Andrea Benazzo

Genetic effects of plant plant interactions depend on neighbor identity and environmental context

The paper investigates how genetic variation in common bean affects plant-plant interactions with maize, showing that effects depend on neighbor identity and environmental context.

The relationship between genomic variation and genetic load: insights from small island populations

The paper examines the relationship between genomic variation and genetic load in small island populations, finding that low genetic diversity does not always correlate with high genetic load.

Coexisting with humans: genomic and behavioural consequences in a small and isolated bear population

The paper examines genomic diversity and adaptation in Apennine brown bears, finding unique genetic signatures linked to reduced aggressiveness, possibly due to human-induced selection.

Inference of human pigmentation from ancient DNA by genotype likelihood

The paper infers human pigmentation traits from ancient DNA by evaluating genotype likelihoods across 348 ancient Eurasian genomes, revealing non-linear and slow changes in skin, eye, and hair color over 45,000 years.

Low-ABC: a robust demographic Inference from low-coverage whole-genome data through ABC

Low-ABC improves demographic inference from low-coverage whole-genome data by using genotype likelihoods instead of called genotypes, enabling reliable analysis of population history.

Landscape genomics highlights the adaptive evolution of chickpea across the Silks Roads

The paper identifies genotype-environment associations and adaptive variation in chickpea along historical Silk Road routes, highlighting genes related to heat and drought tolerance.

The evolutionary history of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) revealed by chloroplast and nuclear genomes.

This study uses chloroplast and nuclear genomes to trace the evolutionary history of common beans, supporting a Mesoamerican origin and rejecting a new species classification.

Selection and adaptive introgression guided the complex evolutionary history of the European common bean

The paper traces the evolutionary history of European common beans, showing Andean origins and adaptive introgression shaping their genomic diversity.

Ancient genomes reveal early Andean farmers selected common beans while preserving diversity

The paper analyzes ancient and modern common bean genomes to show that genetic diversity was preserved during early domestication, with significant erosion occurring only recently.

Distinguishing among complex evolutionary models using unphased whole-genome data through Approximate Bayesian Computation

This paper introduces an ABC framework using FDSS to infer complex population histories from whole-genome data, showing its effectiveness in distinguishing evolutionary models.

Genetic diversity of CHC22 clathrin impacts its function in glucose metabolism

The paper examines the genetic diversity of CHC22 clathrin and its impact on glucose metabolism, finding that a variant is less effective at controlling GLUT4 traffic and is more common in farming populations.