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Thomas, Nia Evelyn, Chadwick, Elizabeth A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6662-6343, Bruford, Michael W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6357-6080 and Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 2025. Spatio-temporal changes in effective population size in an expanding metapopulation of Eurasian otters. Evolutionary Applications 18 (1) , e70067. 10.1111/eva.70067

Davies, Kevin L., Stpiczyńska, Małgorzata, Ludlow, Richard, Wheaton, Louise, Aros, Danilo, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Muller, Carsten ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0455-7132 and Rogers, Hilary ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3830-5857 2025. Floral structure, histochemistry and volatile compounds in Bulbophyllum species of the ‘Cirrhopetalum alliance’ (Orchidaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 207 (1) , pp. 10-39. 10.1093/botlinnean/boae029

Shaw, Robyn E., Farquharson, Katherine A., Bruford, Michael W., Coates, David J., Elliott, Carole P., Mergeay, Joachim, Ottewell, Kym M., Segelbacher, Gernot, Hoban, Sean, Hvilson, Christina, Pérez-Espona, Silvia, Ruņģis, Dainis, Aravanopoulos, Filippos, Bertola, Laura D., Cotrim, Helena, Cox, Karen, Cubric-Curik, Vlatka, Ekblom, Robert, Godoy, José A, Konopińsk, Maciej K., Laikre, Linda, Russo, Isa-Rita M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-3633, Veličković, Nevena, Vergeer, Philippine, Vilà, Carles, Brajkovic, Vladimir, Field, David L., Goodall-Copestake, William P., Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Hopley, Tara, Zachos, Frank E., Alves, Paulo C., Biedrzycka, Aleksandra, Binks, Rachel M., Buiteveld, Joukje, Buzan, Elena, Bryne, Margaret, Huntley, Barton, Iacolina, Laura, Keehnen, Naomi L. P., Klinga, Peter, Kopatz, Alexander, Kurland, Sara, Leonard, Jennifer A., Manfrin, Chiara, Marchesini, Alexis, Millar, Melissa A., Orozco-terWengel, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7951-4148, Ottenburghs, Jente, Posledovich, Diana, Spencer, Peter B., Tourvas, Nikolaos, Unuk Nahberger, Tina, van Hooft, Pim, Verbylaite, Rita, Vernesi, Cristiano and Grueber, Catherine E. 2025. Global meta-analysis shows action is needed to halt genetic diversity loss. Nature 10.1038/s41586-024-08458-x

Khan, Sakandar, Cable, Jo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8510-7055, Masud, Numair, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Younus, Muhammad, Hussain, Naveed, Idrees, Muhammad Asif, Rashid, Muhammad Imran and Akbar, Haroon 2025. Epidemiological and genotypic assessment of cystic echinococcosis in ruminant populations of Northern Punjab, Pakistan: a neglected zoonotic disease. Parasitology Research 124 , 7. 10.1007/s00436-025-08451-x

Pérez-Llorca, M., Hewett, A., de la Peña Pita, A., Hailer, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 and Sánchez Vilas, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4049-8443 2024. Sexual dimorphism at different life stages: early life sexual differences in root growth in Silene latifolia. Plant Biology 10.1111/plb.13723

Beard, Annalea, Thomas, Robert J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5256-3313, Xavier, Jose C., Clingham, Elizabeth, Henry, Leeann, Medeiros Mirra, Renata and Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 2024. A taste for squid: Red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) diet in the South Atlantic. Waterbirds 47 (1) , pp. 1-16. 10.1675/063.047.0106

Hinds, Joseph, Apaa, Ternenge, Parry, Rhys H., Withers, Amy J., MacKenzie, Laura, Staley, Ceri, Morrison, Joshua, Bennett, Malcolm, Bremner-Harrison, Samantha, Chadwick, Elizabeth A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6662-6343, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Harrison, Stephen W.R., Lambin, Xavier, Loose, Mathew, Mathews, Fiona, Tarlinton, Rachael and Blanchard, Adam 2024. Multiple novel caliciviruses identified from stoats (Mustela erminea) in the United Kingdom. Access Microbiology 6 (7) , 000813. 10.1099/acmi.0.000813.v4

