Laura Salter Kubatko

The paper investigates the systematics and species limits of the Asiatic white-eye complex using genomic and morphological data, finding nested species and paraphyletic groups within the clade.

The paper develops a Bayesian method with composite likelihood adjustment to improve credible interval coverage in species tree estimation under the multispecies coalescent model.

This paper introduces a global test to detect hybrid species in genome-scale data by considering both hybridization and incomplete lineage sorting, helping decide between tree or network analysis.

The paper introduces a new combination test based on the normal distribution that adapts weights to detect false global null hypotheses, showing improved power in scenarios with few significant P-values.

CLOCI identifies gene clusters using co-occurrence and orthology proxies, revealing noncanonical clusters and improving detection of known functional classes.

The paper reports the emergence of two novel SARS-CoV-2 variants in Columbus, Ohio, including one with N501Y mutation, highlighting their genetic diversity and potential clinical impact.

The paper evaluates four methods for detecting hybridization using simulated genomic data, finding HyDe and D-statistic have high detection power but HyDe provides more accurate estimates of parental contributions.

The paper develops models for genotyping and parameter estimation in polyploids using low-coverage sequencing data and shows they reduce estimation error compared to existing methods.