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Coordinator |
THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
Organization address contact info |
Coordinator Country | United Kingdom [UK] |
Project website | https://benwielstra.wordpress.com/ |
Total cost | 269˙857 € |
EC max contribution | 269˙857 € (100%) |
Programme |
1. H2020-EU.1.3.2. (Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility) |
Code Call | H2020-MSCA-IF-2014 |
Funding Scheme | MSCA-IF-GF |
Starting year | 2016 |
Duration (year-month-day) | from 2016-02-01 to 2019-01-31 |
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1 | THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD | UK (SHEFFIELD) | coordinator | 269˙857.00 |
2 | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | US (OAKLAND CA) | partner | 0.00 |
Species are the currency of biodiversity. However, during the early stages of their evolution, species are difficult to delineate, as barriers to gene flow are not yet complete. Range expansions and contractions exaggerate the reshuffling of the genomes of hybridizing species. The key objective of this project is to experimentally test the theoretical prediction that, under hybrid zone movement, genes derived from a displaced species are left behind in the genome of an invading species, leaving a ‘genomic footprint’. I will fill an empirical void by, for the first time, testing this critical hypothesis in the wild, using genome-scale data. I have established a study system (the newt genus Triturus) that is particularly appropriate because it shows strong evidence in support of hybrid zone movement over considerable time and distance. To obtain genome-wide data, I will be trained in the cutting-edge genomic technique of target enrichment through sequence capture during the outgoing phase at the lab of Prof. Shaffer at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). To transfer this important new piece of knowledge back to Europe, I will implement target enrichment through sequence capture during the return phase at the beneficiary, the University of Sheffield (USFD). At USFD the group of Prof. Butlin has unmatched expertise in hybridization/speciation research and excels in the analytical approaches required to uncover a genomic footprint. Human activities have intensified hybridization and I propose a secondment to work together with conservationists and legislators to tackle the insidious conservation problem of genetic pollution by exotic species.
year | authors and title | journal | last update |
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2019 |
Ben Wielstra Historical hybrid zone movement: More pervasive than appreciated published pages: , ISSN: 0305-0270, DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13600 |
Journal of Biogeography | 2019-09-02 |
2019 |
Üzüm, N., A. Avcı, K. Olgun, U. Bülbül, M. Fahrbach, S.N. Litvinchuk & B. Wielstra Cracking cryptic species: external characters to distinguish two recently recognized banded newt species (Ommatotriton ophryticus and O. nesterovi) published pages: 131-134, ISSN: 0036-3375, DOI: |
Salamandra 55(2) | 2019-09-02 |
2019 |
Ben Wielstra Triturus newts published pages: R110-R111, ISSN: 0960-9822, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.12.049 |
Current Biology 29/4 | 2019-09-02 |
2019 |
B. Wielstra, E. McCartney-Melstad, J.W. Arntzen, R.K. Butlin, H.B. Shaffer Phylogenomics of the adaptive radiation of Triturus newts supports gradual ecological niche expansion towards an incrementally aquatic lifestyle published pages: 120-127, ISSN: 1055-7903, DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.12.032 |
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 133 | 2019-09-02 |
2019 |
I van Riemsdijk, R K Butlin, B Wielstra, J W Arntzen Testing an hypothesis of hybrid zone movement for toads in France published pages: https://onlineli, ISSN: 0962-1083, DOI: 10.1111/mec.15005 |
Molecular Ecology | 2019-09-02 |
2018 |
Ben Wielstra, Daniele Canestrelli, Milena Cvijanović, Mathieu Denoël, Anna Fijarczyk, Daniel Jablonski, Marcin Liana, Borislav Naumov, Kurtuluş Olgun, Maciej Pabijan, Alice Pezzarossa, Georgi Popgeorgiev, Daniele Salvi, Yali Si, Neftalà Sillero, Konstantinos Sotiropoulos, Piotr Zieliński, Wiesław Babik 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 published pages: 252-259, ISSN: 0173-5373, DOI: 10.1163/15685381-17000128 |
Amphibia-Reptilia 39/2 | 2019-09-02 |
2018 |
Jan W. Arntzen, Nazan Üzüm, Maja D. Ajduković, Ana Ivanović, Ben Wielstra Absence of heterosis in hybrid crested newts published pages: e5317, ISSN: 2167-8359, DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5317 |
PeerJ 6 | 2019-09-02 |
2018 |
Isolde van Riemsdijk, Laurens van Nieuwenhuize, Iñigo MartÃnez-Solano, Jan W. Arntzen, Ben Wielstra Molecular data reveal the hybrid nature of an introduced population of banded newts (Ommatotriton) in Spain published pages: 249-254, ISSN: 1566-0621, DOI: 10.1007/s10592-017-1004-0 |
Conservation Genetics 19/1 | 2019-09-02 |
2017 |
B. Wielstra, T. Burke, R. K. Butlin, J. W. Arntzen A signature of dynamic biogeography: enclaves indicate past species replacement published pages: 20172014, ISSN: 0962-8452, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2014 |
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284/1868 | 2019-09-02 |
2017 |
Ben Wielstra, Terry Burke, Roger K. Butlin, Aziz Avcı, Nazan Üzüm, Emin Bozkurt, Kurtuluş Olgun, Jan W. Arntzen A genomic footprint of hybrid zone movement in crested newts published pages: 93-101, ISSN: 2056-3744, DOI: 10.1002/evl3.9 |
Evolution Letters 1/2 | 2019-09-02 |
2016 |
B. Wielstra, T. Burke, R. K. Butlin, O. Schaap, H. B. Shaffer, K. Vrieling, J. W. Arntzen Efficient screening for ‘genetic pollution’ in an anthropogenic crested newt hybrid zone published pages: 553-560, ISSN: 1877-7252, DOI: 10.1007/s12686-016-0582-3 |
Conservation Genetics Resources 8/4 | 2019-09-02 |
2017 |
Ben Wielstra, Piotr ZieliŃski, WiesÅaw Babik The Carpathians hosted extra-Mediterranean refugia-within-refugia during the Pleistocene Ice Age: genomic evidence from two newt genera published pages: 605-613, ISSN: 0024-4066, DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blx087 |
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 122/3 | 2019-09-02 |
2017 |
Isolde van Riemsdijk, Jan W. Arntzen, Sergé Bogaerts, Michael Franzen, Spartak N. Litvinchuk, Kurtuluş Olgun, Ben Wielstra The Near East as a cradle of biodiversity: A phylogeography of banded newts (genus Ommatotriton ) reveals extensive inter- and intraspecific genetic differentiation published pages: 73-81, ISSN: 1055-7903, DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.028 |
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 114 | 2019-09-02 |
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