Kathleen Foley

The paper compares molecular evolution differences between vertivores, invertivores, and combined carnivores, finding greater conservation in lipid and amino acid metabolism in predatory diets compared to herbivores.

The paper expands RERconverge to analyze multi-categorical traits by introducing methods for ancestral state reconstruction, statistical tests, and phylogenetic permutations, showing improved performance in identifying diet-related genes and pathways.

A machine learning approach identifies enhancer-phenotype associations across mammals, revealing links to brain size and behavior evolution.