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All dosage compensation is local: Gene-by-gene regulation of sex-biased expression on the chicken Z chromosome by Mank, J.E, Ellegren, H

“…Recent reports have suggested that birds lack a mechanism of wholesale dosage compensation for the Z sex chromosome. This discovery was rather unexpected, as…”
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Molecular evolutionary genomics of birds by Ellegren, H

“…Insight into the molecular evolution of birds has been offered by the steady accumulation of avian DNA sequence data, recently culminating in the first draft…”
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Faster-Z Evolution Is Predominantly Due to Genetic Drift by Mank, Judith E., Nam, Kiwoong, Ellegren, Hans

“…Genes linked to sex chromosomes may show different levels of functional change than autosomal genes due to different evolutionary pressures. We used…”
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Parallelism in genomic landscapes of differentiation, conserved genomic features and the role of linked selection by Ellegren, H., Wolf, J. B. W.

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Dynamic Evolution of Base Composition: Causes and Consequences in Avian Phylogenomics by Nabholz, Benoit, Künstner, Axel, Wang, Rui, Jarvis, Erich D., Ellegren, Hans

“…Resolving the phylogenetic relationships among birds is a classical problem in systematics, and this is particularly so when it comes to understanding the…”
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Ontogenetic complexity of sexual dimorphism and sex-specific selection by Mank, Judith E, Nam, Kiwoong, Brunström, Björn, Ellegren, Hans

“…Sex-biased gene expression is becoming an increasingly important way to study sexual selection at the molecular genetic level. However, little is known about…”
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First Gene on the Avian W Chromosome (CHD) Provides a Tag for Universal Sexing of Non-Ratite Birds by Ellergren, Hans

“…The avian W chromosome shares many features with the mammalian Y chromosome: it is small, mostly heterochromatic, and filled with large repetitive arrays. No…”
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Insights into the genetic architecture of morphological traits in two passerine bird species by Silva, C N S, McFarlane, S E, Hagen, I J, Rönnegård, L, Billing, A M, Kvalnes, T, Kemppainen, P, Rønning, B, Ringsby, T H, Sæther, B-E, Qvarnström, A, Ellegren, H, Jensen, H, Husby, A

“…Knowledge about the underlying genetic architecture of phenotypic traits is needed to understand and predict evolutionary dynamics. The number of causal loci,…”
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An extensive candidate gene approach to speciation: diversity, divergence and linkage disequilibrium in candidate pigmentation genes across the European crow hybrid zone by Poelstra, J W, Ellegren, H, Wolf, J B W

“…Colouration patterns have an important role in adaptation and speciation. The European crow system, in which all-black carrion crows and grey-coated hooded…”
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The singing genome by Ellegren, H

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A temporal analysis shows major histocompatibility complex loci in the Scandinavian wolf population are consistent with neutral evolution by Seddon, J. M., Ellegren, H.

“…seven…”
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SNPs in ecological and conservation studies: a test in the Scandinavian wolf population by SEDDON, J. M., PARKER, H. G., OSTRANDER, E. A., ELLEGREN, H.

“…Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have the potential to become the genetic marker of choice in studies of the ecology and conservation of natural…”
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A wide-range survey of cross-species microsatellite amplification in birds by Primmer, C R, Møller, A P, Ellegren, H

“…The possibility to perform cross-species microsatellite amplification in birds was surveyed by analysing sets of primers developed from the swallow and the…”
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Widespread Origins of Domestic Horse Lineages by Vilà, Carles, Leonard, Jennifer A., Götherström, Anders, Marklund, Stefan, Sandberg, Kaj, Lidén, Kerstin, Wayne, Robert K., Ellegren, Hans

“…Domestication entails control of wild species and is generally regarded as a complex process confined to a restricted area and culture. Previous DNA sequence…”
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Combined use of maternal, paternal and bi-parental genetic markers for the identification of wolf-dog hybrids by Vila, C, Walker, C, Sundqvist, A.K, Flagstad, O, Andersone, Z, Casulli, A, Kojola, I, Valdmann, H

“…The identification of hybrids is often a subject of primary concern for the development of conservation and management strategies, but can be difficult when…”
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Insertion Events of CR1 Retrotransposable Elements Elucidate the Phylogenetic Branching Order in Galliform Birds by Kaiser, Vera B., van Tuinen, Marcel, Ellegren, Hans

“…Using standard phylogenetic methods, it can be hard to resolve the order in which speciation events took place when new lineages evolved in the distant past…”
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Sexual variation in heritability and genetic correlations of morphological traits in house sparrow (Passer domesticus) by Jensen, H., Sæther, B.‐E., Ringsby, T. H., Tufto, J., Griffith, S. C., Ellegren, H.

“…Estimates of genetic components are important for our understanding of how individual characteristics are transferred between generations. We show that the…”
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Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography and population history of the grey wolf Canis lupus by Vilà, C., Amorim, I. R., Leonard, J. A., Posada, D., Castroviejo, J., Petrucci-Fonseca, F., Crandall, K. A., Ellegren, H., Wayne, R. K.

“…The grey wolf (Canis lupus) and coyote (C. latrans) are highly mobile carnivores that disperse over great distances in search of territories and mates…”
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Mutation rates at porcine microsatellite loci by Ellegren, H

“…PCR-analyzed microsatellite polymorphisms have become well known as tools for genome mapping in a variety of organisms. Given their high degree of…”
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Sex Ratio Adjustment in Relation to Paternal Attractiveness in a Wild Bird Population by Ellegren, Hans, Gustafsson, Lars, Sheldon, Ben C.

“…When the relative fitness of sons and daughters differs, sex-allocation theory predicts that it would be adaptive for individuals to adjust their investment in…”
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