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Sara Helms Cahan

University of VermontORCID 0000-0001-9531-400XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Developmental Biology· 1 Evolutionary Biology· 1 Genomics· 1

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Organism:Drosophila· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1

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Evolutionary BiologyJournal of Experimental BiologyPeer-reviewedJul 22, 2025

Microbiome composition shapes temperature tolerance in a Hawaiian picture-winged Drosophila

Donald K. Price, Kristian West, Michelle Cevallos-Zea…·Matthew J. Medeiros

This study shows that microbiome composition affects thermal tolerance and reproduction in Drosophila basisetae, with population-specific and environmentally-dependent effects.

5 citations

Drosophilametagenomics

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Developmental BiologybioRxivPreprintJan 8, 2025

Single-nucleus multiome ATAC and RNA sequencing reveals the molecular basis of thermal acclimation in Drosophila melanogaster embryos

Thomas S. O’Leary, Emily E. Mikucki, Sumaetee Tangwancharoen…·Brent L. Lockwood

The paper uses single-nucleus multiome sequencing to study how thermal acclimation affects chromatin accessibility and gene expression in Drosophila embryos, revealing homeostatic mechanisms that enhance heat tolerance.

3 citations

DrosophilascRNA-seq

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GenomicsPeerJPeer-reviewedMar 11, 2019

Draft Aphaenogaster genomes expand our view of ant genome size variation across climate gradients

Matthew K. Lau, Aaron M. Ellison, Andrew Nguyen…·Sara Helms Cahan

The paper sequenced six Aphaenogaster ant genomes across a latitudinal climate gradient and found genome size correlates with minimum temperature, suggesting temperature extremes may influence genome evolution.

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whole-genome sequencingstatistical model

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