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1. DNA-based studies and genetic diversity indicator assessments are complementary approaches to conserving evolutionary potential

Author: Hoban, Sean, Paz-Vinas, Ivan, Shaw, Robyn E., Castillo-Reina, Luis, da Silva, Jessica M., DeWoody, J. Andrew, Ekblom, Robert, Fedorca, Ancuta, Forester, Brenna R., Funk, W. Chris, Geue, Julia C., Heuertz, Myriam, Hollingsworth, Peter M., Hughes, Alice C., Hunter, Margaret E., Hvilsom, Christina, Ishihama, Fumiko, Jordan, Rebecca, Kalamujić Stroil, Belma, Kershaw, Francine, Khoury, Colin K., Köppä, Viktoria, Laikre, Linda, Macdonald, Anna J., Mastretta-Yanes, Alicia, Meek, Mariah H., Mergeay, Joachim, Millette, Katie L., O’Brien, David, Rincón-Parra, Victor J., Rodríguez-Morales, M. Alejandra, Schuman, Meredith C., Segelbacher, Gernot, Sunnucks, Paul, Taylor, Rebecca S., Thurfjell, Henrik, Vernesi, Cristiano, and Grueber, Catherine E.
Published: 2024
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2. Correction: DNA-based studies and genetic diversity indicator assessments are complementary approaches to conserving evolutionary potential

Author: Hoban, Sean, Paz-Vinas, Ivan, Shaw, Robyn E., Castillo-Reina, Luis, da Silva, Jessica M., Dewoody, J. Andrew, Ekblom, Robert, Fedorca, Ancuta, Forester, Brenna R., Funk, W. Chris, Geue, Julia C., Heuertz, Myriam, Hollingsworth, Peter M., Hughes, Alice C., Hunter, Margaret E., Hvilsom, Christina, Ishihama, Fumiko, Jordan, Rebecca, Stroil, Belma Kalamujić, Kershaw, Francine, Khoury, Colin K., Köppä, Viktoria, Laikre, Linda, Macdonald, Anna J., Mastretta-Yanes, Alicia, Meek, Mariah H., Mergeay, Joachim, Millette, Katie L., O’Brien, David, Rincón-Parra, Victor J., Rodríguez-Morales, M. Alejandra, Schuman, Meredith C., Segelbacher, Gernot, Sunnucks, Paul, Taylor, Rebecca S., Thurfjell, Henrik, Vernesi, Cristiano, and Grueber, Catherine E.
Published: 2024
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3. Monitoring of species’ genetic diversity in Europe varies greatly and overlooks potential climate change impacts

Author: Pearman, Peter B., Broennimann, Olivier, Aavik, Tsipe, Albayrak, Tamer, Alves, Paulo C., Aravanopoulos, F. A., Bertola, Laura D., Biedrzycka, Aleksandra, Buzan, Elena, Cubric-Curik, Vlatka, Djan, Mihajla, Fedorca, Ancuta, Fuentes-Pardo, Angela P., Fussi, Barbara, Godoy, José A., Gugerli, Felix, Hoban, Sean, Holderegger, Rolf, Hvilsom, Christina, Iacolina, Laura, Kalamujic Stroil, Belma, Klinga, Peter, Konopiński, Maciej K., Kopatz, Alexander, Laikre, Linda, Lopes-Fernandes, Margarida, McMahon, Barry John, Mergeay, Joachim, Neophytou, Charalambos, Pálsson, Snæbjörn, Paz-Vinas, Ivan, Posledovich, Diana, Primmer, Craig R., Raeymaekers, Joost A. M., Rinkevich, Baruch, Rolečková, Barbora, Ruņģis, Dainis, Schuerz, Laura, Segelbacher, Gernot, Kavčič Sonnenschein, Katja, Stefanovic, Milomir, Thurfjell, Henrik, Träger, Sabrina, Tsvetkov, Ivaylo N., Velickovic, Nevena, Vergeer, Philippine, Vernesi, Cristiano, Vilà, Carles, Westergren, Marjana, Zachos, Frank E., Guisan, Antoine, and Bruford, Michael
Published: 2024
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4. Identification of constrained sequence elements across 239 primate genomes

Author: Kuderna, Lukas F. K., Ulirsch, Jacob C., Rashid, Sabrina, Ameen, Mohamed, Sundaram, Laksshman, Hickey, Glenn, Cox, Anthony J., Gao, Hong, Kumar, Arvind, Aguet, Francois, Christmas, Matthew J., Clawson, Hiram, Haeussler, Maximilian, Janiak, Mareike C., Kuhlwilm, Martin, Orkin, Joseph D., Bataillon, Thomas, Manu, Shivakumara, Valenzuela, Alejandro, Bergman, Juraj, Rouselle, Marjolaine, Silva, Felipe Ennes, Agueda, Lidia, Blanc, Julie, Gut, Marta, de Vries, Dorien, Goodhead, Ian, Harris, R. Alan, Raveendran, Muthuswamy, Jensen, Axel, Chuma, Idriss S., Horvath, Julie E., Hvilsom, Christina, Juan, David, Frandsen, Peter, Schraiber, Joshua G., de Melo, Fabiano R., Bertuol, Fabrício, Byrne, Hazel, Sampaio, Iracilda, Farias, Izeni, Valsecchi, João, Messias, Malu, da Silva, Maria N. F., Trivedi, Mihir, Rossi, Rogerio, Hrbek, Tomas, Andriaholinirina, Nicole, Rabarivola, Clément J., Zaramody, Alphonse, Jolly, Clifford J., Phillips-Conroy, Jane, Wilkerson, Gregory, Abee, Christian, Simmons, Joe H., Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo, Kanthaswamy, Sree, Shiferaw, Fekadu, Wu, Dongdong, Zhou, Long, Shao, Yong, Zhang, Guojie, Keyyu, Julius D., Knauf, Sascha, Le, Minh D., Lizano, Esther, Merker, Stefan, Navarro, Arcadi, Nadler, Tilo, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Lee, Jessica, Tan, Patrick, Lim, Weng Khong, Kitchener, Andrew C., Zinner, Dietmar, Gut, Ivo, Melin, Amanda D., Guschanski, Katerina, Schierup, Mikkel Heide, Beck, Robin M. D., Karakikes, Ioannis, Wang, Kevin C., Umapathy, Govindhaswamy, Roos, Christian, Boubli, Jean P., Siepel, Adam, Kundaje, Anshul, Paten, Benedict, Lindblad-Toh, Kerstin, Rogers, Jeffrey, Marques Bonet, Tomas, and Farh, Kyle Kai-How
Published: 2024
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5. New developments in the field of genomic technologies and their relevance to conservation management

Author: Segelbacher, Gernot, Bosse, Mirte, Burger, Pamela, Galbusera, Peter, Godoy, José A., Helsen, Philippe, Hvilsom, Christina, Iacolina, Laura, Kahric, Adla, Manfrin, Chiara, Nonic, Marina, Thizy, Delphine, Tsvetkov, Ivaylo, Veličković, Nevena, Vilà, Carles, Wisely, Samantha M., and Buzan, Elena
Published: 2022
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6. Ancient and historical DNA in conservation policy

Author: Jensen, Evelyn L., Díez-del-Molino, David, Gilbert, M. Thomas P., Bertola, Laura D., Borges, Filipa, Cubric-Curik, Vlatka, de Navascués, Miguel, Frandsen, Peter, Heuertz, Myriam, Hvilsom, Christina, Jiménez-Mena, Belén, Miettinen, Antti, Moest, Markus, Pečnerová, Patrícia, Barnes, Ian, and Vernesi, Cristiano
Published: 2022
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7. How can biodiversity strategy and action plans incorporate genetic diversity concerns, plans, policies, capacity, and commitments?

Author: Hoban, Sean, primary, Hvilsom, Christina, additional, Abdeldjalil, Aissi, additional, Aleixo, Alexandre, additional, Biala, Katarzyna, additional, Ekblom, Robert, additional, Fedorca, Ancuta, additional, Funk, W., additional, Goncalves, Alejandra, additional, Gonzalez, Andrew, additional, Heuertz, Myriam, additional, Hughes, Alice, additional, Ishihama, Fumiko, additional, Kalamujić Stroil, Belma, additional, Laikre, Linda, additional, Millette, Katie, additional, O’Brien, David, additional, Paz-Vinas, Ivan, additional, Rincon-Parra, Victor, additional, Robuchon, Marine, additional, Rodriguez, Jon Paul, additional, Rodriguez-Morales, Maria, additional, Segelbacher, Gernot, additional, Straza, Tiffany, additional, Susanti, Ruliyana, additional, Tshidada, Ntakazeni, additional, Vilaça, Sibelle, additional, and da Silva, Jessica, additional
Published: 2024
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8. Population genomics of the muskox' resilience in the near absence of genetic variation

Author: Pečnerová, Patrícia, Lord, Edana, Garcia-Erill, Genís, Hanghøj, Kristian, Rasmussen, Malthe Sebro, Meisner, Jonas, Liu, Xiaodong, van der Valk, Tom, Santander, Cindy G., Quinn, Liam, Lin, Long, Liu, Shanlin, Carøe, Christian, Dalerum, Fredrik, Götherström, Anders, Måsviken, Johannes, Vartanyan, Sergey, Raundrup, Katrine, Al-Chaer, Amal, Rasmussen, Linett, Hvilsom, Christina, Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter, Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S., Aastrup, Peter, Van Coeverden de Groot, Peter J., Schmidt, Niels Martin, Albrechtsen, Anders, Dalén, Love, Heller, Rasmus, Moltke, Ida, Redlef Siegismund, Hans, Pečnerová, Patrícia, Lord, Edana, Garcia-Erill, Genís, Hanghøj, Kristian, Rasmussen, Malthe Sebro, Meisner, Jonas, Liu, Xiaodong, van der Valk, Tom, Santander, Cindy G., Quinn, Liam, Lin, Long, Liu, Shanlin, Carøe, Christian, Dalerum, Fredrik, Götherström, Anders, Måsviken, Johannes, Vartanyan, Sergey, Raundrup, Katrine, Al-Chaer, Amal, Rasmussen, Linett, Hvilsom, Christina, Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter, Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S., Aastrup, Peter, Van Coeverden de Groot, Peter J., Schmidt, Niels Martin, Albrechtsen, Anders, Dalén, Love, Heller, Rasmus, Moltke, Ida, and Redlef Siegismund, Hans
Abstract: Genomic studies of species threatened by extinction are providing crucial information about evolutionary mechanisms and genetic consequences of population declines and bottlenecks. However, to understand how species avoid the extinction vortex, insights can be drawn by studying species that thrive despite past declines. Here, we studied the population genomics of the muskox (Ovibos moschatus), an Ice Age relict that was at the brink of extinction for thousands of years at the end of the Pleistocene yet appears to be thriving today. We analysed 108 whole genomes, including present-day individuals representing the current native range of both muskox subspecies, the white-faced and the barren-ground muskox (O. moschatus wardi and O. moschatus moschatus) and a ~21,000-year-old ancient individual from Siberia. We found that the muskox' demographic history was profoundly shaped by past climate changes and post-glacial re-colonizations. In particular, the white-faced muskox has the lowest genome-wide heterozygosity recorded in an ungulate. Yet, there is no evidence of inbreeding depression in native muskox populations. We hypothesize that this can be explained by the effect of long-term gradual population declines that allowed for purging of strongly deleterious mutations. This study provides insights into how species with a history of population bottlenecks, small population sizes and low genetic diversity survive against all odds.
Published: 2024
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9. Identification of constrained sequence elements across 239 primate genomes

Author: Natural Environment Research Council (UK), UK Research and Innovation, National Human Genome Research Institute (US), Fundación la Caixa, Vienna Science and Technology Fund, European Commission, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasil), Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Brasil), German Research Foundation, Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Generalitat de Catalunya, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canada Research Chairs, Wenner-Gren Foundation, Leakey Foundation, National Science Foundation (US), National Geographic Society, National Institute on Aging (US), Swedish Research Council, National Research Foundation Singapore, European Research Council, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Kuderna, Lukas F. K. [0000-0002-9992-9295], Kuhlwilm, Martin [0000-0002-0115-1797], Valenzuela, Alejandro [0000-0001-6120-6246], Juan, David [0000-0003-1912-9667], Lizano, Esther [0000-0003-3304-9807], Navarro, Arcadi [0000-0003-2162-8246], Marqués-Bonet, Tomàs [0000-0002-5597-3075], Kuderna, Lukas F. K., Ulirsch, Jacob C., Rashid, Sabrina, Ameen, Mohamed, Sundaram, Laksshman, Hickey, Glenn, Cox, Anthony J., Gao, Hong, Kumar, Arvind, Aguet, Francois, Christmas, Matthew J., Clawson, Hiram, Haeussler, Maximilian, Janiak, Mareike C., Kuhlwilm, Martin, Orkin, Joseph D., Bataillon, Thomas, Manu, Shivakumara, Valenzuela, Alejandro, Bergman, Juraj, Rousselle, Marjolaine, Silva, Felipe Ennes, Agueda, Lidia, Blanc, Julie, Gut, Marta, Vries, Dorien de, Goodhead, Ian, Harris, R. Alan, Raveendran, Muthuswamy, Jensen, Axel, Chuma, Idriss S., Horvath, Julie E., Hvilsom, Christina, Juan, David, Frandsen, Peter, Schraiber, Joshua G., Melo, Fabiano R. de, Bertuol, Fabrício, Byrne, Hazel, Sampaio, Iracilda, Farias, Izeni, Valsecchi, João, Messias, Malu, Silva, Maria N. F. da, Trivedi, Mihir, Rossi, Rogerio, Hrbek, Tomas, Andriaholinirina, Nicole, Rabarivola, Clément J., Zaramody, Alphonse, Jolly, Clifford J., Phillips-Conroy, Jane, Wilkerson, Gregory, Abee, Christian, Simmons, Joe H., Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo, Kanthaswamy, Sree, Shiferaw, Fekadu, Wu, Dongdong, Zhou, Long, Shao, Yong, Zhang, Guojie, Keyyu, Julius D., Knauf, Sascha, Le, Minh D., Lizano, Esther, Merker, Stefan, Navarro, Arcadi, Nadler, Tilo, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Lee, Jessica, Tan, Patrick, Lim, Weng Khong, Kitchener, Andrew C., Zinner, Dietmar, Gut, Ivo, Melin, Amanda D., Guschanski, Katerina, Schierup, Mikkel Heide, Beck, Robin M. D., Karakikes, Ioannis, Wang, Kevin C., Umapathy, Govindhaswamy, Roos, Christian, Boubli, Jean P., Siepel, Adam, Kundaje, Anshul, Paten, Benedict, Lindblad-Toh, Kerstin, Rogers, Jeffrey, Marqués-Bonet, Tomàs, Farh, Kyle Kai-How, Natural Environment Research Council (UK), UK Research and Innovation, National Human Genome Research Institute (US), Fundación la Caixa, Vienna Science and Technology Fund, European Commission, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasil), Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Brasil), German Research Foundation, Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Generalitat de Catalunya, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canada Research Chairs, Wenner-Gren Foundation, Leakey Foundation, National Science Foundation (US), National Geographic Society, National Institute on Aging (US), Swedish Research Council, National Research Foundation Singapore, European Research Council, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Kuderna, Lukas F. K. [0000-0002-9992-9295], Kuhlwilm, Martin [0000-0002-0115-1797], Valenzuela, Alejandro [0000-0001-6120-6246], Juan, David [0000-0003-1912-9667], Lizano, Esther [0000-0003-3304-9807], Navarro, Arcadi [0000-0003-2162-8246], Marqués-Bonet, Tomàs [0000-0002-5597-3075], Kuderna, Lukas F. K., Ulirsch, Jacob C., Rashid, Sabrina, Ameen, Mohamed, Sundaram, Laksshman, Hickey, Glenn, Cox, Anthony J., Gao, Hong, Kumar, Arvind, Aguet, Francois, Christmas, Matthew J., Clawson, Hiram, Haeussler, Maximilian, Janiak, Mareike C., Kuhlwilm, Martin, Orkin, Joseph D., Bataillon, Thomas, Manu, Shivakumara, Valenzuela, Alejandro, Bergman, Juraj, Rousselle, Marjolaine, Silva, Felipe Ennes, Agueda, Lidia, Blanc, Julie, Gut, Marta, Vries, Dorien de, Goodhead, Ian, Harris, R. Alan, Raveendran, Muthuswamy, Jensen, Axel, Chuma, Idriss S., Horvath, Julie E., Hvilsom, Christina, Juan, David, Frandsen, Peter, Schraiber, Joshua G., Melo, Fabiano R. de, Bertuol, Fabrício, Byrne, Hazel, Sampaio, Iracilda, Farias, Izeni, Valsecchi, João, Messias, Malu, Silva, Maria N. F. da, Trivedi, Mihir, Rossi, Rogerio, Hrbek, Tomas, Andriaholinirina, Nicole, Rabarivola, Clément J., Zaramody, Alphonse, Jolly, Clifford J., Phillips-Conroy, Jane, Wilkerson, Gregory, Abee, Christian, Simmons, Joe H., Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo, Kanthaswamy, Sree, Shiferaw, Fekadu, Wu, Dongdong, Zhou, Long, Shao, Yong, Zhang, Guojie, Keyyu, Julius D., Knauf, Sascha, Le, Minh D., Lizano, Esther, Merker, Stefan, Navarro, Arcadi, Nadler, Tilo, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Lee, Jessica, Tan, Patrick, Lim, Weng Khong, Kitchener, Andrew C., Zinner, Dietmar, Gut, Ivo, Melin, Amanda D., Guschanski, Katerina, Schierup, Mikkel Heide, Beck, Robin M. D., Karakikes, Ioannis, Wang, Kevin C., Umapathy, Govindhaswamy, Roos, Christian, Boubli, Jean P., Siepel, Adam, Kundaje, Anshul, Paten, Benedict, Lindblad-Toh, Kerstin, Rogers, Jeffrey, Marqués-Bonet, Tomàs, and Farh, Kyle Kai-How
Abstract: Noncoding DNA is central to our understanding of human gene regulation and complex diseases1,2, and measuring the evolutionary sequence constraint can establish the functional relevance of putative regulatory elements in the human genome3,4,5,6,7,8,9. Identifying the genomic elements that have become constrained specifically in primates has been hampered by the faster evolution of noncoding DNA compared to protein-coding DNA10, the relatively short timescales separating primate species11, and the previously limited availability of whole-genome sequences12. Here we construct a whole-genome alignment of 239 species, representing nearly half of all extant species in the primate order. Using this resource, we identified human regulatory elements that are under selective constraint across primates and other mammals at a 5% false discovery rate. We detected 111,318 DNase I hypersensitivity sites and 267,410 transcription factor binding sites that are constrained specifically in primates but not across other placental mammals and validate their cis-regulatory effects on gene expression. These regulatory elements are enriched for human genetic variants that affect gene expression and complex traits and diseases. Our results highlight the important role of recent evolution in regulatory sequence elements differentiating primates, including humans, from other placental mammals.
Published: 2024

10. Monitoring of species’ genetic diversity in Europe varies greatly and overlooks potential climate change impacts

Author: Pearman, Peter, Broennimann, Olivier, Aavik, Tsipe, Albayrak, Tamer, Alves, Paulo, Aravanopoulos, F.A., Bertola, Laura, Biedrzycka, Aleksandra, Buzan, Elena, Cubric-Curik, Vlatka, Djan, Mihajla, Fedorca, Ancuta, Fuentes-Pardo, Angela, Fussi, Barbara, Godoy, José, Gugerli, Felix, Hoban, Sean, Holderegger, Rolf, Hvilsom, Christina, Iacolina, Laura, Kalamujic Stroil, Belma, Klinga, Peter, Konopiński, Maciej K., Kopatz, Alexander, Laikre, Linda, Lopes-Fernandes, Margarida, McMahon, Barry John, Mergeay, Joachim, Neophytou, Charalambos, Pálsson, Snæbjörn, Paz-Vinas, Ivan, Posledovich, Diana, Primmer, Craig, Raeymaekers, Joost, Rinkevich, Baruch, Rolečková, Barbora, Ruņģis, Dainis, Schuerz, Laura, Segelbacher, Gernot, Kavčič Sonnenschein, Katja, Stefanovic, Milomir, Thurfjell, Henrik, Träger, Sabrina, Tsvetkov, Ivaylo, Velickovic, Nevena, Vergeer, Philippine, Vernesi, Cristiano, Vilà, Carles, Westergren, Marjana, Zachos, Frank, Pearman, Peter, Broennimann, Olivier, Aavik, Tsipe, Albayrak, Tamer, Alves, Paulo, Aravanopoulos, F.A., Bertola, Laura, Biedrzycka, Aleksandra, Buzan, Elena, Cubric-Curik, Vlatka, Djan, Mihajla, Fedorca, Ancuta, Fuentes-Pardo, Angela, Fussi, Barbara, Godoy, José, Gugerli, Felix, Hoban, Sean, Holderegger, Rolf, Hvilsom, Christina, Iacolina, Laura, Kalamujic Stroil, Belma, Klinga, Peter, Konopiński, Maciej K., Kopatz, Alexander, Laikre, Linda, Lopes-Fernandes, Margarida, McMahon, Barry John, Mergeay, Joachim, Neophytou, Charalambos, Pálsson, Snæbjörn, Paz-Vinas, Ivan, Posledovich, Diana, Primmer, Craig, Raeymaekers, Joost, Rinkevich, Baruch, Rolečková, Barbora, Ruņģis, Dainis, Schuerz, Laura, Segelbacher, Gernot, Kavčič Sonnenschein, Katja, Stefanovic, Milomir, Thurfjell, Henrik, Träger, Sabrina, Tsvetkov, Ivaylo, Velickovic, Nevena, Vergeer, Philippine, Vernesi, Cristiano, Vilà, Carles, Westergren, Marjana, and Zachos, Frank
Abstract: Genetic monitoring of populations currently attracts interest in the context of the Convention on Biological Diversity but needs long-term planning and investments. However, genetic diversity has been largely neglected in biodiversity monitoring, and when addressed, it is treated separately, detached from other conservation issues, such as habitat alteration due to climate change. We report an accounting of efforts to monitor population genetic diversity in Europe (genetic monitoring effort, GME), the evaluation of which can help guide future capacity building and collaboration towards areas most in need of expanded monitoring. Overlaying GME with areas where the ranges of selected species of conservation interest approach current and future climate niche limits helps identify whether GME coincides with anticipated climate change effects on biodiversity. Our analysis suggests that country area, financial resources and conservation policy influence GME, high values of which only partially match species’ joint patterns of limits to suitable climatic conditions. Populations at trailing climatic niche margins probably hold genetic diversity that is important for adaptation to changing climate. Our results illuminate the need in Europe for expanded investment in genetic monitoring across climate gradients occupied by focal species, a need arguably greatest in southeastern European countries. This need could be met in part by expanding the European Union’s Birds and Habitats Directives to fully address the conservation and monitoring of genetic diversity.
Published: 2024

11. Submitted candidate projects for validation as population genetic diversity monitoring.

Author: Pearman, Peter, Broennimann, Olivier, Aavik, Tsipe, Albayrak, Tamer, Alves, Paulo, Aravanopoulos, F.A., Bertola, Laura, Biedrzycka, Aleksandra, Buzan, Elena, Cubric-Curik, Vlatka, Djan, Mihajla, Fedorca, Ancuta, Fuentes-Pardo, Angela, Fussi, Barbara, Godoy, José, Gugerli, Felix, Hoban, Sean, Holderegger, Rolf, Hvilsom, Christina, Iacolina, Laura, Kalamujic Stroil, Belma, Klinga, Peter, Konopiński, Maciej K., Kopatz, Alexander, Laikre, Linda, Lopes-Fernandes, Margarida, McMahon, Barry John, Mergeay, Joachim, Neophytou, Charalambos, Pálsson, Snæbjörn, Paz-Vinas, Ivan, Posledovich, Diana, Primmer, Craig, Raeymaekers, Joost, Rinkevich, Baruch, Rolečková, Barbora, Ruņģis, Dainis, Schuerz, Laura, Segelbacher, Gernot, Kavčič Sonnenschein, Katja, Stefanovic, Milomir, Thurfjell, Henrik, Träger, Sabrina, Tsvetkov, Ivaylo, Velickovic, Nevena, Vergeer, Philippine, Vernesi, Cristiano, Vilà, Carles, Westergren, Marjana, Zachos, Frank, Pearman, Peter, Broennimann, Olivier, Aavik, Tsipe, Albayrak, Tamer, Alves, Paulo, Aravanopoulos, F.A., Bertola, Laura, Biedrzycka, Aleksandra, Buzan, Elena, Cubric-Curik, Vlatka, Djan, Mihajla, Fedorca, Ancuta, Fuentes-Pardo, Angela, Fussi, Barbara, Godoy, José, Gugerli, Felix, Hoban, Sean, Holderegger, Rolf, Hvilsom, Christina, Iacolina, Laura, Kalamujic Stroil, Belma, Klinga, Peter, Konopiński, Maciej K., Kopatz, Alexander, Laikre, Linda, Lopes-Fernandes, Margarida, McMahon, Barry John, Mergeay, Joachim, Neophytou, Charalambos, Pálsson, Snæbjörn, Paz-Vinas, Ivan, Posledovich, Diana, Primmer, Craig, Raeymaekers, Joost, Rinkevich, Baruch, Rolečková, Barbora, Ruņģis, Dainis, Schuerz, Laura, Segelbacher, Gernot, Kavčič Sonnenschein, Katja, Stefanovic, Milomir, Thurfjell, Henrik, Träger, Sabrina, Tsvetkov, Ivaylo, Velickovic, Nevena, Vergeer, Philippine, Vernesi, Cristiano, Vilà, Carles, Westergren, Marjana, and Zachos, Frank
Abstract: A data set of submitted candidate projects for evaluation of validity as Category II population genetic monitoring, with repeated sampling over time and at least one indicator of population genetic diversity., A data set of submitted candidate projects for evaluation of validity as Category II population genetic monitoring, with repeated sampling over time and at least one indicator of population genetic diversity.
Published: 2024

