Klara Eleftheriadi

Convergent genomic trajectories shape adaptation to life on land across animal lineages

The paper investigates genomic mechanisms underlying independent transitions to terrestrial life across species, finding lineage-specific gene changes that converge functionally.

Lungfish comparative genomics reveals ancient gene networks co-opted for life on land

The paper identifies conserved gene networks in lungfish estivation that were co-opted for terrestrial adaptation through ancient gene duplications.

An evaluation of clustering and assembly strategies from Iso-Seq data in the absence of reference genomes in non-model animals

The paper evaluates clustering and assembly methods for Iso-Seq data in non-model animals without reference genomes, finding CD-HIT at 99% similarity provides the best transcriptome quality.

An episodic burst of massive genomic rearrangements and the origin of non-marine annelids

The paper shows that clitellates experienced a burst of genomic rearrangements leading to loss of macrosynteny with marine annelids and new chromosomal interactions.

Genomic exaptation and regulatory landscape shifts as key mechanisms enabling flatworm terrestrialization

This study identifies gene gain and regulatory shifts in terrestrial planarians as key mechanisms for terrestrialization, showing distinct stress response toolkits compared to freshwater relatives.

A proteo-transcriptomic investigation of toxin evolution in planarians and their role in flatworm terrestrialization

This study compares toxin and mucus protein evolution in aquatic and terrestrial flatworms, finding broader toxin gene repertoires and distinct functional expansions in terrestrial species.

The European Reference Genome Atlas: piloting a decentralised approach to equitable biodiversity genomics

The paper describes the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) pilot project, which tests a decentralized model for producing high-quality reference genomes across 98 European species.