[ report an error in this record ] Prof. Dr Backeljau, Thierry Personal home page Expertise Taxonomic term: Mollusca [WoRMS]   Institutes (4)  Top | Institutes | Publications | Projects | Dataset  Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen; Operationele Directie Taxonomie en Fylogenie; Afdeling Malacologie, more Direct contact at institute: Tel.: +32-(0)2-627 43 39 E-mail: Universiteit Antwerpen; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Departement Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Evolutionaire Ecologie, more Function: Professor Direct contact at institute: Tel.: +32-(0)3-265 34 69 E-mail: Unitas Malacologica, more Function: President Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen; Operationele Directie Taxonomie en Fylogenie, more Direct contact at institute: E-mail:   Projects (12)  Top | Institutes | Publications | Projects | Dataset  Tapes decussatus and T. philippinarum (Mollusca, Bivalvia), more Effecten van anthropogene stress (zware metalen, gechloreerde koolwaterstoffen en thermale vervuiling) op de genetische structuur van natuurlijke populaties van intertidale ongewervelden, more Fylogenie van de Typhloplanida en de Kalypthorhynchia (Plathelminthes) in een multidisciplinaire benadering, more Geïntegreerde, multidisciplinaire studie van speciatie en adaptatieve radiatie aan de hand van enkele zoölogische probleemgroepen uit terrestrische en lacustriene milieus. I, more Geïntegreerde, multidisciplinaire studie van speciatie en adaptatieve radiatie aan de hand van enkele zoölogische probleemgroepen uit terrestrische en lacustriene milieus. II, more Molecular phylogeny of invertebrates, more Niet-inheemse soorten in het Belgisch deel van de Noordzee en omliggende estuaria, more Phylogeography, population and eco-genetics of European marine and terrestrial molluscs, more Populatiegenetische structuur en cryptische diversiteit van vrijlevende mariene nematoden : beschrijving en implicaties voor het functioneren van populaties en ecosystemen., more Population genetics and morphological variation of Littorinidae, more Population genetics and phylogeny of periwinkle (Littorinidae, Gasteropoda), more Population genetics of European periwinkles (Mollusca, Gastropoda: Littorinidae), more Dataset  Top | Institutes | Publications | Projects | Dataset  Backeljau T, Reyserhove L, Desmet P (2019): Registry of introduced terrestrial molluscs in Belgium. v1.4. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Dataset/Checklist., more Publications (137)  Top | Institutes | Publications | Projects | Dataset  A1 Publications (99) [show] Mayk, D.; Peck, L.S.; Backeljau, T.; Harper, E.M. (2022). Shell thickness of Nucella lapillus in the North Sea increased over the last 130 years despite ocean acidification. Commun. Earth Environ. 3(1): 158. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00486-7, more Mayk, D.; Harper, E.M.; Fietzke, J.; Backeljau, T.; Peck, L.S. (2022). 130 years of heavy metal pollution archived in the shell of the intertidal dog whelk, Nucella lapillus (Gastropoda, Muricidae). Mar. Pollut. Bull. 185(Part A): 114286. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114286, more Aydin, M.; Biltekin, D.; Breugelmans, K.; Backeljau, T. (2021). First record, DNA identification and morphometric characterization of Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) in the southern Black Sea. Bioinvasions Records 10(4): 838-852. https://dx.doi.org/10.3391/bir.2021.10.4.08, more De Wolf, K.; Vanderheyden, A.; Deblauwe, I.; Smitz, N.; Gombeer, S.; Vanslembrouck, A.; Meganck, K.; Dekoninck, W.; De Meyer, M.; Backeljau, T.; Müller, R.; Van Bortel, W. (2021). First record of the West Nile virus bridge vector Culex modestus Ficalbi (Diptera: Culicidae) in Belgium, validated by DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 4920(1): 131-139. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4920.1.7, more Gombeer, S.; Nebesse, C.; Musaba, P.; Ngoy, S.; Peeters, M.; Vanderheyden, A.; Meganck, K.; Smitz, N.; Geers, F.; Van Den Heuvel, S.; Backeljau, T.; De Meyer, M.; Verheyen, E. (2021). Exploring the bushmeat market in Brussels, Belgium: a clandestine luxury business. Biodivers. Conserv. 30(1): 55-66. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-020-02074-7, more Koudenoukpo, Z.C.; Odountan, O.H.; Agboho, P.A.; Dalu, T.; Van Bocxlaer, B.; Janssens de Bistoven, L.; Chikou, A.; Backeljau, T. (2021). Using self-organizing maps and machine learning models to assess mollusc community structure in relation to physicochemical variables in a West Africa river–estuary system. Ecol. Indic. 126: 107706. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107706, more Nsengimana, V.; Vanderheyden, A.; Gombeer, S.; Smitz, N.; Meganck, K.; De Meyer, M.; Backeljau, T.; Fisher, B.L.; Dekoninck, W. (2021). First record of the ant Pheidole megatron Fischer and Fisher, 2013 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Rwanda. African Zoology 46(2): 157-161. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/15627020.2021.1901605, more Smitz, N.; De wolf, K.; Gheysen, A.; Deblauwe, I.; Meganck, K.; De Witte, J.; Schneider, A.; Verlé, I.; Dekoninck, W.; Gombeer, S.; Vanderheyden, A.; De Meyer, M.; Backeljau, T.; Müller, R.; Van Bortel, W. (2021). DNA identification of species of the Anopheles maculipennis complex and first record of An. daciae in Belgium. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 35(3): 442-450. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1111/mve.12519, more Smitz, N.; De Wolf, K.; Deblauwe, I.; Kampen, H.; Schaffner, F.; De Witte, J.; Schneider, A.; Verlé, I.; Vanslembrouck, A.; Dekoninck, W.; Meganck, K.; Gombeer, S.; Vanderheyden, A.; De Meyer, M.; Backeljau, T.; Werner, D.; Müller, R.; Van Bortel, W. (2021). Population genetic structure of the Asian bush mosquito, Aedes japonicus (Diptera, Culicidae), in Belgium suggests multiple introductions. Parasites & Vectors 14(1): 179. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04676-8, more Telesca, L.; Peck, L.S.; Backeljau, T.; Heinig, M.F.; Harper, E.M. (2021). A century of coping with environmental and ecological changes via compensatory biomineralization in mussels. Glob. Chang. Biol. 27(3): 624-639. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15417, more Tessens, B.; Monnens, M.; Backeljau, T.; Jordaens, K.; Van Steenkiste, N.W.L.; Breman, F.C.; Smeets, K.; Artois, T.J.; Breman, F.C. (2021). Is 'everything everywhere'? Unprecedented cryptic diversity in the cosmopolitan flatworm Gyratrix hermaphroditus. Zoologica Scri. 50(6): 837-851. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12507, more Clark, M.S.; Peck, L.S.; Arivalagan, J.; Backeljau, T.; Berland, S.; Cardoso, J.C.R.; Caurcel, C.; Chapelle, G.; De Noia, M.; Dupont, S.; Gharbi, K.; Hoffman, J.I.; Last, K.S.; Marie, A.; Melzner, F.; Michalek, K.; Morris, J.; Power, D.M.; Ramesh, K.; Sanders, T.; Sillanpaa, K.; Sleight, V.A.; Stewart-Sinclair, P.J.; Sundell, K.; Telesca, L.; Vendrami, D.L.J.; Ventura, A.; Wilding, T.A.; Yarra, T.; Harper, E.M. (2020). Deciphering mollusc shell production: the roles of genetic mechanisms through to ecology, aquaculture and biomimetics. Biol. Rev. 95(6): 1812-1837. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1111/brv.12640, more Dimzas, D.; Morelli, S.; Traversa, D.; Di Cesare, A.; Van Bourgonie, Y.R.; Breugelmans, K.; Backeljau, T.; di Regalbono, A.T.; Diakou, A. (2020). Intermediate gastropod hosts of major feline cardiopulmonary nematodes in an area of wildcat and domestic cat sympatry in Greece. Parasites & Vectors 13(1): 345. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04213-z, more Horsák, M.; Naggs, F.; Backeljau, T. (2020). Paropeas achatinaceum (Pfeiffer, 1846) and other alien subulinine and opeatine land snails in European greenhouses (Gastropoda, Achatinidae). Malacologia 63(1): 123-130. https://dx.doi.org/10.4002/040.063.0112, more Koudenoukpo, Z.C.; Odountan, O.H.; Van Bocxlaer, B.; Sablon, R.; Chikou, A.; Backeljau, T. (2020). Checklist of the fresh and brackish water snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) of Bénin and adjacent West African ecoregions. ZooKeys 942(942): 21-64. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.942.52722, more Bayne, B.; d'Auriac, M.A.; Backeljau, T.; Beninger, P.; Boudry, P.; Carnegie, R.; Davis, J.; Guo, X.; Hedgecock, D.; Krause, M.; Langdon, C.; Lapegue, S.; Manahan, D.; Mann, R.; Powell, E.; Shumway, S. (2019). A scientific name for Pacific oysters. Aquaculture 499: 373-373. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.08.048, more Beninger, P.G.; Backeljau, T. (2019). Understanding taxonomic and nomenclatural instability – a case study of the Manila clam. Aquaculture 504: 375-379. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.02.016, more Fourdrilis, S.; Backeljau, T. (2019). Highly polymorphic mitochondrial DNA and deceiving haplotypic differentiation: implications for assessing population genetic differentiation and connectivity. BMC Evol. Biol. 19: 92. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1414-3, more Fourdrilis, S.; Backeljau, T. (2019). Correction to: Highly polymorphic mitochondrial DNA and deceiving haplotypic differentiation: implications for assessing population genetic differentiation and connectivity. BMC Evol. Biol. 19(1): 103. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1428-x, more Morris, J.P.; Backeljau, T.; Chapelle, G. (2019). Shells from aquaculture: a valuable biomaterial, not a nuisance waste product. Reviews in Aquaculture 11(1): 42-57. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/raq.12225, more Fourdrilis, S.; de Frias Martins, A.M.; Backeljau, T. (2018). Relation between mitochondrial DNA hyperdiversity, mutation rate and mitochondrial genome evolution in Melarhaphe neritoides (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) and other Caenogastropoda. NPG Scientific Reports 8: 17964. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36428-7, more Lange, M.K.; Penagos-Tabares, F.; Hirzmann, J.; Failing, K.; Schaper, R.; Van Bourgonie, Y.R.; Backeljau, T.; Hermosilla, C.; Taubert, A. (2018). Prevalence of Angiostrongylus vasorum, Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Crenosoma vulpis larvae in native slug populations in Germany. Veterinary parasitology 254: 120-130. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2018.03.011, more Bayne, B.L.; Ahrens, M.; Allen, S.K.; D'auriac, M.A.; Backeljau, T.; Beninger, P.; Bohn, R.; Boudry, P.; Davis, J.; Green, T.; Guo, X.; Hedgecock, D.; Ibarra, A.M.; Kingsley-Smith, P.; Krause, M.; Langdon, C.; Lapegue, S.; Li, C.; Manahan, D.; Mann, R.; Perez-Paralle, L.; Powell, E.N.; Rawson, P.D.; Speiser, D.; Sanchez, J.-L.; Shumway, S.; Wang, H. (2017). The proposed dropping of the genus Crassostrea for all Pacific cupped oysters and its replacement by a new genus Magallana: A dissenting view. J. Shellfish Res. 36(3): 545-547. https://dx.doi.org/10.2983/035.036.0301, more Gombeer, S.; Meganck, K.; Van Bourgonie, Y.R.; Smitz, N.; De Meyer, M.; Backeljau, T. (2017). Authenticating fish and seafood products for sale on the Belgian market, in: Scientific abstracts from the 7th International Barcode of Life Conference = Résumés scientifiques du 7e Conférence internationale « Barcode of Life », November 20-24, 2017 Kruger National Park, South Africa. Genome, 60(11): pp. 937, more Verheye, M.L.; Backeljau, T.; d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (2017). Locked in the icehouse: evolution of an endemic Epimeria (Amphipoda, Crustacea) species flock on the Antarctic shelf. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 114: 14-33. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.013, more Fourdrilis, S.; Mardulyn, P.; Hardy, O.J.; Jordaens, K.; de Frias Martins, A.M.; Backeljau, T. (2016). Mitochondrial DNA hyperdiversity and its potential causes in the marine periwinkle Melarhaphe neritoides (Mollusca: Gastropoda). PeerJ 4: 33 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2549, more Morris, J.P.; Wang, Y.; Backeljau, T.; Chapelle, G. (2016). Biomimetic and bio-inspired uses of mollusc shells. Marine Genomics 27: 85-90. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margen.2016.04.001, more Verheye, M.L.; Martin, P.; Backeljau, T.; D'Udekem D'Acoz, C. (2016). DNA analyses reveal abundant homoplasy in taxonomically important morphological characters of Eusiroidea (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Zoologica Scri. 45(3): 300-321. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12153, more Verheye, M.L.; Backeljau, T.; d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (2016). Looking beneath the tip of the iceberg: diversification of the genus Epimeria on the Antarctic shelf (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Polar Biol. 39(5): 925-945. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-016-1910-5, more de Jong, Y.; Kouwenberg, J.; Boumans, L.; Hussey, C.; Hyam, R.; Nicolson, N.; Kirk, P.; Paton, A.; Michel, E.; Guiry, M.D.; Boegh, P.S.; Pedersen, H.A.; Enghoff, H.; von Raab-Straube, E.; Güntsch, A.; Geoffroy, M.; Müller, A.; Kohlbecker, A.; Berendsohn, W.; Appeltans, W.; Arvanitidis, C.; Vanhoorne, B.; Declerck, J.; Vandepitte, L.; Hernandez, F.; Nash, R.; Costello, M.J.; Ouvrard, D.; Bezard-Falgas, P.; Bourgoin, T.; Wetzel, F.T.; Glöckler, F.; Korb, G.; Ring, C.; Hagedorn, G.; Haüser, C.; Aktaç, N.; Asan, A.; Ardelean, A.; Vieira Borges, P.A.; Dhora, D.; Khachatryan, H.; Malicky, M.; Ibrahimov, S.; Tuzikov, A.; De Wever, A.; Moncheva, S.; Spassov, N.; Chobot, K.; Popov, A.; Borsic, I.; Sfenthourakis, S.; Kõljalg, U.; Uotila, P.; Olivier, G.; Dauvin, J.C.; Tarkhnishvili, D.; Chaladze, G.; Tuerkay, M.; Legakis, A.; Peregovits, L.; Gudmundsson, G.A.; Ólafsson, E.; Lysaght, L.; Galil, B.S.; Raimondo, F.M.; Domina, G.; Stoch, F.; Minelli, A.; Spungis, V.; Budrys, E.; Olenin, S.; Turpel, A.; Walisch, T.; Krpach, V.; Gambin, M.T.; Ungureanu, L.; Karaman, G.; Kleukers, R.M. J. C.; Stur, E.; Aagaard, K.; Valland, N.; Moen, T.L.; Bogdanowicz, W.; Tykarski, P.; Weslawski, J.M.; Kendra, M.; de Frias Martins, A.M.; Abreu, A.D.; Silva, R.; Medvedev, S.; Ryss, A.; Simic, S.; Marhold, K.; Stloukal, E.; Tome, D.; Ramos, M.A.; Valdés, B.; Pina, F.; Kullander, S.O.; Telenius, A.; Gonsenth, Y.; Tschudin, P.; Sergeyeva, O.; Vladymyrov, V.; Rizun, W.B.; Raper, C.; Lear, D.; Stoev, P.; Penev, L.; Rubio, A.C.; Backeljau, T.; Saarenmaa, H.; Ulenberg, S. (2015). PESI - a taxonomic backbone for Europe. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5848. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5848, more Decraemer, W.; Backeljau, T. (2015). Utility of classical alpha-taxonomy for biodiversity of aquatic nematodes. J. Nematol. 47(1): 1-10, more Raeymaekers, J.A.M.; Backeljau, T. (2015). Recurrent adaptation in a low-dispersal trait. Mol. Ecol. 24(4): 699-701. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.13081, more Armenteros, M; Rojas-Corzo, A; Ruiz-Abierno, A; Derycke, S.; Backeljau, T.; Decraemer, W. (2014). Systematics and DNA barcoding of free-living marine nematodes with emphasis on tropical desmodorids using nuclear SSU rDNA and mitochondrial COI sequences. Nematology (Leiden) 16: 979-989. dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685411-00002824, more Derycke, S.; Backeljau, T.; Moens, T. (2013). Dispersal and gene flow in free-living marine nematodes. Front. Zool. 10: 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-1, more Van Steenkiste, N.; Tessens, B.; Willems, W.; Backeljau, T.; Jondelius, U.; Artois, T. (2013). A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Dalytyphloplanida (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela) reveals multiple escapes from the marine environment and origins of symbiotic relationships. PLoS One 8(3): 1-13. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059917, more Casteleyn, G.; Leliaert, F.; Backeljau, T.; Debeer, A.-E.; Kotaki, Y.; Rhodes, L. L.; Lundholm, N.; Sabbe, K.; Vyverman, W. (2010). Limits to gene flow in a cosmopolitan marine planktonic diatom. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 107(29): 12952-12957. dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1001380107, more Derycke, S.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Rigaux, A.; Backeljau, T.; Moens, T. (2010). Exploring the use of cytochrome oxidase c Subunit 1 (COI) for DNA barcoding of free-living marine nematodes. PLoS One 5(10): e13716. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013716, more Van den Broeck, H.; De Wolf, H.; Backeljau, T.; Blust, R. (2010). Effect of metal accumulation on metallothionein level and condition of the periwinkle Littorina littorea along the Scheldt estuary (the Netherlands). Environ. Pollut. 158(5): 1791-1799. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2009.11.004, more Avila, S.P.; da Silva, C.M.; Schiebel, R.; Cecca, F.; Backeljau, T.; Martins, A.M.D. (2009). How did they get here? The biogeography of the marine molluscs of the Azores. Bull. Soc. Géol. Fr. 180(4): 295-307, more Casteleyn, G.; Evans, K.M.; Backeljau, T.; D'hondt, S.; Chepurnov, V.; Sabbe, K.; Vyverman, W. (2009). Lack of population genetic structuring in the marine planktonic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia pungens (Bacillariophyceae) in a heterogeneous area in the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 156(6): 1149-1158. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-009-1157-6, more Guerra-Varela, J.; Colson, I.; Backeljau, T.; Breugelmans, K.; Hughes, R.; Rolan-Alvarez, E. (2009). The evolutionary mechanism maintaining shell shape and molecular differentiation between two ecotypes of the dogwhelk Nucella lapillus. Evolutionary Ecology 23(2): 261-280. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10682-007-9221-5, more Jordaens, K.; Dillen, L.; Backeljau, T. (2009). Shell shape and mating behaviour in pulmonate gastropods (Mollusca). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 96(2): 306-321. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01122.x, more Mikhailova, N.A.; Gracheva, Y.A.; Backeljau, T.; Granovitch, A.I. (2009). A potential species-specific molecular marker suggests interspecific hybridization between sibling species Littorina arcana and L. saxatilis (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) in natural populations. Genetica 137(3): 333-340. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10709-009-9397-4, more Van den Broeck, H.; De Wolf, H.; Backeljau, T.; Blust, R. (2009). Comparative assessment of reproductive impairment in the gastropod mollusc Littorina littorea along the Belgian North Sea coast. Sci. Total Environ. 407(8): 3063-3069. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.12.050, more Virgilio, M.; Fauvelot, C.; Costantini, F.; Abbiati, M.; Backeljau, T. (2009). Phylogeography of the common ragworm Hediste diversicolor (Polychaeta: Nereididae) reveals cryptic diversity and multiple colonization events across its distribution. Mol. Ecol. 18(9): 1980-1994. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04170.x, more Derycke, S.; Remerie, T.; Backeljau, T.; Vierstraete, A.; Vanfleteren, J.; Vincx, M.; Moens, T. (2008). Phylogeography of the Rhabditis (Pellioditis) marina species complex: evidence for long-distance dispersal, and for range expansions and restricted gene flow in the northeast Atlantic. Mol. Ecol. 17(14): 3306-3322. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03846.x, more Van den Broeck, H.; Breugelmans, K.; De Wolf, H.; Backeljau, T. (2008). Completely disjunct mitochondrial DNA haplotype distribution without a phylogeographic break in a planktonic developing gastropod. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 153(3): 421-429. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-007-0820-z, more Derycke, S.; Backeljau, T.; Vlaeminck, C.; Vierstraete, A.; Vanfleteren, J.; Vincx, M.; Moens, T. (2007). Spatiotemporal analysis of population genetic structure in Geomonhystera disjuncta (Nematoda, Monhysteridae) reveals high levels of molecular diversity. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 151(5): 1799-1812. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-007-0609-0, more Derycke, S.; Backeljau, T.; Vlaeminck, C.; Vierstraete, A.; Vanfleteren, J.; Vincx, M.; Moens, T. (2007). Spatiotemporal analysis of population genetic structure in Geomonhystera disjuncta (Nematoda, Monhysteridae) reveals high levels of molecular diversity. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 151(5): 1799-1812. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-007-0609-0, more Derycke, S.; Hendrickx, F.; Backeljau, T.; D’Hondt, S.; Camphijn, L.; Vincx, M.; Moens, T. (2007). Effects of sublethal abiotic stressors on population growth and genetic diversity of Pellioditis marina (Nematoda) from the Westerschelde estuary. Aquat. Toxicol. 82(2): 110-119. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.02.002, more Van den Broeck, H.; De Wolf, H.; Backeljau, T.; Blust, R. (2007). Effects of environmental stress on the condition of Littorina littorea along the Scheldt Estuary (the Netherlands). Sci. Total Environ. 376(1-3): 346-358. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.01.081, more Derycke, S.; Backeljau, T.; Vlaeminck, C.; Vierstraete, A.; Vanfleteren, J.; Vincx, M.; Moens, T. (2006). Seasonal dynamics of population genetic structure in cryptic taxa of the Pellioditis marina complex (Nematoda: Rhabditida). Genetica 128(1-3): 307-321. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10709-006-6944-0, more Geenen, S.; Jordaens, K.; Backeljau, T. (2006). Molecular systematics of the Carinarion complex (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata): a taxonomic riddle caused by a mixed breeding system. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 89(4): 589-604. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00693.x, more Virgilio, M.; Backeljau, T.; Abbiati, M. (2006). Mitochondrial DNA and allozyme patterns of Hediste diversicolor (Polychaeta: Nereididae): the importance of small scale genetic structuring. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 326: 157-165. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps326157, more Willems, W.R.; Wallberg, A.; Jondelius, U.; Littlewood, D.T.J.; Backeljau, T.; Schockaert, E.R.; Artois, T. (2006). Filling a gap in the phylogeny of flatworms: relationships within the Rhabdocoela (Platyhelminthes), inferred from 18S ribosomal DNA sequences. Zoologica Scri. 35(1): 1-17, more De Wolf, H.; Van den Broeck, H.; Qadah, D.; Backeljau, T.; Blust, R. (2005). Temporal trends in soft tissue metal levels in the periwinkle Littorina littorea along the Scheldt estuary, The Netherlands. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 50(4): 479-484, more Derycke, S.; Remerie, T.; Vierstraete, A.; Backeljau, T.; Vanfleteren, J.; Vincx, M.; Moens, T. (2005). Mitochondrial DNA variation and cryptic speciation within the free-living marine nematode Pellioditis marina. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 300: 91-103. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps300091, more Neira, C.; Decraemer, W.; Backeljau, T. (2005). A new species of Glochinema (Epsilonematidae, Nematoda) from the oxygen minimum zone off Baja California, NE Pacific and phylogenetic relationships at species level within the family. Cah. Biol. Mar. 46(2): 105-126. hdl.handle.net/10067/576370151162165141, more Willems, W.; Artois, T.; Vermin, W.; Backeljau, T.; Schockaert, E. (2005). “Typhloplanoida” (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela) from the Indian Ocean, with the description of six new taxa. J. Nat. Hist. 39(19): 1561-1582, more Willems, W.R.; Artois, T.J.; Backeljau, T.; Schockaert, E.R. (2005). Typhloplanoida (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela) from New Caledonia and eastern Australia, with the description of six new taxa. N.Z. J. Zool. 32: 79-98, more De Wolf, H.; Blust, R.; Backeljau, T. (2004). The population genetic structure of Littorina littorea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) along a pollution gradient in the Scheldt Estuary (The Netherlands) using RAPD analysis. Sci. Total Environ. 325(1-3): 59-69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitoten.2003.11.004, more De Wolf, H.; Handa, C.; Backeljau, T.; Blust, R. (2004). A baseline survey of intersex in Littorina littorea along the Scheldt Estuary, The Netherlands. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 48(5-6): 592-596. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.11.018, more De Wolf, H.; Backeljau, T.; Blust, R. (2004). Sensitivity to cadmium along a salinity gradient in populations of the periwinkle, Littorina littorea, using time-to-death analysis. Aquat. Toxicol. 66(3): 241-253. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2003.09.006, more Willems, W.; Artois, T.; Vermin, W.; Backeljau, T.; Schockaert, E. (2004). Reports on the free-living Platyhelminthes from Australia: Typhloplanoida, with the description of three new taxa. Zool. Sci. 21: 333-341, more Bruyndoncx, L.; Jordaens, K.; Ysebaert, T.J.; Meire, P.; Backeljau, T. (2002). Molluscan diversity in tidal marshes along the Scheldt estuary (The Netherlands, Belgium). Hydrobiologia 474(1-3): 189-196. dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1016539905812, more Brito, C.; Lourenco, P.; Medeiros, R.; Rebelo, J.F.; De Wolf, H.; Jordaens, K.; Backeljau, T. (2001). Radular myoglobin as a molecular marker in littorinid systematics (Caenogastropoda). J. Shellfish Res. 20(1): 411-414. https://hdl.handle.net/10067/386320151162165141, more De Wolf, H.; Ulomi, S.A.; Backeljau, T.; Pratap, H.B.; Blust, R. (2001). Heavy metal levels in the sediments of four Dar es Salaam mangroves: accumulation in, and effect on the morphology of the periwinkle, Littoraria scabra (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Environ. Int. 26: 243-249. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0160-4120(00)00113-6, more De Wolf, H.; De Coen, W.M.; Backeljau, T.; Blust, R. (2001). Intersex and sterility in the periwinkle Littorina littorea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) along the Western Scheldt estuary, the Netherlands. Mar. Environ. Res. 52(3): 249-255. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0141-1136(01)00097-6, more De Wolf, H.; Jordaens, K.; Reusens, E.; Blust, R.; Backeljau, T. (2001). Esterase variation in the periwinkle Littorina littorea, along the western and eastern Scheldt estuarium. Mar. Environ. Res. 52(4): 373-382. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0141-1136(01)00091-5, more De Wolf, H.; Blust, R.; Backeljau, T. (2001). Shell size variation in Littorina littorea in the western Scheldt estuary. J. Shellfish Res. 20(1): 427-430. hdl.handle.net/10067/386330151162165141, more Reise, H.; Zimdars, B.; Jordaens, K.; Backeljau, T. (2001). First evidence of possible outcrossing in the terrestrial slug Arion intermedius (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Hereditas 134(3): 267-270. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1601-5223.2001.00267.x, more De Wolf, H.; Verhagen, R.; Backeljau, T. (2000). Large scale population structure and gene flow in the planktonic developing periwinkle, Littorina striata, in Macaronesia (Mollusca : Gastropoda). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 246(1): 69-83. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-0981(99)00177-X, more De Wolf, H.; Backeljau, T.; Blust, R. (2000). Heavy metal accumulation in the periwinkle Littorina littorea, along a pollution gradient in the Scheldt estuary. Sci. Total Environ. 262(1-2): 111-121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00601-X, more Jordaens, K.; De Wolf, H.; Willems, T.; Van Dongen, S.; Brito, C.; Martins, A.M.F.; Backeljau, T. (2000). Loss of genetic variation in a strongly isolated Azorean population of the edible calm, Tapes decussatus. J. Shellfish Res. 19(1): 29-34, more De Wolf, H.; Brito, C.; Van Dongen, S.; Backeljau, T. (1999). Did a heavy storm affect the aperture area of wave-exposed and sheltered Littorina striata? J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 79(6): 1129-1130. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315499001411, more De Wolf, H.; Backeljau, T.; Van Dongen, S.; Verhagen, R. (1998). Large-scale patterns of shell variation in Littorina striata, a planktonic developing periwinkle from Macaronesia (Mollusca: Prosobranchia). Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 131(2): 309-317. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002270050324, more De Wolf, H.; Backeljau, T.; Verhagen, R. (1998). Lack of significant esterase and myoglobin differentiation in the periwinkle, Littorina striata (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Hydrobiologia 378: 27-32. https://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1003269000946, more De Wolf, H.; Backeljau, T.; Verhagen, R. (1998). Congruence between allozyme and RAPD data in assessing macrogeographical genetic variation in the periwinkle Littorina striata (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Heredity 81(Part 5): 486-492. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.hdy.6884330, more De Wolf, H.; Backeljau, T.; Verhagen, R. (1998). Spatio-temporal genetic structure and gene flow between two distinct shell morphs of the planktonic developing periwinkle Littorina striata (Mollusca : Prosobranchia). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 163: 155-163. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps163155, more Desender, K.; Backeljau, T.; Delahaye, K.; De Meester, L. (1998). Age and size of European saltmarshes and the population genetic consequences for ground beetles. Oecologia 114(4): 503-513. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004420050474, more Medeiros, R.; Serpa, L.; Brito, C.; De Wolf, H.; Jordaens, K.; Winnepenninck, B.; Backeljau, T. (1998). Radular myoglobin and protein variation within and among some littorinid species (Mollusca : Gastropoda). Hydrobiologia 378: 43-51, more Olabarria, C.; Timmermans, J.M.; Backeljau, T. (1998). Electrophoretic heterogeneity within and between flat periwinkles (Mollusca : Gastropoda) along an intertidal transect at Ria Ferrol, northwest Spain. Hydrobiologia 378: 11-19, more Van Riel, P.; Backeljau, T.; Brito, C.; Frias Martins, A.M.; Jordaens, K.; Verhagen, R. (1998). Systematics and conservation genetics of the endemic Leptaxinae (Mollusca, Pulmonata: Hygromiidae) in the Azores. J. Conch., Lond. Spec. Publ. 2: 309-310, more Winnepenninckx, B.; Steiner, G.; Backeljau, T.; De Wachter, R. (1998). Details of gastropod phylogeny inferred from 18S rRNA sequences. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 9(1): 55-63, more Winnepenninckx, B.; Backeljau, T. (1998). Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers in the periwinkle Littorina striata King & Broderip, 1832 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Mol. Ecol. 7(9): 1253-1254, more Winnepenninckx, B.M.H.; Reid, D.G.; Backeljau, T. (1998). Performance of 18S rRNA in littorinid Phylogeny (Gastropoda : Caenogastropoda). J. Mol. Evol. 47(5): 586-596, more Winnepenninckx, B.M.H.; Backeljau, T.; Kristensen, R.M. (1998). Relations of the new phylum Cycliophora. Nature (Lond.) 393(6686): 636-638. dx.doi.org/10.1038/31377, more De Wolf, H.; Backeljau, T.; Medeiros, R.; Verhagen, R. (1997). Microgeographical shell variation in Littorina striata, a planktonic developing periwinkle. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 129(2): 331-342, more Decraemer, W.; Gourbault, N.; Backeljau, T. (1997). Marine nematodes of the family Draconematidae (Nemata): a synthesis with phylogenetic relationships. Hydrobiologia 357: 185-202, more Mackey, L.Y.; Winnepenninckx, B.; De Wachter, R.; Backeljau, T.; Emschermann, P.; Garey, J.R. (1996). 18S rRNA suggests that Entoprocta are protostomes, unrelated to Ectoprocta. J. Mol. Evol. 42: 552-559. hdl.handle.net/10067/157710151162165141, more Backeljau, T.; Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; De Bruyn, L. (1994). Genetic variation, systematics and distribution of the venerid clam Chamelea gallina. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 74: 211-223. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400035773, more Backeljau, T.; De Wolf, H.; Van Dongen, S.; Brito, C. (1994). Fourth International symposium on littorinid biology, Roscoff 19-25 september 1993: the phylogenetic relationships of Littorina striata as deduced from allozyme data. Cah. Biol. Mar. 35(2): 239-240, more Backeljau, T.; Breugelmans, K.; Leirs, H.; Rodriguez, T.; Sherbakov, D.; Sitnikova, T.; Timmermans, J.M.; Van Goethem, J.L.; Verheyen, E. (1994). Application of isoelectric-focusing in molluscan systematics. The Nautilus 108(Suppl. 2): 156-167, more De Wolf, H.; Van Dongen, S.; Brito, C.; Backeljau, T. (1994). Fourth International symposium on littorinid biology, Roscoff 19-25 september 1993: population genetics of Littorina striata at a microgeographical scale. Cah. Biol. Mar. 35(2): 243-244, more Winnepenninckx, B.; Backeljau, T.; Dewachter, R. (1994). Small ribosomal-subunit RNA and the phylogeny of Mollusca. The Nautilus 108(Suppl. 2): 98-110, more Backeljau, T.; Winnepenninck, B.; De Bruyn, L.; Reise, H. (1993). Cladistics and metazoan relationships, in: Chardon, M. et al. Third Belgian Congress of Zoology, 5-6 November 1993. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 123(Suppl. 1): pp. 4, more De Wolf, H.; Backeljau, T.; Breugelmans, K.; Brito, C. (1993). Population genetics in Littorina striata on a microgeographical scale. Belg. J. Zool. 123(Suppl. 1): 22-23, more Winnepenninckx, B.; Backeljau, T.; Dewachter, R. (1993). Extraction of high-molecular-weight DNA from mollusks. Trends in genetics 9(12): 407, more Winnepenninckx, B.; Backeljau, T.; Dewachter, R. (1993). Complete small ribosomal-subunit RNA sequence of the chiton acanthopleura-japonica (Lischke, 1873) (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). Nucleic Acids Res. 21(7): 1670. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/21.7.1670, more Peer reviewed publications (13) [show] Deblauwe, I.; Brosens, D.; De Wolf, K.; Smitz, N.; Vanslembrouck, A.; Schneider, A.; De Witte, J.; Verlé, I.; Dekoninck, W.; De Meyer, M.; Backeljau, T.; Gombeer, S.; Meganck, K.; Vanderheyden, A.; Müller, R.; Van Bortel, W. (2022). MEMO: Monitoring of exotic mosquitoes in Belgium. GigaByte 2022: 1-9. https://dx.doi.org/10.46471/gigabyte.59, more Backeljau, T. (2007). Mededeling - Wolrd Congress of Malacology (Antwerpen 15-20 juli 2007). Het Zeepaard 67(2): 60, more Backeljau, T.; Frias Martins, A.M.; Gosling, E.; Grahame, J.; Mill, P.; Brito, C.; Clarke, A.; Medeiros, R.; Small, M.; Wilding, C.; Wilson, I.; Winnepenninckx, B.; Clarke, R.; De Wolf, H. (2001). Periwinkles (Gastropoda, Littorinidae) as a model for studying patterns and dynamics of marine biodiversity. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 71(Suppl.): 43-65, more Bruyndoncx, L.; Jordaens, K.; De Wolf, H.; Meire, P.; Backeljau, T. (2000). New records of Assiminea grayana Fleming, 1828, Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) and Pisidium subtruncatum Malm, 1855 (Mollusca: Gastropoda, Bivalvia) in the Scheldt estuary. Bull. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 70: 103-106, more Troncoso, J.S.; García, F.J.; Backeljau, T.; Urgorri, V. (1996). Faunistic and anatomical data on the Antarctic Opisthobranchia (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the collections of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 66: 29-40, more Risch, P.; Backeljau, T. (1989). On the occurrence of arion lusitanicus mabille, 1868 in Belgium (Mollusca, Pulmonata). Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Bel. 119(1): 25-38, more Warmoes, T.; Backeljau, T.; De Bruyn, L. (1988). The littorinid fauna of the Belgian coast (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bull. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 58: 51-70, more Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België. Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 29. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussel. 106 pp., more Backeljau, T.; De Meyer, M.; Janssens, L.; Liesse, H.; Proesmans, R. (1986). The bivalve molluscs of Varangerfjorden (northern Norway). Fauna Norv. (Ser. A) 7: 1-9, more Backeljau, T.; De Meyer, M.; Janssens, L.; Proesmans, R. (1984). The systematics and distribution of Altenaeum dawsoni (Jeffreys, 1864) with special reference to some new records from northern Norway (Mollusca, Bivalvia: Condylocardiidae?). Sarsia 69: 205-209, more Backeljau, T.; De Meyer, M.; Janssens, L.; Proesmans, R. (1984). Prosobranch and shelled opistobranch molluscs from Store Ekkerøya, Varangerfjorden (northern Norway). Fauna Norv. (Ser. A) 5: 1-5, more Backeljau, T. (1982). Het genus Mya in Europa. Gloria Maris 21: 201-222, more Backeljau, T. (1979). Een uitstapje naar De Panne. Gloria Maris 18(1): 26, more Book chapters (9) [show] Casteleyn, G.; Leliaert, F.; Backeljau, T.; Debeer, A.E.; Kotaki, Y.; Rhodes, L.; Lundholm, N.; Sabbe, K.; Vyverman, W. (2009). Macrogeographic population genetic differentiation in the cosmopolitan marine planktonic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia pungens var. pungens, in: Casteleyn, G. Species structure and biogeography of Pseudo-nitzschia pungens = Soortstructuur en biogeografie van Pseudo-nitzschia pungens. pp. 103-119, more Derycke, S.; Backeljau, T.; Vlaeminck, C.; Vierstraete, A.; Vanfleteren, J.; Vincx, M.; Moens, T. (2007). Seasonal dynamics of population genetic structure in cryptic taxa of the Pellioditis marina complex (Nematoda: Rhabditida), in: Derycke, S. Patronen en processen in de genetische structuur van twee mariene nemarodentaxa Rhabditis (Pellioditis) marina and Halomonhystera disjuncta): een moleculaire, morfologische en experimentele benadering = Patterns and processes in the genetic structure of two marine nematode taxa (Rhabditis (Pellioditis) marina and Halomonhystera disjuncta): a molecular, morphology and experimental approach. pp. 41-63, more Derycke, S.; Remerie, T.; Vierstraete, A.; Backeljau, T.; Vanfleteren, J.; Vincx, M.; Moens, T. (2007). Mitochondrial DNA variation and cryptic speciation within the free-living marine nematode Pellioditis marina, in: Derycke, S. Patronen en processen in de genetische structuur van twee mariene nemarodentaxa Rhabditis (Pellioditis) marina and Halomonhystera disjuncta): een moleculaire, morfologische en experimentele benadering = Patterns and processes in the genetic structure of two marine nematode taxa (Rhabditis (Pellioditis) marina and Halomonhystera disjuncta): a molecular, morphology and experimental approach. pp. 15-39, more Derycke, S.; Hendrickx, F.; Backeljau, T.; D’Hondt, S.; Camphijn, L.; Vincx, M.; Moens, T. (2007). Effects of sublethal abiotic stressors on population growth and genetic diversity of Pellioditis marina (Nematoda) from the Westerschelde estuary, in: Derycke, S. Patronen en processen in de genetische structuur van twee mariene nemarodentaxa Rhabditis (Pellioditis) marina and Halomonhystera disjuncta): een moleculaire, morfologische en experimentele benadering = Patterns and processes in the genetic structure of two marine nematode taxa (Rhabditis (Pellioditis) marina and Halomonhystera disjuncta): a molecular, morphology and experimental approach. pp. 158-177, more Derycke, S.; Backeljau, T.; Vlaeminck, C.; Vierstraete, A.; Vanfleteren, J.; Vincx, M.; Moens, T. (2007). Spatiotemporal analysis of population