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The globalization of naval provisioning: ancient DNA and stable isotope analyses of stored cod from the wreck of the Mary Rose, AD 1545 (2015)
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Hutchinson, W. F., Culling, M., Orton, D. C., Hänfling, B., Handley, L. L., Hamilton-Dyer, S., …Barrett, J. H. (2015). The globalization of naval provisioning: ancient DNA and stable isotope analyses of stored cod from the wreck of the Mary Rose, AD 1545. Royal Society Open Science, 2(9), 150199. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150199

© 2015 The Authors. A comparison of ancient DNA (single-nucleotide polymorphisms) and carbon and nitrogen stable isotope evidence suggests that stored cod provisions recovered from the wreck of the Tudor warship Mary Rose, which sank in the Solent, s... Read More about The globalization of naval provisioning: ancient DNA and stable isotope analyses of stored cod from the wreck of the Mary Rose, AD 1545.

Transition in sexual system and sex chromosome evolution in the tadpole shrimp Triops cancriformis (2015)
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Mathers, T. C., Hammond, R. L., Jenner, R., Hänfling, B., Atkins, J., & Gómez, A. (2015). Transition in sexual system and sex chromosome evolution in the tadpole shrimp Triops cancriformis. Heredity, 115(1), 37-46. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2015.10

© 2015 Macmillan Publishers Limited All rights reserved. Transitions in sexual system and reproductive mode may affect the course of sex chromosome evolution, for instance by altering the strength of sexually antagonistic selection. However, there ha... Read More about Transition in sexual system and sex chromosome evolution in the tadpole shrimp Triops cancriformis.

The ancient Britons: groundwater fauna survived extreme climate change over tens of millions of years across NW Europe (2014)
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McInerney, C. E., Maurice, L., Robertson, A. L., Knight, L. R. F. D., Arnscheidt, J., Venditti, C., …Hänfling, B. (2014). The ancient Britons: groundwater fauna survived extreme climate change over tens of millions of years across NW Europe. Molecular ecology, 23(5), 1153-1166. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12664

Global climate changes during the Cenozoic (65.5–0 Ma) caused major biological range shifts and extinctions. In northern Europe, for example, a pattern of few endemics and the dominance of wide-ranging species is thought to have been determined by th... Read More about The ancient Britons: groundwater fauna survived extreme climate change over tens of millions of years across NW Europe.

Multiple global radiations in tadpole shrimps challenge the concept of 'living fossils' (2013)
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Mathers, T. C., Hammond, R. L., Jenner, R. A., Hänfling, B., & Gomez, A. (2013). Multiple global radiations in tadpole shrimps challenge the concept of 'living fossils'. PeerJ, 1, e62. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.62

‘Living fossils’, a phrase first coined by Darwin, are defined as species with limited recent diversification and high morphological stasis over long periods of evolutionary time. Morphological stasis, however, can potentially lead to diversification... Read More about Multiple global radiations in tadpole shrimps challenge the concept of 'living fossils'.

High lability of sexual system over 250 million years of evolution in morphologically conservative tadpole shrimps (2013)
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Mathers, T. C., Jenner, R. A., Zierold, T., Hammond, R. L., Hänfling, B., & Gomez, A. (2013). High lability of sexual system over 250 million years of evolution in morphologically conservative tadpole shrimps. BMC evolutionary biology, 13(1), 30. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-30

Background Sexual system is a key factor affecting the genetic diversity, population structure, genome structure and the evolutionary potential of species. The sexual system androdioecy – where males and hermaphrodites coexist in populations – is ext... Read More about High lability of sexual system over 250 million years of evolution in morphologically conservative tadpole shrimps.

Invasive alien Crustacea: dispersal, establishment, impact and control (2011)
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Hänfling, B., Edwards, F., & Gherardi, F. (2011). Invasive alien Crustacea: dispersal, establishment, impact and control. BioControl, 56(4), 573-595. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-011-9380-8

The subphylum Crustacea includes the most successful species among aquatic alien invaders. The impacts of invasive alien crustaceans (IAC) are often substantial, due to the complex trophic role of most of these species leading to cascading effects th... Read More about Invasive alien Crustacea: dispersal, establishment, impact and control.

