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John W. Benning

University of MinnesotaORCID 0000-0002-2583-2503Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Arbel HarpakiD· 1 shared David A. MoelleriD· 1 shared Jedidiah CarlsoniD· 1 shared Olivia S. SmithiD· 1 shared Ruth G. ShawiD· 1 shared Ryan D. Briscoe RunquistiD· 1 shared

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintAug 5, 2026

Expansion load reduces fitness at the range margin of an invasive plant

Ryan D. Briscoe Runquist, John W. Benning, David A. Moeller

The paper evaluates expansion load and local adaptation in an invasive plant over 150 years of invasion, finding reduced fitness at range margins due to genetic drift and no evidence of local adaptation.

DOI 10.64898/2026.07.31.741867

plant (other)experimental assay

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GeneticsProceedings of the Royal Society B Biological SciencesPeer-reviewedNov 1, 2025

Confounding Fuels Misinterpretation in Human Genetics

John W. Benning, Jedidiah Carlson, Olivia S. Smith…·Arbel Harpak

This paper highlights how confounding factors lead to misinterpretation in genetic studies of human behavior and socioeconomic outcomes by reanalyzing two examples.

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