Marko Prous

Divergent NUMT mimicking functional coding region of the mitochondrial genome

The paper identifies a divergent NUMT in a sawfly species that mimics mitochondrial coding regions and suggests it may result from recent mitochondrial introgression.

Benchmarking full-length ITS metabarcoding across Illumina 2x500, PacBio, and Oxford Nanopore sequencing using mock and soil communities

The paper benchmarks full-length ITS metabarcoding across Illumina, PacBio, and Oxford Nanopore platforms using mock and soil communities, finding PacBio has the lowest error rate and recommends standard pipelines for biodiversity assessments.

Multiple variants of the mitochondrial COI DNA barcode region are prevalent in North European sawflies

The paper identifies multiple functional COI barcode variants in North European sawflies using high-throughput sequencing, challenging the one-barcode-per-specimen assumption in DNA barcoding.