List of works - Ben Wielstra

A genomic footprint of hybrid zone movement in crested newts ⬇️

A multimarker phylogeography of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies) reveals cryptic species

scientific article

A revised taxonomy of crested newts in the Triturus karelinii group (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae), with the description of a new species

scientific article (publication date: 28 June 2013)

A signature of dynamic biogeography: enclaves indicate past species replacement

scientific article published in December 2017

Absence of heterosis in hybrid crested newts

scientific article published on 24 July 2018

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

scientific article published in 2023

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

scientific article published in 2022

Balanced lethal systems

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Coevolution between MHC Class I and Antigen-Processing Genes in Salamanders

scientific article published on 10 August 2021

Corresponding mitochondrial DNA and niche divergence for crested newt candidate species

scientific article

Cryptic crested newt diversity at the Eurasian transition: the mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of Near Eastern Triturus newts

scientific article

Data concatenation, Bayesian concordance and coalescent-based analyses of the species tree for the rapid radiation of Triturus newts

scientific article published in 2014

Description of a new species of crested newt, previously subsumed in Triturus ivanbureschi (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae)

scientific article

Digest: Biased male-male competition drives asymmetric introgression in lizards

scientific article published on 20 August 2020

Efficient screening for ‘genetic pollution’ in an anthropogenic crested newt hybrid zone

article by Ben Wielstra et al published 30 July 2016 in Conservation Genetics Resources

Erratum to “Multiple nuclear and mitochondrial genes resolve the branching order of a rapid radiation of crested newts (Triturus, Salamandridae)” [Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 52 (2009) 321–328]

article

Erratum to: Molecular evolution of antigen processing genes in salamanders: do they coevolve with MHC class I genes?

scientific article published in April 2021

Exploring the effect of asymmetric mitochondrial DNA introgression on estimating niche divergence in morphologically cryptic species

scientific article

First record of facultative paedomorphism in the Kosswig’s newt Lissotriton (vulgaris) kosswigi (Freytag, 1955) (Urodela; Salamandridae), endemic to northwestern Turkey

scientific article published in 2015

Genetic and morphological data demonstrate hybridization and backcrossing in a pair of salamanders at the far end of the speciation continuum

scientific article published on 09 November 2021

Genetic homogeneity in a Pontocaspian crested newt species (Triturus karelinii) suggests recent isolation of its three allopatric range sections

scientific article published in 2020

Genetic pollution of a threatened native crested newt species through hybridization with an invasive congener in the Netherlands

scientific article

Is mitochondrial DNA divergence of Near Eastern crested newts (Triturus karelinii group) reflected by differentiation of skull shape?

scientific article published in 2013

Is the Danube crested newt Triturus dobrogicus polytypic? A review and new nuclear DNA data

scientific article published in 2016

Kicking Triturus arntzeni when it’s down: large-scale nuclear genetic data confirm that newts from the type locality are genetically admixed

scientific article (publication date: 27 May 2014)

Molecular Evolution of Antigen-Processing Genes in Salamanders: Do They Coevolve with MHC Class I Genes?

scientific article published on 3 February 2021

Molecular data reveal the hybrid nature of an introduced population of banded newts (Ommatotriton) in Spain

article

Multiple nuclear and mitochondrial genes resolve the branching order of a rapid radiation of crested newts (Triturus arntzenii) (corrected)

scientific article (publication date: August 2009)

Next-generation phylogeography of the banded newts (Ommatotriton): A phylogenetic hypothesis for three ancient species with geographically restricted interspecific gene flow and deep intraspecific genetic structure

scholarly article published in 2022

No evidence for nuclear introgression despite complete mtDNA replacement in the Carpathian newt (Lissotriton montandoni).

scientific article published on 4 February 2013

Northern and southern blacklegged (deer) ticks are genetically distinct with different histories and Lyme spirochete infection rates

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

Parallel tagged amplicon sequencing of transcriptome-based genetic markers for Triturus newts with the Ion Torrent next-generation sequencing platform

scientific article

Phylogenomics of the adaptive radiation of Triturus newts supports gradual ecological niche expansion towards an incrementally aquatic lifestyle

Phylogeography of a cryptic speciation continuum in Eurasian spadefoot toads (Pelobates)

scientific article published on 28 June 2019

Phylotranscriptomic evidence for pervasive ancient hybridization among Old World salamanders

scientific article published on 05 October 2020

Postglacial species displacement in Triturus newts deduced from asymmetrically introgressed mitochondrial DNA and ecological niche models

scientific article

Reducing human pressure on farmland could rescue China's declining wintering geese

scientific article published on 18 August 2020

Southward autumn migration of waterfowl facilitates cross-continental transmission of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus

scientific article

Spring migration patterns, habitat use, and stopover site protection status for two declining waterfowl species wintering in China as revealed by satellite tracking.

scientific article published on 24 May 2018

Testing an hypothesis of hybrid zone movement for toads in France

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

The Carpathians hosted extra-Mediterranean refugia-within-refugia during the Pleistocene Ice Age: genomic evidence from two newt genera

article

The Near East as a cradle of biodiversity: A phylogeography of banded newts (genus Ommatotriton) reveals extensive inter- and intraspecific genetic differentiation

scientific article

The Roles of Phylogeny and Climate in Shaping Variation in Life-History Traits of the Newt GenusTriturus(Caudata, Salamandridae)

scholarly article by Tanja D. Vukov et al published October 2014 in Annales Zoologici Fennici

The crested newtTriturus cristatusrecolonized temperate Eurasia from an extra-Mediterranean glacial refugium

The distribution and taxonomy of Lissotriton newts in Turkey (Amphibia, Salamandridae)

scientific article

The distribution of the crested and marbled newt species (Amphibia: Salamandridae: Triturus) – an addition to the New Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe

The distributions of the six species constituting the smooth newt species complex (Lissotriton vulgaris sensu lato and L. montandoni) – an addition to the New Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe

The evolution of the adult body form of the crested newt (Triturus cristatus superspecies, Caudata, Salamandridae)

article published in 2011

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

scientific article published in December 2022

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

scientific article published in 2022

The modality of nineTriturusnewt hybrid zones assessed with nuclear, mitochondrial and morphological data

article by Pim Arntzen et al published 29 August 2014 in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

The phylogeny of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies): nuclear and mitochondrial genetic characters suggest a hard polytomy, in line with the paleogeography of the centre of origin

scientific article

Tracing glacial refugia of Triturus newts based on mitochondrial DNA phylogeography and species distribution modeling

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Triturus newts

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Unraveling the rapid radiation of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies) using complete mitogenomic sequences

scientific article

Where to draw the line? A nuclear genetic perspective on proposed range boundaries of the crested newts Triturus karelinii and T. arntzeni

article by Ben Wielstra published 2010 in Amphibia-Reptilia

List of works by Ben Wielstra

A genomic footprint of hybrid zone movement in crested newts ⬇️

A multimarker phylogeography of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies) reveals cryptic species

A revised taxonomy of crested newts in the Triturus karelinii group (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae), with the description of a new species

A signature of dynamic biogeography: enclaves indicate past species replacement

Absence of heterosis in hybrid crested newts

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

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

Balanced lethal systems

Coevolution between MHC Class I and Antigen-Processing Genes in Salamanders

Corresponding mitochondrial DNA and niche divergence for crested newt candidate species

Cryptic crested newt diversity at the Eurasian transition: the mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of Near Eastern Triturus newts

Data concatenation, Bayesian concordance and coalescent-based analyses of the species tree for the rapid radiation of Triturus newts

Description of a new species of crested newt, previously subsumed in Triturus ivanbureschi (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae)

Digest: Biased male-male competition drives asymmetric introgression in lizards

Efficient screening for ‘genetic pollution’ in an anthropogenic crested newt hybrid zone

Erratum to “Multiple nuclear and mitochondrial genes resolve the branching order of a rapid radiation of crested newts (Triturus, Salamandridae)” [Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 52 (2009) 321–328]

Erratum to: Molecular evolution of antigen processing genes in salamanders: do they coevolve with MHC class I genes?

