2024
Extensive Population Structure Highlights an Apparent Paradox of Stasis in the Impala (Aepyceros melampus)
Garcia-Erill G., Wang X., Rasmussen M.S., Quinn L., Khan A., Bertola L.D., Santander C.G., Balboa R., Ogutu J.O., Pečnerová P., Hanghøj K.,, Kuja J., Nursyifa C., Masembe C., Muwanika V., Bibi F., Moltke I., Siegismund H.R., Albrechtsen A., Heller R.
Molecular Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17539
2024
Use or abuse of trophy hunting for conservation genomics?
Klinga P., Pečnerová P., Baxter M., Höglund J.
The Journal of Wildlife Management, https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22631
2024
Temporal dynamics of woolly mammoth genome erosion prior to extinction
Dehasque M., Morales H., Díez-del-Molino D., Pečnerová P., Chacón-Duque J.C., Kanellidou F., Muller H., Plotnikov V., Protopopov A., Tikhonov A., Nikolskiy P., Danilov G.K., Gianni M., van der Sluis L., Higham T., Heintzam P.D., Oskolkov N., Gilbert M.T.P., Götherström A., van der Valk T., Vartanyan S., Dalén L.
Cell, 10.1016/j.cell.2024.05.033
2024
Properties of vertebrate predator–prey networks in the high Arctic
Abrham M., Norén K., Fillela J.B., Angerbjörn A., Lecomte N., Pečnerová P., Freire S., Dalerum F.
Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11470
2024
Introgression and disruption of migration routes have shaped the genetic integrity of wildebeest populations
Liu X.*, Lin L.*, Sinding M.-H.S.*, Bertola L.D., Hanghøj K., Quinn L., Garcia-Erill G., Rasmussen M.S., Schubert M., Pečnerová P., Balboa R., Li Z., Heaton M.P., Smith T.P.L., Pinto R.R., Wang X., Kuja J., Brüniche-Olsen A., Meisner J., Santander C.G., Ogutu J.O., Masembe C., de Fonseca R.R., Muwanika V., Siegismund H.R., Albrechtsen A., Moltke I., Heller R.
Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47015-y
* These authors contributed equally
2024
Garbage consumption by Arctic terrestrial predators in one of the most pristine land areas on Earth
Gort-Esteve A., Abrham M., Carøe C., Måsviken J., Freire S., Lecomte N., Pečnerová P., Angerbjörn A., Filella J.B., Norén K., Dalerum F.
Polar Research, https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v43.9756
2024
Population genomics of the muskox' resilience in the near absence of genetic variation
Pečnerová P., Lord E., Garcia-Erill G., Hanghøj K., Rasmussen M.S., Meisner J., Liu X., van der Valk T., Santander C.G., Quinn L., Lin L., Liu S., Carøe C., Dalerum F., Götherström A., Måsviken J., Vartanyan S., Raundrup K., Al-Chaer A., Rasmussen L., Hvilsom C., Heide-Jørgensen M.P., Sinding M.-H.S., Aastrup P., Van Coeverden de Groot P.J., Schmidt N.M., Albrechtsen A., Heller R., Moltke I., Siegismund H.R.
Molecular Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17205
2023
Genomics of adaptive evolution in the woolly mammoth
Díez-del-Molino D., Dehasque M., Chacón-Duque J.C., Pečnerová P., Tikhonov A., Protopopov A., Plotnikov V., Kanellidou F., Nikolskiy P., Mortensen P., Danilov G.K., Vartanyan S., Gilbert M.T.P., Lister A.M., Heintzman P.D., van der Valk T., Dalén L.
Current Biology, 10.1016/j.cub.2023.03.084
2023
Combining methods for non-invasive fecal DNA enables whole genome and metagenomic analyses in wildlife biology
de Flamingh A., Ishida Y., Pečnerová P., Vilchis S., Siegismund H.R., van Aarde R.J, Malhi R.S., Roca A.L.
Frontiers in Genetics, https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.1021004
2023
Colonialism in South Africa leaves a lasting legacy of reduced genetic diversity in Cape buffalo
Quinn L., Garcia-Erill G., Santander C., Brüniche-Olsen A., Liu X., Sinding M.-H.S., Heaton M.P., Smith T.P.L., Pečnerová P., Bertola L.D., Hanghøj K., Rasmussen M.S., de Jager D., Siegismund H., Albrechtsen A., Heller R., Moltke I.
Molecular Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16851
2022
Evolutionary consequences of genomic deletions and insertions in the woolly mammoth genome
van der Valk T., Dehasque M., Chacón-Duque J.C., Oskolkov N., Vartanyan S., Heintzman P.D., Pečnerová P., Díez-del-Molino D., Dalén L.
IScience, 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104826
2022
Ancient and historical DNA in conservation policy
Jensen E.*, Díez-del-Molino D.*, Gilbert M.T.P., Bertola L.D., Borges F., Cubric-Curik V., de Navascués M., Frandsen P., Heuertz M., Hvilsom C., Jimenéz-Mena B., Miettinen A., Moest M., Pečnerová P., Barnes I., Vernesi C.
Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.010
* These authors contributed equally
2022
Development and optimization of a silica column-based extraction protocol for ancient DNA
Dehasque M., Pečnerová P., Lagerholm V.K., Ersmark E., Danilov G.K., Mortensen P., Vartanyan S., Dalén L.
Genes, https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13040687
2021
Mammuthus sp. (Early and Middle Pleistocene Mammoths)
Pečnerová P., Díez-del-Molino D., van der Valk T., Dehasque M., Götherström A., Dalén L.
Trends in Genetics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2021.04.006
2021
Combining Bayesian age models and genetics to investigate population dynamics and extinction of the last mammoths in northern Siberia
Dehasque M., Pečnerová P., Muller H., Tikhonov A., Nikolskiy P., Tsigankova V.I., Danilov G.K., Díez-del-Molino D., Vartanyan S., Dalén L., Lister A.M.
Quaternary Science Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106913
2021
Million-year-old DNA sheds light on the genomic history of mammoths
van der Valk T.*, Pečnerová P.*, Díez-del-Molino D.*, Bergström A., Oppenheimer J., Hartmann S., Xenikoudakis G., Thomas J.A., Dehasque M., Sağlıcan E., Fidan F.R., Barnes I., Liu S., Somel M., Heintzman P.D., Nikolskiy P., Shapiro B., Skoglund P., Hofreiter M., Lister A.M., Götherström A., Dalén L.
Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03224-9
* These authors contributed equally
2021
High genetic diversity and low differentiation reflect the ecological versatility of the African leopard
Pečnerová P.*, Garcia-Erill G.*, Liu X.*, Nursyifa C.*, Waples R.K.*, Santander C.G.*, Quinn L., Frandsen P., Meisner J., Stæger F.F., Rasmussen M.S., Brüniche-Olsen A., Hviid Friis Jørgensen C., da Fonseca R.R., Siegismund H.R., Albrechtsen A., Heller R., Moltke I., Hanghøj K.
Current Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.064
* These authors contributed equally
2020
Competitive mapping allows for the identification and exclusion of human DNA contamination in ancient faunal genomic datasets
Feuerborn T.R., Palkopoulou E., van der Valk T., von Seth J., Munters A.R., Pečnerová P., Dehasque M., Ureña I., Ersmark E., Lagerholm V.K., Krzewińska M., Rodríguez-Varela R., Götherström A., Dalén L., Díez-del-Molino D.
BMC Genomics, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-07229-y
2020
‘Semi‐dwarf’ woolly mammoths from the East Siberian Sea coast, continental Russia
Kirillova I.V., Borisova O.K., Chernova O.F., Van Kolfschoten T., Van Der Lubbe J.H., Panin A.V., Pečnerová P., van der Plicht J., Shidlovskiy F.K., Titov V.V., Zanina O.G.
Boreas, https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12431
2019
4000-year-old reindeer mitogenomes from the Volga-Kama region reveal continuity among the forest reindeer in northeastern part of European Russia
Heino M.T., Akeyev I.V., Shaymuratova D.N., Askeyev O.V., Askeyev A.O., van der Valk T., Pečnerová P., Dalén L., Aspi J.
Archeology of the Eurasian Steppe, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. ISBN: 978-5-98946-313-8
2018
Testosterone in ancient hair from an extinct species
Koren L., Matas D., Pečnerová P., Dalén L., Tikhonov A., Gilbert M.T.P., Wynne-Edwards K., Geffen E.
Palaeontology, https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12391
2017
Mitogenome Evolution in the Last Surviving Woolly Mammoth Population Reveals Neutral and Functional Consequences of Small Population Size
Pečnerová P., Palkopoulou E., Wheat C.W., Skoglund P., Vartanyan S., Tikhonov A., Nikolskiy P., van der Plicht J., Díez-del-Molino D., Dalén L.
Evolution Letters, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.33
2017
Genome-Based Sexing Provides Clues about Behavior and Social Structure in the Woolly Mammoth
Pečnerová P., Díez-del-Molino D., Dussex N., Feuerborn T., von Seth J., van der Plicht J., Nikolskiy P., Tikhonov A., Vartanyan S., Dalén L.
Current Biology, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.09.064
2017
Exploring the diet of Arctic wolves (Canis lupus arctos) at their northern range limit
Dalerum F., Freire s., Angerbjörn A., Lecomte N., Lindgren Å., Meijer T., Pečnerová P., Dalén L.
Canadian Journal of Zoology, doi: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2017-0054
2017
Spatial variation in Arctic hare (Lepus arcticus) populations around the Hall Basin
Dalerum F., Dalén L., Fröjd C., Lecomte N., Lindgren Å., Meijer T., Pečnerová P., Angerbjörn A.
Polar Biology, doi: 10.1007/s00300-017-2116-1
2016
Changes in variation at the MHC class II DQA locus during the final demise of the woolly mammoth
Pečnerová P., Díez-del-Molino D., Vartanyan S., Dalén L.
Scientific Reports 6, 25274, doi: 10.1038/srep25274
2015
A Skull Might Lie: Modeling Ancestral Ranges and Diet from Genes and Shape of Tree Squirrels
Pečnerová P., Moravec J.C., Martínková N.
Systematic Biology 64(6), 1074-1088, doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syv054
2012
Evolutionary history of tree squirrels (Rodentia, Sciurini) based on multilocus phylogeny reconstruction
Pečnerová P. and Martínková N.
Zoologica Scripta 41, 211–219, doi: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00528.x