Ole Kristian Tørresen

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Postal address Postboks 1066 Blindern 0316 Oslo

Academic interests

Genome evolution, evolution and biology in general.

Publications

  • Reinar, William Brynildsen; Tørresen, Ole K.; Nederbragt, Lex; Matschiner, Michael; Jentoft, Sissel & Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd (2023). Teleost genomic repeat landscapes in light of diversification rates and ecology. Mobile DNA. ISSN 1759-8753. 14(1), p. 1–12. doi: 10.1186/s13100-023-00302-9. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kersten, Oliver Sven; Star, Bastiaan; Krabberød, Anders Kristian; Atmore, Lane; Tørresen, Ole K. & Anker-Nilssen, Tycho [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2023). Hybridization of Atlantic puffins in the Arctic coincides with 20th-century climate change. Science Advances. ISSN 2375-2548. 9(40). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adh1407. Full text in Research Archive
  • Dussex, Nicolas; Tørresen, Ole Kristian; van der Valk, Tom; Le Moullec, Mathilde; Veiberg, Vebjørn & Tooming-Klunderud, Ave [Show all 17 contributors for this article] (2023). Adaptation to the High-Arctic island environment despite long-term reduced genetic variation in Svalbard reindeer. iScience. ISSN 2589-0042. 26(10). doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107811. Full text in Research Archive
  • Reinar, William Brynildsen; Greulich, Anne; Stø, Ida Myhrer; Knutsen, Jonfinn Mordekai Blix; Reitan, Trond & Tørresen, Ole K. [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2023). Adaptive protein evolution through length variation of short tandem repeats in Arabidopsis. Science Advances. ISSN 2375-2548. 9(12), p. 1–10. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.add6960. Full text in Research Archive
  • Weist, Peggy; Jentoft, Sissel; Tørresen, Ole K.; Schade, Franziska M.; Pampoulie, Christophe & Krumme, Uwe [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). The role of genomic signatures of directional selection and demographic history in the population structure of a marine teleost with high gene flow. Ecology and Evolution. ISSN 2045-7758. 12(12). doi: 10.1002/ece3.9602. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sætre, Camilla Lo Cascio; Rönkä, Katja; Ravinet, Mark; Vitulano, Severino; Caldarella, Matteo & Procházka, Petr [Show all 13 contributors for this article] (2022). Genomic consequences of range expansion and colonisation in the reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus). bioRxiv. ISSN 2692-8205. doi: 10.1101/2022.11.28.518135.
  • Matschiner, Michael; Barth, Julia Maria Isis; Tørresen, Ole K.; Star, Bastiaan; Baalsrud, Helle Tessand & Brieuc, Marine Servane Ono [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2022). Supergene origin and maintenance in Atlantic cod. Nature Ecology and Evolution. ISSN 2397-334X. 6(4), p. 469–481. doi: 10.1038/s41559-022-01661-x. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sætre, Camilla Lo Cascio; Eroukhmanoff, Fabrice; Rönkä, Katja; Kluen, Edward; Thorogood, Rose & Torrance, James [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2021). A Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of the Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus). Genome Biology and Evolution (GBE). ISSN 1759-6653. 13(9), p. 1–7. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evab212. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jin, Xingkun; Morro, Bernat; Tørresen, Ole K.; Moiche, Visila; Solbakken, Monica Hongrø & Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2020). Innovation in Nucleotide-Binding Oligomerization-Like Receptor and Toll-Like Receptor Sensing Drives the Major Histocompatibility Complex-II Free Atlantic Cod Immune System. Frontiers in Immunology. ISSN 1664-3224. 11. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.609456.
  • Nilsson, Pernille; Solbakken, Monica Hongrø; Schmid, Boris Valentijn; Orr, Russell; Lv, Ruichen & Cui, Yujun [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2020). The Genome of the Great Gerbil Reveals Species-Specific Duplication of an MHCII Gene. Genome Biology and Evolution (GBE). ISSN 1759-6653. 12(2), p. 3832–3849. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evaa008. Full text in Research Archive
  • Roth, Olivia; Solbakken, Monica Hongrø; Tørresen, Ole K.; Bayer, Till; Matschiner, Michael & Baalsrud, Helle Tessand [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2020). Evolution of male pregnancy associated with remodeling of canonical vertebrate immunity in seahorses and pipefishes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 117(17), p. 9431–9439. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1916251117.
