Publications

A) International Publications:

Kence, A. 1971. Genetic differences in palatability of pupae and voracity of larvae of
Tribolium castaneum.  Tribolium Information Bulletin. 14:79-80.

Miller, S. and Kence, A. 1973. Preferential cannibalism of pupae in hybrid populations of
Tribolium castaneum. Tribolium Information Bulletin. 16:92-93.

Sokal,R.R., Kence, A., and McCauley, D.E. 1974. The survival of mutants   at very low
frequencies in Tribolium populations.  Genetics 77:805-818.

Kence, A. and Bryant, E.H.,1978. A model of mating behavior in flies. AmericaNaturalist. 112:1047-1067.

Bryant, E.H., Kence, A., and Kimball, K.T., 1980. A rare male advantage in the housefly
induced by wing clipping and some general considerations for Drosophila. Genetics
96:975-993.

Kence, A. 1981. The rare male advantage in Drosophila: a possible source of bias in
experimental design. American Naturalist. 117:1027- 1028.

Togan, İ., Aydem, N. ve Kence, A. 1982. A numerical taxonomic study of Charthamus
taxa in Turkey. In Felsenstein, J. (ed), Numerical Taxonomy, Springer-Verlag, Berlin
Heidelberg, pp. 552-556.

Kence, A. 1986. Spurious frequency-dependent fitness in Drosophila: an artifact caused by
marking procedures. American Naturalist. 127: 716-720.

Berkes, F. and Kence, A. 1990. Fisheries, Prisoner's dilemma and cooperation. Common
Property Resource Digest, July issue:10.

Togan, İ. and Kence, A.1990. Developmental stability in hybrids between geographically
isolated populations of housefly, Musca domestica L. Proceedings in Non-Linear Science,
(Maynard Smith, J. and Vida, J. Eds.) Manchester University press:191-196.

Kence, A. 1990. Genetic differentiation in natural populations of Glossina pallidipes in
Kenya. The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Annual Report, pp. 17,
Nairobi, Kenya.

Kence, A. 1991. Biological diversity in Turkey.  B.I.O.  The International University for
the Bio-Environment. A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis (Ed.). 3:227-231.

Doğan, M., Kence, A., Tığın, Ç. 1992. Numerical taxonomic study on Turkish Lathyrus
(Leguminoseae). Edinburg Journal of Botany. 49:333-341.

Kence, M., Kence, A. 1992. Genetic Consequences of Linkage Between     Malathion
Resistance and an Autosomal Male-Determining Factor in House Fly (Diptera: Muscidae).
Journal of Economic Entomology. 85:1566-1570.

Kence, M., Kence, A. 1993. Control of Insectiside resistance In  Laboratory Populations of
House Fly (Diptera:Muscidae) by Introduction of Susceptibility Genes. Journal of
Economic Entomology. 86:189-194.

Kence, M., & Kence, A. 1993. "Man, Environment, Technology, and Universities" in
Biopolitics (Ed. Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis and Ruşen Keleş). Proceedings of the Fifth
B.I.O. International Conference, Vol. IV, 160-163.

Khan, A.A., Kence, A., and Bilgin, C.C. 1994. Time activity budget analysis of non
breeding teal (Anas crecca) at Sultan Marshes, Turkey. Pakistan J. Zool. 26: 73-75.

Bilgin, C.C., Kence, M., Kence, A.  1995. First record of Musca domestica calleva Walker,
1849 (Diptera:Muscidae) from southern Turkey. Zool. Mid. East, 11: 81-85.

Konaç, T., Bozcuk, A.N., Kence, A. 1995. The effect of hybrid dysgenesis on life span of
Drosophila. Age 18: 19-23

Önde, S., Kence, A. 1995. Geographic variation analysis of ABO and Rh systems in
Turkey. Gene Geography 9: 211-220.

Kandemir, İ, Kence, A. 1995. Allozyme variability in a Central Anatolian honeybee
population. Apidologie 26:503-510.

Gökmen, İ, Birgül, O., Kence, A., Gökmen, A. 1995. Chernobyl radioactivity in Turkish
tea and its possible health consequences. J. Radioanalytical Nucl. Chem. (Articles), 198:
497-498.

Khan, A.A., Bilgin, C.C., Kence, A., Khan, K.R., Mahmood, J.A. 1996. Diurnal activity
budgets of the prebreeding white headed ducks (Oxyura leucocephala) at Sarp Lake, Sultan
Marshes (Turkey). Oxyura, 8: 15-20.

Çakır, Ş., Kence, A. 1996. The distribution of the males having  XY and XX chromosomes
in Housefly populations (Diptera:Muscidae) of  Turkey. Genetica 98:205-210.

Khan,A.A., Bilgin, C.C., Kence, A., Khan, K. R. 1996. Activity  budget analysis of
nonbreeding mallards (Anas platyrhynchos)  at Sarp Lake, Turkey. Pakistan J. Zool., 28:57-
61.

Kence, A., Tarhan,M.S. 1997. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan for
Caprinae:Turkey in Shackleton, D.M.( ed.) Wild Sheep and Goats and their relatives.
IUCN:134-138.

Kence, A., Otieno, L.H., Darji, N., Mahamet, H. 1997. Genetic polymorphisms in the PGM
and GPI loci in natural populations of Glossina pallidipies austen (Diptera: Glossinidae) in
Kenya.  Insect Science and its Application, 16: 369-373.

Kence, A. 1998.  Evolution versus Creation in Schools. Eubios Journal of Asian and
International  Bioethics  8: 177-178.

Bozdayı, A.M.,Bozkaya, H., Türkyılmaz, a., Aslan, N., Kence, A., Uzunalimoğlu, Ö. 1999.
Polymorphism of precore region of Hepatitis B virus DNA among patients with chronic
HBV infection in Turkey. Infection 27:357-360.

Sayın, Ü., Kence, A. 1999. Islamic Scientific creationism: a new challenge in Turkey.
Reports of the National Center for Science Education 19 (6):18-29.

Kandemir, İ., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2000. Genetic and morphometric variation in honeybee
(Apis mellifera) populations of Turkey. Apidologie 31:343-356.

Çakır, Ş., Kence, A. 2000. Polymorphism of M Factors in populations of housefly, Musca
domestica L, in Turkey. Genetical Research 76:19-26.

Südüpak, M.A., Akkaya, M.S., Kence A. 2002. Analysis of genetic relationships among
perennial and annual Cicer species growing in Turkey using RAPD markers. Theoretical
and Applied Genetics. 105: 1220-1228.

Austin, J.W., Szalanski, A.L., Uva, P., Res, Kence, A. 2002. A comparative genetic
analysis of the subterranean termite genus Reticulitermes (Isoptera : Rhinotermitidae).
Annals of Entomological Society of America. 96 (6): 753-760.

     Kandemir, İ., Kence, M., Sheppard, WS., Kence, A. 2006. Mitochondrial DNA variation in
     honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) populations from Turkey. Journal of Apicultural Research,
     45(1):33-38.

Südüpak, M. A., Akkaya, M., Kence, A. 2004. Genetic relationships among perennial and
annual Cicer species growing in Turkey assessed by AFLP fingerprinting. Theoretical and
Applied Genetics. 108(5): 937-944.

Maudet, C., Beja-Pereira, A., Zeyl, E., Nagash, H., Kence, A., Özüt, D., Biju Duval, M-P.,    
Boolormaa, S., Coltman, D.W., Taberlet, P., and Luikart, G. A. 2004. Standard set of
polymorphic microsatellites for threatened mountain ungulates (Caprini, Artiodactyla)
Molecular Ecology Notes. 4:49-55.

Südüpak, M. A., Kence, A. 2004. Analysis of genetic relationships among perennial and
annual Cicer species growing in Turkey using allozyme polymorphisms. Genetic Resources
and Crop Evolution 51:241-249.

Vicdan, A., Vicdan, K., Günalp, S., Kence, A., Akarsu, C., Işık, A.Z., Sözen, E. 2004.
Genetic aspects of human male infertility: the frequency of chromosomal abnormalities and
Y chromosome microdeletions in severe male factor infertility. European Journal of
Obstetrics . Gynacology, Reproductive Biology. 117 (1): 49-54.

Tutel, B., Kandemir, I., Kuş, S., Kence, A. 2005. Classification of  Turkish Plantago l.
species using numerical taxonomy. Turkish Journal of Botany 29:51-61.

Kandemir, I., Kence, M., Kence, A.  2005. Morphometric and electrophoretic variation in
Different honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) populations. Turkish Journal of  Veterinary and
Animal Sciences. 29:885-890.

Kandemir, İ.,  Kence, M., Sheppard, W. S., Kence, A.  2006. Mitochondrial DNA variation
In honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) populations from Turkey. Journal of Apicultural Research.
45(1):33-38.

 Kandemir, İ., Kandemir, G., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2006. Map position of
 Posphoglucomutase  (Pgm) locus on autosome IV of house fly (Diptera:Muscidae). Journal
 of Economic Entomology. 99(6):2087-2090.

Austin,  J. W., Szalanski, A. L., Ghayourfar, R.,  Kence, A., Gold, R. E. 2006.  Phylogeny
and Genetic Variation of Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from the Eastern
Mediterranean and Middle East. Sociobiology. 47:873-890.

Bodur, Ç., Kence, M., Kence, A.  2007 Genetic structure of honeybee, Apis mellifera L.
(Hymenoptera:Apidae) populations of Turkey inferred from microsatellite analysis. Journal
of Apicultural Research. 46(1):60-67.

Somel M, Somel RNO, Kence A.  (2007). Turks fighting back against anti-evolution forces. Nature 445(7124):147 CrossRef

Naderi, S., Hamid-reza, R., Pompanon, F., Blum, M.G.B., Negrini, R., Hamid-reza, N.,
Balkız, Ö., Mashkour, M., Gaggiotti, O.E., Ajmon-Marsan, P., Kence, A., Vigne, J.D.,
Taberlet, P. 2008. The goat domestication process inferred from large-scale mitochondrial
DNA analysis of wild and domestic individuals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(46):17659-17664.

Solorzano CD., Szalanski A.L., Kence M., McKern J.A., Austin, J.W., Kence, A. 2009.
Phylogeography and Population Genetics of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) From Turkey
Based on COI-COII Sequence Data. Sociobiology. 53(1):237-246.

Peker, D., Cömert, G.G., Kence. A.  2010. Three decades of anti-evolution campaign and its results: Turkish undergraduates’ acceptance and understanding of the biological evolution theory. Science & Education 19(6-8):739-755.
http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1007/s11191-009-9199-1

Charles I. Abramson, Tuğrul Giray, T Andrew Mixson, Sondra L Nolf, Harrington Wells, Aykut Kence, Meral Kence.  2010. Proboscis conditioning experiments with honeybees, Apis mellifera caucasica, with butyric acid and DEET mixture as conditioned and unconditioned stimuli.
Journal of Insect Science 10:1-17.

Tugrul Giray, Meral Kence, Devrim Oskay, Mehmet Ali Döke, Aykut Kence. 2010. Scientific note: colony losses survey in Turkey and causes of bee deaths. Apidologie 41(4):451-453.

Şule Baran, Ayhan Altun, Nusret Ayyıldız, Aykut Kence. 2011. Morphometric analysis of oppiid mites (Acari, Oribatida) collected from Turkey. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 54(4):411-420.

Maria Bouga, Cedric Alaux, Malgorzata Bienkowska, Ralph Büchler, Norman Carreck, Eliza Cauia, Robert Chlebo, Bjorn Dahle, Raffaele Dall'Olio, Pilar De la Rúa, Ales Gregorc, Evgeniya Ivanova, Aykut Kence, Meral Kence, Nikola Kezic, Hrisula Kiprijanovska, Peter Kozmus, Per Kryger, Yves Le Conte, Marco Lodesani, António Murilhas, Adrian Siceanu, Gabriele Soland, Aleksandar Uzunov, Jerzy Wilde. 2011. A review of methods for discrimination of honey bee populations as applied to European beekeeping. Journal of Apicultural Research. 51:51-84.

Romée Van der Zee, Lennard Pisa, Sreten Andonov, Robert Brodschneider, Jean-Daniel Charriere, Robert Chlebo, Mary F Coffey, BjØrn Dahle, Anna Gajda, Alison Gray, Marica M Drazic, Mariano Higes, Lassi Kauko, Aykut Kence, Meral Kence, Nicola Kezic, Hrisula Kiprijanovska, Jasna Kralj, Preben Kristiansen, Raquel Martin Hernandez, Franco Mutinelli, Bach Kim Nguyen, Christoph Otten, Asli Ozkirim, Stephen F Pernal, Magnus Peterson, Gavin Ramsay, Violeta Santrac, Victoria Soroker, Grazyna Topolska, Aleksander Uzunov, Flemming Vejsnaes, Shi Wei, Selwyn Wilkins. 2012. Managed honey bee colony losses in Canada, China, Europe, Israel and Turkey, for the winters of 2008-9 and 1009-10. Journal of Apicultural Research and Bee World 51(1):100-114.

Tolga KanKılıç, Deniz ÖzüT, Şükrü Gürler, Meral Kence, Faruk BozKaya, Aykut Kence. 2012.  Rediscovery of a new mountain gazelle population and clarification of taxonomic status of the genus Gazella in Turkey using mtDNA sequencing Folia Zoologica. 61(2): 129-137.

S Baran, N Ayyıldız, Aykut Kence. 2012. Two new species and a new record of oppioid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Turkey. Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 44(3):777-785.

Romee van der Zee, Alison Gray, Céline Holzmann, Lennard Pisa, Robert Brodschneider, Robert Chlebo, Mary F Coffey, Aykut Kence, Preben Kristiansen, Franco Mutinelli, Bach Kim Nguyen, Adjlane Noureddine, Magnus Peterson, Victoria Soroker, Grażyna Topolska, Flemming Vejsnæs, Selwyn Wilkins. 2013. Standard survey methods for estimating colony losses and explanatory risk factors in Apis mellifera. Journal of Apicultural Research. 52(4):

Kence, M., Oskay D., Giray T., Kence, A. 2013. Honey bee colonies from different races show variation in defenses against the varroa mite in a ‘common garden’. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 149(1):36-43.

Manuel A Giannoni-Guzmán, Arian Avalos, Jaime Marrero, Eduardo J Otero-Loperena,
Mehmet Kayım, Jose A Medina, Steve E Massey, Meral Kence, Aykut Kence, Tuğrul
Giray, Jose L Agosto-Rivera. 2014. Measuring individual locomotor rhythms in honey
bees,paper wasps and similar sized insects. The Journal of Experimental Biology. Doi: jeb.
096180.


B) Papers Presented at International Meetings:

Kence, A.1975. The genetics of sexual isolation in the housefly (Musca domestica L.).
ICSEB-II abstracts pp. 253. Vancouver, Canada.

Kence, A. 1986. Spurious frequency-dependent fitness in Drosophila. Population Biologists of New England Meeting at the University of Connecticut.

Kence, A. 1987.  Evolution of  sex-determining  mechanisms in laboratory populations of housefly, Musca domestica L.  International  Symposium on Organizational Constraints on the Dynamics of Evolution. Budapest, Hungary.

Kence, A. 1991. Biological diversity in Turkey. Fourth B.I.O. International Conference on the International University for the Bio-Environment, Athens, January 10-14.

Kence, A., Otieno, L.H., Darji, N., Mahamet, H. 1993. Genetic polymorphisms in the PGM and GPI  loci in natural populations of Glossina pallidipes austen (Diptera:  Glossinidae) in Kenya.  Nairobi, Kenya.

