Michael Vincent Westbury

Michael Vincent Westbury

Assistant Professor

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    1. 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.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    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.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    3. 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.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    4. 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

    5. 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

    6. 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

    7. 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

    8. 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

    9. 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

    10. 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.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    11. 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.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    12. 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

    13. 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

    14. Published
    15. 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

    16. 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

    17. 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.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    18. 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

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    19. 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.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    20. 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

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    21. 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.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    22. 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

    23. 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.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    24. 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.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    25. 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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