Evolutionary Biology
Research focused on evolutionary genetics

The Evolutionary Biology program runs a graduate research program in evolutionary genetics and we are also responsible for teaching undergraduate courses in evolutionary genetics, evolutionary processes, basics of genetics and molecular evolution. Our research is predominantly run by independent research groups, with expertise in evolutionary genetics and genomics, molecular evolution, molecular ecology, quantitative- and population genetics.

Evolutionary Biology members
Contact information
Head of program
Prof. Niclas Backström
018-471 64 15
niclas.backstrom@ebc.uu.se
Visiting address
Evolutionary Biology
Department of Ecology and Genetics
Evolutionary Biology Centre (EBC)
Uppsala University
Norbyvägen 18 D
752 36 Uppsala
Delivery address
Evolutionary Biology
Evolutionary Biology Centre (EBC)
Uppsala University
Kåbovägen 4, hus 7
752 36 Uppsala
People
Publications
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Part of Molecular Ecology, 2026
- DOI for Common Chiffchaffs (Phylloscopus collybita) Diverge in a Genomic Region Associated With Migration Differences in Willow Warblers (Phylloscopus trochilus)
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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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Part of Communications Biology, 2026
- DOI for Ancestry, admixture, and pathogens in contemporaneous Neolithic farmers and foragers on the Island of Gotland
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Part of IMA Fungus, 2026
- DOI for Another dark taxon comes to light: Semicentenialomycetes, a new class within the Pucciniomycotina (Basidiomycota), and its first described representative, Semicentenialea rex
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Part of Genome Research, p. 1329-1341, 2026
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Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, 2026
- DOI for A Recipe for a Good Ï. How to Properly Estimate Population Genetics Summary Statistics and Why we Should Systematically Report Them
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Impacts of large herbivores on mycorrhizal fungal communities across the Arctic
Part of Ecography, 2026
- DOI for Impacts of large herbivores on mycorrhizal fungal communities across the Arctic
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Part of Evolution Letters, p. 91-103, 2026
- DOI for The effects of sexual selection on functional and molecular reproductive divergence during experimental evolution in seed beetles
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Part of G3, 2026
- DOI for Mutational biases and selection in mitochondrial genomes: insights from a comparative analysis of natural and laboratory populations of Caenorhabditis elegans
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Part of Molecular Ecology, 2025
- DOI for Biodiversity Genomics Research Practices Require Harmonising to Meet Stakeholder Needs in Conservation
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