Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Peer-reviewed Publications
For a complete list of published work, please see my NCBI's Bibliography [link].
* Asterisks mark an undergraduate coauthor
C Marshall, J Halo, K Van Why, Y Loera, S Tennenbaum, C Burton, A Di Landro, D Dominguez, D Duncan, M Machado, C Posada, S Gaughran, M Lichak, KE Brzeski, E Heppenheimer, BM vonHoldt (accepted) Signatures of the Anthropocene: Population genomic structure detected in Pennsylvania coyotes. Ecology & Evolution doi:10.1002/ece3.73216
GL Gedman, K Morrill Pirovich, J Oppenheimer, C Hyseni1, M Cassatt-Johnstone, … [25 coauthors] …, B vonHoldt, MTP Gilbert, CE Mason, RJ O'Neill, EK Karlsson, BL Cantarel, GRR Martin, G Church, B Lamm, B Shapiro (accepted) On the ancestry and evolution of the extinct dire wolf. Cell Genomics [abstract]
Y Loera, M Khaki, E Krueckeberg, IG Nilsson, Z Wu, M Dwire, J Adams, L Waits, JK Oakleaf, ML Campbell, JL Dunnum, JA Cook, BM vonHoldt (2026) A dominant founder lineage has possible fitness costs for the endangered Mexican gray wolf. Molecular Ecology DOI:10.1111/mec.70279
BM vonHoldt, I Macaire, KE Brzeski (2026) Signatures of assortative mating underpin the history and future of ghost and canonical Red Wolf genetic ancestry in the wild. Journal of Heredity |invited for Special Issue doi:10.1093/jhered/esag010 [abstract]
AL DeCandia, SR Tennenbaum, R Santymire, T Livieri, R Bortner, D Garelle, A Crosier, P Marinari, BS Pukazhenthi, P Comizzoli, JE Maldonado, K-P Koepfli, BM vonHoldt (2025) Ex situ reared black-footed ferrets exhibit altered sperm DNA methylation. Journal of Heredity doi:10.1093/jhered/esaf056 |invited for Special Issue [abstract]
JJ Kirchman, R France, J Butera, BM vonHoldt (2025) A remarkable specimen record of an apparently wild gray wolf (Canis lupus) from upstate New York. Northeastern Naturalist 32(3), 455-471 [abstract]
L Henson, K Christensen, B Sutherland, H Johnson, B vonHoldt, A Stronen, P Paquet, J Moody, B Koop, C Darimont (accepted) Grizzly bear population genomics across a coastal-interior ecotone in British Columbia, Canada. G3:Genes|Genomes|Genetics 15(12), jkaf237 [abstract]
D Tandon, S Campbell-Staton, Z Cheviron, B vonHoldt (2025) Geographic variation in epigenetic responses to hypoxia in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) distributed along an elevational gradient. Molecular Ecology 34(9), e17752 [abstract]
S Hervey, B vonHoldt, M Romanski, TJ Wheeldon, BR Patterson, K Brzeski (2025) Development of a noninvasive genotyping-in-thousands (GTseq) panel for long-term population conservation. Ecology & Evolution 15(4), e71240 [abstract]
L Rancilhac, S de Souza, S Lukhele, M Sebastianelli, B Ogolowa, M Moysi, C Nikiforou,T Asfaw, C Downs, A Brelsford, B vonHoldt, A Kirschel (2025) Introgression across narrow contact zones shapes the genomic landscape of phylogenetic variation in an African bird clade. Systematic Biology 74(6), 935-951 [abstract]
B Ogolowa, A Brelsford, J Fjeldså, A Fulgione, L Hadjioannou, E Henderson, R Moyle, M Moysi, E Nwankwo, L Rancilhac, T Smith, B vonHoldt, A Kirschel (2025) Plio-Pleistocene climatic fluctuations and divergence with gene flow drive continent-wide diversification in an African bird. Molecular Ecology 34(10), e17770 [abstract]
SA Watkins, EE Ulrey, NW Bakner, PH Wightman, BM vonHoldt, BA Collier, MJ Chamberlain (2025) Genetic structuring and within-flock relatedness of eastern wild turkeys. Wildlife Society Bulletin 49(S1), e1622 [abstract]
