Leif Andersson

This study uses experimental evolution in seed beetles to show that structural variants and sex-specific genetic factors influence lifespan evolution.

The paper identifies genetic variants associated with lunar-regulated spawning time in grass puffer fish by analyzing geographic differences in spawning timing and conducting population genomics.

This study identifies melanogenesis gene mutations that alter feather photonic nanostructures, causing iridescent color changes in peafowl and wild birds.

This study identifies highly polymorphic MHC class II genes in Atlantic herring using long-read sequencing, revealing exceptional diversity and coevolution of gene pairs.

upSPLAT reduces library preparation costs by 10-fold through early barcoding and single-stranded ligation, enabling cost-effective, high-plex sequencing across diverse DNA inputs.

The paper identifies adaptive introgression from Pacific herring to Atlantic herring in the Baltic Sea, showing introgressed genes may enhance adaptation to brackish environments.

The paper uses whole genome sequencing to analyze genetic differentiation and plasticity in sympatric morphs of Arctic charr across multiple lakes, revealing a polygenic basis and varying levels of reproductive isolation.

This study shows that piscivorous herring evolved sympatrically in the young Baltic Sea, growing faster and occupying a new niche despite incomplete adaptation to a fish diet.

The paper investigates the origin and maintenance of chromosomal inversions in Atlantic herring, showing they are old, formed by ectopic recombination, and maintained by purifying selection.

The paper analyzes genetic adaptation in European sprat and Atlantic herring to brackish waters, finding limited parallelism in genetic changes despite similar environmental pressures.

This study identifies copy number variation and high genetic diversity at immune-related loci in herring, showing these regions are blind spots in short-read genome scans.

The paper investigates the evolution of p53/MDM2 interaction in teleosts, finding that affinity is conserved through compensatory changes in both conserved and non-conserved regions.

The paper identifies genomic regions and environmental factors driving spatial and temporal differentiation in Atlantic herring despite gene flow.

The paper examines genomic variation in Atlantic horse mackerel to identify adaptive loci and environmental drivers of local adaptation, finding chromosomal inversions and gene expression differences related to environmental factors.

This study identifies ZC3H11A as a regulator of polyadenylation of viral transcripts through its interaction with PABPN1 and mRNA.

The paper presents a chromosome-level genome assembly of Atlantic herring, enabling the detection of a supergene and improved analysis of selection signals.

This study investigates ZBED6's role in mouse myoblasts using gene editing, RNAseq, and proteomics, showing ZBED6 regulates IGF2 through a specific binding site, affecting mitochondrial activity and myogenesis.

The paper estimates the mutation rate in Atlantic herring and explains its moderate nucleotide diversity despite large population size.

HaploDistScan detects genomic regions of deep divergence using haplotype distances without prior population information, identifying balancing selection in ruff and Darwin's finch data.

DevRO detects structural variants in multiple populations using paired-end mapping and depth of coverage without pairwise comparisons.