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  1. Els De Keyzer, Pascal M Masilya, Alunga L Georges, Christian M Amisi, Armand M Andema, Kwibe Assani, Prosper Bashengezi, Alexis B Bashonga, Abel R Bashonga, Béni L Hyangya, Christian K Itulamya, Jean Hugé, Christian Hulamya, Huyghe CET, Luc Janssens de Bisthove, Josué B Kakogozo, Sandrine S Kamakune, Heritier Kamalebo, Innocent K Kiriza, Papy D Lubunga, Vercus K Lumami, Fazili Lwacha, Jacques L Mazambi, Milec LJM, N'sibula Mulimbwa, Archimède M Mushagalusa, Fidel B Muterezi, Donatien R Muzumani, Noëlla B Nabintu, Jean-Paul K Ntakobajira, Raeymaekers JAM, Jacques W Riziki, Ruffin R Safari, Vanhove MPM, Volckaert FAM, Oscar N Wembo & Maarten Van Steenberge (in press). Local perceptions on the state of fisheries and fisheries management at Uvira, Lake Tanganyika, DR Congo. Journal of Great Lakes Research.

  2. Vandamme S, Raeymaekers JAM, Cottenie K, Diopere E, Volckaert FAM & Maes GE (in press). Reconciling seascape genetics and fisheries science in three co-distributed flatfishes. Evolutionary Applications.

  3. Kmentová N, Koblmüller S, Van Steenberge M, Raeymaekers JAM, Artois T, De Keyzer ELR, Milec L, Muterezi Bukinga F, Mulimbwa N, Mulungula PM, Ntakimazi G, Volckaert FAM, Gelnar M & Vanhove MPM (2020). Weak population structure and recent demographic expansion of the monogenean parasite Kapentagyrus spp. infecting clupeid fishes of Lake Tanganyika, East Africa. International Journal for Parasitology 50, 471-486.

  4. Delerue-Ricard S, Darnaude AM,  Raeymaekers JAM, Dundas SH, Skadal J, Volckaert FAM & Geffen AJ (2019). Extensive larval dispersal and restricted movement of juveniles on the nursery grounds of sole in the Southern North Sea. Journal of Sea Research 155, 101822.

  5. Peeters B, Le Moullec M, Raeymaekers JAM, Marquez JF, Røed KH, Pedersen ÅØ, Veiberg V, Loe LE & Hansen BB (2020). Sea ice loss increases genetic isolation in a high Arctic ungulate metapopulation. Global Change Biology 26, 2028– 2041.

  6. Beausoleil M-O, Frishkoff LO, M’Gonigle LK, Raeymaekers JAM, Knutie SA, De León LF, Huber SK, Chaves JA, Clayton DH, Koop JAH, Podos J, Sharpe DMT, Hendry AP & Barrett RDH (2019). Temporally varying disruptive selection in Darwin’s finches. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286, 20192290.

  7. Brunner FS, Deere JA, Egas M, Eizaguirre CE & Raeymaekers JAM (2019). The diversity of eco-evolutionary dynamics: comparing the feedbacks between ecology and evolution across scales. Functional Ecology 33, 7-12.

  8. De Keyzer ELR, De Corte Z, Van Steenberge M, Raeymaekers JAM, Calboli FCF, Kmentová N, Mulimbwa N, Virgilio M, Vangestel C, Mulungula PM, Volckaert FAM & Vanhove MPM (2019). First genomic study on Lake Tanganyika sprat Stolothrissa tanganicae: a lack of population structure calls for integrated management of this important fisheries target species. BMC Evolutionary Biology 19, 6.

  9. Govaert L, Fronhofer EA, Lion S, Eizaguirre CE, Bonte D, Egas M, Hendry AP, Martins AB, Melián CJ, Raeymaekers JAM, Ratikainen II, Saether B-E, Schweitzer JA & Matthews B (2019). Eco-evolutionary feedbacks - theoretical models and perspectives. Functional Ecology 33, 13-30.

  10. De León LF, Sharpe DMT, Gotanda K, Raeymaekers JAM, Chaves JA, Hendry AP & Podos J (2019). Urbanization erodes niche segregation in Darwin's finches. Evolutionary Applications.

  11. Meyer B, Hablützel PI, Roose AK, Hofmann MJ, Salzburger W & Raeymaekers JAM (2018). Linking parasites, trophic ecology, morphology and immunogenetics in the Lake Tanganyika cichlid radiation. Hydrobiologia.

  12. Van Steenberge M, Raeymaekers JAM, , Vanhove MPM, Koblmüller S & Snoeks J (2018). Delineating species along shifting shorelines: Tropheus (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the southern subbasin of Lake Tanganyika. Frontiers in Zoology 15, 42.