Kandemir, İ., Kence, A. 1995. Electrophoretic variation in honeybee populations in Central Anatolia (Bala, Ankara). XXXIVth International Apicultural Congress in  Apimondia, 14-19 August 1995, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Kandemir, İ., Kandemir, G., Kence, M., İnci, A., Kence, A. 1995. Morphometrical and Electrophoretical discrimination of honeybees from different regions of Turkey. XXXIVth International Apicultural Congress in Apimondia, 14-19 August 1995, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Kandemir, İ., Kandemir, G., Kence, M., Kence, A. 1996. Electrophoretic variation in honeybees in Turkey. ICSEB V, Budapest, August 17-24 Abstracts p. 257.

Kandemir, İ., Kandemir, G., Kence, M., Kence, A. 1996. Polymorphism in Phosphoglucomutase (PGM) and Hexokinase (HK) in Apis mellifera L. in Turkey. XX I.C.E-Firenze, Italy, August 25-31, Abstracts p. 263

Çakır, Ş., Kence, A. 1996. Some observations on mating frequencies in Drosophila. XX I.C.E-Firenze, Italy, August 25-31, Abstracts p. 258.

Kandemir,  İ., Kence, M.,  Sheppard, W. S., Kence,  A. 1998. Characterization and consevation  of  honeybees ( Apis mellifera )  in Turkey. XVIIIth İnternational Congress of Genetics, Beijing, China,August 10-15, Abstracts  p 115.

Kandemir, İ., Kence, M., Sheppard, W.S., Kence, A. 1999.  Morphometric and genetic
characterization of honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) populations in Turkey. Proceedings of the
XIII. International Congress of  IUSSI International Union for study of social insects,
Australia, 29.12.1998-3.1.1999.

Kence, A. and  Bilgin, C.C: 2001. Fauna of Turkey Database: an Attempt to Cover the Information Gap. 3rd IUPAC International Conference on Biodiversity, Antalya, p18  (3-8.11.2001).

Turak, A. S., Bilgin, C.C. Kence, A. 2001. Patterns of Biodiversity in Turkey. 3rd IUPAC International Conference on Biodiversity, Antalya, p14 (3-8.11.2001).

Özüt, D., Maudet, C., Luikart, G., Kence, A. 2002. A noninvasive genetic study of Ovis gmelinii anatolica using microsatellite DNA loci. III. World Conference on Mountain Ungulates. June 2002, Saragossa, Spain.

Turak, A., Bilgin, C.C., Kence, A. 2002. Species richness, endemism and rarity patterns in
Turkey and environmental correlates of these patterns. Society for Conservation Biology
16th Annual Meeting. July 2002, Canterbury, United Kingdom.

Bodur, Ç., Kence, M., Akkaya, M., Kence, A. 2003. Microsatellite variation in
honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) populations of Turkey XIX. International Congress of Genetics Melbourne, Australia Abstracts  p 150  6 – 11.07.2003.

Hadimoğulları, N., Kence M., Kence, A, 2003. Seasonal Variation in PGM heterozygosity
In honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) XIX. International Congress of Genetics  Melbourne,
Australia Abstracts   p 126 6-11 July, 2003.

Bodur, C., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2004. Genetic structure and origin determination in honeybee populations of Anatolia, First European Conference of Apidology, Udine 19-23 September 2004.

Ivanova, E., Ivgin, R., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2004. Genetic variability in honeybee populations from Bulgaria and Turkey. First European Conference of Apidology,  Udine 19-23 September 2004.

Cinar, M.U., Oguz, I., Kence, A. 2004. Morphometric characterization of Mugla honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) First European Conference of Apidology, Udine 19-23 September 2004.

Beton, D., Aytekin, A.M., Kence, A. 2004. Morphometric and genetic differentiation between Anatolian and Cypriot Bombus terrestris populations, First European Conference of Apidology, Udine 19-23 September 2004.

Aytekin, A.M., Çağatay, N., Kence, A. 2004. Genetic relationship among twelve bumblebee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) species in Ankara, Turkey as revealed by allozymes, First European Conference of Apidology, Udine 19-23 September 2004.

Kence, M., Güldüren Z., Kence, A. 2006. Seasonal variation of phosphoglucomutase(Pgm) enzyme polymorphism of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) in Turkey. Proceedings of Second European Conference of Apidology. p 54. September 10-14, 2006. Prague, Czech Republic.

Bodur, C., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2006. Macrosatellite analysis revealed the maintainance of genetic identity of subspecies of Apis mellifera L. in Turkey in spite of intensive migratory beekeeping. Proceedings of Second European Conference of Apidology  p 63. September 10-14, 2006. Prague, Czech Republic.

Kence, A. 2006. Biodiversity and conservation of native honey bees in Turkey. Proceedings of VIIIth European Congress of Entomology, p100. 17-22 September 2006 Izmir, Turkey.

Bodur, C., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2006. Genetics and conservation of honey bees in Turkey, ESA Annual Meeting,  10-13 December 2006, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Bodur, C., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2007. Conservation, Genetics and Breeding of Honey Bees in Turkey. Breeding Group, 2-3 April 2007, Avignon, France.

Kence, M., Güldüren, Z., Kence, A. 2007.  Pgm genotype frequencies in honeybee colonies in winter and summer. Entomological Society of America 2007 Meeting. Dec. 9-12, 2007. San Diego, CA.

Güldüren, Z, Giray, T., Kence, A., Kence, M. 2007. Pgm Genotype and foraging behavior in honeybees. Entomological Society of America 2007 Meeting.  Dec. 9-12, 2007. San Diego, CA.

Giray, T., Kence, A. 2007. Behavioral characterization of three honey bee races native to Turkey. Entomological Society of America 2007 Meeting. Dec. 9-12, 2007. San Diego, CA.

Ivanova, E., Ivgin, R., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2007. Determination of genetic variation and differentiation  in honey bees of Turkey and Bulgaria. 1st Balkan Countries Beekeeping Congress and Exhibition Abstracts p47. 29 March-1 April 2007, İstanbul, Türkiye.

Kence, M., Güldüren, Z., Kence, A. 2007. Causes and consequences of seasonal variation of Pgm (Phosphoglucomutase) enzyme polymorphism in honeybee. 1st Balkan Countries Beekeeping Congress & Exhibition Abstracts p38. 29 March-1April 2007, İstanbul,Türkiye.
Solorzano, C., Szalanski, A., Kence, M., Kence, A., Austin, J. 2008. Phylogeography and Population Genetics of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) From Turkey Based On COI-COII Sequence Data. Entomological Society of America 2008 Meeting.
Köleoğlu, G., Güldüren, Z., Tunca,RI., Giray, T., Kence, M,, Kence, A. 2008. A life history trait, the rate of behavioral development correlates with biogeography of honey bee races. EurBee3- 3rd European Conference of Apidology (2008), p58.
Tunca RI, Güldüren Z, Giray T, Kence M, Kence A. 2008.Morphometric variation in honey bees as revealed by geometric morphometrics and traditional multivariate morphometrics.
EurBee 3 - 3rd European Conference of Apidology (2008), p105.

Kence M, Giray T, Tunca Rİ, Kence A. 2009. Honeybee diversity and its preservation in Turkey. 1st International Muğla Beekeeping and Pine Honey Congress, 1, (2008), p.28.

Giray, T., Kence, M., Oskay, D., Döke, M. A., Kence, A. 2009. Honey bee colony losses in Turkey and their possible causes. 5th COLOSS Conference, Motpellier, France. 14-15 September 2009. Proceedings (2009), p.42.

Kence, M., Giray T., Oskay, D., Kence, A. 2009. Varroa defenses of honey bee races from Turkey. Entomological Society of America Meeting, Virtual Presentation (ID#45609).

Kayım, M., Kankılıç, T., Gürler, Ş., Özüt, D., Kence, M., Bozkaya, F., Kence, A. 2009. Reintroduction of Endangered Guitered gazella (Gazella subgutturosa) and Anatolian Mouflon (Ovis gmelinii) in Turkey: A genetic Evaluation. Second European Congress of Conservation, Book of Abstracts, p.83.

Kence, A., Tunca, R. I., Yiğiter, S., Kence, M. 2009. Morphometric Discrimination of Honey Bee Races and Ecotypes in Turkey. 42st Congress Apimondia 2009, Oral Presentation Abstracts and Poster List. Montpellier, France, (2009), p.49.

Kence, A. 2009. On teaching Evolution in Turkey. Darwin and  Evolution in the Muslim world conference. (invited speaker) Oct 2-3, 2009 Hampshire College Amherst, MA

Kence, A. 2009.  Perspectives on antievolution teaching in Turkey. “When Evolution Evolves” Conference (invited speaker).  Nov. 12, 2009. Paris, France.

Kence, A. 2009.  Teaching evolution in secondary schools: theoretical and pedagogical issues.  Darwin's Living Legacy-International Conference on evolution and Society. (invited speaker). The Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt (14-16th November).

Van der Zee, R., Bach, K.N., Brodschneider, R., Charrier, D.J., Clebo, R., C., et al., Honey Bee Colony Losses 2009-10 in 23 countries using mainly the COLOSS 2009-10 questionnaire. Proceedings of the 4th European Conference of Apidology 1 (2010) p 72.

Kence, A., Kence, M., and Giray, T. 2010. Monitoring colony losses in four different races. Proceedings of Combined Workshop- Monitoring and Standardization-The BEE BOOK (2010) p

Kence, M., Arslan, O., Kayım, M., Yücel, B., Ünal, H., Muz, M., Doğaroğlu, M., Giray, T., Kence, A. 2011. Honey bee health in Turkey: 2009-2010.  Apimondia 2011, 42nd International Apicultural Congress Abstracts Book and Poster List. (2011), p.160.

Arslan, O.C., Kayım, M., Tozkar, C.Ö., Ünal, H., Giray, T., Kence, M., Kence, A. Effect of Imidacloprid and Nosema ceranae on the locomotor activity of honey bees. 8th COLOSS Conference. 1-3 Sept. 2012.   Martin-Luther – Universitat Halle Wittenberg 06099 Halle - Saale, Germany. p 16.

Tunca RI, Kence M, Galindo A, Giray, Kence A. 2012.  SNP  (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism) analysis on the honey bees of Turkey. EurBee 5 - 5th European Conference of Apidology. p 138.  Martin-Luther – Universitat Halle Wittenberg 06099 Halle - Saale, Germany.

Kükrer, M., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2013. Genetic Diversity of Honey Bee Populations in Turkey Based on Microsatellite Markers in Migratory versus Stationary Colonies. Evolution 2013. P 68.  June 21-26, 2013. Snowbird, Utah.

Kence, M., Arslan, O.C., Kence, A. 2013. Assessment of the Genetic Diversity Among Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) of  Turkey Based on ISSR . Evolution 2013. P 72. June 21-26, 2013. Snowbird, Utah.

Mert Kükrer, Meral Kence, Devrim Oskay, Aykut Kence. 2013. 15 Years of Change in Population Structure of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) in Turkey: A Comparison of Migratory vs. Stationary Apiaries & Isolated vs. Not Isolated Regions. Oral presentation abstracts & poster list. p 126. XXXXIII. International Apicultural Congress. 29 Sept-04 Oct. 2013. Kyiv, Ukraine.

Cansu Özge Tozkar, Meral Kence, Jay Evans, Aykut Kence. 2013. Identification of Some Viruses and Nosema Spp Among Honey Bee Samples from Different Regions of Turkey.   Oral presentation abstracts & poster list. BH73. XXXXIII. International Apicultural Congress. 29 Sept-04 Oct. 2013. Kyiv, Ukraine.

Mehmet Kayım, Meral Kence, Tugrul Giray, H. Hüseyin Ünal, Aykut Kence. 2013. The Effect of Imidacloprid on the Locomotor Activity of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera). Oral presentation abstracts & poster list. BH125. XXXXIII. International Apicultural Congress. 29 Sept-04 Oct. 2013. Kyiv, Ukraine.

Rahşan İvgin Tunca, Devrim Oskay, Meral Kence, Sezai Erginoğlu, Aykut Kence. 2013. The Incidence of Nosema Disease in Spring and Autumn Period within Muğla Bee Breeding Project. Oral presentation abstracts & poster list. BH128. XXXXIII. International Apicultural Congress. 29 Sept-04 Oct. 2013. Kyiv, Ukraine.

Elverici, M., Kunt, K.B., Kence, A., Composition of a Mediterranean spider assemblage, a first comprehensive report from the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. 19th International Congress of Arachnology (Oral presentation) Kenting National Park, Taiwan, 23-28 June 2013,

Kence, A. 2013. Models in Development and Mating Behaviour in Dipterans. Mathematical Evolution Symposium. 13-15 Sept. Şirince, Aydın, Turkey.


C) National Publications:

Kence, A., Bozcuk, A.N., Yazgan, Ş. 1981. (Sexual isolation and differentiation among
housefly, Musca domestica L. populations in Turkey) Doğa Ser. A. Math.  Phys. Biol.
Sci. 5: 173-178 (in Turkish).

Kence, A. 1982. (Can evolution be halted?). Evrim durdurulabilir mi? Bilim ve Teknik 15: 5-8 (in  Turkish).

Bağcı, H., Kence, A. 1985. (Differential effect of Bacillus thuringiensis on the housefly strains). Doğa Ser. A2 Biol. Sci. 9:139-146 (in Turkish).

Kence, A. 1985. (The theory of evolution and creationism). Evrim Kuramı ve Yaratılışçılık. Cumhuriyet and Milliyet. April 24, 1985 (in Turkish).          

Kence, A. and  M. Kence, 1985. Malathion resistance of housefly  populations distributed in Turkey. Doğa Ser. A2. Biol. Sci. 9:565-573.

Togan, İ. and A. Kence. 1987. The morphometric analysis of hybrids between geographically isolated housefly populations. Doğa-Tr. J. Biol. 11:71-80.

Kence, A. 1987. (Genetic effects of radiation and Chernobyl  accident). Environmental Protection 4:9-11 (in Turkish).

Kence, A. 1988. Biological Diversity, In Biological Diversity and Development (A. Kence ed.).  EPFT Publication:16-30 (In Turkish).

Berkes, F. and A. Kence. 1990. Fisheries and the  Prisoner's Dilemma Game: Conditions for the Evolution of Cooperation among Users of Common Property Resources. METU Journal of Pure and  Applied  Sciences. 20:209-227.

Kence, A., Kence, M. 1991. Evolution of sex-determining mechanisms in  laboratory populations of housefly (Musca domestica L.). Doğa-Tr.Journal of Zoology 15:217-227.

Kocabaş, Ş., Togan, İ., Kence, A. 1991. Karasineklerde (Musca domestica L.) poliakrilamit jel elektroforezi ile gözlenen Malatdehidrogenaz ve Hekzokinaz izozimleri. Doğa-Turkish Journal of  Zoology 16:71-77.

Kence, A. 1991. Düşük dozlu radyasyonun etkileri. Reçete, 21:8-9

Kence, A. 1991. Biological Diversity and Development, Handbook of Sustainable Development, EPFT Publications, 57-66 (in Turkish).

Işık, K., Togan, İ. and Kence, A. 1991 Variation profile and its use in Biological Studies. Doğa- Turkish Journal of Biology 15: 47-69.

Kence, A. 1992. Biyolojik zenginlikler; sorunlar ve öneriler (Biological treasures: problems and proposals). Tarım ve Köy 74:13-16.

