Josefin Stiller

Josefin Stiller

Assistant Professor


  1. 2024
  2. Published

    A region of suppressed recombination misleads neoavian phylogenomics

    Mirarab, S., Rivas-González, I., Feng, S., Stiller, Josefin, Fang, Q., Mai, U., Hickey, G., Chen, G., Brajuka, N., Fedrigo, O., Formenti, G., Wolf, J. B. W., Howe, K., Antunes, A., Schierup, M. H., Paten, B., Jarvis, E. D., KU, thw266 & Braun, E. L., 1 Apr 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121, 15, 10 p., e2319506121.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Complexity of avian evolution revealed by family-level genomes

    Stiller, J., Feng, S., Chowdhury, A-A., Rivas-González, I., Duchêne, D. A., Fang, Q., Deng, Y., Kozlov, A., Stamatakis, A., Claramunt, S., Nguyen, J. M. T., Ho, S. Y. W., Faircloth, B. C., Haag, J., Houde, P., Cracraft, J., Balaban, M., Mai, U., Chen, G., Gao, R. & 32 others, Zhou, C., Xie, Y., Huang, Z., Cao, Z., Yan, Z., Ogilvie, H. A., Nakhleh, L., Lindow, Bent Erik Kramer, Morel, B., Fjeldså, Jon, Hosner, Peter Andrew, da Fonseca, R. R., Petersen, Bent, Tobias, J. A., Székely, T., Kennedy, J. D., Reeve, A. H., Liker, A., Stervander, M., Antunes, A., Tietze, D. T., Bertelsen, Mads, Lei, F., Rahbek, Carsten, Graves, G. R., Schierup, M. H., Warnow, T., Braun, E. L., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Jarvis, E. D., Mirarab, S. & KU, thw266, 1 Apr 2024, In: Nature.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    ClockstaRX: Testing molecular clock hypotheses with genomic data

    Duchene, David, Duchêne, S., Stiller, Josefin, Heller, Rasmus & Ho, S. Y. W., 1 Mar 2024, In: Genome Biology and Evolution. p. evae064

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. 2023
  6. Published

    Xyloplax princealberti (Asteroidea, Echinodermata): A New Species That Is Not Always Associated with Wood Falls

    Payne, C. Y., Tilic, E., Boschen-Rose, R. E., Gannon, A., Stiller, Josefin, Hiley, A. S., Grupe, B. M., Mah, C. L. & Rouse, G. W., 2023, In: Diversity. 15, 12, 21 p., 1212.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    ClockstaRX: testing molecular clock hypotheses with genomic data

    Duchene, David, Duchêne, S., Stiller, Josefin, Heller, Rasmus & Ho, S. Y. W., 2023, bioRxiv, 15 p.

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

  8. Published

    Confusion will be my epitaph: genome-scale discordance stifles phylogenetic resolution of Holothuroidea

    Koch, N. M., Tilic, E., Miller, A. K., Stiller, Josefin & Rouse, G. W., 2023, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 290, 2002, 11 p., 20230988.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Evolution of the germline mutation rate across vertebrates

    Bergeron, Lucie Adrienne, Besenbacher, S., Zheng, J., Li, P., Bertelsen, Mads Frost, Quintard, B., Hoffman, J. I., Li, Z., Leger, J. S., Shao, C., Stiller, Josefin, Gilbert, M Thomas P, Schierup, M. H. & KU, thw266, 2023, In: Nature. 615, p. 285-291

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Molecular exploration of fossil eggshell uncovers hidden lineage of giant extinct bird

    Grealy, A., Miller, G. H., Phillips, M. J., Clarke, S. J., Fogel, M., Patalwala, D., Rigby, P., Hubbard, A., Demarchi, B., Collins, Matthew James, Mackie, Meaghan, Sakalauskaite, J., Stiller, Josefin, Clarke, J. A., Legendre, L. J., Douglass, K., Hansford, J., Haile, J. & Bunce, M., 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 14 p., 914.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Range-wide population genomics of common seadragons shows secondary contact over a former barrier and insights on illegal capture

    Stiller, Josefin, Wilson, N. G. & Rouse, G., 2023, In: BMC Biology. 21, 17 p., 129.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    The European Reference Genome Atlas: piloting a decentralised approach to equitable biodiversity genomics

