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Megan L. Porter

University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaORCID 0000-0001-7985-2887Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Genomics· 2 Biophysics· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1

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Spectral tuning and signaling of diverse and most red sensitive animal opsins in Mantis Shrimp eyes

Camille Brouillon, Alina Pushkarev, Marjorie A. Liénard, Songhwan Hwang, Arno Munhoven, Richard J McDowell, Robert James Lucas, Megan L. Porter, Han Sun, Peter Hegemann

The paper identifies and characterizes far-red-sensitive opsins in mantis shrimp eyes, revealing their spectral tuning mechanisms and photoreversibility.

bioRxiv · Nov 25, 2025 · PreprintBiophysics

Comparative mitogenomic analysis of subterranean and surface amphipods (Crustacea, Amphipoda) with special reference to the family Crangonyctidae

Joseph B. Benito, Megan L. Porter, Matthew L. Niemiller

This study compares mitochondrial genomes of surface and subterranean amphipods to identify molecular differences in energy metabolism linked to their habitats.

BMC Genomics · Mar 20, 2024Peer-reviewedGenomics

Molecular evolutionary trends and feeding ecology diversification in the Hemiptera, anchored by the milkweed bug genome

Kristen A. Panfilio, Iris M. Vargas Jentzsch, Joshua B. Benoit, Deniz F. Erezyilmaz, Yuichiro Suzuki, Stefano Colella, Hugh M. Robertson, Monica F. Poelchau, Robert Michael Waterhouse, Panagiotis Ioannidis, Matthew T. Weirauch, Daniel Hughes, Shwetha Canchi Murali, John H. Werren, Chris G. C. Jacobs, , Stephen Richards

The paper presents the milkweed bug genome and comparative analyses to study molecular evolution and feeding ecology in Hemiptera.

Genome biology · Apr 1, 2019Peer-reviewedGenomics