Roy Zhao

Leveraging long-read assemblies and machine learning to enhance short-read transposable element detection and genotyping

This study introduces TEforest, a machine learning method that improves short-read TE detection and genotyping by leveraging long-read assemblies, achieving better accuracy than traditional methods.

Extensive hidden genetic variation shapes the structure of functional elements in Drosophila

The paper identifies extensive hidden genetic variation in Drosophila melanogaster by assembling a new reference genome and comparing it to the existing one, revealing structural variants linked to phenotypic traits.