    Mc Cartney, A. M., Formenti, G., Mouton, A., Panis, D. D., Marins, L. S., Leitão, H. G., Diedericks, G., Kirangwa, J., Morselli, M., Salces-Ortiz, J., Escudero, N., Iannucci, A., Natali, C., Svardal, H., Fernández, R., Pooter, T. D., Joris, G., Strazisar, M., Wood, J., Herron, K. E. & 30 others, Seehausen, O., Watts, P. C., Shaw, F., Davey, R. P., Minotto, A., Fernández, J. M., Böhne, A., Alegria, C., Alioto, T., Alves, P. C., Amorim, I. R., Aury, J., Backstrom, N., Baldrian, P., Baltrunaite, L., Barta, E., Bed’Hom, B., Belser, C., Bergsten, J., Bertrand, L., Bilandžija, H., Binzer-Panchal, M., Bista, I., Blaxter, M., Borges, P. A., Dias, G. B., Bosse, M., Garg, S., Madsen, O. & Stiller, Josefin, 2023, 51 p. (bioRxiv).

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

  13. Accepted/In press

    Whole-genomes from the extinct Xerces Blue butterfly can help identify declining insect species

    de-Dios, T., Fontsere, Claudia, Renom, P., Stiller, Josefin, Llovera, L., Uliano-Silva, M., Sánchez-Gracia, A., Wright, C., Lizano, E., Caballero, B., Navarro, A., Civit, S., Robbins, R. K., Blaxter, M., Marquès-Bonet, T., Vila, R. & Lalueza-Fox, C., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: eLife. 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. 2022
  15. Published

    Ancient proteins resolve controversy over the identity of Genyornis eggshell

    Demarchi, B., Stiller, Josefin, Grealy, A., Mackie, Meaghan, Deng, Y., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Clarke, J., Legendre, L. J., Boano, R., Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas, Magee, J., KU, thw266, Bunce, M., Collins, Matthew James & Miller, G., 2022, In: PNAS. 119, 43, 9 p., e2109326119.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Confusion will be my epitaph: Genome-scale discordance stifles phylogenetic resolution of Holothuroidea

    Koch, N. M., Tilic, E., Miller, A. K., Stiller, Josefin & Rouse, G. W., 2022, bioRxiv, 42 p.

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

  17. Published

    Epistatic Effects Between Amino Acid Insertions and Substitutions Mediate Toxin resistance of Vertebrate Na+, K+-ATPases

    Mohammadi, S., Özdemir, H. İ., Ozbek, P., Sumbul, F., Stiller, Josefin, Deng, Y., Crawford, A. J., Rowland, H., Storz, J., Andolfatto, P. & Dobler, S., 2022, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39, 12, 13 p., msac258.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Phylogenomic analyses of mud dragons (Kinorhyncha)

    Herranz, Maria, Stiller, Josefin, Worsaae, Katrine & Sørensen, Martin Vinther, 2022, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 168, 10 p., 107375.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Phylogenomic analysis of Syngnathidae reveals novel relationships, origins of endemic diversity and variable diversification rates

    Stiller, Josefin, Short, G., Hamilton, H., Saarman, N., Longo, S., Wainwright, P., Rouse, G. W. & Simison, W. B., 2022, In: BMC Biology. 20, 1, 75.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Phylogenomics resolves ambiguous relationships within Aciculata (Errantia, Annelida)

    Tilic, E., Stiller, Josefin, Campos, E., Pleijel, F. & Rouse, G. W., 2022, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 166, 10 p., 107339.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. 2021
  22. Published

    Multiple origins of a frameshift insertion in a mitochondrial gene in birds and turtles

    Andreu-Sánchez, S., Chen, W., Stiller, Josefin & KU, thw266, 2021, In: GigaScience. 10, 1, 11 p., giaa161.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Using UCEs to track the influence of sea‐level change on leafy seadragon populations

    Stiller, Josefin, Rodrigues da Fonseca, Rute Andreia, Alfaro, M. E., Faircloth, B. C., Wilson, N. G. & Rouse, G. W., 2021, In: Molecular Ecology. p. 1364-1380

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. 2020
  25. Published

    An Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin Genome Reveals Insights into Chromosome Evolution and the Demography of a Vulnerable Species

