Richard Cordaux

This study investigates whether tissue heterogeneity in hosts leads to phenotypic but not genomic diversity in Wolbachia endosymbionts, finding that phenotypic plasticity, not genomic variation, drives diversity.

The paper identifies a genomic region containing a gene related to male sexual differentiation in the pill bug Armadillidium vulgare, potentially involved in sex-ratio distortion.

This study sequences the giant Y chromosome of Silene latifolia and reveals its structure, function, and evolutionary history.

The paper examines the temporal stability of sex ratio distorter prevalence in Armadillidium vulgare populations over 12 years, finding little temporal variability and evidence of equilibria in SRD dynamics.

The paper investigates the evolution of DNA methylation patterns across arthropods, finding widespread conservation of exon methylation in specific genes and lineage-specific changes in TE and promoter methylation.