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Pär K. Ingvarsson is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as agricultural and biological sciences. The scientist's work covers a diverse range of subfields, including genetics, plant science, molecular biology, nature and landscape conservation, and agronomy and crop science.

The researcher has contributed extensively to topics such as genetic diversity and population structure, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, plant molecular biology research, genomics and phylogenetic studies, bioenergy crop production and management, and forest ecology and management.

Recent publications demonstrate a focus on plant genetics and evolutionary biology. Notable papers include:

  • A single gene underlies the dynamic evolution of poplar sex determination, 2020, Nature Plants
  • Genomic insights into local adaptation and future climate-induced vulnerability of a keystone forest tree in East Asia, 2022, Nature Communications
  • The super-pangenome of Populus unveils genomic facets for its adaptation and diversification in widespread forest trees, 2024, Molecular Plant
  • Demographic History and Natural Selection Shape Patterns of Deleterious Mutation Load and Barriers to Introgression across Populus Genome, 2022, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Demography and Natural Selection Have Shaped Genetic Variation in the Widely Distributed Conifer Norway Spruce (Picea abies), 2020, Genome Biology and Evolution

Collaborations form an important part of their research with frequent coauthors including Carolina Bernhardsson, Naser Farrokhi, Asadollah Ahmadikhah, Martha Rendón-Anaya, and Nathaniel R. Street. The scientist has worked repeatedly with these individuals, reflecting sustained collaborative efforts.

The scientist's publications are commonly found in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Evolution, BMC Plant Biology, and Molecular Ecology, indicating a strong presence in high-impact journals within their fields.

Best Publications

  • The Norway spruce genome sequence and conifer genome evolution.

    Björn Nystedt;Nathaniel Robert Street;Anna Wetterbom;Andrea Zuccolo

  • Association genetics of complex traits in plants.

    Pär K. Ingvarsson;Nathaniel R. Street

  • Linkage Mapping and Comparative Genomics Using Next-Generation RAD Sequencing of a Non-Model Organism

    Simon W. Baxter;John W. Davey;J. Spencer Johnston;Anthony M. Shelton

  • Local drift load and the heterosis of interconnected populations.

    Michael C Whitlock;Pär K Ingvarsson;Todd Hatfield

  • Restoration of genetic variation lost - the genetic rescue hypothesis.

    Pär K Ingvarsson

  • Nucleotide polymorphism and linkage disequilibrium within and among natural populations of European aspen (Populus tremula L., Salicaceae).

    Pär K. Ingvarsson

  • Common Features of Segregation Distortion in Plants and Animals

    Douglas R. Taylor;Pär K. Ingvarsson

  • A single gene underlies the dynamic evolution of poplar sex determination

    Niels A Müller;Birgit Kersten;Ana P Leite Montalvão;Niklas Mähler

  • ADAPTIVE POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION IN PHENOLOGY ACROSS A LATITUDINAL GRADIENT IN EUROPEAN ASPEN (POPULUS TREMULA, L.) : A COMPARISON OF NEUTRAL MARKERS, CANDIDATE GENES AND PHENOTYPIC TRAITS

    David Hall;Virginia Luquez;Victoria M. Garcia;Kate R. St Onge

  • Multilocus patterns of nucleotide polymorphism and the demographic history of Populus tremula

    Pär K. Ingvarsson

  • Contrasting Rates of Molecular Evolution and Patterns of Selection among Gymnosperms and Flowering Plants.

    Amanda R. de La Torre;Amanda R. de La Torre;Zhen Li;Yves Van de Peer;Yves Van de Peer;Pär K. Ingvarsson;Pär K. Ingvarsson

  • Clinal variation in phyB2, a candidate gene for day-length-induced growth cessation and bud set, across a latitudinal gradient in European aspen (Populus tremula).

    Pär K. Ingvarsson;M. Victoria García;David Hall;Virginia Luquez

  • Insights into Conifer Giga-Genomes

    Amanda R. De La Torre;Inanc Birol;Jean Bousquet;Pär K. Ingvarsson

  • Using association mapping to dissect the genetic basis of complex traits in plants

    David Hall;Carolina Tegström;Pär K. Ingvarsson

  • Nucleotide polymorphism and phenotypic associations within and around the phytochrome B2 Locus in European aspen (Populus tremula, Salicaceae).

    Pär K. Ingvarsson;M. Victoria Garcia;Virginia Luquez;David Hall

  • Natural phenological variation in aspen (Populus tremula): the SwAsp collection

    Virginia Luquez;Virginia Luquez;David Hall;Benedicte R. Albrectsen;Jan Karlsson

  • A METAPOPULATION PERSPECTIVE ON GENETIC DIVERSITY AND DIFFERENTIATION IN PARTIALLY SELF-FERTILIZING PLANTS

    Pär K. Ingvarsson

  • Molecular Evolution of Insertions and Deletion in the Chloroplast Genome of Silene

    Pär K. Ingvarsson;Sarah Ribstein;Douglas R. Taylor

  • Gene expression and protein length influence codon usage and rates of sequence evolution in Populus tremula.

    Pär K. Ingvarsson

  • Population, quantitative and comparative genomics of adaptation in forest trees

    David B Neale;Pär K Ingvarsson

  • Heterosis increases the effective migration rate.

    Pär K. Ingvarsson;Michael C. Whitlock

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathaniel R. Street
Nathaniel R. Street Umeå University
Stefan Jansson
Stefan Jansson Umeå University
Yves Van de Peer
Yves Van de Peer Ghent University
Ove Nilsson
Ove Nilsson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Dario Grattapaglia
Dario Grattapaglia Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Yousry A. El-Kassaby
Yousry A. El-Kassaby University of British Columbia
Christian Lexer
Christian Lexer University of Vienna
Lars Ericson
Lars Ericson Umeå University
Frank Johansson
Frank Johansson Uppsala University
Björn Sundberg
Björn Sundberg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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