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25 papers and preprints, from splicing in mammalian embryos to caste evolution in wasps. This list rebuilds itself every week from my ORCID record, so it’s always current.

  1. 2026
    Chromosome-level genome and caste transcriptomes for Africa's most widespread social wasp (Belonogaster juncea) reveal unexpected genomic diversity

    C.D.R. Wyatt, E. Favreau, K. Geist, R.E. Masonbrink, F. Duarte, C.A. Oi, B.A. Taylor, R. Tcheutchoua, S. Kapmegne, A. Cerqueira De Araujo et al.

    bioRxiv

    first authorpreprint
  2. 2026
    EXCON: a scalable, reproducible Nextflow pipeline for CAFE-based gene EXpansion and CONtraction analysis

    C. Wyatt, F. Duarte, A. Cerqueira De Araujo, S. Murray, C. Oi, S. Sumner

    bioRxiv

    first authorpreprint
  3. 2026
    nf-core/genomeqc: a best-practice pipeline for comparing genome and assembly quality

    C.D.R. Wyatt, F. Duarte Frutos, S.D. Turner, A.C. De Araujo, U. Rashid, V. Begley, S. Sumner

    bioRxiv

    first authorpreprint
  4. 2026
    Limits to behavioural plasticity in tropical paper wasps

    E.F. Bell, C.D.R. Wyatt, D. Taylor, A.N. Radford, S. Sumner

    Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 293(2070), 20260252

  5. 2025
    Senescent cells exhibit features of developmental signaling centres

    D. Sampaio Gonçalves, L. Dulac, B. Ritschka, M. Rhinn, A. Klein, C.D.R. Wyatt, M. Irimia, W.M. Keyes

    bioRxiv

    preprint
  6. 2025
    Long‐range pollen transport across the North Sea: Insights from migratory hoverflies landing on a remote oil rig

    T.D. Doyle, E. Jimenez‐Guri, J.C. Barnes, C. Hannah, S. Murray, C.D.R. Wyatt, O.M. Poole, K.R. Wotton

    Journal of Animal Ecology, 94(11), 2267-2281

  7. 2024
    New genomic resources inform transcriptomic responses to heavy metal toxins in the common Eastern bumble bee Bombus impatiens

    A.L. Toth, C.D.R. Wyatt, R.E. Masonbrink, K.S. Geist, R. Fortune, S.B. Scott, E. Favreau, S.M. Rehan, S. Sumner, M.M. Gardiner et al.

    BMC Genomics, 25(1), 1106

  8. 2023
    Putting hornets on the genomic map

    E. Favreau, A. Cini, D. Taylor, F. Câmara Ferreira, M.A. Bentley, F. Cappa, R. Cervo, E. Privman, J. Schneider, D. Thiéry, R. Mashoodh, C.D.R. Wyatt et al.

    Scientific Reports, 13(1), 6232

  9. 2023
    Alternative Splicing Changes Promoted by NOVA2 Upregulation in Endothelial Cells and Relevance for Gastric Cancer

    A. Di Matteo, E. Belloni, D. Pradella, A.M. Chiaravalli, G.M. Pini, M. Bugatti, R. Alfieri, C. Barzan, E. Franganillo Tena, S. Bione, E. Terenzani, F. Sessa, C.D.R. Wyatt et al.

    International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(9), 8102

  10. 2023
    Social complexity, life-history and lineage influence the molecular basis of castes in vespid wasps

    C.D.R. Wyatt, M.A. Bentley, D. Taylor, E. Favreau, R.E. Brock, B.A. Taylor, E. Bell, E. Leadbeater, S. Sumner

    Nature Communications, 14(1), 1046

    first author
  11. 2022
    Co-expression Gene Networks and Machine-learning Algorithms Unveil a Core Genetic Toolkit for Reproductive Division of Labour in Rudimentary Insect Societies

    E. Favreau, K.S. Geist, C.D.R. Wyatt, A.L. Toth, S. Sumner, S.M. Rehan

    Genome Biology and Evolution, 15(1), evac174

  12. 2022
    The trophectoderm acts as a niche for the inner cell mass through C/EBPα-regulated IL-6 signaling

    M. Plana-Carmona, G. Stik, R. Bulteau, C. Segura-Morales, N. Alcázar, C.D.R. Wyatt, A. Klonizakis, L. de Andrés-Aguayo, M. Gasnier, T.V. Tian et al.

    Stem Cell Reports, 17(9), 1991-2004

  13. 2022
    A developmentally programmed splicing failure contributes to DNA damage response attenuation during mammalian zygotic genome activation

    C.D.R. Wyatt, B. Pernaute, A. Gohr, M. Miret-Cuesta, L. Goyeneche, Q. Rovira, M.C. Salzer, E. Boke, O. Bogdanovic, S. Bonnal et al.

    Science Advances, 8(15), eabn4935

    first author
  14. 2021
    Cooperative epithelial phagocytosis enables error correction in the early embryo

    E. Hoijman, H. Häkkinen, Q. Tolosa-Ramon, S. Jiménez-Delgado, C. Wyatt, M. Miret-Cuesta, M. Irimia, A. Callan-Jones, S. Wieser, V. Ruprecht

    Nature, 590(7847), 618-623

  15. 2021
    The molecular basis of socially mediated phenotypic plasticity in a eusocial paper wasp

    B.A. Taylor, A. Cini, C.D.R. Wyatt, M. Reuter, S. Sumner

    Nature Communications, 12(1), 775

  16. 2020
    Genetic toolkit for sociality predicts castes across the spectrum of social complexity in wasps

    C.D.R. Wyatt, M. Bentley, D. Taylor, R.E. Brock, B.A. Taylor, E. Bell, E. Leadbeater, S. Sumner

    bioRxiv

    first authorpreprint
  17. 2020
    Genomic adaptations to aquatic and aerial life in mayflies and the origin of insect wings

    I. Almudi, J. Vizueta, C.D.R. Wyatt, A. de Mendoza, F. Marlétaz, P.N. Firbas, R. Feuda, G. Masiero, P. Medina, A. Alcaina-Caro et al.

    Nature Communications, 11(1), 2631

  18. 2019
    Gene Expression Profiles Controlled by the Alternative Splicing Factor Nova2 in Endothelial Cells

    E. Belloni, A. Di Matteo, D. Pradella, M. Vacca, C.D.R. Wyatt, R. Alfieri, A. Maffia, S. Sabbioneda, C. Ghigna

    Cells, 8(12), 1498

  19. 2019
    High indirect fitness benefits for helpers across the nesting cycle in the tropical paper waspPolistes canadensis

    R.J. Southon, E.F. Bell, P. Graystock, C.D.R. Wyatt, A.N. Radford, S. Sumner

    Molecular Ecology, 28(13), 3271-3284

  20. 2018
    Amphioxus functional genomics and the origins of vertebrate gene regulation

    F. Marlétaz, P.N. Firbas, I. Maeso, J.J. Tena, O. Bogdanovic, M. Perry, C.D.R. Wyatt, E. de la Calle-Mustienes, S. Bertrand, D. Burguera et al.

    Nature, 564(7734), 64-70

  21. 2017
    Deconstructing Superorganisms and Societies to Address Big Questions in Biology

    P. Kennedy, G. Baron, B. Qiu, D. Freitak, H. Helanterä, E.R. Hunt, F. Manfredini, T. O’Shea-Wheller, S. Patalano, C.D. Pull, T. Sasaki, D. Taylor, C.D.R. Wyatt et al.

    Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 32(11), 861-872

  22. 2016
    Evolutionary origin and functional divergence of totipotent cell homeobox genes in eutherian mammals

    I. Maeso, T.L. Dunwell, C.D.R. Wyatt, F. Marlétaz, B. Vető, J.A. Bernal, S. Quah, M. Irimia, P.W.H. Holland

    BMC Biology, 14(1), 45

  23. 2016
    The bladed Bangiales (Rhodophyta) of the South Eastern Pacific: Molecular species delimitation reveals extensive diversity

    M. Guillemin, L. Contreras-Porcia, M.E. Ramírez, E.C. Macaya, C.B. Contador, H. Woods, C. Wyatt, J. Brodie

    Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 94, 814-826

  24. 2015
    Molecular signatures of plastic phenotypes in two eusocial insect species with simple societies

    S. Patalano, A. Vlasova, C. Wyatt, P. Ewels, F. Camara, P.G. Ferreira, C.L. Asher, T.P. Jurkowski, A. Segonds-Pichon, M. Bachman et al.

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(45), 13970-13975

  25. 2015
    The alternative splicing factor Nova2 regulates vascular development and lumen formation

    C. Giampietro, G. Deflorian, S. Gallo, A. Di Matteo, D. Pradella, S. Bonomi, E. Belloni, D. Nyqvist, V. Quaranta, S. Confalonieri, G. Bertalot, F. Orsenigo, F. Pisati, E. Ferrero, G. Biamonti, E. Fredrickx, C. Taveggia, C.D.R. Wyatt et al.

    Nature Communications, 6(1), 8479

Also on ORCID andResearchGate.