Rui Song

The Phylogeny and the Evolution of Parasitic Strategies in Trematoda

This study reconstructs the evolutionary history of trematode parasitic strategies using mitogenomic and nuclear genomic data, finding that ancestral trematodes had direct life cycles with no intermediate hosts.

Mitochondrial Genome-Based Phylogeny of Turbellarians and Evidence for Accelerated Mitochondrial Evolution in Symbiotic Species

This study presents the first complete mitochondrial genome of the ectosymbiont Craspedella pedum, confirms the paraphyly of the Neoophora clade, and finds accelerated mitochondrial evolution in symbiotic turbellarians.

Multiomics Analysis Reveals Extensive Remodeling of the Extracellular Matrix and Cellular Metabolism Due to Plakophilin-2 Knockdown in Guinea Pigs

This study investigates the molecular and metabolic effects of PKP2 knockdown in a guinea pig ARVC model, revealing ECM remodeling and metabolic changes associated with the disease.