Suzanne E. McGaugh

The paper investigates genetic repeatability in cavefish traits using QTL mapping, finding shared genomic regions for eye loss but less repeatability for sleep and metabolic traits.

The paper identifies genetic regulators of eye degeneration in cavefish using CRISPR screening and functional assays.

The paper identifies recurrent deletions in cavefish genomes linked to adaptive traits, showing their role in repeated evolution through positive selection.

This study examines sleep loss in cavefish populations and finds it is widespread and evolutionarily convergent across multiple lineages.

The paper examines multi-trait evolution in cavefish, finding shared and distinct genetic mechanisms and evidence for pleiotropy or linkage in trait evolution.

The paper identifies genes under selection and evolutionary convergence in hibernating mammals using metabolomic data and bioinformatic analyses.

This study shows that oca2 mutations in Mexican tetra affect prey capture behavior, with albino fish using vision in light and lateral line in dark, impacting competitive success in different environments.

The paper identifies a specific SNP in Cx50 linked to eye loss in cavefish using a hybrid population from a karst window.

The paper maps QTL for cave-derived traits in Mexican cavefish and identifies evolutionary hotspots associated with adaptation to the cave environment.

The paper examines the evolutionary loss and degradation of plaat1 in vertebrates adapted to low-light environments, showing its role in visual acuity and its loss through relaxed selection.

This paper presents chromosome-scale assemblies of Astyanax mexicanus surface and cave populations to study genetic basis of adaptation to cave environments.

CaveCrawler integrates genomic and transcriptional data from Astyanax mexicanus to compare gene expression and selection markers between surface and cave populations.

The paper presents a chromosome-level genome of surface fish Astyanax mexicanus and uses it to identify genetic factors contributing to trait evolution in cavefish populations.

The paper identifies and resolves split-gene misannotations across multiple maize reference genomes using RNAseq data and a simulation framework.

The paper generates a brain atlas of surface fish and three cavefish populations, revealing convergent neuroanatomical changes associated with evolved behavioral traits.

The paper demonstrates the successful generation of stable transgenic lines in Astyanax mexicanus using the Tol2 transposase system, enabling the expression of fluorescent markers in specific cell types.

This study shows that RNA storage methods like RNAlater and flash freezing affect gene expression, with RNAlater causing biased results in RNAseq experiments.

The paper identifies thousands of tandem duplicate genes in maize, showing they are abundant and date to two distinct periods of genomic instability.