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Professor Wolfgang Wüster

Professor in Zoology (Molecular Ecology)

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ORCID: 0000-0002-4890-4311

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3rd floor, Environment Centre Wales, School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor LL57 2UW, UK

Email: w.wuster@bangor.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 (0)1248 382301

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  1. Published

    Venom lethality and diet: Differential responses of natural prey and model organisms to the venom of the saw-scaled vipers (Echis)

    Richards, D. P., Barlow, A. & Wüster, W., 1 Jan 2012, In: Toxicon. 59, p. 110-116 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  2. Published

    Phylogeography of the Central American lancehead Bothrops asper (SERPENTES: VIPERIDAE)

    Saldarriaga-Córdoba, M., Parkinson, C. L., Daza, J. M., Wuster, W. & Sasa, M., 27 Nov 2017, In: PLoS ONE. 12, 11, p. 1-20 20 p., e0187969.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  3. Published

    Snake Identification in the Ancient Egyptian Brooklyn Medical Papyrus. A New Study of the Twenty-Four Extant Registers of the "Snakebite Papyrus"

    Sanchez, G. M., Meltzer, E. S., Wüster, W., Casewell, N. R. & Schuett, G. W., 15 Jun 2024, Columbus, Georgia, USA: Lockwood Press. 212 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Book

  4. Published

    Confirmation of Naja oxiana in Himachal Pradesh, India

    Santra, V., Owens, J. B., Graham, S., Wüster, W., Kuttalam, S. R., Bharti, O., Selvan, M., Mukherjee, N. & Malhotra, A., 1 Dec 2019, In: Herpetological Bulletin. 150, p. 26-28

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  5. Published

    Natural History Notes. Naja kaouthia (monocled cobra). Behavior / Spitting.

    Santra, V. & Wüster, W., 1 Jun 2017, In: Herpetological Review. 48, 2, p. 455-456 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  6. Published

    Genomics reveals broad hybridization in deeply divergent Palearctic grass and water snakes (Natrix spp.)

    Schöneberg, Y., Winter, S., Arribas, O., Di Nicola, M. R., Master, M., Owens, J. B., Rovatsos, M., Wüster, W., Janke, A. & Fritz, U., Jul 2023, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 184, 9 p., 107787.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  7. Published

    Analytical strategies in venomics.

    Slaagboom, J., Kaal, C., Arrahman, A., Vonk, F. J., Somsen, G. W., Calvete, J. J., Wüster, W. & Kool, J., 1 Apr 2022, In: Microchemical Journal. 175, 22 p., 107187.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  8. Published

    Phylogeny and diversification of mountain vipers (Montivipera, Nilson et al., 2001) triggered by multiple Plio–Pleistocene refugia and high-mountain topography in the Near and Middle East

    Stümpel, N., Rajabizadeh, M., Avci, A., Wüster, W. & Joger, U., Aug 2016, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 101, p. 336-351

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  9. Published

    Fangs for the Memories? A Survey of Pain in Snakebite Patients Does Not Support a Strong Role for Defense in the Evolution of Snake Venom Composition

    Ward-Smith, H., Naude, A., Arbuckle, K. & Wuster, W., 22 Mar 2020, In: Toxins. 12, 3, 19 p., 201.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  10. Published

    Ending the drought: new strategies for improving the flow of affordable, effective antivenoms in Asia and Africa

    Williams, D. J., Gutiérrez, J. M., Calvete, J. J., Wüster, W., Ratanabanangkoon, K., Paiva, O., Brown, N. I., Casewell, N. R., Harrison, R. A., Rowley, P., O'Shea, M., Jensen, S. D. & Winkel, K. D., 24 Aug 2011, In: Journal of Proteomics. 74, 9, p. 1735–1767 33 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  11. Published

    Ancient Egypt had far more venomous snakes than the country today, according to our new study of a scroll

    Winder, I. C. & Wüster, W., 16 Oct 2023, The Conversation.

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  12. Published

    Effectiveness of snake antivenom: Species and regional venom variation and its clinical impact.

    Wuster, W., Fry, B. G., Winkel, K. D., Wickramaratna, J. C., Hodgson, W. C. & Wüster, W., 1 Jun 2003, In: Journal of Toxicology - Toxin Reviews. 22, 1, p. 23-34

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  13. Published

    Origin of the eastern brownsnake, Pseudonaja textilis (Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril) (Serpentes : Elapidae : Hydrophiinae) in New Guinea: evidence of multiple dispersals from Australia, and comments on the status of Pseudonaja textilis pughi Hoser 2003.

