Michael V Westbury
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Recent Articles
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Sun Y, Lorenzen E, Westbury M
BMC Genomics
. 2024 Sep;
25(1):826.
PMID: 39278943
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) occupies a relatively narrow ecological niche, with many traits adapted for cold temperatures, movement across snow, ice and open water, and for consuming highly lipid-dense...
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Skovrind M, Louis M, Ferguson S, Glazov D, Litovka D, Loseto L, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2024 Aug;
121(34):e2405993121.
PMID: 39136992
Beluga whales play a critical role in the subsistence economies and cultural heritage of Indigenous communities across the Arctic, yet the effects of Indigenous hunting on beluga whales remain unknown....
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Cavill E, Morales H, Sun X, Westbury M, Van Oosterhout C, Accouche W, et al.
Evol Appl
. 2024 Jul;
17(7):e13739.
PMID: 38948538
The Seychelles magpie-robin's (SMR) five island populations exhibit some of the lowest recorded levels of genetic diversity among endangered birds, and high levels of inbreeding. These populations collapsed during the...
4.
Yuan J, Hu J, Liu W, Chen S, Zhang F, Wang S, et al.
Curr Biol
. 2024 May;
34(11):2502-2508.e5.
PMID: 38754423
Extant Old World camels (genus Camelus) contributed to the economic and cultural exchanges between the East and West for thousands of years. Although many remains have been unearthed, we know...
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Hempel E, Faith J, Preick M, de Jager D, Barish S, Hartmann S, et al.
Curr Biol
. 2024 Apr;
34(9):2020-2029.e6.
PMID: 38614080
Low genomic diversity is generally indicative of small population size and is considered detrimental by decreasing long-term adaptability. Moreover, small population size may promote gene flow with congeners and outbreeding...
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Reuber V, Westbury M, Rey-Iglesia A, Asefa A, Farwig N, Miehe G, et al.
Mol Ecol
. 2024 Jan;
33(5):e17271.
PMID: 38279205
Due to their limited dispersal ability, fossorial species with predominantly belowground activity usually show increased levels of population subdivision across relatively small spatial scales. This may be exacerbated in harsh...
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Segawa T, Rey-Iglesia A, Lorenzen E, Westbury M
Proc Biol Sci
. 2024 Jan;
291(2015):20232411.
PMID: 38264778
The brown bear () is one of the survivors of the Late Quaternary megafauna extinctions. However, despite being widely distributed across the Holarctic, brown bears have experienced extensive range reductions,...
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Westbury M, Brown S, Lorenzen J, ONeill S, Scott M, McCuaig J, et al.
Sci Adv
. 2023 Nov;
9(45):eadf3326.
PMID: 37939193
The Arctic is among the most climatically sensitive environments on Earth, and the disappearance of multiyear sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is predicted within decades. As apex predators, polar...
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Yuan J, Sun G, Xiao B, Hu J, Wang L, Taogetongqimuge , et al.
BMC Ecol Evol
. 2023 Sep;
23(1):56.
PMID: 37752413
Background: Woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) is a typical indicator of cold-stage climate that was widely distributed in Northern Hemisphere during the Middle-Late Pleistocene. Although a plethora of fossils have been...
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Westbury M, Barnett R, Sandoval-Velasco M, Gowe G, Gower G, Vieira F, et al.
Open Res Eur
. 2023 Aug;
1:25.
PMID: 35098251
The evolutionary relationships of Felidae during their Early-Middle Miocene radiation is contentious. Although the early common ancestors have been subsumed under the grade-group this group is thought to be paraphyletic,...