  13. Kmentová N, Van Steenberge M, Raeymaekers JAM, Koblmüller S, Hablützel PI, Muterezi Bukinga F, Mulimbwa N, Mulungula PM, Nzigidahera B, Ntakimazi G, Milan Gelnar M & Vanhove MPM (2018). Monogenean parasites of sardines in Lake Tanganyika: diversity, origin and intra-specific variability. Contributions to Zoology 87, 105-132.

  14. Raeymaekers JAM, Chaturvedi A, Hablützel PI, Verdonck I, Hellemans B, Maes GE, De Meester L & Volckaert FAM (2017). Adaptive and non-adaptive divergence in a common landscape. Nature Communications 8, 267.

  15. Hablützel PI, Vanhove MPM, Deschepper P, Grégoir AF, Roose AK, Volckaert FAM & Raeymaekers JAM (2017). Parasite escape through trophic specialization in a species flock. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30, 1437-1445.

  16. Abila R, Akoll P, Albertson C, Antunes D, Banda T, Bills R, Bulirani A, Chocha Manda A, Cohen A, Cunha-Saraiva F, Derycke S, Donohue I, Du M, Dudu AM, Egger B, Fritzsche K, Frommen JG, Gante HF, Genner MJ, Härer A, Hata H, Irvine K, Isumbisho Mwapu P, Janssens de Bisthoven L, Jungwirth A, Kaleme P, Katongo C, Kéver L, Koblmüller S, Konings A, Lamboj A, Lemmel-Schaedelin F, Machado Schiaffino G, Martens K, Masilya Mulungula P, Meyer A, More HL, Musilová Z, Muterezi Bukinga F, Muzumani DR, Ntakimazi G, Okello W, Phiri H, Piálek L, Plisnier PD, Raeymaekers JAM, Rajkov J, Říčan O, Roberts R, Salzburger W, Schoen I, Sefc KM, Singh P, Skelton P, Schneider K, Snoeks J, Sturmbauer C, Svardal H, Svensson O, Torres Dowdall J, Turner GF, Tyers A, van Rijssel JC, Van Steenberge M, Vanhove MPM, Verheyen E, Weber AT, Weyl O, Ziegelbecker A, Zimmermann H (2016). Oil extraction imperils Africa's Great Lakes. Science 354, 561-562.

  17. Vanhove MPM, Hablützel PI, Pariselle A, Šimková A, Huyse T & Raeymaekers JAM (2016). Cichlids: a host of opportunities for evolutionary parasitology. Trends in Parasitology 32, 820–832.

  18. Chaves JA, Cooper EA, Hendry AP, Podos J, De León LF, Raeymaekers JAM, McMillan OW & Uy JAC (2016). Genomic variation at the tips of the adaptive radiation of Darwin’s finches. Molecular Ecology 25, 5282–5295.

  19. Hablützel PI, Grégoir AF, Vanhove MPM, Volckaert FAM & Raeymaekers JAM (2016). Weak link between dispersal and parasite community differentiation or immunogenetic divergence in two sympatric cichlid fishes. Molecular Ecology 25, 5451–5466.

  20. Raeymaekers JAM & Backeljau T (2015). Recurrent adaptation in a low dispersal trait. Molecular Ecology 24, 699-701.

  21. Vanhove MPM, Pariselle A, Van Steenberge M, Raeymaekers JAM, Hablützel PI, Gillardin C, Hellemans B, Breman FC, Koblmüller S, Sturmbauer C, Snoeks J, Volckaert FAM & Huyse T (2015). Hidden biodiversity in an ancient lake: phylogenetic congruence between Lake Tanganyika tropheine cichlids and their monogenean flatworms. Scientific Reports 5: 13669.

  22. Konijnendijk N, Shikano T, Daneels D, Volckaert FAM & Raeymaekers JAM (2015). Signatures of selection in the three-spined stickleback along a small scale brackish water - freshwater transition zone. Ecology and Evolution5, 4174-4186.

  23. Grégoir AF, Hablützel PI, Vanhove MPM, Pariselle A, Bamps J, Volckaert FAM & Raeymaekers JAM (2015). A link between host dispersal and parasite diversity in two sympatric cichlids of Lake Tanganyika. Freshwater Biology 60, 323-335.

  24. Hablützel PI, Vanhove MPM, Grégoir AF, Volckaert FAM & Raeymaekers JAM (2014). Intermediate number of major histocompatibility complex class IIB length variants relates to enlarged perivisceral fat deposits in the blunt-head cichlid Tropheus moorii. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27, 2177–2190.

