Bohao Fang

This study identifies germline-restricted chromosomes in birds as reservoirs for active retroviruses, showing their role in promoting transposition and speciation.

The paper analyzes structural variants in three North American jay species using pangenome tools and long-read assemblies, revealing rapid genome evolution and population size effects on SV dynamics.

This study constructs a pangenome for House Finches to analyze structural variants (SVs) and their fitness effects, finding that SVs are more deleterious than SNPs and identifying a large inversion linked to disease resistance.