Lillie lab

Conservation Genomics and Immunogenetics

We are primarily interested in the genetic and genomic basis of how species adapt to the environment, and how this knowledge can be harnessed within the field of conservation biology to enhance management actions. We want to characterise adaptive genetic variation (with a particular focus on variation underlying immunological traits), how this is structured within and across populations and undetstand how this variation has been shaped by historical evolutionary forces. These research foci are becoming increasingly relevant under predictions of future climate change and the consequences for vulnerable populations and species.

Group members

Research leader: Mette Lillie

Group members: Seraina Emilia Bracamonte, Charlotte Enkvist, Joshua Hufton, Malavi Sengupta

Publications

Contrasting segregation patterns among endogenous retroviruses across the koala population

Lillie, Mette; Pettersson, Mats; Jern, Patric

Part of Communications Biology, 2024
- DOI for Contrasting segregation patterns among endogenous retroviruses across the koala population
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Expansion of a retrovirus lineage in the koala genome

Lillie, Mette; Hill, Jason; Pettersson, Mats; Jern, Patric

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022
- DOI for Expansion of a retrovirus lineage in the koala genome
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Spatiotemporal variations in retrovirus-host interactions among Darwin’s finches

Hill, Jason; Lillie, Mette; Pettersson, Mats; Rubin, Carl-Johan et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2022
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Whole genome sequencing reveals high differentiation, low levels of genetic diversity and short runs of homozygosity among Swedish wels catfish

Jensen, Axel; Lillie, Mette; Bergström, Kristofer; Larsson, Per et al.

Part of Heredity, p. 79-91, 2021
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Genotyping by low-coverage whole-genome sequencing in intercross pedigrees from outbred founders: a cost-efficient approach

Zan, Yanjun; Payen, Thibaut; Lillie, Mette; Honaker, Christa F. et al.

Part of Genetics Selection Evolution, 2019
- DOI for Genotyping by low-coverage whole-genome sequencing in intercross pedigrees from outbred founders: a cost-efficient approach
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A genomic inference of the White Plymouth Rock genealogy

Guo, Ying; Lillie, Mette; Zan, Yanjun; Beranger, Jeannette et al.

Part of Poultry Science, p. 5272-5280, 2019
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Exploring the genetics of trotting racing ability in horses using a unique Nordic horse model

Velie, Brandon D.; Lillie, Mette; Fegraeus, Kim Jaderkvist; Rosengren, Maria K. et al.

Part of BMC Genomics, 2019
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Bidirectional Selection for Body Weight on Standing Genetic Variation in a Chicken Model

Lillie, Mette; Honaker, Christa F.; Siegel, Paul B.; Carlborg, Örjan

Part of G3, p. 1165-1173, 2019
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Genomic signatures of 60 years of bidirectional selection for 8-week body weight in chickens

Lillie, Mette; Sheng, Zheya; Honaker, Christa; Andersson, Leif et al.

Part of Poultry Science, p. 781-790, 2018
- DOI for Genomic signatures of 60 years of bidirectional selection for 8-week body weight in chickens
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Artificial Selection Response due to Polygenic Adaptation from a Multilocus, Multiallelic Genetic Architecture.

Zan, Yanjun; Sheng, Zheya; Lillie, Mette; Rönnegård, Lars et al.

Part of Molecular biology and evolution, p. 2678-2689, 2017
- DOI for Artificial Selection Response due to Polygenic Adaptation from a Multilocus, Multiallelic Genetic Architecture.

Research areas

Animal Ecology