4 Papers of Interest

In this section, we will curate a list of papers, both recent and historical, that are relevant to the topics discussed in class.

4.0.1 Week 5 - Population Splitting

Gravel et al. 2011 - Demographic history among human populations

Wadgymar et al. 2022 - Local adaptation

4.0.2 Week 3 - Multiple Populations

Rogers & Slatkin 2017 - Genomic differences between Woolly mammoth populations

Arai et al. 2020 - Inferring and analyzing migration among stickleback fish populations

Yan et al, 2021 - A recent work leveraging simulation to identify a variant with a strong selective coefficient in some populations (s = 0.6 - one of the highest examples in humans!). This variant was also found to be introgressed from Neandertals.

4.0.3 Week 2 - Selection and Sweeps

Tishkoff et al, 2007 - Lactase persistence evolved independently in Europe and Africa. This paper uses sequencing data from hundreds of African individuals to map the evolution of LP in Africa.

Evershed et al, 2022 - A recent paper looking at how LP originated in Europe. Using a combination of genomic and archaeological methods, this paper shows how milk was used in Europe for thousands of years prior to the rise of LP, and supports the role of evolutionary pressures such as famine and disease in the rise of European LP.

Gould and Lewontin, 1979 - A famous and controversial paper. This paper is a major part of the debate about the role of adaptation in natural selection, and had a huge impact on how scientists think about adaptation and evolutionary storytelling. The extent that adaptation shapes organismal form and function is still an open question.