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List of works by Thierry Backeljau

A baseline survey of intersex in Littorina littorea along the Scheldt estuary, The Netherlands.

scientific article published in March 2004

A century of coping with environmental and ecological changes via compensatory biomineralization in mussels

scientific article published on 28 October 2020

A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of dalytyphloplanida (platyhelminthes: rhabdocoela) reveals multiple escapes from the marine environment and origins of symbiotic relationships

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

A decadal view of biodiversity informatics: challenges and priorities

scientific article

A new jewel-like species of the pill-millipede genus Sphaerobelum Verhoeff, 1924 (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae) from Thailand

scientific article published on 29 September 2023

A new species of Glochinema (Epsilonematidae: Nematoda) from the oxygen minimum zone off Baja California, NE Pacific and phylogenetic relationships at species level within the family

A potential species-specific molecular marker suggests interspecific hybridization between sibling species Littorina arcana and L. saxatilis (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) in natural populations.

scientific article published on 19 August 2009

A preliminary account of species specific protein patterns in albumen gland extracts of Arion hortensis s.l. (Pulmonata, Arionidae)

scholarly article in Basteria, vol. 49 no. 1/3, 1985

A revision of the Thyropygus allevatus group. Part V: Nine new species of the extended opinatus subgroup, based on morphological and DNA sequence data (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Harpagophoridae)

scientific article published on 24 May 2016

A second New World hoverfly, Toxomerus floralis (Fabricius) (Diptera: Syrphidae), recorded from the Old World, with description of larval pollen-feeding ecology

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Adhoc: an R package to calculate ad hoc distance thresholds for DNA barcoding identification

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Age and size of European saltmarshes and the population genetic consequences for ground beetles

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Annotated checklist of the terrestrial gastropods of Nepal

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Are invasive populations characterized by a broader diet than native populations?

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Arion transsylvanus (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Arionidae): rediscovery of a cryptic species

article published in 2010

Associations between shell strength, shell morphology and heavy metals in the land snail Cepaea nemoralis (Gastropoda, Helicidae)

scientific article published on 18 January 2006

Body-size shifts in aquatic and terrestrial urban communities

scientific article published in Nature

Checklist of the fresh and brackish water snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) of Bénin and adjacent West African ecoregions

scientific article published on 18 June 2020

Coding region SNP analysis to enhance dog mtDNA discrimination power in forensic casework

scientific article published on 16 September 2014

Cold tolerance and freeze-induced glucose accumulation in three terrestrial slugs

scientific article published in 2012

Comparative assessment of reproductive impairment in the gastropod mollusc Littorina littorea along the Belgian North Sea coast

scientific article published on 15 February 2009

Comparative performances of DNA barcoding across insect orders

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Comparison of preservation methods of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Acari: Ixodidae) for reliable DNA amplification by PCR.

scientific article published in January 2006

Conchological differentiation and genital anatomy of Nepalese Glessulinae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Subulinidae), with descriptions of six new species

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Congruence between starch gel and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in detecting allozyme variation in pulmonate land slugs

scientific article published on 01 February 2003

Contrasting allozyme and RAPD variation in spider populations from patchy forest habitats

scientific article published on September 2003

DNA Barcoding to Improve the Taxonomy of the Afrotropical Hoverflies (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae)

scientific article published on 16 October 2015

DNA analyses reveal abundant homoplasy in taxonomically important morphological characters of Eusiroidea (Crustacea, Amphipoda)

article published in 2015

DNA barcodes and phylogenetic affinities of the terrestrial slugs Arion gilvus and A. ponsi (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Arionidae)

scientific article published on 30 December 2013

DNA barcoding and the differentiation between North American and West European Phormia regina (Diptera, Calliphoridae, Chrysomyinae)

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DNA barcoding of earthworms (Eisenia fetida/andrei complex) from 28 ecotoxicological test laboratories

scholarly article by Jörg Römbke et al published August 2016 in Applied Soil Ecology

DNA identification of species of the Anopheles maculipennis complex and first record of An. daciae in Belgium

scientific article published on 05 May 2021

Darwininitium – a new fully pseudosigmurethrous orthurethran genus from Nepal (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Cerastidae)

scientific article published on March 16, 2012

Deciphering mollusc shell production: the roles of genetic mechanisms through to ecology, aquaculture and biomimetics

scientific article published on 31 July 2020

Detection of the East and West African kdr mutation in Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles arabiensis from Uganda using a new assay based on FRET/Melt Curve analysis

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Direct and indirect effects of metal stress on physiology and life history variation in field populations of a lycosid spider

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Dispersal and gene flow in free-living marine nematodes

scientific article published on January 28, 2013

Dog mitochondrial genome sequencing to enhance dog mtDNA discrimination power in forensic casework

scientific article published on 13 May 2014

Eco-ethological heterogeneity of the members of the Anopheles minimus complex (Diptera: Culicidae) in Southeast Asia and its consequences for vector control

scientific article published on May 2004

Editorial

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Effect of metal accumulation on metallothionein level and condition of the periwinkle Littorina littorea along the Scheldt estuary (the Netherlands)

scientific article published on 30 November 2009

Effects of environmental pollution on microsatellite DNA diversity in wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) populations

scientific article published on 01 November 2005

Effects of environmental stress on the condition of Littorina littorea along the Scheldt estuary (The Netherlands).

