Ricardo C. Rodŕıguez de la Vega

The paper benchmarks variant calling in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using realistic in silico genomes, showing that current methods miss variants and are biased.

The paper identifies and characterizes NCR peptides in legumes, revealing convergent evolution across clades and functional analogs in symbiosis.

EASYstrata is a workflow for genome annotation and divergence analysis that detects recombination suppression and its effects, validated on fungal, plant, and animal genomes.

The paper identifies a locus on the X chromosome in Cannabis sativa that contains three genes potentially controlling sex determination, with distinct expression patterns across monoecious and dioecious plants.

The paper shows that HD mating-type genes have lost function in three Microbotryum species, with PR genes controlling mating compatibility, and reports evolutionary strata from recombination suppression.

This study identifies the distribution of SbmA/BacA and BclA antimicrobial peptide transporters across bacteria, showing convergent evolution and their role in host-microbe interactions.

This study identifies pleiotropic QTLs for key cheese-making traits in Penicillium roqueforti by analyzing F1 hybrids from cheese and non-cheese populations.

This study sequences the giant Y chromosome of Silene latifolia and reveals its structure, function, and evolutionary history.

The paper identifies a non-recombining genomic region in the invasive fungus Cryphonectria parasitica linked to the mating-type locus, showing balanced haplotype segregation and potential adaptation through mobile elements.

This study analyzes whole-genome data from 98 Geotrichum candidum strains to show domestication led to genetic and phenotypic differentiation in cheese-making strains.