Heckel, Gerald

Wang, Xuejing; Heckel, Gerald (2024). Genome-wide relaxation of selection and the evolution of the island syndrome in Orkney voles. Genome research, 34(6), pp. 851-862. Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y 10.1101/gr.278487.123

Labutin, Anton; Heckel, Gerald (2024). Genome-wide support for incipient Tula hantavirus species within a single rodent host lineage. Virus evolution, 10(veae002) Oxford University Press 10.1093/ve/veae002

Wang, Xuejing; Peischl, Stephan; Heckel, Gerald (2023). Demographic history and genomic consequences of 10,000 generations of isolation in a wild mammal. Current biology, 33(10), 2051-2062.e4. Cell Press 10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.042

Dafalla, Maysaa; Orłowska, Anna; Keleş, Sinan Julian; Straková, Petra; Schlottau, Kore; Jeske, Kathrin; Hoffmann, Bernd; Wibbelt, Gudrun; Smreczak, Marcin; Müller, Thomas; Freuling, Conrad Martin; Wang, Xuejing; Rola, Jerzy; Drewes, Stephan; Fereidouni, Sasan; Heckel, Gerald; Ulrich, Rainer G (2023). Hantavirus Brno loanvirus is highly specific to the common noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula) and widespread in Central Europe. Virus genes, 59(2), pp. 323-332. Nijhoff 10.1007/s11262-022-01952-2

Mehl, Calvin; Wylezich, Claudia; Geiger, Christina; Schauerte, Nicole; Mätz-Rensing, Kerstin; Nesseler, Anne; Höper, Dirk; Linnenbrink, Miriam; Beer, Martin; Heckel, Gerald; Ulrich, Rainer G. (2023). Reemergence of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Mammarenavirus, Germany. Emerging infectious diseases, 29(3), pp. 631-634. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 10.3201/eid2903.221822

Heuser, Elisa; Drewes, Stephan; Trimpert, Jakob; Kunec, Dusan; Mehl, Calvin; de Cock, Marieke P; de Vries, Ankje; Klier, Christiane; Oskamp, Martin; Tenhaken, Peter; Hashemi, Fatima; Heinz, Daniela; Nascimento, Mariana; Boelhauve, Marc; Petraityte-Burneikiene, Rasa; Raafat, Dina; Maas, Miriam; Krüger, Detlev H; Latz, Andreas; Hofmann, Jörg; ... (2023). Pet Rats as the Likely Reservoir for Human SeoulOrthohantavirus Infection. Viruses, 15(2) MDPI 10.3390/v15020467

Baca, Mateusz; Popović, Danijela; Lemanik, Anna; Bañuls-Cardona, Sandra; Conard, Nicholas J.; Cuenca-Bescós, Gloria; Desclaux, Emmanuel; Fewlass, Helen; Garcia, Jesus T.; Hadravova, Tereza; Heckel, Gerald; Horáček, Ivan; Vlasta Knul, Monika; Lebreton, Loïc; López-García, Juan Manuel; Luzi, Elisa; Marković, Zoran; Mauch Lenardić, Jadranka; Murelaga, Xabier; Noiret, Pierre; ... (2023). Ancient DNA reveals interstadials as a driver of common vole population dynamics during the last glacial period. Journal of biogeography, 50(1), pp. 183-196. Wiley 10.1111/jbi.14521

Nippert, Sina; Rubbenstroth, Dennis; Geers, Jessica Anna; Ebinger, Arnt; Hoffmann, Donata; Breithaupt, Angele; Wylezich, Claudia; Wang, Xuejing; Haring, Viola C; Starcky, Philip; Fruci, Paola; Langner, Christoph; Trapp, Christin; Schulz, Heiko; Stubbe, Wilko; Imholt, Christian; Heckel, Gerald; Beer, Martin; Pfaff, Florian and Ulrich, Rainer G (2023). Continuous presence of genetically diverse rustrela virus lineages in yellow-necked field mouse reservoir populations in northeastern Germany. Virus evolution, 9(2), pp. 1-13. Oxford University Press 10.1093/ve/vead048

