Kerry Reid

The paper analyzes gene loss in freshwater sticklebacks using a pangenome approach, finding that demographic factors and selection influence gene presence/absence variation.

The paper tests the drift-barrier hypothesis by analyzing mutation rates in nine-spined stickleback populations, finding a negative correlation between mutation rates and effective population size.

The paper shows that a few individuals with large adaptive haploblocks drive rapid adaptation of anadromous sticklebacks to freshwater in multiple lakes.

The paper shows that a few individuals with large haploblocks of adaptive alleles drove rapid freshwater adaptation in Threespine Stickleback, with inbreeding reducing genetic load.

The paper examines recombination rates and linked selection efficiency in small and large stickleback populations, finding higher recombination in a small freshwater population and a polygenic basis for recombination rates.

The paper estimates de novo mutation rates in three-spined sticklebacks using family trios and finds a mutation rate of 5.05 x 10^-9/bp/gen with a positive correlation between mutation rate and recombination rate.

The paper estimates de novo mutation rates in two marine populations of nine-spined sticklebacks using family pedigrees and whole genome sequencing, finding rates lower than commonly used substitution rates.