Astrid Böhne

Research interests

As a molecular and evolutionary biologist, I am fascinated by the phenotypic diversity on our planet. I combine molecular data such as genome or transcriptome sequences with bioinformatics to understand how genomes and their evolutionary changes contribute to apparent phenotypic differences.

My search for patterns in genomes that contribute to biodiversity motivates my research, which generally involves molecular biology, comparative and evolutionary genomics, transcriptome analyses and speciation research.

One of my current research foci is on one of the most important phenotypic differences that can exist within a species, that between the sexes. I am investigating this phenomenon in the largest vertebrate group, the fish. Here I am primarily concerned with the evolution of sex chromosomes and their influence on speciation.

In my group, we also study other adaptations of vertebrate groups and try to link these to patterns in the genome. In several projects we deal with collection material and try to obtain as much genetic information as possible. This helps us to record changes in genetic diversity along different time scales.

Projects

SynSex - Sexual selection and conflict in Syngnathidae
Management: Dr. habil. Astrid Böhne
BIGFOOT - BIodiversity decline's Genomic FOOTprint
Management: Dr. habil. Astrid Böhne
ColLomic
Management: Dr. habil. Astrid Böhne
ERGA - The European Reference Genome Atlas
Management: Dr. habil. Astrid Böhne
BGE - Biodiversity Genomics Europe
Management: Dr. habil. Astrid Böhne
Hybrid swarm evolution in minnows
Management: Dr. Madlen Stange
Sex chromosomes in cichlids
Management: Dr. habil. Astrid Böhne