  25. Mulimbwa N, Sarvala J & Raeymaekers JAM (). Reproductive activities of two zooplanktivorous clupeid fish in relation to the seasonal abundance of copepod prey in the northern end of Lake Tanganyika. Belgian Journal of Zoology 144, 77-92.

  26. Chaturvedi A, Raeymaekers JAM & Volckaert FAM (2014). Computational identification of microRNAs, targets and their function in three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Molecular Ecology Resources 14, 768-777.

  27. Van den Broeck F, Meurs L, Raeymaekers JAM, Boon N, Dieye TN, Volckaert FAM, Polman K & Huyse T (2014). Inbreeding within human Schistosoma mansoni: do host-specific factors shape the genetic composition of parasite populations? Heredity 113, 32–41.

  28. Vandamme SG, Maes GE, Raeymaekers JAM, Cottenie K, Imsland AK, Hellemans B, Lacroix G, Mac Aoidh E, Martinsohn JT, Martínez P, Robbens J, Vilas R & Volckaert FAM (2014). Regional environmental pressure influences population differentiation in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus). Molecular Ecology 23, 618-636.

  29. Mulimbwa N, Raeymaekers JAM & Sarvala J (2014). Seasonal changes in the pelagic catch of two clupeid zooplanktivores in relation to the abundance of copepod zooplankton in the northern end of Lake Tanganyika. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 17, 25-33.

  30. Raeymaekers JAM, Konijnendijk N, Larmuseau MHD, Hellemans B, De Meester L & Volckaert FAM (2014). A gene with major phenotypic effects as a target for selection versus homogenizing gene flow. Molecular Ecology 23, 162-181.

  31. Decaestecker E, De Gersem H, Michalakis Y & Raeymaekers JAM (2013). Damped long-term host-parasite Red Queen coevolutionary dynamics: a reflection of dilution effects? Ecology Letters 16, 1455-1462.

  32. Hablützel PI, Hellemans B, Volckaert FAM & Raeymaekers JAM (2013). Differential modes of MHC class IIB gene evolution in cichlid fishes. Immunogenetics 65, 795-809.

  33. Raeymaekers JAM, Hablützel PI, Grégoir AF, Bamps J, Roose AK, Vanhove MPM, Van Steenberge M, Pariselle A, Huyse T, Snoeks J & Volckaert FAM (2013). Contrasting parasite communities among allopatric colour morphs of the Lake Tanganyika cichlid Tropheus. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13, 41.

  34. Konijnendijk N, Raeymaekers JAM, Vandeuren S, Jacquemin L & Volckaert FAM (2013). Testing for local adaptation in the Gasterosteus–Gyrodactylus host-parasite system. Evolutionary Ecology Research 15, 489–502.

  35. Gotanda KM, Delaire LC, Raeymaekers JAM, Pérez-Jvostov F, Dargent F, Bentzen P, Scott ME, Fussmann GF & Hendry AP (2013). Adding parasites to the guppy-predation story: insights from field surveys. Oecologia 172, 155-166.

  36. Maes GE, Raeymaekers JAM, Hellemans B, Geeraerts C, Parmentier K, De Temmerman L, Volckaert FAM & Belpaire C (2013). Gene transcription reflects poor health status of resident European eel chronically exposed to environmental pollutants. Aquatic Toxicology 126, 242-255.

  37. Raeymaekers JAM, Lens L, Van den Broeck F, Van Dongen S & Volckaert FAM (2012). Quantifying population structure on short timescales. Molecular Ecology 21, 3458-3473.

  38. Larmuseau MHD, Ottoni C, Raeymaekers JAM, Vanderheyden N, Larmuseau HFM, Decorte R (2012). Temporal differentiation across a West-European Y-chromosomal cline – genealogy as a tool in human population genetics. European Journal of Human Genetics 20, 434-440.

  39. Raeymaekers JAM (2011). Modeling contemporary evolution in stickleback. Molecular Ecology 20, 2465-2467.

  40. Anseeuw D, Raeymaekers JAM, Busselen P, Verheyen E & Snoeks J (2011). Low genetic and morphometric intraspecific divergence in peripheral Copadichromis populations (Perciformes: Cichlidae) in the Lake Malawi basin. International Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

  41. Van Steenberge M, Vanhove MPM, Muzumani Risasi D, Mulimbwa N’Sibula T, Muterezi Bukinga F, Pariselle A, Gillardin C, Vreven E, Raeymaekers JAM, Huyse T, Volckaert FAM, Nshombo Muderwha V & Snoeks J (2011). A recent inventory of the fishes of the north-western and central western coast of Lake Tanganyika (Democratic Republic Congo). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 41, 201-214.

