberg, E. M. Tucker, A. Smith-Pardo, A. Falcon-Brindis, D. A. Guevara, B. Ribeiro, D. de Pedro, J. Pickering, , N. S. Cobb

The paper presents a cleaned and flagged global bee occurrence dataset and an R package to improve data accessibility and reliability for conservation and research.

bioRxiv · Jun 30, 2023Ecology

Gaps in global wildlife trade monitoring leave amphibians vulnerable

A. C. Hughes, B. Marshall, C. Strine

The paper assesses global amphibian trade, revealing 1,215 traded species, 345 threatened, and highlighting gaps in regulation and pressures from collection, pathogens, and invasive species.

bioRxiv · May 12, 2021Ecology

Identification of novel bat coronaviruses sheds light on the evolutionary origins of SARS-CoV-2 and related viruses

H. Zhou, J. Ji, X. Chen, Y. Bi, J. Li, T. Hu, H. Song, Y. Chen, M. Cui, Y. Zhang, A. C. Hughes, E. C. Holmes, W. Shi

The paper identifies novel bat coronaviruses, including relatives of SARS-CoV-2, from a region in China, providing insights into their evolutionary origins and geographic distribution.

bioRxiv · Mar 8, 2021Microbiology

A novel bat coronavirus reveals natural insertions at the S1/S2 cleavage site of the Spike protein and a possible recombinant origin of HCoV-19

H. Zhou, X. Chen, T. Hu, J. Li, H. Song, Y. Liu, P. Wang, D. Liu, J. Yang, E. C. Holmes, A. C. Hughes, Y. Bi, W. Shi

This paper identifies a novel bat coronavirus, RmYN02, with sequence similarities to HCoV-19 and natural insertions at the S1/S2 cleavage site, suggesting a possible recombinant origin for HCoV-19.

bioRxiv · Mar 2, 2020 · PreprintMicrobiology

Attacked from above and below, new observations of cooperative and solitary predators on roosting cave bats

K. C. Tanalgo, D. L. Waldien, N. Monfort, A. C. Hughes

The paper documents cooperative hunting by Large-billed Crows and opportunistic predation by Yellow-headed water monitors on roosting Geoffroy's Rousette bats in the Philippines.

bioRxiv · Jul 5, 2019Animal Behavior & Cognition

Redlisting the redlist: a global analysis of species distributions and biodiversity

A. C. Hughes

This paper analyzes global IUCN species range-maps, finding significant errors and biases that hinder conservation efforts and highlight the need for more accurate, data-driven methods.

bioRxiv · Jun 24, 2019 · PreprintEcology