Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre

Revealing the genetic mechanisms underpinning the parasite-induced water-seeking behaviour of insects through RNA-seq

Abstract Water-seeking behaviour in arthropods infected by mermithid nematodes or nematomorphs is a classic example of host manipulation, yet its molecular basis remains poorly understood. We investigated mechanisms underlying this aberrant behaviour in European earwigs (Forficul...

ntSynt-viz: Visualizing synteny patterns across multiple genomes

Abstract With the explosion of chromosome-scale genome assemblies being generated in recent years, there is vast potential for comparative genomics analyses through detecting multi-genome synteny. While existing tools can detect synteny blocks between multiple genomes, their text...