Kristen M. Berendzen

The paper assembles chromosome-scale diploid genomes of prairie and meadow voles using a single-library approach, identifying a prairie-vole-specific duplication of Avpr1a associated with pair bonding.

This study shows that the oxytocin receptor regulates specific aspects of pair bonding and promiscuity in prairie voles by controlling gene expression and neural mechanisms.

The paper shows that germline mitochondria mediate neuron-to-peripheral UPRMT signaling in C. elegans by responding to mitokines like WNT and serotonin and regulating lipid metabolic pathways.