New experimental and data processing techniques offer us completely new possibilities to compare organisms at the genomic level and thus understand how genomes evolve and how new phenotypic characteristics develop. This makes it possible to understand the development and change of biodiversity itself. Insects, as the most species-rich group of higher eukaryotes, are a particularly promising system for uncovering the complexities of evolutionary innovation.
Projects
BIGFOOT - BIodiversity decline's Genomic FOOTprint
Management: Dr. habil. Astrid Böhne
Genomics of the stingless bee
Management: Dr. Eckart Stolle
Development of kleptoparasitism
Management: Dr. Eckart Stolle
Provenance research at the Museum Koenig
Management: Dr. André Koch
Phenotypic evolution in bumblebees
Management: Dr. Eckart Stolle
Thelytokia in honey bees
Management: Dr. Eckart Stolle
The most important insect leg of mankind
Management: Dr. Eckart Stolle
Publications
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2024/6
Comparative Evolutionary Genomics in Insects
2024/4
Picking pearls from the Silk Road: Insights into the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the Caucasus Barcode of Life (CaBOL) project. Part III
Caucasiana, 3
2023/12
Metazoa‐level USCOs as markers in species delimitation and classification
Molecular Ecology resources, 3, 24
2023/10
Prevalent bee venom genes evolved before the aculeate stinger and eusociality
BMC Biology, 1, 21
2023/8
Trouble in the tropics: Pathogen spillover is a threat for native stingless bees
Biological conservation, 284
2023/8
Reference genome sequence of the solitary bee Camptopoeum friesei Mocsáry, 1894 (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae)
bioRxiv
2023/2
Population Genomics for Insect Conservation
Annual review of animal biosciences, 1, 11
2022/12
No supergene despite social polymorphism in the big-headed ant Pheidole pallidula
bioRxiv
2022/3
Recurring adaptive introgression of a supergene variant that determines social organization
Nature communications, 1, 13
2022/1
Bee core venom genes predominantly originated before aculeate stingers evolved
bioRxiv
2022/1
A common venomous ancestor? Prevalent bee venom genes evolved before the aculeate stinger while few major toxins are bee-specific
bioRxiv
2021/12
Thrice out of Asia and the adaptive radiation of the western honey bee
Science advances, 49, 7
2021/6
Transcriptomic signatures of ageing vary in solitary and social forms of an orchid bee
Genome biology and evolution, 6, 13
2021/5
Parameter exploration improves the accuracy of long-read genome assembly
bioRxiv
2020/8
Genomic architecture and evolutionary antagonism drive allelic expression bias in the social supergene of red fire ants
eLife, 9
2020/7
Brain microRNAs among social and solitary bees
Royal Society Open Science, 7, 7
2020/5
Developmental plasticity shapes social traits and selection in a facultatively eusocial bee
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 24, 117
2020/0
Rote Listen Sachsen-Anhalt: Schwebfliegen (Diptera: Syrphidae)
Berichte des Landesamtes für Umweltschutz Sachsen-Anhalt, 1
2020/0
Rote Listen Sachsen-Anhalt: Stechwespen (Hymenoptera: Aculeata)
Berichte des Landesamtes für Umweltschutz Sachsen-Anhalt, 1
2019/3
Caste‐ and pesticide‐specific effects of neonicotinoid pesticide exposure on gene expression in bumblebees
Molecular Ecology, 8, 28
2019/3
Draft Genome Assembly and Population Genetics of an Agricultural Pollinator, the Solitary Alkali Bee (Halictidae: Nomia melanderi)
G3, 3, 9
2019/1
A Single SNP Turns a Social Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Worker into a Selfish Parasite
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 3, 36
2018/12
Degenerative Expansion of a Young Supergene
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 3, 36
2017/6
Microsatellite analysis supports the existence of three cryptic species within the bumble bee Bombus lucorum sensu lato
Conservation Genetics, 18
2017/1
Fire ant social chromosomes: Differences in number, sequence and expression of odorant binding proteins
Evolution Letters, 1
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Employees
Nathalie Brenner
zmb Comparative Genomics - Insects Doctoral candidatePhone: +49 228 9122 407
E-mail: n.brenner@leibniz-lib.deXuejing Hu
zmb Comparative Genomics - Insects Doctoral candidatePhone: +49 228 9122 407
E-mail: x.hu@leibniz-lib.deMSc Elisabeth Karalashvili
zmb Comparative Genomics - Insects Doctoral candidatePhone: +49 228 9122 379
E-mail: e.karalashvili@leibniz-lib.deJohanna Pieplow
zmb Comparative Genomics - Insects Doctoral candidatePhone: +49 228 9122 407
E-mail: j.pieplow@leibniz-lib.deDr. Eckart Stolle
zmb Comparative Genomics - Insects ScientistPhone: +49 228 9122 421
E-mail: e.stolle@leibniz-libManwen Su
zmb Comparative Genomics - Insects Doctoral candidatePhone: +49 228 9122 407
E-mail: m.su@leibniz-lib.de