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Stephen W. Schaeffer

Researcher at Pennsylvania State University

Publications -  76
Citations -  5737

Stephen W. Schaeffer is an academic researcher from Pennsylvania State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Drosophila pseudoobscura & Population. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 74 publications receiving 5365 citations. Previous affiliations of Stephen W. Schaeffer include Harvard University & National Institutes of Health.

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Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.

Andrew G. Clark, +429 more
- 08 Nov 2007 - 
TL;DR: These genome sequences augment the formidable genetic tools that have made Drosophila melanogaster a pre-eminent model for animal genetics, and will further catalyse fundamental research on mechanisms of development, cell biology, genetics, disease, neurobiology, behaviour, physiology and evolution.
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Comparative genome sequencing of Drosophila pseudoobscura: Chromosomal, gene, and cis-element evolution

TL;DR: A pattern of repeat-mediated chromosomal rearrangement, and high coadaptation of both male genes and cis-regulatory sequences emerges as important themes of genome divergence between these species of Drosophila.
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Polytene Chromosomal Maps of 11 Drosophila Species: The Order of Genomic Scaffolds Inferred From Genetic and Physical Maps

TL;DR: The sequencing of the 12 genomes of members of the genus Drosophila was taken as an opportunity to reevaluate the genetic and physical maps for 11 of the species, in part to aid in the mapping of assembled scaffolds.
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Chromosomal Rearrangement Inferred From Comparisons of 12 Drosophila Genomes

TL;DR: The results provide estimated chromosomal evolution rates across this set of species on the basis of whole-genome synteny analysis, which are found to be higher than those previously reported.
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Natural Selection and the Frequency Distributions of “Silent” DNA Polymorphism in Drosophila

TL;DR: The existence of fitness classes of silent mutations is confirmed and maximum likelihood estimates suggest that selection intensity at silent sites is, on average, very weak in both D. pseudoobscura and D. simulans.