Population Genetics

Publications

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.