S. H. Church

The paper presents 183 new genome assemblies for 179 drosophilid species using single-fly long-read sequencing, improving phylogenomic coverage and enabling a well-resolved multi-locus phylogeny.

This paper proposes an alternative to normalization in scRNA-seq by using a restricted algebra to preserve count data, enabling meaningful comparisons without distorting results.

The paper uses transcriptomic data to resolve the phylogeny of Hawaiian Drosophila and Scaptomyza, revealing discordance in clade relationships and evolutionary dynamics.

The paper analyzes RNAseq data from twelve Hawaiian Drosophilidae species to study ovary-biased gene expression evolution, finding stable gene cohorts and significant correlations between interacting genes.

The paper examines the relationship between egg size and ovariole number in insects, finding a negative correlation that is not universal across all clades and highlighting the role of developmental constraints in shaping life-history traits.

This study shows that insect egg size and shape evolve based on ecological factors like parasitism and oviposition, not developmental rate or body size.

The paper creates a database of insect egg size and shape data from 6,706 species, enabling evolutionary hypothesis testing.

This study investigates how reproductive capacity evolves in Hawaiian Drosophila by linking ecological adaptation to developmental mechanisms controlling ovariole number.

This study improves the phylogenetic resolution of Siphonophora using new transcriptome data and existing datasets, revealing new clades and supporting the hypothesis that monoecy evolved twice.