Population Genetics

Publications

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
  105. Largiader C R, Fries V & Bakker T C M (2001) Genetic analysis of sneaking and egg-thievery in a natural population of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.). Heredity 86: 459-468
  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
  110. Excoffier L, Pellegrini B, Sanchez-Mazas A, Simon C & Langaney A (1987) Genetics and history of Sub-Saharan Africa. Y. Phys. Anthrop. 30: 151-194
  111. Sanchez-Mazas A, Excoffier L & Langaney A (1986) Measure and representation of the genetic similarity between populations by the percentage of isoactive genes. Teoria II 4: 143-154

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.