Dr Axel Barlow
Teaching & Research Lectureship
- 2024
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Palaeogenomic data from a Late Pleistocene coprolite clarifies the phylogenetic position of Sicilian cave hyena
Catalano, G., Iurino, D. A., Modi, A., Paijmans, J. L. A., Sardella, R., Sineo, L., Caramelli, D. & Barlow, A., 15 Sept 2024, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 340, 108859.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Recent increase in species-wide diversity after interspecies introgression in the highly endangered Iberian lynx
Lucena-Perez, M., Paijmans, J., Nocete, F., Nadal, J., Detry, C., Dalén, L., Hofreiter, M., Barlow, A. & Godoy, J., 15 Jan 2024, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2023
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Museum DNA reveals a new, potentially extinct species of rinkhals (Serpentes: Elapidae: Hemachatus) from the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe
Major, T., Renk, P., Reissig, J., Paijmans, J., Morris, E., Hofreiter, M., Barlow, A., Broadley, D. G. & Wüster, W., 27 Sept 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 9, 19 p., e0291432.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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First mitogenome phylogeny of the sun bear Helarctos malayanus reveals a deep split between Indochinese and Sundaic lineages
Kunde, M. N., Barlow, A., Klittich, A. M., Yakupova, A., Fickel, J. & Forster, D. W., 9 Jul 2023, In: Ecology and Evolution. 13, 4Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2022
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Utilizing Snake Rescue Data For Understanding Snake-Human Conflict
Kuttalam, S. R., Santra, V., Das, B., Koley, A., Dhara, A., Owens, J. B., Barlow, A. & Malhotra, A., 19 Nov 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Genetic ancestry of introduced populations of sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) in Wales
Owens, J. B., Wilkinson, J. W., Wüster, W., Barlow, A. & Papadopulos, A. S. T., 11 Oct 2022, Bangor: Natural Resources Wales. 32 p. (NRW Evidence Report; no. 596)Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
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Taxonomic Identification of Two Poorly Known Lantern Shark Species Based on Mitochondrial DNA From Wet-Collection Paratypes
Agne, S., Preick, M., Yang, L., Thiel, R., Weigmann, S., Paijmans, J. L. A., Barlow, A., Hofreiter, M. & Straube, N., 30 Jun 2022, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10, 910009.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bacterial Adaptation to Venom in Snakes and Arachnida
Esmaeilishirazifard, E., Usher, L., Trim, C., Sangal, V., Tyson, G. F., Barlow, A., Redway, K. F., Taylor, J. D., Kremida-Vlachou, M., Davies, S., Loftus, T. D., Lock, M. M. G., Wright, K., Dalby, A., Snyder, L. A. S., Wüster, W., Trim, S. & Moschos, S. A., 29 Jun 2022, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 10, 3, 16 p., e0240821.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2021
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The late pleistocene cave bear fauna of the Torrener Bärenhöhle in the northern alps (Salzburg, Austria)
Doppes, D., Alberti, F., Barlow, A., Krutter, S., FRiedrich, R., Hofreiter, M., Lindauer, S., Kavcik-Graumann, N., Rosendahl, W. & Rabeder, G., Nov 2021, In: Historical Biology. 31, 4, p. 422-428Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ancient Mitogenomes Provide New Insights into the Origin and Early Introduction of Chinese Domestic Donkeys
Wang, L., Sheng, G., Preick, M., Hu, S., Deng, T., Taron, U. H., Barlow, A., Hu, J., Xiao, B., Sun, G., Song, S., Hou, X., Lai, X., Hofreiter, M. & Yuan, J., 15 Oct 2021, In: Frontiers in Genetics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Successful application of ancient DNA extraction and library construction protocols to museum wet collection specimens
Straube, N., Lyra, M., Paijmans, J., Preick, M., Basler, N., Penner, J., Rodel, M.-O., Westbury, M. V., Haddad, C. F. B., Barlow, A. & Hofreiter, M., 1 Oct 2021, In: Molecular Ecology Resources.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Estimating the dwarfing rate of an extinct Sicilian elephant
Baleka, S., Herridge, V. L., Catalano, G., Lister, A. M., Dickinson, M. R., Di Patti, C., Barlow, A., Penkman, K., Hofreiter, M. & Paijmans, J., 23 Aug 2021, In: Current Biology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Diversity and Paleodemography of the Addax (Addax nasomaculatus), a Saharan Antelope on the Verge of Extinction
