Population Genetics

Publications

2021

Journal articles

  1. Armstrong EE, Khan A, Taylor RW, Gouy A, Greenbaum G, Thiéry A, Kang JTL, Redondo SA, Prost S, Barsh G, Kaelin C, Phalke S, Chugani A, Gilbert M, Miquelle D, Zachariah A, Borthakur U, Reddy A, Louis E, Ryder OA, Jhala YV, Petrov D, Excoffier L, Hadly E & and Ramakrishnan U (2021) Recent evolutionary history of tigers highlights contrasting roles of genetic drift and selection. Molecular Biology and Evolution 38: 2366-2379 [Abstract and pdf]
  2. Choin J, Mendoza-Revilla J, Arauna LR, Cuadros-Espinoza S, Cassar O, Larena M, Ko AM-S, Harmant C, Laurent R, Verdu P Laval G, Boland A, Olaso R, Deleuze J-F, Valentin F, Ko Y-C, Jakobsson M, Gessain A, Excoffier L, Stoneking M, Patin E & Quintana-Murci L (2021) Genomic insights into population history and biological adaptation in Oceania. Nature 592: 583–589 [Abstract and pdf]
  3. Cierniak F, von Arnim F, Heckel G, Ulrich RG, Groschup MH & Eiden M (2021) A putative novel hepatitis E virus genotype 3 subtype identified in rabbit, Germany 2016. Viruses 13: e1065 [Abstract and pdf]
  4. Drewes S, Jeske K, Straková P, Balčiauskas L, Ryll R, Balčiauskienė L, Kohlhause D, Schnidrig G-A, Hiltbrunner M, Špakova A, Insodaitė R, Petraitytė-Burneikienė R, Heckel G & Ulrich RG (2021) Identification of a novel hantavirus strain in the root vole (Microtus oeconomus) in Lithuania, Eastern Europe. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 90: e104520 [Abstract and pdf]
  5. Duarte MA, Rodriguez Fernandes C, Heckel G, Mathias MdL & Bastos-Silveira C (2021) Variation and selection in the putative sperm-binding region of ZP3 in muroid rodents: a comparison between Cricetids and Murines. Genes 12: 1450 [Abstract and pdf]
  6. Excoffier L, Marchi N, Marques DA, Matthey-Doret R, Gouy A & Sousa VC (2021) fastsimcoal2: demographic inference under complex evolutionary scenarios. Bioinformatics 37: 4882-4885 [Abstract and pdf]
  7. Foote AD, Gilbert MTP, Gopalakrishnan S, Louis M, Martin MD, Morin PA, Nykänen M, Scharff-Olsen CH & Excoffier L (2021) Evidence of long-term purging of mutation load in killer whale genomes. bioRxiv [Abstract and pdf]
  8. Foote AD, Hooper R, Alexander A, Baird RW, Baker CS, Ballance L, Barlow J, Brownlow A, Collins T, Constantine R, Dalla Rosa L & et al. (2021) Runs of homozygosity in killer whale genomes provide a global record of demographic histories. Molecular Ecology 30: 6162–6177 [Abstract and pdf]
  9. Jeske K, Emirhar D, Garcia JT, Gonzalez-Barrio D, Olea PP, Ruiz Fons F, Schulz J, Mayer-Scholl A, Heckel G & Ulrich RG (2021) Frequent Leptospira spp. detection, but absence of Tula orthohantavirus in Microtus voles, Northwestern Spain. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 57: 733-742 [Abstract and pdf]
  10. Jeske K, Jacob J, Drewes S, Pfeffer M, Heckel G, Ulrich RG & Imholt C (2021) Hantavirus - Leptospira coinfections in small mammals from central Germany. Epidemiology & Infection 149: e97 [Abstract and pdf]
  11. Johri P, Riall K, Becher H, Excoffier L, Charlesworth B & Jensen JD (2021) The Impact of Purifying and Background Selection on the Inference of Population History: Problems and Prospects. Molecular Biology and Evolution 38: 2986-3003 [Abstract and pdf]
  12. Li HS, Huang YH, Chen ML, Ren Z, Qiu BY, De Clercq P, Heckel G & Pang H (2021) Genomic insight into diet adaptation in the biological control agent Cryptolaemus montrouzieri. BMC Genomics 22: e135 [Abstract and pdf]
  13. Marchi N, Schlichta F & Excoffier L (2021) Demographic inference. Current Biology 31: R267–R281 [Abstract and pdf]
  14. Marques D, Lucek K, Sousa VC, Excoffier L & Seehausen O (2021) Reply to “Re-evaluating the evidence for facilitation of stickleback speciation by admixture in the Lake Constance basin”. Nature Communications 12: 2807 [Abstract and pdf]
  15. Moinet A, Peischl S & Excoffier L (2021) Strong neutral sweeps occurring during a population contraction. bioRxiv [Abstract]
  16. Schmidt S, Reil D, Jeske K, Drewes S, Rosenfeld UM, Fischer S, Spierling NG, Labutin A, Heckel G, Jacob J, Ulrich RG & Imholt C (2021) Spatial and temporal dynamics and molecular evolution of Tula orthohantavirus in German vole populations. Viruses 13: e1132 [Abstract and pdf]
  17. Schneider J, Hoffmann B, Fevola C, Schmidt ML, Imholt C, Fischer S, Ecke F, Hörnfeldt B, Magnusson M, Olsson GE, Rizzoli A, Tagliapetra V, Chiari M, Reusken C, Bužan E, Kazimirova M, Stanko M, White TA, Reil D, Obiegala A, Meredith A, Drexler JF, Essbauer S, Henttonen H, Jacob J, Hauffe HC, Beer M, Heckel G & Ulrich RG (2021) Geographical distribution and genetic diversity of bank vole hepaciviruses in Europe. Viruses 13: e1258 [Abstract and pdf]
  18. Yilmaz B, Mooser C, Keller I, Li H, Zimmermann J, Bosshard L, Fuhrer T, Gomez de Agüero M, Trigo NF, Tschanz-Lischer H, Limenitakis JP, Hardt W-D, McCoy KD, Stecher B, Excoffier L, Sauer U, Ganal-Vonarburg SC & Macpherson AJ (2021) Long-term evolution and short-term adaptation of microbiota strains and sub-strains in mice. Cell Host & Microbe 29: 650-663 [Abstract and pdf]

Book sections

  1. Currat M, Quilodran C & Excoffier L (2021) Simulations of Human Dispersal and Genetic Diversity. In 'Evolution of the Human Genome II' edited by Saitou N. Springer Japan KK. Pp. 231-255. [Abstract and pdf]