Jeske, Kathrin; Schulz, Jana; Tekemen, Duygu; Balciauskas, Linas; Balciauskiene, Laima; Hiltbrunner, Melanie; Drewes, Stephan; Mayer-Scholl, Anne; Heckel, Gerald; Ulrich, Rainer G. (2022). Cocirculation of Leptospira spp. andmultiple orthohantaviruses in rodents, Lithuania, Northern Europe. Transboundary and emerging diseases, 69(5), e3196-e3201. Wiley 10.1111/tbed.14470

Somoano, Aitor; Bastos-Silveira, Cristiane; Ventura, Jacint; Miñarro, Marcos; Heckel, Gerald (2022). A Bocage Landscape Restricts the Gene Flow of Pest Vole Populations. Life, 12(6), p. 800. MDPI 10.3390/life12060800

Jeske, Kathrin; Herzig-Straschil, Barbara; Răileanu, Cristian; Kunec, Dusan; Tauchmann, Oliver; Emirhar, Duygu; Schmidt, Sabrina; Trimpert, Jakob; Silaghi, Cornelia; Heckel, Gerald; Ulrich, Rainer G.; Drewes, Stephan (2022). Zoonotic pathogen screening of striped field mice (Apodemus agrarius) from Austria. Transboundary and emerging diseases, 69(2), pp. 886-890. Wiley 10.1111/tbed.14015

Eccard, Jana A; Herde, Antje; Schuster, Andrea C; Liesenjohann, Thilo; Knopp, Tatjana; Heckel, Gerald; Dammhahn, Melanie (2022). Fitness, risk taking, and spatial behavior covary with boldness in experimental vole populations. Ecology and evolution, 12(2), e8521. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 10.1002/ece3.8521

Saxenhofer, Moritz; Labutin, Anton; White, Thomas A.; Heckel, Gerald (2022). Host genetic factors associated with the range limit of a European hantavirus. Molecular Ecology, 31(1), pp. 252-265. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/mec.16211

Tang, Qindong; Burri, Reto; Liu, Yang; Suh, Alexander; Sundev, Gombobaatar; Heckel, Gerald; Schweizer, Manuel (2022). Seasonal migration patterns and the maintenance of evolutionary diversity in a cryptic bird radiation. Molecular Ecology, 31(2), pp. 632-645. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/mec.16241

Falkenhagen, Alexander; Tausch, Simon H; Labutin, Anton; Grützke, Josephine; Heckel, Gerald; Ulrich, Rainer G; Johne, Reimar (2022). Genetic and biological characteristics of species A rotaviruses detected in common shrews suggest a distinct evolutionary trajectory. Virus evolution, 8(1), veac004. Oxford University Press 10.1093/ve/veac004

Duarte, Margarida Alexandra; Rodríguez Fernandes, Carlos; Heckel, Gerald; da Luz Mathias, Maria; Bastos-Silveira, Cristiane (2021). Variation and Selection in the Putative Sperm-Binding Region of ZP3 in Muroid Rodents: A Comparison between Cricetids and Murines. Genes, 12(9), p. 1450. MDPI 10.3390/genes12091450

Jeske, Kathrin; Emirhar, Duygu; García, Jesús T.; González-Barrio, David; Olea, Pedro P.; Ruiz Fons, Francisco; Schulz, Jana; Mayer-Scholl, Anne; Heckel, Gerald; Ulrich, Rainer G. (2021). FREQUENT LEPTOSPIRA SPP. DETECTION BUT ABSENCE OF TULA ORTHOHANTAVIRUS IN MICROTUS SPP. VOLES, NORTHWESTERN SPAIN. Journal of wildlife diseases, 57(4), pp. 733-742. Wildlife Disease Association 10.7589/JWD-D-20-00109

Schneider, Julia; Hoffmann, Bernd; Fevola, Cristina; Schmidt, Marie Luisa; Imholt, Christian; Fischer, Stefan; Ecke, Frauke; Hörnfeldt, Birger; Magnusson, Magnus; Olsson, Gert E.; Rizzoli, Annapaola; Tagliapietra, Valentina; Chiari, Mario; Reusken, Chantal; Bužan, Elena; Kazimirova, Maria; Stanko, Michal; White, Thomas A.; Reil, Daniela; Obiegala, Anna; ... (2021). Geographical Distribution and Genetic Diversity of Bank Vole Hepaciviruses in Europe. Viruses, 13(7), p. 1258. MDPI 10.3390/v13071258

