Before 2020

2019

Journal articles

  1. Bosshard L, Peischl S, Ackermann M & Excoffier L (2019) Mutational and selective processes involved in evolution during bacterial range expansions. Molecular Biology and Evolution 36: 2313-2327 [Abstract and pdf]
  2. Currat M, Arenas M, S Quilodran CS, Excoffier L & Ray N (2019) SPLATCHE3: simulation of serial genetic data under spatially explicit evolutionary scenarios 5 including long-distance dispersal. Bioinformatics btz311 [Abstract and pdf]
  3. Foote AD , Martin MD , Louis M, Pacheco G, Robertson KM , Sinding M-KH , Amaral AR , Baird RW , Baker CS , Ballance L, Barlow J & et al. (2019) Killer whale genomes reveal a complex history of recurrent admixture and vicariance. Molecular Ecology 28: 3427–3444 [pdf]
  4. Jeske K, Hiltbrunner M, Drewes S, Ryll R, Wenk M, Spakova A, Petraityte-Burneikiene R, Heckel G & Ulrich RG (2019) Field vole-associated Traemmersee hantavirus from Germany represents a novel hantavirus species. Virus Genes 55: 848-853 [Abstract and pdf]
  5. Kuhlwilm M, Han S, Sousa VC, Excoffier L & Marques-Bonet T (2019) Ancient admixture from an extinct ape lineage into bonobos. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 957–965 [Abstract and pdf]
  6. Li HS, Heckel G, Huang YH, Fan WJ, Slipinski A & Pang H (2019) Genomic changes in the biological control agent Cryptolaemus montrouzieri associated with introduction. Evolutionary Applications 12: 989-1000. [Abstract and pdf]
  7. Pedreschi DJ, Yannic G, Cantarello E, Diaz A, Golicher D, Korstjens A, Heckel G, Searle JB, Gillingham P, Hardouin E & Stewart JR (2019) Challenging the European southern refugium hypothesis: Species‐specific structures versus general patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation among small mammals. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28: 262-274 [Abstract and pdf]
  8. Ryll R, Heckel G Corman VM & Drexler JF Ulrich RG (2019) Genomic and spatial variability of a European common vole hepevirus. Archives of Virology 164: 2671–2682 [Abstract and pdf]
  9. Saxenhofer M, Schmidt S, Ulrich RG & Heckel G (2019) Secondary contact between diverged host lineages entails ecological speciation in a European hantavirus. PLOS Biology 17: 1-20. e3000142 [Abstract and pdf]
  10. Sikora M, Pitulko V, Sousa V, Allentoft ME, Vinner L, Rasmussen S, Margaryan A, de Barros Damgaard P, de la Fuente Castro C, Renaud G, Yang M & et al. (2019) The population history of northeastern Siberia since the Pleistocene. Nature 570: 182-188 [pdf]
  11. Wang X, Que P, Heckel G, Hu J, Zhang X, Chiang CY, Zhang N, Huang Q, Liu S, Martinez J, Pagani-Nunez E, Dingle C, Yan LY, Székely T, Zhang Z & Liu Y (2019) Genetic, phenotypic and ecological differentiation suggests incipient speciation in two Charadrius plovers along the Chinese coast. BMC Evolutionary Biology 19: e135 [Abstract and pdf]

2018

Journal articles

  1. Peischl S, Dupanloup I, Foucal A, Jomphe M, Bruat V, Grenier JC, Gouy A, Gilbert KJ, Gbeha E, Bosshard L, Hip-Ki E, Agbessi M, Hodgkinson A, Vezina H, Awadalla P & Excoffier L (2018) Relaxed Selection During a Recent Human Expansion. Genetics 208: 763-777 [Abstract and pdf]
  2. Bize P, Lowe I, Hurlimann ML & Heckel G (2018) Effects of the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes on nonshivering thermogenesis in a wild derived rodent. Integrative & Comparative Biology 58: 532-543 [Abstract and pdf]
  3. Gilbert KJ, Peischl S & Excoffier L (2018) Mutation load dynamics during environmentally-driven range shifts. PLoS Genetics 14(9): e1007450 [Abstract and pdf]
  4. Meier JI, Marques DA, Wagner CE, Excoffier L & Seehausen O (2018) Genomics of Parallel Ecological Speciation in Lake Victoria Cichlids. Molecular Biology and Evolution 35: 1489-1506 [Abstract and pdf]
  5. Pfeifer SP, Laurent S, Sousa VC, Linnen CR, Foll M, Excoffier L, Hoekstra HE & Jensen JD (2018) The evolutionary history of Nebraska deer mice: local adaptation in the face of strong gene flow. Molecular Biology and Evolution 35: 792-806 [Abstract and pdf]
  6. Popadin K, Peischl S, Garieri M, Sailani MR, Letourneau A, Santoni F, Lukowski SW, Bazykin GA, Nikolaev S, Meyer D, Excoffier L, Reymond A & Antonarakis SE (2018) Slightly deleterious genomic variants and transcriptome perturbations in Down syndrome embryonic selection. Genome Research 28: 1-10 [Abstract and pdf]
  7. Pouyet F*, Aeschbacher S*, Thiéry A & Excoffier L (2018) Background selection and biased gene conversion affect more than 95% of the human genome and bias demographic inferences. eLife 7: e36317 [Abstract and pdf]
  8. Ryll R, Eiden M, Heuser E, Weinhardt M, Ziege M, Höper D, Groschup MH, Heckel G, Johne R & Ulrich RG (2018) Hepatitis E virus in feral rabbits along a rural-urban transect in Central Germany. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 61: 155-159 [Abstract and pdf]
  9. Schmid S, Neuenschwander S, Pitteloud C, Heckel G, Pajkovic M, Arlettaz R & Alvarez N (2018) Spatial and temporal genetic dynamics of the grasshopper Oedaleus decorus revealed by museum genomics. Ecology and Evolution 8: 1480-1495 [Abstract and pdf]
  10. Zemanova MA, Broennimann O, Guisan A, Knop E & Heckel G (2018) Slimy invasion: Climatic niche and current and future biogeography of Arion slug invaders. Diversity and Distributions 24: 1627-1640 [Abstract and pdf]

MSc thesis

  1. Hiltbrunner M (2018) Genomics of Tula hantavirus evolution in Central Europe. -. -, -.

PhD thesis

  1. Saxenhofer M (2018) Evolution and diversification of Tula hantavirus. PhD thesis. University of Bern, Bern.

2017

Journal articles

  1. Aeschbacher S, Selby JB, Willis JH & Coop G (2017) Population-genomic inference of the strength and timing of selection against gene flow. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America [Abstract]
  2. Amorim CEG, Hofer T, Ray N, Foll M, Ruiz-Linares A & Excoffier L (2017) Long-distance dispersal suppresses introgression of local alleles during range expansions. Heredity 2: 135-142 [Abstract and pdf]
  3. Bosshard L, Dupanloup I, Tenaillon O, Bruggmann R, Ackermann M, Peischl S & Excoffier L (2017) Accumulation of deleterious mutations during bacterial range expansions. Genetics 207: 669-684 [Abstract and pdf]
  4. Daub JT, Moretti S, Davydov II, Excoffier L & Robinson-Rechavi M (2017) Detection of pathways affected by positive selection in primate lineages ancestral to humans. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34: 1391-1402 [Abstract and pdf]
  5. Drewes S, Sheikh Ali H, Saxenhofer M, Rosenfeld UM, Binder F, Cuypers F, Schlegel M, Röhrs S, Heckel G & Ulrich RG (2017) Host-associated absence of human Puumala virus infections in northern and eastern Germany. Emerging Infectious Diseases 23: 83-86 [Abstract and pdf]
  6. Gouy A, Daub JT & Excoffier L (2017) Detecting gene subnetworks under selection in biological pathways. Nucleic Acids Research 45(16): e149 [Abstract and pdf]
  7. Gouy A & Zieger M (2017) STRAF—A convenient online tool for STR data evaluation in forensic genetics. Forensic Science International: Genetics 30: 148-151 [Abstract and pdf]
  8. Marques DA, Lucek K, Haesler MP, Feller AF, Meier JA, Wagner CE, Excoffier L & Seehausen O (2017) Genomic landscape of early ecological speciation initiated by selection on nuptial colour. Molecular Ecology 26: 7-24 [Abstract]
  9. Meier J, Sousa VC, Marques DA, Selz OM, Wagner CE, Excoffier L & Seehausen O (2017) Demographic modeling with whole genome data reveals parallel origin of similar Pundamilia cichlid species after hybridization. Molecular Ecology 26: 123–141 [Abstract and pdf]
  10. Meier JI, Marques DA, Mwaiko S, Wagner CE, Excoffier L & Seehausen O (2017) Ancient hybridization fuels rapid cichlid fish adaptive radiations Nature Communications 8: 14363 [Abstract and pdf]
  11. Resano-Mayor J, Fernández-Martín A, Hernández-Gómez S, Toranzo I, España A, Gil JA, de Gabriel M, Roa-Álvarez I, Strinella E, Hobson KA, Heckel G & Arlettaz R (2017) Integrating genetic and stable isotope analyses to infer the population structure of the White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis in Western Europe. Journal of Ornithology 158: 395-405 [Abstract and pdf]
  12. Rosenfeld UM, Drewes S, Sheikh Ali H, Sadowska ET, Mikowska M, Heckel G, Koteja P & Ulrich RG (2017) A highly divergent Puumala virus lineage in southern Poland. Archives of Virology 162: 1177-1185 [Abstract and pdf]
  13. Ryll R, Bernstein S, Heuser E, Schlegel M, Dremsek P, Zumpe M, Wolf S, Pépin M, Bajomi D, Müller G, Heiberg AC, Spahr C, Lang J, Groschup MH, Ansorge H, Freise F, Guenther S, Baert K, Ruiz-Fonscisco F, Pikula J, Knap N, Tsakmakidis I, Dovas C, Zanet S, Imholt C, Heckel G, Johne R & Ulrich RG (2017) Detection of rat hepatitis E virus in wild Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) and Black rats (R. rattus) from 11 European countries. Veterinary Microbiology 208: 58-68 [Abstract and pdf]
  14. Saxenhofer M, Weber de Melo V, Ulrich RG & Heckel G (2017) Revised time scales of RNA virus evolution based on spatial information. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20170857 [Abstract and pdf]
  15. Sikora Martin, Seguin-Orlando Andaine, Sousa Vitor C, Albrechtsen Anders, Korneliussen Thorfinn, Ko Amy, Rasmussen Simon, Dupanloup Isabelle, Nigst Philip R, Bosch Marjolein D, Renaud Gabriel, Allentoft Morten E, Margaryan Ashot, Vasilyev Sergey V, Veselovskaya Elizaveta V, Borutskaya Svetlana B, Deviese Thibaut, Comeskey Dan, Higham Tom, Manica Andrea, Foley Robert, Meltzer David J, Nielsen Rasmus, Excoffier Laurent, Lahr Marta Mirazon, Orlando Ludovic & Willerslev Eske (2017) Ancient genomes show social and reproductive behavior of early Upper Paleolithic foragers. Science 358: 659-662 [Abstract and pdf]
  16. Zemanova MA, Knop E & Heckel G (2017) Introgressive replacement of natives by invading Arion pest slugs. Scientific Reports 7: 14908 [Abstract and pdf]

