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Pangenomes: new tools for ecological and evolutionary genomics.

Bohao Fang¹, Scott V Edwards¹

¹Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

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|December 27, 2025

Summary

Pangenomes reveal extensive genomic structural variants missed by traditional methods. These variants are crucial for understanding adaptation, evolution, and genetic diversity in natural populations.

Keywords:

adaptation conservation genetics ecological and evolutionary genomics natural populations pangenome structural variation

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Genomics
Evolutionary Biology
Conservation Biology

Background:

Genomic structural variation is a key driver of genetic diversity in natural populations.
Reference-based genomics often misses important variations, especially structural ones.
Pangenomics offers a more comprehensive approach to studying genomes.

Purpose of the Study:

To highlight the progress and discoveries from applying pangenome tools in animals.
To demonstrate how pangenomes capture genetic variation missed by reference genomes.
To showcase the role of structural variants in adaptation and evolution.

Main Methods:

Assembly and analysis of multiple high-quality genomes within a species or clade.
Application of pangenome tools to diverse natural animal populations.
Comparative analysis between pangenome and reference-based genomics.

Main Results:

Pangenomes reveal novel insights into genome evolution and adaptation.
Structural variants identified by pangenomes are crucial for understanding organismal traits.
Pangenome approaches uncover previously missed genetic diversity and adaptive potential.
Pangenomes are proving valuable in conservation genomics.

Conclusions:

Pangenomes are a rapidly advancing tool with significant implications for animal genomics.
Structural variants are a major source of adaptive potential and genomic diversity.
Pangenomes are fundamentally shifting our understanding of genome evolution and adaptation.