Schmidt, Sabrina; Reil, Daniela; Jeske, Kathrin; Drewes, Stephan; Rosenfeld, Ulrike M.; Fischer, Stefan; Spierling, Nastasja G.; Labutin, Anton; Heckel, Gerald; Jacob, Jens; Ulrich, Rainer G.; Imholt, Christian (2021). Spatial and Temporal Dynamics and Molecular Evolution of Tula orthohantavirus in German Vole Populations. Viruses, 13(6), p. 1132. MDPI 10.3390/v13061132

Cierniak, Filip; von Arnim, Felicitas; Heckel, Gerald; Ulrich, Rainer G.; Groschup, Martin H.; Eiden, Martin (2021). A Putative Novel Hepatitis E Virus Genotype 3 Subtype Identified in Rabbit, Germany 2016. Viruses, 13(6), p. 1065. MDPI 10.3390/v13061065

Drewes, Stephan; Jeske, Kathrin; Straková, Petra; Balciauskas, Linas; Ryll, René; Balciauskiene, Laima; Kohlhause, David; Schnidrig, Guy-Alain; Hiltbrunner, Melanie; Špakova, Aliona; Insodaite, Rasa; Petraityte-Burneikiene, Rasa; Heckel, Gerald; Ulrich, Rainer G. (2021). Identification of a novel hantavirus strain in the root vole (Microtus oeconomus) in Lithuania, Eastern Europe. Infection, genetics and evolution, 90, p. 104520. Elsevier 10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104520

Li, Hao-Sen; Huang, Yu-Hao; Chen, Mei-Lan; Ren, Zhan; Qiu, Bo-Yuan; De Clercq, Patrick; Heckel, Gerald; Pang, Hong (2021). Genomic insight into diet adaptation in the biological control agent Cryptolaemus montrouzieri. BMC Genomics, 22(135), pp. 1-12. BioMed Central 10.1186/s12864-021-07442-3

Hiltbrunner, Melanie; Heckel, Gerald (2020). Assessing Genome-Wide Diversity in European Hantaviruses through Sequence Capture from Natural Host Samples. Viruses, 12(7), p. 749. MDPI 10.3390/v12070749

Binder, Florian; Ryll, René; Drewes, Stephan; Jagdmann, Sandra; Reil, Daniela; Hiltbrunner, Melanie; Rosenfeld, Ulrike M.; Imholt, Christian; Jacob, Jens; Heckel, Gerald; Ulrich, Rainer G. (2020). Spatial and Temporal Evolutionary Patterns in Puumala Orthohantavirus (PUUV) S Segment. Pathogens, 9(7) MDPI AG 10.3390/pathogens9070548

Jeske, Kathrin; Hiltbrunner, Melanie; Drewes, Stephan; Ryll, René; Wenk, Matthias; Špakova, Aliona; Petraitytė‑Burneikienė, Rasa; Heckel, Gerald; Ulrich, Rainer G. (2019). Field vole‑associated Traemmersee hantavirus from Germany represents a novel hantavirus species. Virus genes, 55(6), pp. 848-853. Springer 10.1007/s11262-019-01706-7

Ryll, René; Heckel, Gerald; Corman, Victor M.; Drexler, Jan Felix; Ulrich, Rainer G. (2019). Genomic and spatial variability of a European common vole hepevirus. Archives of virology, 164(11), pp. 2671-2682. Springer 10.1007/s00705-019-04347-1

Wang, Xuejing; Que, Pinjia; Heckel, Gerald; Hu, Junhua; Zhang, Xuecong; Chiang, Chung-Yu; Zhang, Nan; Huang, Qin; Liu, Simin; Martinez, Jonathan; Pagani-Núñez, Emilio; Dingle, Caroline; Leung, Yu Yan; Székely, Tamás; Zhang, Zhengwang; Liu, Yang (2019). Genetic, phenotypic and ecological differentiation suggests incipient speciation in two Charadrius plovers along the Chinese coast. BMC evolutionary biology, 19(1), pp. 1-18. BioMed Central 10.1186/s12862-019-1449-5

