Michael Vincent Westbury

Michael Vincent Westbury

Assistant Professor

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    1. 2021
    2. 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

    3. 2020
    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

      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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    6. 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.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    7. 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

    8. 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

    9. 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

    10. 2019
    11. 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.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    12. 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

    13. 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

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