2016

Journal articles

  1. Alves I, Arenas M, Currat M, Sramkova Hanulova A, Sousa VC, Ray N & Excoffier L (2016) Long distance dispersal shaped patterns of human genetic diversity in Eurasia. Molecular Biology and Evolution 33: 946–958 [Abstract and pdf]
  2. de Manuel M, Kuhlwilm M, Frandsen P, Sousa VC, Desai T, Prado-Martinez J, Hernandez-Rodriguez J, Dupanloup I, Lao O, Hallast P, Schmidt JM & et al. (2016) Chimpanzee genomic diversity reveals ancient admixture with bonobos. Science 354: 477-481 [Abstract and pdf]
  3. Duarte MA, Heckel G, Mathias MdL & Bastos-Silveira C (2016) Olfactory receptors and behavioural isolation: a study on Microtus voles. Mammal Research 4: 399–407 [Abstract and pdf]
  4. Foote AD, Vijay N, Ávila-Arcos MC, Baird RW, Durban JW, Fumagalli M, Gibbs RA, Bradley Hanson M, Korneliussen TS, Martin MD, Robertson KM, Sousa VC, Vieira FG, Vinař T, Wade P, Worley KC, Excoffier L, Morin PA, Gilbert MTP & Wolf JBW (2016) Genome-culture coevolution promotes rapid divergence of killer whale ecotypes. Nature Communications 7: 11693 [Abstract and pdf]
  5. Henn BM, Botigue LR, Peischl S , Dupanloup I, Lipatov M , Maples BK , Martin AR , Musharoff S, Cann H , Snyder M , Excoffier L , Kidd JM & Bustamante CD (2016) Distance from Sub-Saharan Africa Predicts Mutational Load in Diverse Human Genomes. PNAS 113: E440-9 [Abstract and pdf]
  6. Malaspinas AS, Westaway MC, Muller C, Sousa VC, Lao O, Alves I, Bergstrom A, Athanasiadis G, Cheng JY, Crawford JE, Heupink TH & et al. (2016) A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia. Nature 538: 207-214 [Abstract and pdf]
  7. Marques DA , Lucek K, Meier JI Mwaiko S Wagner CE , Excoffier L & Seehausen O (2016) Genomics of Rapid Incipient Speciation in Sympatric Threespine Stickleback. PLoS Genetics 12: e1005887 [Abstract and pdf]
  8. Peischl S, Dupanloup I, Bosshard L & Excoffier L (2016) Genetic surfing in human populations: from genes to genomes. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development 41: 53-61 [Abstract and pdf]
  9. Schmidt S, Saxenhofer M, Drewes S, Schlegel M, Wanka KM, Frank R, Klimpel S, Blanckenhagen F, Maaz D, Herden C, Freise J, Wolf R, Stubbe M, Borkenhagen P, Ansorge H, Eccard JA, Lang J, Jourdain E, Jacob J, Marianneau P, Heckel G & Ulrich RG (2016) High genetic structuring of Tula hantavirus. Archives of Virology 161: 1135-1149 [Abstract and pdf]
  10. SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Members (2016) The SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics resources: focus on curated databases. Nucleic Acids Research : D27-37 [Abstract and pdf]
  11. Zemanova MA, Knop E & Heckel G (2016) Phylogeographic past and invasive presence of Arion pest slugs in Europe. Molecular Ecology 25: 5747–5764 [Abstract and pdf]

PhD thesis

  1. Zemanova M (2016) Combining genetics, ecology and modelling to understand the invasion of Arion slugs. PhD thesis. University of Bern, Bern.

2015

Journal articles

  1. Amorim CEG, Daub J, Salzano FM, Foll M & Excoffier L (2015) Detection of Convergent Genome-Wide Signals of Adaptation to Tropical Forests in Humans. PLoS One 10: e0121557 [Abstract and pdf]
  2. Beysard M, Krebs-Wheaton R & Heckel G (2015) Tracing reinforcement through asymmetrical partner preference in the European common vole Microtus arvalis. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 170 [Abstract and pdf]
  3. Botigue LR, Henn BM , Peischl S , Dupanloup I, Lipatov M , Maples BK , Martin AR , Yee MC, Cann H , Snyder M , Excoffier L , Kidd JM & Bustamante CD (2015) The Out of Africa expansion affected accumulation of deleterious alleles in human genomes. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 156: 90-91
  4. Daub JT, Dupanloup I Robinson-Rechavi M & Excoffier L (2015) Inference of evolutionary forces acting on human biological pathways. Genome Biology and Evolution 7: 1546–1558 [Abstract and pdf]
  5. Peischl S & Excoffier L (2015) Expansion load: recessive mutations and the role of standing genetic variation. Molecular Ecology 24: 2084-2094 [Abstract and pdf]
  6. Peischl S, Kirkpatrick M & Excoffier L (2015) Expansion load and the evolutionary dynamics of a species range. American Naturalist 185: E81-E93 [Abstract and pdf]
  7. Sheikh Ali H, Drewes S, Weber de Melo V, Schlegel M, Freise J, Groschup MH, Heckel G & Ulrich RG (2015) Complete genome of a Puumala virus strain from Central Europe. Virus Genes 50: 292-298 [Abstract and pdf]
  8. Weber de Melo V, Sheikh Ali H, Freise J, Kuhnert D, Essbauer SS, Mertens M, Wanka KM, Drewes S, Ulrich RG & Heckel G (2015) Spatiotemporal dynamics of Puumala hantavirus associated with its rodent host, Myodes glareolus. Evolutionary Applications 8: 545-559 [Abstract and pdf]
  9. Zemanova MA, Knop E & Heckel G (2015) Development and characterization of novel microsatellite markers for Arion slug species. Conservation Genetics Resources 7: 501-503 [Abstract and pdf]

