Publications

A transcription factor modulates dermal architecture to generate structural and pigment color diversity in lizards

Aguilar, Prem; Andrade, Pedro; Brejcha, Jindrich; Pereira, Paulo et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026

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The population structure in the Baltic herring reflects natural selection and local adaptation

Goodall, Jake; Pettersson, Mats; Andersson, Anastasia; Dahlin, Iris et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026

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Unheralded high MHC Class II polymorphism in the abundant Atlantic herring resolved by long-read sequencing

Jamsandekar, Minal; Mohamadnejad Sangdehi, Fahime; Berg, Florian; Criscitiello, Michael F. et al.

Part of Science Advances, 2026

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The Mottling Phenotype in Chickens Shows Genetic Heterogeneity and Is Caused by Mutations at the EDNRB2 Locus

Li, Jingyi; Bortoluzzi, Chiara; Hodge, McKaela; Bed'hom, Bertrand et al.

Part of Animal Genetics, 2026

• DOI for The Mottling Phenotype in Chickens Shows Genetic Heterogeneity and Is Caused by Mutations at the EDNRB2 Locus
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Ultrarapid MC1R protein and associated plumage color evolution in the domestic chicken

Ma, Cheng; Liebing, Aenne-Dorothea; Kleinau, Gunnar; Kamprad, Antje et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026

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Sperm, egg, and embryo proteins critical for genetic adaptation of herring to low salinity in the Baltic Sea

Ma, Cheng; Mohamadnejad Sangdehi, Fahime; Kawaguchi, Mari; Sano, Kaori et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026

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The C16orf87 protein is a subunit of the MIER corepressor complex controlling embryonic development and cell migration

Punga, Tanel; Larsson, Mårten; Mujica, Endrina; Melo, Fabio R. et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2026

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Genomic and neurobiological bases of variation in fighting strategies in gamecocks

Shimmura, Tsuyoshi; Kurachi, Takuma; Matsuda, Yuki; Rafati, Nima et al.

Part of Molecular biology and evolution, 2026

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Beyond Mendel: a call to revisit the genotype-phenotype map through new experimental paradigms

Tautz, Diethard; Pallares, Luisa F.; Andersson, Leif; Barghi, Neda et al.

Part of Genetics, 2026

• DOI for Beyond Mendel: a call to revisit the genotype-phenotype map through new experimental paradigms
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Persistent postnatal IGF2 expression alters adult skeletal architecture in Igf2^G/A mice

Younis, Shady; Shimonty, Anika; Perez-Menendez, Samantha; You, Xiaomeng et al.

Part of Bone Reports, 2026

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Genetic Adaptation to Brackish Water and Spawning Season in European Cisco

Deng, Qiaoling; Goodall, Jake; Bergenius Nord, Mikaela; Bunikis, Ignas et al.

Part of Molecular Ecology, 2025

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Whole Genome Sequencing Reveals How Plasticity and Genetic Differentiation Underlie Sympatric Morphs of Arctic Charr

Kurta, Khrystyna; Olivera Fedi, Mariano; Baker, Kendall; Barker, Tom et al.

Part of Molecular Ecology, 2025

• DOI for Whole Genome Sequencing Reveals How Plasticity and Genetic Differentiation Underlie Sympatric Morphs of Arctic Charr
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Skin regional specification and higher-order HoxC regulation

Li, Shu-Man Hsieh; Liang, Ya-Chen; Jiang, Ting-Xin; Jea, Wen Chien et al.

Part of Science Advances, 2025

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Population genomic analysis identifies the complex structural variation at the fibromelanosis (FM) locus in chicken

Ma, Cheng; Andersson, Leif

Part of Scientific Reports, 2025

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Regulatory and disruptive variants in the CLCN2 gene are associated with modified skin color pattern phenotypes in the corn snake

Montandon, Sophie A.; Beaudier, Pierre; Ullate-Agote, Asier; Helleboid, Pierre-Yves et al.

Part of Genome Biology, 2025

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Targeting ZC3H11A elicits immunogenic cancer cell death through augmentation of antigen presentation and interferon response

Ali, Arwa; Contreras, Paola; Darweesh, Mahmoud; Andersson, Leif et al.

Part of Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids, 2024

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White horses - non-coding sequences drive premature hair greying and predisposition to melanoma

Andersson, Leif

Part of Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, 2024

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How Fish Population Genomics Can Promote Sustainable Fisheries: A Road Map

Andersson, Leif; Bekkevold, Dorte; Berg, Florian; Farrell, Edward D. et al.

Part of Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, p. 1-20, 2024

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Selection against domestication alleles in introduced rabbit populations

Andrade, Pedro; Alves, Joel M.; Pereira, Paulo; Rubin, Carl-Johan et al.

Part of Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2024

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Adaptation to seasonal reproduction and environment-associated factors drive temporal and spatial differentiation in northwest Atlantic herring despite gene flow

Fuentes Pardo, Angela P.; Stanley, Ryan; Bourne, Christina; Singh, Rabindra et al.

Part of Evolutionary Applications, 2024

• DOI for Adaptation to seasonal reproduction and environment-associated factors drive temporal and spatial differentiation in northwest Atlantic herring despite gene flow
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Evolution of fast-growing piscivorous herring in the young Baltic Sea

Goodall, Jake; Pettersson, Mats E.; Bergström, Ulf; Cocco, Arianna et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2024

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The origin and maintenance of supergenes contributing to ecological adaptation in Atlantic herring

Jamsandekar, Minal; Ferreira, Mafalda S.; Pettersson, Mats; Farrell, Edward D. et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2024

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The role of G protein-coupled receptors and their ligands in animal domestication

Kleinau, Gunnar; Chini, Bice; Andersson, Leif; Scheerer, Patrick

Part of Animal Genetics, p. 893-906, 2024

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Conservation of Affinity Rather Than Sequence Underlies a Dynamic Evolution of the Motif-Mediated p53/MDM2 Interaction in Ray-Finned Fishes

Mihalič, Filip; Arcila, Dahiana; Pettersson, Mats; Farkhondehkish, Pouria et al.

Part of Molecular biology and evolution, 2024

• DOI for Conservation of Affinity Rather Than Sequence Underlies a Dynamic Evolution of the Motif-Mediated p53/MDM2 Interaction in Ray-Finned Fishes
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Copy number variation and elevated genetic diversity at immune trait loci in Atlantic and Pacific herring

Mohamadnejad Sangdehi, Fahime; Jamsandekar, Minal S.; Enbody, Erik D.; Pettersson, Mats E. et al.

Part of BMC Genomics, 2024

• DOI for Copy number variation and elevated genetic diversity at immune trait loci in Atlantic and Pacific herring
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Discriminating populations of Atlantic herring mixing in the Norwegian Sea feeding ground using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)

Pampoulie, Christophe; Slotte, Aril; Óskarsson, Guðmundur J.; Ólafsdóttir, Guðbjörg et al.

Part of Marine Ecology Progress Series, p. 227-240, 2024

• DOI for Discriminating populations of Atlantic herring mixing in the Norwegian Sea feeding ground using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)
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Limited Parallelism in Genetic Adaptation to Brackish Water Bodies in European Sprat and Atlantic Herring

Pettersson, Mats; Quintela, Maria; Besnier, Francois; Deng, Qiaoling et al.

Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, 2024

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An intronic copy number variation in Syntaxin 17 determines speed of greying and melanoma incidence in Grey horses

Rubin, Carl-Johan; Hodge, McKaela; Naboulsi, Rakan; Beckman, Madeleine et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2024

• DOI for An intronic copy number variation in Syntaxin 17 determines speed of greying and melanoma incidence in Grey horses
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Genetic Stock Identification Reveals Mismatches Between Management Areas and Population Genetic Structure in a Migratory Pelagic Fish

Seljestad, Gaute Wilhelmsen; Quintela, Maria; Bekkevold, Dorte; Pampoulie, Christophe et al.

Part of Evolutionary Applications, 2024

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Research Note: Phenotypic trends for the multigenerational advanced intercross of the Virginia body weight lines of chickens

Siegel, P. B.; Honaker, C. F.; Andersson, Leif

Part of Poultry Science, 2024

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Ecological adaptation in cod and herring and possible consequences of future climate change in the Baltic Sea

Andersson, Leif; André, Carl; Johannesson, Kerstin; Pettersson, Mats

Part of Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023

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Mixed-stock analysis of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus): a tool for identifying management units and complex migration dynamics

Bekkevold, Dorte; Berg, Florian; Polte, Patrick; Bartolino, Valerio et al.

Part of ICES Journal of Marine Science, p. 173-184, 2023

• DOI for Mixed-stock analysis of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus): a tool for identifying management units and complex migration dynamics
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A frame-shift mutation in COMTD1 is associated with impaired pheomelanin pigmentation in chicken

Bi, Huijuan; Tranell, Jonas; Harper, Dawn C.; Lin, Weifeng et al.

Part of PLOS Genetics, 2023

• DOI for A frame-shift mutation in COMTD1 is associated with impaired pheomelanin pigmentation in chicken
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Community-wide genome sequencing reveals 30 years of Darwin's finch evolution

Enbody, Erik D.; Sendell-Price, Ashley T.; Sprehn, C. Grace; Rubin, Carl-Johan et al.

Part of Science, p. 1427-+, 2023

• DOI for Community-wide genome sequencing reveals 30 years of Darwin's finch evolution

The genomic basis and environmental correlates of local adaptation in the Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)

Fuentes-Pardo, Angela P.; Farrell, Edward D.; Pettersson, Mats E.; Sprehn, C. Grace et al.

Part of Evolutionary Applications, p. 1201-1219, 2023

• DOI for The genomic basis and environmental correlates of local adaptation in the Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)
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Low Mutation Load in a Supergene Underpinning Alternative Male Mating Strategies in Ruff (Calidris pugnax)

Hill, Jason; Enbody, Erik D.; Bi, Huijuan; Lamichhaney, Sangeet et al.

Part of Molecular biology and evolution, 2023

• DOI for Low Mutation Load in a Supergene Underpinning Alternative Male Mating Strategies in Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
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The RNA-binding protein ZC3H11A interacts with the nuclear poly(A)-binding protein PABPN1 and alters polyadenylation of viral transcripts

Kases, Katharina; Schubert, Erik; Hajikhezri, Zamaneh; Larsson, Mårten et al.

Part of Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023

• DOI for The RNA-binding protein ZC3H11A interacts with the nuclear poly(A)-binding protein PABPN1 and alters polyadenylation of viral transcripts
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A Long-Standing Hybrid Population Between Pacific and Atlantic Herring in a Subarctic Fjord of Norway

Pettersson, Mats; Fuentes Pardo, Angela P.; Rochus, Christina Marie; Enbody, Erik D. et al.

Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, 2023

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Introgression Underlies Phylogenetic Uncertainty But Not Parallel Plumage Evolution in a Recent Songbird Radiation

Rancilhac, Loïs; Enbody, Erik D.; Harris, Rebecca; Saitoh, Takema et al.

Part of Systematic Biology, p. 12-25, 2023

• DOI for Introgression Underlies Phylogenetic Uncertainty But Not Parallel Plumage Evolution in a Recent Songbird Radiation
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Low mutation rate in epaulette sharks is consistent with a slow rate of evolution in sharks

Sendell-Price, Ashley T.; Tulenko, Frank J.; Pettersson, Mats; Kang, Du et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2023

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Ablation of ZC3H11A causes early embryonic lethality and dysregulation of metabolic processes

Younis, Shady; Jouneau, Alice; Larsson, Mårten; Oudin, Jean-Francois et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023

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ZC3H11A loss of function enhances NF-κB signaling through defective IκBα protein expression

Darweesh, Mahmoud; Younis, Shady; Hajikhezri, Zamaneh; Ali, Arwa et al.

Part of Frontiers in Immunology, 2022

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A baseline for the genetic stock identification of Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus, in ICES Divisions 6.a, 7.b-c

Farrell, Edward D. D.; Andersson, Leif; Bekkevold, Dorte; Campbell, Neil et al.

Part of Royal Society Open Science, 2022

• DOI for A baseline for the genetic stock identification of Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus, in ICES Divisions 6.a, 7.b-c
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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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Hmga2 deficiency is associated with allometric growth retardation, infertility, and behavioral abnormalities in mice

Lee, Mi Ok; Li, Jingyi; Davis, Brian W.; Upadhyay, Srijana et al.

Part of G3, 2022

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Hop Mice Display Synchronous Hindlimb Locomotion and a Ventrally Fused Lumbar Spinal Cord Caused by a Point Mutation in Ttc26

Rabe Bernhardt, Nadine; Memic, Fatima; Velica, Anna; Tran, Michelle A. et al.

Part of eNeuro, 2022

• DOI for Hop Mice Display Synchronous Hindlimb Locomotion and a Ventrally Fused Lumbar Spinal Cord Caused by a Point Mutation in Ttc26
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Rapid adaptive radiation of Darwin's finches depends on ancestral genetic modules

Rubin, Carl-Johan; Enbody, Erik D.; Dobreva, Mariya P.; Abzhanov, Arhat et al.

Part of Science Advances, 2022

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Gregor Johann Mendel and the development of modern evolutionary biology

Stenseth, Nils Chr; Andersson, Leif; Hoekstra, Hopi E.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022

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A combination of genetic and phenotypic characterization of spring- and autumn-spawning herring suggests gene flow between populations

Berg, Florian; Ostgaard, Hedda D.; Slotte, Aril; Andersson, Leif et al.

Part of ICES Journal of Marine Science, p. 694-703, 2021

• DOI for A combination of genetic and phenotypic characterization of spring- and autumn-spawning herring suggests gene flow between populations

A loss-of-function mutation in RORB disrupts saltatorial locomotion in rabbits

Carneiro, Miguel; Vieillard, Jennifer; Andrade, Pedro; Boucher, Samuel et al.

Part of PLOS Genetics, 2021

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