  • Barth, Julia Maria Isis; Gubili, Chrysoula; Matschiner, Michael; Tørresen, Ole K.; Watanabe, Shun & Egger, Bernd [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2020). Stable species boundaries despite ten million years of hybridization in tropical eels. Nature Communications. ISSN 2041-1723. 11. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15099-x. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cayuela, Hugo; Rougemont, Quentin; Laporte, Martin; Mérot, Claire; Normandeau, Eric & Dorant, Yann [Show all 15 contributors for this article] (2020). Shared ancestral polymorphism and chromosomal rearrangements as potential drivers of local adaptation in a marine fish. Molecular Ecology. ISSN 0962-1083. 29, p. 2379–2398. doi: 10.1111/mec.15499.
  • Tørresen, Ole K.; Star, Bastiaan; Mier, Pablo; Andrade-Navarro, Miguel A.; Bateman, Alex & Jarnot, Patryk [Show all 13 contributors for this article] (2019). Tandem repeats lead to sequence assembly errors and impose multi-level challenges for genome and protein databases. Nucleic Acids Research (NAR). ISSN 0305-1048. 47(21), p. 10994–11006. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkz841. Full text in Research Archive
  • Musilova, Zuzana; Cortesi, Fabio; Matschiner, Michael; Davies, Wayne I. L.; Patel, Jagdish Suresh & Stieb, Sara M. [Show all 18 contributors for this article] (2019). Vision using multiple distinct rod opsins in deep-sea fishes. Science. ISSN 0036-8075. 364(6440), p. 588–592. doi: 10.1126/science.aav4632.
  • Malmstrøm, Martin; Britz, Ralf; Matschiner, Michael; Tørresen, Ole K.; Hadiaty, Renny Kurnia & Yaakob, Norsham [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2018). The Most Developmentally Truncated Fishes Show Extensive Hox Gene Loss and Miniaturized Genomes. Genome Biology and Evolution (GBE). ISSN 1759-6653. 10(4), p. 1088–1103. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evy058. Full text in Research Archive
  • Varadharajan, Srinidhi; Sandve, Simen Rød; Gillard, Gareth Benjamin; Tørresen, Ole K.; Mulugeta, Teshome Dagne & Hvidsten, Torgeir Rhoden [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2018). The grayling genome reveals selection on gene expression regulation after whole-genome duplication. Genome Biology and Evolution (GBE). ISSN 1759-6653. 10(10), p. 2785–2800. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evy201. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hoff, Siv Nam Khang; Baalsrud, Helle Tessand; Tooming-Klunderud, Ave; Skage, Morten; Richmond, Todd & Obernosterer, Gregor [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2018). Long‐read sequence capture of the haemoglobin gene clusters across codfish species. Molecular Ecology Resources. ISSN 1755-098X. 19(1), p. 245–259. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12955.
  • Machado, Andrè M.; Tørresen, Ole K.; Kabeya, Naoki; Couto, Alvarina; Petersen, Bent & Felício, Mónica [Show all 17 contributors for this article] (2018). “Out of the Can”: A Draft Genome Assembly, Liver Transcriptome, and Nutrigenomics of the European Sardine, Sardina pilchardus. Genes. ISSN 2073-4425. 9(10), p. 1–13. doi: 10.3390/genes9100485. Full text in Research Archive
  • Eide, Marta; Rydbeck, Halfdan; Tørresen, Ole K.; Lille-Langøy, Roger; Puntervoll, Pål & Goldstone, Jared V. [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2018). Independent losses of a xenobiotic receptor across teleost evolution. Scientific Reports. ISSN 2045-2322. 8, p. 1–13. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-28498-4. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tørresen, Ole K.; Brieuc, Marine Servane; Solbakken, Monica Hongrø; Sørhus, Elin; Nederbragt, Alexander Johan & Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2018). Genomic architecture of haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) shows expansions of innate immune genes and short tandem repeats. BMC Genomics. ISSN 1471-2164. 19(240), p. 1–17. doi: 10.1186/s12864-018-4616-y. Full text in Research Archive
  • Lie, Kai Kristoffer; Tørresen, Ole K.; Solbakken, Monica Hongrø; Rønnestad, Ivar; Tooming-Klunderud, Ave & Nederbragt, Alexander Johan [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2018). Loss of stomach, loss of appetite? Sequencing of the ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) genome and intestinal transcriptomic profiling illuminate the evolution of loss of stomach function in fish. BMC Genomics. ISSN 1471-2164. 19(186), p. 1–17. doi: 10.1186/s12864-018-4570-8. Full text in Research Archive
  • Mattingsdal, Morten; Jentoft, Sissel; Tørresen, Ole K.; Knutsen, Halvor; Hansen, Michael Möller & Robalo, Joana I. [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2018). A continuous genome assembly of the corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops). Genomics. ISSN 0888-7543. 110(6), p. 399–403. doi: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2018.04.009.
