Scott V. Edwards

This study identifies germline-restricted chromosomes in birds as reservoirs for active retroviruses, showing their role in promoting transposition and speciation.

The paper identifies convergent and lineage-specific genomic changes in sugar-feeding birds through genome and transcriptome analyses, revealing adaptive mechanisms in metabolic pathways.

This study shows Pleistocene climate changes drove the diversification of deer mice and the independent evolution of arboreal ecotypes in forests.

The paper analyzes structural variants in three North American jay species using pangenome tools and long-read assemblies, revealing rapid genome evolution and population size effects on SV dynamics.

The paper identifies convergent evolutionary changes in noncoding elements associated with short tarsus length in birds and finds these changes are enriched near developmental genes.

The paper introduces an alignment-free method using probabilistic topic modeling to infer genome-wide phylogenies and evaluates its performance on simulated and biological datasets.

This study examines the sublethal effects of plastic ingestion on Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, finding negative correlations between body weight, gene expression changes, and blood chemistry parameters.

This study constructs a pangenome for House Finches to analyze structural variants (SVs) and their fitness effects, finding that SVs are more deleterious than SNPs and identifying a large inversion linked to disease resistance.

This study shows that poison frog tadpoles use mechanosensory stimuli for communication when vision is underdeveloped, with visual reliance increasing later in development.

This paper introduces a phylogenetic method to link nucleotide substitution rates to continuous trait evolution, showing associations between conserved sequences and traits like body size and lifespan.

This study uses whole-genome sequencing to assemble mitogenomes of New World Jays and investigates heteroplasmy, tandem repeats, and natural selection in relation to elevation adaptation.

The paper identifies dopamine neurons as regulators of olfactory-guided begging behavior in tadpoles, showing their role in caregiver recognition and motor displays.

The paper investigates genetic diversity and demographic history of the Raso lark using RAD-seq data and a reference genome, revealing ancient population expansions and neo-sex chromosomes.

The paper presents the tuatara genome, highlighting its evolutionary significance and unique features compared to other vertebrates.

This paper advocates for integrating natural history-derived phenomic data with comparative genomics to better understand the genetic basis of convergent evolution.