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Wendawek Abebe Mengesha

Addis Ababa UniversityORCID 0000-0002-6426-3489Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Recurrent evolution of cryptic triploids in cultivated enset increases yield

Yann Dussert, James S. Borrell, Jonathan Stocks, Harriet V. Hunt, Oliver W. White, Paul Wilkin, Richard J. A. Buggs, Lucie Büchi, Sebsebe Demissew, Feleke Woldeyes, Ilia J. Leitch, Wendawek Abebe Mengesha, Richard A. Nichols

This paper identifies recurrent triploidy in cultivated enset, showing it increases yield and is selected by farmers.

PLoS Genetics · Jul 24, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

Rethinking human AMY1 copy number evolution in light of demographic history

Andrea Soler i Nunez, Cécile Jolly, Camille Humbert, Afifa Chowdhury, Susanne T. Green, Pakou Haréna, Lebarama Bakrobena, Forka Leypey Mathew Fomine, Peter Ebbesen, Zelalem G. Tolesa, Wendawek Abebe Mengesha, Minique H. de Castro, Vinet Coetzee, Himla Soodyall, Leon Mundeke, , Carina M. Schlebusch

This study re-evaluates AMY1 copy number evolution using ancestry-aware models and finds demographic history, not diet, drives global variation.

bioRxiv · Feb 18, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology