Matthew G. Johnson

This study reconstructs the evolutionary history of bat influenza A viruses, finding they diverged 100-200 years ago and show segment-specific selection and host transition dynamics.

This study shows that miniaturizing library preparation to 0.1X reaction volume reduces costs without compromising sequencing quality for targeted angiosperm DNA sequencing.

Angiosperms353 capture of Lake Elsinore sedimentary DNA recovers 50 land-plant orders across 24,000 years, with a fire-linked community shift preceding a persistent Holocene chaparral assemblage.

This paper introduces a computational and targeted sequencing approach for identifying plant species in mixed samples using the Angiosperms353 kit, achieving high accuracy and precision in both in-silico and mock mixtures.

The paper curates TE content in 248 mammalian genomes, finding trends in recent TE accumulation and associations with dietary habits.

This paper presents a high-quality genome assembly of the saltwater crocodile and identifies genes under positive selection in crocodilians.