• Application of DNA mini-barcoding reveals illegal trade in endangered shark products in southern Africa 

      Asbury, Tamaryn A.; Bennett, Rhett; Price, Aidan; da Silva, Charlene; Bürgener, Markus; Klein, Juliana D.; Maduna, Simo; Sidat, N.; Fernando, S.; Bester-van der Merwe, Aletta E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-05)
      In recent decades, a combination of increasing demand and economic globalisation has created a global market for elasmobranch products, especially the highly prized shark fins for Asian markets. Morphological species ...
    • Binneområder i Sør-Varanger 

      Wartiainen, Ingvild; Andreassen, Rune; Tobiassen, Camilla; Aarnes, Siv; Randa, Rolf; Turtumøygard, Stein; Wikan, Steinar; Eiken, Hans Geir (Bioforsk rapport;4(189) 2009, Research report, 2009)
      Pasvikdalen i Sør-Varanger kommune har en av de tetteste brunbjørnbestandene (Ursus arctos) i Norge, med jevnlig observasjoner av binner med avkom. Ved å kombinere feltobservasjoner og genetiske data fra perioden 2004-2008 ...
    • A comprehensive phylogenomic study unveils evolutionary patterns and challenges in the mitochondrial genomes of Carcharhiniformes: A focus on Triakidae 

      Winn, Jessica; Maduna, Simo; Bester-van der Merwe, Aletta E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-12-30)
      The complex evolutionary patterns in the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the most species-rich shark order, the Carcharhiniformes (ground sharks) has led to challenges in the phylogenomic reconstruction of the families ...
    • Mitogenomics of the suborder Cottoidei (Teleostei: Perciformes): Improved assemblies, mitogenome features, phylogeny, and ecological implications 

      Maduna, Simo; Vivian-Smith, Adam; Jónsdóttir, Ólöf Dóra Bartels; Imsland, Albert; Klutsch, Cornelya; Nyman, Tommi; Eiken, Hans Geir; Hagen, Snorre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-02)
      We determined the mitogenome of Cyclopterus lumpus using a hybrid sequencing approach, and another four closely related species in the Liparidae based on available next-generation sequence data. We found that the mitogenome ...
    • Sea ice reduction drives genetic differentiation among Barents Sea polar bears 

      Maduna, Simo; Aars, Jon; Fløystad, Ida; Klutsch, Cornelya; Fiskebeck, Eve Marie Louise Zeyl; Wiig, Øystein; Ehrich, Dorothee; Andersen, Magnus; Bachmann, Lutz; Derocher, Andrew E.; Nyman, Tommi; Eiken, Hans Geir; Hagen, Snorre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09-08)
      Loss of Arctic sea ice owing to climate change is predicted to reduce both genetic diversity and gene flow in ice-dependent species, with potentially negative consequences for their long-term viability. Here, we tested for ...