Publications
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Publications

Below you find a list of publications of the MGSE students resulting from their work within the graduate school. Further publications can be found on the profile pages of the PhD students.

  • 2024

    • Bauhus, M.B., Mews, S., Kurtz, J. et al. (2024). Tapeworm infection affects sleep-like behavior in three-spined sticklebacks. Sci Rep 14, 23395. 10.1038/s41598-024-73992-7 [doi]
    • Kranke, N. (2024). Do concepts of individuality account for individuation practices in studies of host–parasite systems? A modeling account of biological individuality. Theory Biosci. 10.1007/s12064-024-00426-3 [doi]
    • Kranke, N. (2024). How Phenograms and Cladograms Became Molecular Phylogenetic Trees. J Hist Biol . 10.1007/s10739-024-09782-8 [doi]
    • R R, Prüser T, Schulz NKE, Mayer PMF, Ogueta M, Stanewsky R, Kurtz J. (2024) Deciphering a Beetle Clock: Individual and Sex-Dependent Variation in Daily Activity Patterns. J Biol Rhythms. 10.1177/07487304241263619 [doi]
    • Errbii, M., Gadau, J., Becker, K., Schrader, L., & Oettler, J. (2024). Causes and consequences of a complex recombinational landscape in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. Genome Research, 34(6), 863-876. 10.1101/gr.278392.123 [doi]

    • Lebherz, M. K., Iyengar, B. R., & Bornberg-Bauer, E. (2024). Modeling Length Changes in De Novo Open Reading Frames during Neutral Evolution. Genome Biology and Evolution, 16(7). 10.1093/gbe/evae129 [doi]

    • Errbii, M., Ernst, U. R., Lajmi, A., Privman, E., Gadau, J., & Schrader, L. (2024). Evolutionary genomics of socially polymorphic populations of Pogonomyrmex californicus. BMC biology, 22(1), 109. 10.1186/s12915-024-01907-z [doi]

    • Mikhailova, A. A., Dohmen, E., & Harrison, M. C. (2024). Major changes in domain arrangements are associated with the evolution of termites. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 10.1093/jeb/voae047 [doi]

    • Van Den Bos, E., Gadau, J., & Schrader, L. (2024). Molecular identification of polymorphic transposable elements in populations of the invasive ant cardiocondyla obscurior. Biology Methods and Protocols, bpae050. 10.1093/biomethods/bpae050 [doi]

    • Makova, K. D., Pickett, B. D., Harris, R. S., Hartley, G. A., Cechova, M., Pal, K., Aubel, M., ....  & Phillippy, A. M. (2024). The complete sequence and comparative analysis of ape sex chromosomes. Nature 630, 401–411. 10.1038/s41586-024-07473-2 [doi]

    • Pohl, M., Hommen, U., Eilebrecht, S., Schäfers, C., Gadau, J., & Otto, M. (2024). Ants are no bees–Gaps in the assessment of relevant exposure routes to pesticides and plant incorporated protectants. Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology. 10.1016/j.enceco.2024.02.001 [doi

    • Aubel, M., Buchel, F., Heames, B., Jones, A. R. C., Honc, O., Bornberg-Bauer, E., & Hlouchova, K. (2024). High-throughput selection of human de novo-emerged sORFs with high folding potential. Genome Biology and Evolution, evae069, 10.1093/gbe/evae069 [doi]

    • Sobkowiak, A., Scherff, N., Schuler, F., Bletz, S., Mellmannn, A., Schwierzeck, V., & van Almsick, V. F. (2024) Plasmid encoded gene duplications of extended-spectrum β-lactamases in clinical bacterial isolates. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 14, 1343858. 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1343858 [doi]
    • Ogoniak, L., Steffen, R., Grundmann, N., Stöver, B., Müller, K., & Schmitz, J. (2024). NewickTreeModifier: a simple web page to prune and modify Newick trees. Journal of Heredity, esae005. 10.1093/jhered/esae005 [doi]
    • Edison, A., Michelbach, A., Sowade, D., Kertzel, H., Schmidt, L., Schäfer, M., ... & Xu, S. (2024). Evidence of active oviposition avoidance to systemically applied imidacloprid in the Colorado potato beetle. Insect Science.  10.1111/1744-7917.13319 [doi]
    • Middendorf, L., & Eicholt, L. A. (2024). Random, de novo, and conserved proteins: How structure and disorder predictors perform differently. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics. 10.1002/prot.26652 [doi]

  • 2023

    • Rystrom, T.L., Wesseler Y, Richter SH, Sachser N, Kaiser S (2023): Shaped by you: The effect of social partner on cortisol and behavior during adolescence in a female rodent. Ethology 130: e13414. 10.1111/eth.13414 [doi]

    • Lebherz M. K., Fouks B., Schmidt J., Bornberg-Bauer E., & Grandchamp A. (2023). DNA Transposons favour de novo transcript emergence through enrichment of transcription factor binding motifs. Genome Biology and Evolution, 2024;, evae134, 10.1093/gbe/evae134 [doi]

    • Bohn, L., Bierbaum, L., Kästner, N., von Kortzfleisch, V. T., Kaiser, S., Sachser, N., & Richter, S. H. (2023). Structural enrichment for laboratory mice: exploring the effects of novelty and complexity. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 10, 1207332. 10.3389/fvets.2023.1207332 [doi]

    • Sun, W., Lange, M. I., Gadau, J., & Buellesbach, J. (2023). Decoding the genetic and chemical basis of sexual attractiveness in parasitic wasps. Elife, 12, e86182. 10.7554/eLife.86182 [doi]

    • Grandchamp, A., Kühl, L., Lebherz, M., Brüggemann, K., Parsch, J., & Bornberg-Bauer, E. (2023). Population genomics reveals mechanisms and dynamics of de novo expressed open reading frame emergence in Drosophila melanogaster. Genome Research, 33(6), 872-890. 10.1101/gr.277482.122 [doi]

    • Mikhailova, A. A., Rinke, S., & Harrison, M. C. (2023). Genomic signatures of eusocial evolution in insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 101136. 10.1016/j.cois.2023.101136 [doi]

    • Fouks, B., Harrison, M. C., Mikhailova, A. A., Marchal, E., English, S., Carruthers, M., ... & Tobe, S. S. (2023). Live-bearing cockroach genome reveals convergent evolutionary mechanisms linked to viviparity in insects and beyond. Iscience, 26(10). 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107832 [doi]

    • Grziwotz, F., Chang, C. W., Dakos, V., van Nes, E. H., Schwarzländer, M., Kamps, O., & Hsieh, C. H. (2023). Anticipating the occurrence and type of critical transitions. Science Advances, 9(1), eabq4558.  10.1126/sciadv.abq4558 [doi]
    • van Almsick, V.F., Sobkowiak, A., Scherff, N. et al.  (2023).  Characterization of blaOXA-48-carrying plasmids and small non-AMR-coding plasmids collected from Ukrainian patients. Infection. 10.1007/s15010-023-02136-2 [doi]
    • Pohl, M., Frank, E. T., & Gadau, J. (2023). Socio-and population-genetic analyses of two West-African ponerine species (Megaponera analis and Paltothyreus tarsatus) with winged and wingless queens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News, 33. 10.25849/myrmecol.news_033:077 [doi]
    • Heames, B., Buchel, F., Aubel, M., Tretyachenko, V., Loginov, D., Novák, P., & Hlouchová, K. (2023). Experimental characterization of de novo proteins and their unevolved random-sequence counterparts. Nature ecology & evolution, 7(4), 570-580. 10.1038/s41559-023-02010-2 [doi]
    • Canal Domenech, B., & Fricke, C. (2023), Developmental heat stress interrupts spermatogenesis inducing early male sterility in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Thermal Biology. 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103589 [doi]
    • Buellesbach, J., Rinke, J., Reuter, L., Thomas, J. M., Hartmann, V., Pohl, M., ... & Ernst, U. R. (2023). Conserved worker policing in African carpenter ants with drastically different egg chemotypes. Evolutionary Ecology, 1-20. 10.1007/s10682-023-10245-5 [doi]
    • Kalyanaraman, D., Riemsloh, K. M. Z., Kürschner, L. K., Gadau, J., & Lammers, M. (2023). Substantial fitness costs in terms of parasitization rates, offspring production and sex ratio of Wolbachia infection in Nasonia vitripennis without modified host preference. Ecological Entomology. 10.1111/een.13271 [doi]

    • Quante, SM; Siewert, V; Palme, R; Kaiser, S; Sachser, N; Richter SH (2023): The power of a touch: Regular touchscreen training but not its termination affects hormones and behavior in mice. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 17:1112780. 10.3389/fnbeh.2023.1112780 [doi]

