Mark S. Springer

The paper investigates molecular changes in myrmecophagous mammals, finding pseudogenization of genes related to dentition, gustation, and mastication across convergent lineages.

This study uses phylogenomics and deep learning to identify hidden species diversity in talpid moles from Southwest China's sky islands, revealing previously unrecognized species.

TOGA integrates gene annotation and orthology inference across hundreds of genomes, improving ortholog detection and creating large comparative gene resources.

A machine learning approach identifies enhancer-phenotype associations across mammals, revealing links to brain size and behavior evolution.

A 240-species placental mammal alignment resolves constraint to single bases, estimating at least 10.7% of the human genome is constrained, with 48.5% of constrained bases unannotated.

The paper generates six reference-quality bat genomes, identifies genomic adaptations related to echolocation, immunity, and viral tolerance, and reveals regulatory elements contributing to bat traits.