    Wuster, W., Williams, D. J., O'Shea, M., Daguerre, R. L., Pook, C. E., Wüster, W., Hayden, C. J., McVay, J. D., Paiva, O., Matainaho, T., Winkel, K. D. & Austin, C. C., 1 Jan 2008, In: Zootaxa. 1703, p. 47-61

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  14. Published

    The conserved structure of snake venom toxins confers extensive immunological cross-reactivity to toxin-specific antibody.

    Wuster, W., Harrison, R. A., Wüster, W. & Theakston, R. D., 1 Mar 2003, In: Toxicon. 41, 4, p. 441-449

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  15. Published

    Recent advances in venomous snake systematics.

    Wuster, W., Quijada-Mascarenas, J. A., Wüster, W. & Mackessy, S. P. (Editor), 1 Jan 2009, Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles. 2009 ed. CRC Press, p. 25-64

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  16. Published

    A new species of wolf snake (Serpentes : Colubridae : Lycodon) from the Cardamom Mountains, southwestern Cambodia

    Wuster, W., Daltry, J. C. & Wüster, W., 1 Dec 2002, In: Herpetologica. 58, 4, p. 498-504

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  17. Published

    Phylogeographic patterns of trans-Amazonian vicariants and Amazonian biogeography: the Neotropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus complex) as an example.

    Wuster, W., Quijada-Mascarenas, J. A., Ferguson, J. E., Pook, C. E., Da Graca Salomao, M., Thorpe, R. S. & Wüster, W., 1 Aug 2007, In: Journal of Biogeography. 34, 8, p. 1296-1312

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  18. Published

    A new species of death adder (Acanthophis: Serpentes: Elapidae) from north-western Australia

    Wuster, W., Maddock, S. T., Ellis, R. J., Doughty, P., Smith, L. A. & Wüster, W., 28 Aug 2015, In: Zootaxa. 4007, 3, p. 301-326

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  19. Published

    Snakes of Papua New Guinea.

    Wuster, W., Williams, D., Wüster, W., Jensen, S. (Editor), Nimorakiotakis, B. (Editor) & Winkel, K. D. (Editor), 1 Jan 2005, Venomous bites and stings in Papua New Guinea: A guide to treatment for health workers and doctors. 2005 ed. Parkville, Vic. : Australian Venom Research Unit, p. 33-64

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  20. Published

    Molecular evolution and phylogeny of elapid snake venom three-finger toxins.

    Wuster, W., Fry, B. G., Wüster, W., Kini, R. M., Brusic, V., Khan, A., Venkataraman, D. & Rooney, A. P., 1 Jul 2003, In: Journal of Molecular Evolution. 57, 1, p. 110-129

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  21. Published

    Gene tree parsimony of multilocus snake venom protein families reveals species tree conflict as a result of multiple parallel gene loss.

    Wuster, W., Casewell, N. R., Wagstaff, S. C., Harrison, R. A. & Wüster, W., 1 Mar 2011, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 28, 3, p. 1157-1172

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  22. Published

    Dynamic evolution of venom proteins in squamate reptiles

    Wuster, W., Casewell, N. R. & Wüster, W., 18 Sept 2012, In: Nature Communications. 3, p. Article number: 1066

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  23. Published

    In praise of subgenera: taxonomic status of cobras of the genus Naja Laurenti (Serpentes: Elapidae).

    Wuster, W., Wallach, V., Wüster, W. & Broadley, D. G., 21 Sept 2009, In: Zootaxa. 2236, p. 26-36

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  24. Published

    Tracing an invasion: landbridges, refugia, and the phylogeography of the Neotropical rattlesnake (Serpentes : Viperidae : Crotalus durissus)

    Wuster, W., Ferguson, J. E., Quijada-Mascarenas, J. A., Pook, C. E., Salomao, M. D. & Thorpe, R., 25 Feb 2005, In: Molecular Ecology. 14, 4, p. 1095-1108

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  25. Published

    Comparative venom gland transcriptome surveys of the saw-scaled vipers (Viperidae: Echis) reveal substantial intra-family gene diversity and novel venom transcripts.

    Wuster, W., Casewell, N. R., Harrison, R. A., Wüster, W. & Wagstaff, S. C., 30 Nov 2009, In: BMC Genomics. 10, p. 564

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  26. Published

    Origin and evolution of the South American pitviper fauna: evidence from mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis.

