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Robert W. Thacker

Smithsonian Tropical Research InstituteORCID 0000-0002-9654-0073Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Bernard PictoniD· 1 shared Christine MorrowiD· 1 shared Claire GoodwiniD· 1 shared David E. CarlsoniD· 1 shared Joseph B. KellyiD· 1 shared Jun Siong LowiD· 1 shared Thomas L. TurneriD· 1 shared

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A common garden of Halichondria sponges: taxonomic revision of Northeast Pacific Halichondriidae reveals many cryptic introduced species

Thomas L. Turner, Christine Morrow, Bernard Picton, Claire Goodwin, Robert W. Thacker

The paper revises the taxonomy of Halichondria sponges in the Northeast Pacific, revealing many cryptic introduced species through DNA variation analysis.

Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists · Sep 15, 2025Peer-reviewedZoology

Comparative metagenomics evidence distinct trends of genome evolution in sponge-dwelling bacteria and their pelagic counterparts

Joseph B. Kelly, David E. Carlson, Jun Siong Low, ROBERT W. THACKER

The paper compares metagenomic data of sponge-dwelling and pelagic bacteria to identify evolutionary trends in genome structure and function associated with sponge symbiosis.

bioRxiv · Aug 31, 2020 · PreprintGenomics