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Biodiversitätsgenomik

Our task

The comparative analysis of genomes and transcriptomes is establishing itself as an elementary component of biodiversity research. New sequencing technologies as well as developments in analysis methods and algorithms enable us to analyze samples from collections and the environment, especially from non-model organisms, as well as entire populations.

The Comparative Genomics Section at the zmb analyzes biodiversity in an evolutionary context in an attempt to better understand phenotypic and genomic changes within vertebrates.

Linking genotype and phenotype

Dr. Astrid Böhne represents this section with outstanding expertise in the areas of de novo sequencing and assembly as well as comparative genome-wide analyses.
The focus of this section is on the genomic architecture of phenotypic novelties and adaptive traits as well as speciation processes.

Projects in the Comparative Genomics Section deal in detail with population dynamics, speciation, gene flow, hybridization, adaptation and conflicts between the sexes, especially in fish.

Biodiversity

We are interested in the origin, interaction and distribution of new species and focus in particular on extremely successful animal groups that are part of speciation hotspots and (adaptive) radiations but also invasive and hybridizing species to understand drivers and threats of biodiversity genomically.

Genome research at the zmb collaborates intensively with scientists from the sections Bioinformatic Genomics and Phylogenomics.

Contact person

Dr. habil. Astrid Böhne

  • Head of Section

Phone: +49 228 9122 365
E-Mail: a.boehne@leibniz-lib.de

Projects

Publications

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    2025

  • 2025/12

    Bein, B., Chrysostomakis, I., Arantes, L.S., Brown, T., Gerheim, C., Schell, T., Schneider, C., Leushkin, E., Chen, Z., Sigwart, J., Gonzalez, V., Wong, N.L.W.S., Santos, F.R., Blom, M.P.K., Mayer, F., Mazzoni, C.J., Böhne, A., Winkler, S., Greve, C., Hiller, M.

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    Long-read sequencing and genome assembly of natural history collection samples and challenging specimens

    Genome Biology, 1, 26

  • 2025/2

    López, H., Oromí, P., Belles, X., Ylla, G., Escudero, N., Fernández, R., Böhne, A., Gut, M., Aguilera, L., Alioto, T., Ferreira, F.C., Gómez-Garrido, J., Cruz, F., Monteiro, R.

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    ERGA-BGE Reference Genome of Loboptera subterranea: a cave adapted cockroach endemic to the Canary Islands

  • 2025/2

    Celik, T., Lokovsek, T., Buzan, E., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Fernandez, R., Escudero, N., Gut, M., Aguilera, L., Camara Ferreira, F., Cruz Rodriguez, F., Gomez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T.S., Bortoluzzi, C.

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    ERGA-BGE genome of Coenonympha oedippus: an IUCN endangered European butterfly species occurring in two ecotypes

  • 2025/2

    Smith, S.H., Kukowka, S., Böhne, A.

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    Investigation of sex determination in African cichlids reveals lack of fixed sex chromosomes in wild populations

    Journal of Evolutionary Biology

  • 2025/1

    Oriowo, T.O., Chrysostomakis, I., Martin, S., Kukowka, S., Brown, T., Winkler, S., Myers, E.W., Boehne, A., Stange, M.

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    A chromosome-level, haplotype-resolved genome assembly and annotation for the Eurasian minnow (Leuciscidae: Phoxinus phoxinus) provide evidence of haplotype diversity

    Gigascience, 14

  • 2025/1

    Mozer, A., Di‐Nizo, C.B., Consul, A., Huettel, B., Jäger, R., Akintayo, A., Erhardt, C., Fenner, L., Fischer, D., Forat, S., Gimnich, F., Grobe, P., Martin, S., Nathan, V., Saeed, A., von der Mark, L., Woehle, C., Olek, K., Misof, B., Astrin, J.J.

