David F. Clayton

The paper uses multiome sequencing to show prenatal heat call exposure in zebra finch embryos alters astrocyte and neuroendocrine gene regulation in the hypothalamus.

This study identifies transcriptomic changes in zebra finch embryos exposed to prenatal acoustic heat calls, revealing anticipatory programming of the neurovascular system to enhance heat resilience.

The paper presents two genome assemblies for the European starling, using long-read transcript data and homology-based annotation to improve assembly quality and provide a reference for population genetics.

The paper summarizes methods and lessons from assembling 16 vertebrate genomes, highlights the importance of long-read sequencing, and introduces the Vertebrate Genomes Project to generate complete reference genomes for all vertebrate species.