Saxenhofer, Moritz; Schmidt, Sabrina; Ulrich, Rainer G.; Heckel, Gerald (2019). Secondary contact between diverged host lineages entails ecological speciation in a European hantavirus. PLoS biology, 17(2), e3000142. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000142

Li, Hao-Sen; Heckel, Gerald; Huang, Yu-Hao; Fan, Wei-Jian; Ślipiński, Adam; Pang, Hong (2019). Genomic changes in the biological control agent Cryptolaemus montrouzieri associated with introduction. Evolutionary applications, 12(5), pp. 989-1000. Wiley 10.1111/eva.12774

Pedreschi, Debbi; García-Rodríguez, Oxala; Yannic, Glenn; Cantarello, Elena; Diaz, Anita; Golicher, Duncan; Korstjens, Amanda H.; Heckel, Gerald; Searle, Jeremy B.; Gillingham, Phillipa; Hardouin, Emilie A.; Stewart, John R. (2019). Challenging the European southern refugium hypothesis: Species‐specific structures versus general patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation among small mammals. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28(2), pp. 262-274. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/geb.12828

Bize, Pierre; Lowe, Imogen; Hürlimann, Mikko Lehto; Heckel, Gerald (2018). Effects of the Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genomes on Nonshivering Thermogenesis in a Wild Derived Rodent. Integrative and comparative biology, 58(3), pp. 532-543. Oxford University Press 10.1093/icb/icy072

Zemanova, Miriam Andela; Broennimann, Olivier; Guisan, Antoine; Knop, Eva; Heckel, Gerald (2018). Slimy invasion: Climatic niche and current and future biogeography of Arion slug invaders. Diversity and Distributions, 24(11), pp. 1627-1640. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/ddi.12789

Ryll, R; Eiden, M; Heuser, E; Weinhardt, M; Ziege, M; Höper, D; Groschup, MH; Heckel, Gerald; Johne, R; Ulrich, RG (2018). Hepatitis E virus in feral rabbits along a rural-urban transect in Central Germany. Infection, genetics and evolution, 61(61), pp. 155-159. Elsevier 10.1016/j.meegid.2018.03.019

Schmid, Sarah; Neuenschwander, Samuel; Pitteloud, Camille; Heckel, Gerald; Pajkovic, Mila; Arlettaz, Raphaël; Alvarez, Nadir (2018). Spatial and temporal genetic dynamics of the grasshopper Oedaleus decorus revealed by museum genomics. Ecology and evolution, 8(3), pp. 1480-1495. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 10.1002/ece3.3699

Saxenhofer, Moritz; Weber de Melo, Vanessa; Ulrich, Rainer G.; Heckel, Gerald (2017). Revised time scales of RNA virus evolution based on spatial information. Proceedings of the Royal Society. Series B - biological sciences, 284(1860), p. 20170857. Royal Society of London 10.1098/rspb.2017.0857

Ryll, René; Bernstein, Samuel; Heuser, Elisa; Schlegel, Mathias; Dremsek, Paul; Zumpe, Maxi; Wolf, Sandro; Pépin, Michel; Bajomi, Daniel; Müller, Gabi; Heiberg, Ann-Charlotte; Spahr, Carina; Lang, Johannes; Groschup, Martin H.; Ansorge, Hermann; Freise, Jona; Guenther, Sebastian; Baert, Kristof; Ruiz-Fons, Francisco; Pikula, Jiri; ... (2017). Detection of rat hepatitis E virus in wild Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) and Black rats (Rattus rattus) from 11 European countries. Veterinary microbiology, 208(208), pp. 58-68. Elsevier 10.1016/j.vetmic.2017.07.001

Rosenfeld, Ulrike M.; Drewes, Stephan; Sheikh Ali, Hanan; Sadowska, Edyta T.; Mikowska, Magdalena; Heckel, Gerald; Koteja, Pawel; Ulrich, Rainer G. (2017). A highly divergent Puumala virus lineage in southern Poland. Archives of virology, 162(5), pp. 1177-1185. Springer 10.1007/s00705-016-3200-5

