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 · 166 citations · Full text

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 · 103 citations · Full text

Population Size, Animal Taxonomy, Continuous Decline +20

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

Shanlin Liu, Michael V. Westbury, Nicolás Dussex et al. · Cell · 2021 · 100 citations · Full text

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

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 · 92 citations · Full text