Christina N. Hodson

The paper quantifies the faster-X effect in globular springtails by analyzing whole-genome resequencing and RNA-Seq data, finding stronger purifying and positive selection on X-linked genes.

The paper reconstructs ancestral linkage groups in 340 dipteran genomes to study chromosome evolution, finding conserved groups in Nematoceran lineages and chromosomal fissions in Brachycera.

The paper provides the first direct evidence of transcription from germline-restricted chromosomes (GRCs) in fungus gnats, identifying expressed genes and a horizontally acquired bacterial region.

This study generates chromosome-scale genome assemblies of germline restricted chromosomes (GRCs) in fungus gnats and finds they evolve dynamically with gene-rich content under strong purifying selection.

This study identifies distinct satellite DNA sequences in core and germline-restricted chromosomes of Bradysia coprophila, revealing cytological evidence for two previously undistinguished L chromosomes.

The study investigates male mate choice in Bradysia coprophila, finding males prefer females that produce male offspring despite genetic differences, suggesting possible misperception or female concealment of sex-determining traits.

The paper confirms paternal genome elimination in Allacma fusca by showing sperm carry only one parental haplotype, suggesting maternal inheritance, and introduces a genomic method to detect germline-soma differences.