2014

Journal articles

  1. Beysard M & Heckel G (2014) Structure and dynamics of hybrid zones at different stages of speciation in the common vole (Microtus arvalis). Molecular Ecology 23: 673-687 [Abstract and pdf]
  2. Cucchi T, Barnett R, Martinkova N, Renaud S, Renvoise E, Evin A, Sheridan A, Mainland I, Wickham-Jones C, Tougard C, Quere JP, Pascal M, Pascal M, Heckel G, OHiggins P, Searle JB & Dobney KM (2014) The changing pace of insular life: 5000 years of microevolution in the Orkney vole (Microtus arvalis orcadensis). Evolution 68: 2804-2820 [Abstract and pdf]
  3. Fischer MC, Foll M, Heckel G & Excoffier L (2014) Continental-Scale Footprint of Balancing and Positive Selection in a Small Rodent (Microtus arvalis) PLoS One 9: e112332 [Abstract and pdf]
  4. Foll M, Gaggiotti O, Daub JT, Vatsiou A & Excoffier L (2014) Widespread Signals of Convergent Adaptation to High Altitude in Asia and America. American Journal of Human Genetics 95: 394–407 [Abstract and pdf]
  5. Johne R, Dremsek P, Reetz J, Heckel G, Hess M & Ulrich RG (2014) Hepeviridae: an expanding family of vertebrate viruses. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 27: 212-229 [Abstract and pdf]
  6. Larson EL, White TA, Ross CL & Harrison (2014) Gene flow and the maintenance of species boundaries. Molecular Ecology 23: 1668-1678 [Abstract and pdf]
  7. Lischer HEL, Excoffier L & Heckel G (2014) Ignoring heterozygous sites biases phylogenomic estimates of divergence times: implications for the evolutionary history of Microtus voles. Molecular Biology and Evolution 31: 817-831 [Abstract and pdf]
  8. Mona S, Ray N, Arenas M & Excoffier L (2014) Genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation during a range expansion. Heredity 112: 291-299 [Abstract and pdf]
  9. Perry GH, Foll M, Grenier JC, Patin E, Nedelec Y, Pacis A, Barakatt M, Gravel S, Xiang Zhou, Nsobya S, Excoffier L, Quintana-Murci L, Dominy NJ & Barreiro LB (2014) Adaptive, convergent origins of the pygmy phenotype in African rainforest hunter-gatherers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 111: E3596-3603 [Abstract and pdf]
  10. Roux J, Privman E, Moretti S, Daub JT, Robinson-Rechavi M & Keller L (2014) Patterns of positive selection in seven ant genomes Molecular Biology and Evolution [pdf]
  11. Schmidt S, Essbauer SS, Mayer-Scholl A, Poppert S, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Klempa B, Henning K, Schares G, Groschup MH, Spitzenberger F, Richter D, Heckel G & Ulrich RG (2014) Multiple infections of rodents with zoonotic pathogens in Austria. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 14: 467-475 [Abstract and pdf]
  12. Schubert M, Jonsson H, Chang D, Der Sarkissian C, Ermini L, Ginolhac A, Albrechtsen A, Dupanloup I, Foucal A, Petersen B, Fumagalli M & et al. (2014) Prehistoric genomes reveal the genetic foundation and cost of horse domestication. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 111(52): E5661-9
  13. SheikhAli H, Drewes S, Sadowska ET, Mikowska M, Groschup MH, Heckel G, Koteja P & Ulrich RG (2014) First molecular evidenve for Puumala hantavirus in Poland. Viruses 6: 340-353 [Abstract and pdf]
  14. Sousa V , Peischl S & Excoffier L (2014) Impact of range expansions on current human genomic diversity. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development 29: 22-30 [Abstract]
  15. Taylor SA, White TA, Hochaka WM, Ferretti V, Curry RL & Lovette I (2014) Climate-mediated movement of an avian hybrid zone. Current Biology 24: 671-676 [Abstract and pdf]

Book sections

  1. Arenas M, Mona S, Trochet A, Sramkova Hanulova A, Currat M, Ray N, Chikhi L, Rasteiro R, Schmeller DS , Excoffier L & (2014) The scaling of genetic diversity in a changing and fragmented world. In 'Scaling in ecology and conservation' edited by Henle K et al & . Pensoft Publishers. Pp. 55-60. [Abstract and pdf]
  2. Excoffier L, Quilodran CS & Currat M (2014) Models of hybridization during range expansions and their application to recent human evolution. In 'Cultural Developments in the Eurasian Paleolithic and the Origin of Anatomically Modern Humans' edited by Derevianko AP & Shunkov M. Dept. of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS. Pp. 122-137.

MSc thesis

  1. Vanessa Weber de Melo (2014) Spatiotemporal dynamics of Puumala virus and its host, the bank vole Myodes glareolus. MSc thesis. University of Bern, Bern.

PhD thesis

  1. Beysard M (2014) Speciation and hybridization in the common vole (Microtus arvalis). PhD thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  2. Daub J (2014) Detecting polygenic selection at different timescales in human evolution. PhD Thesis. University of Berne, Berne.

2013

Journal articles

  1. Arenas M, Francois O, Currat M, Ray N & Excoffier L (2013) Influence of Admixture and Paleolithic Range Contractions on Current European Diversity Gradients. Molecular Biology and Evolution 30: 57-61 [Abstract and pdf]
  2. Daub JT, Hofer T, Cutivet E, Dupanloup I, Quintana-Murci L, Robinson-Rechavi M & Excoffier L (2013) Evidence for Polygenic Adaptation to Pathogens in the Human Genome Molecular Biology And Evolution 30 (7): 1544-1558 [Abstract]
  3. Dong L, Heckel G, Liang W & Zhang Y (2013) Phylogeography of silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera L.) across China: aggregate effects of refugia, introgression, and riverine barriers. Molecular Ecology 22: 3376-3390 [Abstract and pdf]
  4. Excoffier L, Dupanloup I, Huerta-Sanchez E, Sousa VC & Foll M (2013) Robust demographic inference from genomic and SNP data. PLOS Genetics 9: e1003905 [Abstract and pdf]
  5. Gimenez MD, White TA, Hauffe HC, Panithanarak T & Searle JB (2013) Understanding the basis of diminished gene flow between hybridizing chromosome races of the house mouse. Evolution 67: 1446-1462 [Abstract and pdf]
  6. Kindler E, Trojnar E, Otto P, Heckel G & Johne R (2013) Analysis of rotavirus species diversity and evolution including the newly determined full-length genome sequences of rotavirus F and G. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 14: 58-67 [Abstract and pdf]
  7. Kittl S, Heckel G, Korcak BM & Kuhnert P (2013) Source attribution of human Campylobacter isolates by MLST and fla-typing and association of genotypes with quinolone resistance. PLoS ONE 8: e81796 [Abstract and pdf]
  8. Liu Y, Keller I & Heckel G (2013) Temporal genetic structure and relatedness in the Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula suggests limited kin association in winter. Ibis 155: 499-507 [Abstract and pdf]
  9. Martinkova M, Barnett R, Cucchi T, Struchen R, Pascal M, Pascal M, Fischer MC, Higham T, Brace S, Ho SYW, Quere JP, OHiggins J, Excoffier L, Heckel G, Hoelzel AR, Dobney KM & Searle JB (2013) Divergent evolutionary processes associated with colonization of offshore islands. Molecular Ecology 22: 5205-5220 [Abstract and pdf]
  10. Peischl S, Dupanloup I, Kirkpatrick M & Excoffier L (2013) On the accumulation of deleterious mutations during range expansions. Molecular Ecology 22: 5972-5982 [Abstract and pdf]
  11. Polly DP, Polyakov AV, Ilyashenko VB, Onishenko SS, White TA, Bulatova NS, Pavlova SV, Borodin PM & Searle JB (2013) Phenotypic variation across chromosomal hybrid zones of the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) indicates reduced gene flow. PLoS ONE 8: e67455 [Abstract and pdf]
  12. Sunnaker M, Busetto AG, Numminen E, Corander J, Foll M & Dessimoz C (2013) Approximate Bayesian Computation. PLOS Computational Biology 9: e1002803 [Abstract and pdf]
  13. Sutter A, Beysard M & Heckel G (2013) Sex-specific clines support incipient speciation in a common European mammal. Heredity 110: 398-404 [Abstract and pdf]
  14. White TA, Perkins SE, Heckel G & Searle JB (2013) Adaptive evolution during an ongoing range expansion: the invasive bank vole (Myodes glareolus) in Ireland. Molecular Ecology 22: 2971-2985 [Abstract and pdf]

MSc thesis

  1. Krebs-Wheaton R (2013) Behavioural mechanisms in the movement of a Microtus arvalis hybrid zone. MSc thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  2. Zürcher Y (2013) Ultrasonic vocalization in the common vole Microtus arvalis. MSc thesis. University of Bern, Bern.

PhD thesis

  1. Lischer H (2013) Genomic inference of evolutionary history and gene expression divergence in rodents. PhD thesis. University of Bern, Bern.

