We use advanced computational and database approaches to investigate microbial genomes and their evolution.

 

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Genomes of the dinoflagellate Polarella glacialis encode tandemly repeated single-exon genes with adaptive functions
Stephens TG, González-Pech RA, Cheng Y, Mohamed AR, Burt DW, Bhattacharya D, Ragan MA, Chan CX
2020. BMC Biology, 18: 56. DOI • PubMed • PDF

 

Evidence that inconsistent gene prediction can mislead analysis of dinoflagellate genomes
Chen Y, González-Pech RA, Stephens TG, Bhattacharya D, Chan CX
2020. Journal of Phycology, 56: 6-10. DOI • PubMed • PDF • Data Site

 

Genome evolution of coral reef symbionts as intracellular residents
González-Pech RA, Bhattacharya D, Ragan MA, ChanCX
2019. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 34: 799-806. • DOI • PubMed

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