Bernhard Bein

Lack of evidence for gene-level convergence linked to evolutionary shifts in torpor among placental mammals

The paper examines gene-level convergence in placental mammals during evolutionary shifts in torpor and finds that individual genes have low explanatory power, while pathway-level convergence is slightly stronger.

Integrated genomics and transcriptomics reveal molecular insights into extreme dietary adaptation in vampire bats

This study integrates genomics and transcriptomics to identify molecular changes in vampire bats adapted to blood-feeding, revealing shifts in gene expression and function across multiple biological pathways.

Accurate, comprehensive gene annotation and ortholog identification across thousands of vertebrate genomes with TOGA2

TOGA2 improves gene annotation and ortholog identification across vertebrate genomes, achieving higher completeness and accuracy than existing methods.

Long-read sequencing and genome assembly of natural history collection samples and challenging specimens

The paper demonstrates long-read sequencing and genome assembly of ethanol-preserved samples, including challenging organisms like the maned sloth, achieving a 3.1 Gb assembly.