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Y. M. Zhang

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Approach:experimental assay· 5 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1

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A. A. Forbes· 6 shared A. K. G. Ward· 5 shared S. I. Sheikh· 4 shared S. P. Egan· 4 shared K. L. Weinersmith· 3 shared K. M. Prior· 3 shared L. Zhang· 3 shared C. K. Davis· 2 shared

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The Immune-Evasive Proline 283 Substitution in Influenza Nucleoprotein Increases Aggregation Propensity Without Altering the Native Structure

J. Yoon, Y. M. Zhang, C. Her, R. A. Grant, A. M. Ponomarenko, B. E. Ackermann, G. Debelouchina, M. D. Shoulders

The paper investigates how the Pro283 substitution in influenza nucleoprotein affects protein folding and aggregation, revealing it increases aggregation propensity without altering native structure.

bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2023Biophysics

Speciation in kleptoparasites of oak gall wasps often correlates with shifts into new tree habitats, tree organs, and gall morphospace

A. Ward, Y. M. Zhang, G. E. Brown, A. C. Hippee, K. M. Prior, S. Rollins, N. Sierra, S. I. Sheikh, C. M. Tribull, A. A. Forbes

The paper investigates whether host shifts to new trees, organs, or gall morphologies drive diversification in oak gall wasp kleptoparasites, finding that most divergence events correlate with shifts to non-ancestral galls.

bioRxiv · Sep 7, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

The arthropod associates of 155 North American cynipid oak galls

A. K. G. Ward, R. W. Busbee, R. A. Chen, C. K. Davis, A. L. Driscoe, S. P. Egan, B. A. Goldberg, G. R. Hood, D. Jones, A. J. Kranz, S. A. Meadley-Dunphy, A. K. Milks, J. R. Ott, K. M. Prior, S. I. Sheikh, , A. A. Forbes

The paper reports rearing records of arthropods from over 527,000 oak galls, identifying 151,075 animals and providing ecological and phylogenetic insights into gall-associated taxa.

bioRxiv · Apr 26, 2022Zoology

Speciation in Nearctic oak gall wasps is frequently correlated with changes in host plant, host organ, or both.

A. K. G. Ward, R. K. Bagley, S. P. Egan, G. R. Hood, J. R. Ott, K. M. Prior, S. I. Sheikh, K. L. Weinersmith, L. Zhang, Y. M. Zhang, A. A. Forbes

This study investigates host shifts in Nearctic oak gall wasps and finds frequent shifts between host plants and organs, suggesting host shifts drive speciation in this group.

bioRxiv · Feb 11, 2022Evolutionary Biology

Delimiting the cryptic diversity and host preferences of Sycophila parasitoid wasps associated with oak galls using phylogenomic data

Y. M. Zhang, S. Sheikh, A. K. G. Ward, A. A. Forbes, K. Prior, G. N. Stone, M. Gates, S. Egan, L. N. Zhang, C. Davis, K. Weinersmith, G. Melika, A. Lucky

bioRxiv · Jan 21, 2022Evolutionary Biology

Ormyrus labotus Walker (Hymenoptera: Ormyridae): another generalist that should not be a generalist is not a generalist

S. I. Sheikh, A. K. G. Ward, Y. M. Zhang, C. K. Davis, L. Zhang, S. P. Egan, A. A. Forbes

The study reveals that the parasitic wasp Ormyrus labotus, considered a generalist, is actually a complex of multiple specialized species, highlighting the limitations of morphological classification.

bioRxiv · Oct 26, 2021Evolutionary Biology

Invertebrate Community Associated with the Asexual Generation of Bassettia pallida Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)

K. L. Weinersmith, A. A. Forbes, A. K. G. Ward, P. F. P. Brandao-Dias, Y. M. Zhang, S. P. Egan

The paper documents the invertebrate community associated with the asexual generation of Bassettia pallida and compares it to two other cynipid gall wasps.

bioRxiv · Jan 17, 2020Ecology

DNA barcodes reveal inconsistent species boundaries in rose gall wasps Diplolepis and their inquilines Periclistus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)

Y. M. Zhang, Z. Laszlo, C. Looney, A.-L. Denes, R. H. Hanner, J. D. Shorthouse

The paper uses DNA barcoding to analyze species boundaries in rose gall wasps and their inquilines, finding inconsistencies between molecular data and morphology.

bioRxiv · Jun 18, 2019Zoology

Cancer modeling by Transgene Electroporation in Adult Zebrafish (TEAZ)

S. J. Callahan, S. Tepan, Y. M. Zhang, H. Lindsay, A. Burger, N. R. Campbell, I. S. Kim, T. J. Hollmann, L. Studer, C. Mosimann, R. M. White

The paper introduces TEAZ, a method to rapidly model cancer in zebrafish by delivering gene constructs to specific cells, enabling faster tumor development and tracking.

bioRxiv · Apr 9, 2018Cancer Biology