Stuart J. E. Baird

diempy provides a fast, reference-free method for genome polarisation, enabling analysis of population structure and admixture without pure reference panels.

The paper investigates long-term gene flow barriers in hybridising swallowtail butterflies using whole-genome sequencing data, finding that regions of low recent hybridisation are enriched for long-term barriers to divergence.

The paper shows that pericentromeric regions in canid genomes maintain gene flow barriers, while domestic dogs preserve ancestral alleles lost in wolves.

The paper introduces diem, a method to detect genomic barriers to gene flow by polarizing markers across barriers and calculating genome-wide admixture proportions.

The paper confirms paternal genome elimination in Allacma fusca by showing sperm carry only one parental haplotype, suggesting maternal inheritance, and introduces a genomic method to detect germline-soma differences.