Kerry L. Shaw

The paper provides a highly contiguous chromosome-level genome and improved annotation for the swordtail cricket Laupala kohalensis, revealing genomic features related to speciation and sexual differentiation.

The paper confirms hybridization between cryptic Hawaiian cricket species using genomic data, showing genomic ancestry predicts acoustic phenotypes.

This study shows sexual isolation, not habitat isolation, maintains species boundaries between sympatric Hawaiian crickets despite ecological overlap.