12. Identification of constrained sequence elements across 239 primate genomes

Author: Kuderna, Lukas F.K., Ulirsch, Jacob C., Rashid, Sabrina, Ameen, Mohamed, Sundaram, Laksshman, Hickey, Glenn, Cox, Anthony J., Gao, Hong, Kumar, Arvind, Aguet, Francois, Christmas, Matthew J., Clawson, Hiram, Haeussler, Maximilian, Janiak, Mareike C., Kuhlwilm, Martin, Orkin, Joseph D., Bataillon, Thomas, Manu, Shivakumara, Valenzuela, Alejandro, Bergman, Juraj, Rouselle, Marjolaine, Silva, Felipe Ennes, Agueda, Lidia, Blanc, Julie, Gut, Marta, de Vries, Dorien, Goodhead, Ian, Harris, R. Alan, Raveendran, Muthuswamy, Jensen, Axel, Chuma, Idriss S., Horvath, Julie E., Hvilsom, Christina, Juan, David, Frandsen, Peter, Schraiber, Joshua G., de Melo, Fabiano R., Bertuol, Fabrício, Byrne, Hazel, Sampaio, Iracilda, Farias, Izeni, Valsecchi, João, Messias, Malu, da Silva, Maria N.F., Trivedi, Mihir, Rossi, Rogerio, Hrbek, Tomas, Andriaholinirina, Nicole, Rabarivola, Clément J., Zaramody, Alphonse, Jolly, Clifford J., Phillips-Conroy, Jane, Wilkerson, Gregory, Abee, Christian, Simmons, Joe H., Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo, Kanthaswamy, Sree, Shiferaw, Fekadu, Wu, Dongdong, Zhou, Long, Shao, Yong, Zhang, Guojie, Keyyu, Julius D., Knauf, Sascha, Le, Minh D., Lizano, Esther, Merker, Stefan, Navarro, Arcadi, Nadler, Tilo, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Lee, Jessica, Tan, Patrick, Lim, Weng Khong, Kitchener, Andrew C., Zinner, Dietmar, Gut, Ivo, Melin, Amanda D., Guschanski, Katerina, Schierup, Mikkel Heide, Beck, Robin M.D., Karakikes, Ioannis, Wang, Kevin C., Umapathy, Govindhaswamy, Roos, Christian, Boubli, Jean P., Siepel, Adam, Kundaje, Anshul, Paten, Benedict, Lindblad-Toh, Kerstin, Rogers, Jeffrey, Marques Bonet, Tomas, Farh, Kyle Kai How, Kuderna, Lukas F.K., Ulirsch, Jacob C., Rashid, Sabrina, Ameen, Mohamed, Sundaram, Laksshman, Hickey, Glenn, Cox, Anthony J., Gao, Hong, Kumar, Arvind, Aguet, Francois, Christmas, Matthew J., Clawson, Hiram, Haeussler, Maximilian, Janiak, Mareike C., Kuhlwilm, Martin, Orkin, Joseph D., Bataillon, Thomas, Manu, Shivakumara, Valenzuela, Alejandro, Bergman, Juraj, Rouselle, Marjolaine, Silva, Felipe Ennes, Agueda, Lidia, Blanc, Julie, Gut, Marta, de Vries, Dorien, Goodhead, Ian, Harris, R. Alan, Raveendran, Muthuswamy, Jensen, Axel, Chuma, Idriss S., Horvath, Julie E., Hvilsom, Christina, Juan, David, Frandsen, Peter, Schraiber, Joshua G., de Melo, Fabiano R., Bertuol, Fabrício, Byrne, Hazel, Sampaio, Iracilda, Farias, Izeni, Valsecchi, João, Messias, Malu, da Silva, Maria N.F., Trivedi, Mihir, Rossi, Rogerio, Hrbek, Tomas, Andriaholinirina, Nicole, Rabarivola, Clément J., Zaramody, Alphonse, Jolly, Clifford J., Phillips-Conroy, Jane, Wilkerson, Gregory, Abee, Christian, Simmons, Joe H., Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo, Kanthaswamy, Sree, Shiferaw, Fekadu, Wu, Dongdong, Zhou, Long, Shao, Yong, Zhang, Guojie, Keyyu, Julius D., Knauf, Sascha, Le, Minh D., Lizano, Esther, Merker, Stefan, Navarro, Arcadi, Nadler, Tilo, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Lee, Jessica, Tan, Patrick, Lim, Weng Khong, Kitchener, Andrew C., Zinner, Dietmar, Gut, Ivo, Melin, Amanda D., Guschanski, Katerina, Schierup, Mikkel Heide, Beck, Robin M.D., Karakikes, Ioannis, Wang, Kevin C., Umapathy, Govindhaswamy, Roos, Christian, Boubli, Jean P., Siepel, Adam, Kundaje, Anshul, Paten, Benedict, Lindblad-Toh, Kerstin, Rogers, Jeffrey, Marques Bonet, Tomas, and Farh, Kyle Kai How
Abstract: Noncoding DNA is central to our understanding of human gene regulation and complex diseases1,2, and measuring the evolutionary sequence constraint can establish the functional relevance of putative regulatory elements in the human genome3,4,5,6,7,8,9. Identifying the genomic elements that have become constrained specifically in primates has been hampered by the faster evolution of noncoding DNA compared to protein-coding DNA10, the relatively short timescales separating primate species11, and the previously limited availability of whole-genome sequences12. Here we construct a whole-genome alignment of 239 species, representing nearly half of all extant species in the primate order. Using this resource, we identified human regulatory elements that are under selective constraint across primates and other mammals at a 5% false discovery rate. We detected 111,318 DNase I hypersensitivity sites and 267,410 transcription factor binding sites that are constrained specifically in primates but not across other placental mammals and validate their cis-regulatory effects on gene expression. These regulatory elements are enriched for human genetic variants that affect gene expression and complex traits and diseases. Our results highlight the important role of recent evolution in regulatory sequence elements differentiating primates, including humans, from other placental mammals., Noncoding DNA is central to our understanding of human gene regulation and complex diseases1,2, and measuring the evolutionary sequence constraint can establish the functional relevance of putative regulatory elements in the human genome3–9. Identifying the genomic elements that have become constrained specifically in primates has been hampered by the faster evolution of noncoding DNA compared to protein-coding DNA10, the relatively short timescales separating primate species11, and the previously limited availability of whole-genome sequences12. Here we construct a whole-genome alignment of 239 species, representing nearly half of all extant species in the primate order. Using this resource, we identified human regulatory elements that are under selective constraint across primates and other mammals at a 5% false discovery rate. We detected 111,318 DNase I hypersensitivity sites and 267,410 transcription factor binding sites that are constrained specifically in primates but not across other placental mammals and validate their cis-regulatory effects on gene expression. These regulatory elements are enriched for human genetic variants that affect gene expression and complex traits and diseases. Our results highlight the important role of recent evolution in regulatory sequence elements differentiating primates, including humans, from other placental mammals.
Published: 2024

13. Genomic consequences of a century of inbreeding and isolation in the Danish wild boar population

Author: Yildiz, Beril, primary, Megens, Hendrik-Jan, additional, Hvilsom, Christina, additional, and Bosse, Mirte, additional
Published: 2024
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14. Targeted conservation genetics of the endangered chimpanzee

Author: Frandsen, Peter, Fontsere, Claudia, Nielsen, Svend Vendelbo, Hanghøj, Kristian, Castejon-Fernandez, Natalia, Lizano, Esther, Hughes, David, Hernandez-Rodriguez, Jessica, Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand, Carlsen, Frands, Siegismund, Hans Redlef, Mailund, Thomas, Marques-Bonet, Tomas, and Hvilsom, Christina
Published: 2020
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15. Genetic diagnosis of trisomy 21 in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Author: Frandsen, Peter, Johansen, Peter, Carlsen, Frands, and Hvilsom, Christina
Published: 2020
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16. Extreme selective sweeps independently targeted the X chromosomes of the great apes

Author: Nam, Kiwoong, Munch, Kasper, Hobolth, Asger, Dutheil, Julien Yann, Veeramah, Krishna R, Woerner, August E, Hammer, Michael F, Mailund, Thomas, Schierup, Mikkel Heide, Prado-Martinez, Javier, Sudmant, Peter H, Kidd, Jeffrey M, Li, Heng, Kelley, Joanna L, Lorente-Galdos, Belen, O’Connor, Timothy D, Santpere, Gabriel, Cagan, Alexander, Theunert, Christoph, Casals, Ferran, Laayouni, Hafid, Halager, Anders E, Malig, Maika, Hernandez-Rodriguez, Jessica, Hernando-Herraez, Irene, Prüfer, Kay, Pybus, Marc, Johnstone, Laurel, Lachmann, Michael, Alkan, Can, Twigg, Dorina, Petit, Natalia, Baker, Carl, Hormozdiari, Fereydoun, Fernandez-Callejo, Marcos, Dabad, Marc, Wilson, Michael L, Stevison, Laurie, Camprubí, Cristina, Carvalho, Tiago, Ruiz-Herrera, Aurora, Vives, Laura, Mele, Marta, Abello, Teresa, Kondova, Ivanela, Bontrop, Ronald E, Pusey, Anne, Lankester, Felix, Kiyang, John A, Bergl, Richard A, Lonsdorf, Elizabeth, Myers, Simon, Ventura, Mario, Gagneux, Pascal, Comas, David, Siegismund, Hans, Blanc, Julie, Agueda-Calpena, Lidia, Gut, Marta, Fulton, Lucinda, Tishkoff, Sarah A, Mullikin, James C, Wilson, Richard K, Gut, Ivo G, Gonder, Mary Katherine, Ryder, Oliver A, Hahn, Beatrice H, Navarro, Arcadi, Akey, Joshua M, Bertranpetit, Jaume, Reich, David, Schierup, Mikkel H, Hvilsom, Christina, Andrés, Aida M, Wall, Jeffrey D, Bustamante, Carlos D, Eichler, Evan E, and Marques-Bonet, Tomas
Subjects: Human Genome, Genetics, Animals, Computational Biology, Databases, Genetic, Genetic Variation, Genetics, Population, Hominidae, Models, Genetic, Polymorphism, Genetic, Selection, Genetic, Species Specificity, X Chromosome, Great Ape Genome Diversity Project, X-chromosome evolution, ampliconic genes, great apes, meiotic drive, selective sweeps
Abstract: The unique inheritance pattern of the X chromosome exposes it to natural selection in a way that is different from that of the autosomes, potentially resulting in accelerated evolution. We perform a comparative analysis of X chromosome polymorphism in 10 great ape species, including humans. In most species, we identify striking megabase-wide regions, where nucleotide diversity is less than 20% of the chromosomal average. Such regions are found exclusively on the X chromosome. The regions overlap partially among species, suggesting that the underlying targets are partly shared among species. The regions have higher proportions of singleton SNPs, higher levels of population differentiation, and a higher nonsynonymous-to-synonymous substitution ratio than the rest of the X chromosome. We show that the extent to which diversity is reduced is incompatible with direct selection or the action of background selection and soft selective sweeps alone, and therefore, we suggest that very strong selective sweeps have independently targeted these specific regions in several species. The only genomic feature that we can identify as strongly associated with loss of diversity is the location of testis-expressed ampliconic genes, which also have reduced diversity around them. We hypothesize that these genes may be responsible for selective sweeps in the form of meiotic drive caused by an intragenomic conflict in male meiosis.
Published: 2015

17. Mountain gorilla genomes reveal the impact of long-term population decline and inbreeding

Author: Xue, Yali, Prado-Martinez, Javier, Sudmant, Peter H, Narasimhan, Vagheesh, Ayub, Qasim, Szpak, Michal, Frandsen, Peter, Chen, Yuan, Yngvadottir, Bryndis, Cooper, David N, de Manuel, Marc, Hernandez-Rodriguez, Jessica, Lobon, Irene, Siegismund, Hans R, Pagani, Luca, Quail, Michael A, Hvilsom, Christina, Mudakikwa, Antoine, Eichler, Evan E, Cranfield, Michael R, Marques-Bonet, Tomas, Tyler-Smith, Chris, and Scally, Aylwyn
Subjects: Human Genome, Genetics, Biotechnology, Generic health relevance, Life on Land, Adaptation, Physiological, Animals, Biological Evolution, DNA Copy Number Variations, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Endangered Species, Female, Genetic Variation, Genome, Gorilla gorilla, Homozygote, Inbreeding, Linkage Disequilibrium, Male, Mutation, Population Dynamics, Rwanda, Selection, Genetic, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Species Specificity, Time Factors, General Science & Technology
Abstract: Mountain gorillas are an endangered great ape subspecies and a prominent focus for conservation, yet we know little about their genomic diversity and evolutionary past. We sequenced whole genomes from multiple wild individuals and compared the genomes of all four Gorilla subspecies. We found that the two eastern subspecies have experienced a prolonged population decline over the past 100,000 years, resulting in very low genetic diversity and an increased overall burden of deleterious variation. A further recent decline in the mountain gorilla population has led to extensive inbreeding, such that individuals are typically homozygous at 34% of their sequence, leading to the purging of severely deleterious recessive mutations from the population. We discuss the causes of their decline and the consequences for their future survival.
Published: 2015

18. Inference of Purifying and Positive Selection in Three Subspecies of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) from Exome Sequencing

Author: Bataillon, Thomas, Duan, Jinjie, Hvilsom, Christina, Jin, Xin, Li, Yingrui, Skov, Laurits, Glemin, Sylvain, Munch, Kasper, Jiang, Tao, Qian, Yu, Hobolth, Asger, Wang, Jun, Mailund, Thomas, Siegismund, Hans R, and Schierup, Mikkel H
Subjects: Genetics, Human Genome, Underpinning research, 1.1 Normal biological development and functioning, Animals, Demography, Exome, Exons, Genetic Fitness, Genomics, Humans, INDEL Mutation, Pan troglodytes, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Selection, Genetic, Sequence Analysis, DNA, effective size, fitness effect, mutation, selection, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Developmental Biology
Abstract: We study genome-wide nucleotide diversity in three subspecies of extant chimpanzees using exome capture. After strict filtering, Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and indels were called and genotyped for greater than 50% of exons at a mean coverage of 35× per individual. Central chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) are the most polymorphic (nucleotide diversity, θw = 0.0023 per site) followed by Eastern (P. t. schweinfurthii) chimpanzees (θw = 0.0016) and Western (P. t. verus) chimpanzees (θw = 0.0008). A demographic scenario of divergence without gene flow fits the patterns of autosomal synonymous nucleotide diversity well except for a signal of recent gene flow from Western into Eastern chimpanzees. The striking contrast in X-linked versus autosomal polymorphism and divergence previously reported in Central chimpanzees is also found in Eastern and Western chimpanzees. We show that the direction of selection statistic exhibits a strong nonmonotonic relationship with the strength of purifying selection S, making it inappropriate for estimating S. We instead use counts in synonymous versus nonsynonymous frequency classes to infer the distribution of S coefficients acting on nonsynonymous mutations in each subspecies. The strength of purifying selection we infer is congruent with the differences in effective sizes of each subspecies: Central chimpanzees are undergoing the strongest purifying selection followed by Eastern and Western chimpanzees. Coding indels show stronger selection against indels changing the reading frame than observed in human populations.
Published: 2015

19. The genetic impact of an Ebola outbreak on a wild gorilla population

Author: Fontsere, Claudia, Frandsen, Peter, Hernandez-Rodriguez, Jessica, Niemann, Jonas, Scharff-Olsen, Camilla Hjorth, Vallet, Dominique, Le Gouar, Pascaline, Ménard, Nelly, Navarro, Arcadi, Siegismund, Hans R., Hvilsom, Christina, Gilbert, M. Thomas P., Kuhlwilm, Martin, Hughes, David, and Marques-Bonet, Tomas
Published: 2021
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20. Deep genetic substructure within bonobos

