Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yao Hou, Ke Tang, Jingyuan Wang, Danxia Xie, Hanzhe Zhang
Summary: This study provides strong evidence supporting assortative mating based on blood type using a unique dataset of one million Chinese pregnancies.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Daniel L. Powell, Benjamin M. Moran, Bernard Y. Kim, Shreya M. Banerjee, Stepfanie M. Aguillon, Paola Fascinetto-Zago, Quinn K. Langdon, Molly Schumer
Summary: The study revealed that hybrid populations formed between the northern swordtail fish Xiphophorus cortezi and Xiphophorus birchmanni consist of a cluster of pure X. birchmanni individuals and one of phenotypically intermediate hybrids. Simulations suggest that initial hybridization occurred approximately 150 generations ago at both sites, with little evidence for contemporary gene flow between subpopulations.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rebecca C. Young, Alexander S. Kitaysky, Hugh M. Drummond
Summary: The study found a strong positive correlation between telomere lengths among Blue-footed Booby breeding pairs, with interactions between parental telomere lengths affecting fledgling recruitment and adult survival. Having long telomeres benefits survival, while choosing a mate with long telomeres benefits reproductive output but may penalize survival.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Review
Biology
Thomas M. M. Versluys, Ewan O. Flintham, Alex Mas-Sandoval, Vincent Savolainen
Summary: This paper explores the causes of positive assortative mating in humans, drawing on human and non-human biology, the social sciences, and the humanities. It discusses methods to control for confounders in mate choice studies, as well as ultimate explanations including adaptive and non-adaptive processes. The paper concludes by suggesting a focus on interdisciplinary approaches in future research.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
S. Tsuruta, T. J. Lawlor, D. A. L. Lourenco, I Misztal
Summary: This study aims to investigate the bias in genomic predictions caused by selection intensity, a change in heritability, and assortative mating. Different types of traits can be categorized based on selection intensity and mating decisions. The decline in heritability and mating decisions can affect the accuracy and bias of genomic predictions for different traits.
JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Bernhard Hausdorf, Jie Xu
Summary: By studying the rock-dwelling snail group Cingulifera in the Southern Alps, we discovered high species diversity and endemism. Genomic analysis of 104 Cingulifera specimens from 28 populations and 14 other Ariantinae revealed that there are three distinct species in the region. These species occupy separate sub-areas and show little admixture with neighboring populations of different species. This study highlights the importance of stochastic events, priority effects, and ecological competition in shaping population structure and speciation in these snails.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Dirk Metzler, Ulrich Knief, Joshua Penalba, Jochen B. W. Wolf
Summary: This study used a mathematical model to investigate the effects of assortative mating on hybrid-zone dynamics, finding that assortative mating can maintain steep clines in mating-trait loci without generalizing to genome-wide reproductive isolation.
Article
Psychiatry
Nanna Lawaetz Steffensen, Nicoline Hemager, Anette Faurskov Bundgaard, Ditte Lou Gantriis, Birgitte Klee Burton, Ditte Ellersgaard, Anders Helles Carlsen, Vibeke Bliksted, Kerstin J. Plessen, Jens Richardt Mollegaard Jepsen, Merete Nordentoft, Anne A. E. Thorup, Ole Mors, Aja Neergaard Greve
Summary: This study aims to investigate affective lability in parents with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder and their co-parents without these disorders. The results show significantly higher levels of affective lability in parents with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder compared to controls, with no significant differences between bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Co-parents of parents with schizophrenia have significantly higher levels of affective lability compared to controls. These findings contribute to understanding the underlying transdiagnostic factors and nonrandom mating in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, emphasizing the importance of studying parental affective lability as a potential risk factor for offspring in families with parental schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Gregory Clark
Summary: This is a study on the lineage of 422,374 English people (from 1600 to 2022), which reveals correlations in social outcomes among relatives as distant as 4th cousins. The study shows three striking features: the strong persistence of social status across family trees, the unchanged decline in correlation with genetic distance over time, and the parallel with a simple model of additive genetic determination of status.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Biology
Sandra Winters, James P. Higham
Summary: Through evolutionary simulations, we investigated the process of divergence and diversification of mating signals on secondary contact. The results showed that divergence in allopatry and assortative mate choice can lead to rapid phenotypic diversification, resulting in distinctive face patterns. Strong selection against hybrids plays a key role in this diversification process.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Economics
Christopher Handy
Summary: Measures of educational assortative mating need to address the differences in educational distributions by gender and changes over time. A new measure based on Spearman's rank correlation coefficient using sex-by-birth cohort education ranks is proposed, showing greater robustness to changes in underlying education distributions over time.
APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Richard Border, Osman Asif Malik
Summary: Existing methods for generating synthetic genotype data are not suitable for replicating the effects of assortative mating. We propose rb_dplr, a novel and computationally efficient algorithm that effectively recapitulates the AM-induced genetic architectures using the Bahadur order-2 approximation of the multivariate Bernoulli distribution. The rBahadur R library is available through the Comprehensive R Archive Network at https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=rBahadur.
BMC BIOINFORMATICS
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Zheng Zhang, Guangyue Wen, Dexiao Bu, Guojun Sun, Sheng Qiang
Summary: Canada goldenrod is an invasive plant species that spreads rapidly through wind dispersal, traveling longer distances and in greater amounts in the downwind direction. The temperature and wind speed positively affect the dispersal amount, while relative humidity negatively affects it.
Article
Ecology
E. Keith Bowers
Summary: Woodman et al. investigate age-assortative mating in bird populations with different life-history strategies. They find that in long-lived mute swans, positive age-assortative mating occurs through active mate selection, while in shorter-lived great tits, it is primarily a passive byproduct of demographic processes.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Waldir M. Berbel-Filho, Andrey Tatarenkov, George Pacheco, Helder M. V. Espirito-Santo, Mateus G. Lira, Carlos Garcia de Leaniz, John C. Avise, Sergio M. Q. Lima, Carlos M. Rodriguez-Lopez, Sofia Consuegra
Summary: Different mating systems can impact hybridization between species, with self-incompatible species potentially outcompeting self-compatible ones. A study on mangrove killifish species with different mating systems found relatively high natural hybridization rates, mainly sired by the selfing species. This research sheds light on how contrasting mating systems may affect gene flow and the evolution of hybrid zones.
Article
Infectious Diseases
Robert Verity, Lucy C. Okell, Ilaria Dorigatti, Peter Winskill, Charles Whittaker, Natsuko Imai, Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg, Hayley Thompson, Patrick G. T. Walker, Han Fu, Amy Dighe, Jamie T. Griffin, Marc Baguelin, Sangeeta Bhatia, Adhiratha Boonyasiri, Anne Cori, Zulma Cucunuba, Rich FitzJohn, Katy Gaythorpe, Will Green, Arran Hamlet, Wes Hinsley, Daniel Laydon, Gemma Nedjati-Gilani, Steven Riley, Sabine van Elsland, Erik Volz, Haowei Wang, Yuanrong Wang, Xiaoyue Xi, Christl A. Donnelly, Azra C. Ghani, Neil M. Ferguson
LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Seth Flaxman, Swapnil Mishra, Axel Gandy, H. Juliette T. Unwin, Thomas A. Mellan, Helen Coupland, Charles Whittaker, Harrison Zhu, Tresnia Berah, Jeffrey W. Eaton, Melodie Monod, Azra C. Ghani, Christl A. Donnelly, Steven Riley, Michaela A. C. Vollmer, Neil M. Ferguson, Lucy C. Okell, Samir Bhatt
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Enrico Lavezzo, Elisa Franchin, Constanze Ciavarella, Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg, Luisa Barzon, Claudia Del Vecchio, Lucia Rossi, Riccardo Manganelli, Arianna Loregian, Nicolo Navarin, Davide Abate, Manuela Sciro, Stefano Merigliano, Ettore De Canale, Maria Cristina Vanuzzo, Valeria Besutti, Francesca Saluzzo, Francesco Onelia, Monia Pacenti, Saverio G. Parisi, Giovanni Carretta, Daniele Donato, Luciano Flor, Silvia Cocchio, Giulia Masi, Alessandro Sperduti, Lorenzo Cattarino, Renato Salvador, Michele Nicoletti, Federico Caldart, Gioele Castelli, Eleonora Nieddu, Beatrice Labella, Ludovico Fava, Matteo Drigo, Katy A. M. Gaythorpe, Alessandra R. Brazzale, Stefano Toppo, Marta Trevisan, Vincenzo Baldo, Christl A. Donnelly, Neil M. Ferguson, Ilaria Dorigatti, Andrea Crisanti
