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G. Ellepola

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Approach:statistical model· 6 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 4 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Approach:Bayesian inference· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1

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M. Meegaskumbura· 7 shared M. R. Pie· 5 shared D. Sun· 4 shared J. Herath· 3 shared R. Pethiyagoda· 3 shared C.-H. Fu· 2 shared G. Senevirathne· 2 shared J. Hanken· 2 shared

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M. Meegaskumbura

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Emerging Threat of Ranavirus: Prevalence, Genetic Diversity, and Climatic Drivers of Ranavirus (Family Iridoviridae) in ectothermic vertebrates of Asia

J. Herath, D. Sun, G. Ellepola, K. Subramaniam, M. Meegaskumbura

This study investigates ranavirus prevalence, genetic diversity, and climatic drivers in ectothermic vertebrates in southern China, identifying key infection patterns and transmission risks.

bioRxiv · Aug 19, 2023 · PreprintEcology

A frog adaptive radiation: Ecomorphological evolution in Old-World shrub frogs (Rhacophoridae: Pseudophilautus)

M. Meegaskumbura, G. Ellepola, G. Senevirathne, K. Manamendra-Arachchi, N. Wijayathilaka, M. R. Pie, D. Sun, R. Pethiyagoda, C. J. Schneider

This study identifies five ecomorphological categories in Pseudophilautus shrub frogs, showing body size and specific traits correlate with habitat type and that ecomorphs evolved multiple times in response to climate changes.

bioRxiv · Aug 12, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

New climatically specialized lineages of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and their sub-lethal effects on amphibians establish the Asiatic origins of the pathogen

D. Sun, G. Ellepola, J. Herath, H. Liu, Y. Liu, K. Murray, M. Meegaskumbura

This study identifies new Bd lineages in China and finds sub-lethal effects on amphibians, supporting Asiatic origins of the pathogen.

bioRxiv · Jan 23, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Climatic niche evolution of infectious diseases driving amphibian declines

G. Ellepola, J. Herath, D. Sun, M. R. Pie, K. A. Murray, R. Pethiyagoda, J. Hanken, M. Meegaskumbura

This study shows that amphibian pathogens are intensifying their impact as their climatic niches evolve, with implications for global amphibian declines.

bioRxiv · May 13, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Evolving in the darkness: phylogenomics of Sinocyclocheilus cavefishes highlights recent diversification and cryptic diversity

T.-R. Mao, Y.-W. Liu, M. M. Vasconcellos, M. R. Pie, G. Ellepola, C.-H. Fu, J. Yang, M. Meegaskumbura

This study uses RADseq to analyze the phylogenetics of Sinocyclocheilus cavefishes, identifying six major clades, 19 known species, and two cryptic species, with recent diversification linked to geological events.

bioRxiv · Oct 9, 2021Evolutionary Biology

Drivers of an epic radiation: the role of climate and islands in species diversification and reproductive-mode evolution of Old-World tree frogs

G. Ellepola, M. R. Pie, R. Pethiyagoda, J. Hanken, M. Meegaskumbura

This study investigates the diversification and reproductive-mode evolution of Old-World tree frogs, identifying climate and island effects as key drivers of speciation and niche adaptation.

bioRxiv · Sep 22, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Evolution in Sinocyclocheilus cavefish is marked by rate shifts, reversals and origin of novel traits

T.-R. Mao, Y.-W. Liu, M. Meegaskumbura, J. Yang, G. Ellepola, G. Senevirathne, C.-H. Fu, J. B. Gross, M. R. Pie

This study analyzes the evolutionary patterns of Sinocyclocheilus cavefish, identifying rate shifts, trait reversals, and novel traits in their morphological evolution.

bioRxiv · Apr 12, 2020Evolutionary Biology