Invasive cyprinid fish in Europe originate from the single introduction of an admixed source population followed by a complex pattern of spread (2011)
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Simon, A., Britton, R., Gozlan, R., van Oosterhout, C., Volckaert, F. A. M., & Hänfling, B. (2011). Invasive cyprinid fish in Europe originate from the single introduction of an admixed source population followed by a complex pattern of spread. PLoS ONE, 6(6), Article ARTN e18560. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018560

The Asian cyprinid fish, the topmouth gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva), was introduced into Europe in the 1960s. A highly invasive freshwater fish, it is currently found in at least 32 countries outside its native range. Here we analyse a 700 base pair... Read More about Invasive cyprinid fish in Europe originate from the single introduction of an admixed source population followed by a complex pattern of spread.

Shallow phylogeographic structuring of Vimba vimba across Europe suggests two distinct refugia during the last glaciation (2009)
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Hänfling, B., Dümpelmann, C., Bogutskaya, N., Brandl, R., & Brändle, M. (2009). Shallow phylogeographic structuring of Vimba vimba across Europe suggests two distinct refugia during the last glaciation. Journal of fish biology, 75(9), 2269-2286. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02415.x

Genetic variation and geographical structuring of vimba Vimba vimba were analysed across 26 sites (80 individuals) by means of mtDNA sequences (cyt b gene, mitochondrial control region) to localize hypothesized glacial refugia and to reconstruct post... Read More about Shallow phylogeographic structuring of Vimba vimba across Europe suggests two distinct refugia during the last glaciation.

Elevated mtDNA diversity in introduced populations of Cynotilapia afra(Günther 1894) in Lake Malawi National Park is evidence for multiple source populations and hybridization (2009)
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TURNER, G. F., ZIDANA, H., Van Oosterhout, C., & Haenfling, B. (2009). Elevated mtDNA diversity in introduced populations of Cynotilapia afra(Günther 1894) in Lake Malawi National Park is evidence for multiple source populations and hybridization. Molecular ecology, 18(21), 4380-4389. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2009.04362.x

Sex ratio, reproductive mode and genetic diversity in Triops cancriformis (2009)
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Zierold, T., Montero-Pau, J., Hänfling, B., & Gómez, A. (2009). Sex ratio, reproductive mode and genetic diversity in Triops cancriformis. Freshwater biology, 54(7), 1392-1405. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02191.x

1. Aquatic invertebrates display a wide array of alternative reproductive modes from apomixis to hermaphroditism and cyclical parthenogenesis. These have important effects on genetic diversity and population structure. Populations of the 'living foss... Read More about Sex ratio, reproductive mode and genetic diversity in Triops cancriformis.

Reply to Triant D and DeWoody J: Integrating numt pseudogenes into mitochondrial phylogenies: comment on Mitochondrial phylogeny of Arvicolinae using comprehensive taxonomic sampling yields new insights (2009)
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Buzan, E. V., Krystufek, B., Hänfling, B., & Hutchinson, W. F. (2009). Reply to Triant D and DeWoody J: Integrating numt pseudogenes into mitochondrial phylogenies: comment on Mitochondrial phylogeny of Arvicolinae using comprehensive taxonomic sampling yields new insights. Biological journal of the Linnean Society, 97(1), 225-226. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01232.x

Genetic diversity and population structure of the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis in its native range (2009)
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Sui, L., Zhang, F., Wang, X., Bossier, P., Sorgeloos, P., & Hänfling, B. (2009). Genetic diversity and population structure of the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis in its native range. Marine Biology, 156(8), 1573-1583. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-009-1193-2

The Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis is an indigenous and economically important species in China, but can also be found as invasive species in Europe and America. Mitten crabs have been exploited extensively as a food resource since the 1990s.... Read More about Genetic diversity and population structure of the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis in its native range.

Molecular studies on the Niphargus kochianus group (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Niphargidae) in Great Britain and Ireland (2008)
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Haenfling, B. (2008). Molecular studies on the Niphargus kochianus group (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Niphargidae) in Great Britain and Ireland. Cave and Karst Science, 35(42767), 35 - 40

The Niphargus kochianus group is one of the most westerly and northerly components of the genus Niphargus. All taxa within the group were delimited by morphological characters. However, recent research suggests that morphology alone is inadequate in... Read More about Molecular studies on the Niphargus kochianus group (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Niphargidae) in Great Britain and Ireland.