Hempel, E., Westbury, M. V., Grau, J. H., Trinks, A., Paijmans, J., Kliver, S., Barlow, A., Mayer, F., Muller, J., Chen, L., Koepfli, K.-P., Hofreiter, M. & Bibi, F., 11 Aug 2021, In: Genes. 12, 8Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mitogenome phylogeny including data from additional subspecies provides new insights into the historical biogeography of the Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx
Mengulluoglu, D., Ambarli, H., Barlow, A., Paijmans, J., Sayar, A. O., Emir, H., Kandemir, I., Hofer, H., Fickel, J. & Forster, D. W., 6 Aug 2021, In: Genes. 12, 8Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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African and Asian leopards are highly differentiated at the genomic level
Paijmans, J., Barlow, A., Becker, M. S., Cahill, J. A., Fickel, J., Forster, D. W. G., Gries, K., Hartmann, S., Havmoller, R. W., Henneberger, K., Kern, C., Kitchener, A. C., Lorenzen, E. D., Mayer, F., O'Brien, S. J., von Seth, J., Sinding, M.-H. S., Spong, G., Uphyrkina, O., Wachter, B., Westbury, M. V., Dalén, L., Bhak, J., Manica, A. & Hofreiter, M., 10 May 2021, In: Current Biology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Insight into the introduction of domestic cattle and the process of Neolithization to the Spanish region Galicia by genetic evidence
Gurke, M., Vidal-Gorosquieta, A., Paijmans, J., Wecek, K., Barlow, A., Gonzalez-Fortes, G., Hartmann, S., Grandal-d'Anglade, A. & Hofreiter, M., 28 Apr 2021, In: PLoS ONE.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Middle Pleistocene genome calibrates a revised evolutionary history of extinct cave bears
Barlow, A., Paijmans, J., Alberti, F., Gasparyan, B., Bar-Oz, G., Pinhasi, R., Foronova, I., Puzachenko, A. Y., Pacher, M., Dalén, L., Baryshnikov, G. & Hofreiter, M., 26 Apr 2021, In: Current Biology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ancient DNA from the Asiatic Wild Dog (Cuon alpinus) from Europe
Taron, U. H., Paijmans, J., Barlow, A., Preick, M., Lyengar, A., Dragusin, V., Vasile, S., Marciszak, A., Roblickova, M. & Hofreiter, M., 22 Jan 2021, In: Genes.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Convergent evolution of pain-inducing defensive venom components in spitting cobras
Kazandjian, T. D., Petras, D., Robinson, S. D., van Thiel, J., Greene, H. W., Arbuckle, K., Barlow, A., Carter, D. A., Wouters, R., Whiteley, G., Wagstaff, S. C., Arias, A. S., Albulescu, L. O., Plettenberg Laing, A., Hall, C., Heap, A., Penrhyn-Lowe, S., McCabe, C. V., Ainsworth, S., da Silva, R. R., Dorrestein, P. C., Richardson, M. K., Gutiérrez, J. M., Calvete, J. J., Harrison, R. A., Vetter, I., Undheim, E. A. B., Wüster, W. & Casewell, N. R., 22 Jan 2021, In: Science. 371, 6527, p. 386-390 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2020
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Mitochondrial genomes of Late Pleistocene caballine horses from China belong to a separate clade
Yuan, J., Barlow, A., Sheng, G., Preick, M., Sun, B., Hou, Y., Chen, S., Taron, U. H., Wang, L., Hu, J., Deng, T., Lai, X. & Hofreiter, M., 15 Dec 2020, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 250Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The earliest domestic cat on the Silk Road
Haruda, A. F., Miller, A. R. V., Paijmans, J., Barlow, A., Tazhekeyev, A., Bailov, S., Hesse, Y., Preick, M., King, T., Thomas, R., Harke, H. & Arzhantseva, L., 9 Jul 2020, In: Scientific Reports.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ancestral mitogenome capture of the Southeast Asian banded linsang.
Pajimans, J. L. A., Barlow, A., Henneberger, K., Fickel, J., Hofreiter, M. & Foerster, D. W. G., 30 Jun 2020, In: PLoS ONE.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High-throughput DNA sequencing of museum specimens sheds light on the long-missing species of the Bokermannohyla claresignata group (Anura: Hylidae ...
Lyra, M., Pinheiro, P. D. P., Lourenco, A. C., Pezzuti, T. L., Baeta, D., Barlow, A., Hofreiter, M., Pombal, J. P., Haddad, C. F. B. & Faivovich, J., 17 Jun 2020, In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 190, 4Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Heavy reliance on plants for Romanian cave bears evidenced by amino acid nitrogen isotope analysis.
Naito, Y. I., Meleg, I. N., Robu, M., Vlaicu, M., Drucker, D. G., Wissing, C., Hofreiter, M., Barlow, A. & Bocherens, H., 20 Apr 2020, In: Scientific Reports.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hyena paleogenomes reveal a complex evolutionary history of cross-continental gene flow between spotted and cave hyena.