Drewes, Stephan; Sheikh Ali, Hanan; Saxenhofer, Moritz; Rosenfeld, Ulrike M.; Binder, Florian; Cuypers, Fabian; Schlegel, Mathias; Röhrs, Susanne; Heckel, Gerald; Ulrich, Rainer G. (2017). Host-Associated Absence of Human Puumala Virus Infections in Northern and Eastern Germany. Emerging infectious diseases, 23(1), pp. 83-86. U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 10.3201/eid2301.160224

Resano Mayor, Jaime; Fernández-Martín, Àngel; Hernández-Gómez, Sergio; Toranzo, Ignasi; España, Antonio; Gil, Juan Antonio; de Gabriel, Miguel; Roa-Álvarez, Isabel; Strinella, Eliseo; Hobson, Keith A.; Heckel, Gerald; Arlettaz, Raphaël (2017). Integrating genetic and stable isotope analyses to infer the population structure of the White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis in Western Europe. Journal of ornithology, 158(2), pp. 395-405. Springer 10.1007/s10336-016-1413-8

Zemanova, Miriam Andela; Knop, Eva; Heckel, Gerald (2017). Introgressive replacement of natives by invading Arion pest slugs. Scientific Reports, 7(1) Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/s41598-017-14619-y

Zemanova, Miriam Andela; Knop, Eva; Heckel, Gerald (2016). Phylogeographic past and invasive presence of Arion pest slugs in Europe. Molecular Ecology, 25(22), pp. 5747-5764. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/mec.13860

Duarte, Margarida Alexandra; Heckel, Gerald; da Luz Mathias, Maria; Bastos-Silveira, Cristiane (2016). Olfactory receptors and behavioural isolation: a study on Microtus voles. Mammal resarch, 61(4), pp. 399-407. Springer 10.1007/s13364-016-0266-0

Schmidt, Sabrina; Saxenhofer, Moritz; Drewes, Stephan; Schlegel, Mathias; Wanka, Konrad M.; Frank, Raphael; Klimpel, Sven; von Blanckenhagen, Felix; Maaz, Denny; Herden, Christiane; Freise, Jona; Wolf, Ronny; Stubbe, Michael; Borkenhagen, Peter; Ansorge, Hermann; Eccard, Jana A.; Lang, Johannes; Jourdain, Elsa; Jacob, Jens; Marianneau, Philippe; ... (2016). High genetic structuring of Tula hantavirus. Archives of virology, 161(5), pp. 1135-1149. Springer 10.1007/s00705-016-2762-6

Weber de Melo, Vanessa; Sheikh Ali, Hanan; Freise, Jona; Kühnert, Denise; Essbauer, Sandra; Mertens, Marc; Wanka, Konrad M.; Drewes, Stephan; Ulrich, Rainer G.; Heckel, Gerald (2015). Spatiotemporal dynamics of Puumala hantavirus associated with its rodent host, Myodes glareolus. Evolutionary applications, 8(6), pp. 545-559. Wiley 10.1111/eva.12263

Zemanova, Miriam Andela; Knop, Eva; Heckel, Gerald (2015). Development and characterization of novel microsatellite markers for Arion slug species. Conservation genetics resources, 7(2), pp. 501-503. Springer 10.1007/s12686-014-0406-2

Sheikh Ali, Hanan; Drewes, Stephan; Weber de Melo, Vanessa; Schlegel, Mathias; Freise, Jona; Groschup, Martin H.; Heckel, Gerald; Ulrich, Rainer G. (2015). Complete genome of a Puumala virus strain from Central Europe. Virus genes, 50(2), pp. 292-298. Nijhoff 10.1007/s11262-014-1157-6

Beysard, Mathias; Krebs-Wheaton, Rebecca; Heckel, Gerald (2015). Tracing reinforcement through asymmetrical partner preference in the European common vole Microtus arvalis. BMC evolutionary biology, 15(1) BioMed Central 10.1186/s12862-015-0455-5

Beysard, Mathias; Heckel, Gerald (2014). Structure and dynamics of hybrid zones at different stages of speciation in the common vole (Microtus arvalis). Molecular Ecology, 23(3), pp. 673-687. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/mec.12613

