Publications

Rachel C. Williams, Marina B. Blanco, Jelmer W. Poelstra, Kelsie E. Hunnicutt, Aaron A. Comeault, Anne D. Yoder (2020). Conservation genomic analysis reveals ancient introgression and declining levels of genetic diversity in Madagascar’s hibernating dwarf lemurs. Heredity.

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C. Ryan Campbell, George P. Tiley, Jelmer W. Poelstra, Kelsie E. Hunnicutt, Peter A. Larsen, Mario dos Reis, Anne D. Yoder (2019). Pedigree-based measurement of the de novo mutation rate in the gray mouse lemur reveals a high mutation rate, few mutations in CpG sites, and a weak sex bias. bioRxiv.

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Ulrich Knief, Christen M. Bossu, Nicola Saino, Bengt Hansson, Jelmer W. Poelstra, Nagarjun Vijay, Matthias Weissensteiner, Jochen B. W. Wolf (2019). Epistatic mutations under divergent selection govern phenotypic variation in the crow hybrid zone. Nature Ecology & Evolution.

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Dominik Schüßler, Jordi Salmona, Marina B. Blanco, Jelmer W. Poelstra, George P. Tiley, Jean B. Andriambeloson, Olivier Bouchez, C. Ryan Campbell, Paul D. Etter, Amaia Iribar, Paul A. Hohenlohe, Kelsie E. Hunnicutt, Eric A. Johnson, Peter A. Larsen, Jasmin Mantilla-Contreras, Sophie Manzi, Alexandra Miller, Blanchard Randrianambinina, David W. Rasolofoson, Amanda R. Stahlke, David Weisrock, Rachel C. Williams, Lounès Chikhi, Edward E. Louis, Anne D. Yoder, Ute Radespiel (2019). Cryptic patterns of speciation in cryptic primates: microendemic mouse lemurs and the multispecies coalescent. bioRxiv.

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C. Ryan Campbell, Jelmer W. Poelstra, Anne D. Yoder (2018). What is Speciation Genomics? The roles of ecology, gene flow, and genomic architecture in the formation of species. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.

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Jelmer W. Poelstra, Emilie J. Richards, Christopher H. Martin (2018). Speciation in sympatry with ongoing secondary gene flow and a potential olfactory trigger in a radiation of Cameroon cichlids. Molecular Ecology.

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Anne D. Yoder, Jelmer W. Poelstra, George P. Tiley, Rachel C. Williams (2018). Neutral Theory Is the Foundation of Conservation Genetics. Molecular Biology and Evolution.

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Emilie J. Richards, Jelmer W. Poelstra, Christopher H. Martin (2018). Don't throw out the sympatric speciation with the crater lake water: fine-scale investigation of introgression provides equivocal support for causal role of secondary gene flow in one of the clearest examples of sympatric speciation. Evolution Letters.

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Emilie Richards, Aaron Comeault, Jelmer W. Poelstra (2017). Digest: Sticklebacks do not just go with the flow: Genetic differentiation between lake and stream populations due to more than just geographic distance. Evolution.

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Wouter Halfwerk, Caroline Dingle, Dusan M. Brinkhuizen, Jelmer W. Poelstra, Jan Komdeur, Hans W. Slabbekoorn (2016). Sharp acoustic boundaries across an altitudinal avian hybrid zone despite asymmetric introgression. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

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J. Albert C. Uy, Elizabeth A. Cooper, Stephen Cutie, Moira R. Concannon, Jelmer W. Poelstra, Robert G. Moyle, Christopher E. Filardi (2016). Mutations in different pigmentation genes are associated with parallel melanism in island flycatchers. Proc. R. Soc. B.

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Nagarjun Vijay, Christen M. Bossu, Jelmer W. Poelstra, Matthias H. Weissensteiner, Alexander Suh, Alexey P. Kryukov, Jochen B. W. Wolf (2016). Evolution of heterogeneous genome differentiation across multiple contact zones in a crow species complex. Nature Communications.

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Jelmer W. Poelstra, Nagarjun Vijay, Marc P. Hoeppner, Jochen B. W. Wolf (2015). Transcriptomics of colour patterning and coloration shifts in crows. Molecular Ecology.

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Matthias H. Weissensteiner, Jelmer W. Poelstra, Jochen B. W. Wolf (2015). Low-budget ready-to-fly unmanned aerial vehicles: an effective tool for evaluating the nesting status of canopy-breeding bird species. Journal of Avian Biology.

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Jelmer W. Poelstra, Nagarjun Vijay, Christen M. Bossu, Henrik Lantz, Bettina Ryll, Inge Müller, Vittorio Baglione, Per Unneberg, Martin Wikelski, Manfred G. Grabherr, Jochen B. W. Wolf (2014). The genomic landscape underlying phenotypic integrity in the face of gene flow in crows. Science.

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Jelmer W. Poelstra (2013). The Genetics of Speciation and Colouration in Carrion and Hooded Crows. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis.

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Nagarjun Vijay, Jelmer W. Poelstra, Axel Künstner, Jochen B. W. Wolf (2013). Challenges and strategies in transcriptome assembly and differential gene expression quantification. A comprehensive in silico assessment of RNA-seq experiments. Molecular Ecology.

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Jelmer W. Poelstra, Hans Ellegren, Jochen B. W. Wolf (2013). An extensive candidate gene approach to speciation: diversity, divergence and linkage disequilibrium in candidate pigmentation genes across the European crow hybrid zone. Heredity.

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Caroline Dingle, Jelmer W. Poelstra, Wouter Halfwerk, Dušan M. Brinkhuizen, Hans Slabbekoorn (2010). Asymmetric response patterns to subspecies-specific song differences in allopatry and parapatry in the gray-breasted wood-wren. Evolution.

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