Mol. Biol. Evol.

Accumulation of a Biparentally Inherited Neptune Transposable Element in Natural Killifish Hybrids (Fundulus diaphanus × F. heteroclitus).

Roussel AJ, Suh A, Ruiz-Ruano FJ, Dion-Côté AM

Mol. Biol. Evol. 42 (11) - [2025-10-29; online 2025-10-16]

A Novel Supergene Controls Queen Size and Colony Social Organization in the Ant Myrmica ruginodis.

Sigeman H, Seppä P, Downing PA, ..., Helanterä H, Viljakainen L

Mol. Biol. Evol. 42 (11) - [2025-10-29; online 2025-10-13]

Evolution of Large Polymorphic Inversions in a Panmictic Songbird.

Pei Y, Forstmeier W, Suh A, ..., Wolf J, Kempenaers B

Mol. Biol. Evol. 42 (11) - [2025-10-29; online 2025-10-17]

Tandem Gene Clusters as Phylogenetic Anchors Reveal the Hidden History of Vertebrate Visual Opsins.

Lagman D, Bergqvist CA, Kuraku S

Mol. Biol. Evol. 42 (10) - [2025-10-01; online 2025-10-01]

Host-Specific Adaptation of Legionella pneumophila to Single and Multiple Hosts.

Moreno AB, Paranjape K, Cederblom M, ..., Andersson DI, Guy L

Mol. Biol. Evol. 42 (8) - [2025-07-30; online 2025-07-03]

Divergence of Leptin Receptor and Interleukin-6 Receptor Subunit b in Early Vertebrate Evolution and Physiological Insights from the Sea Lamprey.

Gong N, Barany A, Norstog JL, ..., McCormick SD, Sheridan MA

Mol. Biol. Evol. 42 (7) - [2025-07-01; online 2025-07-01]

Year 2024

Saltational Episodes of Reticulate Evolution in the Drosophila saltans Species Group.

Prediger C, Ferreira EA, Zorzato SV, ..., Yassin A, Madi-Ravazzi L

Mol. Biol. Evol. 41 (12) - [2024-12-06; online 2024-12-11]

Diversity in Recombination Hotspot Characteristics and Gene Structure Shape Fine-Scale Recombination Patterns in Plant Genomes.

Brazier T, Glémin S

Mol. Biol. Evol. 41 (9) - [2024-09-04; online 2024-09-20]

Historic dog Furs Unravel the Origin and Artificial Selection of Modern Nordic Lapphund and Elkhound dog Breeds.

Wang SZ, Yan Y, Widlund M, ..., Savolainen P, Wang GD

Mol. Biol. Evol. 41 (7) - [2024-07-03; online 2024-06-06]

Genetic Causes and Genomic Consequences of Breakdown of Distyly in Linum trigynum.

Gutiérrez-Valencia J, Zervakis PI, Postel Z, ..., Arroyo J, Slotte T

Mol. Biol. Evol. 41 (5) - [2024-05-03; online 2024-05-06]

A Conserved Ribosomal Protein Has Entirely Dissimilar Structures in Different Organisms.

Schierholz L, Brown CR, Helena-Bueno K, ..., Barandun J, Melnikov SV

Mol. Biol. Evol. 41 (1) - [2024-01-03; online 2023-11-21]

Jonas Barandun SciLifeLab Fellow

Year 2023

Between but Not Within-Species Variation in the Distribution of Fitness Effects.

James J, Kastally C, Budde KB, ..., Lascoux M, GenTree Consortium

Mol. Biol. Evol. 40 (11) - [2023-11-03; online 2023-10-14]

Y-Linked Copy Number Polymorphism of Target of Rapamycin Is Associated with Sexual Size Dimorphism in Seed Beetles.

Kaufmann P, Wiberg RAW, Papachristos K, ..., Tellgren-Roth C, Immonen E

Mol. Biol. Evol. 40 (8) - [2023-08-03; online 2023-07-22]

Multiple Origins and Genomic Basis of Complex Traits in Sighthounds.

Li WL, Liu YH, Li JX, ..., Wang GD, Zhang YP

Mol. Biol. Evol. 40 (8) - [2023-08-03; online 2023-07-11]

SAG-RAD: A Method for Single-Cell Population Genomics of Unicellular Eukaryotes.