Author: Han, Sojung, de Filippo, Cesare, Parra, Genís, Meneu, Juan Ramon, Laurent, Romain, Frandsen, Peter, Hvilsom, Christina, Gronau, Ilan, Marques-Bonet, Tomas, Kuhlwilm, Martin, and Andrés, Aida M.
Published: 2024
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21. Identification of constrained sequence elements across 239 primate genomes

Author: Kuderna, Lukas F. K., primary, Ulirsch, Jacob C., additional, Rashid, Sabrina, additional, Ameen, Mohamed, additional, Sundaram, Laksshman, additional, Hickey, Glenn, additional, Cox, Anthony J., additional, Gao, Hong, additional, Kumar, Arvind, additional, Aguet, Francois, additional, Christmas, Matthew J., additional, Clawson, Hiram, additional, Haeussler, Maximilian, additional, Janiak, Mareike C., additional, Kuhlwilm, Martin, additional, Orkin, Joseph D., additional, Bataillon, Thomas, additional, Manu, Shivakumara, additional, Valenzuela, Alejandro, additional, Bergman, Juraj, additional, Rouselle, Marjolaine, additional, Silva, Felipe Ennes, additional, Agueda, Lidia, additional, Blanc, Julie, additional, Gut, Marta, additional, de Vries, Dorien, additional, Goodhead, Ian, additional, Harris, R. Alan, additional, Raveendran, Muthuswamy, additional, Jensen, Axel, additional, Chuma, Idriss S., additional, Horvath, Julie E., additional, Hvilsom, Christina, additional, Juan, David, additional, Frandsen, Peter, additional, Schraiber, Joshua G., additional, de Melo, Fabiano R., additional, Bertuol, Fabrício, additional, Byrne, Hazel, additional, Sampaio, Iracilda, additional, Farias, Izeni, additional, Valsecchi, João, additional, Messias, Malu, additional, da Silva, Maria N. F., additional, Trivedi, Mihir, additional, Rossi, Rogerio, additional, Hrbek, Tomas, additional, Andriaholinirina, Nicole, additional, Rabarivola, Clément J., additional, Zaramody, Alphonse, additional, Jolly, Clifford J., additional, Phillips-Conroy, Jane, additional, Wilkerson, Gregory, additional, Abee, Christian, additional, Simmons, Joe H., additional, Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo, additional, Kanthaswamy, Sree, additional, Shiferaw, Fekadu, additional, Wu, Dongdong, additional, Zhou, Long, additional, Shao, Yong, additional, Zhang, Guojie, additional, Keyyu, Julius D., additional, Knauf, Sascha, additional, Le, Minh D., additional, Lizano, Esther, additional, Merker, Stefan, additional, Navarro, Arcadi, additional, Nadler, Tilo, additional, Khor, Chiea Chuen, additional, Lee, Jessica, additional, Tan, Patrick, additional, Lim, Weng Khong, additional, Kitchener, Andrew C., additional, Zinner, Dietmar, additional, Gut, Ivo, additional, Melin, Amanda D., additional, Guschanski, Katerina, additional, Schierup, Mikkel Heide, additional, Beck, Robin M. D., additional, Karakikes, Ioannis, additional, Wang, Kevin C., additional, Umapathy, Govindhaswamy, additional, Roos, Christian, additional, Boubli, Jean P., additional, Siepel, Adam, additional, Kundaje, Anshul, additional, Paten, Benedict, additional, Lindblad-Toh, Kerstin, additional, Rogers, Jeffrey, additional, Marques Bonet, Tomas, additional, and Farh, Kyle Kai-How, additional
Published: 2023
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22. Population genomics of the muskox' resilience in the near absence of genetic variation

Author: Pečnerová, Patrícia, primary, Lord, Edana, additional, Garcia‐Erill, Genís, additional, Hanghøj, Kristian, additional, Rasmussen, Malthe Sebro, additional, Meisner, Jonas, additional, Liu, Xiaodong, additional, van der Valk, Tom, additional, Santander, Cindy G., additional, Quinn, Liam, additional, Lin, Long, additional, Liu, Shanlin, additional, Carøe, Christian, additional, Dalerum, Fredrik, additional, Götherström, Anders, additional, Måsviken, Johannes, additional, Vartanyan, Sergey, additional, Raundrup, Katrine, additional, Al‐Chaer, Amal, additional, Rasmussen, Linett, additional, Hvilsom, Christina, additional, Heide‐Jørgensen, Mads Peter, additional, Sinding, Mikkel‐Holger S., additional, Aastrup, Peter, additional, Van Coeverden de Groot, Peter J., additional, Schmidt, Niels Martin, additional, Albrechtsen, Anders, additional, Dalén, Love, additional, Heller, Rasmus, additional, Moltke, Ida, additional, and Siegismund, Hans Redlef, additional
Published: 2023
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23. Great ape genetic diversity and population history.

Author: Prado-Martinez, Javier, Sudmant, Peter H, Kidd, Jeffrey M, Li, Heng, Kelley, Joanna L, Lorente-Galdos, Belen, Veeramah, Krishna R, Woerner, August E, O'Connor, Timothy D, Santpere, Gabriel, Cagan, Alexander, Theunert, Christoph, Casals, Ferran, Laayouni, Hafid, Munch, Kasper, Hobolth, Asger, Halager, Anders E, Malig, Maika, Hernandez-Rodriguez, Jessica, Hernando-Herraez, Irene, Prüfer, Kay, Pybus, Marc, Johnstone, Laurel, Lachmann, Michael, Alkan, Can, Twigg, Dorina, Petit, Natalia, Baker, Carl, Hormozdiari, Fereydoun, Fernandez-Callejo, Marcos, Dabad, Marc, Wilson, Michael L, Stevison, Laurie, Camprubí, Cristina, Carvalho, Tiago, Ruiz-Herrera, Aurora, Vives, Laura, Mele, Marta, Abello, Teresa, Kondova, Ivanela, Bontrop, Ronald E, Pusey, Anne, Lankester, Felix, Kiyang, John A, Bergl, Richard A, Lonsdorf, Elizabeth, Myers, Simon, Ventura, Mario, Gagneux, Pascal, Comas, David, Siegismund, Hans, Blanc, Julie, Agueda-Calpena, Lidia, Gut, Marta, Fulton, Lucinda, Tishkoff, Sarah A, Mullikin, James C, Wilson, Richard K, Gut, Ivo G, Gonder, Mary Katherine, Ryder, Oliver A, Hahn, Beatrice H, Navarro, Arcadi, Akey, Joshua M, Bertranpetit, Jaume, Reich, David, Mailund, Thomas, Schierup, Mikkel H, Hvilsom, Christina, Andrés, Aida M, Wall, Jeffrey D, Bustamante, Carlos D, Hammer, Michael F, Eichler, Evan E, and Marques-Bonet, Tomas
Subjects: Animals, Animals, Wild, Animals, Zoo, Hominidae, Gorilla gorilla, Humans, Pan paniscus, Pan troglodytes, Inbreeding, Genetics, Population, Population Density, Evolution, Molecular, Phylogeny, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Genome, Africa, Asia, Southeastern, Gene Flow, Genetic Variation, General Science & Technology
Abstract: Most great ape genetic variation remains uncharacterized; however, its study is critical for understanding population history, recombination, selection and susceptibility to disease. Here we sequence to high coverage a total of 79 wild- and captive-born individuals representing all six great ape species and seven subspecies and report 88.8 million single nucleotide polymorphisms. Our analysis provides support for genetically distinct populations within each species, signals of gene flow, and the split of common chimpanzees into two distinct groups: Nigeria-Cameroon/western and central/eastern populations. We find extensive inbreeding in almost all wild populations, with eastern gorillas being the most extreme. Inferred effective population sizes have varied radically over time in different lineages and this appears to have a profound effect on the genetic diversity at, or close to, genes in almost all species. We discover and assign 1,982 loss-of-function variants throughout the human and great ape lineages, determining that the rate of gene loss has not been different in the human branch compared to other internal branches in the great ape phylogeny. This comprehensive catalogue of great ape genome diversity provides a framework for understanding evolution and a resource for more effective management of wild and captive great ape populations.
Published: 2013

24. Direct estimation of mutations in great apes reconciles phylogenetic dating

Author: Besenbacher, Søren, Hvilsom, Christina, Marques-Bonet, Tomas, Mailund, Thomas, and Schierup, Mikkel Heide
Published: 2019
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25. Assessing the genetic composition of cotton‐top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) before sweeping anthropogenic impact

Author: Rasmussen, Linett, primary, Fontsere, Claudia, additional, Soto‐Calderón, Iván D., additional, Guillen, Rosamira, additional, Savage, Anne, additional, Hansen, Anders Johannes, additional, Hvilsom, Christina, additional, and Gilbert, M. Thomas P., additional
Published: 2023
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26. Genetics as a novel tool in mining impact assessment and biomonitoring of critically endangered western chimpanzees in the Nimba Mountains, Guinea

Author: Koops, Kathelijne, Humle, Tatyana, Frandsen, Peter, Fitzgerald, Maegan, D'Auvergne, Lucy, Jackson, Hazel A, Børsting, Claus, Siegismund, Hans R, Soumah, Aly Gaspard, Hvilsom, Christina, Koops, Kathelijne [0000-0001-7097-2698], Humle, Tatyana [0000-0002-1919-631X], Frandsen, Peter [0000-0001-7131-0944], Fitzgerald, Maegan [0000-0003-3769-1688], Jackson, Hazel A [0000-0001-9573-2025], Børsting, Claus [0000-0003-0421-7429], Siegismund, Hans R [0000-0001-5757-3131], Hvilsom, Christina [0000-0001-7870-6888], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: Global and Planetary Change, environmental impact assessment, Ecology, CONTRIBUTED PAPER, Pan troglodytes verus, UNESCO world heritage site, genetic censusing, Environmental Science (miscellaneous), 3105 Genetics, CONTRIBUTED PAPERS, 31 Biological Sciences, conservation management, Nature and Landscape Conservation
Abstract: Funder: Alfred Benzon Foundation; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100007469, Funder: Gates Cambridge Trust; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100005370, Funder: Graduate Teaching PhD Scholarship, University of Kent, Funder: Homerton College, University of Cambridge; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100008420, Funder: Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011672, Funder: Newnham College, University of Cambridge; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000663, Funder: Société des Mines de Fer de Guineé S.A. (Conakry, Guinea), Funder: Stichting Lucie Burgers, The Netherlands; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100013496, Western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) are Critically Endangered and Guinea is a key stronghold for this subspecies. However, Guinea is also rich in minerals with some of the highest‐grade iron‐ore deposits in the world. Specifically, the Nimba Mountains, home to western chimpanzees, is one of the sites under consideration for mining activities. To assess the impact of mining activities in the area, we used non‐invasive genetic sampling to estimate chimpanzee population size, sex ratio, community composition, and range boundaries on the western flank of the massif. The level of genetic diversity and affinity between communities was estimated and recommendations for future genetic censusing provided. Between 2003 and 2018, we collected 999 fecal samples of which 663 were analyzed using a panel of 26 microsatellites. We identified a minimum of 136 chimpanzees in four communities, with evidence of migratory events, a high level of shared ancestry and genetic diversity. We assessed sampling intensities and capture rates for each community. Saturation was reached in two communities with sampling between 3.2 and 4.3 times the estimated number of chimpanzees. Our findings highlight the utility of genetic censusing for temporal monitoring of ape abundance, as well as capturing migratory events and gauging genetic diversity and population viability over time. We recommend genetic sampling, combined with camera trapping, for use in future Environmental and Social Impact Assessments, as these methods can yield robust baselines for implementing the mitigation hierarchy, future biomonitoring and conservation management.
Published: 2023
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27. A global catalog of whole-genome diversity from 233 primate species

Author: Kuderna, Lukas F. K., primary, Gao, Hong, additional, Janiak, Mareike C., additional, Kuhlwilm, Martin, additional, Orkin, Joseph D., additional, Bataillon, Thomas, additional, Manu, Shivakumara, additional, Valenzuela, Alejandro, additional, Bergman, Juraj, additional, Rousselle, Marjolaine, additional, Silva, Felipe Ennes, additional, Agueda, Lidia, additional, Blanc, Julie, additional, Gut, Marta, additional, de Vries, Dorien, additional, Goodhead, Ian, additional, Harris, R. Alan, additional, Raveendran, Muthuswamy, additional, Jensen, Axel, additional, Chuma, Idrissa S., additional, Horvath, Julie E., additional, Hvilsom, Christina, additional, Juan, David, additional, Frandsen, Peter, additional, Schraiber, Joshua G., additional, de Melo, Fabiano R., additional, Bertuol, Fabrício, additional, Byrne, Hazel, additional, Sampaio, Iracilda, additional, Farias, Izeni, additional, Valsecchi, João, additional, Messias, Malu, additional, da Silva, Maria N. F., additional, Trivedi, Mihir, additional, Rossi, Rogerio, additional, Hrbek, Tomas, additional, Andriaholinirina, Nicole, additional, Rabarivola, Clément J., additional, Zaramody, Alphonse, additional, Jolly, Clifford J., additional, Phillips-Conroy, Jane, additional, Wilkerson, Gregory, additional, Abee, Christian, additional, Simmons, Joe H., additional, Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo, additional, Kanthaswamy, Sree, additional, Shiferaw, Fekadu, additional, Wu, Dongdong, additional, Zhou, Long, additional, Shao, Yong, additional, Zhang, Guojie, additional, Keyyu, Julius D., additional, Knauf, Sascha, additional, Le, Minh D., additional, Lizano, Esther, additional, Merker, Stefan, additional, Navarro, Arcadi, additional, Nadler, Tilo, additional, Khor, Chiea Chuen, additional, Lee, Jessica, additional, Tan, Patrick, additional, Lim, Weng Khong, additional, Kitchener, Andrew C., additional, Zinner, Dietmar, additional, Gut, Ivo, additional, Melin, Amanda D., additional, Guschanski, Katerina, additional, Schierup, Mikkel Heide, additional, Beck, Robin M. D., additional, Umapathy, Govindhaswamy, additional, Roos, Christian, additional, Boubli, Jean P., additional, Rogers, Jeffrey, additional, Farh, Kyle Kai-How, additional, and Marques Bonet, Tomas, additional
Published: 2023
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28. The landscape of tolerated genetic variation in humans and primates

