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T. Matsunaga

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Single-fly assemblies fill major phylogenomic gaps across the Drosophilidae Tree of Life

B. Y. Kim, H. R. Gellert, S. H. Church, A. Suvorov, S. S. Anderson, O. Barmina, S. G. Beskid, A. A. Comeault, K. N. Crown, S. E. Diamond, S. Dorus, T. Fujichika, J. A. Hemker, J. Hrcek, M. Kankare, , D. A. Petrov

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.

bioRxiv · Oct 2, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Evolution of chemosensory and detoxification gene families across herbivorous Drosophilidae

J. N. Pelaez, A. D. Gloss, B. Goldman-Huertas, B. Kim, R. T. Lapoint, G. Pimentel-Solorio, K. I. Verster, J. M. Aguilar, A. C. N. Dittrich, M. Singhal, H. C. Suzuki, T. Matsunaga, E. E. Armstrong, J. L. M. Charboneau, S. C. Groen, , N. K. Whiteman

This study examines gene family evolution in herbivorous Drosophila to understand dietary adaptation, finding higher gene turnover in herbivores but limited losses on the ancestral herbivore branch.

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics · Jun 15, 2023Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

Inferring the Demographic History of Japanese Eel (Anguilla japonica) from Genomic Data: Insights for Conservation and Fisheries Management

L. Faulks, P. Kaushik, S. Taniguchi, M. Sekino, R. Nakamichi, Y. Yamamoto, H. Fujimori, C. Okamoto, S. Kodama, A. Daryani, A. F. Manwong, I. Galang, N. Mochioka, K. Araki, M. Suzuki, , H. Hakoyama

This study infers the demographic history of Japanese eel using genomic data, revealing population bottlenecks and growth periods linked to environmental changes.

bioRxiv · Nov 18, 2021Evolutionary Biology

Lower promoter activity of the ST8SIA2 gene has been favored in evolving human collective brains

T. Hayakawa, M. Terahara, N. Fujito, T. Matsunaga, K. Teshima, M. Hane, K. Kitajima, C. Sato, N. Takahata, Y. Satta

The paper examines promoter activity differences in the ST8SIA2 gene between anatomically modern humans and archaic humans, finding lower promoter activity in modern humans linked to adaptation to psychosocial stress.

bioRxiv · Apr 11, 2021Evolutionary Biology

Highly contiguous assemblies of 101 drosophilid genomes

B. Y. Kim, J. Wang, D. E. Miller, O. Barmina, E. K. Delaney, A. Thompson, A. A. Comeault, D. Peede, E. R. R. D'Agostino, J. Pelaez, J. M. Aguilar, D. Haji, T. Matsunaga, E. E. Armstrong, M. Zych, , D. A. Petrov

The paper presents high-quality genome assemblies for 101 drosophilid lines using Oxford Nanopore sequencing, achieving high contig N50 and BUSCO completeness.

bioRxiv · Dec 14, 2020Evolutionary Biology

Evolution of olfactory receptors tuned to mustard oils in herbivorous Drosophilidae

T. Matsunaga, C. E. Reisenman, B. Goldman-Huertas, P. Brand, K. Miao, H. Suzuki, K. I. Verster, S. R. Ramirez, N. K. Whiteman

This study identifies olfactory receptor paralogs in Scaptomyza flava that detect mustard oils, showing how plant toxins were co-opted as olfactory attractants through gene duplication and functional specialization.

bioRxiv · Dec 27, 2019Evolutionary Biology