Valentina Burskaia

This study investigates gene flow and hybridization in sailfin silversides, finding evidence of both ancient and recent introgression between riverine and lacustrine species in Lake Matano.

The paper analyzes 1,375 Malawi cichlid genomes to show that sex-linked chromosomal inversions drive adaptive speciation through introgression and selection on neuro-sensory, physiological, and reproductive genes.

The paper investigates whether convergent evolution occurs in mitochondrial genomes of birds under similar environmental pressures and finds most convergence events are likely random.

The paper performs a pan-genomic analysis of Chlamydia species, showing genome stability with conserved core genes and evolvability in specific gene families due to host immune pressure.