Lisandra Benítez-Álvarez

This study identifies parallel genomic changes across arthropod lineages that independently transitioned to land, revealing shared molecular strategies for terrestrial adaptation.

The paper shows that clitellates experienced a burst of genomic rearrangements leading to loss of macrosynteny with marine annelids and new chromosomal interactions.

This study uses phylogenomic analysis of transcriptomic data to resolve the evolutionary relationships among terrestrial planarian subfamilies, revealing a well-supported topology and re-diagnosing Rhynchodeminae.

This study identifies gene gain and regulatory shifts in terrestrial planarians as key mechanisms for terrestrialization, showing distinct stress response toolkits compared to freshwater relatives.

This study compares toxin and mucus protein evolution in aquatic and terrestrial flatworms, finding broader toxin gene repertoires and distinct functional expansions in terrestrial species.

MATEdb2 provides high-quality proteomes for nearly 1000 animal species to enhance phylogenomic research by reducing computational effort and standardizing data formats.