• Inference of natural selection from ancient DNA 

      Dehasque, Marianne; Ávila-Arcos, María C; Díez-del-Molino, David; Fumagalli, Matteo; Guschanski, Katerina; Lorenzen, Eline D.; Malaspinas, Anna-Sapfo; Marques-Bonet, Tomas; Martin, Michael David; Murray, Gemma G.R.; Papadopulos, Alexander; Therkildsen, Nina Overgaard; Wegmann, Daniel; Dalén, Love; Foote, Andrew (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Evolutionary processes, including selection, can be indirectly inferred based on patterns of genomic variation among contemporary populations or species. However, this often requires unrealistic assumptions of ancestral ...
    • Low Prevalence of Lactase Persistence in Bronze Age Europe Indicates Ongoing Strong Selection over the Last 3,000 Years 

      Burger, Joachim; Link, Vivian; Blöcher, Jens; Schulz, Anna; Sell, Christian; Pochon, Zoé; Diekmann, Yoan; Zegarac, Aleksandra; Hofmanová, Zuzana; Winkelbach, Laura; Reyna-Blanco, Carlos S.; Bieker, Vanessa Carina; Orschiedt, Jörg; Brinker, Ute; Scheu, Amelie; Leuenberger, Christoph; Bertino, Thomas S.; Bollongino, Ruth; Lidke, Gundula; Stefanovic, Sofija; Jantzen, Detlef; Kaiser, Elke; Terberger, Thomas; Thomas, Mark G.; Veeramah, Krishna R.; Wegmann, Daniel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Lactase persistence (LP), the continued expression of lactase into adulthood, is the most strongly selected single gene trait over the last 10,000 years in multiple human populations. It has been posited that the primary ...
    • Selection on ancestral genetic variation fuels repeated ecotype formation in bottlenose dolphins 

      Louis, Marie; Galimberti, Marco; Archer, Frederick; Berrow, Simon; Brownlow, Andrew; Fallon, Ramon; Nykänen, Milaja; O'Brien, Joanne; Roberston, Kelly M.; Rosel, Patricia E.; Simon-Bouhet, Benoit; Wegmann, Daniel; Fontaine, Michael C.; Foote, Andrew D.; Gaggiotti, Oscar E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Studying repeated adaptation can provide insights into the mechanisms allowing species to adapt to novel environments. Here, we investigate repeated evolution driven by habitat specialization in the common bottlenose ...