Michael Vincent Westbury

Michael Vincent Westbury

Assistant Professor

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    1. 2024
    2. Published

      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.

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    3. Published

      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.

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    4. 2023
    5. Published

      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.

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    6. Published

      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.

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    7. Published

      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.

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    8. Published

      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.

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    9. 2022
    10. Published

      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.

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    11. Published

      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.

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    12. Published

      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.

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    13. Published

      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.

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    14. Published

      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.

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    15. Published

      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, Swali, P., Conard, N. J., Carøe, C., Haile, James Seymour, Linderholm, A., Androsov, S., Barnes, I., Baumann, C., Benecke, N., Bocherens, H., Brace, S., Carden, R. F., Drucker, D. G., Fedorov, S., Gasparik, M., Germonpré, M., Grigoriev, S., Groves, P., Hertwig, S. T., Ivanova, V. V., Janssens, L., Jennings, R. P., Kasparov, A. K., Kirillova, I. V., Kurmaniyazov, I., Kuzmin, Y. V., Kosintsev, P. A., Lázničková-Galetová, M., Leduc, C., Nikolskiy, P., Nussbaumer, M., O’Drisceoil, C., Orlando, L., Outram, A., Pavlova, E. Y., Perri, A. R., Pilot, M., Pitulko, V. V., Plotnikov, V. V., Protopopov, A. V., Rehazek, A., Sablin, M., Seguin-Orlando, A., Storå, J., Verjux, C., Zaibert, V. F., Zazula, G., Crombé, P., Hansen, Anders Johannes, Willerslev, Eske, Leonard, J. A., Götherström, A., Pinhasi, R., Schuenemann, V. J., Hofreiter, M., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Shapiro, B., Larson, G., Krause, J., Dalén, L. & Skoglund, P., 2022, In: Nature. 607, 7918, p. 313-320

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    16. Published

      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.

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    17. Published
    18. Published

      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.

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    19. 2021
    20. Published

      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, Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Postma, L., Ferguson, S. H. & Lorenzen, Eline, Jun 2021, In: Molecular Ecology. 30, 11, p. 2543-2559 17 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    21. Published

      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.

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    22. Published

      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.

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    23. Published

      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.

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    24. Published

      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.

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    25. Published

      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, Bruford, M. W., Ryder, O., Steiner, C., Sonsbeek, L. G. R. B., Vartanyan, S., Guo, C., Cooper, A., Kosintsev, P., Kirillova, I., Lister, A. M., Marques-Bonet, T., Gopalakrishnan, Shyam, Dunn, Rob, Lorenzen, Eline, Shapiro, B., KU, thw266, Antoine, P. O., Dalén, L. & Gilbert, M Thomas P, 2021, In: Cell. 184, 19, p. 4874-4885.e16

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    26. Published

      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.

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    27. Published

      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.

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    28. Published

      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.

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    29. Published

      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.

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