  • Baalsrud, Helle Tessand; Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Solbakken, Monica Hongrø; Salzburger, Walter; Hanel, Reinhold & Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2017). De Novo Gene Evolution of Antifreeze Glycoproteins in Codfishes Revealed by Whole Genome Sequence Data. Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE). ISSN 0737-4038. 35(3), p. 593–606. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msx311. Full text in Research Archive
  • Baalsrud, Helle Tessand; Voje, Kjetil L.; Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Solbakken, Monica Hongrø; Matschiner, Michael & Malmstrøm, Martin [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2017). Evolution of Hemoglobin Genes in Codfishes Influenced by Ocean Depth. Scientific Reports. ISSN 2045-2322. 7, p. 1–10. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-08286-2. Full text in Research Archive
  • Elgvin, Tore Oldeide; Trier, Cassandra Nicole; Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Hagen, Ingerid; Lien, Sigbjørn & Nederbragt, Alexander Johan [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2017). The genomic mosaicism of hybrid speciation. Science Advances. ISSN 2375-2548. 3, p. 1–16. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1602996. Full text in Research Archive
  • Malmstrøm, Martin; Matschiner, Michael; Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd & Jentoft, Sissel (2017). Whole genome sequencing data and de novo draft assemblies for 66 teleost species. Scientific Data. ISSN 2052-4463. 4, p. 1–13. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2016.132. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Star, Bastiaan; Jentoft, Sissel; Reinar, William Brynildsen; Grove, Harald & Miller, Jason R. [Show all 16 contributors for this article] (2017). An improved genome assembly uncovers prolific tandem repeats in Atlantic cod. BMC Genomics. ISSN 1471-2164. 18, p. 1–23. doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-3448-x. Full text in Research Archive
  • Malmstrøm, Martin; Matschiner, Michael; Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Star, Bastiaan; Snipen, Lars-Gustav & Hansen, Thomas F [Show all 13 contributors for this article] (2016). Evolution of the immune system influences speciation rates in teleost fishes. Nature Genetics. ISSN 1061-4036. 48(10), p. 1204–1210. doi: 10.1038/ng.3645. Full text in Research Archive
  • Star, Bastiaan; Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Nederbragt, Alexander Johan; Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd; Pampoulie, Christophe & Jentoft, Sissel (2016). Genomic characterization of the Atlantic cod sex-locus. Scientific Reports. ISSN 2045-2322. 6, p. 1–9. doi: 10.1038/srep31235. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Rise, Matthew L.; Jin, Xingkun; Star, Bastiaan; MacKenzie, Simon & Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2016). An improved version of the Atlantic cod genome and advancements in functional genomics: implications for the future of cod farming. In MacKenzie, Simon & Jentoft, Sissel (Ed.), Genomics in Aquaculture. Elsevier. ISSN 9780128014189. p. 45–72. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801418-9.00003-2.
  • Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Star, Bastiaan; Jentoft, Sissel; Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd & Nederbragt, Alexander Johan (2016). The new era of genome sequencing using high-throughput sequencing technology: Generation of the first version of the Atlantic cod genome. In MacKenzie, Simon & Jentoft, Sissel (Ed.), Genomics in Aquaculture. Elsevier. ISSN 9780128014189. p. 1–20. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801418-9.00001-9.
  • Solbakken, Monica Hongrø; Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Nederbragt, Alexander Johan; Seppola, Marit; Gregers, Tone Fredsvik & Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2016). Evolutionary redesign of the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) Toll-like receptor repertoire by gene losses and expansions. Scientific Reports. ISSN 2045-2322. 6. doi: 10.1038/srep25211. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cortesi, Fabio; Musilováa, Zuzana; Stieb, Sara M.; Hart, Nathan S.; Siebeck, Ulrike E. & Malmstrøm, Martin [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2015). Ancestral duplications and highly dynamic opsin gene evolution in percomorph fishes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 112(5), p. 1493–1498. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1417803112.
  • Minge, Marianne Aastebøl; Shalchian-Tabrizi, Kamran; Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Takishita, Kiyotaka; Probert, Ian & Inagaki, Yuji [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2010). A phylogenetic mosaic plastid proteome and unusual plastid-targeting signals in the green-colored dinoflagellate Lepidodinium chlorophorum. BMC Evolutionary Biology. ISSN 1471-2148. 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-191. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Hoff, Siv Nam Khang; Maurstad, Marius Filomeno; Alan, Le Moan; Ravinet, Mark; Durant, Joël & Tørresen, Ole K. [Show all 18 contributors for this article] (2023). Identification of multiple chromosomal inversions and fusions in a keystone Arctic species with high gene flow.
