Sean Chien

Research

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Publications

Chien, S., & Blackmon, H. (2026). Chromosomal Rearrangements: Tempo and Mode of Karyotype Evolution in Scarabaeoidea. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, voag025. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voag025

Chien, S., Huang, J.-P., & Blackmon, H. (2026). Chromosome-Level Reference Genome of an Endemic, Endangered Long-Armed Scarab (Cheirotonus formosanus): Discovery of a Putative Y-Linked Scaffold and Demographic History. Ecology and Evolution, 16(4), e73483. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73483

Heath Blackmon, Michelle Jonika, Sean Chien, Max Chin, Nathan, Anya, Chromartie, & Meghann McConnell. (2026). coleoguy/evobir: v3.0 (Version v3). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19137903

Sylvester, T., Hoover, Z., Hjelmen, C. E., Jonika, M. M., Blackmon, L. T., Alfieri, J. M., Johnston, J. S., Chien, S., Esfandani, T., & Blackmon, H. (2024). A reference quality genome assembly for the jewel scarab Chrysina gloriosa, G3 Genes \textbar Genomes \textbar Genetics, 14(6), jkae084. https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkae084

Contact

Google scholar: Sean Chien

Email: schien[at]tamu.edu

GitHub: Sean Chien