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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

  • 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

  • 2025/2

    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 Loboptera subterranea: 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

    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 Coenonymphaoedippus: 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

  • 2025/2

    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

  • 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

    Schöneberg, Y., Audisio, T.L., Ben Hamadou, A., Forman, M., Král, J., Kořínková, T., Líznarová, E., Mayer, C., Prokopcová, L., Krehenwinkel, H., Prost, S., Kennedy, S.

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    Three Novel Spider Genomes Unveil Spidroin Diversification and Hox Cluster Architecture: Ryuthela nishihirai (Liphistiidae), Uloborus plumipes (Uloboridae) and Cheiracanthium punctorium (Cheiracanthiidae)

    Molecular Ecology resources, 1, 25

  • 2025/1

    Schafran, P., Hauser, D.A., Nelson, J.M., Xu, X., Mueller, L.A., Kulshrestha, S., Smalley, I., de Vries, S., Irisarri, I., de Vries, J., Davies, K., Villarreal, J.C.A., Li, F.

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    Pan-phylum genomes of hornworts reveal conserved autosomes but dynamic accessory and sex chromosomes

    Nature Plants

  • 2025/1

    Li, R., Leiva, C., Lemer, S., Kirkendale, L., Li, J.

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    Photosymbiosis shaped animal genome architecture and gene evolution as revealed in giant clams

    Communications Biology, 1, 8

  • 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 of Erebia palarica Chapman, 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

    Macphee, A., Oriowo, T.O., Sternberg, N., Stange, M.

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    Comparison of whole genome sequencing performance from fish swabs and fin clips

    BMC Research Notes, 1, 18

  • 2025/1

    Giles, E.C., González, V.L., Carimán, P., Leiva, C., Suescún, A.V., Lemer, S., Guillemin, M.L., Ortiz‐Barrientos, D., Saenz‐Agudelo, P.

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    Comparative Genomics Points to Ecological Drivers of Genomic Divergence Among Intertidal Limpets

    Molecular Ecology resources

  • 2025/1

    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

  • 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 Cheirolophustagananensis: 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 of Androsace saussurei Dentant, 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 of Pinctada 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 of Phyllidia flava (Nudibranchia: Phyllidiidae), a Relict Species Endemic to the Mediterranean Sea

  • 2024

  • 2024/12

    Li, X., Jayaprasad, S., Einarsdottir, E., Cooper, S.J.B., Suh, A., Kawakami, T., Palacios-Gimenez, O.M.

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    Chromosome-level genome assembly of the morabine grasshopper Vandiemenella viatica19

    Scientific data, 1, 11

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