Westbury, M. V., Hartmann, S., Barlow, A., Preick, M., Ridush, B., Nagel, D., Rathgeber, T., Ziegler, R., Baryshnikov, G., Sheng, G., Ludwig, A., Wiesel, I., Dalén, L., Bibi, F., Werdelin, L., Heller, R. & Hofreiter, M., 13 Mar 2020, In: Science Advances. 6, 11Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ancient DNA reveals twenty million years of aquatic life in beavers.
Xenikoudakis, G., Ahmed, M., Harris, J. C., Wadleigh, R., Paijmans, J., Hartmann, S., Barlow, A., Learner, H. & Hofreiter, M., 3 Feb 2020, In: Current Biology. p. 95-111Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Consensify: A Method for Generating Pseudohaploid Genome Sequences from Palaeogenomic Datasets with Reduced Error Rates.
Barlow, A., Hartmann, S., Gonzalez, J., Hofreiter, M. & Paijmans, J., 2 Jan 2020, In: Genes. 11, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2019
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Cave bears and ancient DNA: a mutually beneficial relationship.
Barlow, A., Hofreiter, M. & Knapp, M., 20 Nov 2019, In: Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ancient habitat shifts and organismal diversification are decoupled in the African viper genus Bitis (Serpentes: Viperidae)
Barlow, A., Wüster, W., Kelly, C. M. R., Branch, W., Phelps, T. & Tolley, K. A., 1 Jun 2019, In: Journal of Biogeography. 46, 6, p. 1234-1248 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Palaeogenome reveals genetic contribution of extinct giant panda to extant populations.
Sheng, G., Basler, N., Ji, X., Paijmans, J., Alberti, F., Preick, M., Hartmann, S., Westbury, M. V., Yuan, J., Jablonski, N. G., Xenikoudakis, G., Hou, X., Xiao, B., Liu, J.-H., Hofreiter, M., Lai, X. & Barlow, A., 20 May 2019, In: Current Biology. 29, 10, p. 1695-1700Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Molecular identification of Late and terminal Pleistocene Equus ovodovi from northeastern China.
Yuan, J., Hou, X., Barlow, A., Preick, M., Taron, U. H., Alberti, F., Basler, N., Deng, T., Lai, X., Hofreiter, M. & Sheng, G., 16 May 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 5, e0216883.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ancient DNA: methods and protocols. Second Edition.
Shapiro, B. (Editor), Barlow, A. (Editor), Heintzman, P. D. (Editor), Hofreiter, M. (Editor), Paijmans, J. (Editor) & Soares, A. E. (Editor), 16 Mar 2019, Humana New York, NY. (Methods in Molecular Biology)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Double-stranded library preparation for ancient and other degraded samples
Henneberger, K., Barlow, A. & Paijmans, J., 16 Mar 2019, Ancient DNA: methods and protocols. Second Edition. Humana New York, NY, p. 65-73Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
- 2018
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Historical biogeography of the leopard (Panthera pardus) and its extinct European populations.
Paijmans, J., Barlow, A., Forster, D. W., Henneberger, K., Meyer, M., Nickel, B., Nagel, D., Havmoller, R. W., Baryshnikov, G., Joger, U., Rosendahl, W. & Hofreiter, M., 23 Oct 2018, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18, 156.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multilocus phylogeny, species age and biogeography of the Lesser Antillean anoles
Thorpe, R., Barlow, A., Surget-Groba, Y. & Malhotra, A., Oct 2018, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127, p. 682-695Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Partial genomic survival of cave bears in living brown bears.
Barlow, A., Cahill, J. A., Hartmann, S., Theunert, C., Xenikoudakis, G., Fortes, G. G., Paijmans, J., Rabeder, G., Frischauf, C., Grandal-d'Anglade, A., García-Vázquez, A., Murtskhvaladze, M., Saarma, U., Anijalg, P., Skrbinšek, T., Bertorelle, G., Gasparian, B., Bar-Oz, G., Pinhasi, R., Slatkin, M., Dalén, L., Shapiro, B. & Hofreiter, M., 27 Aug 2018, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2, p. pages 1563–1570Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Integration of nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences and morphology reveals unexpected diversity in the forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca) species complex in Central and West Africa (Serpentes: Elapidae).
Wuster, W., Chirio, L., Trape, J. F., Ineich, I., Jackson, K., Greenbaum, E., Barron, C., Kusamba, C., Nagy, Z. T., Storey, R., Hall, C., Wuster, C., Barlow, A. & Broadley, D. G., 1 Aug 2018, In: Zootaxa. 4455, 1, p. 68-98 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Extended and continuous decline in effective population size results in low genomic diversity but no signs of inbreeding in the world’s rarest hyena species, the brown hyena.