    • Arang Rhie, Sergey Nurk, Monika Cechova, Savannah J. Hoyt, Dylan J. Taylor, Nicolas Altemose, Paul W. Hook, Sergey Koren, Mikko Rautiainen, Ivan A. Alexandrov, Jamie Allen, Mobin Asri, Andrey V. Bzikadze, Nae-Chyun Chen, Chen-Shan Chin, Mark Diekhans, Paul Flicek, Giulio Formenti, Arkarachai Fungtammasan, Carlos Garcia Giron, Erik Garrison, Ariel Gershman, Jennifer L. Gerton, Patrick G. S. Grady, Andrea Guarracino, Leanne Haggerty, Reza Halabian, Nancy F. Hansen, Robert Harris, Gabrielle A. Hartley, William T. Harvey, Marina Haukness, Jakob Heinz, Thibaut Hourlier, Robert M. Hubley, Sarah E. Hunt, Stephen Hwang, Miten Jain, Rupesh K. Kesharwani, Alexandra P. Lewis, Heng Li, Glennis A. Logsdon, Julian K. Lucas, Wojciech Makalowski, Christopher Markovic, Fergal J. Martin, Ann M. Mc Cartney, Rajiv C. McCoy, Jennifer McDaniel, Brandy M. McNulty, Paul Medvedev, Alla Mikheenko, Katherine M. Munson, Terence D. Murphy, Hugh E. Olsen, Nathan D. Olson, Luis F. Paulin, David Porubsky, Tamara Potapova, Fedor Ryabov, Steven L. Salzberg, Michael E. G. Sauria, Fritz J. Sedlazeck, Kishwar Shafin, Valery A. Shepelev, Alaina Shumate, Jessica M. Storer, Likhitha Surapaneni, Angela M. Taravella Oill, Françoise Thibaud-Nissen, Winston Timp, Marta Tomaszkiewicz, Mitchell R. Vollger, Brian P. Walenz, Allison C. Watwood, Matthias H. Weissensteiner, Aaron M. Wenger, Melissa A. Wilson, Samantha Zarate, Yiming Zhu, Justin M. Zook, Evan E. Eichler, Rachel J. O’Neill, Michael C. Schatz, Karen H. Miga, Kateryna D. Makova & Adam M. Phillippy (2023) The complete sequence of a human Y chromosome. Nature 621, 344–354  10.1038/s41586-023-06457-y [doi]

    • Conrady M, Lampei C, Bossdorf O, Hölzel N, Michalski S, Durka W, Bucharova A (2023) Plants cultivated for ecosystem restoration can evolve toward a domestication syndrome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120(20):e2219664120. 10.1073/pnas.2219664120 [doi]
    • Aubel M, Eicholt L, Bornberg-Bauer E (2023) Assessing structure and disorder prediction tools for de novo emerged proteins in the age of machine learning. F1000Research 12:347. 10.12688/f1000research.130443.1 [doi]
    • Lo LK, R R, Tewes LJ, Milutinović B, Müller C, Kurtz J (2023) Immune stimulation via wounding alters chemical profiles of adult Tribolium castaneum. Journal of Chemical Ecology 49(1-2):46-58. 10.1007/s10886-022-01395-x [doi]
    • Aubel M, Bornberg-Bauer E (2023) Introducing creative destruction as a mechanism in protein evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120(6):e2220460120. 10.1073/pnas.2220460120 [doi]
    • Manske F, Ogoniak L, Jürgens L, Grundmann N, Makałowski W, Wethmar K (2023) The new uORFdb: integrating literature, sequence, and variation data in a central hub for uORF research. Nucleic Acids Research 51(D1):D328-D336. 10.1093/nar/gkac899 [doi]
    • Böttner L, Malacrinò A, Schulze Gronover C, van Deenen N, Müller B, Xu S, Gershenzon J, Prüfer D, Huber M (2023) Natural rubber reduces herbivory and alters the microbiome below ground. New Phytologist. 10.1111/nph.18709 [doi]

    • Kranke N (2023) Explanatory integration and integrated explanations in Darwinian medicine and evolutionary medicine. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 44:1-20. 10.1007/s11017-022-09594-z [doi]

    • Schulz C*, Lemoine MD*, Mearini G, Koivumäki J, Sani J, Schwedhelm E, Kirchhof P, Ghalawinji A, Stoll M, Hansen A, Eschenhagen T,  Christ T (2023) PITX2 knockout induces key findings of electrical remodeling as seen in persistent atrial fibrillation. Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology 16(3):e011602. 10.1161/CIRCEP.122.011602 [doi]
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    • Faist A*, Schloer S*, Mecate-Zambrano A, Janowski J, Schreiber A, Boergeling Y, Conrad BCG, Kumar S, Toebben L, Schughart K, Baumgardt M, Kessler M, Hoenzke K, Hocke A, Trautmann M, Hartmann W, Kato H, Rescher U, Christersson A, Kuehn J, Mellmann A, Wolff T, Kuempers P, Rovas A, Wiewrodt R, Wiebe K, Barth P, Ludwig S, Brunotte L (2023) Inhibition of p38 signaling curtails the SARS-CoV-2 induced inflammatory response but retains the IFN-dependent antiviral defense of the lung epithelial barrier. Antiviral Research 209:105475. 10.1016/j.antiviral.2022.105475 [doi]
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    • Churakov G, Kuritzin A, Chukharev K, Zhang F, Wünnemann F, Ulyantsev V, Schmitz J (2023) A 4-lineage statistical suite to evaluate the support of large-scale retrotransposon insertion data to reconstruct evolutionary trees. Systematic Biology 72(3):649-661. 10.1016/j.antiviral.2022.105475 [doi]

    • Stieger B, Wesseler Y, Kaiser S, Sachser N, Richter SH (2023) Behavioral lateralization of mice varying in serotonin transporter genotype. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 16:1095567. 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1095567 [doi]

    • Ferrando VA, Friedrich ME, Gandhi S, Mellmann A, Masemann D, Christersson A, Anhlan D, Brunotte L, Stoll M, Harder T, Beer M (2023) Cell-intrinsic genomic reassortment of pandemic H1N1 2009 and Eurasian avian-like swine influenza viruses results in potentially zoonotic variants. Emerging Microbes & Infections 12(1):2212809. 10.1080/22221751.2023.2212809 [doi]

     

  • 2022

    • Wang, Y., Sun, W., Fleischmann, S., Millar, J. G., Ruther, J., & Verhulst, E. C. (2022). Silencing Doublesex expression triggers three-level pheromonal feminization in Nasonia vitripennis males. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 289(1967), 20212002. 10.1098/rspb.2021.2002 [doi]

    • Canal Domenech, B., & Fricke, C. (2022). Recovery from heat-induced infertility—A study of reproductive tissue responses and fitness consequences in male Drosophila melanogaster. Ecology and Evolution, 12. 10.1002/ece3.9563 [doi]

    • Canal Domenech, B., Seipelt, A., and Fricke, C. (2022). Reproductive Ecology of Drosophila obscura: A Cold Adapted Species. Environmental Entomology. 10.1093/ee/nvac022 [doi]