scientific article published on 6 March 2007

Effects of mating, breeding system and parasites on reproduction in hermaphrodites: pulmonate gastropods (Mollusca)

scientific article published in 2007

Effects of sublethal abiotic stressors on population growth and genetic diversity of Pellioditis marina (Nematoda) from the Westerschelde estuary

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Exploring species level taxonomy and species delimitation methods in the facultatively self-fertilizing land snail genus Rumina (gastropoda: pulmonata)

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Exploring the Use of Cytochrome Oxidase c Subunit 1 (COI) for DNA Barcoding of Free-Living Marine Nematodes

scientific article published on October 28, 2010

Fifteen microsatellite loci for the decollate snail, Rumina decollata

Filling a gap in the phylogeny of flatworms: relationships within the Rhabdocoela (Platyhelminthes), inferred from 18S ribosomal DNA sequences

scholarly article by Wim R. Willems et al published January 2006 in Zoologica Scripta

First mitochondrial genomes of five hoverfly species of the genus Eristalinus (Diptera: Syrphidae)

scientific article published on 08 July 2019

First record of the West Nile virus bridge vector Culex modestus Ficalbi (Diptera: Culicidae) in Belgium, validated by DNA barcoding

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First report of the exotic blue land planarian, Caenoplana coerulea (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae), on Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain)

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Further evidence for geographic differentiation in R. appendiculatus (Acari: Ixodidae) from Eastern and Southern provinces of Zambia.

scientific article published on 6 March 2007

Genetic variation in Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Acari: Ixodidae) from Zambia: correlating genetic and ecological variation with Rhipicephalus appendiculatus from eastern and southern Africa.

scientific article published in December 2007

Genetic variation in two land snails, Cepaea nemoralis and Succinea putris (Gastropoda, Pulmonata), from sites differing in heavy metal content

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

Global realized niche divergence in the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis

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Habitat suitability modelling of four terrestrial slug species in the Iberian Peninsula (Arionidae:Geomalacusspecies)

scientific article published in 2015

Identifying insects with incomplete DNA barcode libraries, African fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) as a test case

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Impacts of Climate Change on the Global Invasion Potential of the African Clawed Frog Xenopus laevis

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In silico discovery of a nearly complete mitochondrial genome Numt in the dog (Canis lupus familiaris) nuclear genome

scientific article published on 20 May 2015

Integrative taxonomy of the new millipede genus Coxobolellus, gen. nov. (Diplopoda : Spirobolida : Pseudospirobolellidae), with descriptions of ten new species

scientific article published in 2020

Intermediate gastropod hosts of major feline cardiopulmonary nematodes in an area of wildcat and domestic cat sympatry in Greece

scientific article published on 10 July 2020

Is ‘everything everywhere’? Unprecedented cryptic diversity in the cosmopolitan flatworm <i>Gyratrix hermaphroditus</i>

scientific article published in 2021

Length heteroplasmy of the polyC-polyT-polyC stretch in the dog mtDNA control region

scientific article published on 14 November 2014

Limits to gene flow in a cosmopolitan marine planktonic diatom

scientific article (publication date: 20 July 2010)

Locked in the icehouse: Evolution of an endemic Epimeria (Amphipoda, Crustacea) species flock on the Antarctic shelf

scientific article published on 18 May 2017

Mitochondrial DNA hyperdiversity and its potential causes in the marine periwinkle Melarhaphe neritoides (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

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Mixed breeding system in the hermaphroditic land slug Arion intermedius (Stylommatophora, Arionidae).

scientific article published on 24 October 2013

Molecular identification of novel intermediate host species of Angiostrongylus vasorum in Greater London.

scientific article published on 7 September 2014

Molecular systematics of the endemic Leptaxini (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) on the Azores islands.

scientific article published in October 2005

Morphological and mitochondrial DNA data reshuffle the taxonomy of the genera Atopochetus Attems, Litostrophus Chamberlin and Tonkinbolus Verhoeff (Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Pachybolidae), with descriptions of nine new species

Morphological, acoustic and genetic identification of a reproducing population of the invasive African clawed frog Xenopus laevis (Anura, Pipidae) recently discovered in Belgium

scientific article published on 14 November 2023

Organ- and species-specific accumulation of metals in two land snail species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata).

scientific article published in March 2013

Oxychilus (Drouetia) viridescens (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Oxychilidae), a new species from Santa Maria, Açores, and a review of the subgenus

scientific article (publication date: 28 February 2013)

