Research outputs
2025
Project Psyche: reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe.
Wright, C. J., Wahlberg, N., Vila, R., Mutanen, M., Matos-Maraví, P., Lucek, K., . . . Meier, J. I. (2025). Project Psyche: reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe.. Trends in ecology & evolution, S0169-5347(25)00292-7. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2025.10.007
Sponging away phylogenomic incongruence.
Mulhair, P. O., & Redmond, A. K. (2025). Sponging away phylogenomic incongruence.. Science (New York, N.Y.), 390(6774), 673-674. doi:10.1126/science.aec6305
Revised evolutionary relationships within Brachycera and the early origin of bicoid in flies.
Mulhair, P. O., Pennati, A., Herrera-Ubeda, C., & Holland, P. W. H. (2025). Revised evolutionary relationships within Brachycera and the early origin of bicoid in flies.. Current biology : CB, 35(21), 5308-5319.e3. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2025.09.051
Evolution of Duplicated Hox Gene Clusters in Land Snails and Slugs.
McHale, F., Mulhair, P. O., & Holland, P. W. H. (2025). Evolution of Duplicated Hox Gene Clusters in Land Snails and Slugs.. Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution, 344(6), 363-368. doi:10.1002/jez.b.23322
Revised evolutionary relationships within Brachycera and the early origin of <i>bicoid</i> in flies
Gene novelty and gene family expansion in the early evolution of Lepidoptera.
Hoile, A. E., Holland, P. W. H., & Mulhair, P. O. (2025). Gene novelty and gene family expansion in the early evolution of Lepidoptera.. BMC genomics, 26(1), 161. doi:10.1186/s12864-025-11338-x
2024
The Sensory Shark: High-quality Morphological, Genomic and Transcriptomic Data for the Small-spotted Catshark Scyliorhinus Canicula Reveal the Molecular Bases of Sensory Organ Evolution in Jawed Vertebrates.
Mayeur, H., Leyhr, J., Mulley, J., Leurs, N., Michel, L., Sharma, K., . . . Debiais-Thibaud, M. (2024). The Sensory Shark: High-quality Morphological, Genomic and Transcriptomic Data for the Small-spotted Catshark Scyliorhinus Canicula Reveal the Molecular Bases of Sensory Organ Evolution in Jawed Vertebrates.. Molecular biology and evolution, 41(12), msae246. doi:10.1093/molbev/msae246
GC Content Across Insect Genomes: Phylogenetic Patterns, Causes and Consequences.
Kyriacou, R. G., Mulhair, P. O., & Holland, P. W. H. (2024). GC Content Across Insect Genomes: Phylogenetic Patterns, Causes and Consequences.. Journal of molecular evolution, 92(2), 138-152. doi:10.1007/s00239-024-10160-5
A DNA barcoding framework for taxonomic verification in the Darwin Tree of Life Project.
Twyford, A. D., Beasley, J., Barnes, I., Allen, H., Azzopardi, F., Bell, D., . . . Darwin Tree of Life Consortium. (2024). A DNA barcoding framework for taxonomic verification in the Darwin Tree of Life Project.. Wellcome open research, 9, 339. doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.21143.1
2023
Opsin Gene Duplication in Lepidoptera: Retrotransposition, Sex Linkage, and Gene Expression.
Mulhair, P. O., Crowley, L., Boyes, D. H., Lewis, O. T., & Holland, P. W. H. (2023). Opsin Gene Duplication in Lepidoptera: Retrotransposition, Sex Linkage, and Gene Expression.. Molecular biology and evolution, 40(11), msad241. doi:10.1093/molbev/msad241
Bursts of novel composite gene families at major nodes in animal evolution
Improving Orthologous Signal and Model Fit in Datasets Addressing the Root of the Animal Phylogeny.
McCarthy, C. G. P., Mulhair, P. O., Siu-Ting, K., Creevey, C. J., & O'Connell, M. J. (2023). Improving Orthologous Signal and Model Fit in Datasets Addressing the Root of the Animal Phylogeny.. Molecular biology and evolution, 40(1), msac276. doi:10.1093/molbev/msac276
A sampling strategy for genome sequencing the British terrestrial arthropod fauna.
Crowley, L., Allen, H., Barnes, I., Boyes, D., Broad, G. R., Fletcher, C., . . . Sivess, L. (2023). A sampling strategy for genome sequencing the British terrestrial arthropod fauna.. Wellcome open research, 8, 123. doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18925.1
Diversity, duplication, and genomic organization of homeobox genes in Lepidoptera.
Mulhair, P. O., Crowley, L., Boyes, D. H., Harper, A., Lewis, O. T., Darwin Tree of Life Consortium., & Holland, P. W. H. (2023). Diversity, duplication, and genomic organization of homeobox genes in Lepidoptera.. Genome research, 33(1), 32-44. doi:10.1101/gr.277118.122