2012

Journal articles

  1. Alves I, Sramkova Hanulova A, Foll M & Excoffier L (2012) Genomic data reveals a complex making of humans. PLoS Genetics 8: e1002837 [Abstract and pdf]
  2. Arenas M, Ray N, Currat M & Excoffier L (2012) Consequences of Range Contractions and Range Shifts on Molecular Diversity. Molecular Biology and Evolution 29: 207-218 [Abstract and pdf]
  3. Bastos-Silveira C, Santos SM, Monarca R, Mathias ML & Heckel G (2012) Deep mitochondrial introgression and hybridization between ecologically divergent vole species. Molecular Ecology 21: 5309-5323 [Abstract and pdf]
  4. Beysard M, Perrin N, Jaarola M, Heckel G & Vogel P (2012) Asymmetric and differential gene introgression at a contact zone between two highly divergent lineages of field voles (Microtus agrestis). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25: 400-408 [Abstract and pdf]
  5. Caetano S, Currat M, Pennington RT, Prado D, Excoffier L & Naciri Y (2012) Recent colonization of the Galapagos by the tree Geoffroea spinosa Jacq. (Leguminosae). Molecular Ecology 21: 2743-2760 [Abstract and pdf]
  6. Hofer T, Foll M & Excoffier L (2012) Evolutionary Forces shaping genomic Islands of Population Differentiation in Humans. BMC Genomics 13: 107 [Abstract and pdf]
  7. Johne R, Dremsek P, Kindler E, Schielke A, Plenge-Bonig A, Gregersen H, Wessels U, Schmidt K, Rietschel W, Groschup MH, Guenther S, Heckel G & Ulrich R (2012) Rat hepatitis E virus: Geographical clustering within Germany and serological detection in wild Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus). Infection, Genetics and Evolution 12: 947-956 [Abstract and pdf]
  8. Kindler E, Arlettaz R & Heckel G (2012) Deep phylogeographic divergence and cytonuclear discordance in the grasshopper Oedaleus decorus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65: 695-704 [Abstract and pdf]
  9. Kormann U, Gugerli F, Ray N, Excoffier L & Bollmann K (2012) Parsimony-based pedigree analysis and individual-based landscape genetics suggest topography to restrict dispersal and connectivity in the endangered capercaillie. Biological conservation 152: 241-252
  10. Kotrschal A, Heckel G, Bonfils D & Taborsky B (2012) Life-stage specific environments in a cichlid fish: implications for inducible maternal effects. Evolutionary Ecology 26: 123-137 [Abstract and pdf]
  11. Lischer HEL & Excoffier L (2012) PGDSpider: An automated data conversion tool for connecting population genetics and genomics programs. Bioinformatics 28 (2): 298-299 [Abstract and pdf]
  12. Liu Y, Keller I & Heckel G (2012) Breeding site fidelity and winter admixture in a long-distance migrant, the tufted duck (Aythya fuligula). Heredity 109: 108-116 [Abstract and pdf]
  13. Pimenoff VN Laval G, Comas D, Palo JU, Gut I, Cann H, Excoffier L & Sajantila A (2012) Similarity in recombination rate and linkage disequilibrium at CYP2C and CYP2D cytochrome P450 gene regions among Europeans indicates signs of selection and no advantage of using tagSNPs in population isolates. Pharmacogenetics and Genomics 22: 846-857 [Abstract and pdf]
  14. Reich D, Patterson N, Campbell D, Tandon A, Mazieres S, Ray N, Parra MV, Rojas W, DuqueMesa N, Velez ID, Garcia L F & et al. (2012) Reconstructing Native American population history Nature 488 : 370-374 [Abstract and pdf]
  15. Schlegel M, Kindler E, Essbauer SS, Wolf R, Thiel J, Groschup MH, Heckel G, Oehme RM & Ulrich RG (2012) Tula virus infections in the Eurasian water vole, Central Europe. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 12: 503-513 [Abstract and pdf]
  16. Slatkin M & Excoffier L (2012) Serial Founder Effects During Range Expansion: A Spatial Analog of Genetic Drift. Genetics 191: 171-181 [Abstract and pdf]
  17. White TA, Lundy MG, Montgomery WI, Montgomery S, Perkins SE, Lawton C, Meehan JM, Hayden TJ, Heckel G, Reid N & Searle JB (2012) Range expansion in an invasive small mammal: influence of life-history and habitat quality. Biological Invasions 14: 2203-2215 [Abstract and pdf]
  18. Widmer I, dal Grande F, Excoffier L, Holderegger R, Keller C, Mikryukov V S & Scheidegger C (2012) European phylogeography of the epiphytic lichen fungus Lobaria pulmonaria and its green algal symbiont. Molecular Ecology 21: 5827-5844 [Abstract and pdf]

MSc thesis

  1. Meier J (2012) A new method to find gene incompatibilities in an intraspecific hybrid zone of the common vole. MSc thesis. University of Bern, Bern.

PhD thesis

  1. Hofer T (2012) Impact of range expansions and natural selection on human genomic diversity. PhD Thesis. University of Bern, Bern.

2011

Journal articles

  1. Bittner D, Cossins A R, Segner H, Excoffier L & Largiader CR (2011) Identification of Candidate Genes and Physiological Pathways Involved in Gonad Deformation in Whitefish (Coregonus spp.) from Lake Thun, Switzerland. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 8 : 2706-2733 [Abstract and pdf]
  2. Congiu L, Pujolar JM, Forlani A, Cenadelli A, Dupanloup I, Barbisan F, Galli A & Fontana F (2011) Managing polyploidy in Ex Situ conservation genetics: the case of the critically endangered Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii). Plos One 6: e18249
  3. Currat M & Excoffier L (2011) Strong reproductive isolation between humans and Neanderthals inferred from observed patterns of introgression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 108: 15129-34 [Abstract and pdf]
  4. Excoffier L & Foll M (2011) fastsimcoal: a continuous-time coalescent simulator of genomic diversity under arbitrarily complex evolutionary scenarios. Bioinformatics 27: 1332-1334 [Abstract and pdf]
  5. Fischer MC, Foll M, Excoffier L & Heckel G (2011) Enhanced AFLP genome scans detect local adaptation in high-altitude populations of a small rodent (Microtus arvalis). Molecular Ecology 20: 1450-1462 [Abstract and pdf]
  6. Hahne J, Jenkins T, Halle S & Heckel G (2011) Establishment success and resulting fitness consequences for vole dispersers. Oikos 120: 95-105 [Abstract and pdf]
  7. Johne R, Heckel G, Plenge-Bonig A, Kindler E, Maresch C, Reetz J, Schielke A & Ulrich RG (2011) Complete genome of a novel hepatitis E virus genotype in Norway rat, Germany [response]. Emerging Infectious Diseases 17: 1982-1983 [Abstract and pdf]
  8. Laurent S, Werzner A, Excoffier L & Stephan W (2011) Approximate Bayesian analysis of Drosophila melanogaster polymorphism data reveals a recent colonization of Southeast Asia. Molecular Biology and Evolution 28: 2041-2051 [Abstract and pdf]
  9. Liu Y, Keller I & Heckel G (2011) Range-wide genetic population structure in common pochard (Aythya ferina) a potentially important vector of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses. Ecology and Evolution 1: 529-545 [Abstract and pdf]
  10. Mertens M, Kindler E, Emmerich P, Esser J, Wagner-Wiening C, Wolfel R, Petraityte-Burneikiene R, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Zvirbliene A, Groschup MH, Dobler G, Pfeffer M, Heckel G, Ulrich RG & Essbauer SS (2011) Phylogenetic analysis of Puumala virus subtype Bavaria, characterization and diagnostic use of its recombinant nucleocapsid protein. Virus Genes 43: 177-191 [Abstract and pdf]
  11. Moreau C, Bherer C, Vezina H, Jomphe M, Labuda D & Excoffier L (2011) Deep Human Genealogies Reveal a Selective Advantage to Be on an Expanding Wave Front. Science 334: 1148-1150 [Abstract and pdf]
  12. Stovicek O, Cizkova D, Liu Y, Alrecht T, Heckel G, Vyscocilova M & Kresinger J (2011) Development of microsatellite markers for a diving duck, the common pochard (Aythya ferina). Conservation Genetics Resources 3: 573-576 [Abstract and pdf]

MSc thesis

  1. Glatt I (2011) Heterogeneous selection along the zinc fingers of the Prdm9 speciation gene. MSc thesis. University of Bern, Bern.

PhD thesis

  1. Liu Y (2011) Genetic analysis of migration in two avian influenza vectors: tufted duck and common pochard. PhD Thesis. University of Bern, Bern.

