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50
Citations
9946
World Ranking
3839
National Ranking
213

Overview

Dietmar Zinner is affiliated with the German Primate Center in Germany, specializing in research spanning biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, environmental science, and psychology. Their scholarly work demonstrates a focus on primate behavior and ecology, genetic diversity, and wildlife conservation.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Science
  • Psychology

Within these disciplines, Zinner has contributed extensively to subfields such as social psychology, ecology, genetics, molecular biology, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their research topics cover a broad range but center primarily on:

  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Notable recent publications by Dietmar Zinner include:

  • "A global catalog of whole-genome diversity from 233 primate species" (2023, Science)
  • "The landscape of tolerated genetic variation in humans and primates" (2023, Science)
  • "Multilevel Organisation of Animal Sociality" (2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution)
  • "Identification of constrained sequence elements across 239 primate genomes" (2023, Nature)
  • "Genome-wide coancestry reveals details of ancient and recent male-driven reticulation in baboons" (2023, Science)

Zinner's frequent collaborators include Christian Roos, Julia Fischer, Sascha Knauf, Anagaw Atickem, and Lukas F. K. Kuderna.

The scientist's research has appeared regularly in several publication venues, with the most frequent being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Primate Biology
  • Science
  • Genes

Best Publications

  • Hybridization and speciation

    R. Abbott;D. Albach;S. Ansell;J. W. Arntzen

  • Collective decision-making and fission–fusion dynamics: a conceptual framework

    Cédric Sueur;Andrew King;Larissa L. Conradt;Gerald G. Kerth

  • Mitochondrial phylogeography of baboons (Papio spp.) – Indication for introgressive hybridization?

    Dietmar Zinner;Linn F Groeneveld;Christina Keller;Christian Roos

  • Evolution of Multilevel Social Systems in Nonhuman Primates and Humans

    Cyril C. Grueter;Cyril C. Grueter;Bernard Chapais;Dietmar Zinner;Dietmar Zinner

  • A mitogenomic phylogeny of living primates.

    Knut Finstermeier;Dietmar Zinner;Markus Brameier;Matthias Meyer

  • A global catalog of whole-genome diversity from 233 primate species

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  • Lemurs and the Regeneration of Dry Deciduous Forest in Madagascar

    Jörg U. Ganzhorn;Joanna Fietz;Edmond Rakotovao;Dorothea Schwab

  • Nuclear versus mitochondrial DNA: evidence for hybridization in colobine monkeys

    Christian Roos;Dietmar Zinner;Laura S Kubatko;Christiane Schwarz

  • The comparative genomics and complex population history of Papio baboons

    Jeffrey Rogers;Jeffrey Rogers;Muthuswamy Raveendran;R. Alan Harris;R. Alan Harris;Thomas Mailund

  • Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities

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  • Baboon phylogeny as inferred from complete mitochondrial genomes.

    Dietmar Zinner;Jenny Wertheimer;Rasmus Liedigk;Linn F. Groeneveld

  • The strange blood: Natural hybridization in primates

    Dietmar Zinner;Michael L Arnold;Christian Roos

  • Multilevel Organisation of Animal Sociality.

    Cyril C. Grueter;Xiaoguang Qi;Dietmar Zinner;Thore Bergman

  • To follow or not to follow: decision making and leadership during the morning departure in chacma baboons

    Sabine Stueckle;Dietmar Zinner

  • Male tolerance and male–male bonds in a multilevel primate society

    Annika Patzelt;Gisela H. Kopp;Ibrahima Ndao;Urs Kalbitzer

  • Sexual Selection in Primates: Sexual selection and exaggerated sexual swellings of female primates

    Dietmar P. Zinner;Charles L. Nunn;Carel P. van Schaik;Peter M. Kappeler

  • Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the sportive lemurs (Lepilemur, Primates)

    Nicole Andriaholinirina;Jean-Luc Fausser;Christian Roos;Dietmar Zinner

  • Charting the neglected West: The social system of Guinea baboons

    Julia Fischer;Gisela H. Kopp;Federica Dal Pesco;Adeelia Goffe

  • Sex and friendship in a multilevel society: behavioural patterns and associations between female and male Guinea baboons.

    Adeelia S. Goffe;Dietmar Zinner;Julia Fischer

  • Hybridization in human evolution: Insights from other organisms.

    Rebecca R. Ackermann;Michael L. Arnold;Marcella D. Baiz;James A. Cahill

  • Is the new primate genus rungwecebus a baboon

    Dietmar Zinner;Michael L. Arnold;Christian Roos

  • The hidden matrilineal structure of a solitary lemur: implications for primate social evolution.

    Peter M. Kappeler;Barbara Wimmer;Dietmar Zinner;Diethard Tautz

  • Sexual swellings in female hamadryas baboons after male take-overs: Deceptive swellings as a possible female counter-strategy against infanticide

    Dietmar Zinner;Tobias Deschner

  • Mitochondrial diversity and distribution of African green monkeys (chlorocebus gray, 1870).

    Tanja Haus;Tanja Haus;Emmanuel Akom;Bernard Agwanda;Michael Hofreiter

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey Rogers
Jeffrey Rogers Baylor College of Medicine
Peter M. Kappeler
Peter M. Kappeler German Primate Center
Thore J. Bergman
Thore J. Bergman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Cyril C. Grueter
Cyril C. Grueter University of Western Australia
Patrick Tan
Patrick Tan Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Jörg U. Ganzhorn
Jörg U. Ganzhorn Universität Hamburg
Susan C. Alberts
Susan C. Alberts Duke University
Erich D. Jarvis
Erich D. Jarvis Rockefeller University
Joël Fagot
Joël Fagot Aix-Marseille University
Guojie Zhang
Guojie Zhang Zhejiang University

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