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 Current Biology, p. 799-817, 2025
- DOI for Complexity of the lichen symbiosis revealed by metagenome and transcriptome analysis of Xanthoria parietina
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Part of G3, 2025
- DOI for Divergence in expression of a singing-related neuroplasticity gene in the brains of 2 Ficedula flycatchers and their hybrids
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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 Heredity, p. 234-246, 2025
- DOI for Environmentally induced variation in sperm sRNAs is linked to gene expression and transposable elements in zebrafish offspring
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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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Generic delimitation in the Cyphotheca-Plagiopetalum-Sporoxeia clade
Part of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2025
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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