Publications

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2026

2026/06
Tünde Nyíri, V., Sramkó, G., Cserkész, T., Szatmári, L., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Marcussen, T., Oomen, R.A., Struck, T.H., Melo-Ferreira, J., Pimenta, J., Gut, M., Aguilera, L., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T.S., Martin, F., Sinha, S., Haggerty, L., Bortoluzzi, C.
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of the European hamster (Cricetuscricetus), an IUCN critically endangered species of the Eurasian steppe
Open Research Europe, 6
2026/06
Manousaki, T., Dendrinos, P., Vasileiadou, K., Sarropoulou, X., Tsigenopoulos, C.S., Dailianis, T., Tounta, E., Vogiatzis, N., Komnenou, A., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Bunikis, I., Tellgren-Roth, C., Mosbech, M., Dias, G.B., Vinnere Pettersson, O., Bortoluzzi, C.
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachusmonachus), an IUCN Vulnerable species
Open Research Europe, 6
2026/05
Bolanakis, G., Karakasi, D., Bitzilekis, E., Stratakis, M., Trichas, A., Lymberakis, P., Poulakakis, N., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Genoscope Sequencing Team, ., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Demirdjian, L., Téodori, E., Wincker, P., H. Oliveira, P., Aury, J., Bortoluzzi, C.
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ERGA-BGE genome of Dailognathaquadricollis, an East Mediterranean darkling beetle
Open Research Europe, 5
2026/05
Struck, T.H., Marcussen, T., Böhne, A., Fernández, R., Melo-Ferreira, J., Florent, I., Gissi, C., de Guttry, C., Leonard, J.A., McTaggart, S., Mazzoni, C.J., Monteiro, R., Vinnere Pettersson, O., Pimenta, J., Pohjoismäki, J., Reichel, K., Tarieiev, A., Oomen, R.A.
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An automated decision-making procedure for ranking and selecting species in biodiversity projects
npj Biodiversity
2026/05
De Keyzer, E.L.R., Herder, F., Böhne, A., Campuzano Jiménez, F., Burskaia, V., Kukowka, S., Tracey, A., Denton, A., Oatley, G., Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life, p., Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations, D.P.c., Tree of Life, C.I.c., Mokodongan, D.F., Wowor, D., Svardal, H.
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Ancient and recent riverine gene flow contributed to the adaptive radiation of sailfin silversides in Wallace's Dreampond
Molecular Ecology
2026/05
Taboada, S., Gracia-Sancha, C., Galià-Camps, C., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Marcussen, T., Oomen, R.A., Struck, T.H., Gut, M., Aguilera, L., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T.S., Martin, F., Lazar, A., Haggerty, L., Bortoluzzi, C.
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of Xylophaga dorsalis - a common deep-sea wood-boring bivalve with Atlantic-Mediterranean distribution
Open Research Europe, 6
2026/04
Maurstad, M.F., Kusy, D., Undheim, E.A.B., Jakobsen, K.S., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Marcussen, T., Struck, T.H., Oomen, R.A., Bunikis, I., Tellgren-Roth, C., Heintz, J., Häggqvist, S., Jonsäll, L., Lager, N., Larva, T., Mosbech, M., Pippel, M., Vinnere Pettersson, O., Bortoluzzi, C.
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of Osmylusfulvicephalus, the giant stream lacewing, Europe's representative of the family Osmylidae
Open Research Europe, 6
2026/03
Schlebusch, S.A., Trifonov, V., Halenková, Z., Klianitskaya, M., Dedukh, D., Ruiz-Herrera, A., Álvarez-González, L., Pujol, G., Hřibová, E., Andjel, L., Bartoš, O., Pajer, P., Tichopád, T., Kulik, D., Kotusz, J., Kaštánková Doležálková, M., Böhne, A., Marta, A., Horna, P., Reifová, R., Guiguen, Y., Kuhl, H., Pačes, J., Janko, K.
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Sex chromosome turnover and structural genome divergence shapes meiotic outcomes in hybridising Cobitis
Gigascience
2026/03
Kozel, P., Bončina, A., Bužan, E., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Gut, M., Aguilera, L., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T.S., Martin, F., Paola Barrera Enriquez, V., Haggerty, L., Bortoluzzi, C.
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ERGA-BGE genome of Leiobunumsubalpinum - a montane-subalpine harvestman species endemic to the eastern Alps
Open Research Europe, 6
2026/03
Salces-Ortiz, J., Eleftheriadi, K., Fernandez-Álvarez, F.Á., Fernández, R., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Marcussen, T., H. Struck, T., A. Oomen, R., Gut, M., Aguilera, L., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., S. Alioto, T., Martin, F., Lazar, A., Haggerty, L., Bortoluzzi, C.
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of Phorcus turbinatus - a water quality biomarker and species distributed along the Mediterranean coast
Open Research Europe, 6
2026/03
Heil, K., Alioto, T., Böhne, A., Brown, T., Chadwick, E., Chua, P., de Guttry, C., De Panis, D., Goble, C., Gut, I., Gut, M., Juty, N., McTaggart, S., Najera-Cortazar, L., Paupério, J., Rewicz, T., Shaw, F., Soiland-Reyes, S., Waterhouse, R., Woollard, P., Vos, R.
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Integrating the biodiversity genomics continuum: harmonising data from barcodes to reference genomes
Research Ideas and Outcomes, 12
2026/03
Lopes, R.J., Böhne, A., Marcussen, T., Oomen, R.A., Struck, T.H., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T.S., Monteiro, R.
