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
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BIGFOOT - BIodiversity decline's Genomic FOOTprint
Management: Dr. habil. Astrid Böhne
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Genomics of the stingless bee
Management: Dr. Eckart Stolle
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Development of kleptoparasitism
Management: Dr. Eckart Stolle
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Provenance research at the Museum Koenig
Management: Dr. André Koch
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Phenotypic evolution in bumblebees
Management: Dr. Eckart Stolle
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Thelytokia in honey bees
Management: Dr. Eckart Stolle
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The most important insect leg of mankind
Management: Dr. Eckart Stolle
Publications
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2026/05
The role of the sex determination cascade in the development of caste polyphenisms
Current Opinion in Insect Science
2026/01
Drivers of Viral Prevalence in Landscape‐Scale Pollinator Networks Across Europe: Honey Bee Viral Density, Niche Overlap With This Reservoir Host and Network Architecture
Ecology letters, 1, 29
2026/01
A Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly and Resequencing Data Reveal Low DNA Methylation and Reduced Diversity in the Solitary Bee Pollinator Osmia cornuta
Genome Biology and Evolution, 1, 18
2025/11
Unknown Germany - An integrative biodiversity discovery program
npj Biodiversity, 1, 4
2025/08
A Genome‐Wide Analysis of Structure and Evolution in Irish and British Populations of (L. 1758): Implications for Genetic Resource Conservation
Evolutionary Applications, 8, 18
2025/06
Multi‐Omic Analysis Reveals Population Differentiation and Signatures of Social Evolution in Tetragonula Stingless Bees
Molecular Ecology
2024/06
Comparative Evolutionary Genomics in Insects
2023/10
Prevalent bee venom genes evolved before the aculeate stinger and eusociality
BMC Biology, 1, 21
2023/08
Reference genome sequence of the solitary bee Camptopoeum friesei Mocsáry, 1894 (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae)
bioRxiv
2022/12
No supergene despite social polymorphism in the big-headed ant Pheidole pallidula
bioRxiv
2022/01
A common venomous ancestor? Prevalent bee venom genes evolved before the aculeate stinger while few major toxins are bee-specific
bioRxiv
2022/01
Bee core venom genes predominantly originated before aculeate stingers evolved
bioRxiv
2021/05
Parameter exploration improves the accuracy of long-read genome assembly
bioRxiv
2020/00
Rote Listen Sachsen-Anhalt: Stechwespen (Hymenoptera: Aculeata)
Berichte des Landesamtes für Umweltschutz Sachsen-Anhalt, 1
2020/00
Rote Listen Sachsen-Anhalt: Schwebfliegen (Diptera: Syrphidae)
Berichte des Landesamtes für Umweltschutz Sachsen-Anhalt, 1
2017/06
Microsatellite analysis supports the existence of three cryptic species within the bumble bee Bombus lucorum sensu lato
Conservation Genetics, 18
2017/01
Fire ant social chromosomes: Differences in number, sequence and expression of odorant binding proteins
Evolution Letters, 1
2016/09
Super-scaffolding the fire ant genome and detection of chromosomal rearrangements
2016/00
Schwebfliegen (Diptera: Syrphidae)
2016/00
Wespen (Hymenoptera: Aculeata)
2016/00
Bienen (Hymenoptera: Aculeata: Apiformes)
2015/05
Genomic signatures of evolutionary transitions from solitary to group living
Science, 6239, 348
2014/11
The first myriapod genome sequence reveals conservative arthropod gene content and genome organisation in the centipede Strigamia maritima
PLoS Biology, 11, 12
2014/01
Finding the missing honey bee genes: lessons learned from a genome upgrade
BMC genomics, 1, 15
2014/00
Subpannonische Steppen-Trockenrasen - ein FFH-Lebensraumtyp in besonderer Verantwortung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt
Naturschutz im Land Sachsen-Anhalt, Sonderheft, 51
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Nathalie Brenner
zmb Comparative Genomics - Insects Doctoral candidatePhone: +49 228 9122 407
E-mail: n.brenner@leibniz-lib.de/leibniz-lib.de/fileadmin/user_upload/home/Bilder/LIB/Ueber_das_LIB/Mitarbeitende/Bonn/01_20241125_MKB_Portraits_LowRes_HuXuejing_MGeiger_IMG_5221.jpg%3F1739184771)
Xuejing 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.de/leibniz-lib.de/fileadmin/user_upload/home/Bilder/LIB/Ueber_das_LIB/Mitarbeitende/Bonn/01_20241122_MKB_Portraits_HighRes_PieplowJohanna_FKurceren_6N0A7013.jpg%3F1743069231)
Johanna 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-lib/leibniz-lib.de/fileadmin/user_upload/home/Bilder/LIB/Ueber_das_LIB/Mitarbeitende/Bonn/01_20241120_MKB_Portraits_LowRes_SuManwen_FKurceren_6N0A6921.jpg%3F1739189612)
Manwen Su
zmb Comparative Genomics - Insects Doctoral candidatePhone: +49 228 9122 369
E-mail: m.su@leibniz-lib.de
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