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Leibniz Junior Research Group (minnows), Bonn

Junior research group (minnows)

In biodiversity research, little is known about the extent to which hybridisation of a native and non-native species can lead to a new invasive species. A research group led by Dr Madlen Stange is now addressing this research gap with a project at the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig - Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity. The group is investigating the distribution of the ecologically valuable schooling minnow in the Sieg, a tributary of the Rhine that is around 155 kilometres long.

Contact person

Dr. Madlen Stange

  • Head of Junior Research Group "Minnow"

Phone: +49 228 9122 367
E-Mail: m.stange@leibniz-lib.de

Projects

Publications

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    2026

  • 2026/02

    Different sex determination systems in two closely related Eurasian minnow (Phoxinus) species

    Heredity

  • 2025

  • 2025/10

    Dietz, L., Eberle, J., Kukowka, S., Podsiadlowski, L., Bazzato, E., Stange, M., Warnock, R.C.M., Niehuis, O., Mayer, C., Ahrens, D.

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    Cryptic Species Can Be Phylogenetically Old Despite Strong Sex-Biased Dispersal

    Systematic Biology

  • 2025/07

    Albert, J.S., Abrahão, V., Akin, D.R., Andrade, M., Arce, M., Armbruster, J.W., Benine, R., Bernt, M.J., Bichuette, M.E., Birindelli, J., Bragança, P., Britto, M.R., Buckup, P.A., Burns, M.D., Calegari, B.B., Carvalho, F.G., Carvalho, T.P., Casatti, L., Costa, W., Crampton, W.G.R., da Costa Ramos, R., da Silva, R.G., Dagosta, F., Egan, J., Fernandez, L., Fitzgerald, D., Fontanelle, J.P., Hrbek, T., Langeani, F., Lehmann, P., Leitão, R.P., Lima, F.C.T., Loeb, M.V., Lucena, C.A.S., Lucinda, P.H.F., Lujan, N.K., Malabarba, L.R., Matamoros, W.A., Melo, B.F., Netto-Ferreira, A., Pavanelli, C.S., Peilicice, F.M., Pereira, E.H.L., Rocha, M., Roxo, F., Sant' Anna, V., Shibatta, O., Slobobdian, V., Stange, M., Tagliacollo, V.A., Tan, M., Torgersen, K.T., Winemiller, K.O., Reis, R.E.

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    An ecological trait matrix of Neotropical freshwater fishes

    Scientific data, 12

  • 2025/05

    Human impacts on the distribution and genetic diversity of Eurasian minnows (Phoxinus: Leuciscidae) in the Rhenish Massif

    Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 426

  • 2025/05

    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, 6, 74

  • 2025/01

    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

  • 2025/01

    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

  • 2023

  • 2023/01

    Nadeau, S.A., Vaughan, T.G., Beckmann, C., Topolsky, I., Chen, C., Hodcroft, E., Schär, T., Nissen, I., Santacroce, N., Burcklen, E., Ferreira, P., Jablonski, K.P., Posada-Céspedes, S., Capece, V., Seidel, S., Santamaria de Souza, N., Martinez-Gomez, J.M., Cheng, P., Bosshard, P.P., Levesque, M.P., Kufner, V., Schmutz, S., Zaheri, M., Huber, M., Trkola, A., Cordey, S., Laubscher, F., Gonçalves, A.R., Aeby, S., Pillonel, T., Jacot, D., Bertelli, C., Greub, G., Leuzinger, K., Stange, M., Mari, A., Roloff, T., Seth-Smith, H., Hirsch, H.H., Egli, A., Redondo, M., Kobel, O., Noppen, C., du Plessis, L., Beerenwinkel, N., Neher, R.A., Beisel, C., Stadler, T.

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    Swiss public health measures associated with reduced SARS-CoV-2 transmission using genome data

    Science Translational Medicine, 680, 15

  • 2022

  • 2022/05

    Zürcher, K., Abela, I.A., Stange, M., Dupont, C., Mugglin, C., Egli, A., Trkola, A., Egger, M., Fenner, L.

