Michael Vincent Westbury

Michael Vincent Westbury

Assistant Professor

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    1. 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

    2. 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

      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

      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

    5. 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.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    6. 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.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    7. 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.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    8. 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

    9. 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

    10. 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

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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