Darrin T. Schultz

The paper investigates how genomic changes in coleoid cephalopods shape 3D genome architecture and regulatory landscapes, revealing species-specific chromatin loops and their role in neural development.

The paper analyzes chromosomal evolution across 3,631 animal genomes to show that karyotype contraction and expansion drive genome evolution, with subchromosomal mixing and irreversibility shaping clade-specific trajectories.

The paper sequenced the chromosome-scale genome of Nanomia septata, revealing genome rearrangements and expansion but no clear genomic drivers for siphonophore colony-level organization.

The paper investigates how genome expansion in Hydra vulgaris affects chromatin loops and regulatory interactions, finding that it preserves ancestral synteny through entangled long-range regulatory configurations.

The paper compares 12 clitellate genomes and 11 outgroup representatives to show that genome rearrangements in Clitellata began at their base and significantly shaped the Hox cluster evolution.

The paper reports chromosome-level genome assemblies of two sea anemones and finds conserved chromosomal blocks across cnidarians and bilaterians, but loss of microsynteny in Hox and NK clusters.

The paper presents a chromosome-level genome assembly for the common octopus, O. vulgaris, which spans 2.8 billion basepairs and supports a karyotype of 1n=30 chromosomes.

The paper presents the first chromosome-level genome assembly of the three-spot damselfish, confirming a heterozygous Robertsonian fusion and homology with clownfish chromosomes.

This paper reports the first complete life cycle and mitochondrial genome of the luminous ostracod Vargula tsujii, enabling future studies on bioluminescence biosynthesis and genomic manipulation.

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