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Katie Abson

University of EdinburghORCID 0009-0009-1879-8595Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Evolutionary BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewedJun 29, 2026

Nucleotide diversity is a poor predictor of short-term adaptive potential

Katie Abson, Lillith C. Zijmers, Elizabeth A. Mittell…·Jarrod D. Hadfield

This paper shows that molecular genetic diversity poorly predicts adaptive potential, using evolvability as a measure of heritable variation across species.

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multiple speciesDNA methylation

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintJan 23, 2026

Levels of additive genetic variation vary substantially between species

Lillith C. Zijmers, Katie Abson, Jarrod D. Hadfield, Adam Eyre‐Walker

The paper examines interspecific variation in evolvability and heritability across species using phylogenetic models and finds substantial evolvability differences, particularly between plants and animals.

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plant (other)statistical model

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