Evolutionary Biology
The Department of Evolutionary Biology runs a graduate research program in Evolutionary Genetics and we are also responsible for undergraduate education in genetics, genomics and molecular evolution for students in biology, biotechnology and bioinformatics.
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Recent publications
- Trade-off between somatic and germline repair in a vertebrate supports the expensive germ line hypothesis. 2020
- Support early-career researchers for post-pandemic prospects. 2020
- Digest: Exploring genomic islands of differentiation on the Z chromosome of hummingbirds. 2020
- Reviews and syntheses: Biological weathering and its consequences at different spatial levels - from nanoscale to global scale. 2020
- Is the initiation of selfing linked to a hermaphrodite's female or male reproductive function?. 2020
- Satellite DNA content of B chromosomes in the characid fish Characidium gomesi supports their origin from sex chromosomes. 2020
- Purifying Selection in Corvids Is Less Efficient on Islands. 2020
- Avian ecological epigenetics: pitfalls and promises. 2019
- Polymorphism Data Assist Estimation of the Nonsynonymous over Synonymous Fixation Rate Ratio omega for Closely Related Species. 2020
- Distribution patterns of fungal taxa and inferred functional traits reflect the non-uniform vertical stratification of soil microhabitats in a coastal pine forest. 2019
News and discussions from scientists associated with the Evolutionary Biology Programme at Uppsala University
Monitoring of Large Carnivores
For nearly two decades, DNA-analyses of wolverine have been conducted at the Programme of Evolutionary Biology on behalf of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. The DNA-analyses are a part of the carnivore management program.
Photo: Peter Segerström
