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Kryukov Alexey P. Chief Scientific Researcher, the Laboratory of Evolutionary Zoology and Genetics, Federal Scientific Center of East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity (before 2017 known as: Institute of Biology and Soil Science), Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Address: 159 Stoletija Str., Vladivostok 690022, Russia Tel: +7 914 968 4233 Fax: +7 4232 310193 E-mail: kryukov@ibss.dvo.ru

Born in 1949 in Saint Petersburg
Graduated form Novosibirsk State University in genetics
D.Sc. (Zoology)

Fields of interests: evolutionary biology, theory of species and speciation, natural hybrid zones, animal taxonomy and cytogenetics, molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography, ornithology, mammalogy.

Positions held:
1987 - 2019: Head of the Laboratory of Evolutionary Zoology and Genetics, Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
1976 - 1987: Assistant, associate professor at the Novosibirsk State University.
1972 - 1976: Junior research fellow, Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far East Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

Other academic experience:
2007, October 1 - December 31: Visiting professor, Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto University, in charge of "Phylogeography of vertebrates in Northeast Asia".
1998, August 3 - November 30: Visiting professor, Center of Excellence, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, in charge of the study of "Natural hybrid zones and genetic diversity in Northeastern Asiatic birds and mammals".

Research grants:
2016-2018: Supervisor of the Grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research "Analysis of concerted variability at different structural levels and testing of phylogeographic hypotheses for widespread bird species".
2011-2012: Supervisor from Russian part of the Russian-Japanese project "Island isolation and speciation of passerine birds in Far East Asia" supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research and JSPS.
2011-2013: Supervisor of the Grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research "Comparative phylogeography of widespread corvid birds (Aves, Corvidae) in Palearctic".
2007-2008: Supervisor from Russian side of the Russian-Chinese project "Genetic variation, phylogeography and systematics of model groups of mammals and birds of Russia and China" supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and Natural Science Foundation, China.
2004-2006: Supervisor of the Grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research "Variation and speciation in the marginal populations of subterranean mammals of the Far East".
2003-2005: Supervisor from Russian side of the Russian-Chinese project "Genetic diversity of small mammals of the East Asia", supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and Natural Science Foundation, China.
2001-2002: Supervisor from Russian side of the Russian-Austrian project "Genetic variation of widespread Palearctic vertebrates" supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and OAD Austria.
1997-1999: Co-investigator of the Japanese-Russian project "Phylogenetic analysis of Russian and Japanese small mammals" Monbusho, Japan.
1996-2000: Coordinator from Russian part of the Russian-Japanese project "Genetics and evolution of Wild Mice".
1997-1999: Supervisor of the Grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research "Genetic variability and speciation of vertebrates in the East Russia".
1994-1996: Supervisor of the Grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research "Genetic grounds of speciation in East Russian animals".

List of selected papers

Kryukov A.P., Goroshko O.A., Arkhipov V.Y., Red’kin Y.A., Lee S.I., Dorda B.A., Kryukov K.A., Kapun M., Haring E. Introgression at the emerging secondary contact zone of magpie Pica pica subspecies (Aves: Corvidae): integrating data on nuclear and mitochondrial markers, vocalizations and field observations // Organisms Diversity and Evolution. 29.07.2022. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-022-00568-6.

de Raad J., Päckert M., Irestedt M., Janke A., Kryukov A.P., Martens J., Red’kin Y.A., Sun Y., Töpfer T., Schleuning M., Neuschulz E.L., Nilsson M.A. Speciation and population divergence in an mutualistic seed dispersing bird // Communications Biology. 2022. 5(1): 429. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03364-2.

Molodtseva A.S., Makunin A.I., Salomashkina V.V., Kichigin I.G., Vorobieva N.V., Vasiliev S.K., Shunkov M.S., Tishkin A.A., Grushin S.P., Anijalg P., Tammeleht E., Keis M., Boeskorov G.G., Mamaev N., Ochlopkov I.M., Kryukov A.P., Lyapunova E.A., Kholodova M.V., Seryodkin I.V., Saarma U., Trifonov V.A., Graphodatsky A.S. Phylogeography of ancient and modern brown bears from eastern Eurasia // Biol J Linnean Society. 2022. Vol. 135(4) P. 722–733. doi/10.1093/biolinnean/blac009/6535961.

