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Melanie E. F. LaCava

University of California, DavisORCID 0000-0001-7921-9184Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:variant calling· 2 Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1 Approach:simulation· 1

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintJan 8, 2026

Use of SNPs in a low diversity system for genetic monitoring and identifying a successful translocation event in the Paiute Cutthroat Trout (O. henshawi seleniris)

Yingxin Su, Melanie E. F. LaCava, Matthew A. Campbell…·Amanda J. Finger

The paper develops a consistent SNP panel for monitoring genetic diversity and detecting successful translocation in Paiute Cutthroat Trout.

DOI 10.64898/2026.01.07.697447

non-human primateDNA methylation

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintJun 4, 2024

MAXTEMP: A method to maximize precision of the temporal method for estimating Ne in genetic monitoring programs

Robin S. Waples, Michele M. Masuda, Melanie E. F. LaCava, Amanda J. Finger

MAXTEMP improves precision of Ne estimation by leveraging multigenerational temporal data in genetic monitoring programs.

1 citation

statistical modelvariant calling

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GenomicsMolecular Ecology ResourcesPeer-reviewedOct 30, 2019

Accuracy of de novo assembly of DNA sequences from double-digest libraries varies substantially among software

Melanie E. F. LaCava, Ellen O. Aikens, Libby C. Megna…·C. Alex Buerkle

The paper evaluates de novo assembly accuracy for double-digest libraries using six software tools on simulated data from Arabidopsis thaliana and Homo sapiens, finding substantial variation in performance.

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Arabidopsishuman

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