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Merly Escalona

About Merly Escalona

Merly Escalona, With an exceptional h-index of 7 and a recent h-index of 7 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of California, Santa Cruz, specializes in the field of bioinformatics, next-generation sequencing, phylogenomics, genome assembly, simulations.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Remarkably high repeat content in the genomes of sparrows: the importance of genome assembly completeness for transposable element discovery

Reference genome of Townsend’s big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii

A highly contiguous genome assembly for the Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)

The genome assembly of Island Oak (Quercus tomentella), a relictual island tree species

A chromosome-level genome assembly for the dugong (Dugong dugon)

Limited genomic signatures of population collapse in the critically endangered black abalone (Haliotis cracherodii)

A highly contiguous genome assembly for the pocket mouse Perognathus longimembris longimembris

A genome assembly of the Yuma myotis bat, Myotis yumanensis

Merly Escalona Information

University

Position

Postdoctoral scholar @ UCSC Paleogenomics Lab. Dept. Biomolecular Engineering.

Citations(all)

607

Citations(since 2020)

528

Cited By

176

hIndex(all)

7

hIndex(since 2020)

7

i10Index(all)

7

i10Index(since 2020)

7

Email

University Profile Page

Google Scholar

Merly Escalona Skills & Research Interests

bioinformatics

next-generation sequencing

phylogenomics

genome assembly

simulations

Top articles of Merly Escalona

Remarkably high repeat content in the genomes of sparrows: the importance of genome assembly completeness for transposable element discovery

bioRxiv

2023

Phred Benham
Phred Benham

H-Index: 9

Carla Cicero
Carla Cicero

H-Index: 21

Merly Escalona
Merly Escalona

H-Index: 3

Oanh Nguyen
Oanh Nguyen

H-Index: 6

Reference genome of Townsend’s big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii

Journal of Heredity

2024/3/1

Merly Escalona
Merly Escalona

H-Index: 3

Oanh Nguyen
Oanh Nguyen

H-Index: 6

Peter H Sudmant
Peter H Sudmant

H-Index: 31

A highly contiguous genome assembly for the Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)

Journal of Heredity

2024/2/24

Merly Escalona
Merly Escalona

H-Index: 3

Ryan S Terrill
Ryan S Terrill

H-Index: 6

Oanh Nguyen
Oanh Nguyen

H-Index: 6

The genome assembly of Island Oak (Quercus tomentella), a relictual island tree species

Journal of Heredity

2024/2/2

Alayna Mead
Alayna Mead

H-Index: 2

Merly Escalona
Merly Escalona

H-Index: 3

Oanh Nguyen
Oanh Nguyen

H-Index: 6

A chromosome-level genome assembly for the dugong (Dugong dugon)

Journal of Heredity

2024/1/20

Merly Escalona
Merly Escalona

H-Index: 3

Beth Shapiro
Beth Shapiro

H-Index: 53

Limited genomic signatures of population collapse in the critically endangered black abalone (Haliotis cracherodii)

bioRxiv

2024

Erik Enbody
Erik Enbody

H-Index: 4

Merly Escalona
Merly Escalona

H-Index: 3

Beth Shapiro
Beth Shapiro

H-Index: 53

A highly contiguous genome assembly for the pocket mouse Perognathus longimembris longimembris

Journal of Heredity

2024/1/1

Merly Escalona
Merly Escalona

H-Index: 3

Oanh Nguyen
Oanh Nguyen

H-Index: 6

Chris Conroy
Chris Conroy

H-Index: 16

A genome assembly of the Yuma myotis bat, Myotis yumanensis

Journal of Heredity

2024/1/1

Joseph N Curti
Joseph N Curti

H-Index: 2

Merly Escalona
Merly Escalona

H-Index: 3

Oanh Nguyen
Oanh Nguyen

H-Index: 6

Peter H Sudmant
Peter H Sudmant

H-Index: 31

Erin Toffelmier
Erin Toffelmier

H-Index: 4

Robert Wayne
Robert Wayne

H-Index: 60

Reference genome of the bicolored carpenter ant, Camponotus vicinus

Journal of Heredity

2024/1/1

Merly Escalona
Merly Escalona

H-Index: 3

Courtney Miller
Courtney Miller

H-Index: 2

Erin Toffelmier
Erin Toffelmier

H-Index: 4

A draft reference genome assembly of California Pipevine, Aristolochia californica Torr