Aoki D., Sakamoto H., Kitazawa M., Kryukov A.P., Takagi M. Migration-tracking integrated phylogeography suppotrs long-distance dispersal-driven divergence for a migratory bird species in the Japanese archipelago // Ecology and Evolution. 2021; 11:6066–6079. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7387.

Nakamoto A., Harada M., Mitsuhashi R., Tsuchiya K., Kryukov A.P., Shinohara A., Suzuki H. Influence of Quaternary environmental changes on mole populations inferred from mitochondrial sequences and evolutionary rate estimations // Zoological Letters. 2021. 7:2. doi: 10.1186/s40851-021-00169-9.

Li Y., Fujiwara K., Osada N., Kawai Y., TakadaT., Jin M-L., Kryukov A.P., Abe K., Yonekawa H., Shiroishi T., Moriwaki K., Saitou N., Suzuki H. House mouse Mus musculus dispersal in East Eurasia inferred from 98 newly determined complete mitochondrial genome sequences // Heredity. 2021. Vol. 126. P. 132-147. DOI: 10.1038/s41437-020-00364-y.

Kryukov A.P., Spiridonova L.N., Tyunin A.P., Kryukov K.A., Dorda B.A. Complete mitochondrial genomes of five subspecies of the Eurasian magpie Pica pica, obtained with Oxford Nanopore MinION, and their interpretation regarding intraspecific taxonomy // Mitochondrial DNA part B. 2020. Vol. 5. No. 3. P. P. 3792-3793. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1838354.

Saitoh T., Kawakami K., Red’kin Y. A., Nishiumi I., Kim C-H., Kryukov A.P. Cryptic speciation of the Oriental greenfinch Chloris sinica on oceanic islands // Zoological Science. 2020. 37(3): 280-294. doi: 10.2108/zs190111.

Spiridonova L.N., Lobkov E.G. Shedko S.V., Kryukov A.P. Genetic Homogeneity of the Black-Billed Capercaillie Subspecies Tetrao parvirostris parvirostris Bonaparte, 1856 and T. p. kamtschaticus Kittlitz, 1858 (Tetraonidae, Aves) Based on the Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA Data] // Russian Journal of Genetics. 2020. Vol. 56, No. 4, pp. 454-459. doi: 10.1134/S1022795420040134.

Kinoshita G., Nunome M., Kryukov A.P., Kartavtseva I.V., Han S-H., Yamada F., Suzuki H. Contrasting phylogeographic histories between the continent and islands of East Asia: Massive mitochondrial introgression and long-term isolation of hares (Lagomorpha: Lepus) // J Mol Phylog Evol. 2019. Vol. 136. P. 65-75. doi 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.04.003.

Kryukov A.P. Phylogeography and hybridization of corvid birds in the Palearctic Region // Vavilov Journal of Genetics and Breeding. 2019. 23 (2). P. 232-238. DOI 10.18699/VJ19.487.

Abduriyim S., Nishita Y., Abramov A.V., SolovievV.A., Saveljev A.P., Kosintsev P.A., Kryukov A.P., Raichev E., Väinölä R., Kaneko Y., Masuda R. Variation in pancreatic amylase gene copy number among Eurasian badgers (Carnivora, Mustelidae, Meles) and its relationship to diet // Journal of Zoology. 2019. V. 308, Is. 1. P. 28-36. doi 10.1111/jzo.12649.

Zemlemerova E.D., Abramov A.V., Kryukov A.P., Lebedev V.S., Min M.-S., Lee S.-J., Bannikova A.A. Genetic and morphologic diversity of the moles (Talpomorpha, Talpidae, Mogera) from the continental Far East // Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 2019. Vol. 57, Is. 3. P. 662-678. DOI 10.1111/jzs 12272.

Abduriyim S., Nishita Y., Kosintsev PA, Raichev E, Väinölä R, Kryukov AP, Abramov AV, Kaneko Y, Masuda R. Evolution of MHC class I genes in Eurasian badgers, genus Meles (Carnivora, Mustelidae) // Heredity. 2019. Vol. 122, Is. 2. P. 205-218. DOI 10.1038/s41437-018-0100-3

Aoki D., Kinoshita G., Kryukov A.P., Nishiumi I., Lee S., Suzuki H. Quaternary-related genetic differentiation and parallel population dynamics of Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius in the circum-Japan Sea region // J Ornithology. 2018. V. 159. P. 1087-1097. DOI 10.1007/s10336-018-1573-9

