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Genetic diversity and population structure

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Jianmin Xie
Shantou University
2
Colin Diesh
University of California, Berkeley
3
Sadia Rabbani
University of Agriculture Faisalabad
4
Shengyu Liu
Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences
5
Jiahe Sun
Southwest University
6
Charlotte J Wright
Wellcome Sanger Institute
7
Giorgio Bianchini
University of Bristol
8
Lukas F. K. Kuderna
Illumina (United States)
9
Vivak Soni
Arizona State University
10
Bogdan Kirilenko
Goethe University Frankfurt

Papers

1
Comparative genomics reveals the dynamics of chromosome evolution in Lepidoptera
Nature Ecology & Evolution|2024
271 cit.
2
<scp>TreeViewer</scp>: Flexible, modular software to visualise and manipulate phylogenetic trees
Ecology and Evolution|2024
240 cit.
3
Stochastic Character Mapping, Bayesian Model Selection, and Biosynthetic Pathways Shed New Light on the Evolution of Habitat Preference in Cyanobacteria
Systematic Biology|2024
20 cit.
4
Project Psyche: reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe
Trends in Ecology & Evolution|2025
17 cit.
5
Evaluating Medical Entity Recognition in Health Care: Entity Model Quantitative Study
JMIR Medical Informatics|2024
16 cit.
6
Constraints on chromosome evolution revealed by the 229 chromosome pairs of the Atlas blue butterfly
Current Biology|2025
6 cit.
7
Setting Up the JBrowse 2 Genome Browser
Current Protocols|2024
2 cit.
8
Genome of <i>Rhodovulum iodosum</i> , a marine photoferrotroph
Microbiology Resource Announcements|2025
2 cit.
9
Complete ape genomes offer a close-up view of human evolution
Nature|2025
1 cit.
10
Publication in Current Protocols (2025) [W4417041206]
Current Protocols|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Wen X. Li
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2
Julian Catchen
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
3
Martin Mascher
Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK)
4
Jean‐Philippe Lessard
University of Copenhagen
5
Connor M. French
City College of New York
6
Carla de Freitas Munhoz
Universidade de São Paulo
7
Kristen Ruegg
Colorado State University
8
Pierre‐Alexandre Gagnaire
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
9
Anna Szécsényi‐Nagy
ELTE Research Centre for the Humanities
10
Choongwon Jeong
Seoul National University

Papers

1
Ancient genomes from the Himalayas illuminate the genetic history of Tibetans and their Tibeto-Burman speaking neighbors
Nature Communications|2022
123 cit.
2
Prospects of telomere‐to‐telomere assembly in barley: Analysis of sequence gaps in the MorexV3 reference genome
Plant Biotechnology Journal|2022
74 cit.
3
A catalogue of resistance gene homologs and a chromosome‐scale reference sequence support resistance gene mapping in winter wheat
Plant Biotechnology Journal|2022
66 cit.
4
Population Genomics Analysis with RAD, Reprised: Stacks 2
Methods in molecular biology|2022
58 cit.
5
Genome analysis in Avena sativa reveals hidden breeding barriers and opportunities for oat improvement
Communications Biology|2022
50 cit.
6
Reconstructing the Genetic Relationship between Ancient and Present-Day Siberian Populations
Genome Biology and Evolution|2024
46 cit.
7
Genetic population structure of the Xiongnu Empire at imperial and local scales
Science Advances|2023
35 cit.
8
Novel mitochondrial genome rearrangements including duplications and extensive heteroplasmy could underlie temperature adaptations in Antarctic notothenioid fishes
Scientific Reports|2023
34 cit.
9
Where to draw the line? Expanding the delineation of conservation units to highly mobile taxa
Journal of Heredity|2023
33 cit.
10
Divergence and gene flow history at two large chromosomal inversions underlying ecotype differentiation in the long‐snouted seahorse
Molecular Ecology|2024
33 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Sudhir Kumar
World Healthal Trust
2
John P. Huelsenbeck
University of California, Berkeley
3
Olivier Gascuel
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
4
Keith A. Crandall
George Washington University Virginia Campus
5
Peter Donnelly
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
6
Fredrik Ronquist
Swedish Museum of Natural History
7
Jérôme Goudet
SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
8
Marc A. Suchard
University of California, Los Angeles
9
Andrew Rambaut
University of Edinburgh
10
Alexei J. Drummond
University of Auckland

Papers

1
MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0
Molecular Biology and Evolution|2013
47.9k cit.
2
MEGA7: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 7.0 for Bigger Datasets
Molecular Biology and Evolution|2016
45.6k cit.
3
MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods
Molecular Biology and Evolution|2011
40.3k cit.
4
MEGA X: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis across Computing Platforms
Molecular Biology and Evolution|2018
38.8k cit.
5
Inference of Population Structure Using Multilocus Genotype Data
Genetics|2000
34.3k cit.
6
MrBayes 3: Bayesian phylogenetic inference under mixed models
Bioinformatics|2003
29.4k cit.
7
MEGA4: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (MEGA) Software Version 4.0
Molecular Biology and Evolution|2007
28.8k cit.
8
MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space
Systematic Biology|2012
28k cit.
9
MRBAYES: Bayesian inference of phylogenetic trees
Bioinformatics|2001
22.2k cit.
10
Detecting the number of clusters of individuals using the software <scp>structure</scp>: a simulation study
Molecular Ecology|2005
22.1k cit.

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