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Kesen Zhu

South China Normal UniversityORCID 0000-0001-8038-7652Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:long-read sequencing· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1

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Anjiang TaniD· 1 shared Hui XiangiD· 1 shared Jiahao Xiang· 1 shared Lei GaoiD· 1 shared Mo Lyu· 1 shared Shaohan Niu· 1 shared Shiyi ZhouiD· 1 shared Yongping HuangiD· 1 shared

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New insights into the evolution of spider silk proteins illuminated by long-read transcriptomes

Kesen Zhu, Shiyi Zhou, Mo Lyu, Jiahao Xiang, Shaohan Niu, Yongping Huang, Lei Gao, Anjiang Tan, Hui Xiang

This study uses long-read transcriptomes to identify ancestral spider silk proteins and their evolutionary trajectories, revealing how they diversified into modern silk types.

bioRxiv · Feb 5, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology