Charles C.Y. Xu

This paper introduces an extraction-free iDNA metabarcoding method using small dung beetles to survey arboreal mammals in tropical forests, detecting 42 vertebrate species from 105 beetles.

The paper develops an efficient iDNA method using carrion flies to survey rainforest mammals, finding that pooling PCR products after initial PCR preserves species detection.

The paper shows that pre-exposure to stress increases community and genetic diversity resilience in bacterial communities under severe acidification.

The paper presents a lab workflow and bioinformatic pipeline to improve eDNA metabarcoding accuracy by reducing contamination and taxonomic mis-assignment risks.

The paper investigates how genetic variation in wild mice affects fitness by linking genotype to phenotype and allele frequency changes through field and lab experiments.