Hewett, Anna M., Sanchez Vilas, Julia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4049-8443 and Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 2024. Two novel PCR-based assays for sexing of Silene latifolia and Silene dioica plants. MethodsX 12 , 102708. 10.1016/j.mex.2024.102708

O'Rourke, Emily, Losada, Sara, Barber, Jonathan L., Scholey, Graham, Bain, Isobel, Pereira, M. Glória, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 and Chadwick, Elizabeth A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6662-6343 2024. Persistence of PFOA pollution at a PTFE production site and occurrence of replacement PFASs in English freshwaters revealed by sentinel species, the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra). Environmental Science and Technology 58 (23) , 10195–10206. 10.1021/acs.est.3c09405

Du Plessis, Sarah, Chadwick, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6662-6343 and Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 2024. Could a couple of Thai otters have helped the UK’s otter population recover? Our study provides a hint. The Conversation

Basuony, Ali Elsayed, Saleh, Mostafa and Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 2024. Mitogenomic analysis of Rüppell's fox (Vulpes rueppellii) confirms phylogenetic placement within the Palaearctic clade shared with its sister species, the red fox (Vulpes vulpes). Mitochondrial DNA Part A 34 (1-8) , pp. 22-28. 10.1080/24701394.2024.2332320 Item availability restricted.

Beard, Annalea, Thomas, Robert J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5256-3313, Medeiros Mirra, Renata, Clingham, Elizabeth, Henry, Leeann, Saldanha, Sarah, González-Solís, Jacob and Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 2023. Between-year and spatial variation in body condition across the breeding cycle in a pelagic seabird, the Red-billed Tropicbird. Ecology and Evolution 13 (12) , e10743. 10.1002/ece3.10743

Apaa, Ternenge, Withers, Amy J., Mackenzie, Laura, Staley, Ceri, Dessi, Nicola, Blanchard, Adam, Bennett, Malcolm, Bremner-Harrison, Samantha, Chadwick, Elizabeth A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6662-6343, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Harrison, Stephen W. R., Lambin, Xavier, Loose, Matthew, Mathews, Fiona and Tarlinton, Rachael 2023. Lack of detection of SARS-CoV-2 in British wildlife 2020-21 and first description of a stoat (Mustela erminea) Minacovirus. Journal of General Virology 104 (12) , 001917. 10.1099/jgv.0.001917

du Plessis, Sarah J., Blaxter, Mark, Koepfli, Klaus-Peter, Chadwick, Elizabeth A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6662-6343 and Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 2023. Genomics reveals complex population history and unexpected diversity of Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) in Britain relative to genetic methods. Molecular Biology and Evolution 40 (11) , msad207. 10.1093/molbev/msad207

Du Plessis, Sarah J., Hong, Sungwon, Lee, Boyoung, Koepfli, Klaus-Peter, Chadwick, Elizabeth A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6662-6343 and Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 2023. Mitochondrial genome-based synthesis and timeline of Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) phylogeography. Animal Cells and Systems 27 (1) , pp. 366-377. 10.1080/19768354.2023.2283763

Beard, Annalea, Madeiros Mirra, Renata, Clingham, Elizabeth, Henry, Leeann, Thomas, Robert J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5256-3313 and Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 2023. Breeding ecology, population size and nest site preferences of red-billed tropicbirds at St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean. Emu - Austral Ornithology 123 (3) , pp. 185-194. 10.1080/01584197.2023.2205595

Apaa, Ternenge, Withers, Amy J., Staley, Ceri, Blanchard, Adam, Bennett, Malcolm, Bremner-Harrison, Samantha, Chadwick, Elizabeth A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6662-6343, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Harrison, Stephen W. R., Loose, Mathew, Mathews, Fiona and Tarlinton, Rachael 2023. Sarbecoviruses of British horseshoe bats; sequence variation and epidemiology. Journal of General Virology 104 (6) , 001859. 10.1099/jgv.0.001859