Author: Gao, Hong, primary, Hamp, Tobias, additional, Ede, Jeffrey, additional, Schraiber, Joshua G., additional, McRae, Jeremy, additional, Singer-Berk, Moriel, additional, Yang, Yanshen, additional, Dietrich, Anastasia S. D., additional, Fiziev, Petko P., additional, Kuderna, Lukas F. K., additional, Sundaram, Laksshman, additional, Wu, Yibing, additional, Adhikari, Aashish, additional, Field, Yair, additional, Chen, Chen, additional, Batzoglou, Serafim, additional, Aguet, Francois, additional, Lemire, Gabrielle, additional, Reimers, Rebecca, additional, Balick, Daniel, additional, Janiak, Mareike C., additional, Kuhlwilm, Martin, additional, Orkin, Joseph D., additional, Manu, Shivakumara, additional, Valenzuela, Alejandro, additional, Bergman, Juraj, additional, Rousselle, Marjolaine, additional, Silva, Felipe Ennes, additional, Agueda, Lidia, additional, Blanc, Julie, additional, Gut, Marta, additional, de Vries, Dorien, additional, Goodhead, Ian, additional, Harris, R. Alan, additional, Raveendran, Muthuswamy, additional, Jensen, Axel, additional, Chuma, Idriss S., additional, Horvath, Julie E., additional, Hvilsom, Christina, additional, Juan, David, additional, Frandsen, Peter, additional, de Melo, Fabiano R., additional, Bertuol, Fabrício, additional, Byrne, Hazel, additional, Sampaio, Iracilda, additional, Farias, Izeni, additional, do Amaral, João Valsecchi, additional, Messias, Mariluce, additional, da Silva, Maria N. F., additional, Trivedi, Mihir, additional, Rossi, Rogerio, additional, Hrbek, Tomas, additional, Andriaholinirina, Nicole, additional, Rabarivola, Clément J., additional, Zaramody, Alphonse, additional, Jolly, Clifford J., additional, Phillips-Conroy, Jane, additional, Wilkerson, Gregory, additional, Abee, Christian, additional, Simmons, Joe H., additional, Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo, additional, Kanthaswamy, Sree, additional, Shiferaw, Fekadu, additional, Wu, Dongdong, additional, Zhou, Long, additional, Shao, Yong, additional, Zhang, Guojie, additional, Keyyu, Julius D., additional, Knauf, Sascha, additional, Le, Minh D., additional, Lizano, Esther, additional, Merker, Stefan, additional, Navarro, Arcadi, additional, Bataillon, Thomas, additional, Nadler, Tilo, additional, Khor, Chiea Chuen, additional, Lee, Jessica, additional, Tan, Patrick, additional, Lim, Weng Khong, additional, Kitchener, Andrew C., additional, Zinner, Dietmar, additional, Gut, Ivo, additional, Melin, Amanda, additional, Guschanski, Katerina, additional, Schierup, Mikkel Heide, additional, Beck, Robin M. D., additional, Umapathy, Govindhaswamy, additional, Roos, Christian, additional, Boubli, Jean P., additional, Lek, Monkol, additional, Sunyaev, Shamil, additional, O’Donnell-Luria, Anne, additional, Rehm, Heidi L., additional, Xu, Jinbo, additional, Rogers, Jeffrey, additional, Marques-Bonet, Tomas, additional, and Farh, Kyle Kai-How, additional
Published: 2023
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29. A global catalog of whole-genome diversity from 233 primate species

Author: Kuderna, Lukas F.K., primary, Gao, Hong, additional, Janiak, Mareike C., additional, Kuhlwilm, Martin, additional, Orkin, Joseph D., additional, Bataillon, Thomas, additional, Manu, Shivakumara, additional, Valenzuela, Alejandro, additional, Bergman, Juraj, additional, Rouselle, Marjolaine, additional, Silva, Felipe Ennes, additional, Agueda, Lidia, additional, Blanc, Julie, additional, Gut, Marta, additional, de Vries, Dorien, additional, Goodhead, Ian, additional, Harris, R. Alan, additional, Raveendran, Muthuswamy, additional, Jensen, Axel, additional, Chuma, Idriss S., additional, Horvath, Julie, additional, Hvilsom, Christina, additional, Juan, David, additional, Frandsen, Peter, additional, Schraiber, Joshua G., additional, de Melo, Fabiano R., additional, Bertuol, Fabricio, additional, Byrne, Hazel, additional, Sampaio, Iracilda, additional, Farias, Izeni, additional, Valsecchi do Amaral, Joao, additional, Messias, Malu, additional, da Silva, Maria N. F., additional, Trivedi, Mihir, additional, Rossi, Rogerio, additional, Hrbek, Tomas, additional, Andriaholinirina, Nicole, additional, Rabarivola, Clement J., additional, Zaramody, Alphonse, additional, Jolly, Clifford J., additional, Phillips-Conroy, Jane, additional, Wilkerson, Gregory, additional, Abee, Christian, additional, Simmons, Joe H., additional, Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo, additional, Kanthaswamy, Sree, additional, Shiferaw, Fekadu, additional, Wu, Dongdong, additional, Zhou, Long, additional, Shao, Yong, additional, Zhang, Guojie, additional, Keyyu, Julius D., additional, Knauf, Sascha, additional, Le, Minh D., additional, Lizano, Esther, additional, Merker, Stefan, additional, Navarro, Arcadi, additional, Nadler, Tilo, additional, Khor, Chiea Chuen, additional, Lee, Jessica, additional, Tan, Patrick, additional, Lim, Weng Khong, additional, Kitchener, Andrew C., additional, Zinner, Dietmar, additional, Gut, Ivo, additional, Melin, Amanda, additional, Guschanski, Katerina, additional, Schierup, Mikkel Heide, additional, Beck, Robin M. D., additional, Umapathy, Govindhaswamy, additional, Roos, Christian, additional, Boubli, Jean P., additional, Rogers, Jeffrey, additional, Farh, Kyle, additional, and Marques Bonet, Tomas, additional
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30. A global catalog of whole-genome diversity from 233 primate species

Author: Kuderna, Lukas F. K., Gao, Hong, Janiak, Mareike C., Kuhlwilm, Martin, Orkin, Joseph D., Bataillon, Thomas, Manu, Shivakumara, Valenzuela, Alejandro, Bergman, Juraj, Rousselle, Marjolaine, Silva, Felipe Ennes, Agueda, Lidia, Blanc, Julie, Gut, Marta, de Vries, Dorien, Goodhead, Ian, Harris, R. Alan, Raveendran, Muthuswamy, Jensen, Axel, Chuma, Idrissa S., Horvath, Julie E., Hvilsom, Christina, Juan, David, Frandsen, Peter, Schraiber, Joshua G., de Melo, Fabiano R., Bertuol, Fabricio, Byrne, Hazel, Sampaio, Iracilda, Farias, Izeni, Valsecchi, Joao, Messias, Malu, da Silva, Maria N. F., Trivedi, Mihir, Rossi, Rogerio, Hrbek, Tomas, Andriaholinirina, Nicole, Rabarivola, Clement J., Zaramody, Alphonse, Jolly, Clifford J., Phillips-Conroy, Jane, Wilkerson, Gregory, Abee, Christian, Simmons, Joe H., Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo, Kanthaswamy, Sree, Shiferaw, Fekadu, Wu, Dong-dong, Zhou, Long, Shao, Yong, Zhang, Guoji, Keyyu, Julius D., Knauf, Sascha, Le, Minh D., Lizano, Esther, Merker, Stefan, Navarro, Arcadi, Nadler, Tilo, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Lee, Jessica, Tan, Patrick, Lim, Weng Khong, Kitchener, Andrew C., Zinner, Dietmar, Gut, Ivo, Melin, Amanda D., Guschanski, Katerina, Schierup, Mikkel Heide, Beck, Robin M. D., Umapathy, Govindhaswamy, Roos, Christian, Boubli, Jean P., Rogers, Jeffrey, Farh, Kyle Kai-How, Bonet, Tomas Marques, Kuderna, Lukas F. K., Gao, Hong, Janiak, Mareike C., Kuhlwilm, Martin, Orkin, Joseph D., Bataillon, Thomas, Manu, Shivakumara, Valenzuela, Alejandro, Bergman, Juraj, Rousselle, Marjolaine, Silva, Felipe Ennes, Agueda, Lidia, Blanc, Julie, Gut, Marta, de Vries, Dorien, Goodhead, Ian, Harris, R. Alan, Raveendran, Muthuswamy, Jensen, Axel, Chuma, Idrissa S., Horvath, Julie E., Hvilsom, Christina, Juan, David, Frandsen, Peter, Schraiber, Joshua G., de Melo, Fabiano R., Bertuol, Fabricio, Byrne, Hazel, Sampaio, Iracilda, Farias, Izeni, Valsecchi, Joao, Messias, Malu, da Silva, Maria N. F., Trivedi, Mihir, Rossi, Rogerio, Hrbek, Tomas, Andriaholinirina, Nicole, Rabarivola, Clement J., Zaramody, Alphonse, Jolly, Clifford J., Phillips-Conroy, Jane, Wilkerson, Gregory, Abee, Christian, Simmons, Joe H., Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo, Kanthaswamy, Sree, Shiferaw, Fekadu, Wu, Dong-dong, Zhou, Long, Shao, Yong, Zhang, Guoji, Keyyu, Julius D., Knauf, Sascha, Le, Minh D., Lizano, Esther, Merker, Stefan, Navarro, Arcadi, Nadler, Tilo, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Lee, Jessica, Tan, Patrick, Lim, Weng Khong, Kitchener, Andrew C., Zinner, Dietmar, Gut, Ivo, Melin, Amanda D., Guschanski, Katerina, Schierup, Mikkel Heide, Beck, Robin M. D., Umapathy, Govindhaswamy, Roos, Christian, Boubli, Jean P., Rogers, Jeffrey, Farh, Kyle Kai-How, and Bonet, Tomas Marques
Abstract: The rich diversity of morphology and behavior displayed across primate species provides an informative context in which to study the impact of genomic diversity on fundamental biological processes. Analysis of that diversity provides insight into long-standing questions in evolutionary and conservation biology and is urgent given severe threats these species are facing. Here, we present high-coverage wholegenome data from 233 primate species representing 86% of genera and all 16 families. This dataset was used, together with fossil calibration, to create a nuclear DNA phylogeny and to reassess evolutionary divergence times among primate clades. We found within-species genetic diversity across families and geographic regions to be associated with climate and sociality, but not with extinction risk. Furthermore, mutation rates differ across species, potentially influenced by effective population sizes. Lastly, we identified extensive recurrence of missense mutations previously thought to be human specific. This study will open a wide range of research avenues for future primate genomic research.
Published: 2023
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31. The landscape of tolerated genetic variation in humans and primates

