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M.W. Ahmed

University of PittsburghORCID 0009-0005-1998-1683Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Approach:genetic perturbation / CRISPR· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Evolutionary BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewedDec 16, 2025

Hypermutable hotspot enables the rapid evolution of self/non-self recognition genes in Dictyostelium

Mische Holland, M.W. Ahmed, Janet M. Young…·Tera C. Levin

The paper investigates the rapid evolution of self/non-self recognition genes in Dictyostelium by analyzing genome sequences and identifying a hypermutable hotspot in the tgrBC locus.

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Drosophilawhole-genome sequencing

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