Basuony, Ali, Saleh, Mostafa, Sarhan, Moustafa, Younes, Mahmoud, Abdel-Hamid, Fouad, Rodriguez, Carlos, Vercammen, Paul, Aboshaala, Faraj, Bounaceur, Farid, Chadwick, Elizabeth A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6662-6343 and Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 2023. Paraphyly of the widespread generalist red fox (Vulpes vulpes): introgression rather than recent divergence of the arid-adapted Rüppell's fox (Vulpes rueppellii)? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 138 (4) , pp. 453-469. 10.1093/biolinnean/blad001

Beard, Annalea, Thomas, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5256-3313, Clingham, Elizabeth, Henry, Leeann, Medeiros, Renata, Oppel, Steffen, Small, Alison and Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 2023. Increasing use of artificial nest chambers by seasonally segregated populations of band-rumped storm petrels hydrobates castro at St Helena, South Atlantic. Marine Ornithology 51 (1) , pp. 85-96.

Khan, Sakandar, Cable, Jo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8510-7055, Younus, Muhammad, Rashid, Muhammad Imran, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 and Akbar, Haroon 2023. IEg67 kDa bovine hydatid cyst antigen: a candidate for developing sero-diagnostic assays for cystic echinococcosis, a disease of one health importance. Animals 13 (5) , 866. 10.3390/ani13050866

Khan, Sakandar, Younus, Muhammad, Cable, Jo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8510-7055, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Idrees, Asif, Imran Rashid, Muhammad and Akbar, Haroon 2023. Epidemiology of Bovine Hydatidosis: Urbanization, dogs, animal care and proximity to slaughterhouses are important risk factors for cattle. Pakistan Veterinary Journal 43 (3) , pp. 507-514. 10.29261/pakvetj/2023.055

Thomas, Nia E., Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Bruford, Michael W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6357-6080 and Chadwick, Elizabeth A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6662-6343 2022. Country-wide genetic monitoring over 21 years reveals lag in genetic recovery despite spatial connectivity, in an expanding carnivore (Eurasian otter, Lutra lutra) population. Evolutionary Applications 15 (12) , pp. 2125-2141. 10.1111/eva.13505

Dearborn, Donald C., Warren, Sophie and Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 2022. Meta-analysis of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class IIA reveals polymorphism and positive selection in many vertebrate species. Molecular Ecology 31 (24) , pp. 6390-6406. 10.1111/mec.16726

O'Rourke, Emily, Hynes, Juliet, Losada, Sara, Barber, Jonathan, Pereira, M. Gloria, Kean, Eleanor, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 and Chadwick, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6662-6343 2022. Anthropogenic drivers of variation in concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances in otters (Lutra lutra) from England and Wales. Environmental Science and Technology 56 (3) , pp. 1675-1687. 10.1021/acs.est.1c05410

Mullin, Katherine E., Firmin, Daniel, White, Nina F. D., Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 and Orozco ter Wengel, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7951-4148 2022. The complete mitochondrial genome of rare and critically endangered Anilany helenae (Microhylidae) of Madagascar. Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources 7 (1) , pp. 153-155. 10.1080/23802359.2021.2008841

Mullin, Katherine E, Rakotomanga, Manoa G, Razafiarimanana, Minosoa LC, Barata, Izabela M, Dawson, Jeff, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 and Orozco ter Wengel, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7951-4148 2021. First amphibian inventory of one of Madagascar’s smallest protected areas, Ankafobe, extends the range of the Critically Endangered Anilany helenae (Vallan, 2000) and the Endangered Boophis andrangoloaka (Ahl, 1928). Herpetological Notes 14 , pp. 521-531.

Watson, Sophie E., Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Lecomte, Nicolas, Kafle, Pratap, Sharma, Rajnish, Jenkins, Emily J., Awan, Malik, Herault, Vincent L. and Perkins, Sarah E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7457-2699 2020. Parasites of an Arctic scavenger; the wolverine (Gulo gulo). International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 13 , pp. 178-185. 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2020.10.004

Päckert, Martin, Favre, Adrien, Schnitzler, Jan, Martens, Jochen, Sun, Yue-Hua, Tietze, Dieter Thomas, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Michalak, Ingo and Strutzenberger, Patrick 2020. “Into and out of” the Qinghai‐Tibet plateau and the Himalayas: centers of origin and diversification across five clades of Eurasian montane and alpine passerine birds. Ecology and Evolution 10 (17) , pp. 9283-9300. 10.1002/ece3.6615

Mead, Dan, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Chadwick, Elisabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6662-6343, Portela Miguez, Roberto, Smith, Michelle, Corton, Craig, Oliver, Karen, Skelton, Jason, Betteridge, Emma, Doulcan, Jale Doulcan, Dudchenko, Olga, Omer, Arina, Weisz, David, Lieberman Aiden, Erez, McCarthy, Shane, Howe, Kerstin, Sims, Ying, Torrance, James, Tracey, Alan, Challis, Richard, Durbin, Richard and Blaxter, Mark 2020. The genome sequence of the Eurasian river otter, Lutra lutra Linnaeus 1758 [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]. Wellcome Open Research 5 , p. 33. 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15722.1

Barbato, Mario, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Upadhyay, Maulik, Del Corvo, Marcello, Colli, Licia, Negrini, Riccardo, Kim, Eui-Soo, Crooijmans, Richard M. P. A., Sonstegard, Tad and Ajmone-Marsan, Paolo 2020. Adaptive introgression from indicine cattle into white cattle breeds from Central Italy. Scientific Reports , 1279. 10.1038/s41598-020-57880-4

Liu, Zhijin, Wen, Huamei, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Dong, Fang, Yang, Zuomin, Liu, Tao, Han, Ling, Shi, Fanglei, Hu, Yibo and Zhou, Jiang 2019. Pseudogenization of Mc1r gene associated with transcriptional changes related to melanogensis explains leucistic phenotypes in Oreonectes cavefish (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 57 (4) , pp. 900-909. 10.1111/jzs.12286

Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Kutschera, Verena E and Zachos, Frank E 2019. A summary of brown bear genetic studies: Phylogeny, phylogeography and evolutionary relationships with polar bears. Schlup, Peter and Hertwig, Stefan T., eds. Of Bears and Men: Conclusions of the 1st International Bear Meeting IBear, Bern: Haupt Verlag, pp. 10-29.

Barbato, Mario, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Orozco-ter Wengel, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7951-4148, Kijas, James, Mereu, Paolo, Cabras, Pierangela, Mazza, Raffaele, Pirastru, Monica and Bruford, Michael W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6357-6080 2017. Genomic signatures of adaptive introgression from European mouflon into domestic sheep. Scientific Reports 7 , 7623. 10.1038/s41598-017-07382-7

Reiners, Tobias E, Fuchs, Melanie, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Janke, Axel and Nowak, Carsten 2017. Establishing species-specific sexing markers suitable for non-invasive samples of species lacking genomic resources: an example using the highly endangered common hamster Cricetus cricetus. Conservation Genetics Resources 9 (2) , pp. 253-255. 10.1007/s12686-016-0664-2

Kutschera, Verena E, Frosch, Christiane, Janke, Axel, Skirnisson, Karl, Bidon, Tobias, Lecomte, Nicolas, Fain, Steven R, Eiken, Hans Geir, Hagen, Snorre B, Arnasson, Ulfur, Laidre, Kristin L, Nowak, Carsten and Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 2016. High genetic variability of vagrant polar bears illustrates importance of population connectivity in fragmented sea ice habitats. Animal Conservation 19 (4) , pp. 337-349. 10.1111/acv.12250

Liu, Zhijin, Liu, Guangjian, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Orozco Ter Wengel, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7951-4148, Tan, Xinxin, Tian, Jundong, Yan, Zhongze, Zhang, Baowei and Li, Ming 2016. Dietary specialization drives multiple independent losses and gains in the bitter taste gene repertoire of Laurasiatherian Mammals. Frontiers in Zoology 13 (1) , 28. 10.1186/s12983-016-0161-1

Rossi Lafferriere, Natalia A., Antelo, Rafael, Alda, Fernando, Mårtensson, Dick, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Castroviejo-Fisher, Santiago, Ayarzagüena, José, Ginsberg, Joshua R., Castroviejo, Javier, Doadrio, Ignacio, Vilá, Carles and Amato, George 2016. Multiple paternity in a reintroduced population of the Orinoco Crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) at the El Frío Biological Station, Venezuela. PLOS ONE 11 (3) , e0150245. 10.1371/journal.pone.0150245

Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 2016. Why dog breeds aren’t considered separate species. [Online]. The Conversation: The Conversation Trust. Available at: https://theconversation.com/why-dog-breeds-arent-c...

Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 and Welch, Andreanna J 2016. Evolutionary history of polar and brown bears. eLS, Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 1-8. (10.1002/9780470015902.a0026303)

Schregel, Julia, Eiken, Hans Geir, Grøndahl, Finn Audun, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Aspi, Jouni, Kojola, Ilpo, Tirronen, Konstantin, Danilov, Piotr, Rykov, Alexander, Poroshin, Eugene, Janke, Axel, Swenson, Jon E. and Hagen, Snorre B. 2015. Y chromosome haplotype distribution of brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Northern Europe provides insight into population history and recovery. Molecular Ecology 24 (24) , pp. 6041-6060. 10.1111/mec.13448

Aarnes, Siv Grethe, Hagen, Snorre B., Andreassen, Rune, Schregel, Julia, Knappskog, Per M., Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Stenhouse, Gordon, Janke, Axel and Eiken, Hans Geir 2015. Y-chromosomal testing of brown bears (Ursus arctos): Validation of a multiplex PCR-approach for nine STRs suitable for fecal and hair samples. Forensic Science International: Genetics 19 , p. 197. 10.1016/j.fsigen.2015.07.018

Bidon, Tobias, Schreck, Nancy, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Nilsson, Maria A. and Janke, Axel 2015. Genome-wide search identifies 1.9 Mb from the polar bear Y chromosome for evolutionary analyses. Genome Biology and Evolution 7 (7) , pp. 2010-2022. 10.1093/gbe/evv103

Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 2015. Introgressive hybridization: brown bears as vectors for polar bear alleles. Molecular Ecology 24 (6) , pp. 1161-1163. 10.1111/mec.13101

Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, James, Helen F., Olson, Storrs L. and Fleischer, Robert C. 2015. Distinct and extinct: Genetic differentiation of the Hawaiian eagle. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 83 , pp. 40-43. 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.005

Bock, Friederike, Gallus, Susanne, Janke, Axel, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Steck, Beatrice L., Kumar, Vikas and Nilsson, Maria A. 2014. Genomic resources and genetic diversity of captive lesser kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis). Zoo Biology 33 (5) , pp. 440-445. 10.1002/zoo.21146

Kutschera, Verena E., Bidon, Tobias, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Rodi, Julia L., Fain, Steven R. and Janke, Axel 2014. Bears in a forest of gene trees: Phylogenetic inference is complicated by incomplete lineage sorting and gene flow. Molecular Biology and Evolution 31 (8) , pp. 2004-2017. 10.1093/molbev/msu186

Bidon, Tobias, Janke, Axel, Fain, Steven R., Eiken, Hans Geir, Hagen, Snorre B., Saarma, Urmas, Hallstrom, Bjorn M., Lecomte, Nicolas and Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 2014. Brown and polar bear Y chromosomes reveal extensive male-biased gene flow within brother lineages. Molecular Biology and Evolution 31 (6) , pp. 1353-1363. 10.1093/molbev/msu109

Sanchez-Donoso, Ines, Huisman, Jisca, Echegaray, Jorge, Puigcerver, Manel, Rodri­guez-Teijeiro, Jose D., Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 and Vila, Carles 2014. Detecting slow introgression of invasive alleles in an extensively restocked game bird. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2014 (2) 10.3389/fevo.2014.00015

Gonzalez-Porter, Gracia P., Maldonado, Jesus E., Flores-Villela, Oscar, Vogt, Richard C., Janke, Axel, Fleischer, Robert C. and Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 2013. Cryptic population structuring and the role of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec as a gene flow barrier in the critically endangered Central American River Turtle. Plos One 8 (9) , e71668. 10.1371/journal.pone.0071668

