Höglund lab

Evolutionary conservation genomics

We study conservation biological issues by using genomic methods and population genetic theory. Our research focuses on understanding conservation biological problems using genetic information.

We analyze population genomic information from endangered species in order to find knowledge about how species can adapt to their environment and thereby resist changes such as a warmer climate.

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Group members

Research leader: Jacob Höglund

Group members: Patrik Rödin Mörch, Niki Chondrelli, Theodore Squires, Gabriel David, Leonie Walderich

Publications

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis strain affects transcriptomic response in liver but not skin in latitudinal populations of the common toad (Bufo bufo)

Chondrelli, Niki; Kuehn, Emily; Meurling, Sara; Cortázar-Chinarro, Maria et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2024
- DOI for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis strain affects transcriptomic response in liver but not skin in latitudinal populations of the common toad (Bufo bufo)
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Population genomic data reveal low genetic diversity, divergence and local adaptation among threatened Reeves's Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)

Lu, Qi; Wang, Pengcheng; Chang, Jiang; Chen, De et al.

Part of Avian Research, 2024
- DOI for Population genomic data reveal low genetic diversity, divergence and local adaptation among threatened Reeves's Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)
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Body size mediates latitudinal population differences in the response to chytrid fungus infection in two amphibians

Meurling, Sara; Siljestam, Mattias; Cortazar-Chinarro, Maria; Åhlen, David et al.

Part of Oecologia, p. 71-81, 2024
- DOI for Body size mediates latitudinal population differences in the response to chytrid fungus infection in two amphibians
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Association between the skin microbiome and MHC class II diversity in an amphibian

Cortazar-Chinarro, Maria; Richter-Boix, A.; Rödin Mörch, Patrik; Halvarsson, P. et al.

Part of Molecular Ecology, 2024
- DOI for Association between the skin microbiome and MHC class II diversity in an amphibian
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Inbreeding and genetic load in a pair of sibling grouse species: Tetrastes sewersowi and T. bonasia

Song, Kai; van der Valk, Tom; Gao, Bin; Halvarsson, Peter et al.

Part of Avian Research, 2024
- DOI for Inbreeding and genetic load in a pair of sibling grouse species: Tetrastes sewersowi and T. bonasia
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A Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly and Annotation for the Clouded Apollo Butterfly (Parnassius mnemosyne): A Species of Global Conservation Concern

Höglund, Jacob; Dias, Guilherme; Olsen, Remi-André; Soares, André et al.

Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, 2024
- DOI for A Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly and Annotation for the Clouded Apollo Butterfly (Parnassius mnemosyne): A Species of Global Conservation Concern
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How genomics can help biodiversity conservation

Theissinger, Kathrin; Fernandes, Carlos; Formenti, Giulio; Bista, Iliana et al.

Part of Trends in Genetics, p. 545-559, 2023
- DOI for How genomics can help biodiversity conservation
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Understanding the evolution of immune genes in jawed vertebrates

Vinkler, Michal; Fiddaman, Steven R.; Tesický, Martin; O'Connor, Emily A. et al.

Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 847-873, 2023
- DOI for Understanding the evolution of immune genes in jawed vertebrates
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Avian malaria parasite infections do not affect personality in the chestnut thrush (Turdus rubrocanus) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Jing, Chun-lei; Lou, Ying-Qiang; Liu, Huan; Song, Kai et al.

Part of Heliyon, 2023
- DOI for Avian malaria parasite infections do not affect personality in the chestnut thrush (Turdus rubrocanus) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
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A chromosome-level genome assembly for the Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)

Squires, Theodore E.; Rödin Mörch, Patrik; Formenti, Giulio; Tracey, Alan et al.

Part of G3, 2023
- DOI for A chromosome-level genome assembly for the Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
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Research areas

Animal Ecology