Michael V. Westbury

Grey wolf genomic history reveals a dual ancestry of dogs

Anders Bergström, David W. G. Stanton, Ulrike H. Taron et al. · Nature · 2022 · 189 citations · Full text

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Extended and Continuous Decline in Effective Population Size Results in Low Genomic Diversity in the World’s Rarest Hyena Species, the Brown Hyena

Michael V. Westbury, Stefanie Hartmann, Axel Barlow et al. · Molecular Biology and Evolution · 2018 · 108 citations · Full text

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Ancient and modern genomes unravel the evolutionary history of the rhinoceros family

Shanlin Liu, Michael V. Westbury, Nicolás Dussex et al. · Cell · 2021 · 108 citations · Full text

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Successful application of ancient DNA extraction and library construction protocols to museum wet collection specimens

Nicolas Straube, Mariana L. Lyra, Johanna L. A. Paijmans et al. · Molecular Ecology Resources · 2021 · 97 citations · Full text

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A mitogenomic timetree for Darwin’s enigmatic South American mammal Macrauchenia patachonica

Michael V. Westbury, Sina Baleka, Axel Barlow et al. · Nature Communications · 2017 · 93 citations · Full text

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