Kawai, Kuniko, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Pauline de Guia, Anna, Ichikawa, Hideo and Saitoh, Takashi 2013. Refugia in Glacial Ages Led to the Current Discontinuous Distribution Patterns of the Dark Red-backed Vole Myodes rex on Hokkaido, Japan. Zoological Science 30 (8) , pp. 642-650. 10.2108/zsj.30.642

Kutschera, Verena E., Lecomte, Nicolas, Janke, Axel, Selva, Nuria, Sokolov, Alexander A., Haun, Timm, Steyer, Katharina, Nowak, Carsten and Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 2013. A range-wide synthesis and timeline for phylogeographic events in the red fox (Vulpes vulpes). BMC Evolutionary Biology 13 , 114. 10.1186/1471-2148-13-114

Langguth, Tobias, Honnen, Ann-Christin, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Mizera, Tadeusz, Skoric, Stefan, Vali, Ulo and Zachos, Frank E. 2013. Genetic structure and phylogeography of a European flagship species, the white-tailed sea eagle Haliaeetus albicilla. Journal of Avian Biology 44 (3) , pp. 263-271.

Kuhn, Thomas, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Palm, Harry W. and Klimpel, Sven 2013. Global assessment of molecularly identified Anisakis Dujardin, 1845 (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in their teleost intermediate hosts. Folia Parasitologica 60 (2) , pp. 123-134. 10.14411/fp.2013.013

Bidon, Tobias, Frosch, Christiane, Eiken, Hans G., Kutschera, Verena E., Hagen, Snorre B., Aarnes, Siv G., Fain, Steven R., Janke, Axel and Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 2013. A sensitive and specific multiplex PCR approach for sex identification of ursine and tremarctine bears suitable for non-invasive samples. Molecular Ecology Resources 13 (3) , pp. 362-368. 10.1111/1755-0998.12072

Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Kutschera, Verena E., Hallstroem, Bjoern M., Fain, Steven R., Leonard, Jennifer A., Arnason, Ulfur and Janke, Axel 2013. Response to comment on "Nuclear genomic sequences reveal that Polar Bears are an old and distinct bear lineage". Science 339 (6127) , p. 1522. 10.1126/science.1228066

Kleven, Oddmund, Hallstroem, Bjoern M., Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Janke, Axel, Hagen, Snorre B., Kopatz, Alexander and Eiken, Hans Geir 2012. Identification and evaluation of novel di- and tetranucleotide microsatellite markers from the brown bear (Ursus arctos). Conservation Genetics Resources 4 (3) , pp. 737-741. 10.1007/s12686-012-9634-5

Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Kutschera, Verena E., Hallstroem, Bjoern M., Klassert, Denise, Fain, Steven R., Leonard, Jennifer A., Arnason, Ulfur and Janke, Axel 2012. Nuclear genomic sequences reveal that polar bears are an old and distinct bear lineage. Science 336 (6079) , pp. 344-347. 10.1126/science.1216424

Gonzalez-Porter, Gracia P., Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Flores-Villela, Oscar, Garcia-Anleu, Rony and Maldonado, Jesus E. 2011. Patterns of genetic diversity in the critically endangered Central American river turtle: human influence since the Mayan age? Conservation Genetics 12 (5) , pp. 1229-1242. 10.1007/s10592-011-0225-x

Bozarth, Christine A., Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Rockwood, Larry L., Edwards, Cody W. and Maldonado, Jesus E. 2011. Coyote colonization of northern Virginia and admixture with Great Lakes wolves. Journal of Mammalogy 92 (5) , pp. 1070-1080. 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-223.1

Ahlering, Marissa A., Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Roberts, Melissa T. and Foley, Charles 2011. A simple and accurate method to sex savannah, forest and asian elephants using noninvasive sampling techniques. Molecular Ecology Notes 11 (5) , pp. 831-834. 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03030.x

