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Mag. Dr. Helmut Schaschl, Privatdoz.
T: +43-1-4277-18218
M: +43-664-8175935
M: +43-664-8175935
Winter term 2025
Summer term 2025
Winter term 2024
Schaschl, H., Herzog, T., Oberreiter, V., Kutanan, W., Jakobsson, M., & Larena, M. (2025). HLA diversity and signatures of selection in the Maniq, a nomadic hunter-gatherer population in Southern Thailand. Immunogenetics, 77, Article 23. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00251-025-01380-0
Kutanan, W., Woravatin, W., Srikummool, M., Suwannapoom, C., Hübner, A., Kampuansai, J., Khaokiew, C., Schaschl, H., Översti, S., La, D. D., Arias, L., & Stoneking, M. (2025). Maternal genetic origin of Chao Lay coastal maritime populations from Thailand. BMC Biology, 23(1), Article 146. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02252-5
Herzog, T., Larena, M., Kutanan, W., Lukas, H., Fieder, M., & Schaschl, H. (2025). Natural selection and adaptive traits in the Maniq, a nomadic hunter-gatherer society from Mainland Southeast Asia. Scientific Reports, 15(1), Article 4809. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83657-0
Pasa, K., Singh, N. M., Bharali, N., Hmar, T., Schaschl, H., Baruah, T., & Adak, D. K. (2024). Reproductive Health Status in India: Comparison of NFHS-IV and NFHS-V Findings. Journal of Anthropological Survey of India. https://doi.org/10.1177/2277436X241282596
Goellner, T., Larena, M., Kutanan, W., Lukas, H., Fieder, M., & Schaschl, H. (2022). Unveiling the Genetic History of the Maniq, a Primary Hunter-Gatherer Society. Genome Biology and Evolution, 14(4), Article evac021. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evac021
Schaschl, H., Goellner, T., & Morris, D. L. (2022). Positive selection acts on regulatory genetic variants in populations of European ancestry that affect ALDH2 gene expression. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 4563. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08588-0
Emser, S. V., Schaschl, H., Millesi, E., & Steinborn, R. (2021). Extension of Mitogenome Enrichment Based on Single Long-Range PCR: mtDNAs and Putative Mitochondrial-Derived Peptides of Five Rodent Hibernators. Frontiers in Genetics, 12, Article 685806. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.685806
Kiakos, K., Satam, V., Patil, P. C., Sweers, J., Bowerman, M., Tzou, S., Olsen, K., Lee, M., Schaschl, H., Keppler, B. K., Hochhauser, D., Lee, M., Hartley, J. A., & Pett, L. (2021). Effects of N-terminus modified Hx-amides on DNA binding affinity, sequence specificity, cellular uptake, and gene expression. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 47, Article 128158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2021.128158
Stefanović, M., Ćirović, D., Bogdanović, N., Knauer, F., Heltai, M., Szabó, L., Lanszki, J., Zhelev, C. D., Schaschl, H., & Suchentrunk, F. (2021). Positive selection on the MHC class II DLA-DQA1 gene in golden jackals (Canis aureus) from their recent expansion range in Europe and its effect on their body mass index. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 21(1), Article 122. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01856-z
Awadi, A., Ben Slimen, H., Schaschl, H., Knauer, F., & Suchentrunk, F. (2021). Positive selection on two mitochondrial coding genes and adaptation signals in hares (genus Lepus) from China. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 21(1), Article 100. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01832-7
Schaschl, H., & Wallner, B. (2020). Population-specific, recent positive directional selection suggests adaptation of human male reproductive genes to different environmental conditions. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 20(1), Article 27. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1575-0
Wallner, B., Windhager, S., Schaschl, H., Nemeth, M., Pflüger, L., Fieder, M., Domjanic, J., Millesi, E., & Seidler, H. (2019). Sexual Attractiveness: A Comparative Approach to Morphological, Behavioral and Neurophysiological Aspects of Sexual Signaling in Women and Nonhuman Primate Females. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 5(2), 164–186. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-019-00111-6
Ben Slimen, H., Schaschl, H., Knauer, F., & Suchentrunk, F. (2017). Selection on the mitochondrial ATP synthase 6 and the NADH dehydrogenase 2 genes in hares (Lepus capensis L., 1758) from a steep ecological gradient in North Africa. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 17(1), 1-16. Article 46. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0896-0
Schaschl, H., Huber, S., Schäfer, K., Windhager, S., Wallner, B., & Fieder, M. (2015). Signatures of positive selection in the cis-regulatory sequences of the human oxytocin receptor (OXTR) and arginine vasopressin receptor 1a (AVPR1A) genes. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15(1), Article 85. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0372-7
Schaschl, H., Windhager, S., Schäfer, K., Mitteröcker, P., Huber, S., Wallner, B., & Fieder, M. (2015). Genetic variation at candidate genes involved in the determination of the human face are not associated with facial fluctuating asymmetry.
Wallner, B., Schäfer, K., Windhager, S., Schaschl, H., & Fieder, M. (2015). Comparative Primatology: Genetic analyses of dopamine receptors, dopamine transporter and catechol-o-methyl transferase according to the mesolimbic reward system. In 9th Meeting of the North-East Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS)
Rütgen, B. C., Gerner, W., Beiglböck, C., Schaschl, H., Saalmüller, A., Suchentrunk, F., & Essler, S. E. (2014). Exploratory assessment of CD4+ T lymphocytes in brown hares (Lepus europeus) using a cross-reactive anti-rabbit CD4 antibody. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 161(1-2), 108-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetimm.2014.06.001
Windhager, S., Schaschl, H., Schäfer, K., Mitteröcker, P., Huber, S., Wallner, B., & Fieder, M. (2014). Single nucleotide polymorphisms: a promising approach to homozygosity and facial asymmetry? In Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society (HBES), Jul 30 – Aug 2, Natal, Brazil
Windhager, S., Schaschl, H., Schäfer, K., Mitteröcker, P., Huber, S., Wallner, B., & Fieder, M. (2014). Variation at genes influencing facial morphology are not associated with developmental imprecision in human faces. PLoS ONE, 9(6), Article e99009. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099009
Wallner, B., Schaschl, H., & Fieder, M. (2014). The PhD Ethos-Mythos: What Chances do Have Young Talented Researchers in Reality. Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, 12, 1690-4524.
Department of Evolutionary Anthropology
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