    Zhang, P., Zhao, Y., Li, C., Lin, M., Dong, L., Zhang, R., Liu, M., Li, K., Zhang, H., Liu, X., Zhang, Y., Yuan, Y., Liu, H., Seim, I., Sun, S., Du, X., Chang, Y., Li, F., Liu, S., Lee, S. M. Y. & 13 others, Wang, K., Wang, D., Wang, X., McGowen, M. R., Jefferson, T. A., Olsen, Morten Tange, Stiller, Josefin, KU, thw266, Xu, X., Yang, H., Fan, G., Liu, X. & Li, S., 2020, In: iScience. 23, 10, 52 p., 101640.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics

    Feng, S., Stiller, J., Deng, Y., Armstrong, J., Fang, Q., Hart Reeve, A., Xie, D., Chen, G., Guo, C., Faircloth, B. C., Petersen, B., Wang, Z., Zhou, Q., Diekhans, M., Chen, W., Andreu-Sánchez, S., Margaryan, A., Howard, J. T., Parent, C., Pacheco, G. & 130 others, Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander, Puetz, Lara Christine, Cavill, Emily Louisa, Ribeiro, Â. M., Eckhart, L., Fjeldså, Jon, Hosner, Peter Andrew, Brumfield, R. T., Christidis, L., Bertelsen, Mads Frost, Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas, Tietze, D. T., Robertson, B. C., Song, G., Borgia, G., Claramunt, S., Lovette, I. J., Cowen, S. J., Njoroge, P., Dumbacher, J. P., Ryder, O. A., Fuchs, J., Bunce, M., Burt, D. W., Cracraft, J., Meng, G., Hackett, S. J., Ryan, P. G., Jønsson, Knud Andreas, Jamieson, I. G., Rodrigues da Fonseca, Rute Andreia, Braun, E. L., Houde, P., Mirarab, S., Suh, A., Hansson, B., Ponnikas, S., Sigeman, H., Stervander, M., Frandsen, P. B., van der Zwan, H., van der Sluis, R., Visser, C., Balakrishnan, C. N., Clark, A. G., Fitzpatrick, J. W., Bowman, R., Chen, N., Cloutier, A., Sackton, T. B., Edwards, S. V., Foote, D. J., Shakya, S. B., Sheldon, F. H., Vignal, A., Soares, A. E. R., Shapiro, B., González-Solís, J., Ferrer-Obiol, J., Rozas, J., Riutort, M., Tigano, A., Friesen, V., Dalén, L., Urrutia, A. O., Székely, T., Liu, Y., Campana, M. G., Corvelo, A., Fleischer, R. C., Rutherford, K. M., Gemmell, N. J., Dussex, N., Mouritsen, H., Thiele, N., Delmore, K., Liedvogel, M., Franke, A., Hoeppner, M. P., Krone, O., Fudickar, A. M., Milá, B., Ketterson, E. D., Fidler, A. E., Friis, G., Parody-Merino, Á. M., Battley, P. F., Cox, M. P., Lima, N. C. B., Prosdocimi, F., Parchman, T. L., Schlinger, B. A., Loiselle, B. A., Blake, J. G., Lim, H. C., Day, L. B., Fuxjager, M. J., Baldwin, M. W., Braun, M. J., Wirthlin, M., Dikow, R. B., Ryder, T. B., Camenisch, G., Keller, L. F., Dacosta, J. M., Hauber, M. E., Louder, M. I. M., Witt, C. C., McGuire, J. A., Mudge, J., Megna, L. C., Carling, M. D., Wang, B., Taylor, S. A., Del-Rio, G., Aleixo, A., Vasconcelos, A. T. R., Mello, C. V., Weir, J. T., Haussler, D., Li, Q., Yang, H., Wang, J., Lei, F., Rahbek, Carsten, Gilbert, M Thomas P, Graves, G. R., Jarvis, E. D., Paten, B. & KU, thw266, 2020, In: Nature. 587, 7833, p. 252-257

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Evolutionary History, Genomic Adaptation to Toxic Diet, and Extinction of the Carolina Parakeet

