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
Calculating Relatedness: A Pedigree of Definitions
Part of Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 2025
Part of PNAS Nexus, 2025
- DOI for Isotope geolocation and population genomics in Vanessa cardui: Short- and long-distance migrants are genetically undifferentiated
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Part of Evolutionary Applications, 2024
- DOI for Structural genomic variation in the inbred Scandinavian wolf population contributes to the realized genetic load but is positively affected by immigration
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The genetic basis of a recent transition to live-bearing in marine snails
Part of Science, p. 114-119, 2024
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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Environmental complexity mitigates the demographic impact of sexual selection
Part of Ecology Letters, 2024
- DOI for Environmental complexity mitigates the demographic impact of sexual selection
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Part of NPJ MATERIALS DEGRADATION, 2024
- DOI for Organic carbon source controlled microbial olivine dissolution in small-scale flow-through bioreactors, for CO2 removal
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Part of Acta Ethologica, p. 51-64, 2024
Part of Nature Ecology & Evolution, p. 98-110, 2024
- DOI for Functional convergence of genomic and transcriptomic architecture underlies schooling behaviour in a live-bearing fish
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The genetic basis of dispersal in a vertebrate metapopulation
Part of Molecular Ecology, 2024
- DOI for The genetic basis of dispersal in a vertebrate metapopulation
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