Wai Yee Wong

TL;DR: The lungfish Neoceratodus fosteri has the largest genome of any vertebrate as discussed by the authors, which is attributed mostly to huge intergenic regions and introns with high repeat content (around 90%).

TL;DR: A broad genomic sampling within the genus Hydra, a freshwater cnidarian at the focal point of diverse research in regeneration, symbiosis, biogeography, and aging, finds that the genome of Hydra is the result of an expansion event involving long interspersed nuclear elements and in particular a single family of the chicken repeat 1 (CR1) class.

TL;DR: A pipeline (RepeatCraft) is developed that integrates results from several repeat element classification tools based on both sequence similarity and structural features, allowing for a better annotation and sequence comparisons.

TL;DR: The results point to a disproportionate role of local, rather than genome‐wide factors underlying the propensity for these cichlid fishes to adaptively radiate.

TL;DR: Fine-scale phylogeographic patterns of two freshwater loaches in Hong Kong suggest that sea-level fluctuation played an important role in shaping even the fine-scale population structure of freshwater fish in South China, implying that the genetic diversity of this fauna may be higher than expected.