Dr. D.R. (Dennis) Uit de Weerd
Research Associate Terrestrial Zoology
- dennis.uitdeweerd@ou.nl
- Phone
- +31 (0)38-4297617
Current positions
Assistent professor, School of Science, Open University Netherlands
Research associate, Dept. Terrestrial Zoology, National Museum of Natural History
Research associate, Laboratory for Molecular Systematics & Ecology, Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia
Research interests
Evolution and biogeography of land snails.Publications
Uit de Weerd, D.R., Schneider, D. & E. Gittenberger, E. (2009). Molecular phylogenetic relationships of Inchoatia taxa. Zoologische Mededelingen, 83: 589-592
Gittenberger, E. & Uit de Weerd, D.R. (2009). Summarizing data on the Inchoatia taxa, including Inchoatia megdova bruggeni subspec. nov. (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae). Zoologische Mededelingen 83: 577-587.
Uit de Weerd, D.R. (2008). Delimitation and phylogenetics of the highly diverse land snail family Urocoptidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) based on 28S rRNA sequence data: A reunion with Cerion. Journal of Molluscan Studies 74: 317-329.
Uit de Weerd, D.R. (2007). Phylogeography and evolution of the Caribbean land snail family Urocoptidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata): radiation in isolation. Abstracts World Congress of Malacology Antwerp 2007
Gittenberger, E & Uit de Weerd, D.R. (2006). Reconsidering the generic position of the species once classified in Carinigera, Isabellaria and Sericata (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae, Alopiinae). Basteria 70: 57-66.
Uit de Weerd, D.R. , Groenenberg, D.S.J., Schilthuizen, M. & Gittenberger, E. (2006). Reproductive character displacement by inversion of coiling in clausiliid snails (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 88: 155-164.
Gittenberger, E. & Uit de Weerd, D.R. (2006). The genus Inchoatia validated and three mistakes corrected. Basteria 70: 131-132.
Uit de Weerd, D.R, Schneider, D. & Gittenberger, E. (2005). The provenance of the Greek land snail species Isabellaria pharsalica: molecular evidence of recent long-distance dispersal. Journal of Biogeography 32: 1571-1581
Gittenberger, E & Uit de Weerd, D.R. (2005) Babylonia and Zemiropsis (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Babyloniidae), anatomy, shell morphology, distribution and DNA. Journal of Conchology 38 ( 6): 649-652
Uit de Weerd, D.R. & Gittenberger, E. (2005) Towards a monophyletic genus Albinaria (Gastropoda, Pulmonata): the first molecular study into the phylogenetic position of eastern Albinaria species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143 (4): 531-542.
Uit de Weerd, D.R., Piel, W.H. & Gittenberger, E. (2004) Widespread polyphyly among Alopiinae snail genera: when phylogeny mirrors biogeography more closely than morphology. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 533-548.
Uit de Weerd, D.R. (2004) Molecular phylogenetic history of eastern Mediterranean Alopiinae, a group of morphologically indeterminate land snails. PhD Thesis, Leiden University, The Netherlands. pp 1-119. (go to Leiden University Digital Repository)
Uit de Weerd, D.R., Gittenberger, E. (2004) Re-evaluating Carinigera: Molecular data overturn the current classification within the Clausiliid subfamily Alopiiinae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Journal of Molluscan Studies 70 (4): 305-318
Gittenberger, E & Uit de Weerd, D.R. (2004) Polytypic Carinigera buresi in NE Greece (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae). Basteria 67: 115-126.
Caspers, G.-J., Uit de Weerd, D., Wattel, J. & de Jong, W.W. (1997). Alfa-crystallin sequences support a Galliform/Anseriform clade. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 7: 185-188
Saturday, January 16, 2010