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    FOGS: A SNPSTR Marker Database to Combat Wildlife Trafficking and a Cell Culture Bank for Ex‐Situ Conservation

    Molecular Ecology resources

  • 2025/1

    Vila, M., Torrado-Blanco, L., Ryrholm, N., Romero-Pedreira, D., Conejero, M., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Marcussen, T., Oomen, R., Struck, T.H., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Ferreira, F.C., Rodriguez, F.C., Gómez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T.S., Bortoluzzi, C.

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    ERGA-BGE genome ofErebia palaricaChapman, 1905: a montane butterfly endemic to North-West Iberia

  • 2025/1

    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., Ferreira, F.C., Rodriguez, F.C., Gómez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T.S., Bortoluzzi, C.

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    ERGA-BGE genome of the Spanish Moon MothGraellsia isabellaeGraells, 1849: a nocturnal lepidopteran protected by the Habitats Directive

  • 2025/1

    Fernandez-Alvarez, F.A., Bernal-Bajo, A., Escudero, N., Conejero, M., Riesgo, A., Fernandez, R., Monteiro, R., Bohne, A., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Alioto, T.S., Ferreira, F.C., Cruz, F., Gomez-Garrido, J., Brown, T.

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    ERGA-BGE genome of Stigmatoteuthis arcturi Robson, 1948: the jewelled squid

  • 2025/1

    Chrysostomakis, I., Mozer, A., Bruno Di-Nizo, C., Fischer, D., Sargheini, N., von der Mark, L., Huettel, B., Astrin, J.J., Töpfer, T., Böhne, A.

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    A high-quality reference genome for the Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) enables investigations of cell cultures as a genomic resource for endangered species

  • 2025/1

    Pellicer, J., Garnatje, T., Vitales, D., Hidalgo, O., Valles, J., Garcia-Fernandez, A., Santos-Guerra, A., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Fernandez, R., Escudero, N., 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, ., Thomas, A., Jackson, B., Wood, J.M., Howe, K., Blaxter, M., McCarthy, S., Bortoluzzi, C.

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    ERGA-BGE genome of Cheirolophus tagananensis: an IUCN endangered shrub endemic to the Canary Islands

  • 2025/1

    Lavergne, S., Rosa, A., Peng, C., Monteiro, R., Böhne, A., Marcussen, T., Struck, T., Oomen, R.A., Genoscope Sequencing Team, ., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Téodori, E., Demirdjian, L., Wincker, P., Oliveira, P.H., Aury, J., Brown, T.

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    ERGA-BGE genome ofAndrosace saussureiDentant, Lavergne, F. C. Boucher & S. Ibanez, a recently described plant from the rooftops of Europe

  • 2025/1

    Vasileiadou, K., Manousaki, T., Dailianis, T., Skouradakis, G., Vernadou, E., Karakasi, D., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Genoscope Sequencing Team, ., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Demirdjian, L., Istace, B., Couloux, A., Wincker, P., Oliveira, P.H., Aury, J., Bortoluzzi, C.

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    ERGA-BGE genome ofPinctada radiata(Leach, 1814): one of the first Lessepsian migrants

  • 2025/1

    Galià-Camps, C., Pontes, M., Marcussen, T., Struck, T.H., Oomen, R., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Ferreira, F.C., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T.S., De Panis, D.

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    ERGA-BGE Reference Genome ofPhyllidia flava(Nudibranchia: Phyllidiidae), a Relict Species Endemic to the Mediterranean Sea