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Patrick G. T. Walker, Charles Whittaker, Oliver J. Watson, Marc Baguelin, Peter Winskill, Arran Hamlet, Bimandra A. Djafaara, Zulma Cucunuba, Daniela Olivera Mesa, Will Green, Hayley Thompson, Shevanthi Nayagam, Kylie E. C. Ainslie, Sangeeta Bhatia, Samir Bhatt, Adhiratha Boonyasiri, Olivia Boyd, Nicholas F. Brazeau, Lorenzo Cattarino, Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg, Amy Dighe, Christl A. Donnelly, Ilaria Dorigatti, Sabine L. van Elsland, Rich FitzJohn, Han Fu, Katy A. M. Gaythorpe, Lily Geidelberg, Nicholas Grassly, David Haw, Sarah Hayes, Wes Hinsley, Natsuko Imai, David Jorgensen, Edward Knock, Daniel Laydon, Swapnil Mishra, Gemma Nedjati-Gilani, Lucy C. Okell, H. Juliette Unwin, Robert Verity, Michaela Vollmer, Caroline E. Walters, Haowei Wang, Yuanrong Wang, Xiaoyue Xi, David G. Lalloo, Neil M. Ferguson, Azra C. Ghani
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Alexandra B. Hogan, Britta L. Jewell, Ellie Sherrard-Smith, Juan F. Vesga, Oliver J. Watson, Charles Whittaker, Arran Hamlet, Jennifer A. Smith, Peter Winskill, Robert Verity, Marc Baguelin, John A. Lees, Lilith K. Whittles, Kylie E. C. Ainslie, Samir Bhatt, Adhiratha Boonyasiri, Nicholas F. Brazeau, Lorenzo Cattarino, Laura Cooper, Helen Coupland, Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg, Amy Dighe, Bimandra A. Djaafara, Christl A. Donnelly, Jeff W. Eaton, Sabine L. van Elsland, Richard G. FitzJohn, Han Fu, Katy A. M. Gaythorpe, William Green, David J. Haw, Sarah Hayes, Wes Hinsley, Natsuko Imai, Daniel J. Laydon, Tara D. Mangal, Thomas A. Mellan, Swapnil Mishra, Gemma Nedjati-Gilani, Kris Parag, Hayley A. Thompson, H. Juliette T. Unwin, Michaela A. C. Vollmer, Caroline E. Walters, Haowei Wang, Yuanrong Wang, Xiaoyue Xi, Neil M. Ferguson, Lucy C. Okell, Thomas S. Churcher, Nimalan Arinaminpathy, Azra C. Ghani, Patrick G. T. Walker, Timothy B. Hallett
LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH
(2020)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Amy Dighe, Lorenzo Cattarino, Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg, Janetta Skarp, Natsuko Imai, Sangeeta Bhatia, Katy A. M. Gaythorpe, Kylie E. C. Ainslie, Marc Baguelin, Samir Bhatt, Adhiratha Boonyasiri, Nicholas F. Brazeau, Laura V. Cooper, Helen Coupland, Zulma Cucunuba, Ilaria Dorigatti, Oliver D. Eales, Sabine L. van Elsland, Richard G. FitzJohn, William D. Green, David J. Haw, Wes Hinsley, Edward Knock, Daniel J. Laydon, Thomas Mellan, Swapnil Mishra, Gemma Nedjati-Gilani, Pierre Nouvellet, Margarita Pons-Salort, Hayley A. Thompson, H. Juliette T. Unwin, Robert Verity, Michaela A. C. Vollmer, Caroline E. Walters, Oliver J. Watson, Charles Whittaker, Lilith K. Whittles, Azra C. Ghani, Christl A. Donnelly, Neil M. Ferguson, Steven Riley
Letter
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Hayley A. Thompson, Natsuko Imai, Amy Dighe, Kylie E. C. Ainslie, Marc Baguelin, Sangeeta Bhatia, Samir Bhatt, Adhiratha Boonyasiri, Olivia Boyd, Nicholas F. Brazeau, Lorenzo Cattarino, Laura V. Cooper, Helen Coupland, Zulma Cucunuba, Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg, Bimandra Djaafara, Ilaria Dorigatti, Sabine van Elsland, Richard FitzJohn, Han Fu, Katy A. M. Gaythorpe, Will Green, Timothy Hallett, Arran Hamlet, David Haw, Sarah Hayes, Wes Hinsley, Benjamin Jeffrey, Edward Knock, Daniel J. Laydon, John Lees, Tara D. Mangal, Thomas Mellan, Swapnil Mishra, Andria Mousa, Gemma Nedjati-Gilani, Pierre Nouvellet, Lucy Okell, Kris V. Parag, Manon Ragonnet-Cronin, Steven Riley, H. Juliette T. Unwin, Robert Verity, Michaela Vollmer, Erik Volz, Patrick G. T. Walker, Caroline Walters, Haowei Wang, Yuanrong Wang, Oliver J. Watson, Charles Whittaker, Lilith K. Whittles, Peter Winskill, Xiaoyue Xi, Christl A. Donnelly, Neil M. Ferguson
JOURNAL OF TRAVEL MEDICINE