    • Herrera-Rivero M, Bohn L, Witten A, Jüngling K, Kaiser S, Richter SH, Stoll M, Sachser N (2022) Transcriptional profiles in the mouse amygdala after a cognitive judgment bias test largely depend on the genotype. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 15:1025389. 10.3389/fnmol.2022.1025389 [doi]
    • Halabian R, Makałowski W (2022) A map of 3' DNA transduction variants mediated by non-LTR retroelements on 3202 human genomes. Biology 11(7):1032. 10.3390/biology11071032 [doi]
    • Eicholt LA, Aubel M, Berk K, Bornberg-Bauer E, Lange A (2022) Heterologous expression of naturally evolved putative de novo proteins with chaperones. Protein Science 31(8):e4371. 10.1002/pro.4371 [doi]
    • Schulz N, Mohamed FF, Lo LK, Peuß R, de Buhr MF, Kurtz J (2022) Paternal knockdown of tRNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase (Dnmt2) increases offspring susceptibility to infection in red flour beetles. Insect Molecular Biology. 10.1111/imb.12798 [doi]
    • Nematipour B, Bračić M, Krohs U (2022) Cognitive bias in animal behavior science: a philosophical perspective. Animal Cognition. 10.1007/s10071-022-01647-z [doi]
    • Bračić M, Bohn L, Siewert V, von Kortzfleisch VT, Schielzeth H, Kaiser S, Sachser N, Richter, SH (2022). Once an optimist, always an optimist? Studying cognitive judgment bias in mice. Behavioral Ecology 33(4):775-788. 10.1093/beheco/arac040 [doi]
    • Trappes R, Nematipour B, Kaiser MI, Krohs U, van Benthem KJ, Ernst UR, Gadau J, Korsten P, Kurtz J, Schielzeth H, Schmoll T, Takola E (2022) How individualized niches arise: defining mechanisms of niche construction, niche choice, and niche conformance. Bioscience 72(6):538-548. 10.1093/biosci/biac023 [doi]
    • Rodríguez M, Makalowski W. (2022) Mobilome of Apicomplexa parasites. Genes 13(5):887. 10.3390/genes13050887 [doi]
    • Giglio A, Vommaro ML, Agostino RG, Lo LK, Donato S (2022) Exploring compound eyes in adults of four coleopteran species using synchrotron X-ray phase-contrast microtomography (SR-PhC Micro-CT). Life 12(5):741. 10.3390/life12050741 [doi]
    • Korša A, Lo LK, Gandhi S, Bang C, Kurtz J (2022) Oral immune priming treatment alters microbiome composition in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Frontiers in Microbiology 13:793143. 10.3389/fmicb.2022.793143 [doi]
    • Rodriguez M, Makałowski W (2022) Software evaluation for de novo detection of transposons. Mobile DNA 13(1):14. 10.1186/s13100-022-00266-2 [doi]
    • Hoyt SJ, Storer JM, Hartley GA, Grady PGS, Gershman A, de Lima LG, Limouse C, Halabian R, Wojenski L, Rodriguez M, Altemose N, Rhie A, Core LJ, Gerton JL, Makalowski W, Olson D, Rosen J, Smit AFA, Straight AF, Vollger MR, Wheeler TJ, Schatz MC, Eichler EE, Phillippy AM, Timp W, Miga KH, O'Neill RJ (2022) From telomere to telomere: The transcriptional and epigenetic state of human repeat elements. Science 376(6588):eabk3112. 10.1126/science.abk3112 [doi]
    • Rystrom TL, Prawitt RC, Richter SH, Sachser N, Kaiser S (2022) Repeatability of endocrine traits and dominance rank in female guinea pigs. Frontiers in Zoology 19(1):4. 10.1186/s12983-021-00449-2 [doi]

    • Kranke N (2022) The Trees’ Tale: Filigreed Phylogenetic Trees and Integrated Narratives. In: Morgan, M.S., Hajek, K.M. & Berry, D.J. (eds.), Narrative Science: Reasoning, Representing and Knowing since 1800. Cambridge University Press, 206-226 10.1017/9781009004329.011 [doi]

    • Zhang F, Raabe CA, Cardoso-Moreira M, Brosius J, Kaesssmann H, Schmitz J (2022) ExoPLOT: Representation of alternative splicing in human tissues and developmental stages with transposed element (TE) involvement. Genomics 114(4):110434. 10.1016/j.ygeno.2022.110434 [doi]

    • Feige-Diller J, Herrera-Rivero M, Witten A, Stoll M, Kaiser S, Richter SH, Sachser N (2022) The impact of varying food availability on gene expression in the liver: Testing the match-mismatch hypothesis. Frontiers in Nutrition 9:91076. 10.3389/fnut.2022.910762 [doi]

    • Steffen R, Ogoniak L, Grundmann N, Pawluchin A, Soehnlein O, Schmitz J (2022) paPAML: An improved computational tool to explore selection pressure on protein-coding sequences. Genes 13(6):1090. 10.3390/genes13061090 [doi]

    • Stieger B, Palme R, Kaiser S, Sachser N, Richter SH (2022) When left is right: The effects of paw preference training on behaviour in mice. Behavioural Brain Research 430:113929. 10.1016/j.bbr.2022.113929 [doi]

    • Faist A*, Janowski J*, Kumar S, Hinse SS, Çalışkan DM, Lange J, Ludwig S, Brunotte L (2022) Virus infection and systemic inflammation: Lessons learnt from COVID-19 and beyond. Cells 11(14):2198. 10.3390/cells11142198 [doi]
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    • Kranke N (2022) Two kinds of historical explanation in Evolutionary Biology. Biology and Philosophy 37:17. 10.1007/s10539-022-09848-z [doi]

    • Coban, A., Bornberg-Bauer, E., & Kemena, C. (2022). Domain evolution of vertebrate blood coagulation cascade proteins. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 90(6), 418-428. 10.1007/s00239-022-10071-3 [doi]

    • Keizers M, Dobrindt U, Berger M (2022) A simple biosensor-based assay for quantitative autoinducer-2 analysis. ACS Synthetic Biology 11(2):747-759. 10.1021/acssynbio.1c00459?ref=PDF [doi]

    • Herrera-Rivero M, Gandhi S, Witten A, Ghalawinji A, Schotten U, Stoll M (2022) Cardiac chamber-specific genetic alterations suggest candidate genes and pathways implicating the left ventricle in the pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation. Genomics 114(2):110320. 10.1016/j.ygeno.2022.110320 [doi]

    • Schröder NCH, Korša A, Wami H, Mantel O, Dobrindt U, Kurtz J (2022) Serial passage in an insect host indicates genetic stability of the human probiotic Escherichia coli Nissle 1917. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 10(1):71–86. 10.1093/emph/eoac001 [doi]

    • Schuhenn J*, Meister TL*, Todt D, Bracht T, Schork K, Billaud JN, Elsner C, Heinen N, Karakoese Z, Haid S, Kumar S, Brunotte L, Eisenacher M, Di Y, Lew J, Falzarano D, Chen J, Yuan Z, Pietschmann T, Wiegmann B, Uebner H, Taube C, Le-Trilling VTK, Trilling M, Krawczyk A, Ludwig S, Sitek B, Steinmann E, Dittmer U, Lavender KJ, Sutter K, Pfaender S (2022) Differential interferon-α subtype iInduced immune signatures are associated with suppression of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 119(8):e2111600119. 10.1073/pnas.211160011 [doi]
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    • Rehm N, Wallenstein A, Keizers M, Homburg S, Magistro G, Chagneau CV, Klimek H, Revelles O, Helloin E, Putze J, Nougayrède JP (2022) Two polyketides intertwined in complex regulation: Posttranscriptional CsrA-mediated control of colibactin and yersiniabactin synthesis in Escherichia coli. mBio 13(1):e03814-21. 10.1128/mbio.03814-21 [doi]

    • Grandchamp A, Berk K, Dohmen E, Bornberg-Bauer E (2022) New genomic signals underlying the emergence of human proto-genes. Genes 13(2):284. 10.3390/genes13020284 [doi]

     

  • 2021

    • Demandt N, Bierbach D, Kurvers, RHJM, Krause J, Kurtz J, Scharsack JP (2021) Parasite infection impairs the shoaling behaviour of uninfected shoal members under predator attack. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75:148. 10.1007/s00265-021-03080-7 [doi]

    • Ke L, Wang Y, Schäfer M, Städler T, Zeng R, Fabian J, Pulido H, De Moraes CM, Song Y, Xu S (2021) Transcriptomic profiling reveals shared signalling networks between flower development and herbivory-induced responses in tomato. Frontiers in Plant Science 12:722810. 10.3389/fpls.2021.722810 [doi]

    • Errbii M, Keilwagen J, Hoff KJ, Steffen R, Altmüller J, Oettler J, Schrader L (2021) Transposable elements and introgression introduce genetic variation in the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. Molecular Ecology 30:6211-6228. 10.1111/mec.16099 [doi]

    • Jürgens L, Manske F, Hubert E, Kischka T, Flötotto, Klaas O, Shabardina V, Schliemann C, Makalowski W, Wethmar K (2021) Somatic functional deletions of upstream open reading frame-associated initiation and termination codons in human cancer. Biomedicines 9(6):618. 10.3390/biomedicines9060618 [doi]
    • Bucharova A, Lampei C, Conrady M, May E, Matheja J, Meyer M, Ott D (2021) Plant provenance affects pollinator network: Implications for ecological restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology [epub ahead of print]. 10.1111/1365-2664.13866 [doi]
    • Zanchi C, Lo LK, R R, Moritz I, Kurtz J, Müller C (2021) Survival of the sawfly Athalia rosae upon infection by an entomopathogenic fungus and in relation to clerodanoid uptake. Frontiers in Physiology 12:637617. 10.3389/fphys.2021.637617 [doi]
    • Mutwill AM, Schielzeth H, Zimmermann TD, Richter SH, Kaiser S, Sachser N (2021) Individuality meets plasticity: Endocrine phenotypes across male dominance rank acquisition in guinea pigs living in a complex social environment. Hormones and Behavior 131:104967. 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.104967 [doi]
    • Schrader L, Winter M, Errbii M, Delabie J, Oettler J, Gadau J (2021) Inhibition of HSP90 causes morphological variation in the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 336:333-340. 10.1002/jez.b.23035 [doi]
    • Bohn J, Halabian R, Schrader L, Shabardina V, Steffen R, Suzuki Y, Ernst UR, Gadau J, Makalowski W (2021) Genome assembly and annotation of the California harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus. G3 11(1):jkaa019. 10.1093/g3journal/jkaa019 [doi]

