Matthew Christmas
Researcher at Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology; Genetics and Genomics; Kerstin Lindblad-Toh
- E-mail:
- matthew.christmas@imbim.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- BMC
Husargatan 3
752 37 UPPSALA - Postal address:
- Box 582
751 23 UPPSALA

Publications
Recent publications
Large Inversions Shape Diversification and Genome Evolution in Common Quails
Part of Molecular Ecology, 2025
Interpreting mammalian synonymous site conservation in light of the unwanted transcript hypothesis
Part of Nature Communications, 2025
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Identification of constrained sequence elements across 239 primate genomes
Part of Nature, p. 735-742, 2024
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The Genomic Basis of Adaptation to High Elevations in Africanized Honey Bees
Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, 2023
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Leveraging base-pair mammalian constraint to understand genetic variation and human disease
Part of Science, p. 367-+, 2023
All publications
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Large Inversions Shape Diversification and Genome Evolution in Common Quails
Part of Molecular Ecology, 2025
Interpreting mammalian synonymous site conservation in light of the unwanted transcript hypothesis
Part of Nature Communications, 2025
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Identification of constrained sequence elements across 239 primate genomes
Part of Nature, p. 735-742, 2024
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The Genomic Basis of Adaptation to High Elevations in Africanized Honey Bees
Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, 2023
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Leveraging base-pair mammalian constraint to understand genetic variation and human disease
Part of Science, p. 367-+, 2023
Part of Genome Biology, 2023
- DOI for Genome sequencing of 2000 canids by the Dog10K consortium advances the understanding of demography, genome function and architecture
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Evolutionary constraint and innovation across hundreds of placental mammals
Part of Science, 2023
Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 1111-1127, 2022
- DOI for A genomic and morphometric analysis of alpine bumblebees: Ongoing reductions in tongue length but no clear genetic component
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Massive genome inversion drives coexistence of divergent morphs in common quails
Part of Current Biology, p. 462-+, 2022
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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Part of Restoration Ecology, 2021
- DOI for Site preparation impacts on soil biotic and abiotic properties, weed control, and native grass establishment
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Part of Life, 2021
- DOI for Genomic, Habitat, and Leaf Shape Analyses Reveal a Possible Cryptic Species and Vulnerability to Climate Change in a Threatened Daisy
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Part of Diversity, 2020
- DOI for Increased Genetic Diversity via Gene Flow Provides Hope for Acacia whibleyana, an Endangered Wattle Facing Extinction
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Chromosomal inversions associated with environmental adaptation in honeybees
Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 1358-1374, 2019
The genomic basis of adaptation to high-altitude habitats in the eastern honey bee (Apis cerana)
Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 746-760, 2019
Social Parasitism in the Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Is Not Controlled by a Single SNP
Part of Molecular biology and evolution, p. 1764-1767, 2019
Part of Conservation Genetics, p. 1101-1112, 2019
Extreme Differences in Recombination Rate between the Genomes of a Solitary and a Social Bee
Part of Molecular biology and evolution, p. 2277-2291, 2019
Functional acclimation across microgeographic scales in Dodonaea viscosa
Part of AoB Plants, 2018
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Part of Australian Journal of Botany, p. 287-297, 2018