Most important Publications

Corresponding author and equal author publications are designated with * and †, respectively

*Weissensteiner, Matthias H., †Kira Delmore, Valentina Peona, Juan Sebastian Lugo Ramos, Gregoire Arnaud, Julio Blas, Bruno Faivre, Ivan Pokrovsky, Martin Wikelski, Jesko Partecke, Miriam Liedvogel (2025) Combining Individual‐Based Radio‐Tracking With Whole‐Genome Sequencing Data Reveals Candidate for Genetic Basis of Partial Migration in a Songbird. Ecology and Evolution 15, no. 1 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70800

Weissensteiner, Matthias H., †Marzia A. Cremona, Wilfried M. Guiblet, Nicholas Stoler, Robert S. Harris, Monika Cechova, Kristin A. Eckert, Francesca Chiaromonte, Yi-Fei Huang, and Kateryna D. Makova. (2023) Accurate sequencing of DNA motifs able to form alternative (non-B) structures. Genome research 33, no. 6: 907-922. https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.277490.122

Makova, Kateryna D., and Matthias H. Weissensteiner (2023) "Noncanonical DNA structures are drivers of genome evolution." Trends in Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2022.11.005 

†De Coster, Wouter, †Matthias H. Weissensteiner, and Fritz J. Sedlazeck (2021) "Towards population-scale long-read sequencing." Nature Reviews Genetics: 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1038/ s41576-021-00367-3

*Weissensteiner, Matthias H., Bunikis, I., Catalán, A., Francoijs, K.J., Knief, U., Heim, W., Peona, V., Pophaly, S.D., Sedlazeck, F.J., Suh, A. and Warmuth, V.M., Jochen B. W. Wolf (2020): “Discovery and population genomics of structural variation in a songbird genus” Nature Communications, 11(1), pp.1-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17195-4 

Weissensteiner Matthias H. & †Alexander Suh (2019) “Repetitive DNA: The dark matter of avian genomics.” In: Kraus R. (eds) Avian Genomics in Ecology and Evolution. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16477-5_5 

†Peona, Valentina, *†Weissensteiner, Matthias H., Alexander Suh (2018): “How complete are ‘complete’ genome assemblies – An avian perspective.” Molecular Ecology Resources, 2018; 00: 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12933 

*Weissensteiner, Matthias H., Andy WC Pang, Ignas Bunikis, Ida Höijer, Olga Vinnere-Petterson, Alexander Suh, and Jochen BW Wolf. (2017) "Combination of short-read, long-read, and optical mapping assemblies reveals large-scale tandem repeat arrays with population genetic implications." Genome Research 27, no. 5 (2017): 697-708. http:/ doi.org/10.1101/gr.215095.116

*Weissensteiner, Matthias H., Jelmer W. Poelstra, and Jochen BW Wolf. "Low-budget ready-to-fly unmanned aerial vehicles: An effective tool for evaluating the nesting status of canopy-breeding bird species." Journal of Avian Biology 46.4 (2015): 425-430. https://doi.org/ 10.1111/jav.00619