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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Jarvis, E. D., Mirarab, S., Aberer, A. J., Li, B., Houde, P., Li, C., Ho, S. Y. W., Faircloth, B. C., Nabholz, B., Howard, J. T., Suh, A., Weber, C. C., da Fonseca, R. R., Li, J., Zhang, F., Li, H., Zhou, L., Narula, N., Liu, L. ... Zhang, G. (2014). Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds. Science, 346(6215), 1320-31. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1253451

Lauterbur, M. E., Munch, K. & Enard, D. (2023). Versatile Detection of Diverse Selective Sweeps with Flex-Sweep. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 40(6), Article msad139. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad139

Munch, K., Schierup, M. H. & Mailund, T. (2014). Unraveling recombination rate evolution using ancestral recombination maps. BioEssays, 36(9), 892-900. https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.201400047

Hebsgaard, M. B., Gilbert, M. T. P., Arneborg, J., Heyn, P., Allentoft, M. E., Bunce, M., Munch, K., Schweger, C. & Willerslev, E. (2009). 'The Farm Beneath the Sand' - An archaeological case study on ancient 'dirt' DNA. Antiquity, 83(320), 430-444. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00098537

Rogers, J., Raveendran, M., Alan Harris, R., Mailund, T., Leppälä, K., Athanasiadis, G., Schierup, M. H., Cheng, J., Munch, K., Walker, J. A., Konkel, M. K., Jordan, V., Steely, C. J., Beckstrom, T. O., Bergey, C., Burrell, A., Schrempf, D., Noll, A., Kothe, M. ... Baboon Genome Analysis Consortium (2019). The comparative genomics and complex population history of Papio baboons. Science Advances, 5(1), Article 6947. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau6947

Prüfer, K., Munch, K., Hellmann, I., Akagi, K., Miller, J. R., Walenz, B., Koren, S., Sutton, G., Kodira, C., Winer, R., Knight, J. R., Mullikin, J. C., Meader, S. J., Ponting, C. P., Lunter, G., Higashino, S., Hobolth, A., Dutheil, J., Karakoç, E. ... Pääbo, S. (2012). The bonobo genome compared with the chimpanzee and human genomes. Nature, 486(7404), 527-31. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11128

Dutheil, J. Y., Munch, K., Nam, K., Mailund, T. & Schierup, M. H. (2015). Strong Selective Sweeps on the X Chromosome in the Human-Chimpanzee Ancestor Explain Its Low Divergence. PLoS Genetics, 11(8), e1005451. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005451

Munch, K., Boomsma, W., Huelsenbeck, J. P., Willerslev, E. & Nielsen, R. (2008). Statistical assignment of DNA sequences using Bayesian phylogenetics. Systematic Biology, 57(5), 750-757. https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150802422316

Lorenzen, E. D., Nogués-Bravo, D., Orlando, L., Weinstock, J., Binladen, J., Marske, K. A., Ugan, A., Borregaard, M. K., Gilbert, M. T. P., Nielsen, R., Ho, S. Y. W., Goebel, T., Graf, K. E., Byers, D., Stenderup, J., Rasmussen, M., Campos, P., Leonard, J. A., Koepfli, K.-P. ... Willerslev, E. (2011). Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans. Nature, 479(7373), 359-64. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10574

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