Author

Alejandro Ortigas-Vasquez

Pennsylvania State UniversityORCID 0000-0001-5233-9573Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

Biology Disciplines

Click to filter author papers

Signature Assays, Organisms & Methods

Click to filter · or open tag

Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:chicken / avian· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:long-read sequencing· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea GuarracinoiD· 1 shared Christopher D. BoweniD· 1 shared DANIEL WAYNE RENNERiD· 1 shared David A. KennedyiD· 1 shared MORIAH LOUISE SZPARAiD· 1 shared Susan J. BaigentiD· 1 shared Venugopal NairiD· 1 shared Yaoyao ZhangiD· 1 shared

Activity by Year

2025-2026 · peak 1/yr

Co-Author Collaboration Network

9 top collaborators · 28 mutual co-author links

Click any collaborator node to inspect or filter shared papers

Focal author (center)Selected co-authorORCID co-authorUnlinked name

Curved chords = mutual co-authorship

1 shared paperGenomics

Andrea GuarracinoORCID

Author profile →

2 papers

Recent·Most cited

Measuring satellite arrays of the human Y chromosome from sequencing reads

Alejandro Ortigas-Vasquez, Andrea Guarracino

The paper introduces Yruler, a tool to measure Y chromosome satellite arrays from sequencing reads without alignment, revealing lineage-specific variations in satellite length and composition.

bioRxiv · Nov 6, 2026 · PreprintGenomics

High-Fidelity Long-Read Sequencing of an Avian Herpesvirus Reveals Extensive Intrapopulation Diversity in Tandem Repeat Regions

Alejandro Ortigas-Vásquez, Christopher D. Bowen, DANIEL WAYNE RENNER, Susan J. Baigent, Yaoyao Zhang, Yongxiu Yao, Venugopal Nair, David A. Kennedy, MORIAH LOUISE SZPARA

The paper uses long-read sequencing to analyze intrapopulation diversity in tandem repeat regions of Mareks disease virus strains, revealing phenotypic links to virulence and attenuation.

PLoS Pathogens · Aug 25, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology