Michael T. Monaghan

This study shows that warming increases eukaryotic parasite richness and alters their assemblages in freshwater lakes, with stronger host-parasite richness correlations in heated lakes.

This study investigates why holometabolous insects evolved a pupal stage, finding that rapid growth and a trade-off between growth and differentiation favor this life history under high mortality.

The paper assembles the first haplotype-resolved diploid genome of Prymnesium parvum type B, identifies genomic differences linked to toxin variation, and provides insights into strain diversity and toxin production mechanisms.

This study evaluates non-destructive DNA metabarcoding from collection media in passive traps for arthropod species detection, finding it effective for soft-bodied species but less so for others.

This study compares the population genetic structure of two tick species in Japan, finding significant genetic variation in I. ovatus but not H. flava, supporting the hypothesis that host mobility affects tick genetic structure.

PriSeT is a tool for discovering optimal primer sets for DNA metabarcoding, balancing taxonomic coverage and resolution by analyzing reference sequences.

This study combines 5.8S and ITS2 gene regions to improve fungal classification, showing better performance in underrepresented lineages compared to ITS2 alone.

The paper uses mitochondrial genomes to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships among ancient winged insects, finding Odonata as basal with Ephemeroptera as sister group.

The paper introduces a program for discovering nuclear DNA markers from orthologous sequences using draft genome data, demonstrating its effectiveness on both closely and distantly related species.