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    Alpha Variant Coronavirus Outbreak in a Nursing Home Despite High Vaccination Coverage: Molecular, Epidemiological, and Immunological Studies

    4, 77

  • 2022/03

    Bishop, C.E., Gahm, K., Hendry, A.P., Jones, S.E., Stange, M., Solomon, C.T.

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    Benthic–limnetic morphological variation in fishes: Dissolved organic carbon concentration produces unexpected patterns

    3, 13

  • 2022/03

    Brüningk, S.C., Klatt, J., Stange, M., Mari, A., Brunner, M., Roloff, T., Seth-Smith, H.M.B., Schweitzer, M., Leuzinger, K., Søgaard, K.K., Albertos Torres, D., Gensch, A., Schlotterbeck, A., Nickel, C.H., Ritz, N., Heininger, U., Bielicki, J., Rentsch, K., Fuchs, S., Bingisser, R., Siegemund, M., Pargger, H., Ciardo, D., Dubuis, O., Buser, A., Tschudin-Sutter, S., Battegay, M., Schneider-Sliwa, R., Borgwardt, K.M., Hirsch, H.H., Egli, A.

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    Determinants of SARS-CoV-2 transmission to guide vaccination strategy in an urban area

    Virus evolution, 1, 8

  • 2022/01

    Wegner, F., Roloff, T., Huber, M., Cordey, S., Ramette, A., Gerth, Y., Bertelli, C., Stange, M., Seth-Smith, H.M.B., Mari, A., Leuzinger, K., Cerutti, L., Harshman, K., Xenarios, I., Le Mercier, P., Bittel, P., Neuenschwander, S., Opota, O., Fuchs, J., Panning, M., Michel, C., Hallin, M., Demuyser, T., De Mendonca, R., Savelkoul, P., Dingemans, J., van der Veer, B., Boers, S.A., Claas, E.C.J., Coolen, J.P.M., Melchers, W.J.G., Gunell, M., Kallonen, T., Vuorinen, T., Hakanen, A.J., Bernhoff, E., Hetland, M.A.K., Golan Berman, H., Adar, S., Moran-Gilad, J., Wolf, D.G., Leib, S.L., Nolte, O., Kaiser, L., Schmutz, S., Kufner, V., Zaheri, M., Trkola, A., Aamot, H.V., Hirsch, H.H., Greub, G., Egli, A.

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    External Quality Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing: an ESGMD-SSM Pilot Trial across 15 European Laboratories

    Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1, 60

  • 2021

  • 2021/12

    Chen, C., Nadeau, S.A., Topolsky, I., Manceau, M., Huisman, J.S., Jablonski, K.P., Fuhrmann, L., Dreifuss, D., Jahn, K., Beckmann, C., Redondo, M., Noppen, C., Risch, L., Risch, M., Wohlwend, N., Kas, S., Bodmer, T., Roloff, T., Stange, M., Egli, A., Eckerle, I., Kaiser, L., Denes, R., Feldkamp, M., Nissen, I., Santacroce, N., Burcklen, E., Aquino, C., de Gouvea, A.C., Moccia, M.D., Grüter, S., Sykes, T., Opitz, L., White, G., Neff, L., Popovic, D., Patrignani, A., Tracy, J., Schlapbach, R., Dermitzakis, E.T., Harshman, K., Xenarios, I., Pegeot, H., Cerutti, L., Penet, D., Blin, A., Elies, M., Althaus, C.L., Beisel, C., Beerenwinkel, N., Ackermann, M., Stadler, T.

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    Quantification of the spread of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 in Switzerland

    Epidemics, 37

  • 2021/05

    Mari, A., Roloff, T., Stange, M., Søgaard, K.K., Asllanaj, E., Tauriello, G., Alexander, L.T., Schweitzer, M., Leuzinger, K., Gensch, A., Martinez, A.E., Bielicki, J., Pargger, H., Siegemund, M., Nickel, C.H., Bingisser, R., Osthoff, M., Bassetti, S., Sendi, P., Battegay, M., Marzolini, C., Seth-Smith, H.M.B., Schwede, T., Hirsch, H.H., Egli, A.