S Watkins, BM vonHoldt, B Collier, MJ Chamberlain (2025) Role of kinship in sociality of female eastern wild turkeys. Wildlife Society Bulletin 49(S1), e1630 [abstract]
M Forshaw, R Gray, B vonHoldt, A Ochoa, JM Miller, KE Brzeski, A Caccone, EL Jensen (2025) Constraint optimisation approaches for designing group-living captive breeding programmes. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence 39(27), 27989-27997 [abstract]
B vonHoldt, C Carroll, D Blumstein, J Berger (2025) Federal definitions, half empty processes, and recovery goals for threatened and endangered species require social and ecological criteria. BioScience 75(4), 307-316 [abstract]
C Sarabia, I Salado, A Fernández-Gil, BM vonHoldt, M Hofreiter, C Vila, JA Leonard (2025) Potential adaptive introgression from dogs in Iberian gray wolves (Canis lupus). Molecular Ecology 34(12), e17639 [abstract]
AL DeCandia, J Lu, EE Hamblen, LJ Brenner, JL King, CN Gagorik, JT Schamel, SS Baker, FJ Ferrara, M Booker, A Bridges, C Carrasco, BM vonHoldt, K-P Koepfli, JE Maldonado (2025) Phylosymbiosis and elevated cancer risk in genetically depauperate Channel Island foxes. Molecular Ecology 34(2), e17610 [abstract]
P Cunningham, M Shankar, B vonHoldt, SS Kienle (2024) Coyotes can do ‘puppy dog eyes’ too: Comparing interspecific variation in Canis facial expression muscles. Royal Society Open Science 11(10), 241046 [abstract]
D Tandon, E Kubinyi, S Sándor, H Faughnan*, A Miklósi, BM vonHoldt (2024) Canine hyper-sociability structural variants associated with altered three-dimensional chromatin state. BMC Genomics 25, 767 [abstract]
MW Hopken, C Gigante, AT Gilbert, R Chipman, J Kirby, RE Condori, S Mills, C Hartley, J Forbes, L Dettinger, D Aia, Y Li, B vonHoldt (accepted) Genetic tracking of a rabid coyote (Canis latrans) detected blond a rabies enzootic area in West Virginia. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 60(3), 745-752 [abstract]
KR Bredemeyer, BM vonHoldt, NM Foley, I Childers, KR Brzeski, WJ Murphy (2024) The value of hybrid genomes: Building two highly contiguous reference genome assemblies to advance Canis genomic studies. Journal of Heredity doi:10.1093/jhered/esae013 [abstract]
M Sebastianelli, SM Lukhele, S Secomandi, SG de Souza, B Haase, M Moysi, C Nikiforou, A Hutfluss, J Mountcastle, J Balacco, S Pelan, W Chow, O Fedrigo, CT Downs, A Monadjem, NJ Dingemanse, ED Jarvis, A Brelsford, BM vonHoldt, ANG Kirschel (2024) A genomic basis of vocal rhythm in birds. Nature Communications 15, 3095 [abstract]
SP Boychuck, LJ Brenner, CN Gagorik, JT Schamel, S Baker, E Tran*, BM vonHoldt, K-P Koepfli, JE Maldonado, AL DeCandia (2024) The gut microbiomes of Channel Island foxes and island spotted skunks exhibit fine-scale differentiation across host species and island populations. Ecology & Evolution 14(2), e11017 [abstract]
SR Tennenbaum, R Bortner, C Lynch, R Santymire, A Crosier, J Santiestevan, P Marinari, BS Pukazhenthi, P Comizzoli, MTR Hawkins, JE Maldonado, KP Koepfli, BM vonHoldt, AL DeCandia (2024) Epigenetic changes to gene pathways linked to male fertility in ex situ managed black-footed ferrets. Evolutionary Applications 17(1), e13634 [abstract]
BM vonHoldt, DR Stahler, KE Brzeski, M Musiani, R Peterson, M Phillips, J Stephenson, K Laudon, E Meredith, JA Vucetich, J Leonard, RK Wayne (2023) Demographic history shapes North American gray wolf genomic diversity and informs species’ conservation. Molecular Ecology 33(3), e17231 [abstract]