Levin, Iris I., Valkiunas, Gediminas, Santiago-Alarcon, Diego, Cruz, Larisa Lee, Iezhova, Tatjana A., O'Brien, Sarah L., Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Dearborn, Don, Schreiber, E. A., Fleischer, Robert C., Ricklefs, Robert E. and Parker, Patricia G. 2011. Hippoboscid-transmitted Haemoproteus parasites (Haemosporida) infect Galapagos Pelecaniform birds: Evidence from molecular and morphological studies, with a description of Haemoproteus iwa. International Journal for Parasitology 41 (10) , pp. 1019-1027. 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.03.014

Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Schreiber, E. A., Miller, Joshua M., Levin, Iris I., Parker, Patricia G., Chesser, R. Terry and Fleischer, Robert C. 2011. Long-term isolation of a highly mobile seabird on the Galapagos. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1707) , pp. 817-825. 10.1098/rspb.2010.1342

Andree, K., Axtner, Jan, Bagley, M. J., Barlow, E. J., Beebee, T. J. C., Bennetzen, Jeffrey L., Bermingham, Eldredge, Boisselier-Dubayle, M. C., Bozarth, Christine A., Brooks, Christopher P., Brown, R. P., Catanese, Gaetano, Cavers, S., Ceron-Souza, Ivania, Chak, Solomon T. C., Chan, M. N., Charles-Dominique, P., Chen, C. Y., Chen, J. D., Chinchilla, Leah, Da Silva, D., Dafreville, S., Daunt, F., Delatte, H., Dorge, T., Duncan, N., Durand, J. D., Duvernell, D., Estep, Matt, Fan, Sigang, Fattahi, R., Villela, Oscar Flores, Fong, Yokking, Freville, H., Funes, Victoria, Gallardo-Escarate, C., Ganeshaiah, K. N., Ghaffari, M. R., Girod, C., Gomez-Moliner, B. J., Gonzalez-Porter, Gracia P., Gosa, A., Govers, F., Guerin, F., Guindo, Diarah, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Haye, P. A., Hoelmer, Kim A., Hofmann, S., Hong, Yan, Hu, Chaoqun, Huang, S. W., Humeau, L., Infante, Carlos, Jackson, S. A., Jacobsen, E., Jowkar, A., Kafi, M., Kermani, M. J., Kim, Hyojoong, Kim, Kyung Seok, Kim, Min-Young, Knibb, W., Koita, Ousmane A., Korpelainen, H., Lambourdiere, J., Lasso, Eloisa, Leblois, R., Lee, Hang, Lee, Seungh-Wan, Leung, F. C. C., Leung, Kenneth M. Y., Li, Chunhong, Li, Y., Lieckfeldt, Dietmar, Lizana, M., Loughry, W. J., Luo, Peng, Madeira, M. J., Mahmoodi, P., Maldonado, Jesus E., Mardi, M., Mendes, O., Miehe, G., Muth, Peter, Nacci, D., Kumar, L. Naveen, Ng, Wai-Chuen, Pailler, T., Parzies, Heiko K., Perez, Laura, Pfunder, M., Pietilaeinen, M., Pirseyedi, S. M., Porta, D., Porta, J., Porta, J. M., Quilici, S., Rakotoarivelo, F. P., Ramesha, B. T., Ravikanth, G., Riera, B., Risterucci, A. M., Roberts, D. A., Samadi, S., Sarasola-Puente, V., Sarrazin, E., Sarthou, C., Schmidt, Anke, Segovia, N. I., Shen, K. N., Simiand, C., Bin Sman, Muhammad Hidayat, Solhoy, T., Sommer, Simone, Sumangala, R. C., Taubert, Ramona, Tejangkura, T., Telford, A., Testa, A., Tollon-Cordet, C., Tzeng, W. N., Shaanker, R. Uma, van der Lee, T. A. J., Van Mourik, Thomas A., Vasudeva, R., Wai, T. C., Wang, R. L., Welch, Mark E., Weltzien, Eva, Whitehead, A., Woodard, Anastasia, Xia, Jianjun, Zeinolabedini, M. and Zhang, Lvping 2010. Permanent genetic resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 April 2010-31 May 2010. Molecular Ecology Resources 10 (6) , pp. 1098-1105. 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02898.x