Journal of Heredity

2024/4/15

Samridhi Chaturvedi
Samridhi Chaturvedi

H-Index: 3

Merly Escalona
Merly Escalona

H-Index: 3

Oanh Nguyen
Oanh Nguyen

H-Index: 6

Courtney Miller
Courtney Miller

H-Index: 2

A reference genome assembly of the declining tricolored blackbird, Agelaius tricolor

Journal of Heredity

2023/1/1

Merly Escalona
Merly Escalona

H-Index: 3

Kelly Barr
Kelly Barr

H-Index: 9

Oanh Nguyen
Oanh Nguyen

H-Index: 6

Christy Wyckoff
Christy Wyckoff

H-Index: 9

Beth Shapiro
Beth Shapiro

H-Index: 53

Extant and extinct bilby genomes combined with Indigenous knowledge improve conservation of a unique Australian marsupial

2023/12/14

Richard Edwards
Richard Edwards

H-Index: 21

Merly Escalona
Merly Escalona

H-Index: 3

Kimberley Batley
Kimberley Batley

H-Index: 1

Zhiliang Chen
Zhiliang Chen

H-Index: 12

Oliver Griffith
Oliver Griffith

H-Index: 11

Nathan Lo
Nathan Lo

H-Index: 17

Aurora Ruiz-Herrera
Aurora Ruiz-Herrera

H-Index: 21

Jennifer Graves
Jennifer Graves

H-Index: 5

Beth Shapiro
Beth Shapiro

H-Index: 53

The reference genome assembly of the bright cobblestone lichen, Acarospora socialis

Journal of Heredity

2023/12/1

Merly Escalona
Merly Escalona

H-Index: 3

Oanh Nguyen
Oanh Nguyen

H-Index: 6

Jason E Stajich
Jason E Stajich

H-Index: 46

A reference genome assembly for the continentally distributed ring-necked snake, Diadophis punctatus

Journal of Heredity

2023/12/1

Merly Escalona
Merly Escalona

H-Index: 3

Oanh Nguyen
Oanh Nguyen

H-Index: 6

Erin Toffelmier
Erin Toffelmier

H-Index: 4

Ian J Wang
Ian J Wang

H-Index: 21

De novo assembly of a chromosome-level reference genome for the California Scrub-Jay, Aphelocoma californica

Frontiers in Genetics

2023/3/8

Jingjing Li
Jingjing Li

H-Index: 20

Haiyan Wang
Haiyan Wang

H-Index: 7

Qi Yang
Qi Yang

H-Index: 3

A genome assembly for the southern Pacific rattlesnake, Crotalus oreganus helleri, in the western rattlesnake species complex

Journal of Heredity

2023/12/1

Merly Escalona
Merly Escalona

H-Index: 3

Oanh Nguyen
Oanh Nguyen

H-Index: 6

Erin Toffelmier
Erin Toffelmier

H-Index: 4

Ian J Wang
Ian J Wang

H-Index: 21

A draft reference genome assembly of the Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly, Battus philenor hirsuta

Journal of Heredity

2023/12/1

Samridhi Chaturvedi
Samridhi Chaturvedi

H-Index: 3

Merly Escalona
Merly Escalona

H-Index: 3

Oanh Nguyen
Oanh Nguyen

H-Index: 6

Courtney Miller
Courtney Miller

H-Index: 2

A highly contiguous reference genome for the Steller’s jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)

Journal of Heredity

2023/9/1

Carla Cicero
Carla Cicero

H-Index: 21

Merly Escalona
Merly Escalona

H-Index: 3

Oanh Nguyen
Oanh Nguyen

H-Index: 6

Reference genome of California walnut, Juglans californica, and resemblance with other genomes in the order Fagales

Journal of Heredity

2023/9/1

Alayna Mead
Alayna Mead

H-Index: 2

Merly Escalona
Merly Escalona

H-Index: 3

Oanh Nguyen
Oanh Nguyen

H-Index: 6

Assembly of the largest squamate reference genome to date: The western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis

Journal of Heredity

2023/9/1

Michael L Yuan
Michael L Yuan

H-Index: 6

Merly Escalona
Merly Escalona

H-Index: 3

Oanh Nguyen
Oanh Nguyen

H-Index: 6

Erin Toffelmier
Erin Toffelmier

H-Index: 4

Ian J Wang
Ian J Wang

H-Index: 21

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