Cucchi, Thomas; Barnett, Ross; Martínková, Natália; Renaud, Sabrina; Renvoisé, Elodie; Evin, Allowen; Sheridan, Alison; Mainland, Ingrid; Wickham-Jones, Caroline; Tougard, Christelle; Quéré, Jean-Pierre; Pascal, Michel; Pascal, Marine; Heckel, Gerald; O'Higgins, Paul; Searle, Jeremy B.; Dobney, Keith M. (2014). The changing pace of insular life: 5000 years of microevolution in the Orkney vole (Microtus arvalis orcadensis). Evolution, 68(10), pp. 2804-2820. Wiley 10.1111/evo.12476

Fischer, Martin; Foll, Matthieu; Heckel, Gerald; Excoffier, Laurent (2014). Continental-Scale Footprint of Balancing and Positive Selection in a Small Rodent (Microtus arvalis). PLoS ONE, 9(11), e112332. Public Library of Science

Johne, Reimar; Dremsek, Paul; Reetz, Jochen; Heckel, Gerald; Hess, Michael; Ulrich, Rainer G. (2014). Hepeviridae: An expanding family of vertebrate viruses. Infection, genetics and evolution, 27, pp. 212-229. Elsevier 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.06.024

Lischer, Heidi; Excoffier, Laurent; Heckel, Gerald (2014). Ignoring heterozygous sites biases phylogenomic estimates of divergence times: implications for the evolutionary history of Microtus voles. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 31(4), pp. 817-831. Oxford University Press 10.1093/molbev/mst271

Schmidt, Sabrina; Essbauer, Sandra S.; Mayer-Scholl, Anne; Poppert, Sven; Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas; Klempa, Boris; Henning, Klaus; Schares, Gereon; Groschup, Martin H.; Spitzenberger, Friederike; Richter, Dania; Heckel, Gerald; Ulrich, Rainer G. (2014). Multiple infections of rodents with zoonotic pathogens in Austria. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 14(7), pp. 467-475. Mary Ann Liebert 10.1089/vbz.2013.1504

Sheikh Ali, Hanan; Drewes, Stephan; Sadowska, Edyta T.; Mikowska, Magdalena; Groschup, Martin H.; Heckel, Gerald; Koteja, Pawel; Ulrich, Rainer G. (2014). First Molecular Evidence for Puumala Hantavirus in Poland. Viruses, 6(1), pp. 340-353. MDPI 10.3390/v6010340

Kittl, Sonja; Heckel, Gerald; Korczak, Bozena; Kuhnert, Peter (2013). Source attribution of human Campylobacter isolates by MLST and fla-typing and association of genotypes with quinolone resistance. PLoS ONE, 8(11), e81796. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0081796

Martinkova, Natália; Barnett, Ross; Cucchi, Thomas; Struchen, Rahel; Pascal, Marine; Pascal, Michel; Fischer, Martin C.; Higham, Thomas; Brace, Selina; Ho, Simon Y. W.; Quere, Jean-Pierre; O'Higgins, Paul; Excoffier, Laurent; Heckel, Gerald; Hoelzel, A. Rus; Dobney, Keith M.; Searle, Jeremy B. (2013). Divergent evolutionary processes associated with colonization of offshore islands. Molecular Ecology, 22(20), pp. 5205-5220. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/mec.12462

Liu, Yang; Keller, Irene; Heckel, Gerald (2013). Temporal genetic structure and relatedness in the Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula suggests limited kin association in winter. Ibis, 155(3), pp. 499-507. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/ibi.12059

Dong, Lu; Heckel, Gerald; Liang, Wei; Zhang, Yanyun (2013). Phylogeography of silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera L.) across China: aggregate effects of refugia, introgression, and riverine barriers. Molecular Ecology, 22(12), pp. 3376-3390. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/mec.12315

White, Thomas A.; Perkins, Sarah E.; Heckel, Gerald; Searle, Jeremy B. (2013). Adaptive evolution during an ongoing range expansion: the invasive bank vole (Myodes glareolus) in Ireland. Molecular Ecology, 22(11), pp. 2971-2985. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/mec.12343

Kindler, Eveline; Trojnar, Eva; Heckel, Gerald; Otto, Peter H.; Johne, Reimar (2013). Analysis of rotavirus species diversity and evolution including the newly determined full-length genome sequences of rotavirus F and G. Infection, genetics and evolution, 14, pp. 58-67. Elsevier 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.11.015

