Connor J Sproston

This paper presents a cost-effective method for generating high-quality insect genomes and compares it to existing reference assemblies.

The paper shows that RHG genes Grim and Reaper control hemilineage-specific programmed cell death in Drosophila neurogenesis, shaping neural network composition and sex-specific circuits.

The paper shows that programmed cell death shapes neural networks in insects by reducing flight interneuron populations and demonstrates that blocking cell death leads to functional undead neurons.