Gollnisch R, Wallenius J, Gribble KE, Ahrén D, Rengefors K

Mol. Biol. Evol. 40 (5) - [2023-05-02; online 2023-04-20]

Chiropterans Are a Hotspot for Horizontal Transfer of DNA Transposons in Mammalia.

Paulat NS, Storer JM, Moreno-Santillán DD, ..., Karlsson EK, Ray DA

Mol. Biol. Evol. 40 (5) - [2023-05-02; online 2023-04-18]

Caecilian Genomes Reveal the Molecular Basis of Adaptation and Convergent Evolution of Limblessness in Snakes and Caecilians.

Ovchinnikov V, Uliano-Silva M, Wilkinson M, ..., Durbin R, O'Connell MJ

Mol. Biol. Evol. 40 (5) - [2023-05-02; online 2023-05-17]

Micro Germline-Restricted Chromosome in Blue Tits: Evidence for Meiotic Functions.

Mueller JC, Schlebusch SA, Pei Y, ..., Suh A, Kempenaers B

Mol. Biol. Evol. 40 (5) - [2023-05-02; online 2023-04-28]

Differential Retention of Pfam Domains Contributes to Long-term Evolutionary Trends.

James JE, Nelson PG, Masel J

Mol. Biol. Evol. 40 (4) - [2023-04-04; online 2023-03-23]

A Phylogenomic Assessment of Processes Underpinning Convergent Evolution in Open-Habitat Chats.

Alaei Kakhki N, Schweizer M, Lutgen D, ..., Schielzeth H, Burri R

Mol. Biol. Evol. 40 (1) - [2023-01-04; online 2022-12-30]

Year 2022

Ecology, Not Host Phylogeny, Shapes the Oral Microbiome in Closely Related Species.

Moraitou M, Forsythe A, Fellows Yates JA, ..., Warinner C, Guschanski K

Mol. Biol. Evol. 39 (12) - [2022-12-05; online 2022-12-07]

The Dynamics of Adaptation to Stress from Standing Genetic Variation and de novo Mutations.

Ament-Velásquez SL, Gilchrist C, Rêgo A, ..., Rafati N, Stelkens R

Mol. Biol. Evol. 39 (11) - [2022-11-03; online 2022-11-06]

Demographic and Selection Histories of Populations Across the Sahel/Savannah Belt.

Fortes-Lima C, Tříska P, Čížková M, ..., Schlebusch CM, Černý V

Mol. Biol. Evol. 39 (10) - [2022-10-07; online 2022-09-30]

Trade-offs predicted by metabolic network structure give rise to evolutionary specialization and phenotypic diversification.

Ekkers DM, Tusso S, Moreno-Gamez S, ..., Kuipers OP, van Doorn GS

Mol. Biol. Evol. 39 (6) - [2022-06-09; online 2022-06-09]

Host Adaptation in Legionellales Is 1.9 Ga, Coincident with Eukaryogenesis.

Hugoson E, Guliaev A, Ammunét T, Guy L

Mol. Biol. Evol. 39 (3) - [2022-03-02; online 2022-02-16]

Genomic Signatures of Sexual Selection on Pollen-Expressed Genes in Arabis alpina.

Gutiérrez-Valencia J, Fracassetti M, Horvath R, ..., Kolář F, Slotte T

Mol. Biol. Evol. 39 (1) - [2022-01-07; online 2021-12-09] Open Access

Controls for Phylogeny and Robust Analysis in Pareto Task Inference.

Adler M, Tendler A, Hausser J, ..., Mayo A, Alon U

Mol. Biol. Evol. 39 (1) - [2022-01-07; online 2021-10-12]

Jean Hausser SciLifeLab Fellow

Year 2021

Selection on Accessible Chromatin Regions in Capsella grandiflora.

Horvath R, Josephs EB, Pesquet E, ..., Scofield D, Slotte T

Mol. Biol. Evol. 38 (12) 5563-5575 [2021-12-09; online 2021-09-10]

Avian Neo-Sex Chromosomes Reveal Dynamics of Recombination Suppression and W Degeneration.

Sigeman H, Strandh M, Proux-Wéra E, ..., Westerdahl H, Hansson B

Mol. Biol. Evol. 38 (12) 5275-5291 [2021-12-09; online 2021-09-21]

A Chromosome-Level Assembly of Blunt Snout Bream (Megalobrama amblycephala) Genome Reveals an Expansion of Olfactory Receptor Genes in Freshwater Fish.

