Yichen Zheng

The paper models interlocus gene conversion in tandem paralogues using Arabidopsis halleri HMA4 genes to show mosaic divergence patterns and the impact of IGC on gene copy diversity.

The paper models duplication-selection dynamics in gene families, showing that finite populations experience unbounded copy number growth unless counteracted by synergistic epistasis.

The paper identifies haplotypic independence as a mechanism enabling long-term survival of an asexual mite species without sex.

The paper investigates whether gene copy number distribution changes in European and Asian populations during the human out-of-Africa expansion are due to demographic factors or adaptive selection.

The paper uses SNP data from Huidobria fruticosa to show recent population structure shaped by climate change over the last 2 million years in the Atacama Desert.

This study compares genetic diversity between wild and laboratory zebrafish strains using RAD-seq, finding higher diversity in wild populations and distinct patterns in different regions.