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Walter Salzburger

Walter Salzburger

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
75
Citations
17854
World Ranking
1073
National Ranking
24

Overview

Walter Salzburger is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their scientific work spans multiple areas including genetics, ecology, molecular biology, and neuroscience.

The main topics of their research cover:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Fish ecology and management studies
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Evolution and genetic dynamics
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Chromosomal and genetic variations
  • Animal behavior and reproduction

Salzburger's recent notable publications include:

  • Drivers and dynamics of a massive adaptive radiation in cichlid fishes, 2020, Nature
  • The Visual Opsin Gene Repertoires of Teleost Fishes: Evolution, Ecology, and Function, 2021, Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Dynamics of sex chromosome evolution in a rapid radiation of cichlid fishes, 2021, Science Advances
  • Gene expression dynamics during rapid organismal diversification in African cichlid fishes, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Genetic Variation and Hybridization in Evolutionary Radiations of Cichlid Fishes, 2020, Annual Review of Animal Biosciences

The venues where Salzburger frequently publishes their research include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Science Advances
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Great Lakes Research

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Salzburger are:

  • Fabrizia Ronco
  • Adrian Indermaur
  • Michael Matschiner
  • Milan Malinsky
  • Maxime Policarpo

Best Publications

  • The genomic substrate for adaptive radiation in African cichlid fish

    David Brawand;David Brawand;Catherine E. Wagner;Catherine E. Wagner;Yang I. Li;Milan Malinsky;Milan Malinsky

  • Sympatric speciation in Nicaraguan crater lake cichlid fish

    Marta Barluenga;Kai N. Stölting;Walter Salzburger;Moritz Muschick

  • Origin of the superflock of cichlid fishes from Lake Victoria, East Africa.

    Erik Verheyen;Walter Salzburger;Jos Snoeks;Axel Meyer

  • Convergent Evolution within an Adaptive Radiation of Cichlid Fishes

    Moritz Muschick;Adrian Indermaur;Walter Salzburger

  • The performance of phylogenetic algorithms in estimating haplotype genealogies with migration.

    Walter Salzburger;Greg B. Ewing;Arndt Von Haeseler

  • Out of Tanganyika: Genesis, explosive speciation, key-innovations and phylogeography of the haplochromine cichlid fishes

    Walter Salzburger;Tanja Mack;Erik Verheyen;Axel Meyer

  • TANDEM: integrating automated allele binning into genetics and genomics workflows

    Michael Matschiner;Walter Salzburger

  • Drivers and dynamics of a massive adaptive radiation in cichlid fishes.

    Fabrizia Ronco;Michael Matschiner;Michael Matschiner;Michael Matschiner;Astrid Böhne;Anna Boila

  • Understanding explosive diversification through cichlid fish genomics.

    Walter Salzburger

  • Phylogeny of the Lake Tanganyika Cichlid Species Flock and Its Relationship to the Central and East African Haplochromine Cichlid Fish Faunas

    Walter Salzburger;Axel Meyer;Sanja Baric;Erik Verheyen

  • Speciation via introgressive hybridization in East African cichlids

    W. Salzburger;S. Baric;C. Sturmbauer

  • The species flocks of East African cichlid fishes: recent advances in molecular phylogenetics and population genetics.

    Walter Salzburger;Axel Meyer

  • Lake Level Fluctuations Synchronize Genetic Divergences of Cichlid Fishes in African Lakes

    Christian Sturmbauer;Sanja Baric;Walter Salzburger;Lukas Rüber

  • Genome divergence during evolutionary diversification as revealed in replicate lake-stream stickleback population pairs.

    Marius Roesti;Andrew P. Hendry;Walter Salzburger;Daniel Berner

  • The interaction of sexually and naturally selected traits in the adaptive radiations of cichlid fishes.

    Walter Salzburger

  • Evolution of the immune system influences speciation rates in teleost fishes

    Martin Malmstrøm;Michael Matschiner;Ole Kristian Tørresen;Bastiaan Star

  • Ecology and Evolution of the African Great Lakes and Their Faunas

    Walter Salzburger;Bert Van Bocxlaer;Bert Van Bocxlaer;Bert Van Bocxlaer;Andrew S. Cohen

  • Vision using multiple distinct rod opsins in deep-sea fishes.

    Zuzana Musilova;Zuzana Musilova;Fabio Cortesi;Fabio Cortesi;Michael Matschiner;Michael Matschiner;Michael Matschiner;Wayne I. L. Davies

  • GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSES PROVIDE EVIDENCE FOR THE ADAPTIVE CHARACTER OF THE TANGANYIKAN CICHLID FISH RADIATIONS

    Céline Clabaut;Céline Clabaut;Paul M. E. Bunje;Walter Salzburger;Walter Salzburger;Axel Meyer

  • Bayesian Divergence-Time Estimation with Genome-Wide Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Data of Sea Catfishes (Ariidae) Supports Miocene Closure of the Panamanian Isthmus.

    Madlen Stange;Marcelo R Sánchez-Villagra;Walter Salzburger;Michael Matschiner;Michael Matschiner

  • Adaptive phenotypic plasticity in the Midas cichlid fish pharyngeal jaw and its relevance in adaptive radiation

    Moritz Muschick;Moritz Muschick;Marta Barluenga;Marta Barluenga;Walter Salzburger;Walter Salzburger;Axel Meyer

  • Origin of the Superflock of Cichlid Fishes from Lake Victoria

    East Africa;Erik Verheyen;Walter Salzburger;Jos Snoeks

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Sturmbauer
Christian Sturmbauer University of Graz
Erik Verheyen
Erik Verheyen Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Ole Seehausen
Ole Seehausen University of Bern
Kjetill S. Jakobsen
Kjetill S. Jakobsen University of Oslo
Dirk Steinke
Dirk Steinke University of Guelph
Karen L. Carleton
Karen L. Carleton University of Maryland, College Park
Stephan Koblmüller
Stephan Koblmüller University of Graz
Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra
Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra University of Zurich
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh Uppsala University
Norihiro Okada
Norihiro Okada National Cheng Kung University

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