Weihuan Cao

X-Y divergence of house fly (Musca domestica) proto-sex chromosomes follows distinct evolutionary trajectories despite residing in the same genome

The paper examines sex chromosome evolution in house flies, finding both canonical and non-canonical divergence patterns despite shared genomic context.

Convergence and conflict among telomere specialized transposons across 60 million years of Drosophilid evolution

The paper analyzes telomere-specialized transposons across Drosophila species, revealing rapid evolution, convergent loss, horizontal transfer, and gene capture mechanisms.

Long-read genome assemblies for the study of chromosome expansion: Drosophila kikkawai Drosophila takahashii, Drosophila bipectinata, and Drosophila ananassae

The paper presents chromosome-level long-read genome assemblies for four Drosophila species with expanded F Elements, revealing significant variation in their sizes.

Transposon Extermination Reveals Their Adaptive Fitness Contribution

The paper shows that Tf2 retrotransposons in fission yeast provide a fitness benefit by modulating the host's transcriptional response to metabolic stress.

A burst of transposon expression accompanies the activation of Y chromosome fertility genes during Drosophila spermatogenesis

The paper identifies a burst of transposon expression in early spermatocytes during Drosophila spermatogenesis, linked to Y chromosome fertility gene activation and reduced piRNA pathway activity.

The Drosophila TART transposon manipulates the piRNA pathway as a counter-defense strategy to limit host silencing

The paper shows TART-A transposon captures nxf2 sequence to target it for piRNA-mediated repression, revealing antagonistic co-evolution with the host.

3D genome evolution and reorganization in the Drosophila melanogaster species group

The paper examines 3D genome evolution in Drosophila species by comparing TAD structures between D. melanogaster and D. triauraria, finding that TAD boundaries are conserved but domains are not.