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Gene flow analysis method, the D-statistic, is robust in a wide parameter space by Zheng, Yichen, Janke, Axel

“…We evaluated the sensitivity of the D-statistic, a parsimony-like method widely used to detect gene flow between closely related species. This method has been…”
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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in raw and treated wastewater in Germany – Suitability for COVID-19 surveillance and potential transmission risks by Westhaus, Sandra, Weber, Frank-Andreas, Schiwy, Sabrina, Linnemann, Volker, Brinkmann, Markus, Widera, Marek, Greve, Carola, Janke, Axel, Hollert, Henner, Wintgens, Thomas, Ciesek, Sandra

“…Wastewater-based monitoring of the spread of the new SARS-CoV-2 virus, also referred to as wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE), has been suggested as a tool to…”
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The evolutionary history of bears is characterized by gene flow across species by Kumar, Vikas, Lammers, Fritjof, Bidon, Tobias, Pfenninger, Markus, Kolter, Lydia, Nilsson, Maria A., Janke, Axel

“…Bears are iconic mammals with a complex evolutionary history. Natural bear hybrids and studies of few nuclear genes indicate that gene flow among bears may be…”
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Implementing and testing the multispecies coalescent model: A valuable paradigm for phylogenomics by Edwards, Scott V., Xi, Zhenxiang, Janke, Axel, Faircloth, Brant C., McCormack, John E., Glenn, Travis C., Zhong, Bojian, Wu, Shaoyuan, Lemmon, Emily Moriarty, Lemmon, Alan R., Leaché, Adam D., Liu, Liang, Davis, Charles C.

“…In recent articles published in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Mark Springer and John Gatesy (S&G) present numerous criticisms of recent…”
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Bears in a forest of gene trees: phylogenetic inference is complicated by incomplete lineage sorting and gene flow by Kutschera, Verena E, Bidon, Tobias, Hailer, Frank, Rodi, Julia L, Fain, Steven R, Janke, Axel

“…Ursine bears are a mammalian subfamily that comprises six morphologically and ecologically distinct extant species. Previous phylogenetic analyses of…”
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Whole-genome sequencing of the blue whale and other rorquals finds signatures for introgressive gene flow by Árnason, Úlfur, Lammers, Fritjof, Kumar, Vikas, Nilsson, Maria A, Janke, Axel

“…Reconstructing the evolution of baleen whales (Mysticeti) has been problematic because morphological and genetic analyses have produced different scenarios…”
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The genome of the pygmy right whale illuminates the evolution of rorquals by Wolf, Magnus, Zapf, Konstantin, Gupta, Deepak Kumar, Hiller, Michael, Árnason, Úlfur, Janke, Axel

“…Baleen whales are a clade of gigantic and highly specialized marine mammals. Their genomes have been used to investigate their complex evolutionary history and…”
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Genomic analysis reveals limited hybridization among three giraffe species in Kenya by Coimbra, Raphael T. F, Winter, Sven, Muneza, Arthur, Fennessy, Stephanie, Otiende, Moses, Mijele, Domnic, Masiaine, Symon, Stacy-Dawes, Jenna, Fennessy, Julian, Janke, Axel

“…Abstract Background In the speciation continuum, the strength of reproductive isolation varies, and species boundaries are blurred by gene flow. Interbreeding…”
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Informing conservation strategies with museum genomics: Long‐term effects of past anthropogenic persecution on the elusive European wildcat by von Thaden, Alina, Cocchiararo, Berardino, Mueller, Sarah Ashley, Reiners, Tobias Erik, Reinert, Katharina, Tuchscherer, Iris, Janke, Axel, Nowak, Carsten

“…Like many carnivore species, European wildcats (Felis silvestris) have suffered severe anthropogenic population declines in the past, resulting in a strong…”
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Coalescent-based genome analyses resolve the early branches of the euarchontoglires by Kumar, Vikas, Hallström, Björn M, Janke, Axel

