Michael Vincent Westbury
Assistant Professor
Section for Molecular Ecology and Evolution
Øster Farimagsgade 5, Building: 7
1353 København K
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- 2024
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The origins and diversification of Holarctic brown bear populations inferred from genomes of past and present populations
Segawa, T., Rey de la Iglesia, Alba, Lorenzen, Eline & Westbury, Michael Vincent, 2024, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 291, 2015, 9 p., 20232411.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Topographic barriers drive the pronounced genetic subdivision of a range-limited fossorial rodent
Reuber, V. M., Westbury, Michael Vincent, Rey de la Iglesia, Alba, Asefa, A., Farwig, N., Miehe, G., Opgenoorth, L., Šumbera, R., Wraase, L., Wube, T., Lorenzen, Eline & Schabo, D. G., 2024, In: Molecular Ecology. 33, 5, 16 p., e17271.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2023
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A genomic assessment of the marine-speciation paradox within the toothed whale superfamily Delphinoidea
Westbury, Michael Vincent, Cabrera, Andrea A., Rey de la Iglesia, Alba, Westbury, Binia De Cahsan, Duchene, David, Hartmann, S. & Lorenzen, Eline, 2023, In: Molecular Ecology. 32, 17, p. 4829-4843 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Ancient mitogenomes reveal a high maternal genetic diversity of Pleistocene woolly rhinoceros in Northern China
Yuan, J., Sun, G., Xiao, B., Hu, J., Wang, L., Taogetongqimuge, Bao, L., Hou, Y., Song, S., Jiang, S., Wu, Y., Pan, D., Liu, Y., Westbury, Michael Vincent, Lai, X. & Sheng, G., 2023, In: BMC Ecology and Evolution. 23, 8 p., 56.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Historic Sampling of a Vanishing Beast: Population Structure and Diversity in the Black Rhinoceros
Sánchez-Barreiro, F., Westbury, Binia De Cahsan, Westbury, Michael Vincent, Sun, Xin, Margaryan, Ashot, Fontsere, Claudia, Bruford, M. W., Russo, I. M., Kalthoff, D. C., Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas, Petersen, Bent, Dalén, L., KU, thw266, Marquès-Bonet, T., Gilbert, M Thomas P & Moodley, Y., 2023, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 40, 9, 19 p., msad180.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Impact of Holocene environmental change on the evolutionary ecology of an Arctic top predator
Westbury, Michael Vincent, Brown, S. C., Lorenzen, J., O'Neill, S., Scott, M. B., McCuaig, J., Cheung, C., Armstrong, E., Valdes, P. J., Castruita, J. A. S., Cabrera, Andrea A., Blom, Stine Keibel, Dietz, R., Sonne, C., Louis, Marie Georgette Yolande J, Galatius, A., Fordham, D. A., dos Santos Ribeiro, Sofia Isabel, Szpak, P. & Lorenzen, Eline, 2023, In: Science Advances. 9, 45, 12 p., eadf3326.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2022
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An extinct and deeply divergent tiger lineage from northeastern China recognized through palaeogenomics
Hu, J., Westbury, Michael Vincent, Yuan, J., Wang, C., Xiao, B., Chen, S., Song, S., Wang, L., Lin, H., Lai, X. & Sheng, G., 2022, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 289, 1979, 8 p., 20220617.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Ancient Mitogenomes Suggest Stable Mitochondrial Clades of the Siberian Roe Deer
Deng, M. X., Xiao, B., Yuan, J., Hu, J., Kim, K. S., Westbury, Michael Vincent, Lai, X. & Sheng, G., 2022, In: Genes. 13, 1, 13 p., 114.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Blue Turns to Gray: Paleogenomic Insights into the Evolutionary History and Extinction of the Blue Antelope (Hippotragus leucophaeus)
Hempel, E., Bibi, F., Faith, J. T., Koepfli, K., Klittich, A. M., Duchene, David, Brink, J. S., Kalthoff, D. C., Dalén, L., Hofreiter, M. & Westbury, Michael Vincent, 2022, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39, 12, 16 p., msac241.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Evaluating the role of reference-genome phylogenetic distance on evolutionary inference
Prasad, A., Lorenzen, Eline & Westbury, Michael Vincent, 2022, In: Molecular Ecology Resources. 22, 1, p. 45-55 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Genomic insights into the evolutionary relationships and demographic history of kiwi
Westbury, Michael Vincent, Westbury, Binia De Cahsan, Shepherd, L. D., Holdaway, R. N., Duchene, David & Lorenzen, Eline, 2022, In: PLoS ONE. 17, 10, 17 p., e0266430.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Grey wolf genomic history reveals a dual ancestry of dogs
Bergström, A., Stanton, D. W. G., Taron, U. H., Frantz, L., Sinding, M. H. S., Ersmark, E., Pfrengle, S., Cassatt-Johnstone, M., Lebrasseur, O., Girdland-Flink, L., Fernandes, D. M., Ollivier, M., Speidel, L., Gopalakrishnan, S., Westbury, M. V., Ramos-Madrigal, J., Feuerborn, T. R., Reiter, E., Gretzinger, J., Münzel, S. C. & 61 others, , 2022, In: Nature. 607, 7918, p. 313-320Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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High genomic diversity in the endangered East Greenland Svalbard Barents Sea stock of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus)