2010

Journal articles

  1. Beaumont MA, Nielsen R, Robert C, Hey J, Gaggiotti O, Knowles L, Estoup A, Panchal M, Corander J, Hickerson M, Sisson SA, Fagundes N, Chikhi L, Beerli P, Vitalis R, Cornuet JM, Huelsenbeck J, Foll M, Yang Z, Rousset F, Balding D & Excoffier L (2010) In defence of model-based inference in phylogeography. Molecular Ecology 19: 436-446 [Abstract]
  2. Bittner D, Excoffier L & Largiader CR (2010) Patterns of morphological changes and hybridization between sympatric whitefish morphs (Coregonus spp.) in a Swiss lake: a role for eutrophication? . Molecular Ecology 19: 2152-2167 [Abstract and pdf]
  3. Bray TC, Sousa VC, Parreira B, Bruford MW & Chikhi L (2010) 2BAD: an application to estimate the parental contributions during two independent admixture events. Molecular Ecology Resources 10: 538-541 [Abstract]
  4. Crottini A, Galimberti A, Boto A, Serra L, Liu Y, Yeung C, Yang XJ, Barbuto M & Casiraghi M (2010) Toward a resolution of a taxonomic enigma: first genetic analyses of Paradoxornis webbianus and P. alphonsianus (Aves: Paradoxornithidae) from China and Italy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57: 1312-1318 [Abstract and pdf]
  5. Estoup A, Baird SJE, Ray N, Currat M, Cornuet J-M, Santos F, Beaumont MA & Excoffier L (2010) Combining genetic, historical and geographical data to reconstruct the dynamics of bioinvasions: application to the cane toad Bufo marinus. Molecular Ecology Resources 10: 886-901 [Abstract]
  6. Excoffier L & Lischer HEL (2010) Arlequin suite ver 3.5: a new series of programs to perform population genetics analyses under Linux and Windows. Molecular Ecology Resources 10: 564-567 [Abstract and pdf]
  7. Fink S, Fischer MC, Excoffier L & Heckel G (2010) Genomic scans support repetitive continental colonization events during the rapid radiation of voles (Rodentia: Microtus): the utility of AFLPs versus mitochondrial and nuclear sequence markers. Systematic Biology 59: 548-572 [Abstract and pdf]
  8. Foll M, Fischer MC, Heckel G & Excoffier L (2010) Estimating population structure from AFLP amplification intensity. Molecular Ecology 19: 4638-4647 [Abstract and pdf]
  9. Francois O, Currat M, Ray N, Han E, Excoffier L & Novembre J (2010) Principal Component Analysis under Population Genetic Models of Range Expansion and Admixture. Molecular Biology and Evolution 27: 1257-68 [Abstract]
  10. Gaggiotti OE & Foll M (2010) Quantifying population structure using the F-model. Molecular Ecology Resources 10: 821-830 [Abstract]
  11. Halami MY, Dorrestein GM, Couteel P, Heckel G, Muller H & Johne R (2010) Whole genome characterization of a novel polyomavirus detected in fatally diseased canary birds. Journal of General Virology : 3016-3022 [Abstract and pdf]
  12. Henle K, Kunin W, Schweiger O, Schmeller D S, Grobelnik V, Matsinos Y, Pantis J, Penev L, Potts S G, Ring I, Simila J, Tzanopoulos J, van den Hove S, Baguette M, Clobert J, Excoffier L, Framstad E, Grodzinska-Jurczak M, Lengyel S, Marty P, Moilanen A, Porcher E, Storch D, Steffan-Dewenter I, Sykes M T, Zobel M & Settele J (2010) Securing the Conservation of Biodiversity across Administrative Levels and Spatial, Temporal, and Ecological Scales - Research Needs and Approaches of the SCALES Project. Gaia 19: 187-193 [Abstract]
  13. Johne R, Heckel G, Plenge-Bonig A, Kindler E, Maresch C, Reetz J, Schielke A & Ulrich RG (2010) Novel hepatitis E virus genotype in Norway rats, Germany. Emerging Infectious Diseases 16: 1452-1455 [Abstract and pdf]
  14. Leuenberger C & Wegmann D (2010) Bayesian Computation and Model Selection Without Likelihoods. Genetics 184: 243-252 [Abstract]
  15. Lu L, Xu B, Chen YL, Liu Y, Cao WC, Fang LQ, Feng LM, Goodchild MF & Gong P (2010) Combining spatial-temporal and phylogenetic analysis approaches for improved understanding on global H5N1 transmission. PLoS ONE 5(10): e13575 [Abstract and pdf]
  16. Peter BM, Wegmann D & Excoffier L (2010) Distinguishing between population bottleneck and population subdivision by a Bayesian model choice procedure. Molecular Ecology 19: 4648-4660 [Abstract and pdf]
  17. Ray N, Wegmann D, Fagundes NJR, Wang S, Ruiz-Linares A & Excoffier L (2010) A statistical evaluation of models for the initial settlement of the American continent emphasizes the importance of gene flow with Asia. Molecular Biology and Evolution 27: 337-345 [Abstract and pdf]
  18. Ray N, Currat M, Foll M & Excoffier L (2010) SPLATCHE2: a spatially-explicit simulation framework for complex demography, genetic admixture and recombination. Bioinformatics 26: 2993-2994 [Abstract and pdf]
  19. Ray N & Excoffier L (2010) A first step towards inferring levels of long-distance dispersal during past expansions. Molecular Ecology Resources 10: 902-914 [Abstract and pdf]
  20. Schmidt-Chanasit J, Essbauer SS, Petraityte R, Yoshimatsu K, Tackmann K, Conraths FJ, Sasnauskas K, Arikawa J, Thomas A, Pfeffer M, Scharninghausen JJ, Splettstosser W, Wenk M, Heckel G & Ulrich R (2010) Extensive host sharing of Central European Tula virus. Journal of Virology 84: 459-474 [Abstract and pdf]
  21. Wegmann D & Excoffier L (2010) Bayesian Inference of the Demographic History of Chimpanzees. Molecular Biology and Evolution 27: 1425-35 [Abstract]
  22. Wegmann D, Leuenberger C , Neuenschwander S & Excoffier L (2010) ABCtoolbox: a versatile toolkit for approximate Bayesian computations. BMC Bioinformatics 11: 116 [Abstract and pdf]
  23. Yang NN, Mazieres S, Bravi C, Ray N: Wang S, Burley MW, Bedoya G, Rojas W, Parra MV, Molina JA, Gallo C, Poletti G, Hill K, Hurtado AM, Petzl-Erler ML, Tsuneto LT, Klitz W, Barrantes R, Llop E, Rothhammer F, Labuda D, Salzano FM, Bortolini MC, Excoffier L, Dugoujon JM & Ruiz-Linares A (2010) Contrasting Patterns of Nuclear and mtDNA Diversity in Native American Populations.. Annals of Human Genetics 6: 525-538 [Abstract and pdf]

MSc thesis

  1. Gschwind A (2010) Avpr1a STR polymorphisms do no predict genetic mating patterns in common vole populations. MSc thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  2. Kindler E (2010) Deep genetic divergence and cytonuclear discordance in the grasshopper Oedaleus decorus. MSc thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  3. Peter B (2010) Distinguishing between population bottleneck and population subdivision by a Bayesian model choice procedure. MSc thesis. University of Bern, Bern.

PhD thesis

  1. Fischer M (2010) Genomic approaches to adaptation and radiation in small rodents (genus Microtus). PhD Thesis. University of Bern, Bern.