(2020)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Nicholas C. Grassly, Margarita Pons-Salort, Edward P. K. Parker, Peter J. White, Neil M. Ferguson
LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2020)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Han Fu, Haowei Wang, Xiaoyue Xi, Adhiratha Boonyasiri, Yuanrong Wang, Wes Hinsley, Keith J. Fraser, Ruth McCabe, Daniela Olivera Mesa, Janetta Skarp, Alice Ledda, Tamsin Dewe, Amy Dighe, Peter Winskill, Sabine L. van Elsland, Kylie E. C. Ainslie, Marc Baguelin, Samir Bhatt, Olivia Boyd, Nicholas F. Brazeau, Lorenzo Cattarino, Giovanni Charles, Helen Coupland, Zulma M. Cucunuba, Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg, Christl A. Donnelly, Ilaria Dorigatti, Oliver D. Eales, Richard G. FitzJohn, Seth Flaxman, Katy A. M. Gaythorpe, Azra C. Ghani, William D. Green, Arran Hamlet, Katharina Hauck, David J. Haw, Benjamin Jeffrey, Daniel J. Laydon, John A. Lees, Thomas Mellan, Swapnil Mishra, Gemma Nedjati-Gilani, Pierre Nouvellet, Lucy Okell, Kris Parag, Manon Ragonnet-Cronin, Steven Riley, Nora Schmit, Hayley A. Thompson, H. Juliette T. Unwin, Robert Verity, Michaela A. C. Vollmer, Erik Volz, Patrick G. T. Walker, Caroline E. Walters, Oliver J. Watson, Charles Whittaker, Lilith K. Whittles, Natsuko Imai, Sangeeta Bhatia, Neil M. Ferguson
Summary: This study aimed to provide a comprehensive database describing the epidemic trends and responses during the first wave of COVID-19 in China. The results showed differences in epidemic trends and control measures among provinces, but focusing on testing and quarantine of inbound travelers helped sustain the control of the epidemic as local transmission declined.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2021)
Correction
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Enrico Lavezzo, Elisa Franchin, Constanze Ciavarella, Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg, Luisa Barzon, Claudia Del Vecchio, Lucia Rossi, Riccardo Manganelli, Arianna Loregian, Nicolo Navarin, Davide Abate, Manuela Sciro, Stefano Merigliano, Ettore De Canale, Maria Cristina Vanuzzo, Valeria Besutti, Francesca Saluzzo, Francesco Onelia, Monia Pacenti, Saverio G. Parisi, Giovanni Carretta, Daniele Donato, Luciano Flor, Silvia Cocchio, Giulia Masi, Alessandro Sperduti, Lorenzo Cattarino, Renato Salvador, Michele Nicoletti, Federico Caldart, Gioele Castelli, Eleonora Nieddu, Beatrice Labella, Ludovico Fava, Matteo Drigo, Katy A. M. Gaythorpe, Alessandra R. Brazzale, Stefano Toppo, Marta Trevisan, Vincenzo Baldo, Christl A. Donnelly, Neil M. Ferguson, Ilaria Dorigatti, Andrea Crisanti, Andrea Crisanti
Summary: The correction to this paper has been published.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Pierre Nouvellet, Sangeeta Bhatia, Anne Cori, Kylie E. C. Ainslie, Marc Baguelin, Samir Bhatt, Adhiratha Boonyasiri, Nicholas F. Brazeau, Lorenzo Cattarino, Laura V. Cooper, Helen Coupland, Zulma M. Cucunuba, Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg, Amy Dighe, Bimandra A. Djaafara, Ilaria Dorigatti, Oliver D. Eales, Sabine L. van Elsland, Fabricia F. Nascimento, Richard G. FitzJohn, Katy A. M. Gaythorpe, Lily Geidelberg, William D. Green, Arran Hamlet, Katharina Hauck, Wes Hinsley, Natsuko Imai, Benjamin Jeffrey, Edward Knock, Daniel J. Laydon, John A. Lees, Tara Mangal, Thomas A. Mellan, Gemma Nedjati-Gilani, Kris V. Parag, Margarita Pons-Salort, Manon Ragonnet-Cronin, Steven Riley, H. Juliette T. Unwin, Robert Verity, Michaela A. C. Vollmer, Erik Volz, Patrick G. T. Walker, Caroline E. Walters, Haowei Wang, Oliver J. Watson, Charles Whittaker, Lilith K. Whittles, Xiaoyue Xi, Neil M. Ferguson, Christl A. Donnelly
