Jana Martinů

The paper investigates the persistence and evolution of non-functional Arsenophonus-derived horizontal gene transfer sequences in bed bug genomes over 50 million years.

The paper characterizes the viral metagenome of Triatominae species, revealing species-specific virome profiles and novel viral taxa associated with these insects.

The paper compares microbiome diversity between generalist and specialist lineages of the louse Polyplax serrata using 16S rRNA sequencing, finding that the generalist lineage has more heterogeneous microbiomes.

This study identifies multiple bacterial symbionts in bed bugs across 13 species, revealing dynamic evolution of symbiosis with repeated acquisitions and cospeciation events.

The paper presents genomes of two closely related rodent louse lineages with different host specificities, revealing their deep evolutionary origin and potential cryptic speciation.