Michael Vincent Westbury

Michael Vincent Westbury

Assistant Professor

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    ORCID: 0000-0003-0478-3930

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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

      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.

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    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.

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    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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    30. Published

      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. 1623-1634

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    31. Published

      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.

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    32. 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.

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    33. 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.

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    34. 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.

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    35. 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.

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    36. 2020
    37. 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

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    38. 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.

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    39. 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.

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    40. 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

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    41. 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.

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    42. 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.

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    43. 2019
    44. Published

      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.

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    45. Published

      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.

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    46. Published

      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. 592-599

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    47. 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. 1695-1700

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    48. 2018
    49. Published

      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.

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    50. Published

      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.

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    51. 2017
    52. Published

      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.

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