Kence, A. 1992.  Biyoloji ve İnsanın Geleceği. (Biology and Future of Man) Yüce Fen
Liselilerin Sesi 1:7-8.

Kandemir, İ, Kence, M., Kence, A. 1993. Effects of competition on Pgm polymorphism in the house fly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae). Doğa- Turkish Journal of Zoology 17(1): 161-165.

Kence, A. 1994. (Hereditary basis of the theory of evolution). Evrim Kuramının Kalıtsal Temelleri. Bilim ve Ütopya, 6:12-14.(in Turkish).

Bilgin, C.C., Kence, A. 1994. Morphometric variation in Musca domestica L. complex.  Turkish Journal of Zoology 18:87-93.

Önde S., Kence, A. 1994. Distribution of ABO & Rh gene frequencies over 67 provinces of Turkey. Turkish Journal of  Biology 18:133-139.

Kence, A. 1994. (Biology Education and Secularism). Biyoloji Eğitimi ve Laiklik. Cumhuriyet Bilim ve Teknik, Sayı: 367 (2 Nisan 1994): 4 (in Turkish).

Kence, A.1997.  Klonlama nedir ? Hangi ufukları açıyor? Bilim ve Ütopya, 34:12-14.

Kence, A. 1997. (Principals of  Phenetic Taxonomy). Fenetik taksonominin esasları.
Taksonomi yaz okulu ders notları (B.Çıplak , ed.) pp. 117-131. Antalya.

Çakır, Ş., Kence, A. 1999. Competition between strains with autosomal and standard sex-determinig mechanisms in the housefly (Muscidae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 23:79-84.

Çakır, Ş., Kence, A. 1999. Lack of minority advantage in Drosophila melanogaster  mutants. Turkish Journal of  Biology 23: 433-443.

Çakır, Ş., Kence, A. 1999. Strong deviations from 1:1 male:female sex ratio in  some of  the Musca domestica populations in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Parasitology 23: 103-110.

Kence,  A. 1999. (Evolution, Science, and Religious) Evrim, Bilim, ve Dinciler. Cumhuriyet Bilim ve Teknik 629:15. (in Turkish).

Kence, A. 2002. Şeriatçılığın böylesi. Cumhuriyet 2 Mart 2002.

Tutel, B., Kandemir, I., Kuş, S., Kence, A. 2005. Türkiye Plantago 1. türlerinin  nümerik taksonomi kullanarak sınıflandırılması. (Classification of Turkish l. species using numerical taxonomy).  Turkish Journal of Botany 29:51-61.

Somel, RN., Somel, M., Tan, MG., Kence, A. 2006. Disscussion on the evolutionary theory in Turkey and teachers. Turkiye’de evrim kurami uzerine tartisma ve ogretmenler. Cumhuriyet Bilim Teknik 20(1018):20–31(in Turkish).

Kence, A. 2006. Türkiye bal arılarında genetik çeşitlilik ve korunmasının önemi.  (Genetic Diversity of Honey bees in Turkey and The importance of  its Conservation). Uludağ Arıcılık Dergisi, 6:25-32.

Giray, T., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2007. Perizin ve Hive Clean’in Varroa’ya karşı etkilerinin karşılaştırılması. (Comparison of Efficacy of Hive Clean and Perizin Against Varroa). Uludag Arıcılık Dergisi 7: 26-29

Giray,T., Çakmak, İ., Aydın, I., Kandemir,İ., İnci, A., Oskay, D., Döke, M., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2007.  Türkiye’de 2006-2007 koloni kayıpları araştırma ilk sonuçları. (Preliminary Survey Results on 2006 - 2007 colony losses in Turkey). Uludağ Arıcılık Dergisi,  Ağustos 2007, 7:101-107.


D) Papers Presented at National Meetings:

Kence, A., 1975. (Computer simulation of mating behavior in Drosophila). Proc. TÜBİTAK V. Science Congress: 93-103.  (in Turkish).

Kence, A.1977, Türkiye'de yayılan Chartamus L. türleri üzerine bir nümerik taksonomi çalışması.TÜBİTAK VI. Bilim Kongresi  Tebliğleri:185-194.

Kence, A. 1980. Karasineklerde (Musca domestica L.) eşeysel davranışların kalıtsal denetimi. TÜBİTAK VII. Bilim Kongresi Tebliğ Özetleri:75.

Kence,A., Bozcuk, A.N.veYazgan, Ş.1980, Türkiye'de yayılan karasinek toplumlar arasında eşeysel izolasyon ve genetik farklılaşmalar. TÜBİTAK VII. Bilim Kongresi Tebliğ Özetleri:76.

Togan, İ. ve Kence, A. 1980, Karasinek Musca domestica L., Populasyonlarnn farklılıklarının çok değişkenli analizi, TÜBİTAK VII. Bilim Kongresi Tebliğ Özetleri:122.

Kence, A. 1984. (Frequency and density dependent selection in (Musca domestica L.). Proc. I. National  Genetics Symposium, Ankara. TÜBITAK Publication no. 576:27-33.

Kence, A. 1985. (Ecology, Technology and Environment). Industry and Environment Conference, Ankara. EPFT Pub. pp. 137-142. (in Turkish).

Bilgin, C.C. and Kence, A. 1986. Morphometric analysis of housefly (Musca domestica L.) populations distributed in Turkey.VIII. National Biology Congress, Izmir (in Turkish).

Çakır, Ş. and Kence, A. 1986. Frequency-dependent mating success in Drosophila. VIII.  National Biology Congress, Izmir (in Turkish).

Kence, A., 1987. Genetic  effects of  radiation and  Chernobyl accident.). Symposium on the environmental effects of Chernobyl accident in Turkey. Istanbul (in Turkish).

Kence, A. 1987. Multivariate  statistical analysis of morphometric differentiation within the Musca domestica complex. Proc. I. Turkish National Congress of Entomology, Izmir. Entomology Society Publication no. 3:491-499 (in Turkish).

Kence, A. 1987. (Biological diversity concept and its importance). Biological diversity and its utilization  symposium, Ankara (in Turkish).

Kence, A. 1988. (Numerical methods in biological classifications). Symposium on Numerical Taxonomy and  Quantitative Ecology. IX. National Biology Congress, Sivas. 1:411-414 (in Turkish).

Kence, A., Doğan, M. and Tığın, Ç. 1988. (A numerical taxonomic study on Lathyrus spp. in Turkey). Symposium on Numerical  Taxonomy and  Quantitative  Ecology.  IX. National Biology Congress, Sivas., 1:417-423 (in Turkish).

Önder, F. and Kence, A. 1988. (Application of numerical taxonomy on the classification of Deraecoris Kirsch, 1856 (Heteroptera:Miridae) species). Symposium on  Numerical  Taxonomy and  Quantitative  Ecology. IX. National  Biology Congress, Sivas, 1:441-449 (In Turkish).

Togan, İ., and Kence, A.,1988. (Use of spatial autocorrelation in  ecology). Symposium on Numerical Taxonomy and Quantitative Ecology. IX. National Biology Congress, Sivas, 1:451-458 (in Turkish).

Kence, M. and Kence, A. 1988. (Ecological Genetics of Malathion Resistance in Housefly, Musca domestica L.). Symposium on Zoology and Hidrobiology. IX. National Biology Congress, Sivas, 2:321-325 (in Turkish).

Kence, A. 1988. Biyolojik sınıflandırmalarda sayısal yöntemler.  Nümerik Taksonomi ve  Kantitatif Ekoloji Sempozyumu. IX. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi, Sivas 1:411-414

Kence, A. 1989. (Biological Resources and Development.), Sustainable Development Conference. Ankara. EPFT publication:199-207(in Turkish).

Beklioğlu, M. and Kence, A. 1990. (Statistical analysis of morphometric characters of geographic differentiation of Tsetse flies (Glossinae)). Environmental  Biology  Symposium, Ankara  October  17-19,1990 (In Turkish).

Ergüven, A., Togan İ., Dedeoğlu D., Kence, A. 1991. Türkiye'de bazı kan grupları ve alyuvar enzimleri polimorfizminden yararlanılarak yapılan bir çalışma. Biyokimya Dergisi (Kongre Özel Sayısı) 15: 2, 204.

Darendelioğlu, Y., Kence, A. 1992. Orta Anadolu Bal Arısı (Apis mellifera L.) (Hymenoptera, Apidae)'nın populasyon strüktürü üzerine morphometrik çalışma. Türkiye II.Entomoloji Kongresi 28-31 Ocak 1992.

Kence, M., Kence, A. 1992. (Breaking  Insecticide resistance in insects). Proceedings of the second Turkish National   Congress of Entomology. January 28-31:273-280. Çukurova University, Adana.

Kence, A., Önder, F., Çengel, N. 1992. (A numerical taxonomy study on the species of Dionconotini Reut., 1910 and capsodini Carv., 1951 (Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae) from Turkey). XI. National Biology Congress, 24-27 June, 1992, Elazığ,  Zoology, 95-102 (in Turkish)

Ergüven, A., Dereli, İ., Togan, İ., Kence, A. 1992. Onbir farklı genetik sistemin Türk populasyonlarında incelenmesi. Biyokimya Dergisi, 15: M-07.

Ergüven, A., Togan, İ., Dereli, İ., Kence, A. 1992. (A study on some red blood cell enzymes and blood groups polymorphism). XI. National  Biology Congress, 24-27 June, 1992, Elazığ,  Zoology, p26.

Kandemir, İ., Kence, M., Kence, A. 1992. A study on Pgm (Phosphoglucomutase) polymorphism in housefly (Musca domestica L.). XI. National  Biology Congress, 24-27 June, 1992, Elazığ,  Zoology, p56.

Çakır, Ş., Kence, A. 1994. (A cytogenetic study on sex determining mechanism in housefly, Musca domestica, populations in Turkey). XII. National Biology Congress, 6-8 July, 1994, Edirne, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, p24.

Kence, M., Eren, G., Kandemir, İ., Kence, A. 1994. (Determination of malathion resistant genotypes by molecular biological methods). XII. National Biology Congress, 6-8 July, 1994, Edirne, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, p25.

Kandemir, İ., Kence, A. 1994. (Honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) isozymes). XII. National Biology Congress, 6-8 July, 1994, Edirne, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, p26.

Kandemir, I.,  Kence, A. 1994. (Electrophoretic determination of genetic variation in Central Anatolian (Bala) honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) populations). XII. National Biology Congress, 6-8 July, 1994, Edirne, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, p27.

Kence, A. 1994. (Education as a factor affecting science). Bilimi etkileyen bir factör olarak eğitim. Turkish Academy of Sciences, Series of Scientific Meetings: TUBA Publications p43-47. 2. Science and Education. 2-3 December 1994. (in Turkish)

Tütel, B., Kandemir, İ., Kence, A. 1995. Türkiye Plantago cinsine ait nümerik taksonomik bir çalışma. II. Ulusal Ekoloji Kongresi, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Ankara.

Kandemir, İ., Kandemir, G., Kence, M., İnci, A., Kence, A. 1995. Türkiye balarısı populasyonlarının birbirlerinden morfometrik ve elektroforetik yöntemlerle ayrıştırılması. II. Ulusal Ekoloji ve Çevre Kongresi, Bildiri ve Poster Özet Kitabı p 4. 11-13 Sept. 1995, Hacettepe University, Ankara.

Kandemir, İ. ,Kandemir, G., Kence, M., Kence, A. 1996.  Türkiye balarıları (Apis mellifera L.)  genetik varyasyonunun elektroforetik ve morfometrik yöntemler  ile analizi .  XIII Ulusal biyoloji  kongresi  Bildiri ve Poster Özetleri, p 62.  17- 20 Eylül 1996. İstanbul University, İstanbul.

Hadimoğulları, N., Kence, A., Kence, M. 2000. Türkiye’de bal arısı (Apis mellifera L.) populasyonlarında PGM enzim sisteminde heterozigotluğun mevsimsel değişimleri. XV. Ulusal Biyoloji  Kongresi, Ankara (5- 9 Eylül 2000).

Kandemir, İ. Kence, M., Kence, A. 2000. Türkiye’de bal arısı (Apis mellifera L.) populasyonlarında genetik ve morfometrik varyasyon.. XV. Ulusal Biyoloji  Kongresi, Ankara (5- 9 Eylül 2000).

Kandemir, İ. Kence, M., Sheppard, S., Kence, A. 2000. Türkiye’de bal arısı (Apis mellifera L.) populasyonlarında mitokondriyal DNA (mtDNA) varyasyonu. XV. Ulusal Biyoloji  Kongresi Özetler, p 26. 5- 9 Eylül 2000. Ankara.

Kence, A. 2000. (Position of Evolutionary Biology in Turkey and in the world). Evrimsel biyolojinin dünyadaki ve Türkiye’deki konumu. XV. Ulusal Biyoloji  Kongresi, 5- 9 Eylül 2000.  Ankara.

Turak, A.S., Bilgin, C.C., Kence, A. 2000. Türkiye’deki tür zenginliği, endemizm ve enderlik desenleri. XV. Ulusal Biyoloji  Kongresi, 5- 9 Eylül 2000.

Güçlüsoy, H., Kence, A. 2001. Foça Özel Çevre Koruma Alanında Akdeniz Foku Koruma Çalışmalarının Verimliliğinin Değerlendirilmesi. Türkiye'nin Kıyı ve Deniz Alanları III. Ulusal Konferansı, Türkiye Kıyıları 01 Konfreransı Bildiriler Kitabı (E.Özhan, Y. Yüksel, Editörler). s 345-355; 26-29 Haziran, 2001 İstanbul.

Kence, A. 2002. (Evolutionary approach in Biology Education). Biyoloji eğitiminde evrimsel yaklaşım (Çağrılı Bildiri). XVI. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi, 4-7 Eylül 2002, Malatya.

Budak, F.A., Çakır, Ş., Kence, A. 2002. Pyretroid pestisid grubundan deltamethrin ve permethrinin genotoksik etkileri üzerine bir araştırma. XVI. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi, 4-7 Eylül 2002. Malatya.

Bodur, C., Kence, M., Akkaya, M., Kence, A. 2002. Türkiye’deki balarısı populasyonları arasında mikrosatelit lokuslar bakımından farklılaşmalar. XVI. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi,  4-7 Eylül 2002, İnönü Üniversitesi, Malatya.

Özüt, D., Maudet, C., Luikart, G., Kence, A. 2002. Anadolu yaban koyununun koruma genetiği. XVI. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi, 4-7 Eylül 2002. İnönü Üniversitesi, Malatya.

Südüpak, M.A., Akkaya, M.S., Kence, A. 2002. Türkiye’de yayılış gösteren perennial ve annual Cicer türleri arasındaki genetik ilişkilerin RAPD markırları ile analizi. XVI. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi, 4-7 Eylül 2002. İnönü Üniversitesi, Malatya.

Kence, A. 2003. Türkiye Bal Arılarında Genetik Çeşitlilik ve Korunması. 2. Marmara Arıcılık Kongresi Bildiri Kitabı 74-75. (28-30 Nisan 2003) Yalova.