genetic structure in Geomonhystera disjuncta (Nematoda, Monhysteridae) reveals high levels of molecular diversity, in: Derycke, S. Patronen en processen in de genetische structuur van twee mariene nemarodentaxa Rhabditis (Pellioditis) marina and Halomonhystera disjuncta): een moleculaire, morfologische en experimentele benadering = Patterns and processes in the genetic structure of two marine nematode taxa (Rhabditis (Pellioditis) marina and Halomonhystera disjuncta): a molecular, morphology and experimental approach. pp. 65-87, more Backeljau, T. (2003). Introduction to topic one “Measuring, managing and conserving genetic resources in natural marine systems” (2), in: Hiscock, K. et al. (Ed.) Electronic conference on ‘Genetic biodiversity in marine ecosystems: measurement, understanding and management’: summary of discussions, 6 to 17 October, 2003. MARBENA Proceedings, 5: pp. 13-17, more Maltagliati, F.; Backeljau, T. (2003). Summary of discussions on topic 1: Measuring, managing and conserving genetic resources in natural marine systems, in: Hiscock, K. et al. (Ed.) Electronic conference on ‘Genetic biodiversity in marine ecosystems: measurement, understanding and management’: summary of discussions, 6 to 17 October, 2003. MARBENA Proceedings, 5: pp. 36-42, more Fiers, F.; Backeljau, T.; Willenz, P.; Verheyen, E.; Govaere, J.; Grootaert, P.; Baert, L.; Jocqué, R.; Snoeks, J. (1994). Diversity and speciation in the wider Caribbean, in: Vanderborght, O. et al. (Ed.) IGBP and 'Global Change' related research in Belgium II. pp. 38, more Goddeeris, B.; Martens, K.; Backeljau, T.; Martin, P.; Verheyen, E. (1994). Speciation in ancient lakes (Lake Baikal, Tanganyika and Nyassa/Malawi), in: Vanderborght, O. et al. (Ed.) IGBP and 'Global Change' related research in Belgium II. pp. 39, more Abstracts (8) [show] Verheye, M.L.; Backeljau, T.; d’Udekem d’Acoz, C. (2017). Origin, dispersions and diversification dynamics of Epimeriidae and Iphimediidae (Amphipoda, Crustacea) from the Antarctic shelf, in: Van de Putte, A. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 10-14 July 2017. pp. 118, more Fourdrilis, S.; Prévot, V.; Monjardez, M.; Backeljau, T. (2014). Genetic structure and connectivity assessment with hyper-polymorphic data in a high-dispersal potential mollusk in North Atlantic, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 7 March 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 67: pp. 59, more Derycke, S.; Backeljau, T.; Moens, T. (2011). The importance of genetic diversity for population persistence in the marine nematode Rhabditis marina investigated through field and laboratory experiments, in: World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 2011. Our Oceans, Our Future: Oral Abstract Booklet. pp. 90, more Van den Broeck, H.; De Wolf, H.; Backeljau, T.; Blust, R. (2007). Differences in shell morphology and reproductive impairment in Littorina littorea along the Belgian coast, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 2 March 2007: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 39: pp. 60, more Van den Broeck, H.; De Wolf, H.; Backeljau, T.; Blust, R. (2005). Assessment of the myoglobin variation in the periwinkle Littorina littorea along the Scheldt estuary, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2005: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 20: pp. 62, more Van den Broeck, H.; Breugelmans, K.; De Wolf, H.; Backeljau, T. (2004). Macrogeographic mtDNA differentiation in the Macaronesian periwinkle, Littorina striata (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda), in: Mees, J. et al. VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 5 March 2004: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 17: pp. 73, more Van Riel, P.; Breugelmans, K.; De Wolf, H.; Mikhailova, N.; Backeljau, T. (2004). Analysis of mitochondrial DNA variation via PCR-SSCP reveals micro- and macrogeographic genetic heterogeneity in the planktonic developing periwinkle, Melaraphe neritoides (Caenogastropoda, Littorinidae), in: Mees, J. et al. VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 5 March 2004: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 17: pp. 76, more Backeljau, T. (1988). A faunistic survey of the Belgian marine molluscs: a first progress report, in: Wouters, K. et al. (Ed.) Symposium Invertebraten van België, samenvattingen, 25-26 nov. 1988. pp. 10, more Other publications (5) [show] Backeljau, T. (2018). Crassostrea gigas or Magallana gigas: A community-based scientific response. 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Congruence between allozyme and RADP data in assessing macrogeographic genetic variation in the periwinkle Littorina striata (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 65: 135-136, more Desender, K.; Backeljau, T.; Delahaye, K.; De Meester, L. (1998). Age and size of European saltmarshes and its population genetic consequences: a case study on two ground beetle species. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 65: 142, more Thesis (co-)promotor (3) [show] Fourdrilis, S. (2017). Mitochondrial DNA hyperdiversity and population genetics in the periwinkle Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mollusca: Gastropoda). PhD Thesis. Free University of Brussels: Brussel. 196 pp., more Willems, W.R. (2005). The phylogeny of the 'Typhloplanoida' (Platyhelminthes) inferred from 18S ribosomal DNA sequences = Fylogenie van de 'Typhloplanoida' (Platyhelminthes) op basis van 18S ribosomale DNA sequenties. PhD Thesis. Limburgs Universitair Centrum: Diepenbeek. 66, appendices pp., more Driezen, K. (2004). 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