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Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research (zmb)

Reading out genetic information

DNA and RNA contain a wealth of information about how changes in nature affect organisms and the extent to which all species and strains of life are related to each other. By reading out genetic information, natural reservoirs of potential pathogens can also be decoded. At the Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research (zmb) , our scientists use a comprehensive technical infrastructure.

 

Methods and techniques

Using various methods and techniques, some of which they have developed themselves, they generate molecular reference data and analyse samples from recent monitoring programmes as well as historical specimens from scientific collections. The information obtained provides them with the basis for analysing molecular and morphological changes in species or for differentiating between species.

Biobank

The enormous amounts of data generated during sequencing are analysed on our own high-performance computers, linked together and processed for further investigations. The biobank at the zmb stores tens of thousands of valuable tissue, DNA and RNA samples as well as thousands of cell cultures in ultra-low temperatures as a collection for future generations of researchers.

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Prof. Dr. Alexander Suh

  • Head of Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research (zmb)
  • Head of Section Molecular Biodiversity

Phone: +49 228 9122 289
E-Mail: a.suh@leibniz-lib.de

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    2025

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    Jeffries, D., Benvenuto, C., Böhne, A., Fraisse, C., Garcia, S., Jay, P., Kratochvíl, L., McDonough-Goldstein, C.E., Ruiz-Herrera, A., Sotero-Caio, C.G., Valenzuela, N., Wilson, M.A., Tree of Sex Consortium, ., Jaron, K.S.

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  • 2025/5

    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., Haggerty, L., Sinha, S., Martin, F., De Panis, D.

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    ERGA-BGE reference genome of Gluviadorsalis: An endemic sun spider from Iberian arid regions

  • 2025/5

    Letsch, H., Greve, C., Hundsdoerfer, A.K., Irisarri, I., Moore, J.M., Espeland, M., Wanke, S., Arifin, U., Blom, M.P.K., Corrales, C., Donath, A., Fritz, U., Köhler, G., Kück, P., Lemer, S., Mengual, X., Salas, N.M., Meusemann, K., Palandačić, A., Printzen, C., Sigwart, J.D., Silva-Brandão, K.L., Simões, M., Stange, M., Suh, A., Szucsich, N., Tilic, E., Töpfer, T., Böhne, A., Janke, A., Pauls, S.

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    Type genomics: a Framework for integrating Genomic Data into Biodiversity and Taxonomic research

    Systematic Biology

  • 2025/4

    Hadrava, J., Klečka, J., Moran, K., Klečková, I., Kelso, S., Etzbauer, C., Skevington, J.H., Mengual, X.

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    The evolution of wasp mimicry and biogeography in the genus Temnostoma (Diptera: Syrphidae)

    Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 205

  • 2025/4

    Carranza, S., Fernández-Guiberteau, D., Blasón, L., Palma-Guerrero, J., Fernández, R., Monteiro, R., Böhne, A., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T., Haggerty, L., Sinha, S., Martin, F., De Panis, D.

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    ERGA-BGE reference genome of the Western Montpellier Snake (Malpolonmonspessulanus), a key species for evolutionary and venom studies

  • 2025/4

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

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

  • 2025/4

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

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    ERGA-BGE reference genome of the Striped Field Mouse (Apodemusagrarius), a widespread and abundant species in Central and Eastern Europe

  • 2025/4

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

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

  • 2025/4

    Vasileiadou, K., Manousaki, T., Dailianis, T., Skouradakis, G., Vernadou, E., Karakasi, D., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Team, G.S., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Demirdjian, L., Téodori, E., Duprat, S., Wincker, P., Oliveira, P.H., Aury, J., Haggerty, L., Sinha, S., Martin, F., Bortoluzzi, C.

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    ERGA-BGE genome of Noah`s Ark shell (Arcanoae Linnaeus, 1758), a Mediterranean bivalve species

  • 2025/4

    Pellicer, J., Garnatje, T., Vitales, D., Hidalgo, O., Vallès, J., García-Fernández, A., Santos-Guerra, A., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Samples and Laboratory Team, W.S.I.T.o.L.M., Sequencing Operations, W.S.I.S.O., Tree of Life Core Informatics Team, W.S.I., Thomas, A., Jackson, B., Wood, J.M., Howe, K., Blaxter, M., McCarthy, S., Haggerty, L., Sinha, S., Martin, F., Bortoluzzi, C.

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

  • 2025/4

    Schell, T., Greve, C., Podsiadlowski, L.

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    Establishing genome sequencing and assembly for non-model and emerging model organisms: a brief guide

    Frontiers in Zoology, 1, 22

  • 2025/4

    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 programme, ., Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: DNA Pipelines collective, ., Tree of Life Core Informatics collective, ., Mokodongan, D.F., Wowor, D., Svardal, H.