Author: Gao, Hong, Hamp, Tobias, Ede, Jeffrey, Schraiber, Joshua G., McRae, Jeremy, Singer-Berk, Moriel, Yang, Yanshen, Dietrich, Anastasia S. D., Fiziev, Petko P., Kuderna, Lukas F. K., Sundaram, Laksshman, Wu, Yibing, Adhikari, Aashish, Field, Yair, Chen, Chen, Batzoglou, Serafim, Aguet, Francois, Lemire, Gabrielle, Reimers, Rebecca, Balick, Daniel, Janiak, Mareike C., Kuhlwilm, Martin, Orkin, Joseph D., Manu, Shivakumara, Valenzuela, Alejandro, Bergman, Juraj, Rousselle, Marjolaine, Silva, Felipe Ennes, Agueda, Lidia, Blanc, Julie, Gut, Marta, de Vries, Dorien, Goodhead, Ian, Harris, R. Alan, Raveendran, Muthuswamy, Jensen, Axel, Chuma, Idriss S., Horvath, Julie E., Hvilsom, Christina, Juan, David, Frandsen, Peter, de Melo, Fabiano R., Bertuol, Fabricio, Byrne, Hazel, Sampaio, Iracilda, Farias, Izeni, do Amaral, Joao Valsecchi, Messias, Mariluce, da Silva, Maria N. F., Trivedi, Mihir, Rossi, Rogerio, Hrbek, Tomas, Andriaholinirina, Nicole, Rabarivola, Clement J., Zaramody, Alphonse, Jolly, Clifford J., Phillips-Conroy, Jane, Wilkerson, Gregory, Abee, Christian, Simmons, Joe H., Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo, Kanthaswamy, Sree, Shiferaw, Fekadu, Wu, Dongdong, Zhou, Long, Shao, Yong, Zhang, Guojie, Keyyu, Julius D., Knauf, Sascha, Le, Minh D., Lizano, Esther, Merker, Stefan, Navarro, Arcadi, Bataillon, Thomas, Nadler, Tilo, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Lee, Jessica, Tan, Patrick, Lim, Weng Khong, Kitchener, Andrew C., Zinner, Dietmar, Gut, Ivo, Melin, Amanda, Guschanski, Katerina, Schierup, Mikkel Heide, Beck, Robin M. D., Umapathy, Govindhaswamy, Roos, Christian, Boubli, Jean P., Lek, Monkol, Sunyaev, Shamil, O'Donnell-Luria, Anne, Rehm, Heidi L., Xu, Jinbo, Rogers, Jeffrey, Marques-Bonet, Tomas, Farh, Kyle Kai-How, Gao, Hong, Hamp, Tobias, Ede, Jeffrey, Schraiber, Joshua G., McRae, Jeremy, Singer-Berk, Moriel, Yang, Yanshen, Dietrich, Anastasia S. D., Fiziev, Petko P., Kuderna, Lukas F. K., Sundaram, Laksshman, Wu, Yibing, Adhikari, Aashish, Field, Yair, Chen, Chen, Batzoglou, Serafim, Aguet, Francois, Lemire, Gabrielle, Reimers, Rebecca, Balick, Daniel, Janiak, Mareike C., Kuhlwilm, Martin, Orkin, Joseph D., Manu, Shivakumara, Valenzuela, Alejandro, Bergman, Juraj, Rousselle, Marjolaine, Silva, Felipe Ennes, Agueda, Lidia, Blanc, Julie, Gut, Marta, de Vries, Dorien, Goodhead, Ian, Harris, R. Alan, Raveendran, Muthuswamy, Jensen, Axel, Chuma, Idriss S., Horvath, Julie E., Hvilsom, Christina, Juan, David, Frandsen, Peter, de Melo, Fabiano R., Bertuol, Fabricio, Byrne, Hazel, Sampaio, Iracilda, Farias, Izeni, do Amaral, Joao Valsecchi, Messias, Mariluce, da Silva, Maria N. F., Trivedi, Mihir, Rossi, Rogerio, Hrbek, Tomas, Andriaholinirina, Nicole, Rabarivola, Clement J., Zaramody, Alphonse, Jolly, Clifford J., Phillips-Conroy, Jane, Wilkerson, Gregory, Abee, Christian, Simmons, Joe H., Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo, Kanthaswamy, Sree, Shiferaw, Fekadu, Wu, Dongdong, Zhou, Long, Shao, Yong, Zhang, Guojie, Keyyu, Julius D., Knauf, Sascha, Le, Minh D., Lizano, Esther, Merker, Stefan, Navarro, Arcadi, Bataillon, Thomas, Nadler, Tilo, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Lee, Jessica, Tan, Patrick, Lim, Weng Khong, Kitchener, Andrew C., Zinner, Dietmar, Gut, Ivo, Melin, Amanda, Guschanski, Katerina, Schierup, Mikkel Heide, Beck, Robin M. D., Umapathy, Govindhaswamy, Roos, Christian, Boubli, Jean P., Lek, Monkol, Sunyaev, Shamil, O'Donnell-Luria, Anne, Rehm, Heidi L., Xu, Jinbo, Rogers, Jeffrey, Marques-Bonet, Tomas, and Farh, Kyle Kai-How
Abstract: Personalized genome sequencing has revealed millions of genetic differences between individuals, but our understanding of their clinical relevance remains largely incomplete. To systematically decipher the effects of human genetic variants, we obtained whole-genome sequencing data for 809 individuals from 233 primate species and identified 4.3 million common protein-altering variants with orthologs in humans. We show that these variants can be inferred to have nondeleterious effects in humans based on their presence at high allele frequencies in other primate populations. We use this resource to classify 6% of all possible human protein-altering variants as likely benign and impute the pathogenicity of the remaining 94% of variants with deep learning, achieving state-of-the-art accuracy for diagnosing pathogenic variants in patients with genetic diseases., INTRODUCTION: Millions of people have received genome and exome sequencing to date, a collective effort that has illuminated for the first time the vast catalog of small genetic differences that distinguish us as individuals within our species. However, the effects of most of these genetic variants remain unknown, limiting their clinical utility and actionability. New approaches that can accurately discern disease-causing from benign mutations and interpret genetic variants on a genome-wide scale would constitute a meaningful initial step towards realizing the potential of personalized genomic medicine. RATIONALE: As a result of the short evolutionary distance between humans and nonhuman primates, our proteins share near-perfect amino acid sequence identity. Hence, the effects of a protein-altering mutation found in one species are likely to be concordant in the other species. By systematically cataloging common variants of nonhuman primates, we aimed to annotate these variants as being unlikely to cause human disease as they are tolerated by natural selection in a closely related species. Once collected, the resulting resource may be applied to infer the effects of unobserved variants across the genome using machine learning. RESULTS: Following the strategy outlined above we obtained whole-genome sequencing data for 809 individuals from 233 primate species and cataloged 4.3 million common missense variants. We confirmed that human missense variants seen in at least one nonhuman primate species were annotated as benign in the ClinVar clinical variant database in 99% of cases. By contrast, common variants from mammals and vertebrates outside the primate lineage were substantially less likely to be benign in the ClinVar database (71 to 87% benign), restricting this strategy to nonhuman primates. Overall, we reclassified more than 4 million human missense variants of previously unknown consequence as likely benign, resulting in a greater than 50-fold increase in the nu
Published: 2023
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32. Assessing the genetic composition of cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) before sweeping anthropogenic impact

Author: Rasmussen, Linett, Fontsere, Claudia, Soto-Calderón, Iván D., Guillen, Rosamira, Savage, Anne, Hansen, Anders Johannes, Hvilsom, Christina, Gilbert, M. Thomas P., Rasmussen, Linett, Fontsere, Claudia, Soto-Calderón, Iván D., Guillen, Rosamira, Savage, Anne, Hansen, Anders Johannes, Hvilsom, Christina, and Gilbert, M. Thomas P.
Abstract: During the last century, the critically endangered cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) has been threatened by multiple anthropogenic factors that drastically affected their habitat and population size. As the genetic impact of these pressures is largely unknown, this study aimed to establish a genetic baseline with the use of temporal sampling to determine the genetic makeup before detrimental anthropogenic impact. Genomes were resequenced from a combination of historical museum samples and modern wild samples at low-medium coverage, to unravel how the cotton-top tamarin population structure and genomic diversity may have changed during this period. Our data suggest two populations can be differentiated, probably separated historically by the mountain ranges of the Paramillo Massif in Colombia. Although this population structure persists in the current populations, modern samples exhibit genomic signals consistent with recent inbreeding, such as long runs of homozygosity and a reduction in genome-wide heterozygosity especially in the greater northeast population. This loss is likely the consequence of the population reduction following the mass exportation of cotton-top tamarins for biomedical research in the 1960s, coupled with the habitat loss this species continues to experience. However, current populations have not experienced an increase in genetic load. We propose that the historical genetic baseline established in this study can be used to provide insight into alteration in the modern population influenced by a drastic reduction in population size as well as providing background information to be used for future conservation decision-making for the species.
Published: 2023

33. The landscape of tolerated genetic variation in humans and primates

Author: EMBO, National Institutes of Health (US), Fundación la Caixa, Vienna Science and Technology Fund, European Commission, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasil), International Primatological Society, Rufford Foundation, Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation, Primate Conservation, Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Brasil), German Research Foundation, National Science Foundation (US), Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canada Research Chairs, Illumina, Natural Environment Research Council (UK), San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Wenner-Gren Foundation, Leakey Foundation, National Geographic Society, National Institute on Aging (US), National Research Foundation Singapore, Swedish Research Council, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Juan, David [0000-0003-1912-9667], Valenzuela, Alejandro [0000-0001-6120-6246], Lizano, Esther [0000-0003-3304-9807], Navarro, Arcadi [0000-0003-2162-8246], Marqués-Bonet, Tomàs [0000-0002-5597-3075], Gao, Hong, Hamp, Tobias, Ede, Jeffrey, Schraiber, Joshua G., McRae, Jeremy, Singer-Berk, Moriel, Yang, Yanshen, Dietrich, Anastasia S. D., Fiziev, Petko P., Kuderna, Lukas F. K., Sundaram, Laksshman, Wu, Yibing, Adhikari, Aashish, Field, Yair, Chen, Chen, Batzoglou, Serafim, Aguet, Francois, Lemire, Gabrielle, Reimers, Rebecca, Balick, Daniel, Janiak, Mareike C., Kuhlwilm, Martin, Orkin, Joseph D., Manu, Shivakumara, Valenzuela, Alejandro, Bergman, Juraj, Rousselle, Marjolaine, Silva, Felipe Ennes, Agueda, Lidia, Blanc, Julie, Gut, Marta, Vries, Dorien de, Goodhead, Ian, Harris, R. Alan, Raveendran, Muthuswamy, Jensen, Axel, Chuma, Idriss S., Horvath, Julie E., Hvilsom, Christina, Juan, David, Frandsen, Peter, Melo, Fabiano R. de, Bertuol, Fabrício, Byrne, Hazel, Sampaio, Iracilda, Farias, Izeni, Amaral, João Valsecchi do, Messias, Mariluce, Silva, Maria N. F. da, Trivedi, Mihir, Rossi, Rogerio, Hrbek, Tomas, Andriaholinirina, Nicole, Rabarivola, Clément J., Zaramody, Alphonse, Jolly, Clifford J., Phillips-Conroy, Jane, Wilkerson, Gregory, Abee, Christian, Simmons, Joe H., Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo, Kanthaswamy, Sree, Shiferaw, Fekadu, Wu, Dongdong, Zhou, Long, Shao, Yong, Zhang, Guojie, Keyyu, Julius D., Knauf, Sascha, Le, Minh D., Lizano, Esther, Merker, Stefan, Navarro, Arcadi, Bataillon, Thomas, Nadler, Tilo, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Lee, Jessica, Tan, Patrick, Lim, Weng Khong, Kitchener, Andrew C., Zinner, Dietmar, Gut, Ivo, Melin, Amanda, Guschanski, Katerina, Schierup, Mikkel Heide, Beck, Robin M. D., Umapathy, Govindhaswamy, Roos, Christian, Boubli, Jean P., Lek, Monkol, Sunyaev, Shamil, O’Donnell-Luria, Anne, Rehm, Heidi L., Xu, Jinbo, Rogers, Jeffrey, Marqués-Bonet, Tomàs, Farh, Kyle Kai-How, EMBO, National Institutes of Health (US), Fundación la Caixa, Vienna Science and Technology Fund, European Commission, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasil), International Primatological Society, Rufford Foundation, Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation, Primate Conservation, Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Brasil), German Research Foundation, National Science Foundation (US), Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canada Research Chairs, Illumina, Natural Environment Research Council (UK), San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Wenner-Gren Foundation, Leakey Foundation, National Geographic Society, National Institute on Aging (US), National Research Foundation Singapore, Swedish Research Council, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Juan, David [0000-0003-1912-9667], Valenzuela, Alejandro [0000-0001-6120-6246], Lizano, Esther [0000-0003-3304-9807], Navarro, Arcadi [0000-0003-2162-8246], Marqués-Bonet, Tomàs [0000-0002-5597-3075], Gao, Hong, Hamp, Tobias, Ede, Jeffrey, Schraiber, Joshua G., McRae, Jeremy, Singer-Berk, Moriel, Yang, Yanshen, Dietrich, Anastasia S. D., Fiziev, Petko P., Kuderna, Lukas F. K., Sundaram, Laksshman, Wu, Yibing, Adhikari, Aashish, Field, Yair, Chen, Chen, Batzoglou, Serafim, Aguet, Francois, Lemire, Gabrielle, Reimers, Rebecca, Balick, Daniel, Janiak, Mareike C., Kuhlwilm, Martin, Orkin, Joseph D., Manu, Shivakumara, Valenzuela, Alejandro, Bergman, Juraj, Rousselle, Marjolaine, Silva, Felipe Ennes, Agueda, Lidia, Blanc, Julie, Gut, Marta, Vries, Dorien de, Goodhead, Ian, Harris, R. Alan, Raveendran, Muthuswamy, Jensen, Axel, Chuma, Idriss S., Horvath, Julie E., Hvilsom, Christina, Juan, David, Frandsen, Peter, Melo, Fabiano R. de, Bertuol, Fabrício, Byrne, Hazel, Sampaio, Iracilda, Farias, Izeni, Amaral, João Valsecchi do, Messias, Mariluce, Silva, Maria N. F. da, Trivedi, Mihir, Rossi, Rogerio, Hrbek, Tomas, Andriaholinirina, Nicole, Rabarivola, Clément J., Zaramody, Alphonse, Jolly, Clifford J., Phillips-Conroy, Jane, Wilkerson, Gregory, Abee, Christian, Simmons, Joe H., Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo, Kanthaswamy, Sree, Shiferaw, Fekadu, Wu, Dongdong, Zhou, Long, Shao, Yong, Zhang, Guojie, Keyyu, Julius D., Knauf, Sascha, Le, Minh D., Lizano, Esther, Merker, Stefan, Navarro, Arcadi, Bataillon, Thomas, Nadler, Tilo, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Lee, Jessica, Tan, Patrick, Lim, Weng Khong, Kitchener, Andrew C., Zinner, Dietmar, Gut, Ivo, Melin, Amanda, Guschanski, Katerina, Schierup, Mikkel Heide, Beck, Robin M. D., Umapathy, Govindhaswamy, Roos, Christian, Boubli, Jean P., Lek, Monkol, Sunyaev, Shamil, O’Donnell-Luria, Anne, Rehm, Heidi L., Xu, Jinbo, Rogers, Jeffrey, Marqués-Bonet, Tomàs, and Farh, Kyle Kai-How
Abstract: [INTRODUCTION] Millions of people have received genome and exome sequencing to date, a collective effort that has illuminated for the first time the vast catalog of small genetic differences that distinguish us as individuals within our species. However, the effects of most of these genetic variants remain unknown, limiting their clinical utility and actionability. New approaches that can accurately discern disease-causing from benign mutations and interpret genetic variants on a genome-wide scale would constitute a meaningful initial step towards realizing the potential of personalized genomic medicine., [RATIONALE] As a result of the short evolutionary distance between humans and nonhuman primates, our proteins share near-perfect amino acid sequence identity. Hence, the effects of a protein-altering mutation found in one species are likely to be concordant in the other species. By systematically cataloging common variants of nonhuman primates, we aimed to annotate these variants as being unlikely to cause human disease as they are tolerated by natural selection in a closely related species. Once collected, the resulting resource may be applied to infer the effects of unobserved variants across the genome using machine learning., [RESULTS] Following the strategy outlined above we obtained whole-genome sequencing data for 809 individuals from 233 primate species and cataloged 4.3 million common missense variants. We confirmed that human missense variants seen in at least one nonhuman primate species were annotated as benign in the ClinVar clinical variant database in 99% of cases. By contrast, common variants from mammals and vertebrates outside the primate lineage were substantially less likely to be benign in the ClinVar database (71 to 87% benign), restricting this strategy to nonhuman primates. Overall, we reclassified more than 4 million human missense variants of previously unknown consequence as likely benign, resulting in a greater than 50-fold increase in the number of annotated missense variants compared to existing clinical databases. To infer the pathogenicity of the remaining missense variants in the human genome, we constructed PrimateAI-3D, a semisupervised 3D-convolutional neural network that operates on voxelized protein structures. We trained PrimateAI-3D to separate common primate variants from matched control variants in 3D space as a semisupervised learning task. We evaluated the trained PrimateAI-3D model alongside 15 other published machine learning methods on their ability to distinguish between benign and pathogenic variants in six different clinical benchmarks and demonstrated that PrimateAI-3D outperformed all other classifiers in each of the tasks., [CONCLUSION] Our study addresses one of the key challenges in the variant interpretation field, namely, the lack of sufficient labeled data to effectively train large machine learning models. By generating the most comprehensive primate sequencing dataset to date and pairing this resource with a deep learning architecture that leverages 3D protein structures, we were able to achieve meaningful improvements in variant effect prediction across multiple clinical benchmarks.
Published: 2023

