Rasmus Heller

Research output

Research output per year 2007 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2019

• 33 Journal article
• 1 Ph.D. thesis
• 1 Review

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2019

  Biological adaptations in the Arctic cervid, the reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

  Lin, Z., Chen, L., Chen, X., Zhong, Y., Yang, Y., Xia, W., Liu, C., Zhu, W., Wang, H., Yan, B., Yang, Y., Liu, X., Kvie, K. S., Røed, K. H., Wang, K., Xiao, W., Wei, H., Li, G., Heller, R., Gilbert, M. T. P., & 3 othersQiu, Q., Wang, W. & Li, Z., 2019, In: Science. 364, 6446, p. 1154-+ 7 p., eaav6312.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Biological Adaptation 100%
  • Reindeer 98%
  • Antlers 31%
  • Ruminants 24%
  • Vitamin D 18%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Genetic basis of ruminant headgear and rapid antler regeneration

  Wang, Y., Zhang, C., Wang, N., Li, Z., Heller, R., Liu, R., Zhao, Y., Han, J., Pan, X., Zheng, Z., Dai, X., Chen, C., Dou, M., Peng, S., Chen, X., Liu, J., Li, M., Wang, K., Liu, C., Lin, Z., & 18 othersChen, L., Hao, F., Zhu, W., Song, C., Zhao, C., Zheng, C., Wang, J., Hu, S., Li, C., Yang, H., Jiang, L., Li, G., Liu, M., Sonstegard, T. S., Zhang, G., Jiang, Y., Wang, W. & Qiu, Q., 2019, In: Science. 364, 6446, p. 1153-+ eaav6335.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Antlers 100%
  • Ruminants 76%
  • Transcriptome 56%
  • Regeneration 51%
  • Deer 42%
  33 Citations (Scopus)

• Large-scale ruminant genome sequencing provides insights into their evolution and distinct traits

  Chen, L., Qin, Q., Jiang, Y., Wang, K., Lin, Z., Li, Z., Bibi, F., Yang, Y., Wang, J., Nie, W., Su, W., Liu, G., Li, Q., Fu, W., Pan, X., Liu, C., Yang, J., Zhang, C., Yin, Y., Wang, Y., & 32 othersZhao, Y., Zhang, C., Wang, Z., Qin, Y., Liu, W., Wang, B., Ren, Y., Zhang, R., Zeng, Y., da Fonseca, R. R., Wei, B., Li, R., Wan, W., Zhao, R., Zhu, W., Wang, Y., Duan, S., Gao, Y., Zhang, Y. E., Chen, C., Hvilsom, C., Epps, C. W., Chemnick, L. G., Doug, Y., Mirarab, S., Siegismund, H. R., Ryder, O. A., Gilbert, M. T. P., Lewin, H. A., Zhang, G., Heller, R. & Wang, W., 21 Jun 2019, In: Science. 364, 6446, p. 1152-

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ruminants 100%
  • Genome 54%
  • Digestive System 26%
  • Livestock 24%
  • Dentition 24%
  60 Citations (Scopus)

• More grist for the mill? Species delimitation in the genomic era and its implications for conservation

  Stanton, D. W. G., Frandsen, P., Waples, R. K., Heller, R., Russo, I-R. M., Orozco-terWengel, P. A., Pedersen, C-E. T., Siegismund, H. R. & Bruford, M. W., 15 Feb 2019, In: Conservation Genetics. 20, 1, p. 101-113

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Phylogeny 100%
  • Porosity 98%
  • Economic Inflation 94%
  • genomics 83%
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing 80%
  21 Citations (Scopus)

  47 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  A southern African origin and cryptic structure in the highly mobile plains zebra

  Pedersen, C-E. T., Albrechtsen, A., Etter, P. D., Johnson, E. A., Orlando, L., Chikhi, L., Siegismund, H. R. & Heller, R., 1 Mar 2018, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2, 3, p. 491-498 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Equus burchellii 100%
  • subspecies 75%
  • plain 48%
  • Equus grevyi 45%
  • Equus zebra 42%
  15 Citations (Scopus)

• Genetic analyses favour an ancient and natural origin of elephants on Borneo

  Sharma, R., Goossens, B., Heller, R., Rasteiro, R., Othman, N., Bruford, M. W. & Chikhi, L., 1 Dec 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 11 p., 880.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Borneo 100%
  • Elephants 87%
  • History 10%
  • Bayes Theorem 8%
  • Oceans and Seas 8%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  59 Downloads (Pure)