GE Gnanadesikan, D Tandon, EE Bray, BS Kennedy, S Tennenbaum, EL MacLean, BM vonHoldt (2023) Transposons in the Williams-Beuren Syndrome Critical Region are associated with social behavior in assistance dogs. Behavior Genetics doi:10.1007/s10519-023-10166-7 [abstract]
BM vonHoldt, AL DeCandia, KA Cassidy, EE Stahler, JS Sinsheimer, DW Smith, DR Stahler (2023) Patterns of reproduction and autozygosity distinguish the breeding from non-breeding gray wolves of Yellowstone National Park. Journal of Heredity doi:10.1093/jhered/esad062 [abstract]
M Cetera, R Sharan, G Hayward-Lara, B Phillips, A Biswas, B vonHoldt, D Devenport (2023) Region-specific reversal of epidermal planar polarity in the fancy rosette mouse. Development 50(17), dev202078 [abstract]
RS Meadows, JM Kidd, G-D Wang, …[35 coauthors], B vonHoldt, [6 coauthors], EA Ostrander (2023) Dog10K: genome sequencing of 2,000 canids advances the understanding of demography, genome function and architecture. Genome Biology 24, 187 [abstract]
H Salomons, KCM Smith, M Callahan-Becken, M Callahan, K Levy, BS Kennedy, EE Bray, GE Gnanadesikan, DJ Horcher, M Gruen, J Tan, P White, BM vonHoldt, EL MacLean, B Hare (2023) Response to Hansen Wheat et al: Additional analysis further supports the early emergence of cooperative communication in dogs compared to wolves raised with more human exposure. Learning & Behavior 51, 131-134 [abstract]
BM vonHoldt, R Kartzinel, K van Oers, K Verhoeven, JQ Ouyang (2022) Changes in the rearing environment cause reorganization of molecular networks associated with DNA methylation. Journal of Animal Ecology doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13878 [abstract]
AR Sanders, N Bhongir, B vonHoldt, M Pellegrini (2022) Association of DNA methylation with energy and fear-related behaviors in canines. Frontiers in Psychology 13, 1025494 [abstract]
SJ Gaughran, B vonHoldt (2022) Pleistocene parades of carnivores into North America. Molecular Ecology 31(24), 6387-6389 [abstract]
J Lu*, E Hamblen, L Brenner, B vonHoldt, A DeCandia (2022) Ear mite infection restructures otic microbial networks in conservation-reliant Santa Catalina Island foxes (Urocyon littoralis catalinae) Molecular Ecology 32(4), 892-903 [abstract]
TM Barnes, M Karlin, BM vonHoldt, J Adams, L Waits, JH Hinton, KE Brzeski (accepted) Estimating red wolf ancestry and population structure of coyotes on Galveston Island, Texas. BMC Ecology & Evolution [abstract]
S Cubaynes, EE Brandell, DR Stahler, DW Smith, ES Almberg, S Schindler, RK Wayne, AP Dobson, BM vonHoldt, DR MacNulty, P Cross, PJ Hudson, T Coulson (2022) Distemper outbreak frequency selects for mate choice behavior and coat color frequency in wolves. Science 378(6617), 300-303 [abstract]
M Cavedon, J Poissant, B vonHoldt, A Michalak, T Hegel, E Heppenheimer, D Hervieux, L Neufeld, JL Polfus, H Schwantje, R Steenweg, M Musiani (2022) Population structure of threatened caribou in western Canada inferred from genome-wide SNP data. Conservation Genetics 22, 1089-1103 [abstract]
A Caragiulo, SJ Gaughran, N Duncan, C Nagy, M Weckel, BM vonHoldt (2022) Coyotes in New York City carry variable genomic dog ancestry and influence their interactions with humans. Genes 13(9), 1661 [abstract]
