Wiesław Babik

The study investigates diversifying selection on the missing-self regulator CFH in bank voles, finding evidence of positive selection in its Borrelia-interacting domain and coevolution with pathogens.

This study investigates MHC evolution in seven newt species, finding a compact core MHC region and lineage-specific duplications, challenging previous assumptions about MHC expansion in giant genomes.

The paper examines sex-specific recombination patterns in bulb mites with holocentric chromosomes, finding similar recombination landscapes in males and females with higher rates at chromosome ends and female-specific higher overall rates.

The paper identifies the Y-chromosome in newts and finds it not homologous to the balanced lethal system, refuting a proposed sex chromosome origin for the system.

This study investigates how polymorphic inversions affect the detection of selection signals in the European spruce bark beetle using simulation and genome-wide data.

The paper examines polymorphic inversions in the spruce bark beetle, identifying 27 inversions covering 28% of the genome and showing their enrichment in odorant receptor genes.

The paper reanalyzes hybridization frequency between European smooth and palmate newts using SNPs, finding low hybridization rates and suggesting microsatellites overestimate introgression.