Naama M. Kopelman

TL;DR: Clumpak, available at http://clumpak.tau.ac.il, simplifies the use of model-based analyses of population structure in population genetics and molecular ecology by automating the postprocessing of results of model‐based population structure analyses.

TL;DR: Chromosome numbers have been widely used to evaluate the evolutionary pattern of chromosome number change and to estimate the base chromosome number of clades of interest and phylogenetic information was incorporated into the analyses, allowing researchers to infer transitions in chromosome numbers along branches of the tree.

TL;DR: This work sequences 212 SARS-CoV-2 sequences and uses them to perform a comprehensive analysis to trace the origins and spread of the virus and finds that travelers returning from the United States of America significantly contributed to viral spread in Israel.

TL;DR: The findings underscore the ability of this virus to efficiently transmit between and within countries, as well as demonstrate the effectiveness of social distancing measures for reducing its spread.

TL;DR: Analysis of Ashkenazi Jews together with a large sample from the region of the Khazar Khaganate corroborates the earlier results that Ashkenazy Jews derive their ancestry primarily from populations of the Middle East and Europe, that they possess considerable shared ancestry with other Jewish populations, and that there is no indication of a significant genetic contribution either from within or from north of the Caucasus region.