Felipe Karam Teixeira

Across 325 Darwin Tree of Life genomes, satellite-array and transposon-cluster centromeres are phylogenetically scattered, fitting a model of repeated interconversion; satellites share higher-order repeat structure but not sequence.

The paper shows the piRNA pathway in Drosophila undergoes a developmental switch to target different transposon families at distinct germline stages.

The paper shows that the Drosophila Piwi-piRNA pathway silences transposons by degrading their RNA via the nuclear exosome, with TEsup proteins facilitating this process.

This study shows that ribosome abundance, not paralogue-specific functions, is essential for germline development in Drosophila.

The paper analyzes 30 chromosome-level Drosophila genome assemblies to study the evolutionary dynamics of centromeric satellite repeats and identifies the ananassae subgroup as a model for centromere evolution.

The paper shows that Bam transcript instability, regulated by Rbp9 and Rbfox1, terminates the mitotic phase of Drosophila female germline differentiation.

This study identifies Syndecan's role in regulating nuclear properties and stem cell maintenance in Drosophila midgut and brain tissues.

The paper shows that transposable elements can transmit epigenetic changes across generations in Arabidopsis thaliana, often near stress-responsive genes, and these changes can affect gene expression and be subject to selection.

The paper shows that germ cells in Drosophila tolerate DNA damage during meiosis but are sensitive to it during mitosis, revealing a threshold for DNA damage tolerance in germline development.

This study identifies two distinct waves of transcriptome and translatome changes during Drosophila female germline stem cell differentiation.

The paper shows TRIM-NHL proteins suppress ribosome biogenesis and activate Tor to promote terminal differentiation in Drosophila stem cells.

The paper measures mitotic DNA methylation inheritance at single CpG sites and finds that intermediate methylation is imprecise due to DNMT1 activity, challenging the stability of DNA methylation as an epigenetic mark.

This study shows that L(3)mbt maintains tissue identity in Drosophila ovaries by preventing misexpression of germline-specific genes in somatic cells.