Ben Wielstra

Leiden University — Netherlands

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

30h-index2.6kcitations136works4.52yr avg
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Research Topics

Genetic diversity and population structure(70), Species Distribution and Climate Change(41), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(28), Amphibian and Reptile Biology(28), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies(20)

Publications136 total

Unlocking Demography: Developing an e <scp>DNA</scp> ‐Based Toolkit to Measure Sex Ratios From Populations
Molecular Ecology Resources·2025Open Access
MtDNA barcoding illuminates native diversity and introduction pathways of slow worms in The Netherlands
Amphibia-Reptilia·2025Open Access
The invasive marsh frogs advancing into The Netherlands carry a diverse mix of mtDNA
Amphibia-Reptilia·2025Open Access
Target capture sequencing provides insights into hybridogenetic water frogs
2025
Identification of Y-chromosome Turnover in Newts Fails to Support a Sex Chromosome Origin for the <i>Triturus</i> Balanced Lethal System
Genome Biology and Evolution·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
<scp>NewtCap</scp> : An Efficient Target Capture Approach to Boost Genomic Studies in Salamandridae (True Salamanders and Newts)
Ecology and Evolution·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Linkage Mapping vs. Association: A Comparison of Two <scp>RADseq</scp> ‐Based Approaches to Identify Markers for Homomorphic Sex Chromosomes in Large Genomes
Molecular Ecology Resources·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Discordance between phylogenomic methods in Near Eastern mountain newts (Neurergus, Salamandridae)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Exposing Selection and Genetic Linkage in the Evolutionary Enigmatic Balanced Lethal System in <i>Triturus</i> Newts
Ecology and Evolution·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Determining Zygosity With Multiplex Kompetitive Allele‐Specific <scp>PCR</scp> ( <scp>mxKASP</scp> ) Genotyping
Ecology and Evolution·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Scientists’ warning on genetic pollution
Discover Conservation·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Genome-wide patterns of diversity in the European midwife toad complex: phylogeographic and conservation prospects
Conservation Genetics·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Safeguarding Iguana diversity: enabling rapid and low-effort tracking of non-native iguanas through terrestrial eDNA innovations
Biological Invasions·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Phylogenomics yields new systematic and taxonomical insights for Lissotriton newts, a genus with a strong legacy of introgressive hybridization
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Safeguarding <i>Iguana</i> diversity: Enabling rapid and low-effort tracking of non-native iguanas through terrestrial eDNA innovations
2024Open Access
Phylogenomics resolves the puzzling phylogeny of banded newts (genus Ommatotriton)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Identification of Y-chromosome turnover in newts fails to support a sex chromosome origin for the <i>Triturus</i> balanced lethal system
2024· 2 citedOpen Access
The balanced lethal system in <i>Triturus</i> newts originated in an instantaneous speciation event.
2024· 10 citedOpen Access
PAV-spotter: using signal cross-correlations to identify Presence/Absence Variation in target capture data
2024· 4 citedOpen Access
NewtCap: an efficient target capture approach to boost genomic studies in Salamandridae (true salamanders and newts)
2024· 10 citedOpen Access
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Jan W. Arntzen(32), Wiesław Babik(8), Roger K. Butlin(6), Kurtuluş Olgun(6), Spartak N. Litvinchuk(5), Yali Si(5), H. Bradley Shaffer(4), Christophe Dufresnes(4), Isolde van Riemsdijk(4), Daniele Canestrelli(4), Konstantinos Sotiropoulos(3), Dan Cogălniceanu(3), Terry Burke(3), Gonçalo Espregueira Themudo(3), Pierre‐André Crochet(3), Mathieu Denoël(3), Jie Wei(3), Willem R. M. Meilink(3), Borislav Naumov(3), Johanna Ambu(3)