Cerca, J., Westbury, Michael Vincent, Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Kovacs, K. M., Lorenzen, Eline, Lydersen, C., Shpak, O. V., Wiig, Ø. & Bachmann, L., 2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 11 p., 6118.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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How low can you go? Introducing SeXY: sex identification from low-quantity sequencing data despite lacking assembled sex chromosomes
Cabrera, Andrea A., Rey de la Iglesia, Alba, Louis, Marie Georgette Yolande J, Skovrind, Mikkel, Westbury, Michael Vincent & Lorenzen, Eline, 2022, In: Ecology and Evolution. 12, 8, 11 p., e9185.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Iteratively mapping ancient DNA to reconstruct highly divergent mitochondrial genomes: An evaluation of software, parameters and bait reference
Westbury, Michael Vincent & Lorenzen, Eline, 2022, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 13, 11, p. 2419-2428 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2021
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Circumpolar phylogeography and demographic history of beluga whales reflect past climatic fluctuations
Skovrind, M., Louis, M., Westbury, M. V., Garilao, C., Kaschner, K., Castruita, J. A. S., Gopalakrishnan, S., Knudsen, S. W., Haile, J. S., Dalén, L., Meshchersky, I. G., Shpak, O. V., Glazov, D. M., Rozhnov, V. V., Litovka, D. I., Krasnova, V. V., Chernetsky, A. D., Bel'kovich, V. M., Lydersen, C., Kovacs, K. M. & 4 others, , Jun 2021, In: Molecular Ecology. 30, 11, p. 2543-2559 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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A genomic exploration of the early evolution of extant cats and their sabre-toothed relatives: [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Westbury, Michael Vincent, Barnett, R., Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Gower, Graham, Vieira, Filipe Garrett, de Manuel, M., Hansen, Anders Johannes, Yamaguchi, N., Werdelin, L., Marques-Bonet, T., Gilbert, M Thomas P & Lorenzen, Eline, 2021, In: Open Research Europe. 1, 16 p., 25.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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A genomic exploration of the early evolution of extant cats and their sabre-toothed relatives: [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Westbury, Michael Vincent, Barnett, R., Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Gower, Graham, Vieira, Filipe Garrett, de Manuel, M., Hansen, Anders Johannes, Yamaguchi, N., Werdelin, L., Marques-Bonet, T., Gilbert, M Thomas P & Lorenzen, Eline, 2021, In: Open Research Europe. 1, 15 p., 25.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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A sliver of the past: The decimation of the genetic diversity of the Mexican wolf
Taron, U. H., Salado, I., Escobar-Rodríguez, M., Westbury, Michael Vincent, Butschkau, S., Paijmans, J. L. A., vonHoldt, B. M., Hofreiter, M. & Leonard, J. A., 2021, In: Molecular Ecology. 30, 23, p. 6340-6354 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Ancient DNA reveals the lost domestication history of south american camelids in Northern Chile and across the andes
Díaz-Maroto, P., Rey de la Iglesia, Alba, Cartajena, I., Núñez, L., Westbury, Michael Vincent, Varas, V., Moraga, M., Campos, P. F., Orozco-terWenge, P., Marín, J. C. & Hansen, Anders Johannes, 2021, In: eLife. 10, e63390.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Ancient and modern genomes unravel the evolutionary history of the rhinoceros family
Liu, S., Westbury, M. V., Dussex, N., Mitchell, K. J., Sinding, M. H. S., Heintzman, P. D., Duchêne, D. A., Kapp, J. D., von Seth, J., Heiniger, H., Sánchez-Barreiro, F., Margaryan, A., André-Olsen, R., De Cahsan, B., Meng, G., Yang, C., Chen, L., van der Valk, T., Moodley, Y., Rookmaaker, K. & 19 others, , 2021, In: Cell. 184, 19, p. 4874-4885.e16Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Ancient mitochondrial genomes from Chinese cave hyenas provide insights into the evolutionary history of the genus Crocuta
Hu, J., Westbury, Michael Vincent, Yuan, J., Zhang, Z., Chen, S., Xiao, B., Hou, X., Ji, H., Lai, X., Hofreiter, M. & Sheng, G., 2021, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 288, 1943, 9 p., 20202934.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Complete mitochondrial genome of the giant root-rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus)
Reuber, V. M., Rey de la Iglesia, Alba, Westbury, Michael Vincent, Cabrera, Andrea A., Farwig, N., Skovrind, Mikkel, Sumbera, R., Wube, T., Opgenoorth, L., Schabo, D. G. & Lorenzen, Eline, 2021, In: Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources. 6, 8, p. 2191-2193 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Diversity and Paleodemography of the Addax (Addax nasomaculatus), a Saharan Antelope on the Verge of Extinction
