Valerie Renee Holmes

This study identifies the genomic basis of evolutionary novelties in the Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter, revealing novel genes, horizontal gene transfer, and symbiotic associations contributing to its adaptations.

The paper compares genome size estimation methods using read-depth, k-mers, and flow cytometry in beetles, finding that no single method performs well across all species and that sequence-based methods tend to underestimate genome sizes.