Matthew T. Webster

The paper maps crossover events in honeybees using whole genome sequencing to identify genetic determinants of recombination rate variation.

The paper identifies a novel supergene in the ant Myrmica ruginodis linked to queen size and colony social organization through whole-genome sequencing of 95 queens.

The paper maps a CSD locus in the red mason bee, identifies ANTSR as the sex-determining gene, and suggests it is an ancient locus in Hymenoptera.

The paper infers recombination rates and hotspots in termite genomes, finding low rates and hotspots, suggesting PRDM9's role and a link to germline methylation, contradicting the idea that eusociality universally increases recombination rates.

The paper presents a new honeybee genome assembly using hybrid sequencing technologies, resulting in a more contiguous and complete genome with chromosome-length scaffolds.

The paper resequences the whole genome of a Drosophila melanogaster population using next-generation sequencing and makes the data publicly available.