Author

Blankers T

Assistant Professor, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Univ. Amsterdam - Cited by 357

Biography

Thomas Blankers currently works at the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics at the University of Amsterdam. Thomas does research in evolutionary biology, molecular biology and quantitative genetics. His current projects are 'Population & evolutionary genomics in Hawaiian swordtail crickets' and 'The genetic basis of sex pheromone communication in Heliothine moths'.
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Ecological radiation with limited morphological diversification in salamanders
T Blankers, DC Adams, JJ WiensJournal of evolutionary biology 25 (4), 634-646, 2012201
78
2012
Contrasting global‐scale evolutionary radiations: phylogeny, diversification, and morphological evolution in the major clades of iguanian lizards
T Blankers, TM Townsend, K Pepe, TW Reeder, JJ WiensBiological Journal of the Linnean Society 108 (1), 127-143, 2013201
45
2013
Conservation of multivariate female preference functions and preference mechanisms in three species of trilling field crickets
T Blankers, RM Hennig, DA GrayJournal of evolutionary biology 28 (3), 630-641, 2015201
38
2015
Divergence in male cricket song and female preference functions in three allopatric sister species
RM Hennig, T Blankers, DA GrayJournal of Comparative Physiology A 202, 347-360, 2016201
24
2016
Multivariate female preference tests reveal latent perceptual biases
DA Gray, E Gabel, T Blankers, RM HennigProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283 (1842), 20161972, 2016201
23
2016
Parallel genomic architecture underlies repeated sexual signal divergence in Hawaiian Laupala crickets
T Blankers, KP Oh, KL ShawProceedings of the Royal Society B 286 (1912), 191479, 191
20
2019
Multivariate Phenotypic Evolution: Divergent Acoustic Signals and Sexual Selection in Gryllus Field Crickets
T Blankers, DA Gray, R Matthias HennigEvolutionary Biology 44, 43-55, 2017201
18
2017
A genes eye view of ontogeny: de novo assembly and profiling of the Gryllus rubens transcriptome
EL Berdan, T Blankers, I Waurick, CJ Mazzoni, F MayerMolecular ecology resources 16 (6), 1478-1490, 2016201
17
2016
The Genetics of a Behavioral Speciation Phenotype in an Island System.
T Blankers, KP Oh, KL ShawGenes 9 (7), 2018201
12
2018
Demography and selection shape transcriptomic divergence in field crickets
T Blankers, ST Vilaça, I Waurick, DA Gray, RM Hennig, CJ Mazzoni, ...Evolution 72 (3), 553-567, 2018201
11
2018
Towards evolutionary predictions: current promises and challenges
MT Wortel, D Agashe, SF Bailey, C Bank, K Bisschop, T Blankers, ...Evolutionary Applications, 202111202
11
2021
Phenotypic variation and covariation indicate high evolvability of acoustic communication in crickets
T Blankers, AK Lübke, RM HennigJournal of evolutionary biology 28 (), 1656-166, 2015201
9
2015
Sex pheromone signal and stability covary with fitness
T Blankers, R Lievers, C Plata, M van Wijk, D van Veldhuizen, AT GrootRoyal Society Open Science 8 (6), 210180, 2021202
5
2021
Codivergence but Limited Covariance of Wing Shape and Calling Song Structure in Field Crickets (Gryllus)
T Blankers, R Block, RM HennigEvolutionary Biology 5 (2), 1-155, 2018201
4
2018
Population bottleneck has only marginal effect on fitness evolution and its repeatability in dioecious Caenorhabditis elegans
K Bisschop, T Blankers, J Mariën, MT Wortel, M Egas, AT Groot, ...Evolution 76 (8), 1896-1904, 0
2
2022
Experimental evolution of a pheromone signal
T Blankers, E Fruitet, E Burdfield‐Steel, AT GrootEcology and Evolution 2 (5), e894, 2022202
1
2022