Anijalg P., Ho S.Y.W., Davison J., Keis M., Tammeleht E., Bobowik K., Tumanov I.L.,. Saveljev A.P., Lyapunova E.A., Vorobiev A.A., Markov N.A., Kryukov A.P., Kojola I., Swenson J.E., Hagen S.B., Eiken H.G., Paule L. and Saarma U. Large-scale migrations of brown bears in Eurasia and to North America during the Late Pleistocene. J. Biogeogr. 2018. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13126

Abduriyim S., Nishita Y., Kosintsev P.A., Raichev E., Väinölä R., Kryukov A.P., Abramov A.V., Kaneko Y., Masuda R. Diversity and evolution of MHC Class II DRB gene in the Eurasian badger genus Meles (Mammalia: Mustelidae). Biol. J. Linnean Soc. 2017. Vol. 122. P. 258–273. doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blx077

Spiridonova L.N., Valchuk O.P., Red’kin Ya.A., Saitoh T., Kryukov A.P. Phylogeography and Demographic History of the Siberian Rubythroat (Luscinia calliope). Russian J. Genetics. 2017. Vol. 53, No 8. P. 885–902. DOI: 10.1134/S1022795417080105

Kryukov A., Spiridonova L., Mori S., Lobkov E., Redkin Ya., Goroshko O., Arkhipov V., Haring E. Deep phylogeographic breaks in magpie Pica pica across the Holarctic: concordance with bioacoustics and phenotypes. Zoological Science. 2017. Vol. 34. P. 185-200. DOI:10.2108/zs160119.

Kinoshita E., Kosintsev P.A., Raichev E.G., Haukisalmi V.K., Kryukov A.P., Wiig Ø., Abramov A.V., Kaneko Y., Masuda R. Molecular phylogeny of Eurasian badgers (Meles) around the distribution boundaries, revealed by analyses of mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosomal genes. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 2017. Vol. 71. P. 121-130. DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2017.01.011.

Vijay N., Bossu C.M., Poelstra J.W., Weissensteiner M.H., Suh A., Kryukov A.P., Wolf J.B.W. Evolution of heterogeneous genome differentiation across multiple contact zones in a crow species complex. Nature Communications. 2016. 7: 13195. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13195.

Spiridonova L.N., Valchuk O.P., Red’kin Ya.A., Kryukov A.P. Nuclear MtDNA Pseudogenes as a Source of New Variants of the MtDNA Cytochrome b Haplotypes: A Case Study of Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope (Muscicapidae, Aves). Russian J. Genetics. 2016. Vol. 52, No. 9. P. 954–964. DOI: 10.1134/S1022795416090131

Nakamura S., Kryukov A. Postglacial colonisation and diversification of the Jungle Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) in its north-eastern frontier as revealed by morphological analysis. J Ornithol. 2016. Vol. 157. P. 1087-1101. DOI 10.1007/s10336-016-1356-0

Takehana Y., Matsuda Y., Ikuta J., Kryukov A.P., Sakaizumi M. Genetic Population Structure of the Japanese Grass Lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides (Reptilia: Squamata), Inferred from Mitochondrial Cytochrome b Variations. Current Herpetology. 2016. Vol. 35, Is. 1. P. 22–32. doi 10.5358/hsj.35.22

Koh H.S., Bayarkhagva D., Kryukov A., Zhang M., Lee B.K., Bazarsad D., Ho S.W. A study on genetic divergence of the Red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris (Rodentia, Mammalia) from six regions of Eurasia based on cytochrome B complete sequences. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 2015. Vol. 61 (4). P. 361–372. DOI: 10.17109/AZH.61.4.361.2015

Nakamura S., Kryukov A. Phenetic analysis of skull reveals difference between Hokkaido and Sakhalin populations of the Jungle Crow Corvus macrorhynchos. Russian J. Ornithology. 2015. Vol. 24, Is. 1147. P. 1845-1858.

Kinoshita G., Sato J., Meschersky I.G., Pishchulina S.L., Simakin L.V., Rozhnov V.V., Malyarchuk B.A., Derenko M.V., Denisova G.A., Frisman L.V., Kryukov A.P., Hosoda T., Suzuki H. Colonization history of the sable Martes zibellina (Mammalia, Carnivora) on the marginal peninsula and islands of F
rtheastern Eurasia. J. Mammalogy. 2015. 96 (1). P. 172-184.

Koh H.S., Kryukov A., Oh J.G., Bayarkhagva D., Yang B.G., Ahn N.H. & Bazarsad D. Two sympatric phylogroups of the Asian badger Meles leucurus (Carnivora: Mammalia) identified by mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b gene sequences. Russian J. Theriol. 2014. Vol. 13, No. 1. P. 1-8.

Gus'kov V.Yu., Sheremet'eva I.N., Seredkin I.V., Kryukov A.P. Mitochondrial Cytochrome b Gene Variation in Brown Bear (Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758) from Southern Part of Russian Far East. Russian Journal of Genetics. 2013. Vol. 49, No. 12. P. 1213-1218.

Suzuki H., Nunome M., Kinoshita G., Aplin K.P., Vogel P., Kryukov A.P., Jin M.-L., Han S.-H., Maryanto I., Tsuchiya K., Ikeda H., Shiroishi T., Yonekawa H., Moriwaki K. Evolutionary and dispersal history of Eurasian wild mice Mus musculus clarified by more extensive geographic sampling of mitochondrial DNA. Heredity. 2013. Vol. 111, Is. 5. P. 375-390.

Kirihara T., Shinohara A., Tsuchiya K., Harada M., Kryukov A.P., Suzuki H. Spatial and temporal aspects of occurrence of Mogera species in the Japanese Islands inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. Zoological Science. 2013. Vol. 30. P. 267-281.

Ishida K., Jun J.J., Kinoshita G., Hosoda T., Kryukov A.P., Suzuki H. Evolutionary history of the sable (Martes zibellina brachyura) on Hokkaido inferred from mitochondrial Cytb and nuclear Mc1r and Tcf25 gene sequences. Acta Theriologica. 2013. Vol. 58, No. 1. P. 13-24.

Haring E., Daubl B., Pinsker W., Kryukov A., Gamauf A. Genetic divergences and intraspecific variation in corvids of the genus Corvus (Aves: Passeriformes: Corvidae) – a first survey based on museum specimens. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 2012. Vol. 50, Is. 3. P. 230-246.

Yu Jeong-Nam, Han Sang-Hoon, Kim Bang-Hwan; Kryukov Alexey P., Kim Soonok, Lee Byoung-Yoon, Kwak Myounghai. Insights into Korean Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) Based on Mitochondrial Cytochrome b Sequence Variation in East Asia. Zoological Science. 2012. Vol. 29. P. 763-760.

Bakloushinskaya I., Bazykin G.A., Kryukov A.P., Kryukova E.P. Sergey Ivanovitch Ognev and the formation of theriology in Russia. Mammalia. 2012. Vol. 76. P. 275-282.

Kryukov A., Spiridonova L., Nakamura S., Haring E., Suzuki H. Comparative phylogeography of two crow species: carrion crow Corvus corone and jungle crow Corvus macrorhynchos. Zoological Science. 2012. Vol. 29, 8. P. 484-492.

Asahara M., Kryukov A., Motokawa M. Dental anomalies in the Japanese mole Mogera wogura from northeast China and the Primorsky region of Russia. Acta Theriologica. 2012. Vol. 57. P. 41-48.

Sato J.J., Hosoda T., Kryukov A.P., Kartavtseva I.V., Suzuki H. Genetic diversity of the sable (Martes zibellina, Mustelidae) in Russian Far East and Hokkaido inferred from mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 gene sequences. Mammal Study. 2011. Vol. 36. P. 209-222.

Haring E., Sheremetyeva I., Kryukov A. Phylogeny of Palearctic vole species (genus Microtus, Rodentia) based on mitochondrial sequences. Mammalian Biology. 2011. Vol. 76. P. 258-267.

Kryukov A.P. Comparative Phylogeographic Patterns of Several Vertebrates in the East Palearctic. Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin. 2010. Vol. 65, No. 4. P. 184-186.

Kryukov A., Suzuki H., Haring E. The phylogeny and evolutionary history of corvids. Natural history of crows. 2010. Hokkaido University Press. Editors: Hiroyoshi Higuchi & Reiko Kurosawa. P. 3-19.

Berman D.I., Derenko M.V., Malyarchuk B.A., Bulakhova N.A., Grzybowski T., Kryukov A.P., Leirikh A.N. Range and genetic polymorphism of Salamandrella schrenckii (Amphibia, Caudata, Hynobiidae). Russian J. Zoology. 2009. V. 88, No 5. P. 530-545.