L Henson, C Service, A Vik Stronen, J Moody, W Housty, D Reece, B vonHoldt, C Darimont (2022) Genetic evidence to inform management of rare genetic variants and gene flow: Balancing the conservation of the rare "Spirit Bear" allele and population genetic diversity across a complex landscape. Conservation Science and Practice. doi:10.1111/csp2.12769 [abstract]
BM vonHoldt, JW Hinton, AC Shutt, S Murphy, ML Karlin, JR Adams, LP Waits, KE Brzeski (2022) Reviving ghost alleles: Genetically admixed coyotes along the American Gulf Coast are critical for saving the endangered red wolf. Science Advances 8(26), eabn7731 [abstract]
L Rubbi, H Zhang, J Feng, C He, P Kurnia, P Ratan, A Tammana, S House, M Thompson, C Farrell, S Sair, D Stahler, EA Ostrander, B vonHoldt, M Pellegrini (2022) The effects of age, sex, weight, and breed on canid methylomes. Epigenetics 17(11), 1497-1512 [abstract]
M Cavedon, B vonHoldt, M Hebblewhite, T Hegel, E Heppenheimer, D Hervieux, S Mariani, H Schwantje, R Steenweg, R Steenweg, M Watters, M Musiani (2022) Selection of both genes and habitat in specialized and endangered caribou. Conservation Biology 36(4), e13900 [abstract]
M Cavedon, B vonHoldt, M Hebblewhite, T Hegel, E Heppenheimer, D Hervieux, S Mariani, H Schwantje, R Steenweg, J Theoret, M Musiani (2022) Genomic legacy of migration in endangered caribou. PLoS Genetics 18(2), e1009974 [abstract]
J Plassais, BM vonHoldt, HG Parker, A Carmagnini, N Dubos, I Papa, K Bevant, T Derrien, LM Hennelly, T Whitaker, AC Harris, AN Hogan, HJ Huson, VF Zaibert, A Linderholm, J Haile, T Fest, B Habib, BN Sacks, N Benecke, AK Outram, MV Sablin, M Germonpré, G Larson, L Frantz, EA Ostrander (2022) Natural and human driven-selection of a single non- coding body size variant in ancient and modern canids. Current Biology 32, 1-9 [abstract]
BM vonHoldt, K Brzeski, ML Aardema, A Shutt, A Linderholm, WJ Murphy (2021) Persistence and expansion of cryptic endangered red wolf genomic ancestry along the American Gulf coast. Molecular Ecology 31(21), 5440-5454 [abstract]
KR Bredemeyer, CM Seabury, MJ Stickney, JR McCarrey, BM vonHoldt, WJ Murphy (2021) Rapid macrosatellite evolution promotes X-linked hybrid male sterility in a feline interspecies cross. Molecular Biology & Evolution 38(12), 5588-5609 [abstract]
CB Mowry, LA Wilson, BM vonHoldt (2021) Interface of human/wildlife interactions: an example of a bold coyote (Canis latrans) in Atlanta, GA, USA. Diversity 13(8), 372 [abstract]
L Henson, N Balkenhol, R Gustas, M Adams, J Walkus, W Housty, A Stronen, J Moody, C Service, D Reece, B vonHoldt, I McKechnie, BF Koop, CT Darimont (2021) Convergent geographic patterns between grizzly bear population genetic structure and Indigenous language groups in coastal British Columbia. Ecology and Society 26(3), 7 [abstract]
H Salomons, KCM Smith, M Callahan-Beckel, M Callahan, K Levy, BS Kennedy, E Bray, GE Gnanadesikan, DJ Horschler, M Gruen, J Tan, P White, BM vonHoldt, E MacLean, B Hare (2021) Cooperative communication with humans evolved to emerge early in domestic dogs. Current Biology 31(14), 3137-3144.e11 [abstract]
ZM Laubach, JR Greenberg, JW Turner, T Montgomery, MO Pioon, L Smale, R Cavalcante, K Padmanabhan, C Lalancette, B vonHoldt, CD Faulk, DC Dolinoy, KE Holekamp, W Perng (2021) Associations of early social experience with offspring DNA methylation and later life stress phenotype. Nature Communications 12, 4398 [abstract]