Honnen, Ann-Christin, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Kenntner, Norbert, Literak, Ivan, Dubska, Lenka and Zachos, Frank E. 2010. Mitochondrial DNA and nuclear microsatellites reveal high diversity and genetic structure in an avian top predator, the white-tailed sea eagle, in central Europe. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society Linnean Society of London 99 (4) , pp. 727-737. 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01373.x

Dowling, D. K., Maklakov, A. A., Friberg, U. and Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 2009. Applying the genetic theories of ageing to the cytoplasm: cytoplasmic genetic covariation for fitness and lifespan. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22 (4) , pp. 818-827. 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01692.x

Johnson, Jeff A., Tingay, Ruth E., Culver, Melanie, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Clarke, Michele L. and Mindell, David P. 2009. Long-term survival despite low genetic diversity in the critically endangered Madagascar fish-eagle. Molecular Ecology 18 (1) , pp. 54-63. 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.04012.x

Dearborn, Donald C., Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 and Fleischer, Robert C. 2008. Microsatellite primers for relatedness and population structure in great frigatebirds (Pelecaniformes: Fregatidae). Molecular Ecology Resources 8 (6) , pp. 1399-1401. 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02351.x

Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 and Leonard, Jennifer A. 2008. Hybridization among three native North American Canis species in a region of natural sympatry. Plos One 3 (10) , e3333. 10.1371/journal.pone.0003333

Bjornerfeldt, Susanne, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Nord, Maria and Vila, Carles 2008. Assortative mating and fragmentation within dog breeds. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8 , 28. 10.1186/1471-2148-8-28

Helander, Björn, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 and Vilà, Carles 2007. Morphological and genetic sex identification of white-tailed eagle Haliaeetus albicilla nestlings. Journal of Ornithology 148 (4) , pp. 435-442. 10.1007/s10336-007-0156-y

Tingay, Ruth E., Dawson, Deborah A., Pandhal, Jagroop, Clarke, Michele L., David, Victor A., Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 and Culver, Melanie 2007. Isolation of 22 new Haliaeetus microsatellite loci and their characterization in the critically endangered Madagascar fish-eagle (Haliaeetus vociferoides) and three other Haliaeetus eagle species. Molecular Ecology Notes 7 (4) , pp. 711-715. 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01690.x

Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Helander, B., Folkestad, A. O., Ganusevich, S. A., Garstad, S., Hauff, P., Koren, C., Masterov, V. B., Nygard, T., Rudnick, J. A., Shiraki, S., Skarphedinsson, K., Volke, V., Wille, F. and Vila, C. 2007. Phylogeography of the white-tailed eagle, a generalist with large dispersal capacity. Journal of Biogeography 34 (7) , pp. 1193-1206. 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01697.x

Dowling, Damian K., Friberg, Urban, Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 and Arnqvist, Göran 2007. Intergenomic epistasis for fitness: within-population interactions between cytoplasmic and nuclear genes in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 175 (1) , pp. 235-244. 10.1534/genetics.105.052050

Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Helander, Björn, Folkestad, Alv O., Ganusevich, Sergei A., Garstad, Steinar, Hauff, Peter, Koren, Christian, Nygård, Torgeir, Volke, Veljo, Vila, Carles and Ellegren, Hans 2006. Bottlenecked but long-lived: high genetic diversity retained in white-tailed eagles upon recovery from population decline. Biology Letters 2 (2) , pp. 316-319. 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0453

Sundqvist, A. K., Björnerfeldt, S., Leonard, J. A., Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Hedhammar, A., Ellegren, H. and Vilà, C. 2006. Unequal contribution of sexes in the origin of dog breeds. Genetics 172 (2) , pp. 1121-1128. 10.1534/genetics.105.042358

Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726, Gautschi, B. and Helander, B. 2005. Development and multiplex PCR amplification of novel microsatellite markers in the White-tailed Sea Eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla (Aves : Falconiformes, Accipitridae). Molecular Ecology Notes 5 (4) , pp. 938-940. 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2005.01122.x