Summary: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the world have used mobility data as an important proxy measure of social distancing to control the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. While there is a correlation between reduced mobility and decreased transmission, this relationship weakens over time as strict control measures are relaxed.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Oliver J. Watson, Mervat Alhaffar, Zaki Mehchy, Charles Whittaker, Zack Akil, Nicholas F. Brazeau, Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg, Arran Hamlet, Hayley A. Thompson, Marc Baguelin, Richard G. FitzJohn, Edward Knock, John A. Lees, Lilith K. Whittles, Thomas Mellan, Peter Winskill, Samir Bhatt, Samir Bhatt, Bimandra A. Djaafara, Christl A. Donnelly, Seth Flaxman, Katy A. M. Gaythorpe, Natsuko Imai, Elita Jauneikaite, Daniel J. Laydon, Swapnil Mishra, H. Juliette T. Unwin, Robert Verity, Natasha Howard, Hannah Clapham, Francesco Checchi, Neil Ferguson, Azra Ghani, Emma Beals, Patrick Walker
Summary: Researchers estimated that a considerable number of COVID-19 deaths may have been missed in Damascus, with approximately 39.0% of the population estimated to have been infected by September 2, 2020, using all-cause mortality data and community mortality indicators.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Cell Biology
Edward S. Knock, Lilith K. Whittles, John A. Lees, Pablo N. Perez-Guzman, Robert Verity, Richard G. FitzJohn, Katy A. M. Gaythorpe, Natsuko Imai, Wes Hinsley, Lucy C. Okell, Alicia Rosello, Nikolas Kantas, Caroline E. Walters, Sangeeta Bhatia, Oliver J. Watson, Charlie Whittaker, Lorenzo Cattarino, Adhiratha Boonyasiri, Bimandra A. Djaafara, Keith Fraser, Han Fu, Haowei Wang, Xiaoyue Xi, Christl A. Donnelly, Elita Jauneikaite, Daniel J. Laydon, Peter J. White, Azra C. Ghani, Neil M. Ferguson, Anne Cori, Marc Baguelin
Summary: The study found that national lockdown was a key measure in reducing the transmission rate of SARS-CoV-2. The infection fatality ratio decreased, but was significantly higher in elderly residents in care homes. England is still far from herd immunity, emphasizing the need for high coverage and protection in vaccination campaigns to prevent a resurgence of transmission.
SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Immunology
Jeffrey W. Eaton, Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, Steve Gutreuter, Megan O'Driscoll, Oliver Stevens, Sumali Bajaj, Rob Ashton, Alexandra Hill, Emma Russell, Rachel Esra, Nicolas Dolan, Yusuf O. Anifowoshe, Mark Woodbridge, Ian Fellows, Robert Glaubius, Emily Haeuser, Taylor Okonek, John Stover, Matthew L. Thomas, Jon Wakefield, Timothy M. Wolock, Jonathan Berry, Tomasz Sabala, Nathan Heard, Stephen Delgado, Andreas Jahn, Thokozani Kalua, Tiwonge Chimpandule, Andrew Auld, Evelyn Kim, Danielle Payne, Leigh F. Johnson, Richard G. FitzJohn, Ian Wanyeki, Mary Mahy, Ray W. Shiraishi
Summary: The Naomi model integrates multiple subnational data sources to provide estimates for key indicators for HIV planning, resource allocation, and target setting. Example results from Malawi during 2016-2018 show varying HIV prevalence rates across districts, while ART coverage is relatively uniform.
JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL AIDS SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Raphael Sonabend, Lilith K. Whittles, Natsuko Imai, Pablo N. Perez-Guzman, Edward S. Knock, Thomas Rawson, Katy A. M. Gaythorpe, Bimandra A. Djaafara, Wes Hinsley, Richard G. FitzJohn, John A. Lees, Divya Thekke Kanapram, Erik M. Volz, Azra C. Ghani, Neil M. Ferguson, Marc Baguelin, Anne Cori
Summary: The study assessed the UK Government's four-step process to easing lockdown restrictions in England, taking into account the impact of the Delta variant and other factors. The findings suggest that the risk of a large wave of COVID-19 hospital admissions resulting from lifting NPIs can be mitigated but there is substantial uncertainty in the epidemic trajectory due to the emergence of the Delta variant.