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E. A. Ellis

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Approach:statistical model· 5 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 2 Organism:multiple species· 2 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1

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Evolution and Diversification Dynamics of Butterflies

A. Y. Kawahara, C. Storer, A. P. S. Carvalho, D. M. Plotkin, F. Condamine, M. P. Braga, E. A. Ellis, R. A. St Laurent, X. Li, V. Barve, L. Cai, C. Earl, P. B. Frandsen, H. L. Owens, W. A. Valencia-Montoya, , N. T. Homziak

This study constructs a comprehensive phylogenomic tree of butterflies and finds they originated in the Americas, diversified in the Paleotropics, and followed a 'cradle' pattern of dispersal.

bioRxiv · May 17, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Sexual signals persist over deep time: ancient co-option of bioluminescence for courtship displays in cypridinid ostracods

E. A. Ellis, J. A. Goodheart, N. M. Hensley, V. L. Gonzalez, N. J. Reda, T. J. Rivers, J. G. Morin, E. Torres, G. A. Gerrish, T. H. Oakley

The paper estimates the longevity of bioluminescent courtship in cypridinid ostracods, finding it persisted for over 151 million years, suggesting sexual selection may reduce extinction risk.

bioRxiv · Sep 3, 2021Evolutionary Biology

Light environment drives evolution of color vision genes in butterflies and moths.

Y. Sondhi, E. A. Ellis, J. C. Theobald, A. Y. Kawahara

The paper examines opsin diversity in butterflies and moths, finding that high light environments drive opsin expansion and diversifying selection.

bioRxiv · Feb 29, 2020Evolutionary Biology

Molecular evolution of luciferase diversified bioluminescent signals in sea fireflies

N. M. Hensley, E. A. Ellis, N. Y. Leung, J. Coupart, A. Mikhailovsky, D. A. Taketa, M. Tessler, D. F. Gruber, Y. Mitani, A. W. De Tomaso, T. J. Rivers, G. A. Gerrish, E. Torres, T. H. Oakley

This study identifies a single gene, cypridinid-luciferase, as a key driver of bioluminescent signal diversification in sea fireflies, showing how selection, drift, and constraint shaped phenotypic variation across species.

bioRxiv · Jan 23, 2020Evolutionary Biology

The genome sizes of ostracod crustaceans correlate with body size and phylogeny

N. W. Jeffery, E. A. Ellis, T. H. Oakley, T. R. Gregory

The paper finds a positive correlation between genome size and body size in ostracod crustaceans, with phylogenetic correction and evidence of sex determination mechanisms.

bioRxiv · Mar 7, 2017Evolutionary Biology