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Franz Suchentrunk is affiliated with the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna in Austria. Their work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science.

The scientist's research is focused on several key topics, including:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Plant and animal studies

Main subfields of study include Genetics, Ecology, Immunology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Molecular Biology.

Franz Suchentrunk has published research in several notable scientific venues, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMC Ecology and Evolution
  • Mammalian Biology
  • Molecular Biology Reports
  • Systematic Biology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Suchentrunk include:

  • "The Legacy of Recurrent Introgression during the Radiation of Hares," 2020, Systematic Biology
  • "The legacy of recurrent introgression during the radiation of hares," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Population genetic structure in a rapidly expanding mesocarnivore: golden jackals in the Dinaric-Pannonian region," 2021, Global Ecology and Conservation
  • "Pan-European phylogeography of the European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)," 2022, Ecology and Evolution
  • "Positive selection on two mitochondrial coding genes and adaptation signals in hares (genus Lepus) from China," 2021, BMC Ecology and Evolution

Frequent co-authors in their research activities include Felix Knauer, Milomir Stefanović, Ladislav Paule, Mihajla Djan, and Asma Awadi.

Best Publications

  • Invasion from the cold past: extensive introgression of mountain hare (Lepus timidus) mitochondrial DNA into three other hare species in northern Iberia

    J. Melo-Ferreira;P. Boursot;F. Suchentrunk;N. Ferrand

  • Species inflation and taxonomic artefacts—A critical comment on recent trends in mammalian classification

    Frank E. Zachos;Marco Apollonio;Eva V. Bärmann;Marco Festa-Bianchet

  • Ancient introgression of Lepus timidus mtDNA into L. granatensis and L. europaeus in the Iberian Peninsula.

    P.C. Alves;N. Ferrand;F. Suchentrunk;D.J. Harris

  • The rise and fall of the mountain hare (Lepus timidus) during Pleistocene glaciations: expansion and retreat with hybridization in the Iberian Peninsula.

    J. Melo-Ferreira;J. Melo-Ferreira;P. Boursot;E. Randi;A. Kryukov

  • The shaping of mitochondrial DNA phylogeographic patterns of the brown hare (Lepus europaeus) under the combined influence of Late Pleistocene climatic fluctuations and anthropogenic translocations.

    P. Kasapidis;F. Suchentrunk;A. Magoulas;G. Kotoulas

  • Phylogeography of the brown hare (Lepus europaeus) in Europe: a legacy of south-eastern Mediterranean refugia?

    Costas Stamatis;Franz Suchentrunk;Katerina A. Moutou;Marco Giacometti

  • Selection and recombination drive the evolution of MHC class II DRB diversity in ungulates

    H Schaschl;P Wandeler;F Suchentrunk;Gaby Obexer-Ruff

  • Introducing mother's curse: low male fertility associated with an imported mtDNA haplotype in a captive colony of brown hares.

    Steve Smith;Christopher Turbill;Franz Suchentrunk

  • Genetic diversity and landscape genetic structure of otter ( Lutra lutra ) populations in Europe

    Nadia Mucci;Johanna Arrendal;Hermann Ansorge;Michael Bailey

  • The Legacy of Recurrent Introgression during the Radiation of Hares

    Mafalda S Ferreira;Mafalda S Ferreira;Matthew R Jones;Colin M Callahan;Liliana Farelo

  • Brief communication. Mitochondrial DNA variation in the European otter (Lutra lutra) and the use of spatial autocorrelation analysis in conservation

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  • Allozyme heterozygosity and fluctuating asymmetry in brown hares Lepus europaeus introduced to New Zealand: Developmental homeostasis in populations with a bottleneck history

    Franz Suchentrunk;Günther B. Hartl;John E. C. Flux;John Parkes

  • Studies on the European hare. 47. An integrative analysis of genetic differentiation in the brown hare Lepus europaeus based on morphology, allozymes, and mitochondrial DNA

    Günther B. Hartl;Franz Suchentrunk;Karl Nadlinger;Rudolf Willing

  • An integrative analysis of genetic differentiation in the brown hare Lepus europaeus based on morphology, allozymes, and mitochondrial DNA

    G B Hartl;F Suchentrunk;K Nadlinger;R Willing

  • Population genetics of cape and brown hares (Lepus capensis and L. europaeus): A test of Petter's hypothesis of conspecificity

    Hichem Ben Slimen;Franz Suchentrunk;Costas Stamatis;Zissis Mamuris

  • Hares on thin ice: introgression of mitochondrial DNA in hares and its implications for recent phylogenetic analyses.

    Alves Pc;Harris Dj;Melo-Ferreira J;Branco M

  • On the biochemical systematics of the Caprini and the Rupicaprini

    Günther B. Hartl;Heinrich Burger;Rudolf Willing;Franz Suchentrunk

  • Allozyme evolution and the molecular clock in the Lagomorpha

    Martin Grillitsch;Günther B. Hartl;Franz Suchentrunk;Rudolf Willing

  • Genetic diversity within Anatolian brown hares (Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778) and differentiation among Anatolian and European populations

    H. Sert;F. Suchentrunk;A. Erdoğan

  • Shy is sometimes better: personality and juvenile body mass affect adult reproductive success in wild boars, Sus scrofa

    Sebastian G. Vetter;Constanze Brandstätter;Marie Macheiner;Franz Suchentrunk

  • Evidence for genetic similarity of two allopatric European hares (Lepus corsicanus and L. castroviejoi) inferred from nuclear DNA sequences.

    P.C. Alves;J. Melo-Ferreira;M. Branco;F. Suchentrunk

  • Phylogenetic analysis of mtCR-1 sequences of Tunisian and Egyptian hares (Lepus sp. or spp., Lagomorpha) with different coat colours

    H. Ben Slimen;F. Suchentrunk;A.B. Shahin;Amel Ben Ammar Elgaaied

  • Revisiting the phylogeography and demography of European badgers (Meles meles) based on broad sampling, multiple markers and simulations

    Alain C Frantz;a D Mcdevitt;L C Pope;J Kochan

Frequent Co-Authors

Günther B. Hartl
Günther B. Hartl Kiel University
Paulo C. Alves
Paulo C. Alves University of Porto
Pierre Boursot
Pierre Boursot University of Montpellier
Nuno Ferrand
Nuno Ferrand University of Porto
Frank E. Zachos
Frank E. Zachos Natural History Museum Vienna
Marco Apollonio
Marco Apollonio University of Sassari
Klaus Hackländer
Klaus Hackländer BOKU University
Georg Gerhard Duscher
Georg Gerhard Duscher Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety
Cino Pertoldi
Cino Pertoldi Aalborg University
Elisabeth Haring
Elisabeth Haring Natural History Museum Vienna

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