  • Hoff, Siv Nam Khang; Maurstad, Marius Filomeno; Le Moan, Alan; Ravinet, Mark; Durant, Joël & Tørresen, Ole Kristian [Show all 18 contributors for this article] (2023). Identification of multiple chromosomal inversions and fusions in a keystone Arctic species with high gene flow.
  • Tørresen, Ole Kristian & Baalsrud, Helle Tessand (2022). The Norwegian Earth Biogenome Project: the snowy owl genome assembly.
  • Tørresen, Ole K.; Baalsrud, Helle Tessand; Sandve, Simen Rød & Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd (2022). Bioinfomatic approaches for EBP-Nor.
  • Tørresen, Ole K.; Skrede, Inger; Sandve, Simen Rød; Jentoft, Sissel; Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd & Borge, Ole Johan (2018). Gendykk i norsk natur gir ny kunnskap. Genialt. ISSN 0804-225X. p. 16–18.
  • Reinar, William Brynildsen; Tørresen, Ole K.; Matschiner, Michael; Jentoft, Sissel; Nederbragt, Alexander Johan & Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd (2018). The impact of repetitive DNA on speciation rates in teleost fish.
  • Tørresen, Ole K. (2018). De novo genome assemblies of Atlantic cod.
  • Tørresen, Ole K. (2017). Long reads: dream or reality?
  • Eide, Marta; Puntervoll, Pål; Lille-Langøy, Roger; Goldstone, Jared V.; Tørresen, Ole Kristian & Nederbragt, Alexander Johan [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2016). Chemical warfare in the marine environment: genomic survey of the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) defensome reveals the absence of an important xenosensor.
  • Baalsrud, Helle Tessand; Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Malmstrøm, Martin; Salzburger, Walter; Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd & Jentoft, Sissel (2015). The hemoglobin repertoire in the order of Gadiformes linked to depth adaptation.
  • Brynildsen, William; Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd & Nederbragt, Alexander Johan (2014). Genomic sequence repeats in fish genomes.
  • Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Jentoft, Sissel; Star, Bastiaan; Sandve, Geir Kjetil F.; Skage, Morten & Hansen, Marianne Helén Selander [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2014). A new, high quality reference genome assembly for Atlantic cod.
  • Elgvin, Tore Oldeide; Trier, Cassandra Nicole; Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Lien, Sigbjørn; Jensen, Henrik & Sætre, Glenn-Peter (2014). Sparrows, scaffolds and pseudo-chromosomes.
  • Nederbragt, Alexander Johan; Walenz, Brian; Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Jentoft, Sissel; Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd & Miller, Jason Rafe (2014). Towards correction-free assembly of raw PacBio reads.
  • Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Walenz, Brian; Grove, Harald; Lien, Sigbjørn; Knight, James & Star, Bastiaan [Show all 15 contributors for this article] (2014). A new, high quality reference genome assembly for Atlantic cod.
  • Matschiner, Michael; Star, Bastiaan; Berg, Paul Ragnar; Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Nederbragt, Alexander Johan & Hansen, Marianne Helén Selander [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2014). Population differentiation and local adaptation in Atlantic cod.
  • Tørresen, Ole Kristian (2013). Improving the cod genome assembly: Combining assembly programs and different types of sequencing data.
  • Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Nederbragt, Alexander Johan; Miller, Jason Rafe; Walenz, Brian; Jentoft, Sissel & Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd (2013). Improving the Atlantic cod genome using long-read PacBio in combination with 454 and Illumina sequencing data.
  • Solbakken, Monica Hongrø; Malmstrøm, Martin; Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd & Jentoft, Sissel (2013). Atlantic cod displays an unusual TLR repertoire – a Gadidae-specific feature?
  • Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Nederbragt, Alexander Johan; Lagesen, Karin; Khelik, Ksenia; Rognes, Torbjørn & Jentoft, Sissel [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2012). Improving the cod genome with the use of multi-platform sequencing data.
  • Nederbragt, Alexander Johan; Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Skage, Morten; Tooming-Klunderud, Ave ; Hansen, Marianne Helén Selander & Jentoft, Sissel [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2012). The long jump: Long distance mate pairs and long PacBio reads for the Salmon Genome Project.
  • Nederbragt, Alexander Johan; Tørresen, Ole Kristian; Khelik, Ksenia; Lagesen, Karin; Rounge, Trine Ballestad & Star, Bastiaan [Show all 13 contributors for this article] (2012). Challenges and Opportunities for Improving the Atlantic Cod Genome Assembly and Annotation.

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