Emily E. K. Kopania

The paper updates the RERconverge package with faster algorithms and new analysis features for studying convergent evolution at the genomic level.

This study investigates how retinal specializations in mammals evolve in response to ecological factors and morphological constraints, finding support for associations between horizontal streaks and habitat type, and between orbit convergence and retinal acuity regions.

This study identifies widespread recombination suppression on the X chromosome of the dwarf hamster, showing it is independent of structural changes and associated with heterochromatin formation.

The paper develops a program to quantify and categorize nuclear morphology in mouse sperm, finding increased shape variability in lab lines compared to wild-derived lines and subtle cross-direction effects in F1 offspring.

The paper develops an automated method to map FISH signals in sperm nuclei and finds conserved chromosome territory organization across mouse lineages.