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David Comont

Aberystwyth UniversityORCID 0000-0002-5235-1035Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1

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Andrew P. DetheridgeiD· 1 shared Bhuvnesh ShrivastavaiD· 1 shared Christopher A. SaskiiD· 1 shared Claudia LoweiD· 1 shared Dana R. MacGregoriD· 1 shared Gareth Wyn GriffithiD· 1 shared Hoda Mohamed El-GharabawyiD· 1 shared Ian Izett· 1 shared

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AberTrap: an open-source, lightweight, programmable sampler of airborne biological particles

Ruby R. Bye, Andrew P. Detheridge, Mark Neal, Liam George, Hoda Mohamed El-Gharabawy, Bhuvnesh Shrivastava, Philip A. Jennings, Marta Žižek, Ian Izett, David Comont, Pete Todd, Shelley A. Rundle, Tristan Colaco, Matt Wainhouse, Gareth Wyn Griffith

AberTrap is a low-cost, open-source bioaerosol sampler that improves capture efficiency through paddle design, detecting 78.9% of fungal richness in field tests.

bioRxiv · Sep 3, 2026 · PreprintEcology

The blackgrass genome reveals patterns of divergent evolution of non-target site resistance to herbicides.

Lichun Cai, David Comont, Dana R. MacGregor, Claudia Lowe, Roland Beffa, Christopher A. Saski, Paul Neve

The paper analyzes the blackgrass genome to understand the genetic basis of non-target site herbicide resistance and its evolutionary mechanisms.

bioRxiv · Dec 14, 2021 · PreprintGenomics