Sheremetyeva I.N., Kartavtseva I.V., Voyta L.L., Kryukov A.P., Haring E. Morphometric analysis of intraspecific variation in Microtus maximowiczii (Rodentia, Cricetidae) in relation to chromosomal differentiation with reinstatement of Microtus gromovi Vorontsov, Boeskorov, Lyapunova et Revin, 1988, stat. nov. J. Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 2009. V. 47, No 1. P. 42-48.

Malyarchuk B.A., Derenko M.V., Berman D.I., Grzybowski T., Bulakhova N.A., Kryukov A.P., Lejrikh A.N. Genetic structure of Schrenck newt Salamandrella schrenckii populations by mitochondrial cytochrome b variation. Molecular Biology. 2009. V. 43, No 1. P. 47-54.

Yoshikawa N., Matsui M., Nishikawa K., Kim J.-B., Kryukov A. Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of the Japanese clawed salamander, Onychodactylus japonicus (Amphibia: Caudata: Hynobiidae), and its congener inferred from the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2008. V. 49. P. 249-259.

Haring E., Gamauf A., Kryukov A. Phylogeographic patterns in widespread corvid birds. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2007. V. 45, Is. 3. P. 840-862.

Qin Ling, Meng Xiang-ming, Kryukov Alexey, Korablev Vladimir, Pavlenko Marina, Yang Xing-zhong, Wang Ying-xiang, Jiang Xue-long. Species and distribution patterns of small mammals in the Pingheliang Nature Reserve of Qinling Mountain, Shaanxi // Zoological Research. 2007. V. 28, No 3. P. 231-242.

Akimova A., Haring E., Kryukov S., Kryukov A. First insights into a DNA sequence based phylogeny of the Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius. Russian J. Ornithology. 2007. V. 16, is. 356. P. 567-575.

Melo-Ferreira J., Boursot P., Randi E., Kryukov A., Suchentrunk F., Ferrand N., Alves P. The rise and fall of the mountain hare (Lepus timidus) during the glaciations: expansion and retrieval with hybridization in the Iberian Peninsula. Molecular Ecology. 2007. V. 16, Is. 3. P. 605-618.

Berman D.I., Derenko M.V., Malyarchuk B.A., Grzybowski T., Kryukov A.P., and Miscicka-Sliwka D. Intraspecific Genetic Differentiation of the Siberian Newt (Salamandrella keyserlingii, Amphibia, Caudata) and the Cryptic Species S. schrenckii from Southeastern Russia. Entomological Review. 2005. Vol. 85, Suppl. 2, pp. S240-S253.

Berman D.I., Derenko M.V., Malyarchuk B.A., Grzybowski T., Kryukov A.P., Miscicka-Sliwka D. Genetic polymorphism of Siberian Newt (Salamandrella keyserlingii , Caudata, Amphibia) in its range and the cryptic species of the Newt S. schrenckii from Primorie. Doklady Biological Sciences. 2005. Vol. 403, pp. 275-278.

Kryukov A.P., Iwasa M., Haring E. Molecular and morphological divergence between the isolates of Azure-winged magpie Cyanopica cyanus sensu lato. Russian J. Ornithology. 2005. 302, 14. P. 943-958. (In Russian).

Spiridonova L.N., Kryukov A.P. Genetic variation of carrion and hooded crows and their hybrids by RAPD-PCR data. Cytology & Genetics, 2004, V. 38(2), 31-39.

Kryukov A., Iwasa M.A., Kakizawa R., Suzuki H., Pinsker W., Haring E. Synchronic east-west divergence in azure-winged magpies (Cyanopica cyanus) and magpies (Pica pica). J. Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 2004. V. 42. P. 342-351.

Kryukov A.P., Yakimenko L.V. On results of cooperation of the Russian and Japanese geneticists. Bull. Far Eastern Branch Russian Acad. Sci. 2003. No. 3. P. 125-132. (In Russian).

Spiridonova L.N., Chelomina G.N., and Kryukov A.P. Genetic diversity of the carrion and jungle crows as evidenced by RAPD-PCR analysis. Russian J. Genetics. 2003. Vol. 39, No 11. P. 1281-1291.

