Prevalence and adaptive impact of introgression

NB Edelman, J Mallet - Annual Review of Genetics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Alleles that introgress between species can influence the evolutionary and ecological fate of
species exposed to novel environments. Hybrid offspring of different species are often unfit …

Host–parasite co-evolution and its genomic signature

D Ebert, PD Fields - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Studies in diverse biological systems have indicated that host–parasite co-evolution is
responsible for the extraordinary genetic diversity seen in some genomic regions, such as …

A beginner's guide to low‐coverage whole genome sequencing for population genomics

RN Lou, A Jacobs, AP Wilder… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Low‐coverage whole genome sequencing (lcWGS) has emerged as a powerful and cost‐
effective approach for population genomic studies in both model and nonmodel species …

Nucleocapsid mutations R203K/G204R increase the infectivity, fitness, and virulence of SARS-CoV-2

H Wu, N **ng, K Meng, B Fu, W Xue, P Dong, W Tang… - Cell host & …, 2021 - cell.com
Previous work found that the co-occurring mutations R203K/G204R on the SARS-CoV-2
nucleocapsid (N) protein are increasing in frequency among emerging variants of concern …

Resequencing of 145 landmark cultivars reveals asymmetric sub-genome selection and strong founder genotype effects on wheat breeding in China

C Hao, C Jiao, J Hou, T Li, H Liu, Y Wang, J Zheng… - Molecular plant, 2020 - cell.com
Controlled pedigrees and the multi-decade timescale of national crop plant breeding
programs offer a unique experimental context for examining how selection affects plant …

Effects of selection at linked sites on patterns of genetic variability

B Charlesworth, JD Jensen - Annual review of ecology …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Patterns of variation and evolution at a given site in a genome can be strongly influenced by
the effects of selection at genetically linked sites. In particular, the recombination rates of …

Population sequencing enhances understanding of tea plant evolution

X Wang, H Feng, Y Chang, C Ma, L Wang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Tea is an economically important plant characterized by a large genome, high
heterozygosity, and high species diversity. In this study, we assemble a 3.26-Gb high-quality …

Global genetic diversity, introgression, and evolutionary adaptation of indicine cattle revealed by whole genome sequencing

N Chen, X **a, Q Hanif, F Zhang, R Dang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Indicine cattle, also referred to as zebu (Bos taurus indicus), play a central role in pastoral
communities across a wide range of agro-ecosystems, from extremely hot semiarid regions …

A community-maintained standard library of population genetic models

JR Adrion, CB Cole, N Dukler, JG Galloway… - elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
The explosion in population genomic data demands ever more complex modes of analysis,
and increasingly, these analyses depend on sophisticated simulations. Recent advances in …

The origin of domestication genes in goats

Z Zheng, X Wang, M Li, Y Li, Z Yang, X Wang… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Goat domestication was critical for agriculture and civilization, but its underlying genetic
changes and selection regimes remain unclear. Here, we analyze the genomes of …