Kasper Munch

Research

Our research addresses the evolutionary processes that give rise to the genetic diversity of present-day species. We develop theory and computational methodologies and analyze shared ancestry across large numbers of human and primate genomes. We focus on the unique processes governing sex chromosome evolution and how these may help explain both reproductive isolation of emerging species and the role sex plays in neurodevelopment. [Read more here …]

Peer-reviewed publications

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The Baboon Genome Analysis Consortium (2017). Papio baboon species indicative Alu elements. Genome Biology and Evolution, 9(6), 1788-1796. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evx130

Walker, J. A., Jordan, V. E., Storer, J. M., Steely, C. J., Gonzalez-Quiroga, P., Beckstrom, T. O., Rewerts, L. C., St. Romain, C. P., Rockwell, C. E., Rogers, J., Jolly, C. J., Konkel, M. K., The Baboon Genome Analysis Consortium & Batzer, M. A. (2019). Alu insertion polymorphisms shared by Papio baboons and Theropithecus gelada reveal an intertwined common ancestry. Mobile DNA, 10(1), Article 46. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13100-019-0187-y

Thomsen, P. F., Elias, S., Gilbert, M. T. P., Haile, J., Munch, K., Kuzmina, S., Froese, D. G., Sher, A., Holdaway, R. N. & Willerslev, E. (2009). Non-destructive sampling of ancient insect DNA. PLoS One, 4(4), Article e5048. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005048

The Baboon Genome Analysis Consortium (2018). Analysis of lineage-specific Alu subfamilies in the genome of the olive baboon, Papio anubis. Mobile DNA, 9(1), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13100-018-0115-6

The Baboon Genome Analysis Consortium (2017). Alu insertion polymorphisms as evidence for population structure in baboons. Genome Biology and Evolution, 9(9), 2418-2427. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evx184

Sørensen, E. F., Harris, R. A., Zhang, L., Raveendran, M., Kuderna, L. F. K., Walker, J. A., Storer, J. M., Kuhlwilm, M., Fontsere, C., Seshadri, L., Bergey, C. M., Burrell, A. S., Bergman, J., Phillips-Conroy, J. E., Shiferaw, F., Chiou, K. L., Chuma, I. S., Keyyu, J. D., Fischer, J. ... Rogers, J. (2023). Genome-wide coancestry reveals details of ancient and recent male-driven reticulation in baboons. Science (New York, N.Y.), 380(6648), Article eabn8153. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn8153

Skov, L., Coll Macià, M., Lucotte, E. A., Cavassim, M. I. A., Castellano, D., Schierup, M. H. & Munch, K. (2023). Extraordinary selection on the human X chromosome associated with archaic admixture. Cell Genomics, 3(3), Article 100274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100274

Scally, A., Dutheil, J. Y., Hillier, L. W., Jordan, G. E., Goodhead, I., Herrero, J., Hobolth, A., Lappalainen, T., Mailund, T., Marques-Bonet, T., McCarthy, S., Montgomery, S. H., Schwalie, P. C., Tang, Y. A., Ward, M. C., Xue, Y., Yngvadottir, B., Alkan, C., Andersen, L. N. ... Durbin, R. (2012). Insights into hominid evolution from the gorilla genome sequence. Nature, 483(7388), 169-75. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10842

Røikjer, T., Hobolth, A. & Munch, K. (2022). Graph-based algorithms for phase-type distributions. Statistics and Computing, 32(6), Article 103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11222-022-10174-3

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