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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2026/01
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
2026
2025
Employees
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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 407
E-mail: m.su@leibniz-lib.de
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