    Gelabert, P., Sandoval-Velasco, M., Serres, A., de Manuel, M., Renom, P., Margaryan, A., Stiller, J., de-Dios, T., Fang, Q., Feng, S., Mañosa, S., Pacheco, G., Ferrando-Bernal, M., Shi, G., Hao, F., Chen, X., Petersen, B., Olsen, R-A., Navarro, A., Deng, Y. & 6 others, Dalén, L., Marquès-Bonet, T., KU, thw266, Antunes, A., Gilbert, M Thomas P & Lalueza-Fox, C., 2020, In: Current Biology. 30, 1, p. 108-114, e1-e5

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    More is needed — Thousands of loci are required to elucidate the relationships of the ‘flowers of the sea’ (Sabellida, Annelida)

    Tilic, E., Sayyari, E., Stiller, Josefin, Mirarab, S. & Rouse, G. W., 2020, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 9 p., 106892.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Progressive Cactus is a multiple-genome aligner for the thousand-genome era

    Armstrong, J., Hickey, G., Diekhans, M., Fiddes, I. T., Novak, A. M., Deran, A., Fang, Q., Xie, D., Feng, S., Stiller, J., Genereux, D., Johnson, J., Marinescu, V. D., Alföldi, J., Harris, R. S., Lindblad-Toh, K., Haussler, D., Karlsson, E., Jarvis, E. D., Zhang, G. & 1 others, Paten, B., 2020, In: Nature. 587, 7833, p. 246-251

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Spaghetti to a Tree: A Robust Phylogeny for Terebelliformia (Annelida) Based on Transcriptomes, Molecular and Morphological Data

    Stiller, Josefin, Tilic, E., Rousset, V., Pleijel, F. & Rouse, G. W., 2020, In: Biology. 9, 4, 28 p., 73.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. 2019
  32. Published

    Comparative Phylogenomics, a Stepping Stone for Bird Biodiversity Studies

    Stiller, Josefin & KU, thw266, 2019, In: Diversity. 11, 7, 19 p., 115.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. 2017
  34. Between Hot Rocks and Dry Places: The Status of the Dixie Valley Toad

    Forrest, M. J., Stiller, Josefin, King, T. L. & Rouse, G. W., Jul 2017, In: Western North American Naturalist. 77, 2, p. 162-175

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Barriers to gene flow in common seadragons (Syngnathidae: Phyllopteryx taeniolatus)

    Wilson, N. G., Stiller, Josefin & Rouse, G. W., 2017, In: Conservation Genetics. 18, 1, p. 53-66

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Do ampharetids take sedimented steps between vents and seeps? Phylogeny and habitat-use of Ampharetidae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) in chemosynthesis-based ecosystems

    Eilertsen, M. H., Kongsrud, J. A., Alvestad, T., Stiller, Josefin, Rouse, G. W. & Rapp, H. T., 2017, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17, 15 p., 222.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. First live records of the ruby seadragon (Phyllopteryx dewysea, Syngnathidae)

    Rouse, G. W., Stiller, Josefin & Wilson, N. G., 2017, In: Marine Biodiversity Records. 10, 4 p., 2.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. The Leafy Seadragon, Phycodurus eques, a Flagship Species with Low But Structured Genetic Variability

    Stiller, Josefin, Wilson, N. G., Donnellan, S. & Rouse, G. W., 2017, In: Journal of Heredity. 108, 2, p. 152-162

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. 2015
  40. A spectacular new species of seadragon (Syngnathidae)

    Stiller, Josefin, Wilson, N. G. & Rouse, G., 2015, In: Royal Society Open Science. 2, 2, 12 p., 140458.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. 2013
  42. Phylogeny, biogeography and systematics of hydrothermal vent and methane seep Amphisamytha (Ampharetidae, Annelida), with descriptions of three new species

    Stiller, Josefin, Rousset, V., Pleijel, F., Chevaldonne, P., Vrijenhoek, R. C. & Rouse, G. W., 2013, In: Systematics and Biodiversity. 11, 1, p. 35-65

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. 2012
  44. Can insect egg deposition 'warn' a plant of future feeding damage by herbivorous larvae?

    Beyaert, I., Köpke, D., Stiller, Josefin, Hammerbacher, A., Yoneya, K., Schmidt, A., Gershenzon, J. & Hilker, M., 2012, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 279, 1726, p. 101-108

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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