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Thodoris Danis

Vanderbilt UniversityORCID 0000-0002-0862-4972Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Antonis RokasiD· 3 shared Alexander BirbrairiD· 1 shared Chris Todd HittingeriD· 1 shared Christina M. Chavez· 1 shared Dana LiniD· 1 shared Daniel S. CaetanoiD· 1 shared Daniela Moreira MombachiD· 1 shared Filipe Ferreira dos SantosiD· 1 shared

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Processed pseudogenes as dynamic substrates of vertebrate genome evolution

Rafael L. V. Mercuri, Gabriela D. A. Guardia, Daniela Moreira Mombach, Nathália Da Roz D’Alessandre, Helena B. Conceição, Thodoris Danis, Gabriel Arantes dos Santos, Filipe Ferreira dos Santos, Rafaela Carolina dos Anjos Schmidt, Matheus P. M. de Castro, Zhongwang Li, Alexander Birbrair, Marco Sollitto, Mary J. O’Connell, Antonis Rokas, , Pedro A. F. Galante

The paper shows processed pseudogenes are dynamic evolutionary elements, not inert, and links their abundance to life-history traits and cancer-related dynamics across vertebrates.

bioRxiv · Jun 28, 2026 · PreprintGenomics

The Macroevolution of Filamentation Morphology Across the Saccharomycotina Yeast Subphylum

Christina M. Chavez, Marie‐Claire Harrison, Thodoris Danis, Marizeth Groenewald, Chris Todd Hittinger, Antonis Rokas

The paper examines filamentation morphology evolution in Saccharomycotina yeasts using integrated genomic, metabolic, and environmental data from 1,154 strains, finding that filamentation is common and linked to phylogeny and environmental factors.

FEMS Yeast Research · Jan 1, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

Gestation length drives brain size and litter size variation in eutherian mammals

Thodoris Danis, Dana Lin, Daniel S. Caetano, Gregory F. Funston, Antonis Rokas

This study identifies gestation length as a key driver of brain size and litter size variation in eutherian mammals using phylogenetic path analysis.

Evolution Letters · Aug 6, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology