Pinelopi Pliota

The paper investigates genetic conflict between toxin-antidote elements in C. tropicalis, revealing their role in shaping hyperdivergent haplotypes through competition and recombination.

The paper investigates how interdependent protein interactions evolve by studying toxin-antidote elements, finding that toxins and antidotes can arise simultaneously through the duplication of a regulatory module.

The paper identifies Mavericks, viral-like transposons, as vectors of horizontal gene transfer between divergent species, leading to genetic incompatibilities.

The paper investigates how selfish toxin-antidote elements evade silencing in C. tropicalis by showing maternal mRNA licenses zygotic expression through counteracting piRNAs.

The paper identifies toxin-antidote elements in Caenorhabditis species, showing they cause developmental delay and are subject to balancing selection.