Gönülşen, A., Halıcı, U., Leblebicioğlu, K., Kence, A. 2003.Balarıları kanat ve bacaklarının belirli karakterlerinin imge işleme algoritmaları ile ölçülmesi. SIU, 2003, Ankara.
Kence, A. 2004. Ekoloji ve Evrim. Doğa ve Çevre V. Ulusal Ekoloji ve Evrim Kongresi, 1-6, Bolu.
Kandemir, İ., Özkan A., Moradi, M.G., Kence, A. 2004. Üç Balarısı Alt türünün (Apis mellifera anatoliaca, Apis mellifera cypria ve Apis mellifera meda) morfometrik ve elektroforetik karşılaştırılması. XVII. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi, 21-24 Haziran 2004,
Çukurova Üniversitesi, Adana.

Beton, D., Aytekin, M., Kence, A. 2004. Anadolu ve Kıbrıs Bombus terrestris toplumları arasında morfometrik ve genetik farklılaşmalar, XVII. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi 21-24 Haziran 2004, Çukurova Üniversitesi, Adana.

Bodur, Ç., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2004 Anadolu balarısı toplumlarında genetik yapı ve köken belirleme çalışmaları. XVII. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi, 21-24 Haziran 2004,Çukurova Üniversitesi, Adana.

Özsoy, E.D., Kence, A., Bozcuk, A.N. 2004. Türkiye’de çeşitli bölgelerden örneklenen melanogaster populasyonlarındaki alkol dehidrogenaz (ADH) allozim polimorfizmi ve bunun nedenlerine ilişkin ipuçları. XVII. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi 21-24 Haziran 2004, Çukurova Üniversitesi, Adana.

Aytekin, A.M., Kence, A., Çağatay, N. 2004. Ankara ve çevresinde bulunan bazı Bombus arısı türlerinde (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) morfometrik ve moleküler çalışmalar. XVII. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi 21-24 Haziran 2004, Çukurova Üniversitesi, Adana.
Çınar, U., Oğuz, İ., Kence, A. 2004.  Muğla balarılarında (Apis mellifera L.) morfometrik Varyasyonun çok değişkenli istatistik yöntemlerele analizi. XVII. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi 21-24 Haziran 2004, Çukurova Üniversitesi, Adana.

Çağrı Bodur, Meral Kence, Aykut Kence. 2006. Türkiye bal arısı toplumlarında mikrosatelit çeşitliliği. "18. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi özetler" p 88. 26-30 Haziran, 2006, Kuşadası, Aydın.

Z. Güldüren, T. Giray, M. Kence, A. Kence. 2007.  Balarısı kolonilerinde iş bölümü ve Pgm genotipleri. III. Marmara Arıcılık Kongresi Bildiri Kitabı p 27. (2007), Bursa.

Meral Kence, Zerrin Güldüren, Aykut Kence.  2007. Bal arılarında (Apis mellifera L.) Pgm genotip frekanslarının mevsimsel değişimi. III. Marmara Arıcılık Kongresi Bildiri Kitabı p 28, Bursa (2007).

Z. Güldüren, R. İvgin Tunca, T. Giray, M. Kence, A. Kence, Türkiye Bal Arılarında (Apis mellifera L.) Hijyen Davranışı. 5. Ulusal Zootekni Bilim Kongresi, p 122. 2007, Van.

Tunca, R.İ., Güldüren, Z., Giray, T., Kence, M., Kence, A.  Üç Apis mellifera Alt Türünün (A.m.caucasica, A.m.syriaca, A.m.carnica) Morfometrik Analizi. 5. Ulusal Zootekni Bilim Kongresi, p 89. 2007, Van.

Kence, A. 2009. Darwin yılında Türkiye’de biyoloji ve evrim eğitimi. Evrim Sempozyumu. İstanbul.

Kence, A. 2013. IV. Evrim Kuramının Sessiz Kahramanı: Alfred Russel Wallace.  Evrim, Bilim ve Eğitim Sempozyumu. 21-22 Dec. 2013. Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Istanbul.

Elverici, M., Bilgin, C.C., Kence, A. Compositional Changes in Ground Spider Fauna Over the Seasons: An Additional Case From the Mediterranean. 19st International Congress of Ecology & Evolution, Istanbul, July, 2014 (submitted).


E) Books:

Kence, A., 1987. (Project coordinator/Editor). Biological diversity in Turkey. Environmental Problems Foundation of Turkey publication, 235 p.

Kence, A. (Project Coordinator/Editor),1987. Türkiye'nin Biyolojik Zenginlikleri, 316p, 1987. EPFT publications, Ankara.

Kence, A., 1988. (Editor). Biological Diversity and  Development. Environmental Problems Foundation of Turkey Publication, 215p (In Turkish).

Kence, A. 1990. Türkiye'nin Biyolojik Zenginlikleri, (Project Coordinator/Editor), 2nd Press, 316p, 1990. EPFT publications, Ankara.

Kence, A. , Bilgin , C.C., 1996. The Checklist of  Vertebrates of  Turkey. 183 p, Nurol
Matbaacılık , Ankara(in Turkish).

Kence, A., Ruacan, Ş. (Translation  to Turkish, Editor) 2002. Science and Creationism: USA National Academy of Sciences. TÜBA, Ankara.

Kence, A., Gürata, A., Akyerli, C. B., Sayın, D. B., Karabulut, H.G., Bökesoy, I. Kence, M.
Güran, Ş. Özçelik. 2004. Genetik Terimleri Sözlüğü. Türkçeleştirilmiş Terimler ve
Açıklamaları. 105 s. Semih Ofset, Ankara.

Kence, A. (Çeviri) 2005. Yanlış Yönde Kuantum Şıçramalar(Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction, C.M. Wynn ve Arthur W. Wiggins, 2001) TÜBİTAK Popüler Bilim Kitapları, Ankara.

Kence, A. (Çeviri) 2008. Yanlış Yönde Kuantum Şıçramalar(Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction, C.M. Wynn ve Arthur W. Wiggins, 2001) TÜBİTAK Popüler Bilim Kitapları, Ankara.

Kence, A., Bozcuk, A.N.(Çeviri Eds.) 2008. Evrim. (D. Futuyma, Evolution).Palme Yayıncılık, s611.


F) Reports

Sexual isolation and genetic differentiation among the housefly Musca domestica populations distributed in Turkey. The Scientific and Technical Research Council of  Turkey. Grant no: TBAG-343 (1978-1980).

Laboratory tests with Bacillus thrungiensis against the several strains of the housefly, Musca domestica.The Scientific and Technical Research  Council of  Turkey. Grant no: TBAG-592  (1983-1984).

Evolution of  the sex-determining mechanisms in laboratory populations of the housefly, Musca domestica. The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey. Grant no: TBAG-712 (1985- 1986).

Genetic analysis of housefly, Musca domestica L.  populations by electrophoretic methods. TheScientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey. Grant no: TBAG-800 (1987-1988).

Ecological genetics of malathion resistance in housefly, Musca domestica populations. The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey. Grant no: TBAG-803 (1987-1989).

Determination of waste disposal areas and mosquito eradication project for Municipality of Alanya (1990).

Aliaga power plant environmental impact assesment (1990-1991).

Eymir Gölünün Hidrobiyolojik ve Ekolojik etd. ODTÜ Döner Sermaye Projesi (1991), Proje Yürütücüsü.

An electrophoretic and morphometric study on Honey bees of Central Anatolia. The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey. Grant no: TBAG-1021 (1990-1993).

Database on Turkish Fauna. The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey. Grant no: DPT-TBAG/Sek-3 (1992-1999).

Karasinek populasyonlarında direnç genlerinin frekanslarının moleküler biyolojik yöntemlerle belirlenmesi. AFP-92-01-08-04, Proje Yürütücüsü, (1992).

Karasinekte bazı enzimleri kodlayan genlerin haritalanmas›. AFP-94-01-08-08, Araştırmacı, (1994).

Balarılarında genetik yöntemler kullanılarak alttür ve ekotip belirlenmesi. AFP-2001-07-02-00-92, Proje Yürütücüsü, (2001).

Assessing the origins and genetic resources in endangered Turkish and European wild sheep and goats (Ovis orientalis and Capra aegagrus) using noninvasive DNA sampling. TUBITAK-CNRS Joint Project, TBAG-U/31 (100T146) (2001 – 2002).

Genetic resources and origins of endangered European sheep and goats. NATO science programme, collaborative Linkage Grant (2001-2003).

Anadolu yaban koyununun (Ovis gmelinii anatolica) yeniden aşılanan toplumlarının radio-telemetri ve genetik örnekleme yöntemleriyle izlenmesiyle elde edilen çevresel ve genetik verilerle koruma yaklaşımlarının geliştirilmesi. TÜBİTAK proje no: 106T182 (2006-2008).

Türkiye Balarıları genetic farklarının koloni dayanıklılığına (vitality) etkileri. Effects of Turkish honey bee genetic diversity on colony vitality. TÜBİTAK- COST Project. No: 109T547 (2010-2013).

G) Others

Ph.D. Thesis: The effects of variation in larval development on laboratory populations of
Tribolium and Houseflies. Stony Brook, New York.


7. Thesis Supervised

A) Master Thesis

Göktepe, M. 1978. Studies on some  enzymes of  housefly, Musca domestica L. Master thesis. METU.

Kence, M., 1982. An analysis of malathion resistance in housefly (Musca domestica L.) populations in Turkey. Master thesis. METU.

Bilgin, C., 1985. Analysis of morphometric variation in  housefly (Musca domestica L.) populations distributed in  Turkey. Master thesis. METU.

Çakır, A., 1985. Frequency-dependent mating success in Drosophila. Master thesis. METU.

Önde, S., 1988. Spatial autocorrelation analysis on gene frequencies of blood groups in Turkey. Master thesis. METU.

Beklioğlu, M.,1991. Morphometric variation within and among species of Glossina (Diptera: Glossinidae). Master Thesis. METU.

Darendelioğlu, Y. 1992. Population structure of Honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) in Bala, Ankara. M.S. Thesis. METU.

Turak, A. Suzan. 1992. Simulation of the Stepping Stone Model of  population structure. M.S. Thesis. METU.

Kandemir, İ. 1994. Electrophoretic variation in the honeybee populations (Apis mellifera L.) in Bala, Ankara. Master Thesis. METU.

Güçlüsoy, Harun. 1998. Conservation of  Mediterranean Monk  Seal (Monachus monachus) in Foça, Turkey. M.S. Thesis . METU.

Eryümlü, A.  1999.Determination of morphometric and electrophoretic variation in
honeybee ( Apis mellifera  L. ) populations of Aegan region of Turkey. M.S. Thesis. METU.

Hadimoğulları,N. 2000."Seasonal variation in heterozygosity in PGM in honeybees." M.S.
Thesis, METU.

Özüt, D. 2001. Conservation Genetics of Anatolian Mouflon ( Ovis gmelinii anatolica )
Population in Konya - Bozdağ. M.S. Thesis, METU.

Bodur, Ç. 2001. Microsatellite Analysis in Honeybee Populations of Turkey. M.S. Thesis,
METU.

Balkız, Ö. 2002, The phylogeny of wild goats (Capra aegagrus) in Turkey as determined by mtDNA D-loop sequencing. M.S. Thesis. METU.

Somel, M. 2003. Characterization of DNA from archaeological wheat (Triticum L.) seeds from Anatolia. (Anadolu’dan arkeolojik buğday (Triticum L.) tohumlarından DNA karakterizasyonu). M.S. Thesis. METU.

Gönülşen, A. 2004. Feature extraction of honeybee forewings and hindlegs using image processing and active contours, M.S. Thesis,  METU.

Beton, D. 2004. Morphometric and genetic differentiation between Anatolia and Cyprus Bombus terrestris populations. (Anadolu ve Kıbrıs Bombus terrestris populasyonları arasındaki morfometrik ve genetik farklılaşma) M.S. Thesis. METU

Çınar, U. 2006. Muğla yöresi balarısı (Apis mellifera L.) populasyonlarında morfometrik varyasyonun belirlenmesi.  Yüksek Lisans Tezi . Ege Üniversitesi

Kayım, M. 2008. Founder effect in reintroduced Anatolian mouflon, Ovis gmelinii anatolica Valenciennes 1856 Populations M.S. thesis METU.

Özdirek, L. 2009. Estimation of Demography and Seasonal Habitat Use Patterns of Anatolian Mouflon (Ovis gmelinii anatolica) Population in Konya Bozdağ Protection Area Using Distance Sampling. M.S. Thesis, METU.

Elverici, M. 2011. The Spider of an olive grove and associated shrublands in Muğla, Milas, Kıyıkışlacık with notes on their diversity and composition. M.S. Thesis, METU.

Karakaş, E.G. 2013. Genetic Impact of Migratory Beekeeping: Genetic Variation Between Stationary and Migratory Populations of Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) in Turkey. M.S. Thesis, METU.

Kükrer, M. 2013 Genetic diversity of honey bee populations in Turkey based on microsatellite markers : a comparison between migratory versus stationary apiaries and isolated regions versus regions open to migratory beekeeping. M.S. Thesis, METU.


B) Ph.D. Thesis

Togan, İ. 1981. The effects of hybridization on developmental  stability in the housefly. Ph.D. thesis. METU.

Kence, M. 1988. Ecological genetics of malathion resistance in housefly, Musca domestica  L. Ph.D. Thesis. METU.

Khan, A. Ahmed. 1992. Activity Budgets and Population analysis of waterfowl and ecosystem management of Sultan Marshes (Sultan Sazlığı). Ph.D. Thesis. METU.

Çakır, Ş. 1994.Cytogenetic study of  polymorphism in sex determination in housefly Musca domestica L. in Turkey. Ph.D.  Thesis. METU.

Bilgin, C.C. 1994. A new  biodiversity information management system and its application to the avifauna of Turkey. Ph.D.  Thesis. METU.

Bozdayı, Mithat. 1996.   Polymophism of core promoter and pre-core regions of Hepatitis B Virus DNA(HBV-DNA) among patients with chronic HBV infection in Turkey. Ph. D. Thesis. METU.

Kandemir, İ. 1999.  Genetic  and morphometric variation  in honeybee Populations ( Apis mellifera L.) in Turkey. Ph.D. Thesis. METU.

Turak, S. A. 2000. A Study on Biodiversity Patterns in Turkey and Their Application to      Conservation Evaluation. Ph. D. Thesis. METU.

Südüpak, M. A. 2001 Analysis of genetic relationships among perennial and annual Cicer species growing in Turkey using allozyme and DNA polymorphisms. Ph.D. Thesis. METU.

Vicdan, Arzu. 2002. Chromosome Abnormalities and Y Chromosome Microdeletions in Strong Male Infertility. Ph. D. Thesis. METU.

Usta, E. 2002. Classification of Turkish Iris L. (Iridaceae) by phenetic methods. Ph.D. Thesis. METU.

Bodur, Ç. 2005. Genetic Structure Analysis of Honeybee Populations Based On Microsatellites. Ph.D. Thesis. METU.

Telli, M. 2008. The relationship between genetic and shape variation in endemic and endangered freshwater fish species, Pseudophoxinus. Ph.D. Thesis. METU.

Özüt, D. 2010. Evaluation of the adaptation process of a reintroduced anatolian mouflon (Ovis gmelinii anatolica) population through studying its demography and spatial ecology. Ph.D. Thesis. METU.

Ph.D. Theses in progress:

Okan Can Arslan
Mekmet Kayım
Cansu Özge Tozkar
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Others:

Two new species of Harpactea (Araneae:Dysderidae) from Turkey. ZooKeys 145:129-141 (2011). Kunt, K.B., Elverici, M., Özkütük, R.S., Yağmur, E.A.
One of the newly identified species was named in honor of Aykut Kence as Harpactea kencei.
A) International Publications:

Kence, A. 1971. Genetic differences in palatability of pupae and voracity of larvae of
Tribolium castaneum.  Tribolium Information Bulletin. 14:79-80.

