Michael Vincent Westbury

Michael Vincent Westbury

Assistant Professor

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    1. 2021
    2. Published

      Identifying the true number of specimens of the extinct blue antelope (Hippotragus leucophaeus)

      Hempel, E., Bibi, F., Faith, J. T., Brink, J. S., Kalthoff, D. C., Kamminga, P., Paijmans, J. L. A., Westbury, Michael Vincent, Hofreiter, M. & Zachos, F. E., 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 14 p., 2100.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    3. Published

      Ocean-wide genomic variation in Gray's beaked whales, Mesoplodon grayi

      Westbury, Michael Vincent, Thompson, K. F., Louis, Marie Georgette Yolande J, Cabrera, Andrea A., Skovrind, Mikkel, Castruita, J. A. S., Constantine, R., Stevens, J. R. & Lorenzen, Eline, 2021, In: Royal Society Open Science. 8, 3, 14 p., 201788.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    4. Published

      Southern introgression increases adaptive immune gene variability in northern range margin populations of Fire-bellied toad

      Westbury, Binia De Cahsan, Kiemel, K., Westbury, Michael Vincent, Lauritsen, M., Autenrieth, M., Gollmann, G., Schweiger, S., Stenberg, M., Nyström, P., Drews, H. & Tiedemann, R., 2021, In: Ecology and Evolution. 11, 14, p. 9776-9790 15 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    5. Published

      Successful application of ancient DNA extraction and library construction protocols to museum wet collection specimens

      Straube, N., Lyra, M. L., Paijmans, J. L. A., Preick, M., Basler, N., Penner, J., Rödel, M., Westbury, Michael Vincent, Haddad, C. F. B., Barlow, A. & Hofreiter, M., 2021, In: Molecular Ecology Resources. 21, 7, p. 2299-2315 17 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    6. 2020
    7. Published

      Ecological specialisation and evolutionary reticulation in extant Hyaenidae

      Westbury, Michael Vincent, Duc, D. L., Duchêne, D. A., Krishnan, A., Prost, S., Rutschmann, S., Grau, J. H., Dalen, L., Weyrich, A., Norén, K., Werdelin, L., Dalerum, F., Schöneberg, T. & Hofreiter, M., 14 Oct 2020

      Research output: Other contributionResearch

    8. Published

      Analyses of key genes involved in Arctic adaptation in polar bears suggest selection on both standing variation and de novo mutations played an important role

      Samaniego Castruita, J. A., Westbury, Michael Vincent & Lorenzen, Eline, 2020, In: BMC Genomics. 21, 1, 8 p., 543.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    9. Published

      Complete mitochondrial genomes offer insights into the evolutionary relationships and comparative genetic diversity of New Zealand's iconic kiwi (Apteryx spp.)

      Westbury, Binia De Cahsan & Westbury, Michael Vincent, 2020, In: New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 47, 4, p. 291-299 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    10. Published

      Genomic Adaptations and Evolutionary History of the Extinct Scimitar-Toothed Cat, Homotherium latidens

      Barnett, R., Westbury, M. V., Sandoval-Velasco, M., Vieira, F. G., Jeon, S., Zazula, G., Martin, M. D., Ho, S. Y. W., Mather, N., Gopalakrishnan, S., Ramos-Madrigal, J., de Manuel, M., Zepeda-Mendoza, M. L., Antunes, A., Baez, A. C., De Cahsan, B., Larson, G., O’Brien, S. J., Eizirik, E., Johnson, W. E. & 11 others, Koepfli, K., Wilting, A., Fickel, J., Dalén, L., Lorenzen, Eline, Marques-Bonet, T., Hansen, Anders Johannes, KU, thw266, Bhak, J., Yamaguchi, N. & Gilbert, M Thomas P, 2020, In: Current Biology. 30, p. 5018-5025

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    11. Published

      Hyena paleogenomes reveal a complex evolutionary history of cross-continental gene flow between spotted and cave hyena

      Westbury, Michael Vincent, Hartmann, S., Barlow, A., Preick, M., Ridush, B., Nagel, D., Rathgeber, T., Ziegler, R., Baryshnikov, G., Sheng, G., Ludwig, A., Wiesel, I., Dalen, L., Bibi, F., Werdelin, L., Heller, Rasmus & Hofreiter, M., 2020, In: Science Advances. 6, 11, 11 p., eaay0456.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    12. Published

      Palaeoproteomic analysis of Pleistocene cave hyenas from east Asia

      Rao, H., Yang, Y., Liu, J., Westbury, Michael Vincent, Zhang, C. & Shao, Q., 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 1, p. 1-12 12 p., 16674.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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