James France

This study uses target capture sequencing to analyze hybridogenetic water frogs, revealing mtDNA introgression and polyploidy in P. esculentus.

The paper identifies the Y-chromosome in newts and finds it not homologous to the balanced lethal system, refuting a proposed sex chromosome origin for the system.

NewtCap is a target capture method for Salamandridae genomes, effective across multiple lineages but not other salamander families, enabling phylogenomics and conservation studies.

The paper identifies a balanced lethal system in Triturus newts as arising from a single macromutation causing instantaneous speciation.

The paper investigates the evolutionary history of Triturus chromosome 1, revealing conserved gene content and unique phylogenetic patterns in its balanced lethal system.