  42. Berner D, Kaeuffer R, Grandchamp AC, Raeymaekers JAM, Räsänen K & Hendry AP (2011). Quantitative genetic inheritance of morphological divergence in a lake-stream stickleback ecotype pair: implications for reproductive isolation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24, 1975-1983.

  43. De León LF, Raeymaekers JAM, Bermingham E, Podos J, Herrel A & Hendry AP (). Exploring possible human influences on the evolution of Darwin’s finches. Evolution 65, 2258-2272.

  44. Raeymaekers JAMInfection dynamics of the monogenean parasite Gyrodactylus gasterostei on sympatric and allopatric populations of the three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus. Folia Parasitologica 58, 27-34.

  45. Raeymaekers JAM, Boisjoly M, Delaire L, Berner D, Räsänen K & Hendry AP (2010). Testing for mating isolation between ecotypes: laboratory experiments with lake, stream and hybrid stickleback. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23, 2694-2708.

  46. Larmuseau MHD, Vancampenhout K, Raeymaekers JAM, Van Houdt JKJ, & Volckaert FAM (2010). Differential modes of selection on the rhodopsin gene in coastal Baltic and North Sea populations of the sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus. Molecular Ecology 19, 2256-2268.

  47. Larmuseau MHD, Raeymaekers JAM, Hellemans B, Van Houdt JKJ & Volckaert FAM (2010). Mito-nuclear discordance in the degree of population differentiation in a marine goby. 105, 532-542.

  48. Cuveliers EL, Geffen AJ, Guelinckx J, Raeymaekers JAM, Skadal J, Volckaert FAM & Maes GE (2010). Microchemical variation in juvenile Solea solea otoliths as a powerful tool for studying connectivity in the North Sea.

  49. Raeymaekers JAM, Delaire L & Hendry AP (2009). Genetically based differences in nest characteristics between lake, inlet, and hybrid threespine stickleback from the Misty system, British Columbia, Canada. Evolutionary Ecology Research 11, 905-919.

  50. Van Dongen S, Lens L, Pape E, Volckaert FAM & Raeymaekers JAM (2009). Evolutionary history shapes the association between developmental instability and population-level genetic variation in three-spined sticklebacks. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22, 1695-1707.

  51. Larmuseau MHD, Raeymaekers JAM, Ruddick KG, Van Houdt JKJ & Volckaert FAM (2009). To see in different seas: spatial variation in the rhodopsin gene of the sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus). Molecular Ecology 18, 4227-4239.

  52. Raeymaekers JAM, Raeymaekers D, Koizumi I, Geldof S & Volckaert FAM (2009). Guidelines for restoring connectivity around water mills: a population genetic approach to the management of riverine fish. Journal of Applied Ecology 46, 562-571.

  53. Geeraerts A, Raeymaekers JAM, Vinckier S, Pletsers A, Smets E & Huysmans S (2009). Systematic palynology in Ebenaceae with focus on Ebenoideae: morphological diversity and character evolution. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 153, 336-353.

  54. Raeymaekers JAM, Huyse T, Maelfait H, Hellemans B & Volckaert FAM (2008). Community structure, population structure and topographical specialisation of (Monogenea) ectoparasites living on sympatric stickleback species. Folia Parasitologica 55, 187-196.

  55. Raeymaekers JAM, Maes GE, Geldof S, Hontis I, Nackaerts K & Volckaert FAM (2008). Modeling genetic connectivity in sticklebacks as a guideline for river restoration

  56. Decaestecker E, Gaba S, Raeymaekers JAM, Stoks R, Van Kerckhoven L, Ebert D & De Meester L (2007). Host–parasite 'Red Queen' dynamics archived in pond sediment. 450, 870-873.

  57. Raeymaekers JAM, Van Houdt JKJ, Larmuseau MHD, Geldof S & Volckaert FAM (2007). Divergent selection as revealed by PST and QTL-based FST in three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) populations along a coastal-inland gradient. Molecular Ecology 16, 891-905.

  58. Maes GE, Pujolar JM, Raeymaekers JAM, Dannewitz J & Volckaert FAM (2006). Microsatellite conservation and Bayesian individual assignment in four species. 251-261.

  59. Maes GE, Raeymaekers JAM, Pampoulie C, Seynaeve A, Goemans G, Belpaire C & Volckaert FAM (2005). The catadromous European eel Anguilla anguilla (L.) as a model for freshwater evolutionary ecotoxicology: Relationship between heavy metal bioaccumulation, condition and genetic variability. Aquatic toxicology 73, 99-114.

  60. Raeymaekers JAM, Maes GE, Audenaert E & Volckaert FAM (2005). Detecting Holocene divergence in the anadromous-freshwater three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) system. Molecular Ecology 14, 1001–1014.

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