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Ana Pontes

Universidade Nova de LisboaORCID 0000-0002-7626-6599Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Approach:machine learning (classical)· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Organism:yeast· 1

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Carla GonçalvesiD· 3 shared Antonis RokasiD· 2 shared Chris Todd HittingeriD· 1 shared Inês C. GonçalvesiD· 1 shared Isabel Sá‐NogueiraiD· 1 shared Jacob Lucas SteenwykiD· 1 shared Kyle T. DavidiD· 1 shared Linda C. HorianopoulosiD· 1 shared

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Discovery of additional ancient genome duplications in yeasts

Kyle T. David, Linda C. Horianopoulos, Carla Gonçalves, Jacob Lucas Steenwyk, Ana Pontes, Paula Gonçalves, Chris Todd Hittinger, Matt Pennell, Antonis Rokas

The paper discovers three novel ancient whole genome duplications in Saccharomycotina yeasts, suggesting WGD may be more common in fungi than previously thought.

Current Biology · Jan 28, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

FrlP, an ABC type I importer component of Bacillus subtilis: regulation and impact in bacterial fitness

Inês C. Gonçalves, Ana Pontes, Carla Gonçalves, Isabel Sá‐Nogueira

This study identifies FrlP as a key component of an ABC importer in B. subtilis required for fructosevaline uptake, showing its regulation by FrlR and an antisense RNA, and demonstrating its functional redundancy with MsmX for bacterial fitness.

Journal of Bacteriology · Oct 30, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Convergent reductive evolution in bee-associated lactic acid bacteria

Ana Pontes, Marie‐Claire Harrison, Antonis Rokas, Carla Gonçalves

This study identifies convergent gene loss in bee-associated lactic acid bacteria, linking it to phenotypic traits like fructophily through phylogenomic and machine learning analyses.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology · Oct 23, 2024Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology