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2025

• Baur, Moritz, Schulz, Nora KE, Greune, Lilo, Länger, Zoe M, Eirich, Jürgen, Finkemeier, Iris, Peuss, Robert, Dersch, Petra, and Kurtz, Joachim. 2025. “Immune priming in the insect gut: a dynamic response revealed by ultrastructural and transcriptomic changes.” Preprint. BMC Biology 23. doi: 10.1186/s12915-025-02334-4.
• Meuthen, Denis, Hoffman, Joseph I, Kurtz, Joachim, Berthelsen, Ane Liv, Chakarov, Nayden, Chen, Rebecca Shuhua, Coculla, Angelica, Gadau, Jürgen, Gossmann, Toni I, Mühlenhaupt, Max, Chavarria-Pizarro, Tania, Rapp, Tim M., Sepers, Bernice, Vellnow, Nikolas, Xu, Shuqing, and Vendrami, David. 2025. “Exploring the interplay of epigenetics and individualization.” Preprint. EcoEvoRxiv doi: 10.32942/X2Z34V.
• Rapp, Tim Maximilian, Lautwein, Tobias, Peuß, Robert, Kurtz, Joachim, Krüger, Oliver, and Chakarov, Nayden. 2025. “Host-parasite interactions of an avian blood parasite elucidated by single-cell transcriptomics.” Preprint. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2025.03.14.643032.
• Kurtz, Joachim, Sayed, Rascha, Şahin, Özge, Errbii, Mohammed, Prüser, Tobias, Schrader, Lukas, and Schulz, Nora. 2025. “HSP90 as an Evolutionary Capacitor Drives Adaptive Eye Size Reduction via atonal.” Preprint. Research Square doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6320655/v1.
• Lo, Lai Ka, Schulz, Nora K. E., Jensen, Helle, and Kurtz, Joachim. 2025. “Experimental Removal of Niche Construction Alters the Pace and Mechanisms of Resistance Evolution.” Preprint. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2025.03.27.645637.
• R, Reshma, Schulz, Nora KE, Feldmann, Carlina C, Mews, Sina, Ogueta, Maite, Stanewsky, Ralf, and Kurtz, Joachim. 2025. “Testing the role of heat shock protein 90 as an evolutionary capacitor of behavioural variation in Tribolium castaneum.” Preprint. Research Square doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6354107/v1.
• Schulz, Nora K. E., Korsa, Ana, Jensen, Helle, Lo, Lai Ka, Friedrichs, Jeanne, Müller, Caroline, and Kurtz, Joachim. 2025. “Resistance evolution driven by niche construction – the role of microbiota and beetle secretions.” Preprint. Research Square doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6353988/v1 .
• Mundinger, C, Schulz, NKE, Singh, P, Janz, S, Schurig, M, Seidemann, J, Kurtz, J, Müller, C, Schielzeth, H, von Kortzfleisch, VT, and Richter, SH. 2025. “Testing the reproducibility of ecological studies on insect behavior in a multi-laboratory setting identifies opportunities for improving experimental rigour.” PLoS Biology 23 (4) e3003019. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003019.
• Länger, Zoe M., Israel, Elisa, Engelhardt, Jan, Kalita, Agata I., Keller Valsecchi, Claudia I., Kurtz, Joachim, and Prohaska, Sonja J. 2025. “Multiomics Reveal Associations Between CpG Methylation, Histone Modifications and Transcription in a Species That has Lost DNMT3, the Colorado Potato Beetle.” Preprint. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution (early view). doi: 10.1002/jez.b.23303.
• Korša, Ana, Baur, Moritz, Schulz, Nora KE, Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M, Mellmann, Alexander, and Kurtz, Joachim. 2025. “Experimental evolution of a pathogen confronted with innate immune memory increases variation in virulence.” Preprint. PLoS Pathogens 21 (6). doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012839.
• Khaliq, Shaista, Nachev, Milen, Riekenberg, Philip M., Jochmann, Maik A., Vosough, Maryam, Franke, Frederik, Scharsack, Jörn P., Kurtz, Joachim, Sures, Bernd, van der Meer, Marcel T. J., and Schmidt, Torsten C. 2025. “Trophic dynamics and metabolic pathways in host parasite interactions revealed by nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids in multiple tissues.” Preprint. . doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-19052-0.
• Bauhus, Marc B., Wander, Luise, Boy, David, Santacruz, Ana, Maldonado, Ernesto, Kurtz, Joachim, Kaiser, Sylvia, and Peuß, Robert. 2025. “Environmental dynamics influence scale cortisol levels in Mexican cavefish.” Preprint. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2025.03.09.642216.
• Drakula, Maja; Gerigk, Lena; Rothe, Ella S.; Brüning, Jacob J.; Reckert, Mats; Brinker, Alexander; Elias Ranelli, Beatriz; Kurtz, Joachim; Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M.. 2025. “Manipulative parasites as niche constructors and their impact on aquatic trophic cascades.” Preprint. Aurothea doi: 10.22541/au.174316233.38086067/v1.

2024

• Vommaro, Maria Luigia, Korša, Ana, Lindeza, Ana Sofia, Giglio, Anita, and Kurtz, Joachim. 2024. “The combined effect of herbicide and Bacillus thuringiensis exposure delays development in the red flour beetle.” Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 207. doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2024.108227.
• Kaiser, M.I., Killin, A., Abendroth, A.-K., Back, M.D., Baune, B.T., Bilstein, N., Breitmoser, Y., Caspers, B.A., Gadau, J., Gossmann, T.I., Kaiser, S., Krüger, O., Kurtz, J.Lengersdorf, D., Malsch, A. K. F., Müller, C. Rauthmann, J.F., Reinhold, K., Richter, S.H., Stummer, C., Trappes, R., Voelcker-Rehage, C., and Wittmann, M.J. 2024. “Individualisation and individualised science across disciplinary perspectives.” European Journal for Philosophy of Science 14 (41) 41. doi: 10.1007/s13194-024-00602-8.
• Ng, TH, Harrison, MC, Scharsack, JP, and Kurtz, J. 2024. “Disentangling specific and unspecific components of innate immune memory in a copepod–tapeworm system.” Frontiers in immunology 15. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1307477.
• Herrera-Rivero, M, Gutiérrez-Fragoso, K, Kurtz, J, Baune, BT, Thalamuthu, A, Amare, AT, Adli, M, Akiyama, K, Akula, N, Ardau, R, Arias, B, Aubry, J, Backlund, L, Bellivier, F, Benabarre, A, Bengesser, S, Bhattacharjee, AK, Biernacka, JM, Birner, A, Cearns, M, Cervantes, P, Chen, H, Chillotti, C, Cichon, S, Clark, SR, Colom, F, Cruceanu, C, Czerski, PM, Dalkner, N, Degenhardt, F, Del, Zompo M, DePaulo, JR, Etain, B, Falkai, P, Ferensztajn-Rochowiak, E, Forstner, AJ, Frank, J, Frisén, L, Frye, MA, Fullerton, JM, Gallo, C, Gard, S, Garnham, JS, Goes, FS, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M, Grof, P, Hashimoto, R, Hasler, R, Hauser, J, Heilbronner, U, Herms, S, Hoffmann, P, Hou, L, Hsu, Y, Jamain, S, Jiménez, E, Kahn, J, Kassem, L, Kato, T, Kelsoe, J, Kittel-Schneider, S, Kuo, P, Kusumi, I, König, B, Laje, G, Landén, M, Lavebratt, C, Leboyer, M, Leckband, SG, Maj, M, Manchia, M, Marie-Claire, C, Martinsson, L, McCarthy, MJ, McElroy, SL, Millischer, V, Mitjans, M, Mondimore, FM, Monteleone, P, Nievergelt, CM, Novák, T, Nöthen, MM, O’Donovan, C, Ozaki, N, Papiol, S, Pfennig, A, Pisanu, C, Potash, JB, Reif, A, Reininghaus, E, Richard-Lepouriel, H, Roberts, G, Rouleau, GA, Rybakowski, JK, Schalling, M, Schofield, PR, Schubert, KO, Schulte, EC, Schweizer, BW, Severino, G, Shekhtman, T, Shilling, PD, Shimoda, K, Simhandl, C, Slaney, CM, Squassina, A, Stamm, T, Stopkova, P, Streit, F, Tekola-Ayele, F, Tortorella, A, Turecki, G, Veeh, J, Vieta, E, Viswanath, B, Witt, SH, Zandi, PP, Alda, M, Bauer, M, McMahon, FJ, Mitchell, PB, Rietschel, M, and Schulze, TG. 2024. “Immunogenetics of lithium response and psychiatric phenotypes in patients with bipolar disorder.” Translational Psychiatry 14 (1). doi: 10.1038/s41398-024-02865-4.
• Riddle, Misty R, Nguyen, Nguyen K, Nave, Maeve, Peuß, Robert, Maldonado, Ernesto, Rohner, Nicolas, and Tabin, Clifford J. 2024. “Host evolution shapes gut microbiome composition in Astyanax mexicanus.” Ecology and Evolution 14 (4). doi: 10.1002/ece3.11192.
• Bauhus, Marc B., Mews, Sina, Kurtz, Joachim, Brinker, Alexander, Peuß, Robert, and Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M. 2024. “Tapeworm infection affects sleep-like behaviour in three-spined sticklebacks.” Scientific Reports 14 23395. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-73992-7.
• R, Reshma, Prüser, Tobias, Schulz, E.K. Nora, Mayer, F.M. Paula, Ogueta, Maite, Stanewsky, Ralf, and Kurtz, Joachim. 2024. “Deciphering a Beetle Clock: Individual and Sex-Dependent Variation in Daily Activity Patterns.” Journal of Biological Rhythms 00 (00). doi: 10.1177/07487304241263619.

2023

• Grandchamp, Anna, Kühl, Lucas, Lebherz, Marie, Brüggemann, Kathrin, Parsch, John, and Bornberg-Bauer, Erich. 2023. “Population genomics reveals mechanisms and dynamics of de novo expressed open reading frame emergence in <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>.” Genome Research 33. doi: 10.1101/gr.277482.122.
• Vommaro, ML, Zanchi, C, Angelone, T, Giglio, A, and Kurtz, J. 2023. “Herbicide exposure alters the effect of the entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana on immune gene expression in mealworm beetles.” Environmental Pollution 338. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122662.
• Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M., Bassar, Ronald D., Matthews, Blake, Goldberg, Joshua F., King, Leighton, Reznick, David, and Travis, Joseph. 2023. “Does the evolution of ontogenetic niche shifts favour species coexistence? An empirical test in Trinidadian streams.” Journal of Animal Ecology 92 (8): 1601–1612. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13912.
• Anaya‐Rojas, M.Jaime, Bassar, D.Ronald, Matthews, Blake, Goldberg, F.Joshua, King, Leighton, Reznick, David, and Travis, Joseph. 2023. “Does the evolution of ontogenetic niche shifts favour species coexistence? An empirical test in Trinidadian streams.” Journal of Animal Ecology 92: 1601–1612. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13912.
• Länger, Marie Zoe, Baur, Moritz, Korša, Ana, Eirich, Jürgen, Lindeza, Sofia Ana, Zanchi, Caroline, Finkemeier, Iris, and Kurtz, Joachim. 2023. “Differential proteome profiling of bacterial culture supernatants reveals candidates for the induction of oral immune priming in the red flour beetle.” Biology Letters 19 (11). doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0322.
• Trienens, Monika, Kurtz, Joachim, and Wertheim, Bregje. 2023. “Rapid but narrow – Evolutionary adaptation and transcriptional response of Drosophila melanogaster to toxic mould.” Molecular Ecology 32 (11): 2784–2797. doi: 10.1111/mec.16885.
• Lo, KaLai, R, Reshma, Tewes, Johanna Lisa, Milutinović, Barbara, Müller, Caroline, and Kurtz, Joachim. 2023. “Immune Stimulation via Wounding Alters Chemical Profiles of Adult Tribolium castaneum.” Journal of Chemical Ecology 49 (1-2): 46–58. doi: 10.1007/s10886-022-01395-x.
• Churakov, Gennady, Kuritzin, Andrej, Chukharev, Konstantin, Zhang, Fengjun, Wünnemann, Florian, Ulyantsev, Vladimir, and Schmitz, Jürgen. 2023. “A 4-lineage Statistical Suite to Evaluate the Support of Large-Scale Retrotransposon Insertion Data to Reconstruct Evolutionary Trees.” Systematic Biology 72 (3): 649–661. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syac082.
• Olsen, Luke, Levy, Michaella, Medley, Kyle J, Hassan, Huzaifa, Miller, Brandon, Alexander, Richard, Wilcock, Emma, Yi, Kexi, Florens, Laurence, Weaver, Kyle, McKinney, Sean A, Peuß, Robert, Persons, Jenna, Kenzior, Alexander, Maldonado, Ernesto, Delventhal, Kym, Gluesenkamp, Andrew, Mager, Edward, Coughlin, David, and Rohner, Nicolas. 2023. “Metabolic reprogramming underlies cavefish muscular endurance despite loss of muscle mass and contractility.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (5). doi: 10.1073/pnas.2204427120.
• Drakula, Maja; Buellesbach, Jan; Schrader, Lukas. 2023. “The role of cuticular hydrocarbons in intraspecific aggression in the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior.” Myrmecological news 33: 187–196. doi: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_033:187.
• Hesse, T, Nachev, M, Khaliq, S, Jochmann, MA, Franke, F, Scharsack, JP, Kurtz, J, Sures, B, and Schmidt, TC. 2023. “A new technique to study nutrient flow in host-parasite systems by carbon stable isotope analysis of amino acids and glucose.” Scientific Reports 13. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-24933-9.

