Jilong Ma

Four centuries of commercial whaling eroded 11,000 years of population stability in bowhead whales

This study uses fossil data and modeling to show that commercial whaling caused genetic diversity loss in bowhead whales, threatening their resilience to future climate change.

Determinants of de novo mutations in extended pedigrees of 43 dog breeds

The paper investigates mutation rates in 43 dog breeds, finding stable rates influenced by parental age and breed-specific differences in mutation accumulation.

Repeated Evolution of Sociality is Associated with Reduced Mutation Rates in Spiders

This study shows that sociality in spiders is linked to lower germline mutation rates, despite small population sizes and reduced selection pressure.

The genomic consequences and persistence of sociality in spiders

This study investigates the genomic consequences of sociality in spiders, finding that transitions to sociality lead to reduced effective population size and genomic diversity, potentially causing extinction.

Population genomics of the Viking world

This study analyzes ancient genomes from the Viking Age to understand genetic structure and migration patterns, finding significant foreign gene flow and population differentiation.