Westebury, M. V., Hartmann, S., Barlow, A., Wiesel, I., Leo, V., Welch, R., Parker, D. M., Sicks, F., Ludwig, A. & Hofreiter, M., 1 May 2018, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 35, 5, p. 1225–1237Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ancient DNA from giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) of Southwestern 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, M. V., Hofreiter, M. & Lai, X., 6 Apr 2018, In: Genes.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Testing of Alignment Parameters for Ancient Samples: Evaluating and optimising mapping parameters for ancient samples using the TAPAS tool.
Taron, U. H., Lell, M., Barlow, A. & Paijmans, J., 13 Mar 2018, In: Genes. 9, 3, 157.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2017
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Reduction of the contaminant fraction of DNA obtained from an ancient giant panda bone.
Basler, N., Xenikoudakis, G., Westbury, M. V., Song, L., Sheng, G. & Barlow, A., 20 Dec 2017, In: BMC Research Notes. 10, 754.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sequencing single-stranded libraries on the Illumina NextSeq 500 platform.
Paijmans, J., Baleka, S., Henneberger, K., Taron, U. H., Trinks, A., Westbury, M. V. & Barlow, A., 29 Nov 2017.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Evolutionary history and extinction dynamics of extinct sabre- and scimitar-toothed cats based on ancient mitogenomes.
Paijmans, J., Barnett, R., Gilbert, M. T. P., Zepeda-Mendoza, M. L., Reumer, J. W. F., de Vos, J., Zazula, G., Nagel, D., Baryshnikov, G., Leonard, J. A., Rohland, N., Westbury, M. V., Barlow, A. & Hofreiter, M., 6 Nov 2017, In: Current Biology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A mitogenomic timetree for Darwin’s enigmatic “transitional” South American mammal, Macrauchenia patachonica.
Westbury, M. V., Baleka, S., Barlow, A., Hartmann, S., Paijmans, J., Forasiepi, A. M., Kramarz, A., Bond, M., Gelfo, J. N., Gelfo, J. N., Reguero, M. A., Lopez-Mendoza, P., Taglioretti, M., Scaglia, F., Rinderknecht, A., Jones, W., Mena, F., Billet, G., de Muizon, C., Aguilar, J. L., Mac Phee, R. D. E. & Hofreiter, M., 27 Jul 2017, In: Nature Communications. 15951.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Plio-Pleistocene phylogeography of the Southeast Asian blue panchax killifish, Aplocheilus panchax.
Beck, S., Carvalho, G., Barlow, A., Ruber, L., Tan, H. H., Nugroho, E., Wowor, D., Nor, S. A. M., Herder, F., Muchlisin, Z. A. & De Bruyn, M., 25 Jul 2017, In: PLoS ONE.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Complex admixture preceded and followed the extinction of wisent in the wild.
Wecek, K., Hartmann, S., Paijmans, J., Taron, U. H., Xenikoudakis, G., Cahill, J. A., Heintzman, P. D., Shapiro, B., Baryshnikov, G., Bunevich, A. N., Crees, J. J., Dobosz, R., Manaserian, N., Okarma, H., Tokarska, M., Turvey, S., Wojcik, J. M., Zyla, W., Szymura, J. M., Hofreiter, M. & Barlow, A., 1 Mar 2017, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 34, 7, p. 598-612Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multi-locus phylogeny and species delimitation of Australo-Papuan blacksnakes(Pseudechis Wagler, 1830: Elapidae: Serpentes)
Maddock, S., Childerstone, A., Fry, B. G., Williams, D. J., Barlow, A. & Wüster, W., 1 Feb 2017, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107, February, p. 48-55Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tropical ancient DNA reveals relationships of extinct Bahamian giant tortoise.
Kehlmaier, C., Barlow, A., Hastings, A. K., Vamberger, M., Pajimans, J. L. A., Steadman, D., Albury, N. A., Franz, R., Hofreiter, M. & Fritz, U., 11 Jan 2017, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 284, 1846Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2016
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Ancient DNA reveals differences in behaviour and sociality between brown bears and extinct cave bears.
Fortes, G. G., Grandal-d'Anglade, A., Kolbe, B., Fernandes, D., Meleg, I. N., García-Vázquez, A., Pinto-Llona, A. C., Constantin, S., de Torres, T. J., Ortiz, J. E., Frischauf, C., Rabeder, G., Hofreiter, M. & Barlow, A., 1 Oct 2016, In: Molecular Ecology. 25, 9, p. 4906-4918Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Is Hybridization a Source of Adaptive Venom Variation in Rattlesnakes? A Test, Using a Crotalus scutulatus x viridis Hybrid Zone in Southwestern New Mexico
Zancolli, G., Baker, T. G., Barlow, A., Bradley, R. K., Calvete, J. J., Carter, K. C., de Jager, K., Owens, J. B., Price, J. F., Sanz, L., Scholes-Higham, A., Shier, L., Wood, L., Wuster, C. & Wüster, W., 16 Jun 2016, In: Toxins. 8, 188, p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review