  • 2024

  • 2024/12

    Mc Cartney, A.M., Formenti, G., Mouton, A., De Panis, D., Marins, L.S., Leitão, H.G., Diedericks, G., Kirangwa, J., Morselli, M., Salces-Ortiz, J., Escudero, N., Iannucci, A., Natali, C., Svardal, H., Fernández, R., De Pooter, T., Joris, G., Strazisar, M., Wood, J.M.D., Herron, K.E., Seehausen, O., Watts, P.C., Shaw, F., Davey, R.P., Minotto, A., Fernández, J.M., Böhne, A., Alegria, C., Alioto, T., Alves, P.C., Amorim, I.R., Aury, J., Backstrom, N., Baldrian, P., Baltrunaite, L., Barta, E., BedHom, B., Belser, C., Bergsten, J., Bertrand, L., Bilandija, H., Binzer-Panchal, M., Bista, I., Blaxter, M., Borges, P.A.V., Dias, G.B., Bosse, M., Brown, T., Bruggmann, R., Buena-Atienza, E., Burgin, J., Buzan, E., Cariani, A., Casadei, N., Chiara, M., Chozas, S., Čiampor, F., Crottini, A., Cruaud, C., Cruz, F., Dalen, L., De Biase, A., del Campo, J., Delic, T., Dennis, A.B., Derks, M.F.L., Diroma, M.A., Djan, M., Duprat, S., Eleftheriadi, K., Feulner, P.G.D., Flot, J., Forni, G., Fosso, B., Fournier, P., Fournier-Chambrillon, C., Gabaldon, T., Garg, S., Gissi, C., Giupponi, L., Gomez-Garrido, J., González, J., Grilo, M.L., Grüning, B., Guerin, T., Guiglielmoni, N., Gut, M., Haesler, M.P., Hahn, C., Halpern, B., Harrison, P.W., Heintz, J., Hindrikson, M., Höglund, J., Howe, K., Hughes, G.M., Istace, B., Cock, M.J., Janžekovič, F., Jonsson, Z.O., Joye-Dind, S., Koskimäki, J.J., Krystufek, B., Kubacka, J., Kuhl, H., Kusza, S., Labadie, K., Lähteenaro, M., Lantz, H., Lavrinienko, A., Leclère, L., Lopes, R.J., Madsen, O., Magdelenat, G., Magoga, G., Manousaki, T., Mappes, T., Marques, J.P., Redondo, G.I.M., Maumus, F., McCarthy, S.A., Megens, H., Melo-Ferreira, J., Mendes, S.L., Montagna, M., Moreno, J., Mosbech, M., Moura, M., Musilova, Z., Myers, E., Nash, W.J., Nater, A., Nicholson, P., Niell, M., Nijland, R., Noel, B., Noren, K., Oliveira, P.H., Olsen, R., Ometto, L., Oomen, R.A., Ossowski, S., Palinauskas, V., Palsson, S., Panibe, J.P., Pauperio, J., Pavlek, M., Payen, E., Pawlowska, J., Pellicer, J., Pesole, G., Pimenta, J., Pippel, M., Pirttilä, A.M., Poulakakis, N., Rajan, J., M.C. Rego, R., Resendes, R., Resl, P., Riesgo, A., Rodin-Morch, P., Soares, A.E.R., Fernandes, C.R., Romeiras, M.M., Roxo, G., Rüber, L., Ruiz-Lopez, M.J., Saarma, U., da Silva, L.P., Sim-Sim, M., Soler, L., Sousa, V.C., Santos, C.S., Spada, A., Stefanovic, M., Steger, V., Stiller, J., Stöck, M., Struck, T.H., Sudasinghe, H., Tapanainen, R., Tellgren-Roth, C., Trindade, H., Tukalenko, Y., Urso, I., Vacherie, B., Van Belleghem, S.M., Van Oers, K., Vargas-Chavez, C., Velickovic, N., Vella, N., Vella, A., Vernesi, C., Vicente, S., Villa, S., Pettersson, O.V., Volckaert, F.A.M., Voros, J., Wincker, P., Winkler, S., Ciofi, C., Waterhouse, R.M., Mazzoni, C.J.

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    The European Reference Genome Atlas: piloting a decentralised approach to equitable biodiversity genomics

    npj Biodiversity, 1, 3

  • 2024/12

    Böhne, A., Fernández, R., Leonard, J.A., McCartney, A.M., McTaggart, S., Melo-Ferreira, J., Monteiro, R., Oomen, R.A., Vinnere Pettersson, O., Struck, T.H.

