Dominik R. Laetsch

The study analyzes genomic data from Drosophila species to test the allopatric speciation model, finding common gene flow and suggesting speciation often involves long-term gene flow rather than extensive allopatry.

The paper investigates the evolutionary history of Wolbachia symbiosis in filarial nematodes by analyzing nuclear Wolbachia transfers and genome sequences, revealing complex patterns of cospeciation, loss, and replacement.

The paper investigates long-term gene flow barriers in hybridising swallowtail butterflies using whole-genome sequencing data, finding that regions of low recent hybridisation are enriched for long-term barriers to divergence.

The paper investigates Hox gene evolution and cluster organization across nematodes using high-quality genomes to explore variations in gene presence, absence, and genomic organization.

The paper identifies an Argonaute protein secreted by a nematode that mediates the release of specific siRNAs into the host environment.

This study examines genetic diversity in European butterflies and finds it correlates with body size and genetic map length, not population size or fecundity.

This paper compares genomes of 81 nematode and platyhelminth species to identify gene families related to parasitism and prioritize new drug targets.

The paper analyzes aphid genomes to understand gene evolution and horizontal gene transfer, finding shared transcriptional control of effector genes involved in parasitism.

The paper characterizes the metagenome of UK honey bee colonies, identifying microbial diversity and potential pathogens in their microbiota.

The paper reanalyzes the H. bacteriophora genome to determine if its unique features are biological or methodological, finding that methodological issues likely caused the initial annotation's uniqueness.

KinFin provides a tool for taxon-aware analysis of clustered protein sequences, enabling transparent and reproducible comparative genomic studies.

The paper compares the genomes of two tardigrade species to investigate their evolutionary relationships and mechanisms of extreme survival.