Miller, S. and Kence, A. 1973. Preferential cannibalism of pupae in hybrid populations of
Tribolium castaneum. Tribolium Information Bulletin. 16:92-93.

Sokal,R.R., Kence, A., and McCauley, D.E. 1974. The survival of mutants   at very low
frequencies in Tribolium populations.  Genetics 77:805-818.

Kence, A. and Bryant, E.H.,1978. A model of mating behavior in flies. AmericaNaturalist. 112:1047-1067.

Bryant, E.H., Kence, A., and Kimball, K.T., 1980. A rare male advantage in the housefly
induced by wing clipping and some general considerations for Drosophila. Genetics
96:975-993.

Kence, A. 1981. The rare male advantage in Drosophila: a possible source of bias in
experimental design. American Naturalist. 117:1027- 1028.

Togan, İ., Aydem, N. ve Kence, A. 1982. A numerical taxonomic study of Charthamus
taxa in Turkey. In Felsenstein, J. (ed), Numerical Taxonomy, Springer-Verlag, Berlin
Heidelberg, pp. 552-556.

Kence, A. 1986. Spurious frequency-dependent fitness in Drosophila: an artifact caused by
marking procedures. American Naturalist. 127: 716-720.

Berkes, F. and Kence, A. 1990. Fisheries, Prisoner's dilemma and cooperation. Common
Property Resource Digest, July issue:10.

Togan, İ. and Kence, A.1990. Developmental stability in hybrids between geographically
isolated populations of housefly, Musca domestica L. Proceedings in Non-Linear Science,
(Maynard Smith, J. and Vida, J. Eds.) Manchester University press:191-196.

Kence, A. 1990. Genetic differentiation in natural populations of Glossina pallidipes in
Kenya. The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Annual Report, pp. 17,
Nairobi, Kenya.

Kence, A. 1991. Biological diversity in Turkey.  B.I.O.  The International University for
the Bio-Environment. A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis (Ed.). 3:227-231.

Doğan, M., Kence, A., Tığın, Ç. 1992. Numerical taxonomic study on Turkish Lathyrus
(Leguminoseae). Edinburg Journal of Botany. 49:333-341.

Kence, M., Kence, A. 1992. Genetic Consequences of Linkage Between     Malathion
Resistance and an Autosomal Male-Determining Factor in House Fly (Diptera: Muscidae).
Journal of Economic Entomology. 85:1566-1570.

Kence, M., Kence, A. 1993. Control of Insectiside resistance In  Laboratory Populations of
House Fly (Diptera:Muscidae) by Introduction of Susceptibility Genes. Journal of
Economic Entomology. 86:189-194.

Kence, M., & Kence, A. 1993. "Man, Environment, Technology, and Universities" in
Biopolitics (Ed. Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis and Ruşen Keleş). Proceedings of the Fifth
B.I.O. International Conference, Vol. IV, 160-163.

Khan, A.A., Kence, A., and Bilgin, C.C. 1994. Time activity budget analysis of non
breeding teal (Anas crecca) at Sultan Marshes, Turkey. Pakistan J. Zool. 26: 73-75.

Bilgin, C.C., Kence, M., Kence, A.  1995. First record of Musca domestica calleva Walker,
1849 (Diptera:Muscidae) from southern Turkey. Zool. Mid. East, 11: 81-85.

Konaç, T., Bozcuk, A.N., Kence, A. 1995. The effect of hybrid dysgenesis on life span of
Drosophila. Age 18: 19-23

Önde, S., Kence, A. 1995. Geographic variation analysis of ABO and Rh systems in
Turkey. Gene Geography 9: 211-220.

Kandemir, İ, Kence, A. 1995. Allozyme variability in a Central Anatolian honeybee
population. Apidologie 26:503-510.

Gökmen, İ, Birgül, O., Kence, A., Gökmen, A. 1995. Chernobyl radioactivity in Turkish
tea and its possible health consequences. J. Radioanalytical Nucl. Chem. (Articles), 198:
497-498.

Khan, A.A., Bilgin, C.C., Kence, A., Khan, K.R., Mahmood, J.A. 1996. Diurnal activity
budgets of the prebreeding white headed ducks (Oxyura leucocephala) at Sarp Lake, Sultan
Marshes (Turkey). Oxyura, 8: 15-20.

Çakır, Ş., Kence, A. 1996. The distribution of the males having  XY and XX chromosomes
in Housefly populations (Diptera:Muscidae) of  Turkey. Genetica 98:205-210.

Khan,A.A., Bilgin, C.C., Kence, A., Khan, K. R. 1996. Activity  budget analysis of
nonbreeding mallards (Anas platyrhynchos)  at Sarp Lake, Turkey. Pakistan J. Zool., 28:57-
61.

Kence, A., Tarhan,M.S. 1997. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan for
Caprinae:Turkey in Shackleton, D.M.( ed.) Wild Sheep and Goats and their relatives.
IUCN:134-138.

Kence, A., Otieno, L.H., Darji, N., Mahamet, H. 1997. Genetic polymorphisms in the PGM
and GPI loci in natural populations of Glossina pallidipies austen (Diptera: Glossinidae) in
Kenya.  Insect Science and its Application, 16: 369-373.

Kence, A. 1998.  Evolution versus Creation in Schools. Eubios Journal of Asian and
International  Bioethics  8: 177-178.

Bozdayı, A.M.,Bozkaya, H., Türkyılmaz, a., Aslan, N., Kence, A., Uzunalimoğlu, Ö. 1999.
Polymorphism of precore region of Hepatitis B virus DNA among patients with chronic
HBV infection in Turkey. Infection 27:357-360.

Sayın, Ü., Kence, A. 1999. Islamic Scientific creationism: a new challenge in Turkey.
Reports of the National Center for Science Education 19 (6):18-29.

Kandemir, İ., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2000. Genetic and morphometric variation in honeybee
(Apis mellifera) populations of Turkey. Apidologie 31:343-356.

Çakır, Ş., Kence, A. 2000. Polymorphism of M Factors in populations of housefly, Musca
domestica L, in Turkey. Genetical Research 76:19-26.

Südüpak, M.A., Akkaya, M.S., Kence A. 2002. Analysis of genetic relationships among
perennial and annual Cicer species growing in Turkey using RAPD markers. Theoretical
and Applied Genetics. 105: 1220-1228.

Austin, J.W., Szalanski, A.L., Uva, P., Res, Kence, A. 2002. A comparative genetic
analysis of the subterranean termite genus Reticulitermes (Isoptera : Rhinotermitidae).
Annals of Entomological Society of America. 96 (6): 753-760.

     Kandemir, İ., Kence, M., Sheppard, WS., Kence, A. 2006. Mitochondrial DNA variation in
     honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) populations from Turkey. Journal of Apicultural Research,
     45(1):33-38.

Südüpak, M. A., Akkaya, M., Kence, A. 2004. Genetic relationships among perennial and
annual Cicer species growing in Turkey assessed by AFLP fingerprinting. Theoretical and
Applied Genetics. 108(5): 937-944.

Maudet, C., Beja-Pereira, A., Zeyl, E., Nagash, H., Kence, A., Özüt, D., Biju Duval, M-P.,      
Boolormaa, S., Coltman, D.W., Taberlet, P., and Luikart, G. A. 2004. Standard set of
polymorphic microsatellites for threatened mountain ungulates (Caprini, Artiodactyla)
Molecular Ecology Notes. 4:49-55.

Südüpak, M. A., Kence, A. 2004. Analysis of genetic relationships among perennial and
annual Cicer species growing in Turkey using allozyme polymorphisms. Genetic Resources
and Crop Evolution 51:241-249.

Vicdan, A., Vicdan, K., Günalp, S., Kence, A., Akarsu, C., Işık, A.Z., Sözen, E. 2004.
Genetic aspects of human male infertility: the frequency of chromosomal abnormalities and
Y chromosome microdeletions in severe male factor infertility. European Journal of
Obstetrics . Gynacology, Reproductive Biology. 117 (1): 49-54.

Tutel, B., Kandemir, I., Kuş, S., Kence, A. 2005. Classification of  Turkish Plantago l.
species using numerical taxonomy. Turkish Journal of Botany 29:51-61.

Kandemir, I., Kence, M., Kence, A.  2005. Morphometric and electrophoretic variation in
Different honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) populations. Turkish Journal of  Veterinary and
Animal Sciences. 29:885-890.  

Kandemir, İ.,  Kence, M., Sheppard, W. S., Kence, A.  2006. Mitochondrial DNA variation
In honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) populations from Turkey. Journal of Apicultural Research.
45(1):33-38.

 Kandemir, İ., Kandemir, G., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2006. Map position of
 Posphoglucomutase  (Pgm) locus on autosome IV of house fly (Diptera:Muscidae). Journal
 of Economic Entomology. 99(6):2087-2090.

Austin,  J. W., Szalanski, A. L., Ghayourfar, R.,  Kence, A., Gold, R. E. 2006.  Phylogeny
and Genetic Variation of Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from the Eastern
Mediterranean and Middle East. Sociobiology. 47:873-890.

Bodur, Ç., Kence, M., Kence, A.  2007 Genetic structure of honeybee, Apis mellifera L.
(Hymenoptera:Apidae) populations of Turkey inferred from microsatellite analysis. Journal
of Apicultural Research. 46(1):60-67.

Somel M, Somel RNO, Kence A.  (2007). Turks fighting back against anti-evolution forces. Nature 445(7124):147 CrossRef

Naderi, S., Hamid-reza, R., Pompanon, F., Blum, M.G.B., Negrini, R., Hamid-reza, N.,
Balkız, Ö., Mashkour, M., Gaggiotti, O.E., Ajmon-Marsan, P., Kence, A., Vigne, J.D.,
Taberlet, P. 2008. The goat domestication process inferred from large-scale mitochondrial
DNA analysis of wild and domestic individuals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(46):17659-17664.

Solorzano CD., Szalanski A.L., Kence M., McKern J.A., Austin, J.W., Kence, A. 2009.
Phylogeography and Population Genetics of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) From Turkey
Based on COI-COII Sequence Data. Sociobiology. 53(1):237-246.

Peker, D., Cömert, G.G., Kence. A.  2010. Three decades of anti-evolution campaign and its results: Turkish undergraduates’ acceptance and understanding of the biological evolution theory. Science & Education 19(6-8):739-755.
http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1007/s11191-009-9199-1

Charles I. Abramson, Tuğrul Giray, T Andrew Mixson, Sondra L Nolf, Harrington Wells, Aykut Kence, Meral Kence.  2010. Proboscis conditioning experiments with honeybees, Apis mellifera caucasica, with butyric acid and DEET mixture as conditioned and unconditioned stimuli.
Journal of Insect Science 10:1-17.

Tugrul Giray, Meral Kence, Devrim Oskay, Mehmet Ali Döke, Aykut Kence. 2010. Scientific note: colony losses survey in Turkey and causes of bee deaths. Apidologie 41(4):451-453.

Şule Baran, Ayhan Altun, Nusret Ayyıldız, Aykut Kence. 2011. Morphometric analysis of oppiid mites (Acari, Oribatida) collected from Turkey. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 54(4):411-420.

Maria Bouga, Cedric Alaux, Malgorzata Bienkowska, Ralph Büchler, Norman Carreck, Eliza Cauia, Robert Chlebo, Bjorn Dahle, Raffaele Dall'Olio, Pilar De la Rúa, Ales Gregorc, Evgeniya Ivanova, Aykut Kence, Meral Kence, Nikola Kezic, Hrisula Kiprijanovska, Peter Kozmus, Per Kryger, Yves Le Conte, Marco Lodesani, António Murilhas, Adrian Siceanu, Gabriele Soland, Aleksandar Uzunov, Jerzy Wilde. 2011. A review of methods for discrimination of honey bee populations as applied to European beekeeping. Journal of Apicultural Research. 51:51-84.

Romée Van der Zee, Lennard Pisa, Sreten Andonov, Robert Brodschneider, Jean-Daniel Charriere, Robert Chlebo, Mary F Coffey, BjØrn Dahle, Anna Gajda, Alison Gray, Marica M Drazic, Mariano Higes, Lassi Kauko, Aykut Kence, Meral Kence, Nicola Kezic, Hrisula Kiprijanovska, Jasna Kralj, Preben Kristiansen, Raquel Martin Hernandez, Franco Mutinelli, Bach Kim Nguyen, Christoph Otten, Asli Ozkirim, Stephen F Pernal, Magnus Peterson, Gavin Ramsay, Violeta Santrac, Victoria Soroker, Grazyna Topolska, Aleksander Uzunov, Flemming Vejsnaes, Shi Wei, Selwyn Wilkins. 2012. Managed honey bee colony losses in Canada, China, Europe, Israel and Turkey, for the winters of 2008-9 and 1009-10. Journal of Apicultural Research and Bee World 51(1):100-114.

Tolga KanKılıç, Deniz ÖzüT, Şükrü Gürler, Meral Kence, Faruk BozKaya, Aykut Kence. 2012.  Rediscovery of a new mountain gazelle population and clarification of taxonomic status of the genus Gazella in Turkey using mtDNA sequencing Folia Zoologica. 61(2): 129-137.

S Baran, N Ayyıldız, Aykut Kence. 2012. Two new species and a new record of oppioid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Turkey. Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 44(3):777-785.

Romee van der Zee, Alison Gray, Céline Holzmann, Lennard Pisa, Robert Brodschneider, Robert Chlebo, Mary F Coffey, Aykut Kence, Preben Kristiansen, Franco Mutinelli, Bach Kim Nguyen, Adjlane Noureddine, Magnus Peterson, Victoria Soroker, Grażyna Topolska, Flemming Vejsnæs, Selwyn Wilkins. 2013. Standard survey methods for estimating colony losses and explanatory risk factors in Apis mellifera. Journal of Apicultural Research. 52(4):

Kence, M., Oskay D., Giray T., Kence, A. 2013. Honey bee colonies from different races show variation in defenses against the varroa mite in a ‘common garden’. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 149(1):36-43.

Manuel A Giannoni-Guzmán, Arian Avalos, Jaime Marrero, Eduardo J Otero-Loperena,
Mehmet Kayım, Jose A Medina, Steve E Massey, Meral Kence, Aykut Kence, Tuğrul
Giray, Jose L Agosto-Rivera. 2014. Measuring individual locomotor rhythms in honey
bees,paper wasps and similar sized insects. The Journal of Experimental Biology. Doi: jeb.
096180.


B) Papers Presented at International Meetings:

Kence, A.1975. The genetics of sexual isolation in the housefly (Musca domestica L.).
ICSEB-II abstracts pp. 253. Vancouver, Canada.

Kence, A. 1986. Spurious frequency-dependent fitness in Drosophila. Population Biologists of New England Meeting at the University of Connecticut.

Kence, A. 1987.  Evolution of  sex-determining  mechanisms in laboratory populations of housefly, Musca domestica L.  International  Symposium on Organizational Constraints on the Dynamics of Evolution. Budapest, Hungary.

Kence, A. 1991. Biological diversity in Turkey. Fourth B.I.O. International Conference on the International University for the Bio-Environment, Athens, January 10-14.

Kence, A., Otieno, L.H., Darji, N., Mahamet, H. 1993. Genetic polymorphisms in the PGM and GPI  loci in natural populations of Glossina pallidipes austen (Diptera:  Glossinidae) in Kenya.  Nairobi, Kenya.

