M. A. Nilsson

Phylogenetic Conflict In Bears Identified By Automated Discovery Of Transposable Element Insertions In Low Coverage Genomes

The paper develops a pipeline called TeddyPi to detect transposable element insertions in bear genomes, revealing phylogenetic conflicts and enabling accurate species tree reconstruction.

Screening for the ancient polar bear mitochondrial genome reveals low integration of mitochondrial pseudogenes (numts) in bears

The paper screens the polar bear genome for mitochondrial pseudogenes (numts) and finds only 13 integrations, suggesting a low integration rate and loss of the original polar bear mitochondrial genome.

The evolutionary history of bears is shaped by gene flow across species

This study analyzes bear genomes to show that gene flow across species is common and not limited to closely related species, challenging traditional speciation models.