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Mengyi Dong

Duke UniversityORCID 0000-0002-3877-1631Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:virus· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintMay 15, 2026

Benchmarking Short-Read ITS2 and Full-Length ITS Sequencing Reveals Pipeline-Dependent Biases in Indoor Fungal Community Profiling

Mengyi Dong, A. Denene Blackwood, Megan E. J. Lott…·Rachel T. Noble

This paper compares short-read ITS2 and long-read full-length ITS sequencing for fungal community profiling, finding that full-length ITS improves taxonomic resolution and ecological inference.

DOI 10.64898/2026.05.15.725464

metagenomicsstatistical model

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BioinformaticsEvolutionary BioinformaticsPeer-reviewedJan 1, 2020

New Pathways of Mutational Change in SARS-CoV-2 Proteomes Involve Regions of Intrinsic Disorder Important for Virus Replication and Release

Tre Tomaszewski, Ryan S. DeVries, Mengyi Dong…·Gustavo Caetano‐Anollés

The paper analyzes SARS-CoV-2 mutation patterns over time to identify regions of intrinsic disorder linked to virus replication and release, revealing shifts in mutational activity.

55 citations

viruswhole-genome sequencing

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