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    Global Genomic Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 RNA Dependent RNA Polymerase Evolution and Antiviral Drug Resistance

    Microorganisms, 5, 9

  • 2021/03

    Goncalves Cabecinhas, A.R., Roloff, T., Stange, M., Bertelli, C., Huber, M., Ramette, A., Chen, C., Nadeau, S., Gerth, Y., Yerly, S., Opota, O., Pillonel, T., Schuster, T., Metzger, C.M.J.A., Sieber, J., Bel, M., Wohlwend, N., Baumann, C., Koch, M.C., Bittel, P., Leuzinger, K., Brunner, M., Suter-Riniker, F., Berlinger, L., Søgaard, K.K., Beckmann, C., Noppen, C., Redondo, M., Steffen, I., Seth-Smith, H.M.B., Mari, A., Lienhard, R., Risch, M., Nolte, O., Eckerle, I., Martinetti Lucchini, G., Hodcroft, E.B., Neher, R.A., Stadler, T., Hirsch, H.H., Leib, S.L., Risch, L., Kaiser, L., Trkola, A., Greub, G., Egli, A.

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    SARS-CoV-2 N501Y Introductions and Transmissions in Switzerland from Beginning of October 2020 to February 2021—Implementation of Swiss-Wide Diagnostic Screening and Whole Genome Sequencing

    Microorganisms, 4, 9

  • 2021/03

    Stange, M., Mari, A., Roloff, T., Seth-Smith, H.M., Schweitzer, M., Brunner, M., Leuzinger, K., Søgaard, K.K., Gensch, A., Tschudin-Sutter, S., Fuchs, S., Bielicki, J., Pargger, H., Siegemund, M., Nickel, C.H., Bingisser, R., Osthoff, M., Bassetti, S., Schneider-Sliwa, R., Battegay, M., Hirsch, H.H., Egli, A.

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    SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in a tri-national urban area is dominated by a B.1 lineage variant linked to a mass gathering event

    PLOS pathogens, 3, 17

  • 2021/02

    Stange, M., Barrett, R.D.H., Hendry, A.P.

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    The importance of genomic variation for biodiversity, ecosystems and people

    Nature Reviews Genetics, 2, 22

  • 2021/01

    Fox, J.A., A, M.J., Stange, M.

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    Natural history study of an understudied sea catfish species from Panama (Siluriformes: Ariidae)

    Neotropical Ichthyology, 4, 19

  • 2019

  • 2019/09

    Heck, L., Sánchez‐Villagra, M.R., Stange, M.

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    Why the long face? Comparative shape analysis of miniature, pony, and other horse skulls reveals changes in ontogenetic growth

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  • 2018

  • 2018/08

    Stange, M., Núñez‐León, D., Sánchez‐Villagra, M.R., Jensen, P., Wilson, L.A.B.

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    Morphological variation under domestication: how variable are chickens?

    8, 5

  • 2018/04

    Heck, L., Wilson, L.A.B., Evin, A., Stange, M., Sánchez‐Villagra, M.R.

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    Shape variation and modularity of skull and teeth in domesticated horses and wild equids

    1, 15

  • 2018/03

    Stange, M., Aguirre‐Fernández, G., Salzburger, W., Sánchez‐Villagra, M.R.

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    Study of morphological variation of northern Neotropical Ariidae reveals conservatism despite macrohabitat transitions

    1, 18

  • 2018/01

    Stange, M., Sánchez‐Villagra, M.R., Salzburger, W., Matschiner, M.

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    Bayesian Divergence-Time Estimation with Genome-Wide Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Data of Sea Catfishes (Ariidae) Supports Miocene Closure of the Panamanian Isthmus

    4, 67

  • 2016

  • 2016/07

    Stange, M., Aguirre‐Fernández, G., Cooke, R.G., Barros, T.R., Salzburger, W., Sánchez‐Villagra, M.R.

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    Evolution of opercle bone shape along a macrohabitat gradient: species identification using mtDNA and geometric morphometric analyses in neotropical sea catfishes (Ariidae)

    Ecology and Evolution, 16, 6

  • 2015

  • 2015/11

    Fuchs, M., Geiger, M., Stange, M., Sánchez‐Villagra, M.R.

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    Growth trajectories in the cave bear and its extant relatives: an examination of ontogenetic patterns in phylogeny

    1, 15

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