Professor Wolfgang Wüster
Professor in Zoology (Molecular Ecology)
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- http://mefgl.bangor.ac.uk/staff/wuster.php
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Contact info
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
Web: ResearchGate; GoogleScholar
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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
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Natural History Notes. Scolecophis atrocinctus (Black-banded Snake). Reproduction / Combat Behaviour
Chernov, E., Hoffmann, E. P. & Wüster, W., 1 Sept 2020, In: Herpetological Review. 51, 3, p. 628-629 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Natural History Notes: Crotalus scutulatus (Mohave rattlesnake). Maximum size.
Mrinalini, N. V., Hicks, J. J. & Wüster, W., 1 Jun 2015, In: Herpetological Review. 46, 2, p. 271 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 3619-3621Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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On the importance of types and the perils of “en passant” taxonomy: a brief history of the typification of Coluber naja Linnaeus, 1758 (Serpentes: Elapidae) and its implications, with the designation of a lectotype
Wüster, W. & Tillack, F., 20 Sept 2023, In: Zootaxa. 5346, 4, p. 403-419Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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One Size Fits All—Venomics of the Iberian Adder (Vipera seoanei, Lataste 1878) reveals low levels of venom variation across its distributional range
Avella, I., Damm, M., Freitas, I., Wüster, W., Lucchini, N., Zuazo, Ó., Süssmuth, R. & Martínez-Freiría, F., 1 Jun 2023, In: Toxins. 15, 6, 22 p., 371.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Origin and phylogenetic position of the Lesser Antillean species of Bothrops (Serpentes: Viperidae): biogeographical and medical implications.
Wuster, W., Wüster, W., Thorpe, R. S., Salomao, M. G., Thomas, L., Puorto, G., Theakston, R. D. & Warrell, D. A., 1 Jan 2002, In: Bulletin of the Natural History Museum London (Zoology). 68, p. 101-106Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 47-61Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 336-351Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 1296-1312Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 1-25Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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
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Phylogeography of the widespread African puff adder (Bitis arietans) reveals multiple Pleistocene refugia in southern Africa
Barlow, A., Baker, K., Hendry, C. R., Peppin, L., Phelps, T., Tolley, K. A., Wüster, C. E. & Wuster, W., 1 Feb 2013, In: Molecular Ecology. 22, 4, p. 1134-1157Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Pre-clinical assays predict pan-african Echis viper efficacy for a species-specific antivenom.
Wuster, W., Casewell, N. R., Cook, D. A., Wagstaff, S. C., Nasidi, A., Durfa, N., Wüster, W. & Harrison, R. A., 1 Oct 2010, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 4, 10, p. e851Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Promoting co-existence between humans and venomous snakes through increasing the herpetological knowledge base
Malhotra, A., Wüster, W., Owens, J. B., Hodges, C. W., Jesudasan, A., Ch, G., Kartik, A., Christopher, P., Louies, J., Naik, H., Santra, V., Kuttalam, S. R., Attre, S., Sasa, M., Bravo-Vega, C. & Murray, K. A., 1 Nov 2021, In: Toxicon: X. 12, November 2021, 18 p., 10081.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Roles of CITES in protecting new species.
Wuster, W., Vonk, F. J. & Wüster, W., 18 Aug 2006, In: Science. 313, 5789, p. 915-916Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 1-14Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Taxonomy and nomenclature of the Pantherophis obsoletus complex
Hillis, D. M. & Wüster, W., 9 Mar 2021, In: Herpetological Review. 52, 1, p. 51-52 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The benefits of contributing to the citizen science platform iNaturalist as an identifier
Callaghan, C. T., Mesaglio, T., Asher, J. S., Brooks, T. M., Cabras, A. A., Chandler, M., Cornwell, W. K., Ríos-Málaver, I. C., Dankowicz, E., Dhiya'ulhaq, N. U., Fuller, R. A., Galindo-Real, C., Grattarola, F., Hewitt, S., Higgins, L., Hitchcock, C., Hung, K-L. J., Iwane, T., Kahumbu, P., Kendrick, R., Kieschnick, S. R., Kunz, G., Lee, C. C., Lin, C-T., Loarie, S., Medina, M. N., McGrouther, M. A., Miles, L., Modi, S., Nowak, K., Oktaviani, R., Waswala Olewe, B. M., Pagé, J., Petrovan, S., saari, C., Seltzer, C. E., Seregin, A. P., Sullivan, J. J., Sumanapala, A. P., Takoukam, A., Widness, J., Willmott, K., Wüster, W. & Young, A. N., 10 Nov 2022, In: PLoS Biology. 20, 11, p. e3001843 6 p., e3001843.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 441-449Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 919-930Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 20651-20656Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The medical threat of mamba envenoming in sub-Saharan Africa revealed by genus-wide analysis of venom composition, toxicity and antivenomics profiling of available antivenoms
Ainsworth, S., Petras, D., Engmark, M., Süssmuth, R., Rowley, P., Wuster, W., Dorrestein, P. C., Arias, A. S., Gutiérrez, J. M., Harrison, R. A., Casewell, N. R. & Calvete, J. J., 10 Feb 2018, In: Journal of Proteomics. 172, p. 173-189Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 437-453Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The structural and functional diversification of the Toxicofera reptile venom system
Wuster, W., Fry, B. G., Casewell, N. R., Wüster, W., Vidal, N., Young, B. & Jackson, T. N., 15 Sept 2012, In: Toxicon. 60, 4, p. 434-448Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review