UH Taron, I Salado, M Escobar-Rodriguez, MV Westbury, S Butschkau, JLA Paijmans, B vonHoldt, M Hofreiter, JA Leonard (2021) A sliver of the past: the decimation of the genetic diversity of the Mexican wolf. Molecular Ecology 30(23), 6340-6354 [abstract]
AL DeCandia, KA Cassidy, DR Stahler, E Stahler, BM vonHoldt (2021) Social environment and genetics underlie body site specific of microbiomes of Yellowstone National Park gray wolves (Canis lupus). Ecology & Evolution 11(14), 9472-9488 [abstract]
C Sarabia, B vonHoldt, JC Larrasoana, V Urios, JA Leonard (2021) Pleistocene climate fluctuations drove demographic history of African golden wolves (Canis lupaster). Molecular Ecology 30(23), 6101-6120 [abstract]
C Carroll, D Rohlf, B vonHoldt, A Treves, S Hendricks (2021) Wolf delisting challenges demonstrate need for improved framework for conserving intraspecific variation under the Endangered Species Act. BioScience 71(1), 73-84 [abstract]
AL DeCandia, EC Schrom, EE Brandell, DR Stahler, BM vonHoldt (2020) Sarcoptic mange severity is associated with reduced genomic variation and evidence of selection in Yellowstone National Park wolves (Canis lupus). Evolutionary Applications 14(2), 429-445 [abstract]
E Heppenheimer, KE Brzeski, JW Hinton, MJ Chamberlain, RK Wayne, J Robinson, BM vonHoldt (2020) A genome-wide perspective on the persistence of red wolf ancestry in southeastern canids. Journal of Heredity 111(3), 277-286 [abstract]
BM vonHoldt, ML Aardema (2020) Updating the bibliography of interbreeding among Canis in North America. Journal of Heredity DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esaa004 [abstract]
BM vonHoldt, AL DeCandia, E Heppenheimer, I Janowitz-Koch, KE Brzeski, KA Cassidy, DR Stahler, JS Sinsheimer (2020) Heritability of inter-pack aggression in a wild pedigreed population of North American grey wolves. Molecular Ecology DOI: 10.1111/mec.15349 [abstract]
ML Aardema, BM vonHoldt, ML Fritz, SR Davis (2020) Global evaluation of taxonomic relationships and admixture within the Culex pipiens complex of mosquitoes. Parasites & Vectors 13(8) [abstract]
AL DeCandia, JL King, BM vonHoldt (2019) Ear mite infection is associated with altered microbial communities in genetically depauperate Santa Catalina Island foxes (Urocyon littoralis catalinae). Molecular Ecology DOI: 10.1111/mec.15325 [abstract]
AL DeCandia, KN Leverett*, BM vonHoldt (2019) Of microbes and mange: consistent changes in the skin microbiome of three canid species infected with Sarcoptes scabies mites. Parasites & Vectors 12, 488 [abstract]
EL MacLean, N Synder-Mackler, BM vonHoldt, JA Serpell (2019) Highly heritable and functionally relevant breed differences in dog behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 286(1912) [abstract]
D Tandon, K Ressler, D Petticord, A Papa, J Jiranek, R Wilkinson, RY Kartzinel, EA Ostrander, N Burney, C Borden, MAR Udell, BM vonHoldt (2019) Homozygosity for mobile element insertions associated with WBSCR17 could predict success in assistance dog training programs. Genes 10(6), 439 [abstract]
EA Ostrander, G-D Wang, G Larson, BM vonHoldt, BW Davis, V Jagannathan, C Hitte, RK Wayne, Y-P ZHang, Dog10K Consortium (2019) Dog10K: An international sequencing effort to advance studies of canine domestication, phenotypes, and health. National Science Review DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwz049 [abstract]