Before 2010

Journal articles

  1. Bittner D, Bernet D, Wahli T, Segner H & Kung CM Largiader CR (2009) How normal is abnormal? Discrimination between deformations and natural variation in gonad morphology of European whitefish Coregonus lavaretus. Journal of Fish Biology 74: 1594-1614
  2. Braaker S & Heckel G (2009) Transalpine colonisation and partial phylogeographic erosion by dispersal in the common vole Microtus arvalis. Molecular Ecology 18: 2518-2531 [Abstract and pdf]
  3. Excoffier L, Foll M & Petit RJ (2009) Genetic Consequences of Range Expansions. Annual Review in Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 40: 481-501 [Abstract and pdf]
  4. Excoffier L, Hofer T & Foll M (2009) Detecting loci under selection in a hierarchically structured population. Heredity 103: 285-298 [Abstract and pdf]
  5. Gaggiotti OE, Bekkevold D, Jorgensen HBH, Foll M, Carvalho GR, Andre C & Ruzzante DE (2009) Disentangling the effects of evolutionary, demographic, and environmental factors influencing genetic structure of natural populations: atlantic herring as a case study Evolution 63: 2939 - 2951 [Abstract and pdf]
  6. Guillot G & Foll M (2009) Correcting for ascertainment bias in the inference of population structure. Bioinformatics 25: 552-554 [pdf]
  7. Hofer T, Ray N, Wegmann D & Excoffier L (2009) Large allele frequency differences between human continental groups are more likely to have occurred by drift during range expansions than by selection. Annals of Human Genetics 73: 95-108 [pdf]
  8. Janin A, Lena J-P, Ray N, Delacourt C, Allemand P & Joly P (2009) Assessing landscape connectivity with calibrated cost-distance modelling: predicting common toad distribution in a context of spreading agriculture. Journal of Applied Ecology 46(4) : 833-841 [Abstract and pdf]
  9. Makrythanasis P, Kapranov P, Bartoloni L, Reymond A, Deutsch S, Guigo R, Denoeud F, Drenkow J, Rossier C, Ariani F, Capra V, Excoffier L, Renieri A, Gingeras TR & Antonarakis SE (2009) Variation in Novel Exons (RACEfrags) of the MECP2 Gene in Rett Syndrome Patients and Controls. Human Mutations 9: E866 - E879 [Abstract and pdf]
  10. Petit RJ & Excoffier L (2009) Gene flow and species delimitation . Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24: 386-93 [Abstract and pdf]
  11. Poloni S, Naciri Y, Bucho R, Niba R , Kervaire B, Excoffier L, Langaney A & Sanchez-Mazas A (2009) Genetic Evidence for Complexity in Ethnic Differentiation and History in East Africa. Annals of Human Genetics 73: 582-600 [Abstract and pdf]
  12. Ray N & Excoffier L (2009) Inferring past demography using spatially-explicit population genetic models. Human Biology 81(2-3): 141-157 [Abstract and pdf]
  13. Soland-Reckeweg G, Heckel G, Neumann P & Fluri P & Excoffier L (2009) Gene flow in admixed populations and implications for the conservation of the Western honeybee, Apis mellifera. Journal of Insect Conservation 3: 317-328 [pdf]
  14. Ulrich RG, Heckel G, Pelz HJ, Wieler LH, Nordhoff M, Dobler G, Freise J, Matuschka FR, Jacob J, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Gerstengarbe FW, Jaekel T, Suess J, Ehlers B, Nitsche A, Kallies R, Johne R, Guenther S, Henning K, Grunow R, Wenk M, Maul LC, Hunfeld KP, Woelfel R, Schares G, Scholz HC, Brockmann SO, Pfeffer M & Essbauer SS (2009) Nagetiere und Nagetierassoziierte Krankheitserreger (Rodents and rodent associated disease pathogen). Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 52: 352-369 [Abstract and pdf]
  15. Vonlanthen P, Roy D, Hudson A G, Largiader C R, Bittner D & Seehausen O (2009) Divergence along a steep ecological gradient in lake whitefish (Coregonus sp.). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(3): 498-514
  16. Wang N, Liu Y & Zhang ZW (2009) Characterization of nine microsatellite loci for a globally vulnerable species, Reeves‘ pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii). Conservation Genetics 10: 1511-1514 [Abstract and pdf]
  17. Wegmann D, Leuenberger C & Excoffier L (2009) Efficient Approximate Bayesian Computation Coupled With Markov Chain Monte Carlo Without Likelihood. Genetics 182: 1207-1218 [Abstract and pdf]
  18. Currat M, Ruedi M, Petit RJ & Excoffier L (2008) The hidden side of invasions: massive introgression by local genes. Evolution 62(8): 1908-1920 [Abstract and pdf]
  19. Excoffier L & Ray N (2008) Surfing during population expansions promotes genetic revolutions and structuration. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23(7): 347-351 [Abstract and pdf]
  20. Fagundes N J R, Ray N, Beaumont M, Neuenschwander S, Salzano F M, Bonatto S L & Excoffier L (2008) Ancient lineages and assimilation: A reply to Garrigan and Hammer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 105: E4 [Abstract and pdf]
  21. Giger T, Excoffier L, Amstutz U, Day P J, Champigneulle A, Hansen M M, Kelso J & Largiader C R (2008) Population transcriptomics of life-history variation in the genus Salmo. Molecular Ecology 17(13): 3095-3108 [Abstract and pdf]
  22. Lao O, Dupanloup I, Barbujani G, Bertranpetit J & Calafell F (2008) The mediterranean paradox for susceptibility factors in coronary heart disease extends to genetics. Annals of Human Genetics 72: 48-56
  23. Neuenschwander S, Largiader CR, Ray N, Currat M, Vonlanthen P & Excoffier L (2008) Colonization history of the Swiss Rhine basin by the bullhead (Cottus gobio): Inference under a Bayesian spatially explicit framework. Molecular Ecology 17(3): 757-772 [Abstract and pdf]
  24. Ray N & Ebener S (2008) AccessMod 3.0: computing geographic coverage and accessibility to health care services using anisotropic movement of patients. International Journal of Health Geographics 7: 63 [Abstract and pdf]
  25. Ruedi M, Walter S, Fischer MC, Scaravelli D, Excoffier L & Heckel G (2008) Italy as a major Ice Age refuge area for the bat Myotis myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Europe. Molecular Ecology 17: 1801-1814 [Abstract and pdf]
  26. Schmidt-Chanasit J, Ohlschlaeger S, Guenther S, Jaeger G, Bleymehl K, Schaed S G, Heckel G, Ulrich R G & Doerr H W (2008) Molecular analysis of varicella-zoster (VZV) strains circulating in Tanzania demonstrates the presence of VZV genotype M1. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 46: 3530-3533 [Abstract and pdf]
  27. Ulrich R, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Schlegel M, Jacob Jens, Pelz H J, Mertens M, Wenk M, Buechner T, Masur D, Sevke K, Groschup M H, Gerstengarbe F W, Pfeffer M, Oehme R, Wegener W, Bemmann M, Ohlmeyer L, Wolf R, Zoller H, Koch J, Brockmann S, Heckel G & Essbauer S S (2008) Network Rodent-borne pathogens in Germany: Longitudinal studies on the geographical distribution and prevalence of hantavirus infections. Parasitology Research 103: S121-129 [Abstract and pdf]
  28. Walser B & Heckel G (2008) Microsatellite markers for the common vole (Microtus arvalis) and their cross-species utility. Conservation Genetics 9: 479-481 [Abstract and pdf]
  29. Wang S, Ray N, Rojas W, Parra M V, Bedoya G, Gallo C, Poletti G, Mazzotti G, Hill K, Hurtado A M, Camrena B, Nicolini H, Klitz W, Barrantes R, Molina J A, Freimer N, Bortolini M C, Salzano F M, Petzl-Erler M L, Tsuneto L T, Dipierri J E, Alfaro E L, Bailliet G, Bianchi N O, Llop E, Rothhammer F, Excoffier L & Ruiz-Linares A (2008) Geographic patterns of genome admixture in Latin American Mestizos. PLoS Genetics 4(3): e1000037 [Abstract and pdf]
  30. Wegmann D, Dupanloup I & Excoffier L (2008) Width of Gene Expression Profile Drives Alternative Splicing. PLoS ONE 3(10): e3587 [pdf]
  31. Fagundes N J R, Ray N, Beaumont M, Neuenschwander S, Salzano F M, Bonatto S L & Excoffier L (2007) Statistical evaluation of alternative models of human evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104: 17614-17619 [Abstract]
  32. Fink S, Excoffier L & Heckel G (2007) High variability and non-neutral evolution in the mammalian avpr1a gene. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 176 [Abstract and pdf]
  33. Fontaine M C, Baird S J E, Piry S, Ray N, Tolley K A, Duke S, Birkun A Jr, Ferreira M, Jauniaux T, Llavona A, Ozturk B, Ozturk A A, Ridoux V, Rogan E, Sequeira M, Siebert U, Vikingsson G A, Bouquegneau J-M & Michaux J R (2007) Rise of oceanographic barriers in continuous populations of a cetacean: the genetic structure of harbour porpoises in Old World waters. BMC Biology 5, 30 [Abstract and pdf]
  34. Pawlowski J , Fahrni J , Lecroq B , Longet D , Cornelius N, Excoffier L, Cedhagen T & Gooday AJ (2007) Bipolar gene flow in deep-sea benthic foraminifera. Molecular Ecology 16: 4089-4096 [Abstract and pdf]
  35. Schmidt-Chanasit J, Stuermer M, Hahn A, Schad S G, Gross G, Ulrich R G, Heckel G & Doerr H W (2007) A novel genotyping approach for Varicella-Zoster virus strains from Germany. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 45: 3540-3545 [Abstract and pdf]
  36. Schweizer M, Excoffier L & Heckel G (2007) Fine-scale genetic structure and dispersal patterns in the common vole Microtus arvalis. Molecular Ecology 16: 2463-2473 [Abstract and pdf]
  37. Vonlanthen P, Excoffier L, Bittner D & Persat H Neuenschwander S Largiader CR (2007) Genetic analysis of potential postglacial watershed crossing in central Europe by the bullhead (Cottus gobio L.). Molecular Ecology [Abstract]
  38. Amstutz U, Giger T, Champigneulle A, Day PJR & Largiader C (2006) Distinct temporal patterns of transaldolase 1 gene expression in future migratory and sedentary brown trout (Salmo trutta). Aquaculture 260: 326-336
  39. Behr O, von Helversen O, Heckel G, Nagy M, Voigt C C & Mayer F (2006) Territorial songs indicate male quality in the sac-winged bat Saccopteryx bilineata (Emballonuridae). Behavioral Ecology 17: 810-817 [Abstract]
  40. Berthier P, Excoffier L & Ruedi M (2006) Recurrent replacement of mtDNA and cryptic hybridization between two sibling bat species Myotis myotis and Myotis blythii. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 273: 3101-3109 [Abstract]
  41. Currat M, Excoffier L, Maddison W, Otto SP, Ray N, Whitlock MC & Yeaman S (2006) Comment on 'Ongoing Adaptive Evolution of ASPM, a Brain Size Determinant in Homo sapiens' and 'Microcephalin, a Gene Regulating Brain Size, Continues to Evolve Adaptively in Humans'. Science 313(5784): 172 [pdf]
  42. Drake JA, Bird C, Nemesh J, Thomas DJ, Newton-Cheh C, Reymond A, Excoffier L, Attar H, Antonarakis S, Dermitzakis ET & Hirschhorn JN (2006) Conserved noncoding sequences are selectively constrained and not mutation cold spots. Nature Genetics 38: 223-227 [Abstract and pdf]
  43. Dupanloup I Kaessmann H (2006) Evolutionary simulations to detect functional lineage-specific genes.. Bioinformatics 22(15): 1815-22
  44. Excoffier L (2006) Neandertal Genetic Diversity: A Fresh Look from Old Samples. Current Biology 16(16): R650-R652 [Abstract]
  45. Excoffier L & Heckel G (2006) Computer programs for population genetics data analysis: a survival guide. Nature Reviews Genetics 7: 745-758 [Abstract]
  46. Fink S, Excoffier L & Heckel G (2006) Mammalian monogamy is not controlled by a single gene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 103: 10956-10960 [Abstract and pdf]
  47. Giger T, Excoffier L, Day PJR, Champigneulle A, Hansen MM, Powell R & Largiader CR (2006) Life history shapes gene expression in salmonids. Current Biology 16: R281-R282 [Abstract and pdf]
  48. Heg D, Bergmueller R, Bonfils D, Otti O, Bachar Z, Burri R, Heckel G & Taborsky M (2006) Cichlids do not adjust reproductive skew to the availability of independent breeding options. Behavioral Ecology 17: 419-429
  49. Klopfstein S, Currat M & Excoffier L (2006) The fate of mutations surfing on the wave of a range expansion. Mol. Biol. Evol. 23: 482-490 [Abstract and pdf]
  50. Magri D, Vendramin GG, Comps B, Dupanloup I, Geburek T, Gomory D, Latalowa M, Litt T, Paule L, Roure JM, Tantau I, van der Knaap WO, Petit RJ & de Beaulieu JL (2006) A new scenario for the quaternary history of European beech populations: palaeobotanical evidence and genetic consequences. New phytologist 171(1): 199-221
  51. Neuenschwander S (2006) AQUASPLATCHE: A program to simulate genetic diversity in populations living in linear habitats Mol. Ecol. Notes 6: 583-585 [Abstract and pdf]
  52. Vinckenbosch N, Dupanloup I & Kaessmann H (2006) Evolutionary fate of retroposed gene copies in the human genome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103: 3220-3225
  53. Wegmann D, Currat M & Excoffier L (2006) Molecular Diversity After A Range Expansion In Heterogeneous Environments. Genetics 174: 2009-2020 [Abstract and pdf]
  54. Currat M & Excoffier L (2005) The effect of the Neolithic expansion on European molecular diversity. Proc. Roy. Soc. B 272: 679-688 [Abstract and pdf]
  55. Excoffier L (2005) Editorial. Human Genomics 2(3): 155-7
  56. Excoffier L, Estoup A & Cornuet J-M (2005) Bayesian Analysis of an Admixture Model With Mutations and Arbitrarily Linked Markers. Genetics 169(3): 1727-1738 [Abstract and pdf]
  57. Excoffier L, Laval G & Schneider S (2005) Arlequin (version 3.0): An integrated software for population genetics data analysis. Evol. Bioinformatics Online 1: 47-50 [pdf]
  58. Ganapathipillai S, Laval G, Hoffmann IS, Castejon AM, Nicod J, Dick B, Frey FJ, Frey BM, Cubeddu LX & Ferrari P (2005) CYP11B2- CYP11B1 haplotypes associated with decreased 11beta-hydroxylase activity. J. Clin. Endocri. Metab. 90(2): 1220-1225
  59. Hamilton G, Currat M, Ray N, Heckel G, Beaumont M & Excoffier L (2005) Bayesian estimation of recent migration rates after a spatial expansion. Genetics 170: 409-417 [Abstract and pdf]
  60. Hamilton G, Stoneking M & Excoffier L (2005) Molecular analysis reveals tighter social regulation of immigration in patrilocal populations than in matrilocal populations. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102(21): 7476-80 [Abstract and pdf]
  61. Heckel G, Burri R, Fink S, Desmet J-F & Excoffier L (2005) Genetic structure and colonization processes in European populations of the common vole Microtus arvalis. Evolution 59(10): 2231-2242 [pdf]
  62. Keller I, Excoffier L & Largiader C R (2005) Estimation of effective population size and detection of a recent population decline coinciding with habitat fragmentation in a ground beetle. J. Evol. Biol. 18(1): 90-100
  63. Ollivier L, Alderson L, Gandini GC, Foulley JL, Haley CS, Joosten R, Rattink AP, Harlizius B, Groenen MAM, Amigues Y, Boscher MY & et al. (2005) An assessment of the European pig diversity using molecular markers: partitioning of diversity among breeds. Cons. Genetics 6: 729-741
  64. Ray N (2005) PATHMATRIX: a GIS tool to compute effective distances among samples Molecular Ecology Notes 5(1): 177-180 [Abstract and pdf]
  65. Ray N, Currat M, Berthier P & Excoffier L (2005) Recovering the geographic origin of early modern humans by realistic and spatially explicit simulations. Genome Research 15(8): 1161-7 [Abstract and pdf]
  66. SanCristobal M, Chevalet C, Haley CS, Joosten R, Rattink AP, Harlizius B, Groenen MAM, Amigues Y, Boscher MY, Russell G, Law A & et al. (2005) Genetic diversity within and between European pig breeds using microsatellite markers. Animal Genetics 37: 189-198
  67. Voigt CC, Heckel G & Mayer F (2005) Sexual selection favours small and symmetric males in the polygynous greater sac-winged bat Saccopteryx bilineata (Emballonuridae, Chiroptera). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 57: 457-464
  68. Arnaud JF & Laval G (2004) Stability of genetic structure and effective population size inferred from temporal changes of microsatellite DNA polymorphisms in the land snail Helix aspersa (Gastropoda: Helicidae). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 82(1): 89-102
  69. Currat M & Excoffier L (2004) Modern humans did not admix with Neanderthals during their range expansion into Europe. PLoS Biology 2(12): 2264-2274 [Abstract and pdf]
  70. Currat M, Ray N & Excoffier L (2004) SPLATCHE: a program to simulate genetic diversity taking into account environmental heterogeneity Molecular Ecology Notes 4(1): 139-142
  71. Excoffier L (2004) Patterns of DNA sequence diversity and genetic structure after a range expansion: lessons from the infinite-island model. Molecular Ecology 13(4): 853-64 [Abstract and pdf]
  72. Excoffier L (2004) Special issue: analytical methods in phylogeography and genetic structure. Mol. Ecol. 13(4): 727
  73. Fink S, Excoffier L & Heckel G (2004) Mitochondrial gene diversity in the common vole Microtus arvalis shaped by historical divergence and local adaptations. Molecular Ecology 13 (11): 3501-3514 [Abstract and pdf]
  74. Keller I, Nentwig W & Largiader C R (2004) Recent habitat fragmentation due to roads can lead to significant genetic differentiation in an abundant flightless ground beetle. Mol. Ecol. 13(10): 2983-2994
  75. Laval G & Excoffier L (2004) SIMCOAL 2.0 A program to simulate genomic diversity over large recombining regions in a subdivided population with a complex history. Bioinformatics 20(15): 2485-2487 [Abstract and pdf]
  76. Mazzi D, Kunzler R, Largiader C R & Bakker T C M (2004) Inbreeding affects female preference for symmetry in computer-animated sticklebacks. Behavior. Genetics 34(4): 417-424
  77. Nicod J-C, Wang Y Z, Excoffier L & Largiader C R (2004) Low levels of mitochondrial DNA variation among central and southern European Esox lucius populations. J. Fish Biology 64(5): 1442-1449
  78. Zbinden M, Largiader C R & Bakker T C M (2004) Body size of virtual rivals affects ejaculate size in sticklebacks. Behav. Ecol. 15(1): 137-140
  79. Champigneulle A, Largiader C R & Caudron A (2003) Reproduction of the brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) in the torrent of Chevenne, haute-savoie. An original functioning?. Bull. Francais Peche Piscic. (369): 41-69
  80. Excoffier L (2003) Human diversity: our genes tell where we live. Current Biology 13(4): R134-6 [Abstract and pdf]
  81. Excoffier L & Hamilton G (2003) Comment on 'Genetic Structure of Human Populations'. Science 300(5627): 1877b- [pdf]
  82. Gantenbein B & Largiader C R (2003) The phylogeographic importance of the Strait of Gibraltar as a gene flow barrier in terrestrial arthropods: a case study with the scorpion Buthus occitanus as model organism. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 28(1): 119-130
  83. Heckel G & von Helversen O (2003) Genetic mating system and the significance of harem associations in the bat Saccopteryx bilineata. Molecular Ecology 12: 219-227 [Abstract and pdf]
  84. Keller I & Largiader C R (2003) Five microsatellite DNA markers for the ground beetle Abax parallelepipedus (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Mol. Ecol. Notes 3(1): 113-114
  85. Keller I & Largiader C R (2003) Recent habitat fragmentation caused by major roads leads to reduction of gene flow and loss of genetic variability in ground beetles. Proc. Roy. Soc. London B 270(1513): 417-423
  86. Laval G, SanCristobal M & Chevalet C (2003) Maximum-likelihood and markov chain monte carlo approaches to estimate inbreeding and effective size from allele frequency changes. Genetics 164(3): 1189-1204
  87. Nicod J-C & Largiader CR (2003) SNPs by AFLP (SBA): A rapid SNP isolation strategy for non-model organisms. Nucl. Acids Res. 31(5): e19
  88. Ray N (2003) Comment on 'Population growth, carrying capacity, and conflict'. Current Anthropolgy 44(1): 77-78 [Abstract]
  89. Ray N, Currat M & Excoffier L (2003) Intra-deme molecular diversity in spatially expanding populations. Molecular Biology and Evolution 20(1): 76-86 [Abstract and pdf]
  90. Wandeler P, Funk S M, Largiader C R, Gloor S & Breitenmoser U (2003) The city-fox phenomenon: genetic consequences of a recent colonization of urban habitat. Mol. Ecol. 12(3): 647-656
  91. Zbinden M, Mazzi D, Kunzler R, Largiader C R & Bakker T C M (2003) Courting virtual rivals increase ejaculate size in sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Behavior. Ecol. Sociobiol. 54(3): 205-209
  92. Berthier P, Beaumont M, Cornuet J-M & Luikart G (2002) Likelihood-based estimation of the effective population size using temporal changes in allele frequencies: a genealogical approach. Genetics 160(2): 741-751
  93. Cann H M, de Toma C, Cazes L, Legrand M-F, Morel V, Piouffre L, Bodmer J, Bodmer W F, Bonne-Tamir B, Cambon-Thomsen A, Chen Z & et al. (2002) A Human Genome Diversity Cell Line Panel. Science 296(5566): 261b-262 [Abstract and pdf]
  94. Currat M, Trabuchet G, Rees D, Perrin P, Harding R M, Clegg J B, Langaney A & Excoffier L (2002) Molecular Analysis of the beta-Globin Gene Cluster in the Niokholo Mandenka Population Reveals a Recent Origin of the betaS Senegal Mutation. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 70(1): 207-223
  95. Dupanloup I, Poloni ES, Schneider S, Excoffier L & Langaney A (2002) Genetique, linguistique et histoire des peuplements humains. Langage 146: 80-90
  96. Dupanloup I, Schneider S & Excoffier L (2002) A simulated annealing approach to define the genetic structure of populations. Mol. Ecol. 11(12): 2571-81
  97. Excoffier L (2002) Human demographic history: refining the recent African origin model. Curr. Op. Genet. Dev. 12: 675-682 [Abstract and pdf]
  98. Gantenbein B & Largiader C R (2002) Mesobuthus gibbosus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) on the island of Rhodes - hybridization between Ulysses‘ stowaways and native scorpions?. Mol. Ecol. 11(5): 925-938
  99. Heckel G & von Helversen O (2002) Male tactics and reproductive success in the harempolygynous bat Saccopteryx bilineata. Behavioral Ecology 13: 750-756
  100. Heckel G, Zbinden M, Mazzi D, Kohler A, Reckeweg G, Bakker T C M & Largiader C R (2002) Microsatellite markers for the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.) and their applicability in a freshwater and an anadromous population. Conservation Genetics 3(1): 79-81
  101. Keller I & Largiader C R (2002) Identification of one X-linked and five autosomal microsatellite loci in Carabus violaceus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) and their applicability to related taxa. Mol. Ecol. Notes 2(3): 290-292
  102. Mazzi D, Largiader C R & Bakker T C M (2002) Inbreeding and developmental stability in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.). Heredity 89: 293-299
  103. Petit E, Balloux F & Excoffier L (2002) Mammalian population genetics: why not Y?. Trends Ecol. Evol. 17(1): 28-33
  104. Largiader C R, Estoup A, Lecerf F, Champigneulle A & Guyomard R (2001) Microsatellite analysis of polyandry and spawning site competition in brown trout (Salmo trutta L.). Genetics Sel. Evol. 33: S205-S222
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  106. Mezzera M & Largiader C R (2001) Comparative analysis of introgression at three marker classes: a case study in a stocked population of brown trout. J. Fish Biol. 59: 289-305
  107. Mezzera M & Largiader C R (2001) Evidence for selective angling of introduced trout and their hybrids in a stocked brown trout population. J. Fish Biol. 59(2): 287-301
  108. Ray N & Adams J M (2001) A GIS-based vegetation map of the world at the Last Glacial Maximum (25,000-15,000 BP) Internet Archaeology 11
  109. Zbinden M, Largiader C R & Bakker T C M (2001) Sperm allocation in the three-spined stickleback. J. Fish Biol. 59(5): 1287-1297
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Book sections