34. A global catalog of whole-genome diversity from 233 primate species

Author: Fundación la Caixa, Vienna Science and Technology Fund, European Commission, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasil), International Primatological Society, Rufford Foundation, Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation, Primate Conservation, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Brasil), German Research Foundation, National Science Foundation (US), Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Generalitat de Catalunya, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canada Research Chairs, European Research Council, Natural Environment Research Council (UK), UK Research and Innovation, Department of Biotechnology (India), San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Wenner-Gren Foundation, Leakey Foundation, National Geographic Society, National Institute on Aging (US), National Institutes of Health (US), Swedish Research Council, National Research Foundation Singapore, Government of Singapore, Kuderna, Lukas F. K. [0000-0002-9992-9295], Kuhlwilm, Martin [0000-0002-0115-1797], Orkin, Joseph D. [0000-0001-6922-2072], Valenzuela, Alejandro [0000-0001-6120-6246], Juan, David [0000-0003-1912-9667], Lizano, Esther [0000-0003-3304-9807], Navarro, Arcadi [0000-0003-2162-8246], Marqués-Bonet, Tomàs [0000-0002-5597-3075], Kuderna, Lukas F. K., Gao, Hong, Janiak, Mareike C., Kuhlwilm, Martin, Orkin, Joseph D., Bataillon, Thomas, Manu, Shivakumara, Valenzuela, Alejandro, Bergman, Juraj, Rousselle, Marjolaine, Silva, Felipe Ennes, Agueda, Lidia, Blanc, Julie, Gut, Marta, Vries, Dorien de, Goodhead, Ian, Harris, R. Alan, Raveendran, Muthuswamy, Jensen, Axel, Chuma, Idrissa S., Horvath, Julie E., Hvilsom, Christina, Juan, David, Frandsen, Peter, Schraiber, Joshua G., Melo, Fabiano R. de, Bertuol, Fabrício, Byrne, Hazel, Sampaio, Iracilda, Farias, Izeni, Valsecchi, João, Messias, Malu, Silva, Maria N. F. da, Trivedi, Mihir, Rossi, Rogerio, Hrbek, Tomas, Andriaholinirina, Nicole, Rabarivola, Clément J., Zaramody, Alphonse, Jolly, Clifford J., Phillips-Conroy, Jane, Wilkerson, Gregory, Abee, Christian, Simmons, Joe H., Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo, Kanthaswamy, Sree, Shiferaw, Fekadu, Wu, Dongdong, Zhou, Long, Shao, Yong, Zhang, Guojie, Keyyu, Julius D., Knauf, Sascha, Le, Minh D., Lizano, Esther, Merker, Stefan, Navarro, Arcadi, Nadler, Tilo, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Lee, Jessica, Tan, Patrick, Lim, Weng Khong, Kitchener, Andrew C., Zinner, Dietmar, Gut, Ivo, Melin, Amanda D., Guschanski, Katerina, Schierup, Mikkel Heide, Beck, Robin M. D., Umapathy, Govindhaswamy, Roos, Christian, Boubli, Jean P., Rogers, Jeffrey, Farh, Kyle Kai-How, Marqués-Bonet, Tomàs, Fundación la Caixa, Vienna Science and Technology Fund, European Commission, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasil), International Primatological Society, Rufford Foundation, Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation, Primate Conservation, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Brasil), German Research Foundation, National Science Foundation (US), Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Generalitat de Catalunya, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canada Research Chairs, European Research Council, Natural Environment Research Council (UK), UK Research and Innovation, Department of Biotechnology (India), San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Wenner-Gren Foundation, Leakey Foundation, National Geographic Society, National Institute on Aging (US), National Institutes of Health (US), Swedish Research Council, National Research Foundation Singapore, Government of Singapore, Kuderna, Lukas F. K. [0000-0002-9992-9295], Kuhlwilm, Martin [0000-0002-0115-1797], Orkin, Joseph D. [0000-0001-6922-2072], Valenzuela, Alejandro [0000-0001-6120-6246], Juan, David [0000-0003-1912-9667], Lizano, Esther [0000-0003-3304-9807], Navarro, Arcadi [0000-0003-2162-8246], Marqués-Bonet, Tomàs [0000-0002-5597-3075], Kuderna, Lukas F. K., Gao, Hong, Janiak, Mareike C., Kuhlwilm, Martin, Orkin, Joseph D., Bataillon, Thomas, Manu, Shivakumara, Valenzuela, Alejandro, Bergman, Juraj, Rousselle, Marjolaine, Silva, Felipe Ennes, Agueda, Lidia, Blanc, Julie, Gut, Marta, Vries, Dorien de, Goodhead, Ian, Harris, R. Alan, Raveendran, Muthuswamy, Jensen, Axel, Chuma, Idrissa S., Horvath, Julie E., Hvilsom, Christina, Juan, David, Frandsen, Peter, Schraiber, Joshua G., Melo, Fabiano R. de, Bertuol, Fabrício, Byrne, Hazel, Sampaio, Iracilda, Farias, Izeni, Valsecchi, João, Messias, Malu, Silva, Maria N. F. da, Trivedi, Mihir, Rossi, Rogerio, Hrbek, Tomas, Andriaholinirina, Nicole, Rabarivola, Clément J., Zaramody, Alphonse, Jolly, Clifford J., Phillips-Conroy, Jane, Wilkerson, Gregory, Abee, Christian, Simmons, Joe H., Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo, Kanthaswamy, Sree, Shiferaw, Fekadu, Wu, Dongdong, Zhou, Long, Shao, Yong, Zhang, Guojie, Keyyu, Julius D., Knauf, Sascha, Le, Minh D., Lizano, Esther, Merker, Stefan, Navarro, Arcadi, Nadler, Tilo, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Lee, Jessica, Tan, Patrick, Lim, Weng Khong, Kitchener, Andrew C., Zinner, Dietmar, Gut, Ivo, Melin, Amanda D., Guschanski, Katerina, Schierup, Mikkel Heide, Beck, Robin M. D., Umapathy, Govindhaswamy, Roos, Christian, Boubli, Jean P., Rogers, Jeffrey, Farh, Kyle Kai-How, and Marqués-Bonet, Tomàs
Abstract: The rich diversity of morphology and behavior displayed across primate species provides an informative context in which to study the impact of genomic diversity on fundamental biological processes. Analysis of that diversity provides insight into long-standing questions in evolutionary and conservation biology and is urgent given severe threats these species are facing. Here, we present high-coverage whole-genome data from 233 primate species representing 86% of genera and all 16 families. This dataset was used, together with fossil calibration, to create a nuclear DNA phylogeny and to reassess evolutionary divergence times among primate clades. We found within-species genetic diversity across families and geographic regions to be associated with climate and sociality, but not with extinction risk. Furthermore, mutation rates differ across species, potentially influenced by effective population sizes. Lastly, we identified extensive recurrence of missense mutations previously thought to be human specific. This study will open a wide range of research avenues for future primate genomic research.
Published: 2023

35. Genetics as a novel tool in mining impact assessment and biomonitoring of critically endangered western chimpanzees in the Nimba Mountains, Guinea

Author: Koops, Kathelijne; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7097-2698, Humle, Tatyana; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1919-631X, Frandsen, Peter; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7131-0944, Fitzgerald, Maegan; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3769-1688, D'Auvergne, Lucy, Jackson, Hazel A; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9573-2025, Børsting, Claus; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0421-7429, Siegismund, Hans R; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5757-3131, Soumah, Aly Gaspard, Hvilsom, Christina; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7870-6888, Koops, Kathelijne; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7097-2698, Humle, Tatyana; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1919-631X, Frandsen, Peter; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7131-0944, Fitzgerald, Maegan; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3769-1688, D'Auvergne, Lucy, Jackson, Hazel A; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9573-2025, Børsting, Claus; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0421-7429, Siegismund, Hans R; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5757-3131, Soumah, Aly Gaspard, and Hvilsom, Christina; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7870-6888
Abstract: Western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) are Critically Endangered and Guinea is a key stronghold for this subspecies. However, Guinea is also rich in minerals with some of the highest‐grade iron‐ore deposits in the world. Specifically, the Nimba Mountains, home to western chimpanzees, is one of the sites under consideration for mining activities. To assess the impact of mining activities in the area, we used non‐invasive genetic sampling to estimate chimpanzee population size, sex ratio, community composition, and range boundaries on the western flank of the massif. The level of genetic diversity and affinity between communities was estimated and recommendations for future genetic censusing provided. Between 2003 and 2018, we collected 999 fecal samples of which 663 were analyzed using a panel of 26 microsatellites. We identified a minimum of 136 chimpanzees in four communities, with evidence of migratory events, a high level of shared ancestry and genetic diversity. We assessed sampling intensities and capture rates for each community. Saturation was reached in two communities with sampling between 3.2 and 4.3 times the estimated number of chimpanzees. Our findings highlight the utility of genetic censusing for temporal monitoring of ape abundance, as well as capturing migratory events and gauging genetic diversity and population viability over time. We recommend genetic sampling, combined with camera trapping, for use in future Environmental and Social Impact Assessments, as these methods can yield robust baselines for implementing the mitigation hierarchy, future biomonitoring and conservation management.
Published: 2023

36. A global catalog of whole-genome diversity from 233 primate species

Author: Kuderna, Lukas F.K., Gao, Hong, Janiak, Mareike C., Kuhlwilm, Martin, Orkin, Joseph D., Bataillon, Thomas, Manu, Shivakumara, Valenzuela, Alejandro, Bergman, Juraj, Rousselle, Marjolaine, Silva, Felipe Ennes, Agueda, Lidia, Blanc, Julie, Gut, Marta, de Vries, Dorien, Goodhead, Ian, Harris, R. Alan, Raveendran, Muthuswamy, Jensen, Axel, Chuma, Idrissa S., Horvath, Julie E., Hvilsom, Christina, Juan, David, Frandsen, Peter, Schraiber, Joshua G., de Melo, Fabiano R., Bertuol, Fabrício, Byrne, Hazel, Sampaio, Iracilda, Farias, Izeni, Valsecchi, João, Messias, Malu, da Silva, Maria N.F., Trivedi, Mihir, Rossi, Rogerio, Hrbek, Tomas, Andriaholinirina, Nicole, Rabarivola, Clément J., Zaramody, Alphonse, Jolly, Clifford J., Phillips-Conroy, Jane, Wilkerson, Gregory, Abee, Christian, Simmons, Joe H., Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo, Kanthaswamy, Sree, Shiferaw, Fekadu, Wu, Dongdong, Zhou, Long, Shao, Yong, Zhang, Guojie, Keyyu, Julius D., Knauf, Sascha, Le, Minh D., Lizano, Esther, Merker, Stefan, Navarro, Arcadi, Nadler, Tilo, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Lee, Jessica, Tan, Patrick, Lim, Weng Khong, Kitchener, Andrew C., Zinner, Dietmar, Gut, Ivo, Melin, Amanda D., Guschanski, Katerina, Schierup, Mikkel Heide, Beck, Robin M.D., Umapathy, Govindhaswamy, Roos, Christian, Boubli, Jean P., Rogers, Jeffrey, Farh, Kyle Kai How, Marques Bonet, Tomas, Kuderna, Lukas F.K., Gao, Hong, Janiak, Mareike C., Kuhlwilm, Martin, Orkin, Joseph D., Bataillon, Thomas, Manu, Shivakumara, Valenzuela, Alejandro, Bergman, Juraj, Rousselle, Marjolaine, Silva, Felipe Ennes, Agueda, Lidia, Blanc, Julie, Gut, Marta, de Vries, Dorien, Goodhead, Ian, Harris, R. Alan, Raveendran, Muthuswamy, Jensen, Axel, Chuma, Idrissa S., Horvath, Julie E., Hvilsom, Christina, Juan, David, Frandsen, Peter, Schraiber, Joshua G., de Melo, Fabiano R., Bertuol, Fabrício, Byrne, Hazel, Sampaio, Iracilda, Farias, Izeni, Valsecchi, João, Messias, Malu, da Silva, Maria N.F., Trivedi, Mihir, Rossi, Rogerio, Hrbek, Tomas, Andriaholinirina, Nicole, Rabarivola, Clément J., Zaramody, Alphonse, Jolly, Clifford J., Phillips-Conroy, Jane, Wilkerson, Gregory, Abee, Christian, Simmons, Joe H., Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo, Kanthaswamy, Sree, Shiferaw, Fekadu, Wu, Dongdong, Zhou, Long, Shao, Yong, Zhang, Guojie, Keyyu, Julius D., Knauf, Sascha, Le, Minh D., Lizano, Esther, Merker, Stefan, Navarro, Arcadi, Nadler, Tilo, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Lee, Jessica, Tan, Patrick, Lim, Weng Khong, Kitchener, Andrew C., Zinner, Dietmar, Gut, Ivo, Melin, Amanda D., Guschanski, Katerina, Schierup, Mikkel Heide, Beck, Robin M.D., Umapathy, Govindhaswamy, Roos, Christian, Boubli, Jean P., Rogers, Jeffrey, Farh, Kyle Kai How, and Marques Bonet, Tomas
Abstract: The rich diversity of morphology and behavior displayed across primate species provides an informative context in which to study the impact of genomic diversity on fundamental biological processes. Analysis of that diversity provides insight into long-standing questions in evolutionary and conservation biology and is urgent given severe threats these species are facing. Here, we present high-coverage whole-genome data from 233 primate species representing 86% of genera and all 16 families. This dataset was used, together with fossil calibration, to create a nuclear DNA phylogeny and to reassess evolutionary divergence times among primate clades. We found within-species genetic diversity across families and geographic regions to be associated with climate and sociality, but not with extinction risk. Furthermore, mutation rates differ across species, potentially influenced by effective population sizes. Lastly, we identified extensive recurrence of missense mutations previously thought to be human specific. This study will open a wide range of research avenues for future primate genomic research., The rich diversity of morphology and behavior displayed across primate species provides an informative context in which to study the impact of genomic diversity on fundamental biological processes. Analysis of that diversity provides insight into long-standing questions in evolutionary and conservation biology and is urgent given severe threats these species are facing. Here, we present high-coverage whole-genome data from 233 primate species representing 86% of genera and all 16 families. This dataset was used, together with fossil calibration, to create a nuclear DNA phylogeny and to reassess evolutionary divergence times among primate clades. We found within-species genetic diversity across families and geographic regions to be associated with climate and sociality, but not with extinction risk. Furthermore, mutation rates differ across species, potentially influenced by effective population sizes. Lastly, we identified extensive recurrence of missense mutations previously thought to be human specific. This study will open a wide range of research avenues for future primate genomic research.
Published: 2023

