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• A continent-wide high genetic load in African buffalo revealed by clines in the frequency of deleterious alleles, genetic hitchhiking and linkage disequilibrium.

  Authors:Pim van Hooft, Wayne M. Getz, Barend J. Greyling, Bas Zwaan, and Armanda D. S. BastosFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 9, 202111,583 words Report 1490LA high genetic load can negatively affect population viability and increase susceptibility to diseases and other environmental stressors. Prior microsatellite studies of two African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) populations...

• Birds in a bush: toward an avian phylogenetic network/Aves en un arbusto: hacia una red filogenetica de las aves

  Authors:Jente Ottenburghs, Pim van Hooft, Sipke E. van Wieren, Ronald C. Ydenberg, and Herbert H.T. PrinsFrom:The Auk (Vol. 133, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 2016478 words Author abstract, Rep...

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• Autosomal and mtDNA Markers Affirm the Distinctiveness of Lions in West and Central Africa

  Authors:Laura D. Bertola, Laura Tensen, Pim van Hooft, Paula A. White, Carlos A. Driscoll, Philipp Henschel, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 14, 20157,233 words Report 1540LThe evolutionary history of a species is key for understanding the taxonomy and for the design of effective management strategies for species conservation. The knowledge about the phylogenetic position of the lion...

• Genetic responsiveness of African buffalo to environmental stressors: A role for epigenetics in balancing autosomal and sex chromosome interactions?

  Authors:Pim van Hooft, Eric R. Dougherty, Wayne M. Getz, Barend J. Greyling, Bas J. Zwaan, and Armanda D. S. BastosFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 7, 201811,243 words Report 1490LAuthor(s): Pim van Hooft 1,2,*, Eric R. Dougherty 3, Wayne M. Getz 3,4, Barend J. Greyling 2,5, Bas J. Zwaan 6, Armanda D. S. Bastos 2 Introduction Primary (at conception) and secondary (at birth) sex-ratio...

• Selection at the Y Chromosome of the African Buffalo Driven by Rainfall

  Authors:Pim van Hooft, Barend J. Greyling, Herbert H. T. Prins, Wayne M. Getz, Anna E. Jolles, and Armanda D. S. BastosFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 2, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 31, 20073,806 words Article 1490LSelection coefficients at the mammalian Y chromosome typically do not deviate strongly from neutrality. Here we show that strong balancing selection, maintaining intermediate frequencies of DNA sequence variants, acts...

• The Development of a Genome Wide SNP Set for the Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis

  Authors:Rudy M. Jonker, Qiong Zhang, Pim Van Hooft, Maarten J. J. E. Loonen, Henk P. Van der Jeugd, Richard P. M. A. Crooijmans, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 10, 20124,559 words Article 1490LAuthor(s): Rudy M. Jonker 1 , 2 , * , Qiong Zhang 1 , 3 , Pim Van Hooft 1 , Maarten J. J. E. Loonen 4 , Henk P. Van der Jeugd 5 , Richard P. M. A. Crooijmans 6 , Martien A. M. Groenen 6 , Herbert H. T. Prins 1 , Robert...

• A natural gene drive system influences bovine tuberculosis susceptibility in African buffalo: Possible implications for disease management

  Authors:Pim van Hooft, Wayne M. Getz, Barend J. Greyling, and Armanda D. S. BastosFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 4, 201910,143 words Report 1430LBovine tuberculosis (BTB) is endemic to the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) of Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park (HiP) and Kruger National Park, South Africa. In HiP, the disease has been actively managed since 1999 through a...

• Pan-African Genetic Structure in the African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer): Investigating Intraspecific Divergence

  Authors:Nathalie Smitz, Cecile Berthouly, Daniel Cornelis, Rasmus Heller, Pim Van Hooft, Philippe Chardonnet, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 21, 201311,214 words Article 1550LAuthor(s): Nathalie Smitz 1 , * , Cécile Berthouly 2 , Daniel Cornélis 2 , Rasmus Heller 3 , Pim Van Hooft 4 , Philippe Chardonnet 5 , Alexandre Caron 2 , 6 , 7 , Herbert Prins 8 , Bettine Jansen van Vuuren 9 , Hans De...

• Positive Selection of Deleterious Alleles through Interaction with a Sex-Ratio Suppressor Gene in African Buffalo: A Plausible New Mechanism for a High Frequency Anomaly

  Authors:Pim van Hooft, Ben J. Greyling, Wayne M. Getz, Paul D. van Helden, Bas J. Zwaan, and Armanda D. S. BastosFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 5, 201410,962 words Report 1490LAlthough generally rare, deleterious alleles can become common through genetic drift, hitchhiking or reductions in selective constraints. Here we present a possible new mechanism that explains the attainment of high...