• The Muskox Lost a Substantial Part of Its Genetic Diversity on Its Long Road to Greenland

  Hansen, C. C. R., Hvilsom, C., Schmidt, N. M., Aastrup, P., de Groot, P. J. V. C., Siegismund, H. R. & Heller, R., 17 Dec 2018, In: Current Biology. 28, 24, p. 4022-4028, e1-e5

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ovibos moschatus 100%
  • Greenland 96%
  • Herbivory 68%
  • roads 62%
  • Genetic Variation 61%
  9 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  Climate change and human colonization triggered habitat loss and fragmentation in Madagascar

  Salmona, J., Heller, R., Quéméré, E. & Chikhi, L., Oct 2017, In: Molecular Ecology. 26, 19, p. 5203-5222 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Madagascar 100%
  • Climate Change 93%
  • habitat fragmentation 79%
  • habitat loss 76%
  • Ecosystem 74%
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Eight millennia of matrilineal genetic continuity in the South Caucasus

  Margaryan, A., Derenko, M., Hovhannisyan, H., Malyarchuk, B., Heller, R., Khachatryan, Z., Avetisyan, P., Badalyan, R., Bobokhyan, A., Melikyan, V., Sargsyan, G., Piliposyan, A., Simonyan, H., Mkrtchyan, R., Denisova, G., Yepiskoposyan, L., Willerslev, E. & Allentoft, M. E., 10 Jul 2017, In: Current Biology. 27, 13, p. 2023-2028 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Gene Pool 100%
  • Mitochondrial Genome 84%
  • gene pool 72%
  • mitochondrial genome 64%
  • Caspian Sea 62%
  18 Citations (Scopus)
• 2016

  Genetic consequences of human forest exploitation in two colobus monkeys in Guinea Bissau

  Minhos, T., Chikhi, L., Sousa, C., Vicente, L. M., da Silva, M. F., Heller, R., Casanova, C. & Bruford, M. W., 1 Feb 2016, In: Biological Conservation. 194, p. 194-208 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Guinea-Bissau 100%
  • forest exploitation 99%
  • Colobus 91%
  • monkeys 56%
  • primate 44%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) identification and characterization in a non-model organism, the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), using next generation sequencing

  Smitz, N., Van Hooft, P., Heller, R., Cornélis, D., Chardonnet, P., Kraus, R., Greyling, B., Crooijmans, R., Groenen, M. & Michaux, J., 1 Nov 2016, In: Mammalian Biology. 81, 6, p. 595-603 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Syncerus caffer 100%
  • polymorphism 72%
  • genome 64%
  • single nucleotide polymorphism 64%
  • DNA 56%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Next-generation biology: sequencing and data analysis approaches for non-model organisms

  Rodrigues da Fonseca, R. A., Albrechtsen, A., Themudo, G. E. C., Ramos Madrigal, J., Sibbesen, J. A., Sørensen, L. M., Zepeda Mendoza, M. L., Campos, P., Heller, R. & Pereira, R., 1 Dec 2016, In: Marine Genomics. 30, p. 3-13

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing 100%
  • data analysis 97%
  • Data Analysis 77%
  • Biological Sciences 75%
  • organism 70%
  70 Citations (Scopus)

  131 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  Ancient DNA microsatellite analyses of the extinct New Zealand giant moa (Dinornis robustus) identify relatives within a single fossil site

  Allentoft, M. E., Heller, R., Holdaway, R. N. & Bunce, M., 1 Dec 2015, In: Heredity. 115, p. 481-487 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ancient DNA 100%
  • Microsatellite Repeats 65%
  • New Zealand 64%
  • Population 24%
  • Islands 22%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• The Araguaia River as an important biogeographical divide for didelphid marsupials in central Brazil

  Rocha, R. G., Ferreira, E., Loss, A. C., Heller, R., Fonseca, C. & Costa, L. P., 2015, In: Journal of Heredity. 106, 5, p. 593-607 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Marsupialia 100%
  • Rivers 84%
  • Brazil 62%
  • Didelphis 45%
  • Genetic Structures 37%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Time clustered sampling can inflate the inferred substitution rate in foot-and-mouth disease virus analyses

