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P. P. Sharma

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Approach:statistical model· 6 Assay:DNA methylation· 5 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 5 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 5 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 3 Approach:deep learning· 2 Organism:multiple species· 2 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1

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Machine learning approaches to assess microendemicity and conservation risk in cave-dwelling arachnofauna

H. G. Steiner, S. Aharon, J. Ballesteros, G. Gainett, E. Gavish-Regev, P. P. Sharma

The paper uses machine learning to assess microendemicity and conservation risk in cave-dwelling spiders by analyzing genetic data and generating conservation metrics.

bioRxiv · Dec 19, 2023Evolutionary Biology

A taxon-restricted duplicate of Iroquois3 is required for patterning the spider waist

E. V. Setton, J. A. Ballesteros, P. O. Blaszczyk, B. C. Klementz, P. P. Sharma

This study identifies a taxon-restricted duplicate of Iroquois3 (waist-less) essential for establishing the prosoma-opisthosoma boundary in spiders.

bioRxiv · Aug 8, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Neglected no longer: Phylogenomic resolution of higher-level relationships in Solifugae

S. Kulkarni, H. Steiner, E. Garcia, H. Iuri, R. Jones, J. Ballesteros, G. Gainett, M. R. Graham, D. Harms, R. Lyle, A. A. Ojanguren-Affilastro, C. E. Santibanez-Lopez, G. Silva de Miranda, P. E. Cushing, E. Gavish-Regev, P. P. Sharma

This study generates a phylogenomic dataset for Solifugae using ultraconserved elements, revealing a well-resolved phylogeny and divergence times, supporting a diversification history driven by continental breakup.

bioRxiv · Oct 22, 2022Evolutionary Biology

Comprehensive species sampling and sophisticated algorithmic approaches refute the monophyly of Arachnida

J. A. Ballesteros, C. E. Santibanez-Lopez, C. M. Baker, L. R. Benavides, T. J. Cunha, G. Gainett, A. Z. Ontano, E. V. Setton, C. P. Arango, E. Gavish-Regev, M. S. Harvey, W. C. Wheeler, G. Hormiga, G. Giribet, P. P. Sharma

The paper uses comprehensive genomic and morphological data to challenge the accepted monophyly of Arachnida, finding horseshoe crabs nested within a paraphyletic group.

bioRxiv · Aug 16, 2021Evolutionary Biology

Taxonomic sampling and rare genomic changes overcome long-branch attraction in the phylogenetic placement of pseudoscorpions

A. Z. Ontano, G. Gainett, S. Aharon, J. A. Ballesteros, L. R. Benavides, K. F. Corbett, E. Gavish-Regev, M. S. Harvey, S. Monsma, C. E. Santibanez-Lopez, E. V. Setton, J. T. Zehms, J. A. Zeh, D. W. Zeh, P. P. Sharma

This study resolves pseudoscorpion phylogenetic placement by overcoming long-branch attraction through increased taxonomic sampling and genomic analysis, placing pseudoscorpions as sister to scorpions within Arachnopulmonata.

bioRxiv · Nov 18, 2020Evolutionary Biology

Phylogenomics of scorpions reveal a co-diversification of scorpion mammalian predators and mammal-specific sodium channel toxins

C. E. Sanitbanez-Lopez, S. Aharon, J. A. Ballesteros, G. Gainett, C. M. Baker, E. Gonzalez-Santillan, M. S. Harvey, M. K. Hassan, A. H. Abu-Almaaty, S. M. Aldeyarbi, L. Monod, A. Ojanguren-Affilastro, R. J. Raven, R. Pinto-da-Rocha, Y. Zvik, , P. P. Sharma

This study uses phylogenomic data to show that mammalian-specific sodium channel toxins in scorpion venom co-diversified with their mammalian predators.

bioRxiv · Nov 6, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Phylogenomic resolution of sea spider diversification through integration of multiple data classes

J. A. Ballesteros, E. V. Setton, C. E. Santibanez-Lopez, C. P. Arango, G. Brenneis, S. Brix, E. Cano-Sanchez, M. Dandouch, G. F. Dilly, M. Eleaume, G. Gainett, C. Gallut, S. McAtee, L. McIntyre, A. L. Moran, , P. P. Sharma

This study resolves the phylogeny of sea spiders by integrating multiple data classes, revealing new relationships and divergence times.

bioRxiv · Jan 31, 2020Evolutionary Biology

Pan-arthropod analysis reveals somatic piRNAs as an ancestral defence against transposable elements

S. H. Lewis, K. A. Quarles, Y. Yang, M. Tanguy, L. Frezal, S. A. Smith, P. P. Sharma, R. Cordaux, C. Gilbert, I. Giraud, D. H. Collins, P. D. Zamore, E. A. Miska, P. Sarkies, F. M. Jiggins

The paper analyzes piRNA pathways across 20 arthropod species, finding somatic piRNAs as an ancestral defense against transposable elements.

bioRxiv · Oct 4, 2017Evolutionary Biology