Pirita Paajanen

TL;DR: In this article, the genome evolution of a cold-adapted diatom from the Southern Ocean, Fragilariopsis cylindrus, based on a comparison with temperate diatoms was studied.

TL;DR: Using rarecoal, a new method, it is estimated that on average the contemporary East English population derives 38% of its ancestry from Anglo-Saxon migrations, while the Iron Age samples share ancestors with multiple Northern European populations including Britain.

TL;DR: It is found that the impacts of polyploidy on population genomic processes are subtle yet pervasive, such as reduced efficiency of purifying selection, differences in linked selection and rampant gene flow from diploids.

TL;DR: This work compares Illumina short read, Pacific Biosciences long read, 10x Genomics linked reads, Dovetail Hi-C, and BioNano Genomics optical maps in producing high-quality long-range genome assemblies of the potato species Solanum verrucosum, and benchmark the assemblies for completeness and accuracy, as well as DNA compute requirements and sequencing costs.

TL;DR: It is shown that adaptive gene flow from Arabidopsis arenosa could rescue the nascent A. lyrata from extinction following WGD, and that the merger of these species is greater than the sum of their parts.