Hybridization and Speciation | Natural History Museum Stuttgart
Dr. Niloofar Alaei Kakhki
PostDoc
Key words
Hybridization, phylogenetics, speciation
Address
Department of Zoology
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde
Museum am Löwentor
Rosenstein 1
70191 Stuttgart
Germany
Research interest
My research interests stem from my desire to understand fundamental aspects of biological diversity and evolution. Since I became acquainted with Darwin's finches as one of the classical examples of adaptive radiation and speciation, I have been passionate about speciation and phenotypic diversification. These aspects include the phylogenetic relationships among different organisms, their origin, distribution patterns and morphological complexity.
Publications
2023
Alaei Kakhki, N., Schweizer, M., Lutgen, D., Bowie, R. C., Shirihai, H., Suh, A., Schielzeth, H., Burri, R. 2023. A Phylogenomic Assessment of Processes Underpinning Convergent Evolution in Open-Habitat Chats. Molecular biology and evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac278
Peona, V., Palacios-Gimenez O.V., Lutgen, D., Olsen, R.A., Alaei Kakhki, N., Andriopoulos, P., Bontzorlos, V., Manuel Schweizer, M., Suh, A., Burri, R. 2023. An annotated chromosome-scale reference genome for Eastern Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca). G3, Genes Genomes Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkad088
2022
Schweizer, M*., Warmuth, V*., Alaei Kakhki, N*., Aliabadian, M., Förschler, M., Shirihai, H., Ewels, P., Gruselius, J., Olsen, R., Schielzeth, H., Suh, A., Burri, R. 2022. Genome-wide evidence supports mitochondrial relationships and pervasive parallel phenotypic evolution in open-habitat chats. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106568
Schweizer, M*., Warmuth, V*., Alaei Kakhki, N*, Aliabadian, M., Förschler, M., Shirihai, H., Suh, A., Burri, R. 2022. Parallel plumage color evolution and introgressive hybridization in wheatears. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13401
2019
Alaei Kakhki, N., Aliabadian, M., Forschler, M.I., Ghasempouri, S.M., Kiabi, B., Verde Arregoitia, L.D., Schweizer, M. 2019. Phylogeography of the Oenanthe hispanica pleschanka–cypriaca complex (Aves, Muscicapidae: Saxicolinae): Diversification history of open-habitat specialists based on climate niche models, genetic data, and morphometric data. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 119: 904–918. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12206
2016
Alaei Kakhki, N., Aliabadian, M., Schweizer, M. 2016. Out of Africa: biogeographic history of the open-habitat chats (Aves, Muscicapidae: Saxicolinae) across arid areas of the old world. Zoologica Scripta, 45, 237–251. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12151
Aliabadian, M*., Alaei Kakhki, N*., Mirshamsi, O., Nijman, V., Roulin, A. 2016. Phylogeny, biogeography, and diversification of barn owls (Aves: Strigiformes). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12824
2014
Haddadian shad, H., Darvish, J., Mohammadian, T., Mahmoudi, A., Alaei Kakhki, N., Ghanbarifardi, M., Molavi, F., Barani-Beiranvand, H. 2014. Preliminary study of rodents using pellets of predatory birds in Iran. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics. 10.22067/IJAB.V10I1.36911
2012
Aliabadian, M*., Alaei Kakhki, N*., Darvish, J. 2012. Phylogenetic systematics of Barn Owl (Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769)) complex inferred from mitochondrial rDNA (16S rRNA) taxonomic implication. Taxonomy and Biosystematics, 11: 1-12.
2011
Alaei Kakhki, N., Aliabadian, M. 2011. Mitochondrial DNA (CYTB) divergences in two distinct, Old World and New World Barn Owls. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 18: 47-55.