A DeCandia*, C Henger*, A Krause**, L Gormezano, M Weckel, C Nagy, J Munshi-South, B vonHoldt (2019) Genetics of urban colonization: Neutral and adaptive variation in coyotes (Canis latrans) inhabiting the New York metropolitan area. Journal of Urban Ecology 5(1), 1-12 (*authors contributed equally; **high school intern) [abstract]
J Hinton, E Heppenheimer, K West, D Caudill, M Karlin, J Kilgo, J Mayer, K Miller, M Walch, B vonHoldt, M Chamberlain (2019) Geographic patterns in morphometric and genetic variation for coyote populations with emphasis in the southeastern United States. Ecology and Evolution 9(6), 3389-3404 [abstract]
A DeCandia, K Brzeski, E Heppenheimer, C Caro*, G Camenisch, P Wandeler, C Driscoll, B vonHoldt (2019) Urban colonization through multiple genetic lenses: The city-fox phenomenon revisited. Ecology and Evolution 9(4), 2046-2060 [abstract]
M Cavedon, C Coubili, E Heppenheimer, B vonHoldt, S Mariani, M Hebbelwhite, T Hegel, D Hervieux, R Serrouya, R Steenweg, B Weckworth, M Musiani (20019) Genes, environment and balancing selection in behaviorally bimodal populations: the caribou case. Molecular Ecology 28, 1946-1963 [abstract]
S Hendricks, R Schweizer, R Harrigan, J Pollinger, R Brown, P Paquet, C Darimont, J Adams, L Waits, B vonHoldt, P Hohenlohe, R Wayne (2019) Natural re-colonization and admixture of wolves (Canis lupus) in the US Pacific Northwest: challenges for the protection and management of rare and endangered taxa. Heredity 122(2), 133-149 [abstract]
E Heppenheimer, KE Brzeski, JW Hinton, BR Patterson, LY Rutledge, JF Benson, T Wheeldon, SR Fain, PA Hohenlohe, R Kays, BN White, MJ Chamberlain, BM vonHoldt (2018) High genomic diversity and candidate genes under selection associated with range expansion in eastern coyote (Canis latrans) populations. Ecology & Evolution. 8(24), 12641-12655 [abstract]
ER Bastounes, HM Rando, JL Johnson, LN Trut, BN Sacks, CA Driscoll, B vonHoldt, AV Kukekova (2018) Four structural variants associated with human-directed sociability in dogs are not found in tame red foxes (Vulpes vulpes). Animal Genetics 50(1), 116-118 [abstract]
E Heppenheimer*, KE Brzeski*, R Wooten, W Waddell, LY Rutledge, MJ Chamberlain, DR Stahler, JW Hinton, BM vonHoldt (2018) Rediscovery of red wolf ghost alleles in a canid population along the American Gulf Coast. Genes 9(12), 618 (* authors contributed equally) [abstract]
E Heppenheimer*, RJ Harrigan*, LY Rutledge, K-P Koepfli, AL DeCandia, KE Brzeski, JF Benson, T Wheeldon, BR Patterson, R Kays, PA Hohenlohe, BM vonHoldt (2018) Population genomic analysis of North American eastern wolves (Canis lycaon) supports their conservation priority status. Genes 9(12), 606 (* authors contributed equally) [abstract]
BM vonHoldt*, RY Kartzinel*, CD Huber, VL Underwood, Y Zhen, K Ruegg, KE Lohmueller, TB Smith (2018) Growth factor gene IGF1 is associated with bill size in an African finch (Pyrenestes ostrinus). Nature Communications 9, 4855 (* authors contributed equally) [abstract]
B vonHoldt, SS Ji, ML Aardema, DR Stahler, MAR Udell, JS Sinsheimer (2018) Activity of genes with functions in human Williams-Beuren Syndrome are impacted by mobile element insertions in the gray wolf genome. Genome Biology & Evolution. 10(6), 1546-1553 [ abstract]
AL DeCandia, AP Dobson, BM vonHoldt (2018) Toward an integrative molecular approach to wildlife disease. Conservation Biology 32(4), 798-807 [abstract]