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    Multiple instances of river-lake introgression in the adaptive radiation of sailfin silversides in Wallace’s Dreampond

  • 2025/4

    Čelik, T., Lokovšek, T., 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., Haggerty, L., Sinha, S., Martin, F., Bortoluzzi, C.

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

  • 2025/4

    Schlebusch, S.A., Trifonov, V., Halenková, Z., Klianitskaya, M., Dedukh, D., Ruiz Herrera, A., Álvarez González, L., Pujol Infantes, 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., Pačes, J., Janko, K.

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    Sex Chromosome Turnover and Structural Interspecific Genome Divergence Shapes Meiotic Outcomes in HybridizingCobitis

  • 2025/3

    Kück, P., Wilkinson, M., Romahn, J., Seidel, N., Meusemann, K., Wägele, J.

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    Unraveling myriapod evolution: sealion, a novel quartet-based approach for evaluating phylogenetic uncertainty

    NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, 1, 7

  • 2025/3

    Arsic, P., Mayer, C.

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    Ali-U-Net: A Convolutional Transformer Neural Net for Multiple Sequence Alignment of DNA Sequences. A proof of concept

  • 2025/3

    Möhring, J., Hüllen, S., Martin, S., Mokodongan, D.F., Wowor, D., Schwarzer, J., Herder, F.

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    Increased phenotypic diversity as a consequence of ecological opportunity in the island radiation of Sulawesi ricefishes (Teleostei: Adrianichthyidae)

    BMC Ecology and Evolution, 1, 25

  • 2025/3

    STÜBEN, P.E., JAPARASHVILI, S., DALLAKYAN, M., ASTRIN, J.J.

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    Three new species of flightless Cryptorhynchinae from the Caucasus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

    Zootaxa, 2, 5601

  • 2025/3

    Lymberakis, P., Karakasi, D., Papadimitrakis, M., Monteiro, R., Böhne, A., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Aury, J., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Mangenot, S., Belser, C., Demirdjian, L., Sinha, S., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., Wincker, P., Oliveira, P.H., Brown, T.

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    ERGA-BGE genome of Acomysminous (Bate, 1906): the Crete spiny mouse, endemic to the island of Crete, Greece

  • 2025/3

    Ventura, M., Franch, N., Fernández, R., Palma-Guerrero, J., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Alioto, T.S., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., Brown, T.

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    ERGA-BGE genome of Valenciahispanica (Valenciennes, 1826): a critically endangered Iberian toothcarp

  • 2025/3

    STÜBEN, P.E., JAPARASHVILI, S., DALLAKYAN, M., ASTRIN, J.J.

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    Three new species of flightless Cryptorhynchinae from the Caucasus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

    Zootaxa, 2, 5601

  • 2025/3

    Anthony, C.J., Lemer, S., Raymundo, L.J., Rouzé, H.

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    Restoration innovation: Fusing microbial memories to engineer coral resilience

    One earth, 3, 8

  • 2025/2

    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, 106

  • 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 Lobopterasubterranea: a cave adapted cockroach endemic to the Canary Islands

  • 2025/2

    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

    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

  • 2025/2

    Monsen, O., Gronvold, L., Datsomor, A., Harvey, T.N., Kijas, J., Suh, A.S., Hvidsten, T.R., Sandve, S.R.

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    The role of transposon activity in shapingcis-regulatory element evolution after whole genome duplication

    Genome Research

  • 2025/2

    Möhring, J., Mokodongan, D.F., Gani, A., Wowor, D., Annawaty, ., Böhne, A., Herder, F.

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    A New and Unique Species of Ricefish (Teleostei: Adrianichthyidae: Oryzias) from the Lariang River Basin, Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the First Known Sympatric Ricefish Species Pair from Sulawesi Rivers

    Ichthyology & Herpetology, 1, 113

  • 2025/2

    Pollard, K., Leiva, C., Rouzé, H., Lemer, S.

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    Genomic Insights From Natural History Collections Reveal Cryptic Speciation in Coral Guard Crabs (Family: Trapeziidae)

    Ecology and Evolution, 2, 15

  • 2025/2

    Rieseberg, T.P., Dadras, A., Darienko, T., Post, S., Herrfurth, C., Fürst-Jansen, J.M.R., Hohnhorst, N., Petroll, R., Rensing, S.A., Pröschold, T., de Vries, S., Irisarri, I., Feussner, I., de Vries, J.

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    Time-resolved oxidative signal convergence across the algae–embryophyte divide

    Nature communications, 1, 16

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