Origin of British and Irish mammals: disparate post-glacial colonisation and species introductions

WI Montgomery, J Provan, AM McCabe… - Quaternary Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Global climate changes during the Quaternary reveal much about broader evolutionary
effects of environmental change. Detailed regional studies reveal how evolutionary lineages …

Badger Ecology, Bovine Tuberculosis, and Population Management: Lessons from the Island of Ireland

AW Byrne, A Allen, S Ciuti, E Gormley… - Transboundary and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The European badger, Meles meles, is an important wildlife host for Mycobacterium bovis
and contributes to the epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle in several …

Genetic Structure and Effective Population Sizes in European Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) at a Continental Scale: Insights from Microsatellite DNA

FE Zachos, AC Frantz, R Kuehn, S Bertouille… - Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We analyzed more than 600 red deer (Cervus elaphus) from large parts of its European
distribution range at 13 microsatellite loci, presenting the first continent-wide study of this …

MHC class II‐assortative mate choice in European badgers (Meles meles)

YW Sin, G Annavi, C Newman, C Buesching… - Molecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) plays a crucial role in the immune system, and
in some species, it is a target by which individuals choose mates to optimize the fitness of …

Post-glacial colonization of Europe by the wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus: evidence of a northern refugium and dispersal with humans

JS Herman, F Jóhannesdóttir, EP Jones… - Biological Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus is an opportunistic rodent that is found throughout
most of the European mainland. It is present on many islands around the margins of the …

Next‐generation phylogeography resolves post‐glacial colonization patterns in a widespread carnivore, the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), in Europe

AD McDevitt, I Coscia, SS Browett… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Carnivores tend to exhibit a lack of (or less pronounced) genetic structure at continental
scales in both a geographic and temporal sense and this can confound the identification of …

Between the Balkans and the Baltic: phylogeography of a common vole mitochondrial DNA lineage limited to Central Europe

J Stojak, AD McDevitt, JS Herman, B Kryštufek… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The common vole (Microtus arvalis) has been a model species of small mammal for studying
end-glacial colonization history. In the present study we expanded the sampling from central …

Recovery in the melting pot: complex origins and restored genetic diversity in newly established Eurasian beaver (Rodentia: Castoridae) populations

P Munclinger, A Syrůčková, J Náhlovský… - Biological Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Several larger vertebrate species have recovered from dramatic bottlenecks caused by
overhunting and habitat destruction. One of the most notable comebacks concerns the …

Genetic diversity of two mitochondrial DNA genes in Spirometra erinaceieuropaei (Cestoda: Diphyllobothridae) from Poland

M Kołodziej‐Sobocińska, J Stojak… - Journal of Zoological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The tapeworm species Spirometra erinaceieuropaei was documented mainly in Asia and
Europe. In recent years, plerocercoid larvae (spargana) of this parasite have been found in …

Both selection and drift drive the spatial pattern of adaptive genetic variation in a wild mammal

DK Lam, AC Frantz, T Burke, E Geffen, SYW Sin - Evolution, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) has been intensively studied for the relative
effects of different evolutionary forces in recent decades. Pathogen-mediated balancing …