Moriwaki K., Hirai K., Kohigashi K., Miyashita N., Kryukov A.P., Frisman L.V., Satta Y., Yamaguchi Y. Recombinant beta-hemoglobin haplotypes in wild mouse populations in Asia. Ibid. P. 109-113.

Yonekawa H., Tsuda K., Tsuchiya K., Yakimenko L., Korobitsyna K., Chelomina G. N., Spiridonova L. N., Frisman L., Kryukov A., Moriwaki K. Genetic diversity, geographic distribution and evolutionary relationships of Mus musculus subspecies based on polymorphisms of mitochondrial DNA. Ibid. P. 90-108.

Kryukov A.P. Modern species concepts and their development by Russian biologists. In: Problems of Evolution. Vol. 5. Eds. Kryukov A.P., Yakimenko L.V. Vladivostok, Dalnauka, 2003. P. 31-39. (In Russian, English summary).

Iwasa M., Kryukov A., Kakizawa R., Suzuki H. Local differentiation of mitochondrial gene of Jungle crow Corvus macrorhynchos (Corvidae) in East and South Asia. J. Yamashina Inst. Ornithology. 2002. V. 34. P. 66-72.

Chelomina G., Kryukov A., Suzuki H. Phylogenetic relationships of three species of crows (Corvidae, Aves) based on the restriction site variation of nuclear ribosomal RNA gene. Cytology and Genetics, 2001, No 1, p. 52-57. (In English).

Roslik G.V., Kryukov A.P. A karyological study of some Corvine birds (Corvidae, Aves). Russian J. Genetics. 2001. Vol. 37, No. 7. P. 796-806. (Translated to English).

Kryukov A.P., Korobitsyna K.V., Yakimenko L.V., Frisman L.V., Roslik G.V., Uphyrkina O.V., Moriwaki K., Yonekawa H. Natural hybrid zones as a source of genetic diversity In: Proc. Intern. Conference "Biodiversity and dynamics of ecosystems in North Eurasia". Novosibirsk: IC&G, 2000. V. 1. P. 54-56.

Tsuchiya K., Suzuki H., Shinohara A., Harada M., Wakana S., Sakaizumi M., Han S-H., Lin L-K., Kryukov A. Molecular phylogeny of East Asian moles inferred from the sequence variation of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Genes & Genetic Systems. 2000. V. 75, No 1. P. 17-24.

Hosoda T., Suzuki H., Harada M., Tsuchiya K., Han S-H., Zhang Y., Kryukov A., Lin L.-K. Evolutionary trends of the mitochondrial lineage differentiation in species of genera Martes and Mustela. Genes & Genetic Systems. 2000. V. 75. P. 259-267.

Kryukov A.P., Ohdachi S. Phylogenetic relationships within the Corvine assemblage (Aves, Corvidae) based on partial sequencing of the mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b gene. Russian J. Genetics. 2000. V. 36, No 9. P. 1054-1060 (Translated to English).

Kryukov A.P., Suzuki H. Phylogeography of Carrion, Hooded and Jungle crows (Corvidae, Aves) inferred from partial sequencing of mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b gene. Russian J. Genetics. 2000. Vol. 36, No. 8. P. 922-929 (Translated to English).

Kryukov A.P., Gureev S.P. New data on interactions of Red-backed and Brown Shrikes (Lanius collurio and L. cristatus, Aves) in the zone of sympatry. Russian J. Zoology, 1997, V. 1, No 4, p. 537-544 (Translated to English).

Kryukov A.P. Animal hybrid zones from the standpoint of evolutionary genetics. In: Population, evolutionary and ecological genetics of animal species. Proc. Int. Symp. Vladivostok, 1995, p. 10 (In English.)

Kryukov A.P. Systematics of small Palearctic Shrikes of the "Cristatus group." In: Proceedings Western Foundation Vertebrate Zoology, 1995, V. 6, p. 22-25.

Uphyrkina O.V., Vasiliev V.A., Kryukov A.P., Ryskov A.P. Genomic fingerprints in crows: a study of the genetic structure of populations of the hybrid zone. Russ. J. Genetics, 1995, Vol. 31, No 7, P. 753-757 (Translated to English).

Chelomina G.N., Ivanov S.V., Kryukov A.P. Peculiarities of RFLP of highly repetitive DNA in Crow genomes. Russ. J. Genetics. 1995. Vol. 31, No. 2. P. 147-151 (Translated to English).