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of the Azores Bullfinch - Pyrrhula murina Godman, 1866: an IUCN vulnerable species endemic to a single island in the Azores Archipelago (Portugal)
Open Research Europe, 5
2026/03
Vasileiadou, K., Manousaki, T., Böhne, A., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Genoscope Sequencing Team, ., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Demirdjian, L., Istace, B., Couloux, A., Wincker, P., H. Oliveira, P., Aury, J., Monteiro, R.
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of Diadema setosum: the Black Longspine Urchin invading the Mediterranean sea
Open Research Europe, 6
2026/02
Koureas, D., Beja, P., Blaxter, M., Böhne, A., Bourlat, S., Ekrem, T., Emerson, B., Heil, K., Melo-Ferreira, J., Price, B., Vos, R., Addink, W., Alioto, T., Aravanopoulos, F., Astrin, J., Aury, J., Barnes, I., Bruschini, C., Buzan, E., Cochrane, G., Cserkész, T., Dailianis, T., Duijm, E., Dunshea, G., Fernández, R., Ferreira, S., Formenti, G., Fratini, S., Gkagkavouzis, K., Goble, C., Grabowski, M., Grüning, B., Gut, I., Gut, M., Harrison, P., Hausmann, A., Höglund, J., Iacolina, L., Iannucci, A., Jakobsen, K., Kõljalg, U., Lantz, H., Lewin, H., Macher, J., Manousaki, T., Martin, F., Mengual, X., Oliveira, P., Oomen, R., Raupach, M., Riesgo, A., Roest Crollius, H., Somogyi, A., Struck, T., Svardal, H., Tooming-Klunderud, A., Triantafyllidis, A., Vinnere Pettersson, O., Wagner, M., Wincker, P., Yan, N., Alonso, J., Casino, A., Ciofi, C., Daňková, G., Hollingsworth, P., Lawniczak, M., Mazzoni, C., Waterhouse, R.
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Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE) Project – Abridged Grant Proposal
Research Ideas and Outcomes, 12
2026/02
Oriowo, T.O., Smith, S., Thormann, J., Sternberg, N., Böhne, A., Stange, M.
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Different sex determination systems in two closely related Eurasian minnow (Phoxinus) species
Heredity
2026/02
Fraser, B., Gasparini, C., Santi, F., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Marcussen, T., Oomen, R.A., Struck, T.H., Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory Team, ., Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations, ., Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics Team, ., Denton, A., Howard, C., Howe, K., Blaxter, M., McCarthy, S., Wood, J.M.D., Martin, F., Sinha, S., Haggerty, L., Bortoluzzi, C.
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of Gambusiaholbrooki, a globally invasive freshwater fish
Open Research Europe, 6
2026/02
Antaloudaki, E., Karakasi, D., Stratakis, M., Bitzilekis, E., Lymberakis, P., Poulakakis, N., Manousaki, T., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Genoscope Sequencing Team, ., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Demirdjian, L., Wincker, P., Oliveira, P.H., Aury, J., Martin, F., Barrera Enriquez, V.P., Haggerty, L., Bortoluzzi, C.
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of Carlina diae, an endemic spineless thistle of Crete, Greece
Open Research Europe, 6
2026/01
Novo, M., Marchán, D.F., Gérard, S., Navarro, A.M., Monteiro, R., Böhne, A., Marcussen, T., Struck, T.H., Oomen, R.A., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Ferreira, F.C., Gómez-Garrido, J., Cruz, F., Alioto, T., Lazar, A., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., Brown, T.
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ERGA-BGE Genome of Ailoscolex lacteospumosus Bouché, 1969 – the enigmatic milky worm endemic to the Pyrenees
Open Research Europe, 6
2026/01
Karakasi, D., Vardinoyannis, K., Bolanakis, G., Bitzilekis, E., Stratakis, M., Lymberakis, P., Poulakakis, N., Monteiro, R., Böhne, A., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Genoscope Sequencing Team, ., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Demirdjian, L., N’dar, A., Tricomi, F.F., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., Wincker, P., Oliveira, P.H., Aury, J., Brown, T.
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ERGA-BGE genome of Albinariateres (Olivier, 1801): a rock-dwelling land snail endemic to the island of Crete, Greece
Open Research Europe, 6
2026/01
Reichel, K., Pohjoismäki, J., Astrin, J., Böhne, A., Bortoluzzi, C., Bužan, E., del Campo, J., Ciofi, C., Di Nizo, C., Divakar, P.K., Greve, C., Hampl, V., Hilgers, L., Laine, V.N., Leonard, J.A., Lozano-Fernandez, J., Lukić Bilela, L., Mazzoni, C.J., McCartney, A.M., Melo-Ferreira, J., Monteiro, R., Oomen, R.A., Pavlek, M., Pimenta, J., Rindos, M., Seehausen, O., Tarieiev, A., Tomasello, S., Vinnere Pettersson, O., Waterhouse, R.M., Weber, A.A.-T., Zinenko, O., de Guttry, C.
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From permits to samples: Addressing key challenges for high-quality reference genome generation in Europe
Molecular Ecology resources, 2, 26
2026/01
Vila Taboada, M., Torrado-Blanco, L., Ryrholm, N., Romero-Pedreira, D., Conejero, M., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Marcussen, T., A. Oomen, R., H. Struck, T., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., S. Alioto, T., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., Bortoluzzi, C.
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ERGA-BGE genome of Erebia palarica Chapman, 1905: a montane butterfly endemic to North-West Spain
Open Research Europe, 6

