M. V. Westbury

This study uses Late Pleistocene polar bear genomes to assess the timing of allele fixation in key Arctic adaptation genes, finding most alleles were fixed before 70,000 years ago, with some recent fixes in APOB, LYST, and TTN.

This study investigates genetic subdivision in the giant root-rat, finding distinct northern and southern subpopulations separated by topographic barriers and historical glaciation.

This study uses ancient and modern genomes to trace the evolutionary history and population dynamics of brown bears across the Holarctic region.

This study examines how Holocene environmental changes impacted the evolutionary ecology of Greenlandic polar bears using genomics, isotopic analysis, morphometrics, and ecological modeling.

This study recovers the first draft genomes of the extinct blue antelope, revealing its evolutionary relationships and low genetic diversity, suggesting human impact contributed to its extinction.

This study uses genomic data to analyze the evolutionary relationships and demographic history of kiwi species, revealing low gene-tree discordance and signs of post-divergence gene flow.

This study evaluates how reference genome phylogenetic distance affects evolutionary inference using short-read data from beluga and rowi kiwi species.

This study investigates post-divergence gene flow in Delphinoidea toothed whales using phylogenomics, allele distribution, and demographic analysis, revealing complex speciation involving ancient gene flow and limited contemporary hybridization.

This study uses ancient DNA and osteometric analysis to reveal the domestication history of South American camelids, finding lost genetic diversity and evidence of early interbreeding.

This study generates an aardwolf genome and analyzes it with other hyena genomes to explore evolutionary relationships, dietary adaptations, and genetic diversity patterns in Hyaenidae.

The paper analyzes genomic changes in white rhinoceros subspecies before and after population declines, finding reduced genetic diversity and increased inbreeding in both.

The paper confirms introgression of Austrian fire-bellied toads into northern German populations using mitochondrial genomes and transcriptome-wide SNPs, revealing hybridization with B. variegata in one population.