Yixin Zhu

The paper shows that avian immunoglobulin loci use gene conversion instead of V(D)J recombination, with rapid evolution of inversions that generate pseudogenes as donors for antibody diversity.

This study characterizes the IGH locus and tissue-specific immunoglobulin repertoires in turbot, revealing isotype-specific diversity patterns and clonotype sharing between tissues.

The paper evaluates long-read genome assemblies of immunoglobulin loci across 74 vertebrates, identifies assembly errors, and demonstrates methods to correct them using a new pipeline called CloseRead.