Katalin Voss

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.

The paper identifies a disrupted CCR5-like immunoglobulin gene in black-footed ferrets linked to increased susceptibility to plague caused by Yersinia pestis.

The paper compares IG/TR loci across 44 mammalian species, finding correlations in gene counts, structural patterns linked to population bottlenecks, and haplotype diversity suggesting limited recombination potential.

This study evaluates methods for assigning B-cell sequences to clonal families, finding that SCOPer-H performs best but requires a reference genome, while mPTP shows promise for non-model organisms.