M Pilot, C Greco, BM vonHoldt, E Randi, W Jedrzejewski, VE Sidorovich, M Konopinski, EA Ostrander, RK Wayne (2018) Widespread, long-term admixture between grey wolves and domestic dogs across Eurasia and its implications for the conservation status of hybrids. Evolutionary Applications 11(5), 662-680 [abstract]
SA Hendricks, S Koblmuller, R Harrigan, J Leonard, R Schweizer, B vonHoldt, R Kays,R Wayne (2017) Defense of an Expanded Historical Range for the Mexican Wolf: A Response to Heffelfinger et al. J Wildlife Management and Wildlife Monographs 81(8), 1331-1333. [abstract]
E Heppenheimer, DS Cosio*, KE Brzeski, C Caudill, K Van Why, MJ Chamberlain, JW Hinton, B vonHoldt (2017) Demographic history influences spatial patterns of genetic diversity in recently expanded coyote (Canis latrans) populations. Heredity 120(3), 183-195 (* undergraduate coauthor) [abstract]
B vonHoldt, Z Fan, D Ortega-Del Vecchyo, RK Wayne (2016) EPAS1 variants in high altitude Tibtan wolves were selectively introgressed into highland dogs. PeerJ 5, e3522 [abstract]
B vonHoldt, J Cahill, I Gronau, B Shapiro, J Wall, RK Wayne (2017) Technical Comment: Response to Hohenlohe et al. Science Advances 3(6), e1701233. [abstract]
B vonHoldt, E Shuldiner*, I Janowitz Koch, R Kartzinel, L Brubaker, S Wanser, D Stahler, C Wynne, M Udell (2017) Structural variants underlie hyper-sociability: A novel theory of dog domestication. Science Advances 3, e1700398 (* undergraduate coauthor; contributed equally with first author) [abstract]
BM vonHoldt, KE Brzeski, DS Wilcove, LY Rutledge (2017) Redefining the role of admixture and genomics in species conservation. Conservation Letters 11(2), 1-6 [abstract]
B vonHoldt, E Heppenheimer, V Petrenko, P Croonquist, LY Rutledge (2017) Ancestry-specific methylation patterns in admixed offspring from an experimental coyote and gray wolf cross. J Heredity 108(4), 341-348 [abstract]
M Thompson, B vonHoldt, S Horvath, M Pellegrini (2017) An epigenetic aging clock for dogs and wolves. Aging 9(3), 1055-1068. [abstract]
S Snir, B vonHoldt, M Pellegrini (2016) A statistical framework to identify deviation from time linearity in epigenetic aging. PLOS Computational Biology. 12(11), e1005183 [abstract]
B vonHoldt, J Cahill, Z Fan, I Gronau, J Robinson, JP Pollinger, B Shapiro, J Wall, RK Wayne (2016) Whole-genome sequence analysis shows that two endemic species of North American wolf are admixtures of the coyote and gray wolf. Science Advances 2, e1501714. [abstract]
R Mariano, B vonHoldt (2016) The canine X chromosome is a sink for canine endogenous retrovirus transposition and is targeted by DNA methylation. Gene Reports 4, 169-176 [abstract]
BM vonHoldt, RW Kays, JP Pollinger, RK Wayne (2016) Admixture mapping identifies introgressed genomic regions in North American canids. Mol Ecol 25(11), 2443-2453 [abstract]
P Charruau, R Johnston, DR Stahler, A Lea, N Snyder-Mackler, DW Smith, B vonHoldt, et al. (2016) Pervasive effects of aging on gene expression in wild wolves. Mol Biol Evol 33(8), 1967-1978. [abstract]
KJF Verhoeven, B vonHoldt, VL Sork (2016) Epigenetics in ecology and evolution: What we know and what we need to know. Mol Ecol 25(8), 1631-1638 (invited commentary) [abstract]
J Robinson, D Ortega Del Vecchyo, Z Fan, B vonHoldt, et al. (2016) Genomic flat-lining in the endangered island fox (Urocyon littoralis). Current Biology 26, 1-7 [abstract]
I Janowitz Koch, MM Clark, MJ Thompson, et al. (2016) The concerted impact of domestication and transposon insertions on methylation patterns between dogs and gray wolves. Mol Ecol 25(8), 1838-1855 [abstract]
