Mammalian in vitro gametogenesis

M Saitou, K Hayashi - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND Mammalian germ cells differentiate into oocytes in females and
spermatozoa in males. An oocyte and a spermatozoon fuse to form a zygote and then …

New insights into the generation and role of de novo mutations in health and disease

R Acuna-Hidalgo, JA Veltman, A Hoischen - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
Aside from inheriting half of the genome of each of our parents, we are born with a small
number of novel mutations that occurred during gametogenesis and postzygotically. Recent …

Parental influence on human germline de novo mutations in 1,548 trios from Iceland

H Jónsson, P Sulem, B Kehr, S Kristmundsdottir, F Zink… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The characterization of mutational processes that generate sequence diversity in the human
genome is of paramount importance both to medical genetics, and to evolutionary studies …

The Simons genome diversity project: 300 genomes from 142 diverse populations

S Mallick, H Li, M Lipson, I Mathieson, M Gymrek… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Here we report the Simons Genome Diversity Project data set: high quality genomes from
300 individuals from 142 diverse populations. These genomes include at least 5.8 million …

Origins and evolution of extreme life span in Pacific Ocean rockfishes

SRR Kolora, GL Owens, JM Vazquez, A Stubbs… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Pacific Ocean rockfishes (genus Sebastes) exhibit extreme variation in life span, with some
species being among the most long-lived extant vertebrates. We de novo assembled the …

Timing, rates and spectra of human germline mutation

R Rahbari, A Wuster, SJ Lindsay, RJ Hardwick… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Germline mutations are a driving force behind genome evolution and genetic disease. We
investigated genome-wide mutation rates and spectra in multi-sibling families. The mutation …

Whole-genome sequences of Malawi cichlids reveal multiple radiations interconnected by gene flow

M Malinsky, H Svardal, AM Tyers, EA Miska… - Nature ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
The hundreds of cichlid fish species in Lake Malawi constitute the most extensive recent
vertebrate adaptive radiation. Here we characterize its genomic diversity by sequencing 134 …

Evidence for archaic adaptive introgression in humans

F Racimo, S Sankararaman, R Nielsen… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
As modern and ancient DNA sequence data from diverse human populations accumulate,
evidence is increasing in support of the existence of beneficial variants acquired from …

Genomic islands of speciation separate cichlid ecomorphs in an East African crater lake

M Malinsky, RJ Challis, AM Tyers, S Schiffels, Y Terai… - Science, 2015 - science.org
The genomic causes and effects of divergent ecological selection during speciation are still
poorly understood. Here we report the discovery and detailed characterization of early-stage …

Morphometric, behavioral, and genomic evidence for a new orangutan species

A Nater, MP Mattle-Greminger, A Nurcahyo, MG Nowak… - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
Six extant species of non-human great apes are currently recognized: Sumatran and
Bornean orangutans, eastern and western gorillas, and chimpanzees and bonobos [1] …