Molly Cassatt‐Johnstone

This study uses ancient and modern bison genomes to show past population connectivity and reveal human impacts on bison diversity, informing conservation efforts.

This study uses paleogenomes of dire wolves to resolve their evolutionary relationships and identify genes under diversifying selection.

The paper analyzes genomic diversity loss in whooping cranes despite population recovery, finding 70% genetic diversity loss and increased inbreeding.

The paper reports a SARS-CoV-2 lineage with mutations from known variants of concern that is rejected by sequence repositories due to a deletion, suggesting underestimation of its frequency.