Zeyuan Chen

The paper presents the first chromosome-scale genome of a watering pot shell, revealing genomic insights into its unique body plan and adaptive significance as a suction anchor.

The paper demonstrates long-read sequencing and genome assembly of ethanol-preserved samples, including challenging organisms like the maned sloth, achieving a 3.1 Gb assembly.

The paper identifies causal genes at QTLs associated with fear-related behavior using complementation testing and finds six genes, including four with known synaptic roles and one long non-coding RNA.