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Ben T. Alston

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank , Sheffield S10 2TN ,ORCID 0009-0003-0027-8379Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivAug 22, 2025

Regulatory features determine the evolutionary fate of laterally acquired genes in plants

Catherine F Collins, Benjamin T Alston, Samuel G S Hibdige…·Luke T Dunning

The paper investigates factors influencing the retention of laterally acquired genes in plants, finding that regulatory compatibility and expression similarity to donors increase persistence.

DOI 10.1093/molbev/msag042

plant (other)DNA methylation

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Evolutionary BiologyGenome Biology and EvolutionPeer-reviewedDec 1, 2024

Chromosomal fusion drives sex chromosome evolution in treehoppers despite long-term X chromosome conservation

Daniela H. Palmer Droguett, Micah Fletcher, Ben T. Alston…·Alison E. Wright

The paper examines X chromosome evolution in treehoppers, finding long-term conservation with one exception of an X-autosome fusion in a species.

6 citations

multiple specieswhole-genome sequencing

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