Exploring the effect of asymmetric mitochondrial DNA introgression on estimating niche divergence in morphologically cryptic species

First record of facultative paedomorphism in the Kosswig’s newt Lissotriton (vulgaris) kosswigi (Freytag, 1955) (Urodela; Salamandridae), endemic to northwestern Turkey

Genetic and morphological data demonstrate hybridization and backcrossing in a pair of salamanders at the far end of the speciation continuum

Genetic homogeneity in a Pontocaspian crested newt species (Triturus karelinii) suggests recent isolation of its three allopatric range sections

Genetic pollution of a threatened native crested newt species through hybridization with an invasive congener in the Netherlands

Is mitochondrial DNA divergence of Near Eastern crested newts (Triturus karelinii group) reflected by differentiation of skull shape?

Is the Danube crested newt Triturus dobrogicus polytypic? A review and new nuclear DNA data

Kicking Triturus arntzeni when it’s down: large-scale nuclear genetic data confirm that newts from the type locality are genetically admixed

Molecular Evolution of Antigen-Processing Genes in Salamanders: Do They Coevolve with MHC Class I Genes?

Molecular data reveal the hybrid nature of an introduced population of banded newts (Ommatotriton) in Spain

Multiple nuclear and mitochondrial genes resolve the branching order of a rapid radiation of crested newts (Triturus arntzenii) (corrected)

Next-generation phylogeography of the banded newts (Ommatotriton): A phylogenetic hypothesis for three ancient species with geographically restricted interspecific gene flow and deep intraspecific genetic structure

No evidence for nuclear introgression despite complete mtDNA replacement in the Carpathian newt (Lissotriton montandoni).

Northern and southern blacklegged (deer) ticks are genetically distinct with different histories and Lyme spirochete infection rates

Parallel tagged amplicon sequencing of transcriptome-based genetic markers for Triturus newts with the Ion Torrent next-generation sequencing platform

Phylogenomics of the adaptive radiation of Triturus newts supports gradual ecological niche expansion towards an incrementally aquatic lifestyle

Phylogeography of a cryptic speciation continuum in Eurasian spadefoot toads (Pelobates)

Phylotranscriptomic evidence for pervasive ancient hybridization among Old World salamanders

Postglacial species displacement in Triturus newts deduced from asymmetrically introgressed mitochondrial DNA and ecological niche models

Reducing human pressure on farmland could rescue China's declining wintering geese

Southward autumn migration of waterfowl facilitates cross-continental transmission of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus

Spring migration patterns, habitat use, and stopover site protection status for two declining waterfowl species wintering in China as revealed by satellite tracking.

Testing an hypothesis of hybrid zone movement for toads in France

The Carpathians hosted extra-Mediterranean refugia-within-refugia during the Pleistocene Ice Age: genomic evidence from two newt genera

The Near East as a cradle of biodiversity: A phylogeography of banded newts (genus Ommatotriton) reveals extensive inter- and intraspecific genetic differentiation

The Roles of Phylogeny and Climate in Shaping Variation in Life-History Traits of the Newt GenusTriturus(Caudata, Salamandridae)

The crested newtTriturus cristatusrecolonized temperate Eurasia from an extra-Mediterranean glacial refugium

The distribution and taxonomy of Lissotriton newts in Turkey (Amphibia, Salamandridae)

The distribution of the crested and marbled newt species (Amphibia: Salamandridae: Triturus) – an addition to the New Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe

The distributions of the six species constituting the smooth newt species complex (Lissotriton vulgaris sensu lato and L. montandoni) – an addition to the New Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe

The evolution of the adult body form of the crested newt (Triturus cristatus superspecies, Caudata, Salamandridae)

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

The modality of nineTriturusnewt hybrid zones assessed with nuclear, mitochondrial and morphological data

The phylogeny of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies): nuclear and mitochondrial genetic characters suggest a hard polytomy, in line with the paleogeography of the centre of origin

Tracing glacial refugia of Triturus newts based on mitochondrial DNA phylogeography and species distribution modeling

Triturus newts

Unraveling the rapid radiation of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies) using complete mitogenomic sequences

Where to draw the line? A nuclear genetic perspective on proposed range boundaries of the crested newts Triturus karelinii and T. arntzeni