Yan Liang

The paper investigates ZGA timing across 61 animal species and finds that genome size to cytoplasm volume ratio predicts ZGA onset.

The paper presents a chromosome-level genome assembly and functional genomic resources for Capitella teleta, improving upon an outdated reference and enabling better analysis of multi-omic data.

The paper compares transcriptomic dynamics in two annelid species with spiral cleavage, showing differences in embryonic organizer specification timing but similarity later in development.

The paper analyzes methylomes in annelids to show ancestral epigenetic erosion during development and aging, with gene body methylation linked to transcription and TE silencing.

This study investigates the functional evolution of Ubx in Folsomia candida, showing it has intermediate regulatory capabilities compared to insect and crustacean Ubx in suppressing Dll during appendage formation.

The paper shows that temporal shifts in trunk formation underpin larval diversification in annelids and bilaterian life cycles through comparative genomic and transcriptomic analysis.

The paper identifies ERK1/2-mediated FGF signaling as an ancestral organizing signal in spiral cleavage, showing it is conserved in conditional annelids but lost in autonomous ones.