This study resequences sable and pine marten genomes to reveal hybridization patterns, fertility, and genetic diversity, identifying candidate genes and divergence timing.

Genome Biology and Evolution · Jan 23, 2026Peer-reviewedGenomics

Comparative genomics and phylogenomics of the Mustelinae lineage (Mustelidae, Carnivora)

Azamat Totikov, Andrey A. Tomarovsky, Polina L. Perelman, Tatiana Bulyonkova, Natalia A. Serdyukova, Aliya R. Yakupova, David W. Mohr, Daniel W. Förster, Jürke Grau, Violetta R. Beklemisheva, Mikhail Sidorov, Inês Miranda, Liliana Farelo, Alexei V. Abramov, Ksenia Krasheninnikova, , Sergei F. Kliver

This study presents the first comprehensive comparative and phylogenomic analysis of the Mustelinae lineage, revealing genome size variation, chromosomal evolution, and demographic responses to climate cycles across ten species.

Genome Biology and Evolution · Jan 22, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

Novel chromosome-length genome assemblies of three distinct subspecies of pine marten, sable, and yellow-throated marten (genus Martes, family Mustelidae)

Andrey A. Tomarovsky, Ruqayya Khan, Olga Dudchenko, Violetta R. Beklemisheva, Polina L. Perelman, Azamat Totikov, Natalia A. Serdyukova, Tatiana Bulyonkova, Maria A. Pobedintseva, Alexei V. Abramov, David Weisz, Aliya R. Yakupova, Anna S. Zhuk, Alexander S. Graphodatsky, Roger A. Powell, , Sergei F. Kliver

The paper presents chromosome-length genome assemblies for three marten subspecies, revealing genomic features and improving taxonomic understanding.

Journal of Heredity · Dec 5, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics