Yannick Schäfer

The paper identifies rapidly evolving gene families and environmentally associated CNVs in Arabidopsis species, showing their role in adaptation and stress response.

The paper models interlocus gene conversion in tandem paralogues using Arabidopsis halleri HMA4 genes to show mosaic divergence patterns and the impact of IGC on gene copy diversity.

The paper models duplication-selection dynamics in gene families, showing that finite populations experience unbounded copy number growth unless counteracted by synergistic epistasis.

The paper analyzes NLR gene copy number variation and population-specific immune genes in zebrafish, finding significant differences between wild and laboratory strains.