Kandemir, İ., Kence, A. 1995. Electrophoretic variation in honeybee populations in Central Anatolia (Bala, Ankara). XXXIVth International Apicultural Congress in  Apimondia, 14-19 August 1995, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Kandemir, İ., Kandemir, G., Kence, M., İnci, A., Kence, A. 1995. Morphometrical and Electrophoretical discrimination of honeybees from different regions of Turkey. XXXIVth International Apicultural Congress in Apimondia, 14-19 August 1995, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Kandemir, İ., Kandemir, G., Kence, M., Kence, A. 1996. Electrophoretic variation in honeybees in Turkey. ICSEB V, Budapest, August 17-24 Abstracts p. 257.

Kandemir, İ., Kandemir, G., Kence, M., Kence, A. 1996. Polymorphism in Phosphoglucomutase (PGM) and Hexokinase (HK) in Apis mellifera L. in Turkey. XX I.C.E-Firenze, Italy, August 25-31, Abstracts p. 263

Çakır, Ş., Kence, A. 1996. Some observations on mating frequencies in Drosophila. XX I.C.E-Firenze, Italy, August 25-31, Abstracts p. 258.

Kandemir,  İ., Kence, M.,  Sheppard, W. S., Kence,  A. 1998. Characterization and consevation  of  honeybees ( Apis mellifera )  in Turkey. XVIIIth İnternational Congress of Genetics, Beijing, China,August 10-15, Abstracts  p 115.

Kandemir, İ., Kence, M., Sheppard, W.S., Kence, A. 1999.  Morphometric and genetic
characterization of honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) populations in Turkey. Proceedings of the
XIII. International Congress of  IUSSI International Union for study of social insects,
Australia, 29.12.1998-3.1.1999.

Kence, A. and  Bilgin, C.C: 2001. Fauna of Turkey Database: an Attempt to Cover the Information Gap. 3rd IUPAC International Conference on Biodiversity, Antalya, p18  (3-8.11.2001).

Turak, A. S., Bilgin, C.C. Kence, A. 2001. Patterns of Biodiversity in Turkey. 3rd IUPAC International Conference on Biodiversity, Antalya, p14 (3-8.11.2001).

Özüt, D., Maudet, C., Luikart, G., Kence, A. 2002. A noninvasive genetic study of Ovis gmelinii anatolica using microsatellite DNA loci. III. World Conference on Mountain Ungulates. June 2002, Saragossa, Spain.

Turak, A., Bilgin, C.C., Kence, A. 2002. Species richness, endemism and rarity patterns in
Turkey and environmental correlates of these patterns. Society for Conservation Biology
16th Annual Meeting. July 2002, Canterbury, United Kingdom.

Bodur, Ç., Kence, M., Akkaya, M., Kence, A. 2003. Microsatellite variation in
honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) populations of Turkey XIX. International Congress of Genetics Melbourne, Australia Abstracts  p 150  6 – 11.07.2003.

Hadimoğulları, N., Kence M., Kence, A, 2003. Seasonal Variation in PGM heterozygosity
In honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) XIX. International Congress of Genetics  Melbourne,
Australia Abstracts   p 126 6-11 July, 2003.

Bodur, C., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2004. Genetic structure and origin determination in honeybee populations of Anatolia, First European Conference of Apidology, Udine 19-23 September 2004.

Ivanova, E., Ivgin, R., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2004. Genetic variability in honeybee populations from Bulgaria and Turkey. First European Conference of Apidology,  Udine 19-23 September 2004.

Cinar, M.U., Oguz, I., Kence, A. 2004. Morphometric characterization of Mugla honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) First European Conference of Apidology, Udine 19-23 September 2004.

Beton, D., Aytekin, A.M., Kence, A. 2004. Morphometric and genetic differentiation between Anatolian and Cypriot Bombus terrestris populations, First European Conference of Apidology, Udine 19-23 September 2004.

Aytekin, A.M., Çağatay, N., Kence, A. 2004. Genetic relationship among twelve bumblebee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) species in Ankara, Turkey as revealed by allozymes, First European Conference of Apidology, Udine 19-23 September 2004.

Kence, M., Güldüren Z., Kence, A. 2006. Seasonal variation of phosphoglucomutase(Pgm) enzyme polymorphism of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) in Turkey. Proceedings of Second European Conference of Apidology. p 54. September 10-14, 2006. Prague, Czech Republic.

Bodur, C., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2006. Macrosatellite analysis revealed the maintainance of genetic identity of subspecies of Apis mellifera L. in Turkey in spite of intensive migratory beekeeping. Proceedings of Second European Conference of Apidology  p 63. September 10-14, 2006. Prague, Czech Republic.

Kence, A. 2006. Biodiversity and conservation of native honey bees in Turkey. Proceedings of VIIIth European Congress of Entomology, p100. 17-22 September 2006 Izmir, Turkey.

Bodur, C., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2006. Genetics and conservation of honey bees in Turkey, ESA Annual Meeting,  10-13 December 2006, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Bodur, C., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2007. Conservation, Genetics and Breeding of Honey Bees in Turkey. Breeding Group, 2-3 April 2007, Avignon, France.

Kence, M., Güldüren, Z., Kence, A. 2007.  Pgm genotype frequencies in honeybee colonies in winter and summer. Entomological Society of America 2007 Meeting. Dec. 9-12, 2007. San Diego, CA.

Güldüren, Z, Giray, T., Kence, A., Kence, M. 2007. Pgm Genotype and foraging behavior in honeybees. Entomological Society of America 2007 Meeting.  Dec. 9-12, 2007. San Diego, CA.  

Giray, T., Kence, A. 2007. Behavioral characterization of three honey bee races native to Turkey. Entomological Society of America 2007 Meeting. Dec. 9-12, 2007. San Diego, CA.

Ivanova, E., Ivgin, R., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2007. Determination of genetic variation and differentiation  in honey bees of Turkey and Bulgaria. 1st Balkan Countries Beekeeping Congress and Exhibition Abstracts p47. 29 March-1 April 2007, İstanbul, Türkiye.

Kence, M., Güldüren, Z., Kence, A. 2007. Causes and consequences of seasonal variation of Pgm (Phosphoglucomutase) enzyme polymorphism in honeybee. 1st Balkan Countries Beekeeping Congress & Exhibition Abstracts p38. 29 March-1April 2007, İstanbul,Türkiye.
Solorzano, C., Szalanski, A., Kence, M., Kence, A., Austin, J. 2008. Phylogeography and Population Genetics of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) From Turkey Based On COI-COII Sequence Data. Entomological Society of America 2008 Meeting.
Köleoğlu, G., Güldüren, Z., Tunca,RI., Giray, T., Kence, M,, Kence, A. 2008. A life history trait, the rate of behavioral development correlates with biogeography of honey bee races. EurBee3- 3rd European Conference of Apidology (2008), p58.
Tunca RI, Güldüren Z, Giray T, Kence M, Kence A. 2008.Morphometric variation in honey bees as revealed by geometric morphometrics and traditional multivariate morphometrics.
EurBee 3 - 3rd European Conference of Apidology (2008), p105.

Kence M, Giray T, Tunca Rİ, Kence A. 2009. Honeybee diversity and its preservation in Turkey. 1st International Muğla Beekeeping and Pine Honey Congress, 1, (2008), p.28.

Giray, T., Kence, M., Oskay, D., Döke, M. A., Kence, A. 2009. Honey bee colony losses in Turkey and their possible causes. 5th COLOSS Conference, Motpellier, France. 14-15 September 2009. Proceedings (2009), p.42.

Kence, M., Giray T., Oskay, D., Kence, A. 2009. Varroa defenses of honey bee races from Turkey. Entomological Society of America Meeting, Virtual Presentation (ID#45609).

Kayım, M., Kankılıç, T., Gürler, Ş., Özüt, D., Kence, M., Bozkaya, F., Kence, A. 2009. Reintroduction of Endangered Guitered gazella (Gazella subgutturosa) and Anatolian Mouflon (Ovis gmelinii) in Turkey: A genetic Evaluation. Second European Congress of Conservation, Book of Abstracts, p.83.

Kence, A., Tunca, R. I., Yiğiter, S., Kence, M. 2009. Morphometric Discrimination of Honey Bee Races and Ecotypes in Turkey. 42st Congress Apimondia 2009, Oral Presentation Abstracts and Poster List. Montpellier, France, (2009), p.49.

Kence, A. 2009. On teaching Evolution in Turkey. Darwin and  Evolution in the Muslim world conference. (invited speaker) Oct 2-3, 2009 Hampshire College Amherst, MA

Kence, A. 2009.  Perspectives on antievolution teaching in Turkey. “When Evolution Evolves” Conference (invited speaker).  Nov. 12, 2009. Paris, France.

Kence, A. 2009.  Teaching evolution in secondary schools: theoretical and pedagogical issues.  Darwin's Living Legacy-International Conference on evolution and Society. (invited speaker). The Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt (14-16th November).

Van der Zee, R., Bach, K.N., Brodschneider, R., Charrier, D.J., Clebo, R., C., et al., Honey Bee Colony Losses 2009-10 in 23 countries using mainly the COLOSS 2009-10 questionnaire. Proceedings of the 4th European Conference of Apidology 1 (2010) p 72.

Kence, A., Kence, M., and Giray, T. 2010. Monitoring colony losses in four different races. Proceedings of Combined Workshop- Monitoring and Standardization-The BEE BOOK (2010) p

Kence, M., Arslan, O., Kayım, M., Yücel, B., Ünal, H., Muz, M., Doğaroğlu, M., Giray, T., Kence, A. 2011. Honey bee health in Turkey: 2009-2010.  Apimondia 2011, 42nd International Apicultural Congress Abstracts Book and Poster List. (2011), p.160.

Arslan, O.C., Kayım, M., Tozkar, C.Ö., Ünal, H., Giray, T., Kence, M., Kence, A. Effect of Imidacloprid and Nosema ceranae on the locomotor activity of honey bees. 8th COLOSS Conference. 1-3 Sept. 2012.   Martin-Luther – Universitat Halle Wittenberg 06099 Halle - Saale, Germany. p 16.

Tunca RI, Kence M, Galindo A, Giray, Kence A. 2012.  SNP  (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism) analysis on the honey bees of Turkey. EurBee 5 - 5th European Conference of Apidology. p 138.  Martin-Luther – Universitat Halle Wittenberg 06099 Halle - Saale, Germany.

Kükrer, M., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2013. Genetic Diversity of Honey Bee Populations in Turkey Based on Microsatellite Markers in Migratory versus Stationary Colonies. Evolution 2013. P 68.  June 21-26, 2013. Snowbird, Utah.

Kence, M., Arslan, O.C., Kence, A. 2013. Assessment of the Genetic Diversity Among Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) of  Turkey Based on ISSR . Evolution 2013. P 72. June 21-26, 2013. Snowbird, Utah.

Mert Kükrer, Meral Kence, Devrim Oskay, Aykut Kence. 2013. 15 Years of Change in Population Structure of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) in Turkey: A Comparison of Migratory vs. Stationary Apiaries & Isolated vs. Not Isolated Regions. Oral presentation abstracts & poster list. p 126. XXXXIII. International Apicultural Congress. 29 Sept-04 Oct. 2013. Kyiv, Ukraine.

Cansu Özge Tozkar, Meral Kence, Jay Evans, Aykut Kence. 2013. Identification of Some Viruses and Nosema Spp Among Honey Bee Samples from Different Regions of Turkey.   Oral presentation abstracts & poster list. BH73. XXXXIII. International Apicultural Congress. 29 Sept-04 Oct. 2013. Kyiv, Ukraine.

Mehmet Kayım, Meral Kence, Tugrul Giray, H. Hüseyin Ünal, Aykut Kence. 2013. The Effect of Imidacloprid on the Locomotor Activity of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera). Oral presentation abstracts & poster list. BH125. XXXXIII. International Apicultural Congress. 29 Sept-04 Oct. 2013. Kyiv, Ukraine.

Rahşan İvgin Tunca, Devrim Oskay, Meral Kence, Sezai Erginoğlu, Aykut Kence. 2013. The Incidence of Nosema Disease in Spring and Autumn Period within Muğla Bee Breeding Project. Oral presentation abstracts & poster list. BH128. XXXXIII. International Apicultural Congress. 29 Sept-04 Oct. 2013. Kyiv, Ukraine.

Elverici, M., Kunt, K.B., Kence, A., Composition of a Mediterranean spider assemblage, a first comprehensive report from the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. 19th International Congress of Arachnology (Oral presentation) Kenting National Park, Taiwan, 23-28 June 2013,

Kence, A. 2013. Models in Development and Mating Behaviour in Dipterans. Mathematical Evolution Symposium. 13-15 Sept. Şirince, Aydın, Turkey.


C) National Publications:

Kence, A., Bozcuk, A.N., Yazgan, Ş. 1981. (Sexual isolation and differentiation among
housefly, Musca domestica L. populations in Turkey) Doğa Ser. A. Math.  Phys. Biol.
Sci. 5: 173-178 (in Turkish).

Kence, A. 1982. (Can evolution be halted?). Evrim durdurulabilir mi? Bilim ve Teknik 15: 5-8 (in  Turkish).

Bağcı, H., Kence, A. 1985. (Differential effect of Bacillus thuringiensis on the housefly strains). Doğa Ser. A2 Biol. Sci. 9:139-146 (in Turkish).

Kence, A. 1985. (The theory of evolution and creationism). Evrim Kuramı ve Yaratılışçılık. Cumhuriyet and Milliyet. April 24, 1985 (in Turkish).            

Kence, A. and  M. Kence, 1985. Malathion resistance of housefly  populations distributed in Turkey. Doğa Ser. A2. Biol. Sci. 9:565-573.

Togan, İ. and A. Kence. 1987. The morphometric analysis of hybrids between geographically isolated housefly populations. Doğa-Tr. J. Biol. 11:71-80.

Kence, A. 1987. (Genetic effects of radiation and Chernobyl  accident). Environmental Protection 4:9-11 (in Turkish).

Kence, A. 1988. Biological Diversity, In Biological Diversity and Development (A. Kence ed.).  EPFT Publication:16-30 (In Turkish).

Berkes, F. and A. Kence. 1990. Fisheries and the  Prisoner's Dilemma Game: Conditions for the Evolution of Cooperation among Users of Common Property Resources. METU Journal of Pure and  Applied  Sciences. 20:209-227.

Kence, A., Kence, M. 1991. Evolution of sex-determining mechanisms in  laboratory populations of housefly (Musca domestica L.). Doğa-Tr.Journal of Zoology 15:217-227.

Kocabaş, Ş., Togan, İ., Kence, A. 1991. Karasineklerde (Musca domestica L.) poliakrilamit jel elektroforezi ile gözlenen Malatdehidrogenaz ve Hekzokinaz izozimleri. Doğa-Turkish Journal of  Zoology 16:71-77.

Kence, A. 1991. Düşük dozlu radyasyonun etkileri. Reçete, 21:8-9

Kence, A. 1991. Biological Diversity and Development, Handbook of Sustainable Development, EPFT Publications, 57-66 (in Turkish).

Işık, K., Togan, İ. and Kence, A. 1991 Variation profile and its use in Biological Studies. Doğa- Turkish Journal of Biology 15: 47-69.

Kence, A. 1992. Biyolojik zenginlikler; sorunlar ve öneriler (Biological treasures: problems and proposals). Tarım ve Köy 74:13-16.