Liu H, Chen C, Lv M, ..., Andersson L, Wang W

Mol. Biol. Evol. 38 (10) 4238-4251 [2021-09-27; online 2021-05-19]

Inferring Genome-Wide Correlations of Mutation Fitness Effects between Populations.

Huang X, Fortier AL, Coffman AJ, ..., Ragsdale AP, Gutenkunst RN

Mol. Biol. Evol. 38 (10) 4588-4602 [2021-09-27; online 2021-05-28]

Locally Adaptive Inversions Modulate Genetic Variation at Different Geographic Scales in a Seaweed Fly.

Mérot C, Berdan EL, Cayuela H, ..., Wellenreuther M, Bernatchez L

Mol. Biol. Evol. 38 (9) 3953-3971 [2021-08-23; online 2021-05-09]

Ten Years of Collaborative Progress in the Quest for Orthologs.

Linard B, Ebersberger I, McGlynn SE, ..., Uchiyama I, QFO Consortium

Mol. Biol. Evol. 38 (8) 3033-3045 [2021-07-29; online 2021-04-07]

Genetic Barriers to Historical Gene Flow between Cryptic Species of Alpine Bumblebees Revealed by Comparative Population Genomics.

Christmas MJ, Jones JC, Olsson A, ..., Geib JC, Webster MT

Mol. Biol. Evol. 38 (8) 3126-3143 [2021-07-29; online 2021-04-07]

How to Make a Rodent Giant: Genomic Basis and Tradeoffs of Gigantism in the Capybara, the World's Largest Rodent.

Herrera-Álvarez S, Karlsson E, Ryder OA, Lindblad-Toh K, Crawford AJ

Mol. Biol. Evol. 38 (5) 1715-1730 [2021-05-04; online 2020-11-11]

Dioecy Is Associated with High Genetic Diversity and Adaptation Rates in the Plant Genus Silene.

Muyle A, Martin H, Zemp N, ..., Touzet P, Marais GAB

Mol. Biol. Evol. 38 (3) 805-818 [2021-03-09; online 2020-09-15]

Year 2020

Interspecific Gene Flow and the Evolution of Specialization in Black and White Rhinoceros.

Moodley Y, Westbury MV, Russo IM, ..., Dalén L, Bruford MW

Mol. Biol. Evol. 37 (11) 3105-3117 [2020-11-01; online 2020-06-26]

Khoe-San Genomes Reveal Unique Variation and Confirm the Deepest Population Divergence in Homo sapiens.

Schlebusch CM, Sjödin P, Breton G, ..., Soodyall H, Jakobsson M

Mol. Biol. Evol. 37 (10) 2944-2954 [2020-10-01; online 2020-07-23]

Mutations Upstream of the TBX5 and PITX1 Transcription Factor Genes Are Associated with Feathered Legs in the Domestic Chicken.

Li J, Lee M, Davis BW, ..., Siegel PB, Andersson L

Mol. Biol. Evol. 37 (9) 2477-2486 [2020-09-01; online 2020-04-29]

Paralogization and New Protein Architectures in Planctomycetes Bacteria with Complex Cell Structures.

Mahajan M, Yee B, Hägglund E, ..., Fuerst JA, Andersson SGE

Mol. Biol. Evol. 37 (4) 1020-1040 [2020-04-01; online 2019-12-07]

Purifying Selection in Corvids Is Less Efficient on Islands.

Kutschera VE, Poelstra JW, Botero-Castro F, ..., Wiberg RAW, Wolf JBW

Mol. Biol. Evol. 37 (2) 469-474 [2020-02-01; online 2019-10-22]

Along the Indian Ocean Coast: Genomic Variation in Mozambique Provides New Insights into the Bantu Expansion.

Semo A, Gayà-Vidal M, Fortes-Lima C, ..., Schlebusch C, Rocha J

Mol. Biol. Evol. 37 (2) 406-416 [2020-02-01; online 2019-10-09]

Discovery of Novel Sequences in 1,000 Swedish Genomes.

Eisfeldt J, Mårtensson G, Ameur A, Nilsson D, Lindstrand A

Mol. Biol. Evol. 37 (1) 18-30 [2020-01-01; online 2019-09-29]

Polymorphism Data Assist Estimation of the Nonsynonymous over Synonymous Fixation Rate Ratio ω for Closely Related Species.

