Rebecca B. Dikow

This study identifies genetic markers associated with plague survival in prairie dogs by comparing genomes of survivors and non-survivors, finding conserved genes linked to human plague survival.

This study uses HiFi long-read sequencing to assemble repetitive heavy fibroin genes in moth and caddisfly genomes, demonstrating its effectiveness for such challenging regions.

The paper reports the first long-read de novo genome assemblies of two tube case-making caddisflies, revealing substantial repetitive element expansion contributing to larger genome sizes compared to annulipalpian species.

The paper sequenced two ichneumonid wasp genomes to reveal distinct genomic architectures of endogenous ichnoviruses compared to bracoviruses.