    Wuster, W., Wüster, W., Salomao, M. G., Quijada-Mascarenas, J. A., Thorpe, R. S., Campbell, J. A. (Editor), Brodie, E. D. (Editor), Schuett, G. W. (Editor), Hoggren, M. (Editor), Douglas, M. E. (Editor) & Greene, H. W. (Editor), 1 Jan 2002, Biology of the Vipers. 2002 ed. Eagle Mountain Publishing, p. 111-128

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  27. Published

    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

  28. Published

    Combining mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphological data to infer species boundaries: phylogeography of lanceheaded pitvipers in the Brazilian Atlantic forest, and the status of Bothrops pradoi (Squamata : Serpentes : Viperidae).

    Wuster, W., Puorto, G., Da Graca Salomao, M., Theakston, R. D., Thorpe, R. S., Warrell, D. A. & Wüster, W., 1 Jul 2001, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 14, 4, p. 527-538

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  29. Published

    A nesting of vipers: Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the Viperidae (Squamata: Serpentes).

    Wuster, W., Wüster, W., Peppin, L., Pook, C. E. & Walker, D. E., 1 Nov 2008, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 49, 2, p. 445-459

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  30. Published

    The king cobra genome reveals dynamic gene evolution and adaptation in the snake venom system

    Wuster, W., Vonk, F. J., Casewell, N. R., Henkel, C., Heimberg, A. M., Jansen, H. J., McCleary, R. J., Kerkkamp, H. M., Vos, R. A., Guerreiro, I., Calvete, J. J., Wüster, W., Woods, A. E., Logan, J. M., Harrison, R. A., Castoe, T. A., Jason de Koning, A. P., Pollock, D. D., Yandell, M., Calderon, D., Renjifo, C., Currier, R. B., Salgado, D., Pla, D., Sanz, L., Hyder, A. S., Ribeiro, J. M., Arntzen, J. W., van den Thillart, G. E., Boetzer, M., Pirovano, W., Dirks, R. P., Spaink, H. P., Duboule, D., McGlinn, E., Kini, R. M. & Richardson, M. K., 17 Dec 2013, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States. 110, 51, p. 20651-20656

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  31. Published

    Complex cocktails: the evolutionary novelty of venoms

    Wuster, W., Casewell, N. R., Wüster, W., Vonk, F. J., Harrison, R. A. & Fry, B. G., 1 Apr 2013, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 28, 4, p. 291-229

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  32. Published

    Medically important differences in snake venom composition are dictated by distinct postgenomic mechanisms

    Wuster, W., Casewell, N. R., Wagstaff, S. C., Wüster, W., Cook, D. A., Bolton, F. M., King, S. I., Plan, D., Sanz. L., [. V., Calvete, J. J. & Harrison, R. A., 9 Jun 2014, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111, 25, p. 9205-9210

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  33. Published

    The phylogeny of cobras inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences: Evolution of venom spitting and the phylogeography of the African spitting cobras (Serpentes : Elapidae : Naja nigricollia complex)

    Wuster, W., Wüster, W., Crookes, S., Ineich, I., Mane, Y., Pook, C. E., Trape, J. F. & Broadley, D. G., 1 Nov 2007, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 45, 2, p. 437-453

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  34. Published

    Domain loss facilitates accelerated evolution and neofunctionalization of duplicate snake venom metalloproteinase toxin genes.

    Wuster, W., Casewell, N. R., Wagstaff, S. C., Harrison, R. A., Renjifo, C. & Wüster, W., 1 Sept 2011, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 28, 9, p. 2637-2649

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  35. Published

    Electrospray liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry fingerprinting of Acanthophis (death adder) venoms: taxonomic and toxinological implications.

    Wuster, W., Fry, B. G., Wickramaratna, J. C., Hodgson, W. C., Alewood, P. F., Kini, R. M., Ho, H. & Wüster, W., 1 Feb 2002, In: Rapid communications in Mass Spectrometry. 16, 6, p. 600-608

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  36. Published

    Do aposematism and Batesian mimicry require bright colours? A test, using European viper markings.

    Wuster, W., Wüster, W., Allum, C. S., Bjargardottir, I. B., Bailey, K. L., Dawson, K. J., Guenioui, J., Lewis, J., McGurk, J., Moore, A. G., Niskanen, M. & Pollard, C. P., 7 Dec 2004, In: Proceedings of The Royal Society B - Biological Sciences. 271, 1556, p. 2495-2499

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  37. Published

    Snakes across the Strait: trans-Torresian phylogeographic relationships in three genera of Australasian snakes (Serpentes : Elapidae : Acanthophis, Oxyuranus, and Pseudechis).

