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Leilton Willians Luna

Duke UniversityORCID 0000-0001-7902-6294Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:statistical model· 3 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1

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Sara Elizabeth LipshutziD· 3 shared Aaron M. Buechlein· 1 shared Alexandre Luis Padovan AleixoiD· 1 shared Austen J. EhrieiD· 1 shared Brian W. DavisiD· 1 shared CAMILA CHEREM RIBASiD· 1 shared Clemens Küpper· 1 shared Douglas B. RuschiD· 1 shared

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Habitat specialization structures population divergence and demographic variation in Amazonian floodplain birds

Leilton Willians Luna, Gabriel Macedo, Sara Elizabeth Lipshutz, CAMILA CHEREM RIBAS, Alexandre Luis Padovan Aleixo

This study links habitat specialization to genetic structure, divergence, and demographic variation in Amazonian floodplain birds using population genomic data.

bioRxiv · Jul 17, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Sex and breeding stage differences in neurogenomic profiles reflect hormone signaling in a socially polyandrous shorebird

Tessa M. Patton, Evan J. Buck, Aaron M. Buechlein, Brian W. Davis, Austen J. Ehrie, Erik D. Enbody, Elizabeth George, Clemens Küpper, Jasmine L. Loveland, Leilton Willians Luna, Douglas B. Rusch, Quinn K Thomas, Kimberly A. Rosvall, Sara Elizabeth Lipshutz

The paper examines sex differences in gene expression in northern jacanas to understand how sex roles influence neurogenomic profiles, finding complex genetic and hormonal interactions rather than simple reversal of sex-biased gene expression.

bioRxiv · Mar 13, 2026 · PreprintGenomics

Sexually selected traits predict female-biased philopatry in a sex-role reversed shorebird

Leilton Willians Luna, Sara Elizabeth Lipshutz

The paper investigates sex-biased dispersal in two polyandrous Jacana species, finding male-biased dispersal in Northern Jacanas and no bias in Wattled Jacanas, with sexually selected traits linked to philopatry in females.

Evolution · Mar 30, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology