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Thierry Backeljau

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Massimiliano Virgilio; Thierry Backeljau; H Delatte; S Quilici; M De Meyer
Cryptic diversity and gene flow among three African agricultural pests: Ceratitis rosa, Ceratitis fasciventris and Ceratitis anonae (Diptera, Tephritidae).
Magdalena Boshoff; Maarten De Jonge; Kurt Jordaens; Suzanna Lettens; Filip M G Tack; Bart Vandecasteele; Thierry Backeljau; Lieven Bervoets
Organ- and species-specific accumulation of metals in two land snail species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata).
Vanya Prévot; Gontran Sonet; Kurt Jordaens; Thierry Backeljau
Exploring species level taxonomy and species delimitation methods in the facultatively self-fertilizing land snail genus Rumina (gastropoda: pulmonata).

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2013: Massimiliano Virgilio; Thierry Backeljau; H Delatte; S Quilici; M De Meyer
Cryptic diversity and gene flow among three African agricultural pests: Ceratitis rosa, Ceratitis fasciventris and Ceratitis anonae (Diptera, Tephritidae).
Molecular ecology 2013;22(9):2526-39.
2013: Magdalena Boshoff; Maarten De Jonge; Kurt Jordaens; Suzanna Lettens; Filip M G Tack; Bart Vandecasteele; Thierry Backeljau; Lieven Bervoets
Organ- and species-specific accumulation of metals in two land snail species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata).
The Science of the total environment 2013;449():470-81.
2013: Vanya Prévot; Gontran Sonet; Kurt Jordaens; Thierry Backeljau
Exploring species level taxonomy and species delimitation methods in the facultatively self-fertilizing land snail genus Rumina (gastropoda: pulmonata).
PloS one 2013;8(4):e60736.
2013: Niels Van Steenkiste; Wim Willems; Thierry Backeljau; Ulf Jondelius; Bart Tessens; Tom Artois
A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of dalytyphloplanida (platyhelminthes: rhabdocoela) reveals multiple escapes from the marine environment and origins of symbiotic relationships.
PloS one 2013;8(3):e59917.
2013: Sofie Derycke; Thierry Backeljau; Tom Moens
Dispersal and gene flow in free-living marine nematodes.
Frontiers in zoology 2013;10(1):1.
2012: Stine Slotsbo; Thierry Backeljau; Lars Monrad Hansen; Kurt Jordaens; Anders Malmendal; Niels Chr Nielsen; Martin Holmstrup
Cold tolerance and freeze-induced glucose accumulation in three terrestrial slugs.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology 2012;161(4):443-9.
2012: Karin Breugelmans; Josep Quintana Cardona; Kurt Jordaens; Tom Artois; Thierry Backeljau
First report of the exotic blue land planarian, Caenoplana coerulea (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae), on Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain).
ZooKeys 2012;(199):91-105.
2012: Prem B Budha; Peter B Mordan; Fred Naggs; Thierry Backeljau
Darwininitium - a new fully pseudosigmurethrous orthurethran genus from Nepal (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Cerastidae).
ZooKeys 2012;(175):19-26.
2012: Massimiliano Virgilio; Kurt Jordaens; Thierry Backeljau; Floris C Breman; Marc De Meyer
Identifying insects with incomplete DNA barcode libraries, African fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) as a test case.
PloS one 2012;7(2):e31581.
2011: Massimiliano Virgilio; Thierry Backeljau; R Emeleme; J L Juakali; M De Meyer
A quantitative comparison of frugivorous tephritids (Diptera: Tephritidae) in tropical forests and rural areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Bulletin of entomological research 2011;101(5):591-7.
2011: Debbie Eraly; Frederik Hendrickx; Thierry Backeljau; Lieven Bervoets; Luc Lens
Direct and indirect effects of metal stress on physiology and life history variation in field populations of a lycosid spider.
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety 2011;74(6):1489-97.
2011: Bruno Nevado; Thierry Backeljau; Varvara Fazalova; Mark Hanssens; Erik Verheyen
Repeated unidirectional introgression of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA between four congeneric Tanganyikan cichlids.
Molecular biology and evolution 2011;28(8):2253-67.
2010: C De Busschere; F Hendrickx; S M Van Belleghem; Thierry Backeljau; Luc Lens; L Baert
Parallel habitat specialization within the wolf spider genus Hogna from the Galápagos.
Molecular ecology 2010;19(18):4029-45.
2010: Griet Casteleyn; Frederik Leliaert; Thierry Backeljau; Ann-Eline Debeer; Yuichi Kotaki; Lesley Rhodes; Nina Lundholm; Koen Sabbe; Wim Vyverman
Limits to gene flow in a cosmopolitan marine planktonic diatom.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2010;107(29):12952-7.
2010: Heidi Van den Broeck; Hans De Wolf; Thierry Backeljau; Ronny Blust
Effect of metal accumulation on metallothionein level and condition of the periwinkle Littorina littorea along the Scheldt estuary (the Netherlands).
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) 2010;158(5):1791-9.
2010: K Huyghe; M Small; Bieke Vanhooydonck; Anthony Herrel; Z Tadić; Raoul Van Damme; Thierry Backeljau
Genetic divergence among sympatric colour morphs of the Dalmatian wall lizard (Podarcis melisellensis).
Genetica 2010;138(3):387-93.
2010: Sofie Derycke; Jan Vanaverbeke; Annelien Rigaux; Thierry Backeljau; Tom Moens
Exploring the use of cytochrome oxidase c subunit 1 (COI) for DNA barcoding of free-living marine nematodes.
PloS one 2010;5(10):e13716.
2010: Massimiliano Virgilio; Thierry Backeljau; Bruno Nevado; Marc De Meyer
Comparative performances of DNA barcoding across insect orders.
BMC bioinformatics 2010;11():206.
2009: Natalia A Mikhailova; Yulia A Gracheva; Thierry Backeljau; Andrey I Granovitch
A potential species-specific molecular marker suggests interspecific hybridization between sibling species Littorina arcana and L. saxatilis (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) in natural populations.
Genetica 2009;137(3):333-40.
2009: M Virgilio; C Fauvelot; F Costantini; M Abbiati; Thierry Backeljau
Phylogeography of the common ragworm Hediste diversicolor (Polychaeta: Nereididae) reveals cryptic diversity and multiple colonization events across its distribution.
Molecular ecology 2009;18(9):1980-94.
2009: Heidi Van den Broeck; Hans De Wolf; Thierry Backeljau; Ronny Blust
Comparative assessment of reproductive impairment in the gastropod mollusc Littorina littorea along the Belgian North Sea coast.
The Science of the total environment 2009;407(8):3063-9.
2008: Sofie Derycke; T Remerie; Thierry Backeljau; Andy Vierstraete; Jacques R Vanfleteren; Magda Vincx; Tom Moens
Phylogeography of the Rhabditis (Pellioditis) marina species complex: evidence for long-distance dispersal, and for range expansions and restricted gene flow in the northeast Atlantic.
Molecular ecology 2008;17(14):3306-22.
2008: Anthony Herrel; Katleen Huyghe; Bieke Vanhooydonck; Thierry Backeljau; Karin Breugelmans; Irena Grbac; Raoul Van Damme; Duncan J Irschick
Rapid large-scale evolutionary divergence in morphology and performance associated with exploitation of a different dietary resource.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2008;105(12):4792-5.
2007: Jupiter Mtambo; Maxime Madder; Wim Van Bortel; Dirk Geysen; Dirk Berkvens; Thierry Backeljau
Genetic variation in Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Acari: Ixodidae) from Zambia: correlating genetic and ecological variation with Rhipicephalus appendiculatus from eastern and southern Africa.
Journal of vector ecology : journal of the Society for Vector Ecology 2007;32(2):168-75.
2007: Sofie Derycke; Frederik Hendrickx; Thierry Backeljau; Sofie D'Hondt; Lindsy Camphijn; Magda Vincx; Tom Moens
Effects of sublethal abiotic stressors on population growth and genetic diversity of Pellioditis marina (Nematoda) from the Westerschelde estuary.
Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2007;82(2):110-9.
2007: Heidi Van den Broeck; Hans De Wolf; Thierry Backeljau; Ronny Blust
Effects of environmental stress on the condition of Littorina littorea along the Scheldt estuary (The Netherlands).
The Science of the total environment 2007;376(1-3):346-58.
2007: Jupiter Mtambo; Maxime Madder; Wim Van Bortel; George Chaka; Dirk Berkvens; Thierry Backeljau
Further evidence for geographic differentiation in R. appendiculatus (Acari: Ixodidae) from Eastern and Southern provinces of Zambia.
Experimental & applied acarology 2007;41(1-2):129-38.
2007: Jupiter Mtambo; Maxime Madder; Wim Van Bortel; Dirk Berkvens; Thierry Backeljau
Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and R. zambeziensis (Acari: Ixodidae) from Zambia: a molecular reassessment of their species status and identification.
Experimental & applied acarology 2007;41(1-2):115-28.
2006: Sofie Derycke; Thierry Backeljau; C Vlaeminck; Andy Vierstraete; Jacques R Vanfleteren; Magda Vincx; Tom Moens
Seasonal dynamics of population genetic structure in cryptic taxa of the Pellioditis marina complex (Nematoda: Rhabditida).
Genetica 2006;128(1-3):307-21.
2006: Kurt Jordaens; Hans De Wolf; Natalie Van Houtte; Bart Vandecasteele; Thierry Backeljau
Genetic variation in two land snails, Cepaea nemoralis and Succinea putris (Gastropoda, Pulmonata), from sites differing in heavy metal content.
Genetica 2006;128(1-3):227-39.
2006: Kurt Jordaens; Hans De Wolf; Bart Vandecasteele; Ronny Blust; Thierry Backeljau
Associations between shell strength, shell morphology and heavy metals in the land snail Cepaea nemoralis (Gastropoda, Helicidae).
The Science of the total environment 2006;363(1-3):285-93.
2006: Marijke M M Dhondt; Els Adriaens; Jan Pinceel; Kurt Jordaens; Thierry Backeljau; Jean Paul Remon
Slug species- and population-specific effects on the end points of the Slug Mucosal Irritation test.
Toxicology in vitro : an international journal published in association with BIBRA 2006;20(4):448-57.
2006: Jupiter Mtambo; Wim Van Bortel; Maxime Madder; Patricia Roelants; Thierry Backeljau
Comparison of preservation methods of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Acari: Ixodidae) for reliable DNA amplification by PCR.
Experimental & applied acarology 2006;38(2-3):189-99.
2006: Katrijn Verhaeghen; Wim Van Bortel; Patricia Roelants; Thierry Backeljau; Marc Coosemans
Detection of the East and West African kdr mutation in Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles arabiensis from Uganda using a new assay based on FRET/Melt Curve analysis.
Malaria journal 2006;5():16.
2005: Veerle Berckmoes; Jan Scheirs; Kurt Jordaens; Ronny Blust; Thierry Backeljau; Ron Verhagen
Effects of environmental pollution on microsatellite DNA diversity in wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) populations.
Environmental toxicology and chemistry / SETAC 2005;24(11):2898-907.
2005: Jan Pinceel; Kurt Jordaens; Natalie Van Houtte; Gary Bernon; Thierry Backeljau
Population genetics and identity of an introduced terrestrial slug: Arion subfuscus s.l. in the North-East USA (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Arionidae).
Genetica 2005;125(2-3):155-71.
2005: Patrick Van Riel; Kurt Jordaens; Natalie Van Houtte; Antonio M Frias Martins; Ron Verhagen; Thierry Backeljau
Molecular systematics of the endemic Leptaxini (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) on the Azores islands.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 2005;37(1):132-43.
2005: Jan Pinceel; Kurt Jordaens; Thierry Backeljau
Extreme mtDNA divergences in a terrestrial slug (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Arionidae): accelerated evolution, allopatric divergence and secondary contact.
Journal of evolutionary biology 2005;18(5):1264-80.
2005: Marjan De Block; Sofie Geenen; Kurt Jordaens; Thierry Backeljau; Robby Stoks
Spatiotemporal allozyme variation in the damselfly, Lestes viridis (Odonata: Zygoptera): gene flow among permanent and temporary ponds.
Genetica 2005;124(2-3):137-44.
2005: Hans De Wolf; Heidi Van den Broeck; Diab Qadah; Thierry Backeljau; Ronny Blust
Temporal trends in soft tissue metal levels in the periwinkle Littorina littorea along the Scheldt estuary, The Netherlands.
Marine pollution bulletin 2005;50(4):479-84.
2005: Jan Pinceel; Kurt Jordaens; Markus Pfenninger; Thierry Backeljau
Rangewide phylogeography of a terrestrial slug in Europe: evidence for Alpine refugia and rapid colonization after the Pleistocene glaciations.