Mugal CF, Kutschera VE, Botero-Castro F, Wolf JBW, Kaj I

Mol. Biol. Evol. 37 (1) 260-279 [2020-01-01; online 2019-09-11]

Year 2019

Aquatic Adaptation and Depleted Diversity: A Deep Dive into the Genomes of the Sea Otter and Giant Otter.

Beichman AC, Koepfli KP, Li G, ..., Lohmueller KE, Wayne RK

Mol. Biol. Evol. 36 (12) 2631-2655 [2019-12-01; online 2019-06-19]

Advances and Applications in the Quest for Orthologs.

Glover N, Dessimoz C, Ebersberger I, ..., Sonnhammer E, Thomas PD

Mol. Biol. Evol. 36 (10) 2157-2164 [2019-10-01; online 2019-06-27]

Ancestral Admixture Is the Main Determinant of Global Biodiversity in Fission Yeast.

Tusso S, Nieuwenhuis BPS, Sedlazeck FJ, ..., Jeffares DC, Wolf JBW

Mol. Biol. Evol. 36 (9) 1975-1989 [2019-09-01; online 2019-06-22]

Genetic Affinities among Southern Africa Hunter-Gatherers and the Impact of Admixing Farmer and Herder Populations.

Vicente M, Jakobsson M, Ebbesen P, Schlebusch CM

Mol. Biol. Evol. 36 (9) 1849-1861 [2019-09-01; online 2019-07-10]

Social Parasitism in the Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Is Not Controlled by a Single SNP.

Christmas MJ, Smith NMA, Oldroyd BP, Webster MT

Mol. Biol. Evol. 36 (8) 1764-1767 [2019-08-01; online 2019-04-28]

New Phylogenomic Analysis of the Enigmatic Phylum Telonemia Further Resolves the Eukaryote Tree of Life.

Strassert JFH, Jamy M, Mylnikov AP, Tikhonenkov DV, Burki F

Mol. Biol. Evol. 36 (4) 757-765 [2019-04-01; online 2019-01-23]

Fabien Burki SciLifeLab Fellow

Structural Patching Fosters Divergence of Mitochondrial Ribosomes.

Petrov AS, Wood EC, Bernier CR, ..., Brown A, Amunts A

Mol. Biol. Evol. 36 (2) 207-219 [2019-02-01; online 2018-12-06]

Alexey Amunts SciLifeLab Fellow

Year 2018

Nearly Neutral Evolution across the Drosophila melanogaster Genome.

Castellano D, James J, Eyre-Walker A

Mol. Biol. Evol. 35 (11) 2685-2694 [2018-11-01; online 2018-11-13]

Origin and Evolution of the Bartonella Gene Transfer Agent.

Tamarit D, Neuvonen MM, Engel P, Guy L, Andersson SGE

Mol. Biol. Evol. 35 (2) 451-464 [2018-02-01; online 2017-11-22]

Year 2017

Gene Duplication Leads to Altered Membrane Topology of a Cytochrome P450 Enzyme in Seed Plants.

Renault H, De Marothy M, Jonasson G, ..., von Heijne G, Werck-Reichhart D

Mol. Biol. Evol. 34 (8) 2041-2056 [2017-08-01; online 2017-05-16]

Genetic Diversity and the Efficacy of Purifying Selection across Plant and Animal Species.

Chen J, Glémin S, Lascoux M

Mol. Biol. Evol. 34 (6) 1417-1428 [2017-06-01; online 2017-03-24]

Variation in Mutational Robustness between Different Proteins and the Predictability of Fitness Effects.

Lind PA, Arvidsson L, Berg OG, Andersson DI

Mol. Biol. Evol. 34 (2) 408-418 [2017-02-01; online 2016-12-28]

Year 2016

Functional Relationship between a Dinoflagellate Host and Its Diatom Endosymbiont.

Hehenberger E, Burki F, Kolisko M, Keeling PJ

Mol. Biol. Evol. 33 (9) 2376-2390 [2016-09-00; online 2016-06-13]

Affiliated researcher Fabien Burki SciLifeLab Fellow

Variation in Linked Selection and Recombination Drive Genomic Divergence during Allopatric Speciation of European and American Aspens.

Wang J, Street NR, Scofield DG, Ingvarsson PK

Mol. Biol. Evol. 33 (7) 1754-1767 [2016-07-00; online 2016-03-15]

Tracing the Archaeal Origins of Eukaryotic Membrane-Trafficking System Building Blocks.

