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Wolfgang Stephan is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Genetics. The scientist's work addresses multiple subfields including Plant Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Sociology and Political Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their research topics encompass a diverse range of themes, prominently featuring Evolution and Genetic Dynamics and Genetic Diversity and Population Structure. Additional areas of focus include Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models, Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation, and Animal Behavior and Reproduction.

Recent publications highlight Wolfgang Stephan's contributions to population genomics, evolutionary biology, and genetic adaptation. Notable papers include:

  • Recommendations for improving statistical inference in population genomics, 2022, PLoS Biology
  • Soft selective sweeps: Addressing new definitions, evaluating competing models, and interpreting empirical outliers, 2022, PLoS Genetics
  • Demographic analyses of a new sample of haploid genomes from a Swedish population of Drosophila melanogaster, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Important role of genetic drift in rapid polygenic adaptation, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • Recommendations for improving statistical inference in population genomics, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Wolfgang Stephan has published repeatedly in several venues, including:

  • Ecology and Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • PLoS Biology
  • PLoS Genetics

Frequent coauthors contributing to shared research efforts are:

  • Parul Johri
  • Jeffrey D. Jensen
  • Aurélien Tellier
  • Charles F. Aquadro
  • Mark Beaumont

Best Publications

  • The evolutionary dynamics of repetitive DNA in eukaryotes

    Brian Charlesworth;Paul Sniegowski;Wolfgang Stephan

  • Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.

    Andrew G. Clark;Michael B. Eisen;Michael B. Eisen;Douglas R. Smith;Casey M. Bergman

  • Detecting a local signature of genetic hitchhiking along a recombining chromosome.

    Yuseob Kim;Yuseob Kim;Wolfgang Stephan

  • The Hitchhiking Effect on the Site Frequency Spectrum of DNA Polymorphisms

    J M Braverman;R R Hudson;N L Kaplan;C H Langley

  • Inferring the Demographic History and Rate of Adaptive Substitution in Drosophila

    Haipeng Li;Wolfgang Stephan

  • Demography and Natural Selection Have Shaped Genetic Variation in Drosophila melanogaster: A Multi-locus Approach

    Sascha Glinka;Lino Ometto;Sylvain Mousset;Wolfgang Stephan

  • A Critical Assessment of Storytelling: Gene Ontology Categories and the Importance of Validating Genomic Scans

    Pavlos Pavlidis;Jeffrey D. Jensen;Wolfgang Stephan;Alexandros Stamatakis

  • The Impact of Sampling Schemes on the Site Frequency Spectrum in Nonequilibrium Subdivided Populations

    Thomas Städler;Bernhard Haubold;Carlos Merino;Wolfgang Stephan

  • In vivo introduction of unpreferred synonymous codons into the Drosophila Adh gene results in reduced levels of ADH protein.

    David B Carlini;Wolfgang Stephan

  • The hitchhiking effect on linkage disequilibrium between linked neutral loci.

    Wolfgang Stephan;Yun S Song;Charles H Langley

  • Population Genetics of Speciation in Two Closely Related Wild Tomatoes (Solanum Section Lycopersicon)

    Thomas Städler;Uraiwan Arunyawat;Wolfgang Stephan

  • Genetic hitchhiking versus background selection: the controversy and its implications

    Wolfgang Stephan

  • The importance of the Neutral Theory in 1968 and 50 years on: A response to Kern and Hahn 2018

    Jeffrey D. Jensen;Bret A. Payseur;Wolfgang Stephan;Charles F. Aquadro

  • Signatures of positive selection: from selective sweeps at individual loci to subtle allele frequency changes in polygenic adaptation.

    Wolfgang Stephan;Wolfgang Stephan

  • Searching for Footprints of Positive Selection in Whole-Genome SNP Data From Nonequilibrium Populations

    Pavlos Pavlidis;Jeffrey D. Jensen;Wolfgang Stephan

  • The Relationship Between Third-Codon Position Nucleotide Content, Codon Bias, mRNA Secondary Structure and Gene Expression in the Drosophilid Alcohol Dehydrogenase Genes Adh and Adhr

    David B. Carlini;Ying Chen;Wolfgang Stephan

  • Molecular genetic variation in the centromeric region of the X chromosome in three Drosophila ananassae populations. I. Contrasts between the vermilion and forked loci.

    W Stephan;C H Langley

  • Distinctly Different Sex Ratios in African and European Populations of Drosophila melanogaster Inferred From Chromosomewide Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Data

    Stephan Hutter;Haipeng Li;Haipeng Li;Steffen Beisswanger;David De Lorenzo

  • Demographic inference reveals African and European admixture in the North American Drosophila melanogaster population.

    Pablo Duchen;Daniel Živković;Stephan Hutter;Wolfgang Stephan

  • The recent demographic and adaptive history of Drosophila melanogaster.

    W Stephan;H Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura E. Rose
Laura E. Rose Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Travis C. Glenn
Travis C. Glenn University of Georgia
John F. Baines
John F. Baines Max Planck Society
Charles H. Langley
Charles H. Langley University of California, Davis
Michael J. Braun
Michael J. Braun University of Maryland, College Park
Hideki Innan
Hideki Innan The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Yun S. Song
Yun S. Song University of California, Berkeley
Michael B. Eisen
Michael B. Eisen University of California, Berkeley
Brian Charlesworth
Brian Charlesworth University of Edinburgh

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