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Bengt Hansson

Bengt Hansson

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
66
Citations
14774
World Ranking
1702
National Ranking
30

Overview

Bengt Hansson is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and focuses their research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans various subfields including Genetics, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's research covers core topics such as Genetic diversity and population structure, Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Avian ecology and behavior, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics.

Frequent collaboration is a feature of their career, with notable co-authors including Dennis Hasselquist, Hanna Sigeman, Martin Stervander, Suvi Ponnikas, and Hongkai Zhang.

Hansson has contributed to leading publication venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Evolution, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, and Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd.

Recent papers by Bengt Hansson include the following:

  • Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics, 2020, Nature
  • Extreme altitudes during diurnal flights in a nocturnal songbird migrant, 2021, Science
  • The impact of habitat loss and population fragmentation on genomic erosion, 2023, Conservation Genetics
  • Avian Neo-Sex Chromosomes Reveal Dynamics of Recombination Suppression and W Degeneration, 2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Whole-genome analysis across 10 songbird families within Sylvioidea reveals a novel autosome-sex chromosome fusion, 2020, Biology Letters

Best Publications

  • Host specificity in avian blood parasites: a study of Plasmodium and Haemoproteus mitochondrial DNA amplified from birds

    Staffan Bensch;Martin Stjernman;Dennis Hasselquist;Örjan Östman

  • On the correlation between heterozygosity and fitness in natural populations

    Bengt Hansson;Lars Westerberg

  • A broad range of human papillomavirus types detected with a general PCR method suitable for analysis of cutaneous tumours and normal skin

    Ola Forslund;Annika Antonsson;Peter Nordin;Bo Stenquist

  • Chronic infection. Hidden costs of infection: chronic malaria accelerates telomere degradation and senescence in wild birds.

    M. Asghar;D. Hasselquist;B. Hansson;P. Zehtindjiev

  • The Ubiquity and Impressive Genomic Diversity of Human Skin Papillomaviruses Suggest a Commensalic Nature of These Viruses

    Annika Antonsson;Ola Forslund;Henrik Ekberg;Gunnar Sterner

  • Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient

    Viktoriia Radchuk;Thomas Reed;Céline Teplitsky;Martijn van der Pol

  • Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics.

    Shaohong Feng;Josefin Stiller;Yuan Deng;Joel Armstrong;Joel Armstrong

  • Performance of Marker-Based Relatedness Estimators in Natural Populations of Outbred Vertebrates

    Katalin Csilléry;Toby Johnson;Dario Beraldi;Tim Clutton-Brock

  • Temporal dynamics and diversity of avian malaria parasites in a single host species.

    Staffan Bensch;Jonas Waldenström;Niclas Jonzén;Helena Westerdahl

  • General Acquisition of Human Papillomavirus Infections of Skin Occurs in Early Infancy

    Annika Antonsson;Silvana Karanfilovska;Pelle G Lindqvist;Bengt Göran Hansson

  • Associations between malaria and MHC genes in a migratory songbird

    Helena Westerdahl;Jonas Waldenström;Bengt Hansson;Dennis Hasselquist

  • Partial Albinism in a Semi‐Isolated Population of Great Reed Warblers

    Staffan Bensch;Bengt Hansson;Dennis Hasselquist;Bo Nielsen

  • HIGHER FITNESS FOR PHILOPATRIC THAN FOR IMMIGRANT MALES IN A SEMI- ISOLATED POPULATION OF GREAT REED WARBLERS

    Staffan Bensch;Dennis Hasselquist;Bo Nielsen;Bengt Hansson

  • Increase of genetic variation over time in a recently founded population of great reed warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) revealed by microsatellites and DNA fingerprinting.

    B. Hansson;S. Bensch;D. Hasselquist;B.-G. Lillandt

  • Sexual selection and genetic colour polymorphisms in animals

    Maren Wellenreuther;Erik I. Svensson;Bengt Hansson

  • New methods to identify conserved microsatellite loci and develop primer sets of high cross-species utility – as demonstrated for birds

    Deborah A. Dawson;Gavin J. Horsburgh;Clemens Küpper;Ian R. K. Stewart

  • Sex chromosome evolution: historical insights and future perspectives

    Jessica K. Abbott;Anna K. Nordén;Bengt Hansson

  • Why Do Sex Chromosomes Stop Recombining

    Suvi Ponnikas;Hanna Sigeman;Jessica K. Abbott;Bengt Hansson

  • Detecting Polygenic Evolution: Problems, Pitfalls, and Promises

    Maren Wellenreuther;Maren Wellenreuther;Bengt Hansson

  • Selection for heterozygosity gives hope to a wild population of inbred wolves.

    Staffan Bensch;Henrik Andrén;Bengt Hansson;Hans Chr. Pedersen

  • Dynamics of parasitemia of malaria parasites in a naturally and experimentally infected migratory songbird, the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus.

    Pavel Zehtindjiev;Mihaela Ilieva;Helena Westerdahl;Bengt Hansson

  • Microsatellite diversity predicts recruitment of sibling great reed warblers

    Bengt Hansson;Staffan Bensch;Dennis Hasselquist;Mikael Åkesson

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis Hasselquist
Dennis Hasselquist Lund University
Staffan Bensch
Staffan Bensch Lund University
Maren Wellenreuther
Maren Wellenreuther Plant & Food Research
Erik I. Svensson
Erik I. Svensson Lund University
Deborah A. Dawson
Deborah A. Dawson University of Sheffield
Terry Burke
Terry Burke University of Sheffield
Niels Jeroen Dingemanse
Niels Jeroen Dingemanse Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Peter Gärdenfors
Peter Gärdenfors Lund University
Josephine M. Pemberton
Josephine M. Pemberton University of Edinburgh
Jon Slate
Jon Slate University of Sheffield

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