Ben Wielstra

TT Assistant Professor / ERC Starting Grant

Leiden University

Netherlands

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Dr. Ben Wielstra is a TT Assistant Professor at Leiden University in the Netherlands. His research focuses on evolutionary biology and genomics, with recent publications covering topics such as genetic linkage mapping, Y-chromosome turnover in newts, and phylogenomic studies of salamanders. Dr. Wielstra also investigates conservation genetics and the implications of genetic pollution on biodiversity.

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Marzena Marszałek

Jagiellonian University

POLAND

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Daniele Canestrelli

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Università degli Studi di Torino

ITALY

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Alfredo Nicieza

SPAIN

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Erin Toffelmier

University of California

UNITED STATES

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Robert Puschendorf

University of Plymouth

UNITED KINGDOM

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Wieslaw Babik

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Jagiellonian University

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Evan McCartney-Melstad

University of California, Los Angeles

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Howard Bradley Shaffer

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UCLA Life Sciences

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Steven Allain

Lecturer in Animal Science

Writtle University College

UNITED KINGDOM

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Articles (20)

Linkage Mapping vs. Association: A Comparison of Two RADseq‐Based Approaches to Identify Markers for Homomorphic Sex Chromosomes in Large Genomes

Identification of Y-chromosome turnover in newts fails to support a sex chromosome origin for the Triturus balanced lethal system.

NewtCap: An Efficient Target Capture Approach to Boost Genomic Studies in Salamandridae (True Salamanders and Newts)

Determining Zygosity With Multiplex Kompetitive Allele‐Specific PCR (mxKASP) Genotyping

Discordance between phylogenomic methods in near Eastern mountain newts (Neurergus, Salamandridae)

Exposing Selection and Genetic Linkage in the Evolutionary Enigmatic Balanced Lethal System in Triturus Newts

Scientists’ warning on genetic pollution

Genome-wide patterns of diversity in the European midwife toad complex: phylogeographic and conservation prospects

Safeguarding Iguana diversity: enabling rapid and low-effort tracking of non-native iguanas through terrestrial eDNA innovations

Phylogenomics resolves the puzzling phylogeny of banded newts (genus Ommatotriton)

Two transects reveal remarkable variation in gene flow on opposite ends of a European toad hybrid zone

An extended mtDNA phylogeography for the alpine newt illuminates the provenance of introduced populations

Interspecific introgression of MHC genes in Triturus newts: Evidence from multiple contact zones

Hybrid zone analysis confirms cryptic species of banded newt and does not support competitive displacement since secondary contact

Genomic phylogeography illuminates deep cyto-nuclear discordances in midwife toads (Alytes)

An isolated crested newt population in Dutch coastal dunes: distribution relict or introduction?

The conservation paradox of an introduced population of a threatened species: spadefoot toads in the coastal dunes of the Netherlands

The introduction of three cryptic tree frog species in the Dutch coastal dunes challenges conservation paradigms

The limits of mtDNA analysis for determining the provenance of invasive species: a midwife toad example

An isolated crested newt population in Dutch coastal dunes: distribution relict or introduction?

Collaborators (9)

Marzena Marszałek

Daniele Canestrelli

Alfredo Nicieza

Erin Toffelmier

Robert Puschendorf

Wieslaw Babik

Evan McCartney-Melstad

Howard Bradley Shaffer

Steven Allain

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