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Stuart C. Willis

Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish CommissionORCID 0000-0002-2274-1112Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:statistical model· 4 Research Focus:genome assembly· 2 Research Focus:variant calling· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1

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GenomicsMolecular Ecology ResourcesPeer-reviewedJun 17, 2026

De novo Genome Assemblies of Four Rainbow Trout Genetic Lines Reveal Structural Variants In Pursuit of a Pangenome Reference

Ali Ali, Geoffrey C. Waldbieser, Ramey C. Youngblood…·Yniv Palti

The paper presents de novo genome assemblies of four rainbow trout lines to identify structural variants and build a pangenome reference for studying domestication and adaptation.

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whole-genome sequencingstatistical model

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintNov 14, 2025

Genome assembly and diagnostic DNA markers for sex of the largest freshwater fish in North America, the white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus).

Stuart C. Willis, Jeramiah J. Smith, Shawn R. Narum

The paper presents a genome assembly for white sturgeon and identifies genetic markers for sex determination, aiding conservation and aquaculture efforts.

DOI 10.1101/2025.11.14.688503

humanwhole-genome sequencing

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BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprintJul 30, 2020

Inference of ploidy by leveraging read depth from amplicon sequencing

Thomas A. Delomas, Stuart C. Willis, Andrea Drauch Schreier, Shawn R. Narum

The paper introduces a beta-binomial mixture model to infer ploidy from biallelic SNP data, demonstrating its effectiveness across multiple ploidies in fish species.

DOI 10.1101/2020.07.30.229500

multiple speciesDNA methylation

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EcologybioRxivPreprintDec 6, 2018

Osmoregulation in freshwaters: Gene expression in the gills of a Neotropical cichlid in contrasting pH and ionic environments

Stuart C. Willis, David E Saenz, Gang Wang…·Kirk O Winemiller

The paper examines gene expression in the gills of a Neotropical cichlid under experimental whitewater and blackwater conditions, identifying adaptations in osmoregulation and gene family diversification.

DOI 10.1101/489211

bulk RNA-seqstatistical model

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