  1. Currat M, Ray N & Excoffier L (2008) Genetic simulations of population interactions during past human expansions in Europe. In 'Simulations, Genetics and Human Prehistory' edited by Matsumura S, Forster P & Renfrew C. (McDonald Institute Monographs.) Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. Pp. 37-47.
  2. Excoffier L, Ray N & Currat M (2008) Where was Paradise? A simulation study of the spread of early modern humans in heterogeneous environments. In 'Simulations, Genetics and Human Prehistory' edited by Matsumura S, Forster P & Renfrew C. (McDonald Institute Monographs.) Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. Pp. 9-18.
  3. Heckel G & Fink S (2008) Evolution of the arginine vasopressin 1 a receptor and implications for mammalian social behavior. In 'Progress in Brain Research: Advances in vasopressin and oxytocin - from gene to behavior' edited by Neumann ID & Landgraf R. Elsevier B. V.. Pp. 321-330.
  4. Ray N, Currat M & Excoffier L (2008) Incorporating environmental heterogeneity in spatially-explicit simulations of human genetic diversity. In 'Simulations, Genetics and Human Prehistory' edited by Matsumura S, Forster P & Renfrew C. (McDonald Institute Monographs.) Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. Pp. 103-117.
  5. Excoffier L (2007) Analysis of Population Subdivision. In 'Handbook of Statistical Genetics, 3rd Edition' edited by Balding D, Bishop M & Cannings C. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Pp. 980-1020.
  6. Voigt CC, Heckel G & von Helversen O (2006) Conflicts and strategies in the harem polygynous mating system of the sac-winged bat Saccopteryx bilineata. In 'Functional and evolutionary ecology of bats ' edited by Zubaid A, McCracken GF & Kunz TH. Oxford University Press. Pp. 269-289.
  7. Barbujani G & Dupanloup I (2002) DNA Variation in Europe: Estimating the Demographic Impact of Neolithic Dispersals. In 'Examining the Farming/Language Dispersal Hypothesis' edited by Bellwood P & Renfrew C. McDonald Institute Monographs. Pp. 421-33.
  8. Roessli D, Excoffier L & Langaney A (1988) Visage et Racisme. In 'Le Visage' edited by BCyrulnik. Eshel. Pp. 145-160.