Kawashima T., Miyashita N., : Kryukov A. et al. Geographical distribution of the Hbb haplotypes in the Mus musculus subspecies in Eastern Asia. Japan J. Genetics. 1995. V. 70. P. 17-23.

Nagamine C.M, Shiroisi T., Miyashita N., Tsuchiya K., ... Kryukov A.P., Moriwaki K. Distribution of the mollosinus allele of SRY, the testis-determining gene, in wild mice. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 1994. V. 11, ¹ 6. P. 864-874.

Miyashita N., Kawashima T., Wang C.H., Jin M.-L., Wang F., Gotoh H., Yakimenko L.V., Kryukov A.P., Frisman L.V., Akabarzadeh J., Moriwaki K. Genetic polymorphism of Hbb haplotypes in Wild Mice. In: Genetics in Wild Mice. Eds. K. Moriwaki et al. Tokyo: Jap. Sci. Soc. Pr./Karger, 1994. P. 85-93.

Uphyrkina O.V., Kryukov A.P., et al. Applying methods of genetics and molecular biology for studying of genetic structure of populations of crows from the hybrid zone. Russ. J. Genetcs, 1994, p. 162-163 (In Russian, English summary)

Kryukov A.P., Blinov V.N. Hybrid zone of Hooded and Carrion Crows in Siberia. J. Ornithol., 1994, Bd. 135, p. 47.

Blinov V.N., Blinova T.K., Kryukov A.P. Interactions of Hooded and Carrion Crows (Corvus cornix L., C. corone L.) in their zone of sympathry and hybridization: the zone structure and possible isolating factors. In: Hybridization and species problem in vertebrates. Rossolimo O.L., Ed. Moscow State Univ. Press, 1993. P. 97-117 (In Russian, English summary).

Blinov V.N., Kryukov A.P. Evolutionary stability of hybrid zones: assortative mating instead of elimination of hybrids in Carrion and Hooded Crows. Doklady Akademii Nauk, 1992, Vol. 325, No 5, p. 1085-1087 (In Russian).

Kryukov A.P., Uphyrkina O.V., Chelomina G.N. Analysis of the Crow genomes (Corvidae, Passeriformes) from the zone of overlapping areas and hybridization. Russian J. Genetics. 1992. Vol. 28, No. 6. P. 136-140. (In Russian, English summary).

Chelomina G.N., Pashkova L.N., Kryukov A.P. The restriction analysis of nDNA from the Corvids (Passeriformes, Aves). Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 1991, V. 100B, No. 3, p. 601-604.

Kryukov A.P. Dynamics and evolutionary significance of natural hybrid zones of animals. Abstr. 5th Int. Congress of Ecology. Yokohama, 1990, p. 323.

Kryukov A.P. Animal hybrid zones: classification and methods of studies. In: The present-day approaches to studies of variability. Vladivostok, 1989, p. 116-122. (In Russian, English summary.)

Kryukov A.P., Blinov V.N. Interaction of Hooded and Carrion crows (Corvus cornix L., C. corone L.) in the zone of sympatry and hybridization: is there selection against hybrids? Zhurnal obshchei biologii, 1989, V. 50, No. 1, p. 128-135. (In Russian, English summary.)

Kryukov A.P. Species isolating mechanisms in the small Palearctic shrikes. In: Distribution and number of the vertebrates in Siberia. Novosibirsk, Nauka publ., 1982, P. 227-236. (In Russian.)

Kryukov A.P., Frisman E.Ya. Phenetic system of the small Palearctic Shrikes. Izvestiya SB AS USSR. 1980, No. 10. P. 35-40. (In Russian.)

Kryukov A.P., Panov E.N. On the possibility of hybridization between Lanius isabellinus Hempr. et Ehrenb. and L. phoenicuroides Schalow. Zoologichesky Zhurnal, 1980, V. 59, p. 1378-1387. (In Russian, English summary.)

Kryukov A.P. Unusual for passerine birds acrocentric karyotype of the Tricolor Flycatcher Muscicapa zanthopygia. Zoologichesky zhurnal, 1977. V. 56, No. 10. P. 1581-1582. (In Russian, English summary.)

Panov E.N., Kryukov A.P. Divergence, isolating mechanisms and hybridization in the cristatus-collurio group (Lanius, Aves). Zoologichesky zhurnal, 1973, V. 52, No. 11, P. 1683-1697 (In Russian, English summary.)