Helena Westerdahl

Malmiga G, Alerstam T, Hansson B, Sjöberg S, Tarka M, Westerdahl H & Hasselquist D. 2026. Age and sex effects on spring migration timing in great reed warblers: early start allows older males to arrive first. Journal of Avian Biology e03530. (Publication nbr 211)

Sigeman H, Strandh M, Proux-Wéra E, Kutschera VE, Ponnikas S, Zhang H, Lundberg M, Soler L, Bunikis I, Tarka M, Hasselquist D, Nystedt B, Westerdahl H & Hansson B. 2021. Avian Neo-Sex Chromosomes Reveal Dynamics of Recombination Suppression and W Degeneration. Molecular Biology and Evolution 38(12):5275-5291. (Publication nbr 198)

Roved J, Hansson B, Stervander M, Hasselquist D & Westerdahl H. 2020. Non-random association of MHC-I alleles in favor of high diversity haplotypes in wild songbirds revealed by computer-assisted MHC haplotype inference using the R package MHCtools. bioaRxiv preprint (Publication nbr 193)

Hansson B, Sigeman H, Stervander M, Tarka M, Ponnikas S, Strandh M, Westerdahl H & Hasselquist D. 2018. Contrasting results from GWAS and QTL mapping on wing length in great reed warblers. Molecular Ecology Resources 18(4):867-876. (Publication nbr 186)

Roved J, Hansson B, Tarka M, Hasselquist D & Westerdahl H. 2018. Evidence for sexual conflict over major histocompatibility complex diversity in a wild songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285(1884). (Publication nbr 184)

Asghar M, Hasselquist D, Hansson B, Zehtindjiev P, Westerdahl H & Bensch S. 2015. Hidden costs of infection: Chronic malaria accelerates telomere degradation and senescence in wild birds. Science 347(6220):436-438. (Publication nbr 174)

Westerdahl H, Asghar M, Hasselquist D & Bensch S. 2012. Quantitative disease resistance: to better understand parasite-mediated selection on major histocompatibility complex. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279:577-584. (Publication nbr 162)

Bensch S, Waldenström J, Jonzén N, Westerdahl H, Hansson B, Sejberg D & Hasselquist D. 2007. Temporal dynamics and diversity of avian malaria parasites in a single host species. Journal of Animal Ecology 76:112-122. (Publication nbr 144)

Hansson B, Jack L, Christians JK, Pemberton JM, Åkesson M, Westerdahl H, Bensch S & Hasselquist D. 2007. No evidence for inbreeding avoidance in a great reed warbler population. Behavioural Ecology 18:157-164. (Publication nbr 142)

Westerdahl H, Waldenström J, Hansson B, Hasselquist D, von Schantz T & Bensch S. 2005. Associations between malaria and MHC genes in a migratory songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, B 272:1511-1518. (Publication nbr 145)

Westerdahl H. 2005. Generna är viktiga för trastsångarnas immunförsvar. Fåglar i Kvismaren - årsskrift 2004 20(1):10–14. (Publication nbr 137)

Hansson B, Westerdahl H, Hasselquist D, Åkesson M & Bensch S. 2004. Does linkage disequilibrium generate heterozygosity-fitness correlations in great reed warblers? Evolution 58:870-879. (Publication nbr 127)

Arlt D, Bensch S, Hansson B, Hasselquist D & Westerdahl H. 2004. Observations of a ZZW female in a natural population - implications for avian sex determination. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, B (suppl) 271:S249-S251. (Publication nbr 128)

Westerdahl H. 2004. No evidence of an MHC-based female mating preference in great reed warblers. Molecular Ecology 13:2465-2470. (Publication nbr 136)

Westerdahl H, Hansson B, Bensch S & Hasselquist D. 2004. Between-year variation of MHC allele frequencies in great red warblers: selection or drift. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17:485-492 (Publication nbr 130)

Westerdahl H, Wittzell H, von Schantz T & Bensch S. 2004. MHC class I typing in a songbird with numerous loci and high polymorphism using motif-specific PCR and DGGE. Heredity 92:534-542. (Publication nbr 135)

Westerdahl H, Bensch S, Hansson B, Hasselquist D & von Schantz T. 2000. Brood sex ratios, female harem status and resources for nestling provisioning in the great reed warbles (Acrocephalus arundinaceus). Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 47:312-318. (Publication nbr 112)

Bensch S, Westerdahl H, Hansson B & Hasselquist D. 1999. Do females adjust the sex of their offspring in relation to the breeding sex ratio? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 12:1104–1109. (Publication nbr 105)

Westerdahl H, Bensch S, Hansson B, Hasselquist D & von Schantz T. 1997. Sex ratio variation among broods of great reed warblers Acrocephalus arundinaceus. Molecular Ecology 6:543-548. (Publication nbr 93)