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  1. Molecular Cross-Validation of Intraspecific Structure of Rutpela maculata (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

    Article • Journal of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University Biology, December 2025, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  2. First Record of the Duck Leech Theromyzon tessulatum (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae) in Morocco Reveals a Regionally Unique Genetic Lineage

    Article • Ecologica Montenegrina, August 2025, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecology

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  3. Taxonomic position of Tetrops peterkai Skořepa, 2020 (Сoleoptera: Сerambycidae) and its cryptic distribution

    Article • December 2024, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  4. Population Genetics and Gene Flow in Cyphotilapia frontosa and Cyphotilapia gibberosa Along the East Coast of Lake Tanganyika

    Article • Fishes, November 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  5. first record of Arion ater s.l. (Gastropoda: arionidae) in Ukraine

    Article • Folia Malacologica, November 2024, Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  6. Isolation of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana from a skin lesion in a wild Nikolsky's viper (Vipera berus nikolskii)

    Article • Journal of Comparative Pathology, April 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  7. Confirmation of the Presence of the Dolichophis caspius (Serpentes, Colubridae) in Vinnytsia Region — the Westernmost Locality of the Species in Ukraine Near its Northern Species Range

    Article • Zoodiversity, January 2023, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Co. LTD Ukrinformnauka) (Publications)

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  8. Evolutionary allometry and ecological correlates of fang length evolution in vipers

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, September 2022, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  9. Genetic Diversity of Porcine Circovirus 2 in Wild Boar and Domestic Pigs in Ukraine

    Article • Viruses, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  10. Revision of some specimens of the genus Tulostoma (Agaricaceae) from Ukraine, deposited in the Herbarium of V.N. Karazin National University of Kharkiv (CWU)

    Article • Ukrainian Botanical Journal, April 2022, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Co. LTD Ukrinformnauka) (Publications)

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  11. Genetic Diversity of Porcine Circovirus 2 Subtypes in Wild Boar and Domestic Pigs in Ukraine

    Article • April 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  12. The speciation continuum and species relations between populations: in search of agreement between the theory and practice of systematics

    Article • Novitates Theriologicae, June 2021, Ukrainian Theriological Society of NASU

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  13. Record of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Caretta caretta (Testudines, Cheloniidae), in the Black Sea with the Review of the Species Occurrence in the Region

    Article • Zoodiversity, January 2021, Co. Ltd. Ukrinformnauka

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  14. PLA2 Inhibitor Varespladib as an Alternative to the Antivenom Treatment for Bites from Nikolsky’s Viper Vipera berus nikolskii

    Article • Toxins, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  15. Variation in body size and sexual size dimorphism in the most widely ranging lizard: testing the effects of reproductive mode and climate

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, May 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  16. Fifteen shades of green: The evolution of Bufotes toads revisited

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, December 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko, Mr Héctor E. Ramírez Chaves

  17. The enigmatic Crimean green lizard ( Lacerta viridis magnifica ) is extinct but not valid: Mitogenomics of a 120‐year‐old museum specimen reveals historical introduction

    Article • Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research, October 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  18. Application of DNA Barcoding in Taxonomy and Phylogeny: An Individual Case of COI Partial Gene Sequencing from Seven Animal Species

    Article • Vestnik Zoologii, October 2019, De Gruyter

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  19. Tadpole of Leptopelis ragazzii (Boulenger, 1896), Shoa Forest Tree Frog (Anura, Arthroleptidae)

    Article • Herpetozoa, May 2019, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  20. Finding of the Steppe Viper in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine

    Article • CHERKASY UNIVERSITY BULLETIN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SERIES, January 2019, Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University Of Cherkasy

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  21. The distribution of meadow and steppe vipers (Vipera graeca, V. renardi and V. ursinii)

    Article • Basic and Applied Herpetology, March 2018, Asociacion Herpetologica Española

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  22. Pleistocene extinctions and recent expansions in an anguid lizard of the genus Pseudopus

    Article • Zoologica Scripta, August 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  23. Evolutionary melting pots: a biodiversity hotspot shaped by ring diversifications around the Black Sea in the Eastern tree frog (Hyla orientalis)

    Article • Molecular Ecology, July 2016, Wiley

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  24. Hybrid origin of European Vipers (Vipera magnifica and Vipera orlovi) from the Caucasus determined using genomic scale DNA markers

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  25. Growth rates of Vipera berus nikolskii

    Article • Vestnik Zoologii, January 2016, De Gruyter

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  26. Mitochondrial phylogeny shows multiple independent ecological transitions and northern dispersion despite of Pleistocene glaciations in meadow and steppe vipers (Vipera ursinii and Vipera renardi)

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  27. Geographic variation of life-history traits in the sand lizard, Lacerta agilis : testing Darwin's fecundity-advantage hypothesis

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, February 2015, Wiley

    Dr Evgeny Roitberg, Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  28. Variation of Reproductive Traits and Female Body Size in the Most Widely-Ranging Terrestrial Reptile: Testing the Effects of Reproductive Mode, Lineage, and Climate

    Article • Evolutionary Biology, August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  29. Obituary: Tatiana I. Kotenko, 1949-2013

    Article • Amphibia-Reptilia, January 2013, Brill

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  30. Inter-observer and intra-observer differences in measuring body length: a test in the common lizard, Zootoca vivipara

    Article • Amphibia-Reptilia, January 2011, Brill

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  31. Distribution and status of medicinal leeches (genusHirudo) in the Western Palaearctic: anthropogenic, ecological, or historical effects?

    Article • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, March 2010, Wiley

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko

  32. Distribution and morphological variation of Vipera berus nikolskii Vedmederja, Grubant et Rudaeva, 1986 in Western Ukraine, The Republic of Moldova and Romania

    Article • Amphibia-Reptilia, January 2010, Brill

    Dr. Oleksandr I. Zinenko