Alex Samano

Publications

First-author work

centromere variation preprint centromere variation
2026

A conserved architectural domain shapes centromere evolution in Drosophila

Alejandra Samano and Mahul Chakraborty

Preprint on bioarxiv, July 2026

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Genome Research Cover Curved figure
2026

Structural variants are enriched in deleterious visible phenotypes in Drosophila

Alejandra Samano, Matthew Musat, Mihir Junaghare, Asad Ahmad, Mehlum Ali, Sebastian Alves, Sreeram Pasupuleti, Jelisha Perera, Omar Saada, Brady Sabido, Trevor Smith, Sophie Walz, Mahul Chakraborty

Genome Research, July 2026, Vol. 36, No. 7

TAMU College of Arts and Sciences article

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MBE cover An. stephensi invasion
2025

Genome Structural Variants Shape Adaptive Success of an Invasive Urban Malaria Vector Anopheles stephensi

Alejandra Samano, Naveen Kumar, Yi Liao, Farah Ishtiaq, Mahul Chakraborty

Molecular Biology and Evolution, June 2025, Volume 42, Issue 6

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Co-author work

2026

Higher-order Architecture Shapes Concerted Evolution in a Y-linked repeat array

Adolfo A. Delgado, Alejandra Samano, Mahul Chakraborty

Preprint on bioarxiv, July 2026

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