2025

2025/12
Manzano-Marín, A., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Marcussen, T., Struck, T.H., Oomen, R.A., Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory Team, ., Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations, ., Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics Team, ., Howard, C., Howe, K., Blaxter, M., McCarthy, S., Wood, J.M.D., Martin, F., Lazar, A., Haggerty, L., Bortoluzzi, C.
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of Hirudoverbana, a once neglected freshwater haematophagous European medicinal leech
Open Research Europe, 5
2025/11
Verdes, A., Alvarez-Campos, P., Conejero, M., Riesgo, A., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Palma-Guerrero, J., Fernández, R., Gut, M., Aguilera, L., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., S. Alioto, T., Bortoluzzi, C.
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of the lineid heteronemertean Lineuslacteus (Pilidiophora, Nemertea)
Open Research Europe, 5
2025/11
Bolanakis, G., Karakasi, D., Trichas, A., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Bitzilekis, E., Stratakis, M., Lymberakis, P., Poulakakis, N., Genoscope Sequencing Team, ., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Demirdjian, L., Duprat, S., Téodori, E., Wincker, P., H. Oliveira, P., Aury, J., Haggerty, L., Sinha, S., Martin, F., Bortoluzzi, C.
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ERGA-BGE genome of Dendarusforaminosus: an IUCN Least Concern darkling beetle endemic to Crete (Greece)
Open Research Europe, 5
2025/11
Lavergne, S., Rosa, Z., Peng, C., Monteiro, R., Böhne, A., Marcussen, T., Struck, T.H., Oomen, R.A., Genoscope Sequencing Team, ., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Téodori, E., Demirdjian, L., Wincker, P., Oliveira, P.H., Aury, J., Barrera Enriquez, V.P., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., Brown, T.
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ERGA-BGE genome of Androsacesaussurei Dentant, Lavergne, F. C. Boucher & S. Ibanez, a recently described plant from the rooftops of Europe
Open Research Europe, 5
2025/11
Tomasello, S., Manzo, E., Monteiro, R., Böhne, A., Marcussen, T., Struck, T.H., Oomen, R.A., Genoscope Sequencing Team, ., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Demirdjian, L., N’dar, A., Wincker, P., Oliveira, P.H., Aury, J., Barrera Enriquez, V.P., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., Brown, T.
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ERGA-BGE genome of Xanthiumorientale subsp. italicum (Moretti) Greuter. A plant of American origin, now widespread and, in some cases, invasive in Europe
Open Research Europe, 5
2025/11
Gregorič, M., Bužan, E., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Gut, M., Aguilera, L., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., S. Alioto, T., Bortoluzzi, C.
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of Leviellus thorelli, a common orb-weaving spider representing the Zygiellidae family
Open Research Europe, 5
2025/11
Aguado-Ramsay, P., Lara, F., Draper, I., Conejero, M., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Marcussen, T., H. Struck, T., A. Oomen, R., Genomescope Sequencing Team, ., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Demirdjian, L., Téodori, E., Wincker, P., H. Oliveira, P., Aury, J., Bortoluzzi, C.
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of Lewinskya acuminata, a common epiphytic Mediterranean moss with disjunct populations in California and Ethiopia
Open Research Europe, 5
2025/11
Struck, T.H., Marcussen, T., Böhne, A., Fernández, R., Melo-Ferreira, J., Florent, I., Gissi, C., Guttry, C., Leonard, J.A., McTaggart, S., Mazzoni, C., Monteiro, R., Pettersson, O.V., Pimenta, J., Pohjoismäki, J., Reichel, K., Tarieiev, A., Oomen, R.A.
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An automated decision-making procedure for ranking and selecting species in biodiversity projects
2025/11
Faria, R., Nieto Vilela, R., Lima, F.P., Monteiro, R., Böhne, A., Marcussen, T., Struck, T.H., Oomen, R.A., Gut, M., Aguilera, L., Alioto, T., Câmara Ferreira, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Cruz, F., Lazar, A., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., Brown, T.
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ERGA-BGE genome of Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758: a resource to investigate responses to global warming in the intertidal
Open Research Europe, 5
2025/10
Verdes, A., Alvarez-Campos, P., Conejero, M., Riesgo, A., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Palma-Guerrero, J., Fernández, R., Gut, M., Aguilera, L., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., S. Alioto, T., Bortoluzzi, C.
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of the lineid heteronemertean Lineuslacteus (Pilidiophora, Nemertea)
Open Research Europe, 5
2025/10
Aurelle, D., Guillemain, D., Zuberer, F., Malengros, D., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Marcussen, T., Struck, T.H., A. Oomen, R., Genoscope Sequencing Team, ., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Demirdjian, L., Belser, C., Wincker, P., H. Oliveira, P., Aury, J., Bortoluzzi, C.
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of Eunicella cavolini, an IUCN Near Threatened Gorgonian of the Mediterranean Sea
Open Research Europe, 5
2025/10
Hsiung, K., Smith, S.H., Böhne, A.
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ZW and XY sex chromosomes drive rapid and distinctive evolution of sex-biased gene expression
Molecular Ecology
2025/09
Vila, M., Marí-Mena, N., Vila, R., Riesgo, A., García-Souto, D., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Marcussen, T., Oomen, R., Struck, T.H., Gut, M., Aguilera, L., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., S. Alioto, T., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., Bortoluzzi, C.
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ERGA-BGE genome of the Spanish moon moth Actias isabellae Graells, 1849: a nocturnal lepidopteran protected by the Habitats Directive
Open Research Europe, 5

Research interests

Projects

SynSex - Sexual selection and conflict in Syngnathidae

BIGFOOT - BIodiversity decline's Genomic FOOTprint

ColLomic

ERGA - The European Reference Genome Atlas

BGE - Biodiversity Genomics Europe

Hybrid swarm evolution in minnows

Sex chromosomes in cichlids

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