Fischer, Martin C.; Foll, Matthieu; Excoffier, Laurent; Heckel, Gerald (2011). Enhanced AFLP genome scans detect local adaptation in high-altitude populations of a small rodent (Microtus arvalis). Molecular Ecology, 20(7), pp. 1450-1462. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05015.x

Hahne, Joerg; Jenkins, Tania; Halle, Stefan; Heckel, Gerald (2011). Establishment success and resulting fitness consequences for vole dispersers. Oikos, 120(1), pp. 95-105. Oxford: Blackwell 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18589.x

Fink, Sabine; Fischer, Martin C.; Excoffier, Laurent; Heckel, Gerald (2010). Genomic scans support repetitive continental colonization events during the rapid radiation of voles (Rodentia: Microtus): the utility of AFLPs versus mitochondrial and nuclear sequence markers. Systematic biology, 59(5), pp. 548-572. Cary, N.C.: Oxford University Press 10.1093/sysbio/syq042

Foll, Matthieu; Fischer, Martin C.; Heckel, Gerald; Excoffier, Laurent (2010). Estimating population structure from AFLP amplification intensity. Molecular Ecology, 19(21), pp. 4638-4647. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04820.x

Halami, Mohammad Yahya; Dorrestein, Gerry M.; Couteel, Peter; Heckel, Gerald; Muller, Hermann; Johne, Reimar (2010). Whole genome characterization of a novel polyomavirus detected in fatally diseased canary birds. Journal of general virology, 91(12), pp. 3016-3022. Reading: Society for General Microbiology 10.1099/vir.0.023549-0

Johne, Reimar; Heckel, Gerald; Plenge-Bönig, Anita; Kindler, Eveline; Maresch, Christina; Reetz, Jochen; Schielke, Anika; Ulrich, Rainer G. (2010). Novel hepatitis E virus genotype in Norway rats, Germany. Emerging infectious diseases, 16(9), pp. 1452-1455. Atlanta, Ga.: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 10.3201/eid1609.100444

Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas; Essbauer, Sandra; Petraityte, Rasa; Yoshimatsu, Kumiko; Tackmann, Kirsten; Conraths, Franz J.; Sasnauskas, Kestutis; Arikawa, Jiro; Thomas, Astrid; Pfeffer, Martin; Scharninghausen, Jerrold J.; Splettstoesser, Wolf; Wenk, Matthias; Heckel, Gerald; Ulrich, Rainer G. (2010). Extensive host sharing of Central European Tula virus. Journal of virology, 84(1), pp. 459-474. Baltimore: American Society for Microbiology 10.1128/JVI.01226-09

Braaker, Sonja; Heckel, Gerald (2009). Transalpine colonisation and partial phylogeographic erosion by dispersal in the common vole Microtus arvalis. Molecular Ecology, 18(11), pp. 2518-2531. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04189.x

Soland-Reckeweg, Gabriele; Heckel, Gerald; Neumann, Peter; Fluri, Peter; Excoffier, Laurent (2009). Gene flow in admixed populations and implications for the conservation of the Western honeybee, Apis mellifera. Journal of insect conservation, 13(3), pp. 317-328. London: Springer Netherlands 10.1007/s10841-008-9175-0

Ulrich, RG; Heckel, Gerald; Pelz, HJ; Wieler, LH; Nordhoff, M.; Dobler, G.; Freise, J.; Matuschka, FR; Jacob, J.; Schmidt-Chanasit, J.; Gerstengarbe, FW; Jaekel, T.; Suess, J.; Ehlers, B.; Nitsche, A.; Kallies, R.; Johne, R.; Guenther, S.; Henning, K.; Grunow, R.; ... (2009). Nagetiere und Nagetierassoziierte Krankheitserreger (Rodents and rodent associated disease pathogen). Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, 52(3), pp. 352-369. Heidelberg: Springer-Medizin-Verlag 10.1007/s00103-009-0798-4

Ruedi, Manuel; Walter, Simon; Fischer, Martin C.; Scaravelli, Dino; Excoffier, Laurent; Heckel, Gerald (2008). Italy as a major Ice Age refuge area for the bat Myotis myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Europe. Molecular Ecology, 17(7), pp. 1801-1814. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03702.x

Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas; Ölschläger, Stephan; Günther, Stephan; Jaeger, Gerold; Bleymehl, Karoline; Schäd, Susanne G.; Heckel, Gerald; Ulrich, Rainer G.; Doerr, Hans Wilhelm (2008). Molecular Analysis of Varicella-Zoster Virus Strains Circulating in Tanzania Demonstrating the Presence of Genotype M1. Journal of clinical microbiology, 46(10), pp. 3530-3533. Washington, D.C.: American Society for Microbiology 10.1128/JCM.01057-08

Ulrich, R. G.; Schmidt-Chanasit, J.; Schlegel, M.; Jacob, J.; Pelz, H.-J.; Mertens, M.; Wenk, M.; Büchner, T.; Masur, D.; Sevke, K.; Groschup, M. H.; Gerstengarbe, F.-W.; Pfeffer, M.; Oehme, R.; Wegener, W.; Bemmann, M.; Ohlmeyer, L.; Wolf, R.; Zoller, H.; Koch, J.; ... (2008). Network "Rodent-borne pathogens" in Germany: longitudinal studies on the geographical distribution and prevalence of hantavirus infections. Parasitology research, 103(Supplement 1), pp. 121-129. Berlin: Springer 10.1007/s00436-008-1054-9

Walser, Barbara; Heckel, Gerald (2008). Microsatellite markers for the common vole (Microtus arvalis) and their cross-species utility. Conservation genetics, 9(2), pp. 479-481. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands 10.1007/s10592-007-9355-6

Nagy, Martina; Heckel, Gerald; Voigt, Christian; Mayer, Frieder (2007). Female-biased dispersal and patrilocal kin groups in a mammal with resource-defence polygyny. Proceedings of the Royal Society. Series B - biological sciences, 274(1628), pp. 3019-3025. London: Royal Society of London 10.1098/rspb.2007.1008

Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas; Sturmer, Martin; Hahn, Anke; Schad, Susanne; Gross, Gerd; Ulrich, Rainer; Heckel, Gerald; Doerr, Hans (2007). Novel approach for genotyping varicella-zoster virus strains from Germany. Journal of clinical microbiology, 45(11), pp. 3540-3545. Washington, D.C.: American Society for Microbiology 10.1128/JCM.00979-07

Schweizer, Manuel; Excoffier, Laurent; Heckel, Gerald (2007). Fine-scale genetic structure and dispersal in the common vole (Microtus arvalis). Molecular Ecology, 16(12), pp. 2463-2473. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03284.x

Excoffier, Laurent; Heckel, Gerald (2006). Computer programs for population genetics data analysis: a survival guide. Nature Reviews. Genetics, 7(10), pp. 745-758. London: Natue Publishing Group 10.1038/nrg1904

Fink, Sabine; Excoffier, Laurent; Heckel, Gerald (2006). Mammalian monogamy is not controlled by a single gene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - PNAS, 103(29), pp. 10956-10960. Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences NAS 10.1073/pnas.0602380103

Behr, Oliver; von Helversen, Otto; Heckel, Gerald; Nagy, Martina; Voigt, Christian; Mayer, Frieder (2006). Territorial songs indicate male quality in the sac-winged bat Saccopteryx bilineata (Emballonuridae). Behavioral Ecology, 17(5), pp. 810-817. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press 10.1093/beheco/arl013

Heg, Dik; Bergmüller, Ralph; Bonfils, Danielle; Otti, Oliver; Bachar, Zina; Burri, Reto; Heckel, Gerald; Taborsky, Michael (2006). Cichlids do not adjust reproductive skew to the availability of independent breeding options. Behavioral Ecology, 17(3), pp. 419-429. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press 10.1093/beheco/arj056

Voigt, Christian; Heckel, Gerald; von Helversen, Otto (2006). Conflicts and strategies in the harem polygynous mating system of the sac-winged bat Saccopteryx bilineata. In: Kunz, Thomas; Zubaid, Akbar; McCracken, Gary F. (eds.) Functional and Evolutionary Ecology of Bats (pp. 269-289). Oxford: Oxford University Press