Joana L. Rocha

The paper identifies CypA as a molecular barrier preventing lentivirus from Eastern chimpanzees from infecting humans, due to its restriction of replication through a unique capsid feature.

This study analyzes tandem repeat variation in humans and chimpanzees to identify signatures of selection, revealing roles in neural evolution and adaptive expression.

This study presents a pan-pangenome of humans, chimpanzees, and bonobos, revealing structural variation, selection patterns, and adaptations related to immunity and malaria resistance.

The paper characterizes structural variation at the 17q21.31 locus in humans and great apes, identifying new haplotypes and evolutionary dynamics.

This study identifies ancient immune convergence between prokaryotes and primates through SAMD9/9L proteins and reveals recent adaptations in bonobos and chimps enhancing HIV resistance.

The paper presents haplotype-resolved genomes of six ape species with high accuracy and provides comparative analyses to study evolutionary diversity and gene family evolution.

TRACK is a pipeline for identifying and comparing tandem repeats across species, offering tools for cataloging, filtering, and population genetic analysis.

This study examines amylase structural haplotypes in humans, finding increased copy numbers in agricultural populations and evidence of recent selection over the last 12,000 years.

The paper produces gapless assemblies of ape sex chromosomes for five great apes and a lesser ape, revealing divergence in Y chromosomes and evolutionary dynamics.