Diploma, Biology, University of Tübingen, Germany, 1986
Ph.D., Genetics, University of Tübingen, Germany, 1990
Habilitation, Genetics, University of Tübingen, Germany, 1996

Research Interests:

Molecular evolution of repetitive DNA, genome evolution,
molecular systematics, hominid evolution.

Selected Recent Publications:

Pusch, C., Nicholson, G.J., Bachmann, L., Scholz, M. (2000) Degenerate oligonucleotide-primed preamplification of ancient DNA allows the retrieval of authentic DNA sequences. Anal. Biochem. 279, 118-22.

Andrianarimisa, A., Bachmann, L., Ganzhorn, J.U., Goodman, S.M., Tomiuk, J. (2000) Effects of forest fragmentation on genetic variation in endemic understory forest birds in central Madagascar. J. Ornithol. 141: 152-159.

Bachmann, L., Scholz, M., Broghammer, M., Giddings, I., Pusch, C. (2000) Voltage-induced release of nucleic acids from palaentological samples, Electrophoresis 21(8): 1488-92.

Scholz, M., Bachmann, L., Nicholson, G.J., Bachmann, J., Giddings, I., Rüschoff-Thale, B., Czarnetzski, A., Pusch, C. (2000) Genomic differentiation of Neanderthals and anatomically modern man allows a fossil-DNA-based classification of morphologically indistinguishable hominid bones. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 66, 1927-32.

Pusch, C., Bachmann, L., Broghammer, M., Scholz, M. Internal Alu-PCR: A sensitive contamination monitoring protocol for DNA extracted from prehistoric animal bones. Anal. Biochem., in press.

Bachmann, L., Rumpler, Y., Ganzhorn, J.U., Tomiuk, J. Genetic differentiation among natural populations of Lepilemur ruficaudatus. Int. J. Primatol., in press.

Scholz, M., Bachmann, L., Nicholson, G.J., Bachmann, J., Hengst, S., Giddings, I., Rüschoff-Thale, B., Klostermann, J., Czarnetzski, A., Pusch, C. How different are the genomes of Neandertals and anatomically modern man? A DNA hybridization approach. Proceedings of the workshop "Central and Eastern Europe from 50,000 - 30,000 B.P.", 18.-21.3.1999, Mettmann, Germany, in press.

Miller, W., Nagel, A., Bachmann, J., Bachmann, L. Evolutionary dynamics of the SGM transposon family in the Drosophila obscura species group. Mol. Biol. Evol., in press.

Scholz, M., Bachmann, L., Nicholson, G.J., Bachmann, J., Hengst, S., Giddings, I., Rüschoff-Thale, B., Klostermann, J., Czarnetzski, A., Pusch, C. Genomische Differenzierung von Neandertalern und anatomisch modernen Menschen. Ausgrabungen und Funde in Westfalen-Lippe, Volume X, in press.

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