    • Gati NS, Altinok OA, Kumar S, Ferrando VA, Kurtz J, Quante M, Ludwig S, Mellmann A (2021) Integrating evolutionary aspects into dual-use discussion: the cases of influenza virus and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 9(1):383-392. 10.1093/emph/eoab034 [doi]

    • Kumar S, Çalişkan DM, Janowski J, Faist A, Conrad BCG, Lange J, Ludwig S, Brunotte L (2021) Beyond vaccines: Clinical status of prospective COVID-19 therapeutics. Frontiers in Immunology 12:752227. 10.3389/fimmu.2021.752227 [doi]

    • Vitali V, Rothering R, Catania F (2021) Fifty generations of amitosis: Tracing asymmetric allele segregation in polyploid cells with single-cell DNA sequencing. Microorganisms 9(9):1979. 10.3390/microorganisms9091979 [doi]

    • Martens L, Rühle F, Witten A, Meder B, Katus HA, Arbustini E, Hasenfuß G, Sinner MF, Kääb S, Pankuweit S, Angermann C, Bornberg-Bauer E, Stoll M (2021) A genetic variant alters the secondary structure of the lncRNA H19 and is associated with dilated cardiomyopathy. RNA Biology 18:409-415. 10.1080/15476286.2021.1952756 [doi]

    • Gandhi S, Witten A, De Majo F, Gilbers M, Maessen J, Schotten U, de Windt LJ, Stoll M (2021) Evolutionarily conserved transcriptional landscape of the heart defining the chamber specific physiology. Genomics 113(6):3782-3792 10.1016/j.ygeno.2021.09.002 [doi]

    • Gati NS, Temme IJ, Middendorf-Bauchart B, Kehl A, Dobrindt U, Mellmann A (2021) Comparative phenotypic characterization of hybrid Shiga toxin-producing / uropathogenic Escherichia coli, canonical uropathogenic and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli. International Journal of Medical Microbiology 311(7):151533 10.1016/j.ijmm.2021.151533 [doi]

    • De Majo F, Martens L, Hegenbarth JC, Rühle F, Hamczyk MR, Nevado RM, Andrés V, Hilbold E, Bär C, Thum T, de Boer M, Duncker DJ, Schroen B, Armand AS, Stoll M, De Windt LJ (2021) Genomic instability in the naturally and prematurely aged myocardium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 118(36):e2022974118 10.1073/pnas.2022974118 [doi]

    • Kalyanaraman D, Gadau J, Lammers M (2021) The generalist parasitoid Nasonia vitripennis shows more behavioural plasticity in host preference than its three specialist sister species. Ethology 127(11):964-978. 10.1111/eth.13217 [doi]

    • Catania F, Baedke J, Fábregas‐Tejeda A, Nieves Delgado A, Vitali V, Nguyen Long LA (2021) Global climate change, diet and the complex relationship between human host and microbiome: Towards an integrated picture. BioEssays 43(6): e2100049. 10.1002/bies.202100049 [doi]

    • Stieger B, Melotti L, Quante SM, Kaiser S, Sachser N, Richter SH (2021) A step in the right direction: the effect of context, strain and sex on paw preference in mice. Animal Behaviour 174:21-30. 10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.01.012 [doi]

    • Desjardins E, Kurtz J, Kranke N, Lindeza AS, Richter SH (2021) Beyond standardization: Improving external validity and reproducibility in experimental evolution. BioScience 71(5):543–552. 10.1093/biosci/biab008 [doi]

    • Patil A, Anhlan D, Ferrando V, Mecate-Zambrano A, Mellmann A, Wixler V, Boergeling Y, Ludwig S (2021) Phosphorylation of influenza A virus NS1 at serine 205 mediates its viral polymerase-enhancing function. Journal of Virology 95(6):e02369-20. 10.1128/JVI.02369-20 [doi]

    • Effelsberg N, Stegger M, Peitzmann L, Altinok O, Coombs GW, Pichon B, Kearns A, Randad PR, Heaney CD, Bletz S, Schaumburg F, Mellmann A (2021) Global epidemiology and evolutionary history of Staphylococcus aureus ST45. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 59:e02198-20. 10.1128/JCM.02198-20 [doi]

    • Feige-Diller J, Palme R, Kaiser S, Sachser N, Richter SH (2021) The impact of varying food availability on health and welfare in mice: Testing the Match-Mismatch hypothesis. Physiology & Behavior 228:113193. 10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.113193 [doi]

  • 2020

    • Demandt N, Praetz M, Kurvers RHJM, Krause J, Kurtz J, Scharsack JP (2020) Parasite infection disrupts escape behaviours in fish shoals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287:20201158. 10.1098/rspb.2020.1158 [doi]
    • Scharsack JP, Wieczorek B, Schmidt-Drewello A, Büscher J, Franke F, Moore A, Branca A, Witten A, Stoll M, Bornberg-Bauer E, Wicke S, Kurtz J (2020) Climate change facilitates a parasite's host exploitation via temperature-mediated immunometabolic processes. Global Change Biology 27(1):94-107. 10.1111/gcb.15402 [doi]
    • Guo H, Lackus ND, Köllner TG, Li R, Bing J, Wang Y, Baldwin IT, Xu S (2020) Evolution of a Novel and Adaptive Floral Scent in Wild Tobacco. Molecular Biology and Evolution 37(4): 1090-1099. 10.1093/molbev/msz292 [doi]
    • Gutiérrez Y, Phung T, Mumma H, Ambrose-Winters A, Scherber C, Smith CR (2020) Growth and survival of the superorganism: Ant colony macronutrient intake and investment. Ecology and Evolution [epub ahead of print] 10.1002/ece3.6520 [doi]
    • Chittò M, Berger M, Berger P, Klotz L, Dröge P, Dobrindt U (2020) IHF stabilizes pathogenicity island I of uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain 536 by attenuating integrase I promoter activity. Scientific Reports 10:9397. 10.1038/s41598-020-66215-2 [doi]
    • Mutwill AM, Zimmermann TD, Hennicke A, Richter SH, Kaiser S, Sachser N (2020) Adaptive reshaping of the hormonal phenotype after social niche transition in adulthood. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287:20200667. 10.1098/rspb.2020.0667 [doi]
    • Dennis AB, Ballesteros GI, Robin S, Schrader L, Bast J, Berghöfer J, Beukeboom LW, Belghazi M, Bretaudeau A, Buellesbach J, Cash E, Colinet D, Dumas Z, Errbii M, Falabella P, Gatti JL, Geuverink E, Gibson JD, Hertaeg C, Hartmann S, Jacquin-Joly E, Lammers M, Lavandero BI, Lindenbaum I, Massardier-Galata L, Meslin C, Montagné N, Pak N, Poirié M, Salvia R, Smith CR, Tagu D, Tares S, Vogel H, Schwander T, Simon JC, Figueroa C, Vorburger C, Legeai F, Gadau J (2020) Functional insights from the GC-poor genomes of two aphid parasitoids, Aphidius ervi and Lysiphlebus fabarum. BMC Genomics 21:376. 10.1186/s12864-020-6764-0 [doi]
    • Gutiérrez Y, Fresch M, Ott D, Brockmeyer J, Scherber C (2020) Diet Composition and Social Environment Determine Food Consumption, Phenotype and Fecundity in an Omnivorous Insect. Royal Society Open Science 7:200100. 10.1098/rsos.200100 [doi]
    • Fricke C*, Ávila Calero S*, Armitage SAO (2020) Genotypes and their interaction effects on reproduction and mating-induced immune activation in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Evolutionary Biology [epub ahead of print] doi: 10.1111/jeb13625
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    • Bano L, Kiel M, Sales G, Doxey AC, Mansfield MJ, Wami HT, Schiavone M, Rosetto O, Pirazzini M, Dobrindt U, Montecucco O (2020) Genome Sequence of the Fish Brain Bacterium Clostridium tarantellae. Microbiology Resource Announcements 9:e01575-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01575-19
    • Gutiérrez Y, Ott D, Scherber C (2020) Direct and indirect effects of plant diversity and phenoxy herbicide application on the development and reproduction of a polyphagous herbivore. Scientific Reports 10:7300. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-64252-5
    • Vos M, Sibleyras L, Lo LK, Hesse E, Gaze W, Klümper U (2020) Zinc can counteract selection for ciprofloxacin resistance. FEMS Microbiology Letters 367(3):fnaa038. 10.1093/femsle/fnaa038 [doi]

    • Hagen R, Vitali V, Catania F (2020) Cross-Generational Effects and Non-random Developmental Response to Temperature Variation in Paramecium. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 8:584219. 10.3389/fcell.2020.584219 [doi]

    • Klees S*, Effelsberg N*, Stührenberg B, Mellmann A, Schwarz S, Köck R (2020) Prevalence and epidemiology of multidrug-resistant pathogens in the food chain and the urban environment in northwestern Germany. Antibiotics 9:708. 10.3390/antibiotics9100708 [doi]
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    • Dowling D, Schmitz JF, Bornberg-Bauer E (2020) Stochastic gain and loss of novel transcribed open reading frames in the human lineage. Genome Biology and Evolution 12(11):2183-2195. 10.1093/gbe/evaa194 [doi]

    • Churakov G*, Zhang F*, Grundmann N, Makalowski W, Noll A, Doronina L, Schmitz J (2020) The multi-comparative 2-n-way genome suite. Genome Research 30:1508-1516. 10.1101/gr.262261.120 [doi]
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    • Oeyen JP, Baa-Puyoulet P, Benoit JB, Beukeboom LW, Bornberg-Bauer E, Buttstedt A, Calevro F, Cash EI, Chao H, Charles H, Chen MM, Childers C, Cridge AG, Dearden P, Dinh H, Doddapaneni HV, Dolan A, Donath A, Dowling D, Dugan S, Duncan E, Elpidina EN, Friedrich M, Geuverink E, Gibson JD, Grath S, Grimmelikhuijzen CJP, Große-Wilde E, Gudobba C, Han Y, Hansson BS, Hauser F, Hughes DST, Ioannidis P, Jacquin-Joly E, Jennings EC, Jones JW, Klasberg S, Lee SL, Lesný P, Lovegrove M, Martin S, Martynov AG, Mayer C, Montagné N, Moris VC, Munoz-Torres M, Murali SC, Muzny DM, Oppert B, Parisot N, Pauli T, Peters RS, Petersen M, Pick C, Persyn E, Podsiadlowski L, Poelchau MF, Provataris P, Qu J, Reijnders MJMF, Marcus von Reumont B, Rosendale AJ, Simao FA, Skelly J, Sotiropoulos AG, Stahl AL, Sumitani M, Szuter EM, Tidswell O, Tsitlakidis E, Vedder L, Waterhouse RM, Werren JH, Wilbrandt J, Worley KC, Yamamoto DS, van de Zande L, Zdobnov EM, Ziesmann T, Gibbs RA, Richards S, Hatakeyama M, Misof B, Niehuis O (2020) Sawfly genomes reveal evolutionary acquisitions that fostered the mega-radiation of parasitoid and eusocial Hymenoptera. Genome Biology and Evolution 12(7):1099-1188. 10.1093/gbe/evaa106 [doi]

    • Kranke N (2020) How the suffering of nonhuman animals and humans in animal research is interconnected. Journal of Animal Ethics 10(1):41-48. 10.5406/janimalethics.10.1.0041 [doi]

    • Zanchi C*, Lindeza AS*, Kurtz J (2020) Comparative mortality and adaptation of a Smurf assay in two species of tenebrionid beetles exposed to Bacillus thuringiensis. Insects 11:261. 10.3390/insects11040261 [doi]
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    • Thind AS*, Vitali V*, Guarracino MR, Catania F (2020) What's genetic variation got to do with it? Starvation-induced self-fertilizartion enhances survival in Paramecium. Genome Biology and Evolution 12(5):626-638. 10.1093/gbe/evaa052 [doi]
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    • Feige-Diller J, Krakenberg V, Bierbaum L, Seifert L, Palme R, Kaiser S, Sachser N, Richter SH (2020) The effects of different feeding routines on welfare in laboratory mice. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 6:479. 10.3389/fvets.2019.00479 [doi]

    • Effelsberg N, Udarcev S, Müller H, Kobusch I, Linnemann S, Boelhauve M, Köck R, Mellmann A (2020) Genotypic characterization of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates of clonal complex 398 in pigsty visitors: transient carriage or persistence? Journal of Clinical Microbiology 58:e01276-19. 10.1128/JCM.01276-19 [doi]

  • 2019

    • Mutwill AM, Zimmermann TD, Reuland C, Fuchs S, Kunert J, Richter SH, Kaiser S, Sachser N (2019) High Reproductive Success Despite Queuing - Socio-Sexual Development of Males in a Complex Social Environment. Frontiers in Psychology 10:2810. 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02810 [doi]
    • Chittò M, Berger M, Klotz L & Dobrindt U (2019) Sub-inhibitory concentrations of SOS-Response inducing antibiotics stimulate integrase expression and excision of pathogenicity islands in uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain 536. International Journal of Medical Microbiology 7:151361 10.1016/j.ijmm.2019.151361 [doi]
    • Ferro K, Peuß R, Yang W, Rosenstiel P, Schulenburg H & Kurtz J (2019) Experimental evolution of immunological specificity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 201904828 [Epub ahead of print] 10.1073/pnas.1904828116 [doi]
    • Abo Basha J, Kiel M, Görlich D, Schütte-Nütgen K, Witten A, Pavenstädt H, Kahl BC, Dobrindt U & Reuter S (2019) Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Escherichia coli Causing Urinary Tract Infections in Kidney-Transplanted Patients. Journal of Clinical Medicine 8:E988. 10.3390/jcm8070988
    • Berger P, Kouzel IU, Berger M, Haarmann N, Dobrindt U, Koudelka GB & Mellmann A (2019) Carriage of Shiga toxin phage profoundly affects Escherichia coli gene expression and carbon source utilization. BMC Genomics 20:504 10.1186/s12864-019-5892-x [doi]
    • Hollis B, Koppik M, Wensing KU, Ruhmann H, Genzoni E, Erkosar B, Kawecki TJ, Fricke C & Keller L (2019) Sexual conflict drives male manipulation of female postmating responses in Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 116:8437-8444. 10.1073/pnas.1821386116 [doi]
    • von Kortzfleisch VT, Kästner N, Prange L, Kaiser S, Sachser N & Richter SH (2019) Have I been here before? Complex interactions of age and test experience modulate the results of behavioural tests. Behavioural Brain Research 367:143-148.  10.1016/j.bbr.2019.03.042 [doi]
    • Schulz NKE, Sell MP, Ferro K, Kleinhölting N, Kurtz J (2019) Transgenerational Developmental Effects of Immune Priming in the Red Flour Beetle Tribolium castaneum. Frontiers in Physiology 10:98. 10.3389/fphys.2019.00098 [doi]
    • Kästner N, Richter SH, Urbanik S, Kunert J, Waider J, Lesch KP, Kaiser S & Sachser N (2019) Brain serotonin deficiency affects female aggression. Scientific Reports 9:1366. 10.1038/s41598-018-37613-4 [doi]
    • Kutzer MAM, Kurtz J & Armitage SAO (2019) A multi-faceted approach testing the effects of previous bacterial exposure on resistance and tolerance. Journal of Animal Ecology 88:566-578. 10.1111/1365-2656.12953 [doi]
    • Shabardina V, Kischka T, Manske F, Grundmann N, Frith MC & Makalowski W (2019) NanoPipe - a web server for nanopore MinION sequencing data analysis. Gigascience 8:giy169. 10.1093/gigascience/giy169 [doi]
    • Kutyrev IA, Franke F, Kurtz J & Scharsack JP (2019) In vitro effects of the neuroactive substances serotonin and γ-aminobutyric acid on leukocytes from sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Fish and Shellfish Immunology 87:286-296. 10.1016/j.fsi.2019.01.022 [doi]
    • Krakenberg V, Woigk I, Garcia Rodriguez L, Kästner N, Kaiser S, Sachser N & Richter SH (2019) Technology or ecology? New tools to assess cognitive judgement bias in mice. Behavioural Brain Research 362:279-287. 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.01.021 [doi]

    • Gati NS, Middendorf-Bauchart B, Bletz S, Dobrindt U & Mellmann A (2019) Origin and evolution of hybrid Shiga toxin-producing and uropathogenic (STEC/UPEC) Escherichia coli of sequencing type 141. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 58(1):e01309-19. 10.1128/JCM.01309-19 [doi]

    • Vitali V, Hagen R & Catania F (2019) Environmentally induced plasticity of programmed DNA elimination boosts somatic variability in Paramecium tetraurelia. Genome Research 29:1693-1704. 10.1101/gr.245332.118 [doi]

    • Altinok OA (2019) Mao's Marxist Negation of Marxism. Asian Studies 7(1):75-96. 10.4312/as.2019.7.1.75-96 [doi]

    • Gandhi S, Ruehle F & Stoll M (2019) Evolutionary patterns of non-coding RNA in cardiovascular biology. Noncoding RNA 5(1):15. 10.3390/ncrna5010015 [doi]

  • 2018

    • Del Giudice M, Barrett ES, Belsky J, Hartman S, Martel MM, Sangenstedt S & Kuzawa CW (2018) Individual differences in developmental plasticity: A role for early androgens? Psychoneuroendocrinology 90:165-173. 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.02.025 [doi]
    • Demandt N, Saus B, Kurvers RHJM, Krause J, Kurtz J & Scharsack JP (2018) Parasite-infected sticklebacks increase the risk-taking behaviour of uninfected group members. Proceedings Biological Sciences 285:20180956. 10.1098/rspb.2018.0956 [doi]
    • Gutierrez Y, Ott D, Topperwien M, Salditt T & Scherber C (2018) X-ray computed tomography and its potential in ecological research: A review of studies and optimization of specimen preparation. Ecology and Evolution 8:7717-7732. 10.1002/ece3.4149 [doi]
    • Haarmann N, Berger M, Kouzel IU, Mellmann A & Berger P (2018) Comparative virulence characterization of the shiga toxin phage-cured escherichia coli O104:H4 and enteroaggregative Escherichia coli. International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 10.1016/j.ijmm.2018.06.006 [doi]
    • Kästner N, Richter SH, Bodden C, Palme R, Kaiser S & Sachser N (2018) Varying social experiences in adulthood do not differentially affect anxiety-like behavior but stress hormone levels. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 12:72. 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00072 [doi]
    • Kiel M, Sagory-Zalkind P, Miganeh C, Stork C, Leimbach A, Sekse C, Mellmann A, Rechenmann F & Dobrindt U (2018) Identification of novel biomarkers for priority serotypes of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli and the development of multiplex PCR for their detection. Frontiers in Microbiology 9:1321. 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01321 [doi]
    • Kleppe AS & Bornberg-Bauer E (2018) Robustness by intrinsically disordered C-termini and translational readthrough. Nucleic Acids Research. 10.1093/nar/gky778 [doi]
    • Koppik M, Ruhmann H & Fricke C (2018) The effect of mating history on male reproductive ageing in drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Insect Physiology. 10.1016/j.exger.2017.12.013
    • Sangenstedt S, Szardenings C, Sachser N & Kaiser S (2018) Does the early social environment prepare individuals for the future? A match-mismatch experiment in female wild cavies. Frontiers in Zoology 15:13-018-0261-1. 10.1186/s12983-018-0261-1 [doi]
    • Schulz J, Mah N, Neuenschwander M, Kischka T, Ratei R, Schlag PM, Castanos-Velez E, Fichtner I, Tunn PU, Denkert C, Klaas O, Berdel WE, von Kries JP, Makalowski W, Andrade-Navarro MA, Leutz A & Wethmar K (2018) Loss-of-function uORF mutations in human malignancies. Scientific Reports 8:2395-018-19201-8. 10.1038/s41598-018-19201-8 [doi]
    • Shabardina V, Kischka T, Kmita H, Suzuki Y & Makalowski W (2018) Environmental adaptation of Acanthamoeba castellanii and Entamoeba histolytica at genome level as seen by comparative genomic analysis. International Journal of Biological Sciences 14:306-320. 10.7150/ijbs.23869 [doi]
    • Stork C, Kovacs B, Rozsai B, Putze J, Kiel M, Dorn A, Kovacs J, Melegh S, Leimbach A, Kovacs T, Schneider G, Kerenyi M, Emody L & Dobrindt U (2018) Characterization of asymptomatic bacteriuria Escherichia coli isolates in search of alternative strains for efficient bacterial interference against uropathogens. Frontiers in Microbiology 9:214. 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00214 [doi]
    • Treffon J, Block D, Moche M, Reiss S, Fuchs S, Engelmann S, Becher D, Langhanki L, Mellmann A, Peters G & Kahl BC (2018) Adaptation of Staphylococcus aureus to the airways of cystic fibrosis patients by the up-regulation of superoxide dismutase M and iron-scavenging proteins. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 217:1453-1461. 10.1093/infdis/jiy012 [doi]
    • Wensing KU & Fricke C (2018) Divergence in sex peptide-mediated female post-mating responses in Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings Biological Sciences 285:20181563. 10.1098/rspb.2018.1563 [doi]
    • Wohlleben AM, Franke F, Hamley M, Kurtz J & Scharsack JP (2018) Early stages of infection of three-spined stickleback (gasterosteus aculeatus) with the cestode schistocephalus solidus. Journal of Fish Diseases. 10.1111/jfd.12876 [doi]
    • Gutiérrez Y, Bacca T, Zambrano LS, Pineda M, Guedes RNC (2018) Trade-off and adaptive cost in a multiple-resistant strain of the invasive potato tuber moth Tecia solanivora. Pest Management Science. 10.1002/ps.5283 [doi]
    • Langhanki L, Berger P, Treffon J, Catania F, Kahl BC, Mellmann A (2018) In vivo competition and horizontal gene transfer among distinct Staphylococcus aureus lineages as major drivers for adaptational changes during long-term persistence in humans. BMC Microbiology 18:152. 10.1186/s12866-018-1308-3 [doi]
    • Schulz NKE, Wagner CI, Ebeling J, Raddatz G, Diddens-de Buhr MF, Lyko F, Kurtz J (2018) Dnmt1 has an essential function despite the absence of CpG DNA methylation in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Scientific Reports 8:16462. 10.1038/s41598-018-34701-3 [doi]
    • Grziwotz F, Strauß JF, Hsieh CH, Telschow A (2018) Empirical dynamic modelling identifies different responses of Aedes polynesiensis subpopulations to natural environmental Variables. Scientific Reports 8:16768. 10.1038/s41598-018-34972-w [doi]

    • Vitali V, Horn F & Catania F (2018) Insulin-like signalling within and beyond metazoans. Biological Chemistry 399:851-857. 10.1515/hsz-2018-0135 [doi]

    • Doronina L & Kranke N (2018) Das Verwandtschaftsnetz von Fledermaus, Pferd, Hund und Kuh. Biologie in unserer Zeit 48(5):287-288. 10.1002/biuz.201870505 [doi]

