Marc Krasovec

Adaptation to complex environments is associated with higher fitness costs under benign conditions

This study shows that adaptation to complex environments with multiple stressors leads to lower fitness gains and higher fitness reductions under benign conditions compared to single stressors.

Hypermutability of integrated sequences of viral origin in a Chlorarachniophyte

The paper identifies hypermutable regions in the nuclear genome of Bigelowiella natans, showing extreme mutation rate variation and a distinctive mutational signature in virus-derived sequences.

Plasticity of the mutation rate and spectrum in eukaryotic marine phytoplankton

This study measures mutation rate and spectrum plasticity in Ostreococcus tauri under different environmental conditions, finding significant variation in SNM rates and spectra.

A gapless telomere-to-telomere reference genome of Ostreococcus tauri RCC4221 with expanded annotation of medium-sized ncRNAs

The paper presents a gapless, telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of Ostreococcus tauri RCC4221 with improved annotation of noncoding RNAs and epigenomic features.

Effect of cellular nutrient economy on the evolution of genome size in phytoplankton

This study develops a theoretical framework linking cellular nutrient economy to genome size evolution in phytoplankton, showing that 1-bp indels can be counterselected under minimal nutrient conditions.