Jesper Boman
Postdoctoral position at Department of Ecology and Genetics; Plant Ecology and Evolution
- E-mail:
- jesper.boman@ebc.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Evolutionsbiologiskt Centrum (EBC)
Norbyvägen 18 D - Postal address:
- Norbyvägen 18 D
752 36 UPPSALA
Short presentation
My research is in the field of evolutionary genetics where I specifically investigate how evolutionary processes such as mutation, recombination and selection affects the evolution of species. In particular, I've investigated these phenomena in birds and butterflies.

Publications
Selection of publications
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Meiotic drive against chromosome fusions in butterfly hybrids
Part of Chromosome Research, 2024
- DOI for Meiotic drive against chromosome fusions in butterfly hybrids
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Part of BMC Biology, 2024
- DOI for Regulatory and evolutionary impact of DNA methylation in two songbird species and their naturally occurring F1 hybrids
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Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, 2021
- DOI for The Effects of GC-Biased Gene Conversion on Patterns of Genetic Diversity among and across Butterfly Genomes
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Recent publications
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Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2026
- DOI for No Preference for Performance: Host Plant Preference, Offspring Performance and Host Plant Distribution in the Butterfly Aricia artaxerxes
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Evolution of Hybrid Inviability Associated With Chromosome Fusions
Part of Molecular Ecology, 2025
- DOI for Evolution of Hybrid Inviability Associated With Chromosome Fusions
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On the origin of an insular hybrid butterfly species
Part of Evolution, p. 510-524, 2025
- DOI for On the origin of an insular hybrid butterfly species
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Meiotic drive against chromosome fusions in butterfly hybrids
Part of Chromosome Research, 2024
- DOI for Meiotic drive against chromosome fusions in butterfly hybrids
- Download full text (pdf) of Meiotic drive against chromosome fusions in butterfly hybrids
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Part of BMC Biology, 2024
- DOI for Regulatory and evolutionary impact of DNA methylation in two songbird species and their naturally occurring F1 hybrids
- Download full text (pdf) of Regulatory and evolutionary impact of DNA methylation in two songbird species and their naturally occurring F1 hybrids
All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2026
- DOI for No Preference for Performance: Host Plant Preference, Offspring Performance and Host Plant Distribution in the Butterfly Aricia artaxerxes
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Evolution of Hybrid Inviability Associated With Chromosome Fusions
Part of Molecular Ecology, 2025
- DOI for Evolution of Hybrid Inviability Associated With Chromosome Fusions
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On the origin of an insular hybrid butterfly species
Part of Evolution, p. 510-524, 2025
- DOI for On the origin of an insular hybrid butterfly species
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Meiotic drive against chromosome fusions in butterfly hybrids
Part of Chromosome Research, 2024
- DOI for Meiotic drive against chromosome fusions in butterfly hybrids
- Download full text (pdf) of Meiotic drive against chromosome fusions in butterfly hybrids
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Part of BMC Biology, 2024
- DOI for Regulatory and evolutionary impact of DNA methylation in two songbird species and their naturally occurring F1 hybrids
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Nascent evolution of recombination rate differences as a consequence of chromosomal rearrangements
Part of PLOS Genetics, 2023
- DOI for Nascent evolution of recombination rate differences as a consequence of chromosomal rearrangements
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Base composition, codon usage and patterns of gene sequence evolution in butterflies.
Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, 2023
- DOI for Base composition, codon usage and patterns of gene sequence evolution in butterflies.
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Larger genomes show improved buffering of adult fitness against environmental stress in seed beetles
Part of Biology Letters, 2023
- DOI for Larger genomes show improved buffering of adult fitness against environmental stress in seed beetles
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Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 3513-3523, 2023
- DOI for Environmental stress during larval development induces DNA methylation shifts in the migratory painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui)
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Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, 2021
- DOI for The Effects of GC-Biased Gene Conversion on Patterns of Genetic Diversity among and across Butterfly Genomes
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