Kence, A. 1992.  Biyoloji ve İnsanın Geleceği. (Biology and Future of Man) Yüce Fen
Liselilerin Sesi 1:7-8.

Kandemir, İ, Kence, M., Kence, A. 1993. Effects of competition on Pgm polymorphism in the house fly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae). Doğa- Turkish Journal of Zoology 17(1): 161-165.

Kence, A. 1994. (Hereditary basis of the theory of evolution). Evrim Kuramının Kalıtsal Temelleri. Bilim ve Ütopya, 6:12-14.(in Turkish).

Bilgin, C.C., Kence, A. 1994. Morphometric variation in Musca domestica L. complex.  Turkish Journal of Zoology 18:87-93.

Önde S., Kence, A. 1994. Distribution of ABO & Rh gene frequencies over 67 provinces of Turkey. Turkish Journal of  Biology 18:133-139.

Kence, A. 1994. (Biology Education and Secularism). Biyoloji Eğitimi ve Laiklik. Cumhuriyet Bilim ve Teknik, Sayı: 367 (2 Nisan 1994): 4 (in Turkish).

Kence, A.1997.  Klonlama nedir ? Hangi ufukları açıyor? Bilim ve Ütopya, 34:12-14.

Kence, A. 1997. (Principals of  Phenetic Taxonomy). Fenetik taksonominin esasları.
Taksonomi yaz okulu ders notları (B.Çıplak , ed.) pp. 117-131. Antalya.

Çakır, Ş., Kence, A. 1999. Competition between strains with autosomal and standard sex-determinig mechanisms in the housefly (Muscidae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 23:79-84.

Çakır, Ş., Kence, A. 1999. Lack of minority advantage in Drosophila melanogaster  mutants. Turkish Journal of  Biology 23: 433-443.

Çakır, Ş., Kence, A. 1999. Strong deviations from 1:1 male:female sex ratio in  some of  the Musca domestica populations in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Parasitology 23: 103-110.

Kence,  A. 1999. (Evolution, Science, and Religious) Evrim, Bilim, ve Dinciler. Cumhuriyet Bilim ve Teknik 629:15. (in Turkish).

Kence, A. 2002. Şeriatçılığın böylesi. Cumhuriyet 2 Mart 2002.

Tutel, B., Kandemir, I., Kuş, S., Kence, A. 2005. Türkiye Plantago 1. türlerinin  nümerik taksonomi kullanarak sınıflandırılması. (Classification of Turkish l. species using numerical taxonomy).  Turkish Journal of Botany 29:51-61.

Somel, RN., Somel, M., Tan, MG., Kence, A. 2006. Disscussion on the evolutionary theory in Turkey and teachers. Turkiye’de evrim kurami uzerine tartisma ve ogretmenler. Cumhuriyet Bilim Teknik 20(1018):20–31(in Turkish).

Kence, A. 2006. Türkiye bal arılarında genetik çeşitlilik ve korunmasının önemi.  (Genetic Diversity of Honey bees in Turkey and The importance of  its Conservation). Uludağ Arıcılık Dergisi, 6:25-32.

Giray, T., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2007. Perizin ve Hive Clean’in Varroa’ya karşı etkilerinin karşılaştırılması. (Comparison of Efficacy of Hive Clean and Perizin Against Varroa). Uludag Arıcılık Dergisi 7: 26-29

Giray,T., Çakmak, İ., Aydın, I., Kandemir,İ., İnci, A., Oskay, D., Döke, M., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2007.  Türkiye’de 2006-2007 koloni kayıpları araştırma ilk sonuçları. (Preliminary Survey Results on 2006 - 2007 colony losses in Turkey). Uludağ Arıcılık Dergisi,  Ağustos 2007, 7:101-107.


D) Papers Presented at National Meetings:

Kence, A., 1975. (Computer simulation of mating behavior in Drosophila). Proc. TÜBİTAK V. Science Congress: 93-103.  (in Turkish).

Kence, A.1977, Türkiye'de yayılan Chartamus L. türleri üzerine bir nümerik taksonomi çalışması.TÜBİTAK VI. Bilim Kongresi  Tebliğleri:185-194.

Kence, A. 1980. Karasineklerde (Musca domestica L.) eşeysel davranışların kalıtsal denetimi. TÜBİTAK VII. Bilim Kongresi Tebliğ Özetleri:75.

Kence,A., Bozcuk, A.N.veYazgan, Ş.1980, Türkiye'de yayılan karasinek toplumlar arasında eşeysel izolasyon ve genetik farklılaşmalar. TÜBİTAK VII. Bilim Kongresi Tebliğ Özetleri:76.

Togan, İ. ve Kence, A. 1980, Karasinek Musca domestica L., Populasyonlarnn farklılıklarının çok değişkenli analizi, TÜBİTAK VII. Bilim Kongresi Tebliğ Özetleri:122.

Kence, A. 1984. (Frequency and density dependent selection in (Musca domestica L.). Proc. I. National  Genetics Symposium, Ankara. TÜBITAK Publication no. 576:27-33.

Kence, A. 1985. (Ecology, Technology and Environment). Industry and Environment Conference, Ankara. EPFT Pub. pp. 137-142. (in Turkish).

Bilgin, C.C. and Kence, A. 1986. Morphometric analysis of housefly (Musca domestica L.) populations distributed in Turkey.VIII. National Biology Congress, Izmir (in Turkish).  

Çakır, Ş. and Kence, A. 1986. Frequency-dependent mating success in Drosophila. VIII.  National Biology Congress, Izmir (in Turkish).

Kence, A., 1987. Genetic  effects of  radiation and  Chernobyl accident.). Symposium on the environmental effects of Chernobyl accident in Turkey. Istanbul (in Turkish).

Kence, A. 1987. Multivariate  statistical analysis of morphometric differentiation within the Musca domestica complex. Proc. I. Turkish National Congress of Entomology, Izmir. Entomology Society Publication no. 3:491-499 (in Turkish).

Kence, A. 1987. (Biological diversity concept and its importance). Biological diversity and its utilization  symposium, Ankara (in Turkish).

Kence, A. 1988. (Numerical methods in biological classifications). Symposium on Numerical Taxonomy and  Quantitative Ecology. IX. National Biology Congress, Sivas. 1:411-414 (in Turkish).

Kence, A., Doğan, M. and Tığın, Ç. 1988. (A numerical taxonomic study on Lathyrus spp. in Turkey). Symposium on Numerical  Taxonomy and  Quantitative  Ecology.  IX. National Biology Congress, Sivas., 1:417-423 (in Turkish).

Önder, F. and Kence, A. 1988. (Application of numerical taxonomy on the classification of Deraecoris Kirsch, 1856 (Heteroptera:Miridae) species). Symposium on  Numerical  Taxonomy and  Quantitative  Ecology. IX. National  Biology Congress, Sivas, 1:441-449 (In Turkish).

Togan, İ., and Kence, A.,1988. (Use of spatial autocorrelation in  ecology). Symposium on Numerical Taxonomy and Quantitative Ecology. IX. National Biology Congress, Sivas, 1:451-458 (in Turkish).

Kence, M. and Kence, A. 1988. (Ecological Genetics of Malathion Resistance in Housefly, Musca domestica L.). Symposium on Zoology and Hidrobiology. IX. National Biology Congress, Sivas, 2:321-325 (in Turkish).

Kence, A. 1988. Biyolojik sınıflandırmalarda sayısal yöntemler.  Nümerik Taksonomi ve  Kantitatif Ekoloji Sempozyumu. IX. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi, Sivas 1:411-414

Kence, A. 1989. (Biological Resources and Development.), Sustainable Development Conference. Ankara. EPFT publication:199-207(in Turkish).

Beklioğlu, M. and Kence, A. 1990. (Statistical analysis of morphometric characters of geographic differentiation of Tsetse flies (Glossinae)). Environmental  Biology  Symposium, Ankara  October  17-19,1990 (In Turkish).

Ergüven, A., Togan İ., Dedeoğlu D., Kence, A. 1991. Türkiye'de bazı kan grupları ve alyuvar enzimleri polimorfizminden yararlanılarak yapılan bir çalışma. Biyokimya Dergisi (Kongre Özel Sayısı) 15: 2, 204.

Darendelioğlu, Y., Kence, A. 1992. Orta Anadolu Bal Arısı (Apis mellifera L.) (Hymenoptera, Apidae)'nın populasyon strüktürü üzerine morphometrik çalışma. Türkiye II.Entomoloji Kongresi 28-31 Ocak 1992.

Kence, M., Kence, A. 1992. (Breaking  Insecticide resistance in insects). Proceedings of the second Turkish National   Congress of Entomology. January 28-31:273-280. Çukurova University, Adana.

Kence, A., Önder, F., Çengel, N. 1992. (A numerical taxonomy study on the species of Dionconotini Reut., 1910 and capsodini Carv., 1951 (Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae) from Turkey). XI. National Biology Congress, 24-27 June, 1992, Elazığ,  Zoology, 95-102 (in Turkish)

Ergüven, A., Dereli, İ., Togan, İ., Kence, A. 1992. Onbir farklı genetik sistemin Türk populasyonlarında incelenmesi. Biyokimya Dergisi, 15: M-07.

Ergüven, A., Togan, İ., Dereli, İ., Kence, A. 1992. (A study on some red blood cell enzymes and blood groups polymorphism). XI. National  Biology Congress, 24-27 June, 1992, Elazığ,  Zoology, p26.

Kandemir, İ., Kence, M., Kence, A. 1992. A study on Pgm (Phosphoglucomutase) polymorphism in housefly (Musca domestica L.). XI. National  Biology Congress, 24-27 June, 1992, Elazığ,  Zoology, p56.

Çakır, Ş., Kence, A. 1994. (A cytogenetic study on sex determining mechanism in housefly, Musca domestica, populations in Turkey). XII. National Biology Congress, 6-8 July, 1994, Edirne, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, p24.

Kence, M., Eren, G., Kandemir, İ., Kence, A. 1994. (Determination of malathion resistant genotypes by molecular biological methods). XII. National Biology Congress, 6-8 July, 1994, Edirne, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, p25.

Kandemir, İ., Kence, A. 1994. (Honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) isozymes). XII. National Biology Congress, 6-8 July, 1994, Edirne, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, p26.

Kandemir, I.,  Kence, A. 1994. (Electrophoretic determination of genetic variation in Central Anatolian (Bala) honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) populations). XII. National Biology Congress, 6-8 July, 1994, Edirne, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, p27.

Kence, A. 1994. (Education as a factor affecting science). Bilimi etkileyen bir factör olarak eğitim. Turkish Academy of Sciences, Series of Scientific Meetings: TUBA Publications p43-47. 2. Science and Education. 2-3 December 1994. (in Turkish)

Tütel, B., Kandemir, İ., Kence, A. 1995. Türkiye Plantago cinsine ait nümerik taksonomik bir çalışma. II. Ulusal Ekoloji Kongresi, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Ankara.

Kandemir, İ., Kandemir, G., Kence, M., İnci, A., Kence, A. 1995. Türkiye balarısı populasyonlarının birbirlerinden morfometrik ve elektroforetik yöntemlerle ayrıştırılması. II. Ulusal Ekoloji ve Çevre Kongresi, Bildiri ve Poster Özet Kitabı p 4. 11-13 Sept. 1995, Hacettepe University, Ankara.

Kandemir, İ. ,Kandemir, G., Kence, M., Kence, A. 1996.  Türkiye balarıları (Apis mellifera L.)  genetik varyasyonunun elektroforetik ve morfometrik yöntemler  ile analizi .  XIII Ulusal biyoloji  kongresi  Bildiri ve Poster Özetleri, p 62.  17- 20 Eylül 1996. İstanbul University, İstanbul.

Hadimoğulları, N., Kence, A., Kence, M. 2000. Türkiye’de bal arısı (Apis mellifera L.) populasyonlarında PGM enzim sisteminde heterozigotluğun mevsimsel değişimleri. XV. Ulusal Biyoloji  Kongresi, Ankara (5- 9 Eylül 2000).

Kandemir, İ. Kence, M., Kence, A. 2000. Türkiye’de bal arısı (Apis mellifera L.) populasyonlarında genetik ve morfometrik varyasyon.. XV. Ulusal Biyoloji  Kongresi, Ankara (5- 9 Eylül 2000).

Kandemir, İ. Kence, M., Sheppard, S., Kence, A. 2000. Türkiye’de bal arısı (Apis mellifera L.) populasyonlarında mitokondriyal DNA (mtDNA) varyasyonu. XV. Ulusal Biyoloji  Kongresi Özetler, p 26. 5- 9 Eylül 2000. Ankara.

Kence, A. 2000. (Position of Evolutionary Biology in Turkey and in the world). Evrimsel biyolojinin dünyadaki ve Türkiye’deki konumu. XV. Ulusal Biyoloji  Kongresi, 5- 9 Eylül 2000.  Ankara.

Turak, A.S., Bilgin, C.C., Kence, A. 2000. Türkiye’deki tür zenginliği, endemizm ve enderlik desenleri. XV. Ulusal Biyoloji  Kongresi, 5- 9 Eylül 2000.
Güçlüsoy, H., Kence, A. 2001. Foça Özel Çevre Koruma Alanında Akdeniz Foku Koruma Çalışmalarının Verimliliğinin Değerlendirilmesi. Türkiye'nin Kıyı ve Deniz Alanları III. Ulusal Konferansı, Türkiye Kıyıları 01 Konfreransı Bildiriler Kitabı (E.Özhan, Y. Yüksel, Editörler). s 345-355; 26-29 Haziran, 2001 İstanbul.

Kence, A. 2002. (Evolutionary approach in Biology Education). Biyoloji eğitiminde evrimsel yaklaşım (Çağrılı Bildiri). XVI. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi, 4-7 Eylül 2002, Malatya.

Budak, F.A., Çakır, Ş., Kence, A. 2002. Pyretroid pestisid grubundan deltamethrin ve permethrinin genotoksik etkileri üzerine bir araştırma. XVI. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi, 4-7 Eylül 2002. Malatya.

Bodur, C., Kence, M., Akkaya, M., Kence, A. 2002. Türkiye’deki balarısı populasyonları arasında mikrosatelit lokuslar bakımından farklılaşmalar. XVI. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi,  4-7 Eylül 2002, İnönü Üniversitesi, Malatya.

Özüt, D., Maudet, C., Luikart, G., Kence, A. 2002. Anadolu yaban koyununun koruma genetiği. XVI. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi, 4-7 Eylül 2002. İnönü Üniversitesi, Malatya.

Südüpak, M.A., Akkaya, M.S., Kence, A. 2002. Türkiye’de yayılış gösteren perennial ve annual Cicer türleri arasındaki genetik ilişkilerin RAPD markırları ile analizi. XVI. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi, 4-7 Eylül 2002. İnönü Üniversitesi, Malatya.

Kence, A. 2003. Türkiye Bal Arılarında Genetik Çeşitlilik ve Korunması. 2. Marmara Arıcılık Kongresi Bildiri Kitabı 74-75. (28-30 Nisan 2003) Yalova.

