Browsing Institutt for naturhistorie by Journals "Nature Communications"
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A 5700 year-old human genome and oral microbiome from chewed birch pitch
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The rise of ancient genomics has revolutionised our understanding of human prehistory but this work depends on the availability of suitable samples. Here we present a complete ancienthuman genome and oral microbiome sequenced ... -
Ancient dolphin genomes reveal rapid repeated adaptation to coastal waters
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Parallel evolution provides strong evidence of adaptation by natural selection due to local environmental variation. Yet, the chronology, and mode of the process of parallel evolution remains debated. Here, we harness the ... -
Ancient origin and maternal inheritance of blue cuckoo eggs
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Maternal inheritance via the female-specific W chromosome was long ago proposed as a potential solution to the evolutionary enigma of co-existing host-specific races (or ‘gentes’) in avian brood parasites. Here we report ... -
Archival influenza virus genomes from Europe reveal genomic variability during the 1918 pandemic
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The 1918 influenza pandemic was the deadliest respiratory pandemic of the 20th century and determined the genomic make-up of subsequent human influenza A viruses (IAV). Here, we analyze both the first 1918 IAV genomes from ... -
Discovery of a silicate rock-boring organism and macrobioerosion in fresh water
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Macrobioerosion is a common process in marine ecosystems. Many types of rock-boring organisms break down hard substrates, particularly carbonate rocks and calcareous structures such as dead corals and shells. In paleontology, ... -
DNA metabarcoding and spatial modelling link diet diversification with distribution homogeneity in European bats
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Inferences of the interactions between species’ ecological niches and spatial distribution have been historically based on simple metrics such as low-resolution dietary breadth and range size, which might have impeded the ... -
Functional roles of Aves class-specific cis-regulatory elements on macroevolution of bird-specific features
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Unlike microevolutionary processes, little is known about the genetic basis of macroevolutionary processes. One of these magnificent examples is the transition from non-avian dinosaurs to birds that has created numerous ... -
Genome-culture coevolution drives rapid divergence in the killer whale
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Analysing population genomic data from killer whale ecotypes, which we estimate have globally radiated within less than 250,000 years, we show that genetic structuring including the segregation of potentially functional ... -
The genomic basis of the plant island syndrome in Darwin’s giant daisies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The repeated, rapid and often pronounced patterns of evolutionary divergence observed in insular plants, or the ‘plant island syndrome’, include changes in leaf phenotypes, growth, as well as the acquisition of a perennial ... -
Genomic insights into the conservation status of the world’s last remaining Sumatran rhinoceros populations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Small populations are often exposed to high inbreeding and mutational load that can increase the risk of extinction. The Sumatran rhinoceros was widespread in Southeast Asia, but is now restricted to small and isolated ... -
Genomic insights into the secondary aquatic transition of penguins
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Global plant trait relationships extend to theclimatic extremes of the tundra biome
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The majority of variation in six traits critical to the growth, survival and reproduction of plant species is thought to be organised along just two dimensions, corresponding to strategies of plant size and resource ... -
Large haploblocks underlie rapid adaptation in the invasive weed Ambrosia artemisiifolia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Adaptation is the central feature and leading explanation for the evolutionary diversification of life. Adaptation is also notoriously difficult to study in nature, owing to its complexity and logistically prohibitive ...