  • 2017

    • Doronina L, Churakov G, Kuritzin A, Shi J, Baertsch R, Clawson H & Schmitz J (2017) Speciation network in laurasiatheria: Retrophylogenomic signals. Genome Research. 10.1101/gr.210948.116 [doi]
    • Doronina L, Matzke A, Churakov G, Stoll M, Huge A & Schmitz J (2017) The beaver's phylogenetic lineage illuminated by retroposon reads. Scientific Reports 7: 43562. 10.1038/srep43562 [doi]
    • Feigin CY, Newton AH, Doronina L, Schmitz J, Hipsley CA, Mitchell KJ, Gower G, Llamas B, Soubrier J, Heider TN, Menzies BR, Cooper A, O'Neill RJ & Pask AJ (2018) Genome of the Tasmanian tiger provides insights into the evolution and demography of an extinct marsupial carnivore. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2: 182-192. 10.1038/s41559-017-0417-y [doi]
    • Ferro K, Ferro D, Corrà F, Bakiu R, Santovito G & Kurtz J (2017) Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase genes in Tribolium castaneum: Evolution, molecular characterisation, and gene expression during immune priming. Frontiers in Immunology 8: 1811. 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01811 [doi]
    • Franke F, Armitage SAO, Kutzer MAM, Kurtz J & Scharsack JP (2017) Environmental temperature variation influences fitness trade-offs and tolerance in a fish-tapeworm association. Parasites & Vectors 10: 252-017-2192-7. 10.1186/s13071-017-2192-7 [doi] Video abstract on
    • Futo M, Sell MP, Kutzer MAM & Kurtz J (2017) Specificity of oral immune priming in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Biology Letters 13: 20170632. 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0632 [doi]
    • Hamley M, Franke F, Kurtz J & Scharsack JP (2017) An experimental approach to the immuno-modulatory basis of host-parasite local adaptation in tapeworm-infected sticklebacks. Experimental Parasitology. 10.1016/j.exppara.2017.03.004 [doi]
    • Kästner N, Richter SH, Gamer M, Kaiser S & Sachser N (2017) What a difference a day makes—female behaviour is less predictable near ovulation. Royal Society Open Science 4: 160998. 10.1098/rsos.160998 [doi]
    • Kutzer MAM, Kurtz J & Armitage SAO (2017) Genotype and diet affect resistance, survival, and fecundity but not fecundity tolerance. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 10.1111/jeb.13211 [doi]
    • Lebughe M, Phaku P, Niemann S, Mumba D, Peters G, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, Mellmann A, Strauss L & Schaumburg F (2017) The impact of the Staphylococcus aureus virulome on infection in a developing country: A cohort study. Frontiers in Microbiology 8: 1662. 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01662 [doi]
    • Lepennetier G & Catania F (2017) Exploring the impact of cleavage and polyadenylation factors on pre-mRNA splicing across eukaryotes. G3 . 10.1534/g3.117.041483 [doi]
    • Meyer N, Jenikejew J, Richter SH, Kaiser S & Sachser N (in press) Social experiences during adolescence affect anxiety-like behavior but not aggressiveness in male mice. Behavioural Brain Research 326: 147–153. 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.03.017 [doi]
    • Ruffing U, Alabi A, Kazimoto T, Vubil DC, Akulenko R, Abdulla S, Alonso P, Bischoff M, Germann A, Grobusch MP, Helms V, Hoffmann J, Kern WV, Kremsner PG, Mandomando I, Mellmann A, Peters G, Schaumburg F, Schubert S, Strauss L, Tanner M, Briesen HV, Wende L, Muller LV & Herrmann M (2017) Community-associated Staphylococcus aureus from Sub-Saharan Africa and Germany: A cross-sectional geographic correlation study. Scientific Reports 7: 154. 10.1038/s41598-017-00214-8 [doi]
    • Ruhmann H, Koppik M, Wolfner MF & Fricke C (2017) The impact of ageing on male reproductive success in Drosophila melanogaster. Experimental Gerontology 103: 1-10. 10.1016/j.exger.2017.12.013 [doi]
    • Sangenstedt S, Jaljuli I, Sachser N & Kaiser S (in press) Stress responsiveness and anxiety-like behavior: The early social environment differentially shapes stability over time in a small rodent. Hormones and Behavior 90: 90-97. 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.02.010 [doi]
    • Strauss L, Stegger M, Akpaka PE, Alabi A, Breurec S, Coombs G, Egyir B, Larsen AR, Laurent F, Monecke S, Peters G, Skov R, Strommenger B, Vandenesch F, Schaumburg F & Mellmann A (2017) Origin, evolution, and global transmission of community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus ST8. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 10.1073/pnas.1702472114 [doi]
    • Talarico M, Seifert F, Lange J, Sachser N, Kurtz J & Scharsack JP (2017) Specific manipulation or systemic impairment? Behavioural changes of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) infected with the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71: 36.  10.1007/s00265-017-2265-9 [doi]
    • Telschow A, Grziwotz F, Crain P, Miki T, Mains JW, Sugihara G, Dobson SL & Hsieh CH (2017) Infections of Wolbachia may destabilize mosquito population dynamics. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.05.016 [doi]
    • Wensing KU, Koppik M & Fricke C (2017) Precopulatory but not postcopulatory male reproductive traits diverge in response to mating system manipulation in Drosophila melanogaster. Ecology and Evolution 7: 10361-10378. 10.1002/ece3.3542 [doi]
    • Zimmermann TD, Kaiser S, Hennessy MB & Sachser N (2017) Adaptive shaping of the behavioural and neuroendocrine phenotype during adolescence. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 284: 20162784. 10.1098/rspb.2016.2784 [doi]

  • 2016

    • Catania F, Krohs U, Chitto M, Ferro D, Ferro K, Lepennetier G, Görtz HD, Schreiber RS, Kurtz J & Gadau J (2016) The hologenome concept: We need to incorporate function. Theory in Biosciences. 10.1007/s12064-016-0240-z [doi]
    • Kearney P, Kerp H & Hass H (2016) Whole-plant regeneration via epidermal cells in the axis of the early devonian rhynie chert plant rhynia gwynne-vaughanii kidston et lang. International Journal of Plant Sciences 177. 10.1086/686243 [doi]
    • Kuritzin A, Kischka T, Schmitz J & Churakov G (2016) Incomplete lineage sorting and hybridization statistics for large-scale retroposon insertion data. PLoS Computational Biology 12: e1004812. 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004812 [doi]
    • Kutzer MA & Armitage SA (2016) The effect of diet and time after bacterial infection on fecundity, resistance, and tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster. Ecology and Evolution 6: 4229-4242. 10.1002/ece3.2185 [doi]
    • Kutzer MA & Armitage SA (2016) Maximising fitness in the face of parasites: A review of host tolerance. Zoology. 10.1016/j.zool.2016.05.011 [doi]
    • Lecanda A, Nilges BS, Sharma P, Nedialkova DD, Schwarz J, Vaquerizas JM & Leidel SA (2016) Dual randomization of oligonucleotides to reduce the bias in ribosome-profiling libraries. Methods. 10.1016/j.ymeth.2016.07.011 [doi]
    • Lepennetier G & Catania F (2016) mRNA-associated processes and their influence on exon-intron structure in Drosophila melanogaster. G3-Genes Genomes Genetics 6: 1617-1626. 10.1534/g3.116.029231 [doi]
    • Mason VC, Li G, Minx P, Schmitz J, Churakov G, Doronina L, Melin AD, Dominy NJ, Lim NT, Springer MS, Wilson RK, Warren WC, Helgen KM & Murphy WJ (2016) Genomic analysis reveals hidden biodiversity within colugos, the sister group to primates. Science Advances 2: e1600633 10.1126/sciadv.1600633[doi]
    • Meyer N, Richter SH, Schreiber RS, Kloke V, Kaiser S, Lesch KP, Sachser N (2016) The unexpected effects of beneficial and adverse social experiences during adolescence on anxiety and aggression and their modulation by genotype. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 10:97. 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00097 [doi]
    • Milutinović B, Peuß R, Ferro K & Kurtz J (2016) Immune priming in arthropods: An update focusing on the red flour beetle. Zoology. 10.1016/j.zool.2016.03.006 [doi]
    • Peuss R, Wensing KU, Woestmann L, Eggert H, Milutinovic B, Sroka MG, Scharsack JP, Kurtz J & Armitage SA (2016) Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1: Testing for a role in insect immunity, behaviour and reproduction. Royal Society Open Science 3: 160138. 10.1098/rsos.160138 [doi]
    • Phaku P, Lebughe M, Strauss L, Peters G, Herrmann M, Mumba D, Mellmann A, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ & Schaumburg F (2016) Unveiling the molecular basis of antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus aureus from the democratic republic of the congo using whole genome sequencing. Clinical Microbiology and Infection: The Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 22 :644.e1-5. 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.04.009 [doi]
    • Richter SH, Kästner N, Kriwet M, Kaiser S & Sachser N (2016) Play matters: The surprising relationship between juvenile playfulness and anxiety in later life. Animal Behaviour 114: 261-271. 10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.02.003 [doi]
    • Richter SH, Kästner N, Loddenkemper DH, Kaiser S & Sachser N (2016) A time to wean? impact of weaning age on anxiety-like behaviour and stability of behavioural traits in full adulthood. PloS One 11: e0167652. 10.1371/journal.pone.0167652 [doi]
    • Ruhmann H, Wensing K, Neuhalfen N, Specker JH & Fricke C (2016) Early reproductive success in Drosophila males is dependent on maturity of the accessory gland. Behavioral Ecology 27: 1859-1868. 10.1093/beheco/arw123[doi]
    • Scharsack JP, Franke F, Erin NI, Kuske A, Buscher J, Stolz H, Samonte IE, Kurtz J & Kalbe M (2016) Effects of environmental variation on host-parasite interaction in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Zoology 119: 375–38. 10.1016/j.zool.2016.05.008 [doi]
    • Schwartbeck B, Birtel J, Treffon J, Langhanki L, Mellmann A, Kale D, Kahl J, Hirschhausen N, Neumann C, Lee JC, Gotz F, Rohde H, Henke H, Kuster P, Peters G & Kahl BC (2016) Dynamic in vivo mutations within the ica operon during persistence of staphylococcus aureus in the airways of cystic fibrosis patients. PLoS Pathogens 12: e1006024. 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006024 [doi]
    • Strauss L, Ruffing U, Abdulla S, Alabi A, Akulenko R, Garrine M, Germann A, Grobusch MP, Helms V, Herrmann M, Kazimoto T, Kern W, Mandomando I, Peters G, Schaumburg F, von Muller L & Mellmann A (2016) Detecting Staphylococcus aureus virulence and resistance genes: A comparison of whole-genome sequencing and DNA microarray technology. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 54: 1008-1016. 10.1128/JCM.03022-15 [doi]

