Ananías A. Escalante

This study resolves the evolutionary relationships of bat-restricted haemosporidian parasites Nycteria and Polychromophilus using near-complete mitochondrial genomes, showing they form a monophyletic clade not supported by smaller datasets.

The paper identifies pathogens in high-altitude windborne mosquitoes, showing they are infectious and capable of spreading diseases over long distances.

Contrast-FEL identifies sites with different selective pressures across multiple branches in phylogenetic trees, showing high power and low false positives.