Hempel, E., Westbury, Michael Vincent, Grau, J. H., Trinks, A., Paijmans, J. L. A., Kliver, S., Barlow, A., Mayer, F., Müller, J., Chen, L., Koepfli, K., Hofreiter, M. & Bibi, F., 2021, In: Genes. 12, 8, 24 p., 1236.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Ecological Specialization and Evolutionary Reticulation in Extant Hyaenidae
Westbury, Michael Vincent, Le Duc, D., Duchene, David, Krishnan, A., Prost, S., Rutschmann, S., Grau, J. H., Dalén, L., Weyrich, A., Norén, K., Werdelin, L., Dalerum, F., Schöneberg, T. & Hofreiter, M., 2021, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38, 9, p. 3884-3897 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Genomic consequences of human-mediated translocations in margin populations of an endangered amphibian
Westbury, Binia De Cahsan, Westbury, Michael Vincent, Paraskevopoulou, S., Drews, H., Ott, M., Gollmann, G. & Tiedemann, R., 2021, In: Evolutionary Applications. 14, p. 1623-1634Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Historical population declines prompted significant genomic erosion in the northern and southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
Sánchez-Barreiro, F., Gopalakrishnan, Shyam, Ramos Madrigal, Jazmin, Westbury, Michael Vincent, de Manuel, M., Margaryan, Ashot, Ciucani, M. M., Vieira, Filipe Garrett, Patramanis, Ioannis, Kalthoff, D. C., Timmons, Z., Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas, Dalén, L., Ryder, O. A., KU, thw266, Marques-Bonet, T., Moodley, Y. & Gilbert, M Thomas P, 2021, In: Molecular Ecology. 30, 23, p. 6355-6369 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2020
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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 2020Research output: Other contribution › Research
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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, , 2020, In: Current Biology. 30, p. 5018-5025Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2019
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Aardwolf population diversity and phylogenetic positioning inferred using complete mitochondrial genomes
Westbury, Michael Vincent, Westbury, Binia De Cahsan, Dalerum, F., Noren, K. & Hofreiter, M., 2019, In: African Journal of Wildlife Research. 49, 1, p. 27-33 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Genomic analyses reveal an absence of contemporary introgressive admixture between fin whales and blue whales, despite known hybrids
Westbury, Michael Vincent, Petersen, Bent & Lorenzen, Eline, 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 9, 13 p., e0222004.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Narwhal Genome Reveals Long-Term Low Genetic Diversity despite Current Large Abundance Size
Westbury, Michael Vincent, Petersen, Bent, Garde, E., Heide-Jørgensen, M. P. & Lorenzen, Eline, 2019, In: iScience. 15, p. 592-599Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Paleogenome Reveals Genetic Contribution of Extinct Giant Panda to Extant Populations
Sheng, G., Basler, N., Ji, X., Paijmans, J. L. A., Alberti, F., Preick, M., Hartmann, S., Westbury, Michael Vincent, Yuan, J., Jablonski, N. G., Xenikoudakis, G., Hou, X., Xiao, B., Liu, J., Hofreiter, M., Lai, X. & Barlow, A., 2019, In: Current Biology. 29, 10, p. 1695-1700Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2018
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Ancient DNA from Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) of South-Western China Reveals Genetic Diversity Loss during the Holocene
Sheng, G., Barlow, A., Cooper, A., Hou, X., Ji, X., Jablonski, N. G., Zhong, B., Liu, H., Flynn, L. J., Yuan, J., Wang, L., Basler, N., Westbury, Michael Vincent, Hofreiter, M. & Lai, X., 2018, In: Genes. 9, 4, 16 p., 198.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the common vole, Microtus arvalis (Rodentia: Arvicolinae)
Folkertsma, R., Westbury, Michael Vincent, Eccard, J. A. & Hofreiter, M., 2018, In: Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources. 3, 1, p. 446-447 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2017
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Evolutionary history of Saber-toothed cats based on ancient mitogenomics
Paijmans, J. L. A., Barnett, R., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Zepeda Mendoza, M. L., Reumer, J. W. F., de Vos, J., Zazula, G., Nagel, D., Baryshnikov, G. F., Leonard, J. A., Rohland, N., Westbury, Michael Vincent, Barlow, A. & Hofreiter, M., 6 Nov 2017, In: Current Biology. 27, 21, p. 3330-3336 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Aardwolf population diversity and phylogenetic positioning inferred using complete mitochondrial genomes
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