Mitochondrial phylogeny of Arvicolinae using comprehensive taxonomic sampling yields new insights (2008)
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Buzan, E. V., Krystufek, B., Hänfling, B., & Hutchinson, W. F. (2008). Mitochondrial phylogeny of Arvicolinae using comprehensive taxonomic sampling yields new insights. Biological journal of the Linnean Society, 94(4), 825-835. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01024.x

Comprehensive taxonomic sampling can vastly improve the accuracy of phylogenetic reconstruction. Here, we present the most inclusive phylogenetic analysis of Arvicolinae (Mammalia, Rodentia) to date, combining all published cytochrome b gene sequence... Read More about Mitochondrial phylogeny of Arvicolinae using comprehensive taxonomic sampling yields new insights.

Understanding the establishment success of non-indigenous fishes: lessons from population genetics (2007)
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Hänfling, B. (2007). Understanding the establishment success of non-indigenous fishes: lessons from population genetics. Journal of fish biology, 71(SUPPL. D), 115-135. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01685.x

During the last 10 years, an increasing number of studies have explored evolutionary aspects ofbiological invasions. It is becoming increasingly clear that evolutionary processes play animportant role during the establishment of non-native species. G... Read More about Understanding the establishment success of non-indigenous fishes: lessons from population genetics.

The guppy as a conservation model: Implications of parasitism and inbreeding for reintroduction success (2007)
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Van Oosterhout, C., Smith, A. M., Hänfling, B., Ramnarine, I. W., Mohammed, R. S., & Cable, J. (2007). The guppy as a conservation model: Implications of parasitism and inbreeding for reintroduction success. Conservation Biology, 21(6), 1573-1583. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00809.x

Ex situ conservation is of increasing importance to prevent the extinction of endangered animals in the wild. Despite low success rates of reintroduction programs few researchers have investigated empirically the efficacy of captive breeding regimes... Read More about The guppy as a conservation model: Implications of parasitism and inbreeding for reintroduction success.

Recent evolution of alternative reproductive modes in the 'living fossil' Triops cancriformis (2007)
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Zierold, T., Haenfling, B., & Gomez, A. (2007). Recent evolution of alternative reproductive modes in the 'living fossil' Triops cancriformis. BMC evolutionary biology, 7(161), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-7-161

Background: The Notostraca is a small but ancient crustacean order with a contrasting combination of a conservative morphology and a wide range of reproductive modes. The tadpole shrimp Triops cancriformis, includes bisexual - the putatively ancestra... Read More about Recent evolution of alternative reproductive modes in the 'living fossil' Triops cancriformis.

Phylogeography of the rare Balkan endemic Martino's vole, Dinaromys bogdanovi, reveals strong differentiation within the western Balkan Peninsula (2007)
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Krystufek, B., Buzan, E. V., Hutchinson, W. F., & Hänfling, B. (2007). Phylogeography of the rare Balkan endemic Martino's vole, Dinaromys bogdanovi, reveals strong differentiation within the western Balkan Peninsula. Molecular ecology, 16(6), 1221-1232. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03235.x

The spatial genetic structure of Martino's vole, a rare palaeoendemic species of the western Balkans, was investigated using DNA isolated from archived museum samples. The study was based on partial sequencing (555 bp) of the mitochondrial cytochrome... Read More about Phylogeography of the rare Balkan endemic Martino's vole, Dinaromys bogdanovi, reveals strong differentiation within the western Balkan Peninsula.

Genetic population structure and contemporary dispersal patterns of a recent European invader, the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis (2006)
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Herborg, L. M., Weetman, D., Van Oosterhout, C., & Hänfling, B. (2007). Genetic population structure and contemporary dispersal patterns of a recent European invader, the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis. Molecular ecology, 16(2), 231-242. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2006.03133.x

Genetic studies of recently established populations are challenging because the assumption of equilibrium underlying many analyses is likely to be violated. Using microsatellites, we investigated determinants of genetic structure and migration among... Read More about Genetic population structure and contemporary dispersal patterns of a recent European invader, the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis.

Concordant genetic estimators of migration reveal anthropogenically enhanced source-sink population structure in the River Sculpin, Cottus gobio (2006)
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Hänfling, B., & Weetman, D. (2006). Concordant genetic estimators of migration reveal anthropogenically enhanced source-sink population structure in the River Sculpin, Cottus gobio. Genetics, 173(3), 1487-1501. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.105.054296

River systems are vulnerable to natural and anthropogenic habitat fragmentation and will often harbor populations deviating markedly from simplified theoretical models. We investigated fine-scale population structure in the sedentary river fish Cottu... Read More about Concordant genetic estimators of migration reveal anthropogenically enhanced source-sink population structure in the River Sculpin, Cottus gobio.