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W.-J. Ma

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Organism:Drosophila· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:fungi (other)· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1

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M. Hood· 2 shared P. Veltsos· 2 shared T. Giraud· 2 shared A. A. Cornille· 1 shared A. Labat· 1 shared A. Snirc· 1 shared B. A. Pannebakker· 1 shared E. A. Lucotte· 1 shared

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Repeated loss of function at HD mating-type genes and of recombination suppression without mating-type locus linkage in anther-smut fungi

E. A. Lucotte, P. Jay, Q. Rougemont, L. Boyer, A. A. Cornille, A. Snirc, A. Labat, E. Chahine, M. Duhamel, J. Gendelman, W.-J. Ma, R. K. Hayes, M. H. Perlin, M. Hood, R. C. Rodriguez de la Vega, T. Giraud

The paper shows that HD mating-type genes have lost function in three Microbotryum species, with PR genes controlling mating compatibility, and reports evolutionary strata from recombination suppression.

bioRxiv · Mar 3, 2024 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Hoisted with his own petard: how sex-ratio meiotic drive in Drosophila affinis creates resistance alleles that limit its spread

W.-J. Ma, E. M. Knoles, K. B. Patch, M. M. Shoaib, R. L. Unckless

The paper shows meiotic drive in Drosophila affinis increases Y chromosome nondisjunction, creating resistance alleles that limit the spread of the sex-ratio X chromosome.

bioRxiv · Feb 14, 2022Evolutionary Biology

A single QTL with large effect is associated with female functional virginity in an asexual parasitoid wasp

W.-J. Ma, B. A. Pannebakker, X. Li, E. Geuverink, S. Y. Anvar, P. Veltsos, T. Schwander, L. van de Zande, L. W. Beukeboom

The paper identifies a single QTL with large effect associated with female functional virginity in an asexual parasitoid wasp through QTL mapping and candidate gene analysis.

bioRxiv · Nov 5, 2020Evolutionary Biology

Y-chromosome haplotypes of varying differentiation to the X are not associated with male fitness in common frogs

P. Veltsos, N. Rodrigues, T. Studer, W.-J. Ma, R. Sermier, J. Leuenberger, N. Perrin

This study finds no association between Y-chromosome differentiation and male fitness in common frogs, challenging the canonical model of sex-chromosome evolution.

bioRxiv · Jun 4, 2019 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Differential gene expression is associated with degeneration of mating-type chromosomes in the absence of sexual antagonism

W.-J. Ma, F. Carpentier, T. Giraud, M. Hood

The paper shows that differential gene expression between mating types in the fungus Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae is linked to sequence degeneration rather than sexual antagonism.

bioRxiv · May 2, 2019Evolutionary Biology