     

  • 2015

    • Doronina L, Churakov G, Shi J, Brosius J, Baertsch R, Clawson H & Schmitz J (2015) Exploring massive incomplete lineage sorting in arctoids (laurasiatheria, carnivora). Molecular Biology and Evolution 32: 3194-3204 10.1093/molbev/msv188 [doi]
    • Ferro D, Lepennetier G & Catania F (2015) Cis-acting signals modulate the efficiency of programmed DNA elimination in Paramecium tetraurelia. Nucleic Acids Research. 10.1093/nar/gkv843 [doi]
    • Ferro D, Bakiu R, De Pitta C, Boldrin F, Cattalini F, Pucciarelli S, Miceli C & Santovito G (2015) Cu,zn superoxide dismutases from tetrahymena thermophila: Molecular evolution and gene expression of the first line of antioxidant defenses. Protist 166: 131-145. 10.1016/j.protis.2014.12.003 [doi]
    • Fassl SK, Austermann J, Papantonopoulou O, Riemenschneider M, Xue J, Bertheloot D, Freise N, Spiekermann C, Witten A, Viemann D, Kirschnek S, Stoll M, Latz E, Schultze JL, Roth J & Vogl T (2015) Transcriptome assessment reveals a dominant role for TLR4 in the activation of human monocytes by the alarmin MRP8. Journal of Immunology  194: 575-583. 10.4049/jimmunol.1401085 [doi]
    • Grabowski K, Riemenschneider M, Schulte L, Witten A, Schulz A, Stoll M & Kreutz R (2015) Fetal-adult cardiac transcriptome analysis in rats with contrasting left ventricular mass reveals new candidates for cardiac hypertrophy. PloS One 10: e0116807. 10.1371/journal.pone.0116807 [doi]
    • Hennessy MB, Kaiser S, Tiedtke T & Sachser N (2015) Stability and change: Stress responses and the shaping of behavioral phenotypes over the life span. Frontiers in Zoology 12 Suppl 1: S18-9994-12-S1-S18. eCollection 2015. 10.1186/1742-9994-12-S1-S18 [doi]
    • Jakalski M, Wakaguri H, Kischka TG, Nishikawa Y, Kawazu S, Matsubayashi M, Kawahara F, Tsuji N, Cao S, Sunaga F, Xuan X, Okubo K, Igarashi I, Tuda J, Mongan AE, Eshita Y, Maeda R, Makalowski W, Suzuki Y & Yamagishi J (2015) DB-AT: A 2015 update to the full-parasites database brings a multitude of new transcriptomic data for apicomplexan parasites. Nucleic Acids Research 43: D631-6. 10.1093/nar/gku1240 [doi]
    • Kästner N, Richter SH, Lesch KP, Schreiber RS, Kaiser S & Sachser N (2015) Benefits of a "vulnerability gene"? A study in serotonin transporter knockout mice. Behavioural Brain Research 283: 116-120. 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.01.031 [doi]
    • Noll A, Grundmann N, Churakov G, Brosius J, Makalowski W & Schmitz J (2015) GPAC-genome presence/absence compiler: A web application to comparatively visualize multiple genome-level changes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 32: 275-286. 10.1093/molbev/msu276 [doi]
    • Noll A, Raabe CA, Churakov G, Brosius J & Schmitz J (2015) Ancient traces of tailless retropseudogenes in therian genomes. Genome Biology and Evolution 7: 889-900. 10.1093/gbe/evv040 [doi]
    • Sattin G, Bakiu R, Tolomeo AM, Carraro A, Coppola D, Ferro D, Patarnello T & Santovito G (2015) Characterization and expression of a new cytoplasmic glutathione peroxidase 1 gene in the antarctic fish trematomus bernacchii. Hydrobiologia 761: 363-372. 10.1007/s10750-015-2488-6 [doi]
    • Strauss LM, Dahms C, Becker K, Kramer A, Kaase M & Mellmann A (2015) Development and evaluation of a novel universal beta-lactamase gene subtyping assay for blaSHV, blaTEM and blaCTX-M using clinical and livestock-associated Escherichia coli. The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 70: 710-715. 10.1093/jac/dku450 [doi]
    • Tolomeo AM, Carraro A, Bakiu R, Toppo S, Place SP, Ferro D & Santovito G (2015) Peroxiredoxin 6 from the antarctic emerald rockcod: Molecular characterization of its response to warming. Journal of Comparative Physiology.B, Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology 10.1007/s00360-015-0935-3 [doi]
    • Warren WC, Jasinska AJ, Garcia-Perez R, Svardal H, Tomlinson C, Rocchi M, Archidiacono N, Capozzi O, Minx P, Montague MJ, Kyung K, Hillier LW, Kremitzki M, Graves T, Chiang C, Hughes J, Tran N, Wang Y, Ramensky V, Choi OW, Jung YJ, Schmitt CA, Juretic N, Wasserscheid J, Turner TR, Wiseman RW, Tuscher JJ, Karl JA, Schmitz JE, Zahn R, O'Connor DH, Redmond E, Nisbett A, Jacquelin B, Muller-Trutwin MC, Brenchley JM, Dione M, Antonio M, Schroth GP, Kaplan JR, Jorgensen MJ, Thomas GW, Hahn MW, Raney B, Aken B, Schmitz J, Churakov G, Noll A, Stanyon R, Webb D, Thibaud-Nissen F, Nordborg M, Marques-Bonet T, Dewar K, Weinstock GM, Wilson RK & Freimer NB (2015) The genome of the vervet (chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus). Genome Research 10.1101/gr.192922.115 [doi]

     

  • 2014

    • Franchi N, Piccinni E, Ferro D, Basso G, Spolaore B, Santovito G & Ballarin L (2014) Characterization and transcription studies of a phytochelatin synthase gene from the solitary tunicate ciona intestinalis exposed to cadmium. Aquatic Toxicology 152: 47-56. 10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.03.019 [doi]
    • Franke F, Rahn AK, Dittmar J, Erin N, Rieger JK, Haase D, Samonte-Padilla IE, Lange J, Jakobsen PJ, Hermida M, Fernandez C, Kurtz J, Bakker TC, Reusch TB, Kalbe M & Scharsack JP (2014) In vitro leukocyte response of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) to helminth parasite antigens. Fish & Shellfish Immunology 36: 130-140. 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.10.019 [doi]
    • Jakalski M, Wakaguri H, Kischka TG, Nishikawa Y, Kawazu S, Matsubayashi M, Kawahara F, Tsuji N, Cao S, Sunaga F, Xuan X, Okubo K, Igarashi I, Tuda J, Mongan AE, Eshita Y, Maeda R, Makalowski W, Suzuki Y & Yamagishi J (2015) DB-AT: A 2015 update to the full-parasites database brings a multitude of new transcriptomic data for apicomplexan parasites. Nucleic Acids Research 43: D631-D636. 10.1093/nar/gku1240 [doi]
    • Kutyrev IA, Franke F, Buscher J, Kurtz J & Scharsack JP (2014) In vitro effects of prostaglandin E2 on leucocytes from sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) infected and not infected with the cestode schistocephalus solidus. Fish & Shellfish Immunology 41: 473-481. 10.1016/j.fsi.2014.09.031 [doi]

     

  • 2013

    • Hartig G, Churakov G, Warren WC, Brosius J, Makalowski W & Schmitz J (2013) Retrophylogenomics place tarsiers on the evolutionary branch of anthropoids. Scientific Reports 3: 1756. 10.1038/srep01756 [doi]
    • Kerp H, Wellman C, Krings M, Kearney P & Hass H (2013) Reproductive organs and in situ spores of Asteroxylon mackiei kidston lang, the most complex plant from the lower devonian rhynie chert. International Journal of Plant Sciences 174: 293-308.
    • Scharsack JP, Gossens A, Franke F & Kurtz J (2013) Excretory products of the cestode, Schistocephalus solidus, modulate in vitro responses of leukocytes from its specific host, the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Fish & Shellfish Immunology 35: 1779-1787. 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.08.029 [doi]

  • 2012

    • Preuss C, Riemenschneider M, Wiedmann D & Stoll M (2012) Evolutionary dynamics of co-segregating gene clusters associated with complex diseases. PloS One 7: e36205. 10.1371/journal.pone.0036205 [doi]
    • Riemenschneider M, Preuss C & Stoll M (2012) Genetics of complex diseases: An evolutionary perspective. Current Topics in Genetics 5: 113-121. Publication on ResearchGate