Molecular ecology 2005;14(4):1133-50.
2004: Hans De Wolf; Ronny Blust; Thierry Backeljau
The population genetic structure of Littorina littorea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) along a pollution gradient in the Scheldt estuary (The Netherlands) using RAPD analysis.
The Science of the total environment 2004;325(1-3):59-69.
2004: Wim Van Bortel; Ho Dinh Trung; Tho Sochantha; Kalouna Keokenchan; Patricia Roelants; Thierry Backeljau; Marc Coosemans
Eco-ethological heterogeneity of the members of the Anopheles minimus complex (Diptera: Culicidae) in Southeast Asia and its consequences for vector control.
Journal of medical entomology 2004;41(3):366-74.
2004: Hans De Wolf; Ronny Blust; Thierry Backeljau
The use of RAPD in ecotoxicology.
Mutation research 2004;566(3):249-62.
2004: Wim Willems; Tom Artois; Wouter Vermin; Thierry Backeljau; Ernest Schockaert
Reports on the free-living platyhelminthes from Australia: typhloplanoida, with the description of three new taxa.
Zoological science 2004;21(3):333-41.
2004: Hans De Wolf; Collins Handa; Thierry Backeljau; Ronny Blust
A baseline survey of intersex in Littorina littorea along the Scheldt estuary, The Netherlands.
Marine pollution bulletin 2004;48(5-6):592-6.
2004: Hans De Wolf; Thierry Backeljau; Ronny Blust
Sensitivity to cadmium along a salinity gradient in populations of the periwinkle, Littorina littorea, using time-to-death analysis.
Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2004;66(3):241-53.
2003: Wim Van Bortel; Ho Dinh Trung; Patricia Roelants; Thierry Backeljau; Marc Coosemans
Population genetic structure of the malaria vector Anopheles minimus A in Vietnam.
Heredity 2003;91(5):487-93.
2003: Patrick Van Riel; Kurt Jordaens; Ron Verhagen; A M Frias Martins; Thierry Backeljau
Genetic differentiation reflects geological history in the Azorean land snail, Leptaxis azorica.
Heredity 2003;91(3):239-47.
2003: Shirley Gurdebeke; Jean-Pierre Maelfait; Thierry Backeljau
Contrasting allozyme and RAPD variation in spider populations from patchy forest habitats.
Genetica 2003;119(1):27-34.
2003: Wilfrida Decraemer; Eirini Karanastasi; Derek Brown; Thierry Backeljau
Review of the ultrastructure of the nematode body cuticle and its phylogenetic interpretation.
Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 2003;78(3):465-510.
2003: Sofie Geenen; Kurt Jordaens; Rita Castilho; Thierry Backeljau
Congruence between starch gel and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in detecting allozyme variation in pulmonate land slugs.
Electrophoresis 2003;24(4):622-7.
2002: Wim Van Bortel; Tho Sochanta; Ralph E Harbach; D Socheat; Patricia Roelants; Thierry Backeljau; Marc Coosemans
Presence of Anopheles culicifacies B in Cambodia established by the PCR-RFLP assay developed for the identification of Anopheles minimus species A and C and four related species.
Medical and veterinary entomology 2002;16(3):329-34.
2001: Wim Van Bortel; Ralph E Harbach; Ho Dinh Trung; Patricia Roelants; Thierry Backeljau; Marc Coosemans
Confirmation of Anopheles varuna in vietnam, previously misidentified and mistargeted as the malaria vector Anopheles minimus.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2001;65(6):729-32.
2001: Hans De Wolf; Kurt Jordaens; E Reusens; Ronny Blust; Thierry Backeljau
Esterase variation in the periwinkle Littorina littorea, along the western and eastern Scheldt estuarium.
Marine environmental research 2001;52(4):373-82.
2001: Hans De Wolf; Wim De Coen; Thierry Backeljau; Ronny Blust
Intersex and sterility in the periwinkle Littorina littorea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) along the Western Scheldt estuary, The Netherlands.
Marine environmental research 2001;52(3):249-55.
2001: Hans De Wolf; S A Ulomi; Thierry Backeljau; H B Pratap; Ronny Blust
Heavy metal levels in the sediments of four Dar es Salaam mangroves. Accumulation in, and effect on the morphology of the periwinkle, Littoraria scabra (Mollusca: Gastropoda).
Environment international 2001;26(4):243-9.
2001: H Reise; B Zimdars; Kurt Jordaens; Thierry Backeljau
First evidence of possible outcrossing in the terrestrial slug Arion intermedius (Gastropoda: Pulmonata).
Hereditas 2001;134(3):267-70.
2000: Kurt Jordaens; Sofie Geenen; H Reise; Patrick Van Riel; Ron Verhagen; Thierry Backeljau
Is there a geographical pattern in the breeding system of a complex of hermaphroditic slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Carinarion)?
Heredity 2000;85(Pt 6):571-9.
2000: Hans De Wolf; Thierry Backeljau; Ronny Blust
Heavy metal accumulation in the periwinkle Littorina littorea, along a pollution gradient in the Scheldt estuary.
The Science of the total environment 2000;262(1-2):111-21.
2000: Wim Van Bortel; Ho Dinh Trung; Patricia Roelants; Ralph E Harbach; Thierry Backeljau; Marc Coosemans
Molecular identification of Anopheles minimus s.l. beyond distinguishing the members of the species complex.
Insect molecular biology 2000;9(3):335-40.
1999: Kurt Jordaens; Patrick Van Riel; Ron Verhagen; Thierry Backeljau
Food-induced esterase electromorphs in Carinarion spp. and their effects on taxonomic data analysis (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Arionidae).
Electrophoresis 1999;20(3):473-9.
1998: BM Winnepenninckx; D G Reid; Thierry Backeljau
Performance of 18S rRNA in littorinid phylogeny (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda).
Journal of molecular evolution 1998;47(5):586-96.
1998: BM Winnepenninckx; Thierry Backeljau
Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers in the periwinkle Littorina striata King & Broderip, 1832 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Prosobranchia).
Molecular ecology 1998;7(9):1253-4.
1998: BM Winnepenninckx; G Steiner; Thierry Backeljau; Rupert De Wachter
Details of gastropod phylogeny inferred from 18S rRNA sequences.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 1998;9(1):55-63.
1998: BM Winnepenninckx; Thierry Backeljau
Amplification of short tandem repeat loci: performance of different polymerases and radionucleotides.
BioTechniques 1998;24(1):34, 36, 38.
1997: Stefan Van Dongen; Thierry Backeljau
Bootstrap tests for specific hypotheses at single locus inbreeding coefficients.
Genetica 1997;99(1):47-58.
1996: BM Winnepenninckx; Thierry Backeljau; Rupert De Wachter
Investigation of molluscan phylogeny on the basis of 18S rRNA sequences.
Molecular biology and evolution 1996;13(10):1306-17.
1996: L Y Mackey; BM Winnepenninckx; Rupert De Wachter; Thierry Backeljau; P Emschermann; J R Garey
18S rRNA suggests that Entoprocta are protostomes, unrelated to Ectoprocta.
Journal of molecular evolution 1996;42(5):552-9.
1995: BM Winnepenninckx; Thierry Backeljau; L Y Mackey; J M Brooks; Rupert De Wachter; Sudhir Kumar; J R Garey
18S rRNA data indicate that Aschelminthes are polyphyletic in origin and consist of at least three distinct clades.
Molecular biology and evolution 1995;12(6):1132-7.
1995: BM Winnepenninckx; Thierry Backeljau; Rupert De Wachter
Phylogeny of protostome worms derived from 18S rRNA sequences.
Molecular biology and evolution 1995;12(4):641-9.
1995: BM Winnepenninckx; Yves Van de Peer; Thierry Backeljau; Rupert De Wachter
CARD: a drawing tool for RNA secondary structure models.
BioTechniques 1995;18(6):1060-3.
1993: BM Winnepenninckx; Thierry Backeljau; Rupert De Wachter
Extraction of high molecular weight DNA from molluscs.
Trends in genetics : TIG 1993;9(12):407.
1993: BM Winnepenninckx; Thierry Backeljau; Rupert De Wachter
Complete small ribosomal subunit RNA sequence of the chiton Acanthopleura japonica (Lischke, 1873) (Mollusca, Polyplacophora).
Nucleic acids research 1993;21(7):1670.
1992: B Winnepennickx; Thierry Backeljau; Yves Van de Peer; Rupert De Wachter
Structure of the small ribosomal subunit RNA of the pulmonate snail, Limicolaria kambeul, and phylogenetic analysis of the Metazoa.
FEBS letters 1992;309(2):123-6.