  Pedersen, C-E. T., Frandsen, P., Wekesa, S. N., Heller, R., Sangula, A. K., Wadsworth, J., Knowles, N. J., Muwanika, V. B. & Siegismund, H. R., 1 Dec 2015, In: PLOS ONE. 10, 12, 13 p., e0143605.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • foot and mouth disease 100%
  • Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus 89%
  • Foot-and-mouth disease virus 82%
  • Viruses 76%
  • Virus 69%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  99 Downloads (Pure)
• 2014

  Contrasting demographic histories of the neighboring bonobo and chimpanzee

  Hvilsom, C., Carlsen, F., Heller, R., Jaffré, N. & Siegismund, H. R., Jan 2014, In: Primates. 55, 1, p. 101-112 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Pan paniscus 100%
  • Pan troglodytes 77%
  • demographic statistics 63%
  • population size 48%
  • Pleistocene epoch 30%
  15 Citations (Scopus)

• Extinct New Zealand megafauna were not in decline before human colonization

  Allentoft, M. E., Heller, R., Oskam, C. L., Lorenzen, E., Hale, M. L., Gilbert, M. T. P., Jacomb, C., Holdaway, R. N. & Bunce, M., 1 Apr 2014, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS). 111, 13, p. 4922-4927 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • New Zealand 100%
  • Radiometric Dating 94%
  • Sympatry 87%
  • Fossils 78%
  • Ancient DNA 77%
  47 Citations (Scopus)

• Is diagnosability an indicator of speciation? Response to "Why one century of phenetics is enough"

  Heller, R., Frandsen, P., Lorenzen, E. & Siegismund, H. R., Sept 2014, In: Systematic Biology. 63, 5, p. 833-837 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  14 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  Are there really twice as many bovid species as we thought?

  Heller, R., Frandsen, P., Lorenzen, E. & Siegismund, H. R., May 2013, In: Systematic Biology. 62, 3, p. 490-493 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  45 Citations (Scopus)

• Genetic diversity of serotype A foot-and-mouth disease viruses in Kenya from 1964 to 2013; implications for control strategies in eastern Africa

  Wekesa, S. N., Sangula, A. K., Belsham, G., Muwanika, V. B., Heller, R., Balinda, S. N., Masembe, C. & Siegismund, H. R., Dec 2013, In: Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 21, p. 408-417 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • foot and mouth disease 100%
  • Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus 89%
  • Eastern Africa 86%
  • Foot-and-mouth disease virus 82%
  • Kenya 76%
  16 Citations (Scopus)

• Pan-African Genetic Structure in the African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer): Investigating Intraspecific Divergence

  Smitz, N., Berthouly, C., Cornélis, D., Heller, R., Hooft, P. V., Chardonnet, P., Caron, A., Prins, H., Vuuren, B. J. V., Iongh, H. D. & Michaux, J., 21 Feb 2013, In: P L o S One. 8, 2, p. 1-17 17 p., e56235.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Syncerus caffer 100%
  • Africa 94%
  • Genetic Structures 93%
  • Buffaloes 90%
  • genetic structure 82%
  31 Citations (Scopus)

  1268 Downloads (Pure)

• The confounding effect of population structure on bayesian skyline plot inferences of demographic history

  Heller, R., Chikhi, L. & Siegismund, H., 7 May 2013, In: P L o S One. 8, 5, p. 1-10 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  185 Citations (Scopus)

  1012 Downloads (Pure)
• 2012

  Cape buffalo mitogenomics reveals a holocene shift in the African human-megafauna dynamics

  Heller, R., Brüniche-Olsen, A. & Siegismund, H. R., Aug 2012, In: Molecular Ecology. 21, 16, p. 3947-3959 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Syncerus caffer 100%
  • Buffaloes 90%
  • mitogenomics 89%
  • Holocene 53%
  • Population Density 52%
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Comparative phylogeography of African savannah ungulates

  Lorenzen, E., Heller, R. & Siegismund, H. R., Aug 2012, In: Molecular Ecology. 21, 15, p. 3656-3670 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › peer-review

  • Refugium 100%
  • Phylogeography 87%
  • phylogeography 66%
  • ungulate 59%
  • ungulates 57%
  140 Citations (Scopus)

• Demographic History and Phylogeography of Large African Mammals

  Heller, R., 2012, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen.