MSc thesis

  1. Kormann U (2009) Landscape genetics in capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus L.): combining direct and indirect methods to quantify dispersal and functional connectivity in a mountain landscape. MSc thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  2. Hofer T (2008) Spatial distribution of allele frequency differences among human populations. MSc thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  3. Lischer H (2008) Population genetics data acquisition and visualization. MSc thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  4. Struchen R (2008) Inferring the origin and history of Orkney voles with Approximate Bayesian Computation. MSc thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  5. Sutter A (2008) Sex-specific secondary contact in the common vole (Microtus arvalis). MSc thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  6. Walser B (2007) Genetic diversity and the impact of immigration in an isolated vole population. MSc thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  7. Zimmerman F (2007) Impact of alternative splicing on recent human genome evolution. MSc thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  8. Amstutz U (2006) Characterisation of candidate genes associated with the smoltification process in brown tout (Salmo trutta L.). Diploma thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  9. Braaker S (2006) Complex postglacial recolonisation of the Alps by the common vole (Microtus arvalis). MSc thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  10. Rytz R (2006) Social dynamics in a fluctuating vole population. MSc thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  11. Weyeneth N (2006) Inference of the flight distance of honeybee drones (Apis mellifera) with genetic and observational methods. MSc thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  12. Barnetta S (2005) Temporal Admixture Analysis of Atlantic and Mediterranean Brown Trout Salmo trutta in the Chevenne. Diploma thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  13. Thorenz B (2005) Glacial and colonization history of common vole populations (Microtus arvalis). MSc thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  14. Wegmann D (2005) Molecular Diversity after a Range Expansion in Heterogeneous Environments. Diploma thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  15. Fink Sabine (2004) Mitochondrial DNA diversity in European populations of the common vole (Microtus arvalis). Diploma Thesis. Berne, Berne.
  16. Walther S (2004) Nuclear an mtDNA diversity of Italian Myotis myotis populations. Diploma thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  17. Soland-Reckeweg G (2003) Postglacial colonisation history of the Lake Geneva basin by the bullhead Cottus gobio L. Diploma thesis. University of Bern, Bern.

PhD thesis

  1. Bittner D (2009) Gonad deformations in whitefish (Coregonus spp.) from Lake Thun, Switzerland - A population genetic and transcriptomic approach. PhD Thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  2. Wegmann D (2009) Inferring Demographic and Selective Histories using Approximate Bayesian Computations and Intra Genome Comparisons. PhD Thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  3. Fink S (2008) Molecular evolution in the genus Microtus. PhD thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  4. Soland-Reckeweg G (2006) Genetic differentiation and hybridization in the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) in Switzerland. PhD Thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  5. Berthier P (2005) Inference of hybridization and inbreeding in natural populations. PhD Thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  6. Giger T (2005) Relationships between transcriptome diversity, genetic variability and phenotypic diferences in brown trout (Salmo trutta L.). PhD Thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  7. Neuenschwander S (2005) Reconstruction of the post-glacial re-colonization of the Swiss Alps by the bullhead (Cottus gobio) based on spatially explicit computer simulations. PhD Thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  8. Currat M (2004) Effets des expansions des populations humaines en Europe sur leur diversite genetique. PhD Thesis. Universite de Geneve, Geneve.
  9. Keller I (2003) Impact of habitat fragmentation due to major roads on two species of ground beetles. PhD Thesis. University of Bern, Bern.
  10. Ray N (2003) Modelisation de la demographie des populations humaines prehistoriques a l'aide de donnees environnementales et genetiques PhD thesis. Universite de Geneve, Geneve.

Other publications

  1. Ray N & Adams J (2002) Present-potential vegetation maps of the world. A GIS-based reconstruction using altitudinal zones.