Maria Akopyan

This study shows that higher recombination rates modestly speed up adaptation in populations, primarily by reducing Hill-Robertson interference, with effects varying by demographic history.

This study shows that using a conspecific reference genome improves variant detection and genetic diversity estimates compared to heterospecific references in gray foxes.

This study shows that genetic differentiation in Atlantic silverside fish is concentrated in chromosomal inversions and centromeres, especially under higher gene flow, supporting their role in adaptive divergence.