Yaniv Brandvain

Beyond clines: lineages and haplotype blocks in hybrid zones

The paper studies how selection against hybrid genotypes affects introgression patterns in hybrid zones, showing how clines form and how parental haplotypes are disrupted.

The Spatial Mixing of Genomes in Secondary Contact Zones

The paper develops a theoretical framework to infer the age of geographic contact zones using population genomic data and applies it to human populations in Indonesia, Central Asia, and India.

No association between plant mating system & geographic range overlap

The paper tests if plant mating system affects range overlap between close relatives but finds no association.

Geographic range size is predicted by plant mating system

The paper shows that plant species capable of autonomous self-pollination have larger geographic ranges than outcrossing relatives, and this relationship is not explained by other correlated traits.

Sperm should evolve to make female meiosis fair.

This paper shows that sperm evolve to make female meiosis fair by suppressing meiotic drivers, despite the potential for sperm to collaborate in genomic conflicts.

Speciation and introgression between Mimulus nasutus and Mimulus guttatus

This study uses population genomic data to show that Mimulus nasutus diverged from M. guttatus within the last 200-500 thousand years, underwent a shift to selfing, and experiences ongoing introgression with sympatric M. guttatus populations.