Gönülşen, A., Halıcı, U., Leblebicioğlu, K., Kence, A. 2003.Balarıları kanat ve bacaklarının belirli karakterlerinin imge işleme algoritmaları ile ölçülmesi. SIU, 2003, Ankara.
Kence, A. 2004. Ekoloji ve Evrim. Doğa ve Çevre V. Ulusal Ekoloji ve Evrim Kongresi, 1-6, Bolu.
Kandemir, İ., Özkan A., Moradi, M.G., Kence, A. 2004. Üç Balarısı Alt türünün (Apis mellifera anatoliaca, Apis mellifera cypria ve Apis mellifera meda) morfometrik ve elektroforetik karşılaştırılması. XVII. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi, 21-24 Haziran 2004,
Çukurova Üniversitesi, Adana.

Beton, D., Aytekin, M., Kence, A. 2004. Anadolu ve Kıbrıs Bombus terrestris toplumları arasında morfometrik ve genetik farklılaşmalar, XVII. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi 21-24 Haziran 2004, Çukurova Üniversitesi, Adana.

Bodur, Ç., Kence, M., Kence, A. 2004 Anadolu balarısı toplumlarında genetik yapı ve köken belirleme çalışmaları. XVII. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi, 21-24 Haziran 2004,Çukurova Üniversitesi, Adana.

Özsoy, E.D., Kence, A., Bozcuk, A.N. 2004. Türkiye’de çeşitli bölgelerden örneklenen melanogaster populasyonlarındaki alkol dehidrogenaz (ADH) allozim polimorfizmi ve bunun nedenlerine ilişkin ipuçları. XVII. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi 21-24 Haziran 2004, Çukurova Üniversitesi, Adana.

Aytekin, A.M., Kence, A., Çağatay, N. 2004. Ankara ve çevresinde bulunan bazı Bombus arısı türlerinde (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) morfometrik ve moleküler çalışmalar. XVII. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi 21-24 Haziran 2004, Çukurova Üniversitesi, Adana.
Çınar, U., Oğuz, İ., Kence, A. 2004.  Muğla balarılarında (Apis mellifera L.) morfometrik Varyasyonun çok değişkenli istatistik yöntemlerele analizi. XVII. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi 21-24 Haziran 2004, Çukurova Üniversitesi, Adana.

Çağrı Bodur, Meral Kence, Aykut Kence. 2006. Türkiye bal arısı toplumlarında mikrosatelit çeşitliliği. "18. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi özetler" p 88. 26-30 Haziran, 2006, Kuşadası, Aydın.

Z. Güldüren, T. Giray, M. Kence, A. Kence. 2007.  Balarısı kolonilerinde iş bölümü ve Pgm genotipleri. III. Marmara Arıcılık Kongresi Bildiri Kitabı p 27. (2007), Bursa.

Meral Kence, Zerrin Güldüren, Aykut Kence.  2007. Bal arılarında (Apis mellifera L.) Pgm genotip frekanslarının mevsimsel değişimi. III. Marmara Arıcılık Kongresi Bildiri Kitabı p 28, Bursa (2007).

Z. Güldüren, R. İvgin Tunca, T. Giray, M. Kence, A. Kence, Türkiye Bal Arılarında (Apis mellifera L.) Hijyen Davranışı. 5. Ulusal Zootekni Bilim Kongresi, p 122. 2007, Van.

Tunca, R.İ., Güldüren, Z., Giray, T., Kence, M., Kence, A.  Üç Apis mellifera Alt Türünün (A.m.caucasica, A.m.syriaca, A.m.carnica) Morfometrik Analizi. 5. Ulusal Zootekni Bilim Kongresi, p 89. 2007, Van.

Kence, A. 2009. Darwin yılında Türkiye’de biyoloji ve evrim eğitimi. Evrim Sempozyumu. İstanbul.

Kence, A. 2013. IV. Evrim Kuramının Sessiz Kahramanı: Alfred Russel Wallace.  Evrim, Bilim ve Eğitim Sempozyumu. 21-22 Dec. 2013. Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Istanbul.

Elverici, M., Bilgin, C.C., Kence, A. Compositional Changes in Ground Spider Fauna Over the Seasons: An Additional Case From the Mediterranean. 19st International Congress of Ecology & Evolution, Istanbul, July, 2014 (submitted).


E) Books:

Kence, A., 1987. (Project coordinator/Editor). Biological diversity in Turkey. Environmental Problems Foundation of Turkey publication, 235 p.

Kence, A. (Project Coordinator/Editor),1987. Türkiye'nin Biyolojik Zenginlikleri, 316p, 1987. EPFT publications, Ankara.

Kence, A., 1988. (Editor). Biological Diversity and  Development. Environmental Problems Foundation of Turkey Publication, 215p (In Turkish).

Kence, A. 1990. Türkiye'nin Biyolojik Zenginlikleri, (Project Coordinator/Editor), 2nd Press, 316p, 1990. EPFT publications, Ankara.

Kence, A. , Bilgin , C.C., 1996. The Checklist of  Vertebrates of  Turkey. 183 p, Nurol
Matbaacılık , Ankara(in Turkish).

Kence, A., Ruacan, Ş. (Translation  to Turkish, Editor) 2002. Science and Creationism: USA National Academy of Sciences. TÜBA, Ankara.

Kence, A., Gürata, A., Akyerli, C. B., Sayın, D. B., Karabulut, H.G., Bökesoy, I. Kence, M.
Güran, Ş. Özçelik. 2004. Genetik Terimleri Sözlüğü. Türkçeleştirilmiş Terimler ve
Açıklamaları. 105 s. Semih Ofset, Ankara.

Kence, A. (Çeviri) 2005. Yanlış Yönde Kuantum Şıçramalar(Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction, C.M. Wynn ve Arthur W. Wiggins, 2001) TÜBİTAK Popüler Bilim Kitapları, Ankara.

Kence, A. (Çeviri) 2008. Yanlış Yönde Kuantum Şıçramalar(Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction, C.M. Wynn ve Arthur W. Wiggins, 2001) TÜBİTAK Popüler Bilim Kitapları, Ankara.

Kence, A., Bozcuk, A.N.(Çeviri Eds.) 2008. Evrim. (D. Futuyma, Evolution).Palme Yayıncılık, s611.


F) Reports

Sexual isolation and genetic differentiation among the housefly Musca domestica populations distributed in Turkey. The Scientific and Technical Research Council of  Turkey. Grant no: TBAG-343 (1978-1980).

Laboratory tests with Bacillus thrungiensis against the several strains of the housefly, Musca domestica.The Scientific and Technical Research  Council of  Turkey. Grant no: TBAG-592  (1983-1984).

Evolution of  the sex-determining mechanisms in laboratory populations of the housefly, Musca domestica. The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey. Grant no: TBAG-712 (1985- 1986).

Genetic analysis of housefly, Musca domestica L.  populations by electrophoretic methods. TheScientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey. Grant no: TBAG-800 (1987-1988).

Ecological genetics of malathion resistance in housefly, Musca domestica populations. The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey. Grant no: TBAG-803 (1987-1989).

Determination of waste disposal areas and mosquito eradication project for Municipality of Alanya (1990).

Aliaga power plant environmental impact assesment (1990-1991).

Eymir Gölünün Hidrobiyolojik ve Ekolojik etd. ODTÜ Döner Sermaye Projesi (1991), Proje Yürütücüsü.
An electrophoretic and morphometric study on Honey bees of Central Anatolia. The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey. Grant no: TBAG-1021 (1990-1993).

Database on Turkish Fauna. The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey. Grant no: DPT-TBAG/Sek-3 (1992-1999).

Karasinek populasyonlarında direnç genlerinin frekanslarının moleküler biyolojik yöntemlerle belirlenmesi. AFP-92-01-08-04, Proje Yürütücüsü, (1992).

Karasinekte bazı enzimleri kodlayan genlerin haritalanmas›. AFP-94-01-08-08, Araştırmacı, (1994).

Balarılarında genetik yöntemler kullanılarak alttür ve ekotip belirlenmesi. AFP-2001-07-02-00-92, Proje Yürütücüsü, (2001).

Assessing the origins and genetic resources in endangered Turkish and European wild sheep and goats (Ovis orientalis and Capra aegagrus) using noninvasive DNA sampling. TUBITAK-CNRS Joint Project, TBAG-U/31 (100T146) (2001 – 2002).

Genetic resources and origins of endangered European sheep and goats. NATO science programme, collaborative Linkage Grant (2001-2003).

Anadolu yaban koyununun (Ovis gmelinii anatolica) yeniden aşılanan toplumlarının radio-telemetri ve genetik örnekleme yöntemleriyle izlenmesiyle elde edilen çevresel ve genetik verilerle koruma yaklaşımlarının geliştirilmesi. TÜBİTAK proje no: 106T182 (2006-2008).

Türkiye Balarıları genetic farklarının koloni dayanıklılığına (vitality) etkileri. Effects of Turkish honey bee genetic diversity on colony vitality. TÜBİTAK- COST Project. No: 109T547 (2010-2013).

G) Others

Ph.D. Thesis: The effects of variation in larval development on laboratory populations of
Tribolium and Houseflies. Stony Brook, New York.


7. Thesis Supervised

A) Master Thesis

Göktepe, M. 1978. Studies on some  enzymes of  housefly, Musca domestica L. Master thesis. METU.

Kence, M., 1982. An analysis of malathion resistance in housefly (Musca domestica L.) populations in Turkey. Master thesis. METU.

Bilgin, C., 1985. Analysis of morphometric variation in  housefly (Musca domestica L.) populations distributed in  Turkey. Master thesis. METU.

Çakır, A., 1985. Frequency-dependent mating success in Drosophila. Master thesis. METU.

Önde, S., 1988. Spatial autocorrelation analysis on gene frequencies of blood groups in Turkey. Master thesis. METU.

Beklioğlu, M.,1991. Morphometric variation within and among species of Glossina (Diptera: Glossinidae). Master Thesis. METU.

Darendelioğlu, Y. 1992. Population structure of Honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) in Bala, Ankara. M.S. Thesis. METU.

Turak, A. Suzan. 1992. Simulation of the Stepping Stone Model of  population structure. M.S. Thesis. METU.

Kandemir, İ. 1994. Electrophoretic variation in the honeybee populations (Apis mellifera L.) in Bala, Ankara. Master Thesis. METU.

Güçlüsoy, Harun. 1998. Conservation of  Mediterranean Monk  Seal (Monachus monachus) in Foça, Turkey. M.S. Thesis . METU.

Eryümlü, A.  1999.Determination of morphometric and electrophoretic variation in
honeybee ( Apis mellifera  L. ) populations of Aegan region of Turkey. M.S. Thesis. METU.

Hadimoğulları,N. 2000."Seasonal variation in heterozygosity in PGM in honeybees." M.S.
Thesis, METU.

Özüt, D. 2001. Conservation Genetics of Anatolian Mouflon ( Ovis gmelinii anatolica )
Population in Konya - Bozdağ. M.S. Thesis, METU.

Bodur, Ç. 2001. Microsatellite Analysis in Honeybee Populations of Turkey. M.S. Thesis,
METU.

Balkız, Ö. 2002, The phylogeny of wild goats (Capra aegagrus) in Turkey as determined by mtDNA D-loop sequencing. M.S. Thesis. METU.

Somel, M. 2003. Characterization of DNA from archaeological wheat (Triticum L.) seeds from Anatolia. (Anadolu’dan arkeolojik buğday (Triticum L.) tohumlarından DNA karakterizasyonu). M.S. Thesis. METU.

Gönülşen, A. 2004. Feature extraction of honeybee forewings and hindlegs using image processing and active contours, M.S. Thesis,  METU.

Beton, D. 2004. Morphometric and genetic differentiation between Anatolia and Cyprus Bombus terrestris populations. (Anadolu ve Kıbrıs Bombus terrestris populasyonları arasındaki morfometrik ve genetik farklılaşma) M.S. Thesis. METU

Çınar, U. 2006. Muğla yöresi balarısı (Apis mellifera L.) populasyonlarında morfometrik varyasyonun belirlenmesi.  Yüksek Lisans Tezi . Ege Üniversitesi

Kayım, M. 2008. Founder effect in reintroduced Anatolian mouflon, Ovis gmelinii anatolica Valenciennes 1856 Populations M.S. thesis METU.

Özdirek, L. 2009. Estimation of Demography and Seasonal Habitat Use Patterns of Anatolian Mouflon (Ovis gmelinii anatolica) Population in Konya Bozdağ Protection Area Using Distance Sampling. M.S. Thesis, METU.

Elverici, M. 2011. The Spider of an olive grove and associated shrublands in Muğla, Milas, Kıyıkışlacık with notes on their diversity and composition. M.S. Thesis, METU.

Karakaş, E.G. 2013. Genetic Impact of Migratory Beekeeping: Genetic Variation Between Stationary and Migratory Populations of Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) in Turkey. M.S. Thesis, METU.

Kükrer, M. 2013 Genetic diversity of honey bee populations in Turkey based on microsatellite markers : a comparison between migratory versus stationary apiaries and isolated regions versus regions open to migratory beekeeping. M.S. Thesis, METU.


B) Ph.D. Thesis

Togan, İ. 1981. The effects of hybridization on developmental  stability in the housefly. Ph.D. thesis. METU.

Kence, M. 1988. Ecological genetics of malathion resistance in housefly, Musca domestica  L. Ph.D. Thesis. METU.

Khan, A. Ahmed. 1992. Activity Budgets and Population analysis of waterfowl and ecosystem management of Sultan Marshes (Sultan Sazlığı). Ph.D. Thesis. METU.

Çakır, Ş. 1994.Cytogenetic study of  polymorphism in sex determination in housefly Musca domestica L. in Turkey. Ph.D.  Thesis. METU.

Bilgin, C.C. 1994. A new  biodiversity information management system and its application to the avifauna of Turkey. Ph.D.  Thesis. METU.

Bozdayı, Mithat. 1996.   Polymophism of core promoter and pre-core regions of Hepatitis B Virus DNA(HBV-DNA) among patients with chronic HBV infection in Turkey. Ph. D. Thesis. METU.

Kandemir, İ. 1999.  Genetic  and morphometric variation  in honeybee Populations ( Apis mellifera L.) in Turkey. Ph.D. Thesis. METU.

Turak, S. A. 2000. A Study on Biodiversity Patterns in Turkey and Their Application to      Conservation Evaluation. Ph. D. Thesis. METU.

Südüpak, M. A. 2001 Analysis of genetic relationships among perennial and annual Cicer species growing in Turkey using allozyme and DNA polymorphisms. Ph.D. Thesis. METU.

Vicdan, Arzu. 2002. Chromosome Abnormalities and Y Chromosome Microdeletions in Strong Male Infertility. Ph. D. Thesis. METU.

Usta, E. 2002. Classification of Turkish Iris L. (Iridaceae) by phenetic methods. Ph.D. Thesis. METU.

Bodur, Ç. 2005. Genetic Structure Analysis of Honeybee Populations Based On Microsatellites. Ph.D. Thesis. METU.

Telli, M. 2008. The relationship between genetic and shape variation in endemic and endangered freshwater fish species, Pseudophoxinus. Ph.D. Thesis. METU.

Özüt, D. 2010. Evaluation of the adaptation process of a reintroduced anatolian mouflon (Ovis gmelinii anatolica) population through studying its demography and spatial ecology. Ph.D. Thesis. METU.

Ph.D. Theses in progress:

Okan Can Arslan
Mekmet Kayım
Cansu Özge Tozkar
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Others:

Two new species of Harpactea (Araneae:Dysderidae) from Turkey. ZooKeys 145:129-141 (2011). Kunt, K.B., Elverici, M., Özkütük, R.S., Yağmur, E.A.
One of the newly identified species was named in honor of Aykut Kence as Harpactea kencei.