B. de Thoisy

Metagenomics uncovers dietary adaptations for chitin digestion in the gut microbiota of convergent myrmecophagous mammals

The paper uses metagenomics to identify chitinolytic bacteria in the gut microbiota of myrmecophagous mammals, revealing convergent adaptations for chitin digestion across species.

Transcriptomic data reveal divergent paths of chitinase evolution underlying dietary convergence in anteaters and pangolins

This study compares transcriptomic data from ant-eating mammals to show divergent chitinase evolution in pangolins and anteaters despite convergent diets.

Evidence of backcross inviability and mitochondrial DNA paternal leakage in sea turtle hybrids

The paper investigates hybridization in sea turtles, finding paternal mitochondrial DNA leakage and first-generation hybrids with cytonuclear incompatibility.

Mysterious disappearances of a large mammal in Neotropical forests

The paper documents periodic population cycles in white-lipped peccaries in Neotropical forests, showing synchronized disappearances and recovery phases over 20-30 years.

Achieving high-quality ddRAD-like reference catalogs for non-model species: the power of overlapping paired-end reads.

This paper develops a method to improve ddRAD-like reference catalogs for non-model species by using overlapping paired-end reads and in silico size selection, increasing SNP detection and catalog quality.