“…Despite numerous large-scale phylogenomic studies, certain parts of the mammalian tree are extraordinarily difficult to resolve. We used the coding regions…”
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Brown and polar bear Y chromosomes reveal extensive male-biased gene flow within brother lineages by Bidon, Tobias, Janke, Axel, Fain, Steven R, Eiken, Hans Geir, Hagen, Snorre B, Saarma, Urmas, Hallström, Björn M, Lecomte, Nicolas, Hailer, Frank

“…Brown and polar bears have become prominent examples in phylogeography, but previous phylogeographic studies relied largely on maternally inherited…”
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De novo Genome Assembly of the Raccoon Dog ( Nyctereutes procyonoides ) by Chueca, Luis J, Kochmann, Judith, Schell, Tilman, Greve, Carola, Janke, Axel, Pfenninger, Markus, Klimpel, Sven

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Impact of carnivory on human development and evolution revealed by a new unifying model of weaning in mammals by Psouni, Elia, Janke, Axel, Garwicz, Martin

“…Our large brain, long life span and high fertility are key elements of human evolutionary success and are often thought to have evolved in interplay with tool…”
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High-speed whole-genome sequencing of a Whippet: Rapid chromosome-level assembly and annotation of an extremely fast dog's genome by Nebenführ, Marcel, Prochotta, David, Ben Hamadou, Alexander, Janke, Axel, Gerheim, Charlotte, Betz, Christian, Greve, Carola, Bolz, Hanno Jörn

“…The time required for genome sequencing and assembly depends on the interaction between laboratory work, sequencing capacity, and the bioinformatics workflow,…”
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A taxonomic revision of the genus Phrynoglossus in Indochina with the description of a new species and comments on the classification within Occidozyginae (Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae) by Köhler, Gunther, Vargas, Joseph, Than, Ni Lar, Schell, Tilman, Janke, Axel, Pauls, Steffen U., Thammachoti, Panupong

“…We revise the frogs of the genus Phrynoglossus from Indochina based on data of external morphology, bioacoustics and molecular genetics. The results of this…”
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Bioacoustics Reveal Hidden Diversity in Frogs: Two New Species of the Genus Limnonectes from Myanmar (Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae) by Köhler, Gunther, Zwitzers, Britta, Than, Ni Lar, Gupta, Deepak Kumar, Janke, Axel, Pauls, Steffen U., Thammachoti, Panupong

“…Striking geographic variation in male advertisement calls was observed in frogs formerly referred to as Limnonectes doriae and L. limborgi, respectively…”
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Northern olingo (Bassaricyon gabbi), zorilla (Ictonyx striatus), and honey badger (Mellivora capensis) mitochondrial genomes and a phylogeny of Musteloidea by Winter, Sven, Fennessy, Julian, Janke, Axel, Nilsson, Maria A.

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Range-wide whole-genome resequencing of the brown bear reveals drivers of intraspecies divergence by de Jong, Menno J., Niamir, Aidin, Wolf, Magnus, Kitchener, Andrew C., Lecomte, Nicolas, Seryodkin, Ivan V., Fain, Steven R., Hagen, Snorre B., Saarma, Urmas, Janke, Axel

“…Population-genomic studies can shed new light on the effect of past demographic processes on contemporary population structure. We reassessed phylogeographical…”
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Marsupial relationships and a timeline for marsupial radiation in South Gondwana by Nilsson, Maria A., Arnason, Ulfur, Spencer, Peter B.S., Janke, Axel

“…Recent marsupials include about 280 species divided into 18 families and seven orders. Approximately 200 species live in Australia/New Guinea. The remaining…”
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A range-wide synthesis and timeline for phylogeographic events in the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) by Kutschera, Verena E, Lecomte, Nicolas, Janke, Axel, Selva, Nuria, Sokolov, Alexander A, Haun, Timm, Steyer, Katharina, Nowak, Carsten, Hailer, Frank

“…Many boreo-temperate mammals have a Pleistocene fossil record throughout Eurasia and North America, but only few have a contemporary distribution that spans…”
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