  Research output: Book/Report › Ph.D. thesis
• 2011

  Are East African conservancies too small and isolated to maintain migratory bovid populations?

  Heller, R., Okello, J. B. A. & Siegismund, H. R., 2011, In: Gnusletter. 29, 2, p. 20-21

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

• Upregulation of alpha cell glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) in Psammomys obesus--an adaptive response to hyperglycaemia?

  Hansen, A. M. K., Bödvarsdottir, T. B., Nordestgaard, D. N. E., Heller, R. S., Gotfredsen, C. F., Maedler, K., Fels, JJ., Holst, J. J. & Karlsen, AE., Jun 2011, In: Diabetologia. 54, 6, p. 1379-87 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Gerbillinae 100%
  • Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 94%
  • Hyperglycemia 73%
  • Up-Regulation 58%
  • Proglucagon 23%
  61 Citations (Scopus)
• 2010

  Can small wildlife conservancies maintain genetically stable populations of large mammals? Evidence for increased genetic drift in geographically restricted populations of Cape buffalo in East Africa

  Heller, R., Okello, J. B. A. & Siegismund, H., Apr 2010, In: Molecular Ecology. 19, 7, p. 1324-34 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Genetic Drift 100%
  • Syncerus caffer 99%
  • genetic drift 94%
  • Eastern Africa 90%
  • Buffaloes 89%
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Co-circulation of two extremely divergent serotype SAT 2 lineages in Kenya highlights challenges to foot-and-mouth disease control

  Sangula, A. K., Belsham, G. J., Muwanika, V. B., Heller, R., Balinda, S. N. & Siegismund, H. R., 2010, In: Archives of Virology. 155, 10, p. 1625-1630

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Foot-and-Mouth Disease 100%
  • Kenya 79%
  • Serogroup 61%
  • Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus 37%
  • Viruses 18%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Diversity and transboundary mobility of serotype O foot-and-mouth disease virus in East Africa: implications for vaccination policies

  Balinda, S., Sangula, A. K., Heller, R., Muwanika, V. B., Belsham, G., Masembe, C. & Siegismund, H. R., 1 Oct 2010, In: Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 10, 7, p. 1058-65 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • foot and mouth disease 100%
  • Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus 89%
  • Eastern Africa 86%
  • vaccination 82%
  • Foot-and-mouth disease virus 82%
  37 Citations (Scopus)

• Evolutionary analysis of foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype SAT 1 isolates from East Africa suggests two independent introductions from southern Africa

  Sangula, A. K., Belsham, G., Muwanika, V. B., Heller, R., Balinda, S. N., Masembe, C. & Siegismund, H. R., 30 Nov 2010, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10, 1, p. 371

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • foot and mouth disease 100%
  • Foot-and-mouth disease virus 82%
  • East Africa 73%
  • Southern Africa 71%
  • Eastern Africa 71%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

  871 Downloads (Pure)

• Macrogeographical variability in the great call of Hylobates agilis: assessing the applicability of vocal analysis in studies of fine-scale taxonomy of gibbons

  Heller, R., Pedersen, A. F. S., Wang, C. W., Usman, F. & Dabelsteen, T., Feb 2010, In: American Journal of Primatology. 72, 2, p. 142-51 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Hylobates 100%
  • Hylobatidae 88%
  • song 61%
  • taxonomy 47%
  • disjunct distribution 24%
  5 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  Relationship between three measures of genetic differentiation G_ST, D_EST and G'_ST: how wrong have we been?

  Heller, R. & Siegismund, H. R., 2009, In: Molecular Ecology. 18, 10, p. 2080-2083

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • genetic differentiation 100%
  • genetic variation 48%
  139 Citations (Scopus)
• 2008

  Mid-Holocene decline in African buffalos inferred from Bayesian coalescence-based analyses of microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA

  Heller, R., Lorenzen, E. D., Okello, J. B. A., Masembe, C. & Siegismund, H. R., 2008, In: Molecular Ecology. 17, 22, p. 4845–4858

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • demographic history 100%
  • Buffaloes 96%
  • mitochondrial DNA 86%
  • population decline 85%
  • Syncerus caffer 79%
  42 Citations (Scopus)
• 2007

  Kafferbøflens slægtshistorie - Når klimaet dræber

  Heller, R., 2007, In: Naturens Verden. 91, 1, p. 34-40 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research