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Stephan Koblmüller

Stephan Koblmüller

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Ecology and Evolution

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Overview

Stephan Koblmüller is affiliated with the University of Graz in Austria. Their research contributions span various topics primarily centered on environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broader categories, Koblmüller works extensively in several subfields such as:

  • Ecology
  • Genetics
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Molecular Biology

Their research topics cover a range of specialized areas, including:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies

Koblmüller has authored multiple research papers with notable recent publications:

  • Cumulative SARS-CoV-2 mutations and corresponding changes in immunity in an immunocompromised patient indicate viral evolution within the host, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Unravelling the evolution of Africa's drainage basins through a widespread freshwater fish, the African sharptooth catfish Clarias gariepinus, 2020, Journal of Biogeography
  • A reference DNA barcode library for Austrian amphibians and reptiles, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Coverage and quality of DNA barcode references for Central and Northern European Odonata, 2021, PeerJ
  • Weak population structure and recent demographic expansion of the monogenean parasite Kapentagyrus spp. infecting clupeid fishes of Lake Tanganyika, East Africa, 2020, International Journal for Parasitology

Common publication venues for Koblmüller's work include:

  • Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd
  • Scientific Reports
  • Diversity
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Hydrobiologia

They collaborate frequently with several researchers, with frequent coauthors such as:

  • Maarten P. M. Vanhove
  • Lukas Zangl
  • Christian Sturmbauer
  • Tom Artois
  • Maarten Van Steenberge

Best Publications

  • Phylogenomics uncovers early hybridization and adaptive loci shaping the radiation of Lake Tanganyika cichlid fishes

    Iker Irisarri;Pooja Singh;Pooja Singh;Stephan Koblmüller;Julián Torres-Dowdall

  • Reticulate phylogeny of gastropod-shell-breeding cichlids from Lake Tanganyika--the result of repeated introgressive hybridization.

    Stephan Koblmüller;Nina Duftner;Kristina M Sefc;Mitsuto Aibara

  • The Lake Tanganyika cichlid species assemblage: recent advances in molecular phylogenetics

    Stephan Koblmüller;Stephan Koblmüller;Kristina M. Sefc;Christian Sturmbauer

  • Rapid radiation, ancient incomplete lineage sorting and ancient hybridization in the endemic Lake Tanganyika cichlid tribe Tropheini.

    Stephan Koblmüller;Bernd Egger;Christian Sturmbauer;Kristina M. Sefc

  • Parallelism of amino acid changes at the RH1 affecting spectral sensitivity among deep-water cichlids from Lakes Tanganyika and Malawi

    Tohru Sugawara;Yohey Terai;Hiroo Imai;George F. Turner

  • Nuclear and mitochondrial data reveal different evolutionary processes in the Lake Tanganyika cichlid genus Tropheus

    Bernd Egger;Stephan Koblmüller;Christian Sturmbauer;Kristina M Sefc

  • Origin and status of the Great Lakes wolf.

    Stephan Koblmüller;Maria Nord;Robert K. Wayne;Jennifer A. Leonard;Jennifer A. Leonard;Jennifer A. Leonard

  • Complete mitochondrial DNA replacement in a Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish.

    B. Nevado;B. Nevado;S. Koblmüller;C. Sturmbauer;J. Snoeks;J. Snoeks

  • Phylogenetic relationships of the lamprologine cichlid genus Lepidiolamprologus (Teleostei: Perciformes) based on mitochondrial and nuclear sequences, suggesting introgressive hybridization.

    Robert Schelly;Walter Salzburger;Stephan Koblmüller;Nina Duftner

  • Age and spread of the haplochromine cichlid fishes in Africa.

    Stephan Koblmüller;Ulrich K. Schliewen;Nina Duftner;Nina Duftner;Kristina M. Sefc

  • Evolutionary history of the Lake Tanganyika cichlid tribe Lamprologini (Teleostei: Perciformes) derived from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA data

    Christian Sturmbauer;Walter Salzburger;Nina Duftner;Robert C. Schelly

  • Evolutionary relationships of the limnochromini, a tribe of benthic deepwater cichlid fish endemic to Lake Tanganyika, East Africa.

    Nina Duftner;Stephan Koblmüller;Christian Sturmbauer

  • The Adaptive Radiation of Cichlid Fish in Lake Tanganyika: A Morphological Perspective

    Tetsumi Takahashi;Stephan Koblmüller

  • Parallel evolution of facial stripe patterns in the Neolamprologus brichardi/pulcher species complex endemic to Lake Tanganyika.

    Nina Duftner;Kristina M. Sefc;Stephan Koblmüller;Walter Salzburger;Walter Salzburger

  • Hidden biodiversity in an ancient lake: phylogenetic congruence between Lake Tanganyika tropheine cichlids and their monogenean flatworm parasites

    Maarten Pieterjan Vanhove;Antoine Pariselle;Antoine Pariselle;Maarten Van Steenberge;Maarten Van Steenberge;Maarten Van Steenberge;Joost A.M. Raeymaekers

  • Separated by sand, fused by dropping water: habitat barriers and fluctuating water levels steer the evolution of rock-dwelling cichlid populations in Lake Tanganyika.

    Stephan Koblmüller;Walter Salzburger;Beate Obermüller;Eva Eigner

  • Evolutionary Relationships in the Sand-Dwelling Cichlid Lineage of Lake Tanganyika Suggest Multiple Colonization of Rocky Habitats and Convergent Origin of Biparental Mouthbrooding

    Stephan Koblmüller;Walter Salzburger;Christian Sturmbauer

  • Distinct population structure in a phenotypically homogeneous rock‐dwelling cichlid fish from Lake Tanganyika

    Nina Duftner;Nina Duftner;Kristina M. Sefc;Stephan Koblmüller;Bruno Nevado

  • Whole mitochondrial genomes illuminate ancient intercontinental dispersals of grey wolves (Canis lupus)

    Stephan Koblmüller;Stephan Koblmüller;Carles Vilà;Belen Lorente-Galdos;Marc Dabad

  • Assessing Parent Numbers from Offspring Genotypes: The Importance of Marker Polymorphism

    Kristina M. Sefc;Stephan Koblmüller

  • Evolutionary history of Lake Tanganyika's scale-eating cichlid fishes.

    Stephan Koblmüller;Bernd Egger;Christian Sturmbauer;Kristina M. Sefc

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Sturmbauer
Christian Sturmbauer University of Graz
Kristina M. Sefc
Kristina M. Sefc University of Graz
Maarten P.M. Vanhove
Maarten P.M. Vanhove Hasselt University
Milan Gelnar
Milan Gelnar Masaryk University
Jennifer A. Leonard
Jennifer A. Leonard Spanish National Research Council
Walter Salzburger
Walter Salzburger University of Basel
Tine Huyse
Tine Huyse KU Leuven
Robert K. Wayne
Robert K. Wayne University of California, Los Angeles

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