    Wuster, W., Wüster, W., Dumbrell, A. J., Hay, C., Pook, C. E., Williams, D. J. & Fry, B. G., 1 Jan 2005, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 34, 1, p. 1-14

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  38. Published

    Isolation of a neurotoxin (alpha colubritoxin) from a nonvenomous colubrid: Evidence for early origin of venom in snakes

    Wuster, W., Fry, B. G., Lumsden, N. G., Wüster, W., Wickramaratna, J. C., Hodgson, W. C. & Kini, R. M., 1 Oct 2003, In: Journal of Molecular Evolution. 57, 4, p. 446-452

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  39. Published

    No rattlesnakes in the rainforests: reply to Gosling and Bush

    Wuster, W., Wüster, W., Ferguson, J. E., Quijada-Mascarenas, J. A., Pook, C. E., Da Graca Salomao, M. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Oct 2005, In: Molecular Ecology. 14, 11, p. 3619-3621

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  40. Published

    Analysis of Colubroidea snake venoms by liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry: evolutionary and toxinological implications.

    Wuster, W., Fry, B. G., Wüster, W., Ramjan, S. F., Jackson, T., Martelli, P. & Kini, R. M., 1 Aug 2003, In: Rapid communications in Mass Spectrometry. 17, 18, p. 2047-2062

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  41. Published

    The good, the bad and the ugly: Australian snake taxonomists and a history of the taxanomy of Australia's venomous snakes.

    Wuster, W., Williams, D., Wüster, W. & Fry, B. G., 1 Dec 2006, In: Toxicon. 48, 7, p. 919-930

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  42. Published

    Aposematism and Batesian mimicry in snakes: through the visible spectrum and beyond?

    Wuster, C. & Wüster, W., 26 Feb 2023, In: Herpetology Notes. 16, p. 165-170

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  43. Published

    A new species of indigo snake from north-western Venezuela (Serpentes : Colubridae : Drymarchon)

    Wuster, W., Wüster, W., Yrausquin, J. L. & Mijares-Urrutia, A., 1 Oct 2001, In: Herpetological Journal. 11, 4, p. 157-165

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  44. Published

    Comments on Spracklandus Hoser, 2009 (Reptilia, Serpentes, ELAPIDAE): request for confirmation of the availability of the generic name and for the nomenclatural validation of the journal in which it was published [Case 3601]

    Wuster, W., Wüster, W., Broadley, D. G. & Wallach, V., 1 Mar 2014, In: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 71, 1, p. 37-38

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  45. Published

    Roles of CITES in protecting new species.

    Wuster, W., Vonk, F. J. & Wüster, W., 18 Aug 2006, In: Science. 313, 5789, p. 915-916

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  46. Published

    What's your poison?

    Wuster, W. & Wüster, W., 1 Jun 2010, In: Heredity. 104, 6, p. 519

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  47. Published

    When continents collide: Phylogeny, historical biogeography and systematics of the medically important viper genus Echis (Squamata: Serpentes: Viperidae).

    Wuster, W., Pook, C. E., Joger, U., Stumpel, N. & Wüster, W., 1 Dec 2009, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53, 3, p. 792-807

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  48. Published

    Best practices: in the 21st Century, taxonomic decisions in herpetology are acceptable only when supported by a body of evidence and published via peer-review

    Wuster, W., Kaiser, H., Crother, B. I., Kelly, C. M., Luiselli, L., O’Shea, M., Ota, H., Passos, P., Schleip, W. D. & Wüster, W., 1 Jan 2013, In: Herpetological Review. 44, p. 8-23

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  49. Published

    Morphological correlates of incipient arboreality and ornithophagy in island pitvipers, and the phylogenetic position of Bothrops insularis.

    Wuster, W., Wüster, W., Duarte, M. R. & Da Graca Salomao, M., 1 May 2005, In: Journal of Zoology. 266, 1, p. 1-10

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  50. Published

    Phylogeography and systematic revision of the Egyptian cobra (Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja haje) species complex, with the description of a new species from West Africa.

    Wuster, W., Trape, J. F., Chirio, L. & Wüster, W., 21 Sept 2009, In: Zootaxa. 2236, p. 1-25

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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