Ashley N. Hall

The paper investigates the phenotypic effects of rDNA copy number variation in C. elegans using recombinant inbred lines and finds no significant correlation with key phenotypes.

The paper investigates the correlation between 45S and 5S rDNA copy numbers in humans and finds no meaningful correlation, challenging previous claims of concerted variation.

The paper assesses STR variation across 96 Arabidopsis thaliana strains, finding high polymorphism and functional consequences, including novel STR-phenotype associations.

The paper shows that head-on replication-transcription conflicts in Bacillus subtilis lead to R-loop formation, which halts replication and gene expression, and is critical for stress survival.