Vincent Daubin

This study sequenced Rickettsiella genomes from ticks and used comparative genomics to identify variable metabolic pathways and potential mechanisms for symbiotic interactions with arthropods.

Treerecs is a phylogenetic software that performs duplication-loss reconciliation to root gene trees and correct alignment uncertainties.

MaxTiC ranks a species tree by maximizing time consistency with lateral gene transfer constraints, achieving accurate results on simulated and biological datasets.

The paper reanalyzes data from Nelson-Sathi et al. to show that gene acquisitions in archaea do not correspond to major clade origins, challenging the hypothesis of bacterial HGT-driven diversification.