Klinger CM, Spang A, Dacks JB, Ettema TJ

Mol. Biol. Evol. 33 (6) 1528-1541 [2016-06-00; online 2016-02-17]

Evolutionary Origins of Rhizarian Parasites.

Sierra R, Cañas-Duarte SJ, Burki F, ..., Arzul I, Pawlowski J

Mol. Biol. Evol. 33 (4) 980-983 [2016-04-00; online 2015-12-16]

Fabien Burki SciLifeLab Fellow

Year 2015

Cis-Regulatory Changes Associated with a Recent Mating System Shift and Floral Adaptation in Capsella.

Steige KA, Reimegård J, Koenig D, Scofield DG, Slotte T

Mol. Biol. Evol. 32 (10) 2501-2514 [2015-10-00; online 2015-08-28]

Quantitative Mass Spectrometry Reveals Partial Translational Regulation for Dosage Compensation in Chicken.

Uebbing S, Konzer A, Xu L, ..., Bergquist J, Ellegren H

Mol. Biol. Evol. 32 (10) 2716-2725 [2015-10-00; online 2015-06-24]

Species Tree Inference Using a Mixture Model.

Ullah I, Parviainen P, Lagergren J

Mol. Biol. Evol. 32 (9) 2469-2482 [2015-09-00; online 2015-05-11]

Human adaptation to arsenic-rich environments.

Schlebusch CM, Gattepaille LM, Engström K, ..., Jakobsson M, Broberg K

Mol. Biol. Evol. 32 (6) 1544-1555 [2015-06-00; online 2015-03-03]

Evolutionary histories of transposable elements in the genome of the largest living marsupial carnivore, the Tasmanian devil.

Gallus S, Hallström BM, Kumar V, ..., Schumann GG, Nilsson MA

Mol. Biol. Evol. 32 (5) 1268-1283 [2015-05-00; online 2015-01-28]

Year 2014

Investigating population history using temporal genetic differentiation.

Skoglund P, Sjödin P, Skoglund T, Lascoux M, Jakobsson M

Mol. Biol. Evol. 31 (9) 2516-2527 [2014-09-00; online 2014-06-17]

Brown and polar bear Y chromosomes reveal extensive male-biased gene flow within brother lineages.

Bidon T, Janke A, Fain SR, ..., Lecomte N, Hailer F

Mol. Biol. Evol. 31 (6) 1353-1363 [2014-06-00; online 2014-03-25]

Assessing the maximum contribution from ancient populations.

Sjödin P, Skoglund P, Jakobsson M

Mol. Biol. Evol. 31 (5) 1248-1260 [2014-05-00; online 2014-02-03]

Year 2013

Protein expansion is primarily due to indels in intrinsically disordered regions.

Light S, Sagit R, Sachenkova O, Ekman D, Elofsson A

Mol. Biol. Evol. 30 (12) 2645-2653 [2013-12-00; online 2013-09-12]

Anisotropic isolation by distance: the main orientations of human genetic differentiation.

Jay F, Sjödin P, Jakobsson M, Blum MG

Mol. Biol. Evol. 30 (3) 513-525 [2013-03-00; online 2012-11-20]

Year 2012

Genome-wide analyses of recombination suggest that Giardia intestinalis assemblages represent different species.

Xu F, Jerlström-Hultqvist J, Andersson JO

Mol. Biol. Evol. 29 (10) 2895-2898 [2012-10-00; online 2012-04-02]

Intragenomic Spread of Plastid-Targeting Presequences in the Coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi

Burki F, Hirakawa Y, Keeling PJ

Mol. Biol. Evol. 29 (9) 2109-2112 [2012-09-00; online 2012-03-30]

Fabien Burki SciLifeLab Fellow

Resequencing data provide no evidence for a human bottleneck in Africa during the penultimate glacial period.

Sjödin P, E Sjöstrand A, Jakobsson M, Blum MG

Mol. Biol. Evol. 29 (7) 1851-1860 [2012-07-00; online 2012-02-01]

Independent genome reduction and phylogenetic reclassification of the oceanic SAR11 clade.

Viklund J, Ettema TJ, Andersson SG

Mol. Biol. Evol. 29 (2) 599-615 [2012-02-00; online 2011-09-07]

Year 2008

Polyploid speciation did not confer instant reproductive isolation in Capsella (Brassicaceae).

Slotte T, Huang H, Lascoux M, Ceplitis A

Mol. Biol. Evol. 25 (7) 1472-1481 [2008-07-00; online 2008-04-15]