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Arif Maulana

University of CambridgeORCID 0000-0002-1968-4575Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Assay:long-read sequencing· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Approach:simulation· 1

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338 coleopteran genomes reveal exceptional rearrangement variation compared to other insect orders

Arif Maulana, Aleksandra Bliznina, Sam Ebdon, Jessica A. Thomas, Julia Gries, Karin Näsvall, Duane D. McKenna, Ksenia Krasheninnikova, Camilla A. Santos, Karen Brooks, Dominic E. Absolon, Danil Zilov, Kamil S. Jaroň, Joana I. Meier

From 338 beetle genomes, eight ancestral linkage groups were inferred; rearrangement rates vary widely, peaking in major radiations, and the X chromosome dates to Holometabola's ancestor.

bioRxiv · Jul 22, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology✦ In-depth digest

340 dipteran genomes reveal the origin of Muller elements and sex chromosomes in Diptera

Julia Gries, Sam Ebdon, Aleksandra Bliznina, Joanna Collins, Christina N. Hodson, Thomas C. Mathers, Arif Maulana, Shane McCarthy, Michael Paulini, Dominic E. Absolon, Ksenia Krasheninnikova, Mara Lawniczak, Richard Michael Durbin, Kamil S. Jaroň

The paper reconstructs ancestral linkage groups in 340 dipteran genomes to study chromosome evolution, finding conserved groups in Nematoceran lineages and chromosomal fissions in Brachycera.

bioRxiv · Jun 4, 2026 · PreprintGenomics