Heidi I. Chen

The paper shows that freshwater threespine stickleback fish have evolved expanded copies of the MYH3C gene family, which is linked to muscle development and adaptive divergence from marine populations.

This study constructs a chromosome-scale cannabis pangenome to explore genomic diversity and evolution, revealing low diversity in cannabinoid synthase genes and high diversity in other regions.

The paper identifies 500+ high-confidence gene loss events in 58 mammals using automated methods, revealing some linked to human disease and early lethality.