37. Convergent molecular evolution of thermogenesis and circadian rhythm in Arctic ruminants

Author: Li, Manman, Li, Xinmei, Wu, Zhipei, Zhang, Guanghui, Wang, Nini, Dou, Mingle, Liu, Shanlin, Yang, Chentao, Meng, Guanliang, Sun, Hailu, Hvilsom, Christina, Xie, Guoxiang, Li, Yang, Li, Zhuo Hui, Wang, Wei, Jiang, Yu, Heller, Rasmus, Wang, Yu, Li, Manman, Li, Xinmei, Wu, Zhipei, Zhang, Guanghui, Wang, Nini, Dou, Mingle, Liu, Shanlin, Yang, Chentao, Meng, Guanliang, Sun, Hailu, Hvilsom, Christina, Xie, Guoxiang, Li, Yang, Li, Zhuo Hui, Wang, Wei, Jiang, Yu, Heller, Rasmus, and Wang, Yu
Abstract: The muskox and reindeer are the only ruminants that have evolved to survive in harsh Arctic environments. However, the genetic basis of this Arctic adaptation remains largely unclear. Here, we compared a de novo assembled muskox genome with reindeer and other ruminant genomes to identify convergent amino acid substitutions, rapidly evolving genes and positively selected genes among the two Arctic ruminants. We found these candidate genes were mainly involved in brown adipose tissue (BAT) thermogenesis and circadian rhythm. Furthermore, by integrating transcriptomic data from goat adipose tissues (white and brown), we demonstrated that muskox and reindeer may have evolved modulating mitochondrion, lipid metabolism and angiogenesis pathways to enhance BAT thermogenesis. In addition, results from co-immunoprecipitation experiments prove that convergent amino acid substitution of the angiogenesis-related gene hypoxia-inducible factor 2alpha (HIF2A), resulting in weakening of its interaction with prolyl hydroxylase domain-containing protein 2 (PHD2), may increase angiogenesis of BAT. Altogether, our work provides new insights into the molecular mechanisms involved in Arctic adaptation.
Published: 2023

38. Chimpanzee genomic diversity reveals ancient admixture with bonobos

Author: de Manuel, Marc, Kuhlwilm, Martin, Frandsen, Peter, Sousa, Vitor C., Desai, Tariq, Prado-Martinez, Javier, Hernandez-Rodriguez, Jessica, Dupanloup, Isabelle, Lao, Oscar, Hallast, Pille, Schmidt, Joshua M., Heredia-Genestar, José María, Benazzo, Andrea, Barbujani, Guido, Peter, Benjamin M., Kuderna, Lukas F. K., Casals, Ferran, Angedakin, Samuel, Arandjelovic, Mimi, Boesch, Christophe, Kühl, Hjalmar, Vigilant, Linda, Langergraber, Kevin, Novembre, John, Gut, Marta, Gut, Ivo, Navarro, Arcadi, Carlsen, Frauds, Andres, Aida M., Siegismund, Hans. R., Scally, Aylwyn, Excoffier, Laurent, Tyler-Smith, Chris, Castellano, Sergi, Xue, Yali, Hvilsom, Christina, and Marques-Bonet, Tomas
Published: 2016

39. Supplementary material from 'Convergent molecular evolution of thermogenesis and circadian rhythm in Arctic ruminants'

Author: Li, Manman, Li, Xinmei, Wu, Zhipei, Zhang, Guanghui, Wang, Nini, Dou, Mingle, Liu, Shanlin, Yang, Chentao, Meng, Guanliang, Sun, Hailu, Hvilsom, Christina, Xie, Guoxiang, Li, Yang, Li, Zhuo hui, Wang, Wei, Jiang, Yu, Heller, Rasmus, and Wang, Yu
Abstract: The muskox and reindeer are the only ruminants that have evolved to survive in harsh Arctic environments. However, the genetic basis of this Arctic adaptation remains largely unclear. Here, we compared a de novo assembled muskox genome with reindeer and other ruminant genomes to identify convergent amino acid substitutions, rapidly evolving genes and positively selected genes among the two Arctic ruminants. We found these candidate genes were mainly involved in brown adipose tissue (BAT) thermogenesis and circadian rhythm. Furthermore, by integrating transcriptomic data from goat adipose tissues (white and brown), we demonstrated that muskox and reindeer may have evolved modulating mitochondrion, lipid metabolism and angiogenesis pathways to enhance BAT thermogenesis. In addition, results from co-immunoprecipitation experiments prove that convergent amino acid substitution of the angiogenesis-related gene hypoxia-inducible factor 2-alpha (HIF2A), resulting in weakening of its interaction with prolyl hydroxylase domain-containing protein 2 (PHD2), may increase angiogenesis of BAT. Altogether, our work provides new insights into the molecular mechanisms involved in Arctic adaptation.
Published: 2023
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40. MHC class I diversity in chimpanzees and bonobos

Author: Maibach, Vincent, Hans, Jörg B., Hvilsom, Christina, Marques-Bonet, Tomas, and Vigilant, Linda
Published: 2017
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41. Resurrecting biodiversity: advanced assisted reproductive technologies and biobanking

Author: Bolton, Rhiannon L, primary, Mooney, Andrew, additional, Pettit, Matt T, additional, Bolton, Anthony E, additional, Morgan, Lucy, additional, Drake, Gabby J, additional, Appeltant, Ruth, additional, Walker, Susan L, additional, Gillis, James D, additional, and Hvilsom, Christina, additional
Published: 2022
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42. Genomic consequences of a century of inbreeding and isolation in the Danish wild boar population

Author: Yıldız, Beril, Megens, Hendrik-Jan, Hvilsom, Christina, Bosse, Mirte, Yıldız, Beril, Megens, Hendrik-Jan, Hvilsom, Christina, and Bosse, Mirte
Abstract: Demographic events such as series of bottlenecks impact the genetic variation and adaptive potential of populations. European megafauna, such as wild boars (Sus scrofa), have experienced severe climatic and size fluctuations that have shaped their genetic variation. Habitat fragmentation and human-mediated translocations have further contributed to the complex demographic history of European wild boar. Danish wild boars represent an extreme case of a small and isolated population founded by four wild boars from Germany. Here, we explore the genetic composition of the Danish wild boar population in Klelund. We genotyped all 21 Danish wild boars that were recently transferred from the source population in Lille Vildmose into the Klelund Plantation to establish a novel wild boar population. We compared the Danish wild boars with high-density single-nucleotide polymorphism genotypes from a comprehensive reference set of 1263 wild and domesticated pigs, including 11 individuals from Ulm, one of two presumed founder locations in Germany. Our findings support the European wild background of the Danish population, and no traces of gene flow with wild or domesticated pigs were found. The narrow genetic origin of the Danish wild boars is illustrated by extremely long and frequent runs of homozygous stretches in their genomes, indicative of recent inbreeding. This study provides the first insights into one of the most inbred wild boar populations globally established a century ago from a narrow base of only four founders.
Published: 2022

43. Bringing together approaches to reporting on within species genetic diversity

Author: O'Brien, David, Laikre, Linda, Hoban, Sean, Bruford, Michael W., Ekblom, Robert, Fischer, Martin C., Hall, Jeanette, Hvilsom, Christina, Hollingsworth, Peter M., Kershaw, Francine, Mittan, Cinnamon S., Mukassabi, Tarek A., Ogden, Rob, Segelbacher, Gernot, Shaw, Robyn E., Vernesi, Cristiano, MacDonald, Anna J., O'Brien, David, Laikre, Linda, Hoban, Sean, Bruford, Michael W., Ekblom, Robert, Fischer, Martin C., Hall, Jeanette, Hvilsom, Christina, Hollingsworth, Peter M., Kershaw, Francine, Mittan, Cinnamon S., Mukassabi, Tarek A., Ogden, Rob, Segelbacher, Gernot, Shaw, Robyn E., Vernesi, Cristiano, and MacDonald, Anna J.
Abstract: Genetic diversity is one of the three main levels of biodiversity recognised in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Fundamental for species adaptation to environmental change, genetic diversity is nonetheless under-reported within global and national indicators. When it is reported, the focus is often narrow and confined to domesticated or other commercial species. Several approaches have recently been developed to address this shortfall in reporting on genetic diversity of wild species. While multiplicity of approaches is helpful in any development process, it can also lead to confusion among policy makers and heighten a perception that conservation genetics is too abstract to be of use to organisations and governments. As the developers of five of the different approaches, we have come together to explain how various approaches relate to each other and propose a scorecard, as a unifying reporting mechanism for genetic diversity. Policy implications. We believe the proposed combined approach captures the strengths of its components and is practical for all nations and subnational governments. It is scalable and can be used to evaluate species conservation projects as well as genetic conservation projects.
Published: 2022
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44. Extensive X-linked adaptive evolution in central chimpanzees

Author: Hvilsom, Christina, Qian, Yu, Bataillon, Thomas, Li, Yingrui, Mailund, Thomas, Sallé, Bettina, Carlsen, Frands, Li, Ruiqiang, Zheng, Hancheng, Jiang, Tao, Jiang, Hui, Jin, Xin, Munch, Kasper, Hobolth, Asger, Siegismund, Hans R., Wang, Jun, and Schierup, Mikkel Heide
Published: 2012

45. Author Correction: Direct estimation of mutations in great apes reconciles phylogenetic dating

Author: Besenbacher, Søren, Hvilsom, Christina, Marques-Bonet, Tomas, Mailund, Thomas, and Schierup, Mikkel Heide
Published: 2019
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46. Bringing together approaches to reporting on within species genetic diversity

Author: O'Brien, David, primary, Laikre, Linda, additional, Hoban, Sean, additional, Bruford, Michael W., additional, Ekblom, Robert, additional, Fischer, Martin C., additional, Hall, Jeanette, additional, Hvilsom, Christina, additional, Hollingsworth, Peter M., additional, Kershaw, Francine, additional, Mittan, Cinnamon S., additional, Mukassabi, Tarek A., additional, Ogden, Rob, additional, Segelbacher, Gernot, additional, Shaw, Robyn E., additional, Vernesi, Cristiano, additional, and MacDonald, Anna J., additional
Published: 2022
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47. Genomic consequences of a century of inbreeding and isolation in the Danish wild boar population

Author: Yıldız, Beril, primary, Megens, Hendrik‐Jan, additional, Hvilsom, Christina, additional, and Bosse, Mirte, additional
Published: 2022
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48. Contrasting demographic histories of the neighboring bonobo and chimpanzee

Author: Hvilsom, Christina, Carlsen, Frands, Heller, Rasmus, Jaffré, Nina, and Siegismund, Hans R.
Published: 2014
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49. New developments in the field of genomic technologies and their relevance to conservation management

Author: Segelbacher, Gernot, primary, Bosse, Mirte, additional, Burger, Pamela, additional, Galbusera, Peter, additional, Godoy, José A., additional, Helsen, Philippe, additional, Hvilsom, Christina, additional, Iacolina, Laura, additional, Kahric, Adla, additional, Manfrin, Chiara, additional, Nonic, Marina, additional, Thizy, Delphine, additional, Tsvetkov, Ivaylo, additional, Veličković, Nevena, additional, Vilà, Carles, additional, Wisely, Samantha M., additional, and Buzan, Elena, additional
Published: 2021
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50. PRIMATE GENOMICS: Mountain gorilla genomes reveal the impact of long-term population decline and inbreeding

Author: Xue, Yali, Prado-Martinez, Javier, Sudmant, Peter H., Narasimhan, Vagheesh, Ayub, Qasim, Szpak, Michal, Frandsen, Peter, Chen, Yuan, Yngvadottir, Bryndis, Cooper, David N., de Manuel, Marc, Hernandez-Rodriguez, Jessica, Lobon, Irene, Siegismund, Hans R., Pagani, Luca, Quail, Michael A., Hvilsom, Christina, Mudakikwa, Antoine, Eichler, Evan E., Cranfield, Michael R., Marques-Bonet, Tomas, Tyler-Smith, Chris, and Scally, Aylwyn
Published: 2015
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