Featured publications

• Yanchukov, A., Tarkhnishvili , Erdolu, M., Şahin, M.K., Candan,K., Murtskhvaladze, M., Gabelaia, M., Iankoshvili, G., Barateli, N., Ilgaz, Ç., Kumlutaş, Y., Matur, F., Çolak, F., Arakelyan, M., Galoyan, E. (2022). Precise paternal ancestry of hybrid unisexual ZW lizards (genus Darevskia, Lacertidae, Squamata) revealed by Z-linked genomic markers. J. Linn. Soc. 136, 293–305. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blac023
• Yanchukov, A. Hiadlovska, Z., Pezer, Z., Macholan. M., Pialek, J. and S.J.E. Baird. Copy number and high-resolution SNP genotyping across the hybrid zone reveal genome-wide associations beyond the annotated positions of CNV genes. Preprint at BioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.22.473661
• Gavashelishvili, A., Yanchukov, A., Tarkhnishvili, D., Murtskhvaladze, M., Akhvlediani, I., Kazancı. (2021). Landscape genetics and the genetic legacy of Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in the modern Caucasus. Scientific Reports 11(1). doi:1038/s41598-021-97519-6
• Tarkhnishvili, D., Yanchukov, A., Şahin, M.K., Gabelaia, M., Murtskhvaladze, M., Candan, K., Galoyan, E., Arakelyan, M., Iankoshvili, G., Kumlutaş, Y., Ilgaz, Ç., Matur, F., Çolak, F., Erdolu, M., Kurdadze, S., Barateli, N., Anderson, C. (2020). Genotypic similarities among the parthenogenetic Darevskia rock lizards with different hybrid origin. BMC Evol. Biol. 20 (1), 1-25
• Matur, F.*, Yanchukov*, Çolak, F. and Sözen, M. (2019). Two major clades of blind mole rats (Nannospalax sp.) revealed by mtDNA and microsatellite genotyping in Western and Central Turkey. Mammalian Biology. 94: 38-47 * shared first authorship
• Yanchukov, A. and R. Proulx. (2014). Migration-selection balance at multiple loci and selection on dominance and recombination. Plos One. 9:2, e88651
• Yanchukov, A., S. Hofman, J.M. Szymura, S.V. Mezhzherin, S.Yu. Morozov-Leonov, N.H. Barton and B. Nürnberger. (2006). Hybridization of Bombina bombina and variegata (Anura, Discoglossidae) at a sharp ecotone in Western Ukraine: comparisons across transects and over time. Evolution 60: 560-583.

An extensive list of publications

• Uluduz, N., Yanchukov, A. and M. Sözen. (2020). Seasonal dynamics of occurrence and group size of three species of cetaceans (Delphinidae and Phocoenidae: Cetacea) on the southwestern coast of the Black Sea. Mar. 84 (4): 431-439. https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.05086.21A
• Yanchukov, A. Mykhaliuk, V. and R. G. Kryvda. (2020). Analysis of allele frequencies of 15 STR loci in a large population dataset from Ukraine at the regional level. Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, doi: 1080/00450618.2020.1749930
• Solak, H., A. Yanchukov, F. Çolak, F. Matur, M. Sözen, İ. Ayanoğlu, and J. Winternitz. (2020). Altitudinal effects on innate immune response of a subterranean rodent. Zoological Science 37(1), 1-11.
• Janoušek, V., C.M. Laukaitis, A. Yanchukov and R. C. Karn. (2016). The role of retrotransposons in gene family expansions in the human and mouse genomes. Genome Biology and Evolution. 8(9): 2632–2650.
• Yanchukov, A. and S. R. Proulx. (2012). Invasion of gene duplication through masking for maladaptive gene flow. Evolution 66(5): 1543-1555.
• Yanchukov, A. (2009). Two-locus population models with differential viability between sexes: parallels between haploid parental selection and genomic imprinting. Genetics: 182(4): 1117-1127.
• Yanchukov, Morozov-Leonov S.Yu. (2002). Comparative Analysis of the Genetic Structure of Hybrid Populations of European Toads of the Genus Bombina (Oken, 1816) from Ukraine and Croatia. Cytology and Genetics. 36(3): 36-40.
• YanchukovW., Mezhzherin S.V., Morozov-Leonov S.Yu. (2002). Analysis of transect across the hybrid zone between fire-bellied (Bombina bombina) and yellow-bellied (Bombina variegata) toads in Pre-Carpathian of Ukraine // Vestnik Zoologii. 36(4): 41-46