PESI - a taxonomic backbone for Europe

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Parentage analyses suggest female promiscuity and a disadvantage for athletic males in the colour-polymorphic lizard Podarcis melisellensis

scientific article published in 2014

Persistent inter- and intraspecific gene exchange within a parallel radiation of caterpillar hunter beetles (Calosoma sp.) from the Galápagos

scientific article published on June 2015

Phylogenetic analysis of the Baikalodrilus species flock (Annelida: Clitellata: Naididae), an endemic genus to Lake Baikal (Russia)

scientific article published in 2019

Plutoniinae Bollman, 1893 (Arthropoda, Chilopoda) And Plutoniinae Cockerell, 1893 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): Proposed Removal Of Homonymy

scientific article published in 1995

Population Genetics and Identity of an Introduced Terrestrial Slug: Arion subfuscus s.l. in the North-east USA (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Arionidae)

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Predominance of a single phylogenetic species in colonization events among a sextet of decollate land snail, Rumina decollata (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Subulinidae), species

scientific article published in March 2014

Rangewide phylogeography of a terrestrial slug in Europe: evidence for Alpine refugia and rapid colonization after the Pleistocene glaciations

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Rapid large-scale evolutionary divergence in morphology and performance associated with exploitation of a different dietary resource

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Re-description of the type species of the genera Ganesella Blanford, 1863 and Globotrochus Haas, 1935; with description of a new Ganesella species from Thailand (Eupulmonata, Camaenidae)

scientific article published on 07 August 2019

Recurrent adaptation in a low-dispersal trait

scientific article published on February 2015

Relation between mitochondrial DNA hyperdiversity, mutation rate and mitochondrial genome evolution in Melarhaphe neritoides (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) and other Caenogastropoda

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Repeated unidirectional introgression of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA between four congeneric Tanganyikan cichlids

scientific article published on 15 February 2011

Reports on the free-living platyhelminthes from Australia: typhloplanoida, with the description of three new taxa

scientific article published in March 2004

Review of the genus Endothyrella Zilch, 1960 with description of five new species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Plectopylidae)

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Review of the ultrastructure of the nematode body cuticle and its phylogenetic interpretation

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Reviewing population studies for forensic purposes: Dog mitochondrial DNA

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Sensitivity to cadmium along a salinity gradient in populations of the periwinkle, Littorina littorea, using time-to-death analysis

scientific article published on 01 February 2004

Shells from aquaculture: a valuable biomaterial, not a nuisance waste product

article published in 2018

Slug species- and population-specific effects on the end points of the Slug Mucosal Irritation test

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Spatiotemporal allozyme variation in the damselfly, Lestes viridis (Odonata: Zygoptera): gene flow among permanent and temporary ponds

scientific article published in July 2005

Species limits, interspecific hybridization and phylogeny in the cryptic land snail complex Pyramidula: The power of RADseq data

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Taxonomic and population genetic re-interpretation of two color morphs of the decollate snail, Rumina decollata (Mollusca, Pulmonata) in southern France

scientific article published on July 26, 2013

Temporal trends in soft tissue metal levels in the periwinkle Littorina littorea along the Scheldt estuary, The Netherlands

scientific article published on 01 April 2005

The EASIN Editorial Board: quality assurance, exchange and sharing of alien species information in Europe

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The genus Diplommatina Benson, 1849 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Diplommatinidae) in Nepal, with the description of seven new species

scientific article published on 21 July 2017

The population genetic structure of Littorina littorea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) along a pollution gradient in the Scheldt estuary (The Netherlands) using RAPD analysis

scientific article published on 01 June 2004

The use of RAPD in ecotoxicology

scientific article published on May 2004

Tracking Invasive Alien Species (TrIAS): Building a data-driven framework to inform policy

scientific article published on 02 May 2017

Unequal contribution of native South African phylogeographic lineages to the invasion of the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, in Europe

scientific article published on February 2016

Untangling a mess of worms: Species delimitations reveal morphological crypsis and variability in Southeast Asian semi-aquatic earthworms (Almidae, Glyphidrilus)

scientific article published on 08 June 2019

Urbanization drives cross-taxon declines in abundance and diversity at multiple spatial scales

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Using next-generation sequencing to improve DNA barcoding: lessons from a small-scale study of wild bee species (Hymenoptera, Halictidae)

scholarly article by Gontran Sonet et al published 31 August 2018 in Apidologie

Utility of Classical α-Taxonomy for Biodiversity of Aquatic Nematodes

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Utility of GenBank and the Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) for the identification of forensically important Diptera from Belgium and France

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A new genus of Pseudospirobolellidae (Diplopoda, Spirobolida) from limestone karst areas in Thailand, with descriptions of three new species

scientific article published on 19 August 2022

Redescription of the giant Southeast Asian millipede Spirobolus macrurus Pocock, 1893 and its assignment to the new genus Macrurobolus gen. nov. (Diplopoda, Spirobolida, Pachybolidae)

scientific article published on 22 February 2022

Two new millipede species of the genus Coxobolellus Pimvichai, Enghoff, Panha & Backeljau, 2020 (Diplopoda, Spirobolida, Pseudospirobolellidae)

scientific article published on 9 November 2022