RM Schweizer, BM vonHoldt, JC Knowles, et al. (2015) Genetic subdivision and candidate genes under selection in North American gray wolves. Mol Ecol 25(1), 380-402 [abstract]
RJ Fredrickson, PW Hedrick, RK Wayne, et al. (2015) Mexican wolves are a valid subspecies and an appropriate conservation target. J Heredity 106(6), 415-416 [abstract]
RHS Kraus, B vonHoldt<, B Cocchiararo, et al. (2015) A SNP-based approach for rapid and cost-effective genetic wolf monitoring in Europe based on non invasively collected samples. Mol Ecol Resources 15, 295-305 [abstract]
Y Afanador, J Velez-Valentiin, R Valentiin-de la Rosa, et al. (2014) Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the critically endangered Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata). Conserv Genet 6(4), 885-889 [abstract]
M Pilot, C Greco, B vonHoldt, et al. (2014) Genome-wide signatures of population bottlenecks and diversifying selection in European wolves. Heredity 112, 428-442 [abstract]
OC Bedoya-Reina, A Ratan, R Burhans et al. (2013) Galaxy tools to student genome diversity. Gigascience 2, 17 [abstract]
Y Li, B vonHoldt, A Reynolds, et al. (2013) Artificial selection on brain-expressed genes during the domestication of dog. Mol Biol Evol 30, 1867-1876 [abstract]
DM Karyadi, E Karlins, B Decker, et al. (2013) A copy number variant at the KITLG locus likely confers risk for canine squamous cell carcinoma of the digit. PLoS Genetics 9 (3), e1003409 [abstract]
B vonHoldt, J Pollinger, D Earl, et al. (2012) Identification of recent hybridization between gray wolves and domesticated dogs by SNP genotyping. Mammalian Genome 12 (1-2), 80-88 [abstract]
DR Stahler, DR MacNulty, RK Wayne, et al. (2012) The adaptive value of morphological, behavioral, and life history traits in reproductive female wolves. J Animal EcolDOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02039.x [ abstract]
B vonHoldt, S Takuno, B Gaut (2012) Recent LTR retrotransposon insertions are methylated and phylogenetically clustered in japonica rice (Oryza sativa japonica). Mol Biol Evol29(10), 3193-3203 [abstract]
RK Wayne, B vonHoldt (2012) Evolutionary genomics of dog domestication. Mamm Genome 23, 3-18 [abstract]
H Huson, B vonHoldt, M Rimbault, et al. (2012) Selection for breed-specific ancestry targets a mutation in the MYO9 gene associated to heat tolerance within performing Alaskan sled dogs. Mamm Genome 23, 178-194 [abstract]
T Coulson, DR MacNulty, DR Stahler, et al. (2011) Modeling effects of environmental change on wolf population dynamics, trait evolution and life history. Science 334, 1275-1278 [abstract]
D Earl, B vonHoldt (2011) STRUCTURE HARVESTER: a website and program for visualizing STRUCTURE output and implementing the Evanno method. Con Gen Resources 4(2), 359-361 [abstract]
E Geffen, M Kam, R Hefner, et al. (2011) Kin encounter rate and inbreeding avoidance in canids. Mol Ecol 20(24), 5348-5358 [abstract]
B vonHoldt, J Pollinger, D Earl, et al. (2011) A genome-wide perspective on the evolutionary history of enigmatic wolf-like canids. Genome Res 21, 1294-1305 [abstract]
B vonHoldt, D Stahler, J Pollinger, et al. (2010) A novel assessment of population structure and gene flow in grey wolf populations of the Northern Rocky Mountains of the United States. Mol Ecol 19, 4412-4427 [abstract]
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