Adam M. Phillippy

2 months ago | nature.com | DongAhn Yoo |Arang Rhie |Prajna hebbar |Francesca Antonacci |Glennis A. Logsdon |Brandon Pickett | +66 more

AbstractThe most dynamic and repetitive regions of great ape genomes have traditionally been excluded from comparative studies1,2,3. Consequently, our understanding of the evolution of our species is incomplete. Here we present haplotype-resolved reference genomes and comparative analyses of six ape species: chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, Bornean orangutan, Sumatran orangutan and siamang.

May 29, 2024 | nature.com | Adam M. Phillippy

Oct 19, 2023 | nature.com | Ashley T. Sendell-Price |Mats Pettersson |Du Kang |Sylke Winkler |Adam M. Phillippy |Erich D. Jarvis | +5 more

AbstractSharks occupy diverse ecological niches and play critical roles in marine ecosystems, often acting as apex predators. They are considered a slow-evolving lineage and have been suggested to exhibit exceptionally low cancer rates. These two features could be explained by a low nuclear mutation rate. Here, we provide a direct estimate of the nuclear mutation rate in the epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum).

Sep 14, 2023 | nature.com | Mikhail Kolmogorov |Kimberley Billingsley |Mira Mastoras |Melissa Meredith |Ramita Dewan |Kensuke Daida | +13 more

AbstractLong-read sequencing technologies substantially overcome the limitations of short-reads but have not been considered as a feasible replacement for population-scale projects, being a combination of too expensive, not scalable enough or too error-prone. Here we develop an efficient and scalable wet lab and computational protocol, Napu, for Oxford Nanopore Technologies long-read sequencing that seeks to address those limitations.