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    Contextualising samples: supporting reference genomes of European biodiversity through sample and associated metadata collection

    npj Biodiversity, 1, 3

  • 2024/12

    Dietz, L., Kukowka, S., Eberle, J., Mayer, C., Niehuis, O., Podsiadlowski, L., Ahrens, D.

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    Museomics reveal origins of East African Pleophylla forest chafers and Miocene forest connectivity

    Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 201

  • 2024/12

    Lozano-Fernandez, J., Domènech, M., Ibos, A., Marcussen, T., Struck, T.H., Oomen, R., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T.S., De Panis, D.

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    ERGA-BGE Reference Genome of Gluvia dorsalis: An Endemic Sun Spider from Iberian Arid Regions

  • 2024/12

    Janžekovič, F., Buzan, E., Bončina, A., Escudero, N., Fernández, R., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Ferreira, F.C., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T.S., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., De Panis, D.

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    ERGA-BGE Reference Genome of the Striped Field Mouse (Apodemus agrarius), a Widespread and Abundant Species in Central and Eastern Europe

  • 2024/11

    Buzan, E., Bončina, A., Pokorny, B., Escudero, N., Fernández, R., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Gut, M., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T.S., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., De Panis, D.

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    ERGA-BGE Reference Genome of the Northern chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra): Europe’s most abundant mountain ungulate

  • 2024/10

    Wantania, L.L., Koppetsch, T., Möhring, J., Miesen, F.W., Wowor, D., Boneka, F., Herder, F.

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    Sulawesi stream fish communities depend on connectivity and habitat diversity

    Journal of Fish Biology

  • 2024/10

    Peters, R., Rduch, V.

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    German Barcode of Life, Entdeckung und Beschreibung neuer Arten

  • 2024/10

    The ASV Registry: a place for ASVs to be

    Metabarcoding and Metagenomics, 8

  • 2024/8

    Vogel, J., Forshage, M., Bartsch, S.B., Ankermann, A., Mayer, C., Falkenhausen, P.v., Rduch, V., Müller, B., Braun, C., Krammer, H., Peters, R.S.

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    Integrative characterisation of the Northwestern European species of Anacharis Dalman, 1823 (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Figitidae) with the description of three new species

    Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 97

  • 2024/8

    Rduch, V., Dey, L., Ghazaryan, A., Husemann, M., Iankoshvili, G., Krammer, H., Lambrecht, M., Marabuto, E., Mengual, X., Müller, B., Peters, R., Rulik, B., Salden, T., Silva-Brandao, K.L., Espeland, M., Thormann, J., Töpfer, T., Weiss, C., Zyla, D., Hein, N.

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    Exkursion in den Kaukasus: Der CaBOL BioBlitz 2022 in Armenien und Georgien

Employees

  • MSc Aryadevi Anitha Shaji

    zmb Comparative Genomics - Vertebrates Doctoral candidate

    Phone: +49 228 9122 407
    E-mail: a.shaji@leibniz-lib.de

  • Dr. habil. Astrid Böhne

    zmb Comparative Genomics - Vertebrates Scientist

    Phone: +49 228 9122 365
    E-mail: a.boehne@leibniz-lib.de

  • MSc Nina Casillas

    zmb Comparative Genomics - Vertebrates Doctoral candidate

    Phone: +49 228 9122 379
    E-mail: n.casillas@leibniz-lib.de

  • MSc Ioannis Chrysostomakis

    zmb Comparative Genomics - Vertebrates Doctoral candidate

    Phone: +49 228 9122 369
    E-mail: i.chrysostomakis@leibniz-lib.de

  • MSc Kevin Hsiung

    zmb Comparative Genomics - Vertebrates Doctoral candidate

    Phone: +49 228 9122 369
    E-mail: k.hsiung@leibniz-lib.de

  • MSc Sophie Smith

    zmb Comparative Genomics - Vertebrates Doctoral candidate

    Phone: +49 228 9122 369
    E-mail: s.smith@leibniz-lib.de

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