Niclas Backström
Professor at Institutionen för ekologi och genetik; Evolutionsbiologi
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 64 15
- E-mail:
- niclas.backstrom@ebc.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Evolutionsbiologiskt centrum
Norbyvägen 18D
752 36 UPPSALA - Postal address:
- Evolutionsbiologiskt centrum
Norbyvägen 18D
752 36 UPPSALA
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Short presentation
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Characterizing the genetic basis of traits of importance for local adaptation and species recognition is a major aim for evolutionary biologists of today. I use a combination of genetic mapping, population genetics and comparative genomics approaches to study the speciation process and patterns of genome evolution, primarily using birds and butterflies as study organisms.
Biography
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Short CV:
- 201401- Assistant Professor, Uppsala University, Funded by the Swedish Research Council
- 201112 - 201312 Repatriation research fellow, Uppsala University, Funded by the Swedish Research Council
- 200912 - 201111 PostDoctoral research fellow, Harvard University, United States, Funded by the Swedish Research Council
- 200901 - 200910 PostDoc, Uppsala University
- 200404 - 200901 PhD student, Uppsala University
Publications
Recent publications
- A Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly and Annotation for the Clouded Apollo Butterfly (Parnassius mnemosyne) (2024)
- Environmental stress during larval development induces DNA methylation shifts in the migratory painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) (2023)
- Migratory behaviour is positively associated with genetic diversity in butterflies (2023)
- High-density linkage maps and chromosome level genome assemblies unveil direction and frequency of extensive structural rearrangements in wood white butterflies (Leptidea spp.) (2023)
- Nascent evolution of recombination rate differences as a consequence of chromosomal rearrangements (2023)
All publications
Articles
- A Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly and Annotation for the Clouded Apollo Butterfly (Parnassius mnemosyne) (2024)
- Environmental stress during larval development induces DNA methylation shifts in the migratory painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) (2023)
- Migratory behaviour is positively associated with genetic diversity in butterflies (2023)
- High-density linkage maps and chromosome level genome assemblies unveil direction and frequency of extensive structural rearrangements in wood white butterflies (Leptidea spp.) (2023)
- Nascent evolution of recombination rate differences as a consequence of chromosomal rearrangements (2023)
- Base composition, codon usage and patterns of gene sequence evolution in butterflies. (2023)
- The fine-scale recombination rate variation and associations with genomic features in a butterfly (2023)
- Whole genome re-sequencing uncovers significant population structure and low genetic diversity in the endangered clouded apollo (Parnasssius mnemosyne) in Sweden (2023)
- Linkage mapping and genome annotation give novel insights into gene family expansions and regional recombination rate variation in the painted lady (Vanessa cardui) butterfly (2022)
- The Effects of GC-Biased Gene Conversion on Patterns of Genetic Diversity among and across Butterfly Genomes (2021)
- Host plant diet affects growth and induces altered gene expression and microbiome composition in the wood white (Leptidea sinapis) butterfly (2021)
- Tissue-specific patterns of regulatory changes underlying gene expression differences among Ficedula flycatchers and their naturally occurring F1 hybrids (2020)
- Multilayered Tuning of Dosage Compensation and Z-Chromosome Masculinization in the Wood White (Leptidea sinapis) Butterfly (2019)
- Lack of gene flow (2019)
- Dissecting the Effects of Selection and Mutation on Genetic Diversity in Three Wood White (Leptidea) Butterfly Species (2019)
- Gene expression profiling across ontogenetic stages in the wood white (Leptidea sinapis) reveals pathways linked to butterfly diapause regulation (2018)
- Association mapping of morphological traits in wild and captive zebra finches (2017)
- Patterns of genetic, phenotypic, and acoustic variation across a chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita abietinus/tristis) hybrid zone (2017)
- Heterogeneous Patterns of Genetic Diversity and Differentiation in European and Siberian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita abietinus/P. tristis) (2017)
- Rapid Increase in Genome Size as a Consequence of Transposable Element Hyperactivity in Wood-White (Leptidea) Butterflies (2017)
- Divergence in gene expression within and between two closely related flycatcher species (2016)
- DNA barcodes highlight unique research models in European butterflies (2015)
- Quantitative Mass Spectrometry Reveals Partial Translational Regulation for Dosage Compensation in Chicken (2015)
- Adaptive evolution in passerine birds (2014)
- Estimation of linkage disequilibrium and interspecific gene flow in Ficedula flycatchers by a newly developed 50k single-nucleotide polymorphism array (2014)
- A high-density linkage map enables a second-generation collared flycatcher genome assembly and reveals the patterns of avian recombination rate variation and chromosomal evolution (2014)
- Reconstruction of gross avian genome structure, organization and evolution suggests that the chicken lineage most closely resembles the dinosaur avian ancestor (2014)
- Phylogeography-based delimitation of subspecies boundaries in the common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) (2014)
- Assembly errors cause false tandem duplicate regions in the chicken (Gallus gallus) genome sequence (2014)
- A house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) spleen transcriptome reveals intra- and interspecific patterns of gene expression, alternative splicing and genetic diversity in passerines. (2014)
- Inferring the demographic history of European Ficedula flycatcher populations (2013)
- Cis-regulatory sequence variation and association with Mycoplasma load in natural populations of the house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) (2013)
- Evidence from a House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Spleen Transcriptome for Adaptive Evolution and Biased Gene Conversion in Passerine Birds (2013)
- Y-Chromosome Analysis in Retuertas Horses (2013)
- Out of Florida (2012)
- The genomic landscape of species divergence in Ficedula flycatchers (2012)
- Sex- and species-biased gene flow in a spotted eagle hybrid zone. (2011)
- The recombination landscape of the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata genome (2010)
- A high-density scan of the Z chromosome in ficedula flycatchers reveals candidate loci for diversifying selection (2010)
- No evidence for Z-chromosome rearrangements between the pied flycatcher and the collared flycatcher as judged by gene-based comparative genetic maps (2010)
- Comparative genomics based on massive parallel transcriptome sequencing reveals patterns of substitution and selection across 10 bird species (2010)
- Phylogeographic structure and gene flow of Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis) (2010)
- Molecular evolution of genes in avian genomes (2010)
- Copy number variation, chromosome rearrangement, and their association with recombination during avian evolution (2010)
- The genome of a songbird (2010)
- Speciation genetics (2010)
- Genomics of natural bird populations (2008)
- A Gene-Based Genetic Linkage Map of the Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) Reveals Extensive Synteny and Gene-Order Conservation During 100 Million Years of Avian Evolution (2008)
- Genetic mapping in a natural population of collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis) (2006)
- Levels of linkage disequilibrium in a wild bird population (2006)
- Substitution rate heterogeneity and the male mutation bias. (2006)
- Gene conversion drives the evolution of HINTW, an ampliconic gene on the female-specific avian W chromosome. (2005)
- Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution (2004)
- Limited number of patrilines in horse domestication. (2004)
- Dualistic dosage compensation and rapid evolution of expression balance in response to W chromosome degeneration in Leptidea butterflies
- High-density linkage maps and chromosome level genome assemblies unveil direction and frequency of extensive structural rearrangements in wood white butterflies (Leptidea spp.)
- Nascent evolution of recombination rate as a consequence of chromosomal rearrangements.
- Activity profiles of regulatory elements and associations with the oogenesis-flight syndrome in a long-distance butterfly migrant.
