Valentina Peona
Visiting researcher at Department of Organismal Biology; Systematic Biology
- E-mail:
- valentina.peona@ebc.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Evolutionsbiologiskt centrum, Norbyv. 18D
75236 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Norbyv. 18D
75236 Uppsala
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- ORCID:
- 0000-0001-5119-1837
Keywords
- comparative genomics
- speciation
- transposable elements
- sex chromosomes
- birds of paradise
- genome assembly
- pacbio
- hi-c
- long reads
- adaptive radiation

Publications
Recent publications
Part of Molecular Ecology, 2024
- DOI for Orthopteran Neo-Sex Chromosomes Reveal Dynamics of Recombination Suppression and Evolution of Supergenes
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Part of iScience, 2024
- DOI for Hybridization in birds-of-paradise: Widespread ancestral gene flow despite strong sexual selection in a lek-mating system
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Part of Mobile DNA, 2024
- DOI for Teaching transposon classification as a means to crowd source the curation of repeat annotation: a tardigrade perspective
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Part of G3, 2023
- DOI for An annotated chromosome-scale reference genome for Eastern black-eared wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca)
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2023
- DOI for Comparative analysis of bats and rodents' genomes suggests a relation between non-LTR retrotransposons, cancer incidence, and ageing
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All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Molecular Ecology, 2024
- DOI for Orthopteran Neo-Sex Chromosomes Reveal Dynamics of Recombination Suppression and Evolution of Supergenes
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Part of iScience, 2024
- DOI for Hybridization in birds-of-paradise: Widespread ancestral gene flow despite strong sexual selection in a lek-mating system
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Part of Mobile DNA, 2024
- DOI for Teaching transposon classification as a means to crowd source the curation of repeat annotation: a tardigrade perspective
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Part of G3, 2023
- DOI for An annotated chromosome-scale reference genome for Eastern black-eared wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca)
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2023
- DOI for Comparative analysis of bats and rodents' genomes suggests a relation between non-LTR retrotransposons, cancer incidence, and ageing
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Satellite DNA evolution in Corvoidea inferred from short and long reads
Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 1288-1305, 2023
- DOI for Satellite DNA evolution in Corvoidea inferred from short and long reads
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Recurrent chromosome reshuffling and the evolution of neo-sex chromosomes in parrots
Part of Nature Communications, 2022
- DOI for Recurrent chromosome reshuffling and the evolution of neo-sex chromosomes in parrots
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A beginner's guide to manual curation of transposable elements
Part of Mobile DNA, 2022
- DOI for A beginner's guide to manual curation of transposable elements
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Part of Fungal Genetics Reports, 2022
- DOI for Transposon- and Genome Dynamics in the Fungal Genus Neurospora: Insights from Nearly Gapless Genome Assemblies
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Part of Molecular Ecology Resources, p. 263-286, 2021
- DOI for Identifying the causes and consequences of assembly gaps using a multiplatform genome assembly of a bird-of-paradise
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Part of Molecular biology and evolution, p. 3126-3143, 2021
- DOI for Genetic Barriers to Historical Gene Flow between Cryptic Species of Alpine Bumblebees Revealed by Comparative Population Genomics
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Digest: Population genomics reveals convergence toward melanism in different island populations
Part of Evolution, p. 1582-1584, 2021
Part of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2021
- DOI for The avian W chromosome is a refugium for endogenous retroviruses with likely effects on female-biased mutational load and genetic incompatibilities
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Discovery and population genomics of structural variation in a songbird genus
Part of Nature Communications, 2020
- DOI for Discovery and population genomics of structural variation in a songbird genus
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The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution
Part of Nature, p. 403-409, 2020
- DOI for The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution
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Dynamic evolutionary history and gene content of sex chromosomes across diverse songbirds
Part of Nature Ecology & Evolution, p. 834-844, 2019
Part of Mobile DNA, 2018
- DOI for Impact of non-LTR retrotransposons in the differentiation and evolution of anatomically modern humans
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Transposable Elements Activity is Positively Related to Rate of Speciation in Mammals
Part of Journal of Molecular Evolution, p. 303-310, 2018
- DOI for Transposable Elements Activity is Positively Related to Rate of Speciation in Mammals
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How complete are "complete" genome assemblies?: An avian perspective
Part of Molecular Ecology Resources, p. 1188-1195, 2018
- DOI for How complete are "complete" genome assemblies?: An avian perspective
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