2022

• Vommaro, ML, Zanchi, C, Giglio, A, and Kurtz, J. 2022. “Herbicide exposure alters the expression of antimicrobial peptide patterns in the mealworm beetle infected with the natural entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana.” contribution to the XXIst scientific meeting of the Italian Association of Developmental and Comparative Immunobiology (IADCI), Padua C/O DAVIDE MALAGOLI, DEPT OF LIFE SCIENCES, UNIV MODENA & REGGIO EMILIA, VIA CAMPI, 213-D, MODENA, 41125, ITALY: INVERTEBRATE SURVIVAL JOURNAL.
• Hesse, T, Nachev, M, Khaliq, S, Jochmann, MA, Franke, F, Scharsack, JP, Kurtz, J, Sures, B, and Schmidt, TC. 2022. “Insights into amino acid fractionation and incorporation by compound-specific carbon isotope analysis of three-spined sticklebacks.” Scientific Reports 12 (1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-15704-7.
• Trappes, R, Nematipour, B, Kaiser, M, Krohs, U, Benthem, KJ, Ernst, UR, Gadau, J, Korsten, P, Kurtz, J, Schielzeth, H, Schmoll, T, and Takola, E. 2022. “How Individualized Niches Arise: Defining Mechanisms of Niche Construction, Niche Choice, and Niche Conformance.” BioScience 72 (6): 538–548. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biac023.
• Moran, N, Caspers, B, Chakarov, N, Ernst, U, Fricke, C, Kurtz, J, Lilie, N, Lo, L, Müller, C, Reshma, R, Takola, E, Trimmer, P, Benthem, K, Winternitz, J, and Wittmann, M. 2022. “Shifts between cooperation and antagonism driven by individual variation: a systematic synthesis review.” Oikos 130. doi: 10.1111/oik.08201.
• Rose, Trappes, Bezad, Nematipour, I., Kaiser Marie, Ulrich, Krohs, J., van Benthem Koen, R., Ernst Ulrich, Jürgen, Gadau, Peter, Korsten, Joachim, Kurtz, Holger, Schielzeth, Tim, Schmoll, and Elina, Takola. 2022. “How Individualized Niches Arise: Defining Mechanisms of Niche Construction, Niche Choice and Niche Conformance.” BioScience 72 (6): 538–548. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biac023.
• Schröder, NCH, Korša, A, Wami, H, Mantel, O, Dobrindt, U, and Kurtz, J. 2022. “Serial passage in an insect host indicates genetic stability of the human probiotic Escherichia coli Nissle 1917.” Evolution, Medicine and Public Health 10 (1): 71–86.
• Xiong, S, Wang, W, Kenzior, A, Olsen, L, Krishnan, J, Persons, J, Medley, K, Peuß, R, Wang, Y, Chen, S, Zhang, N, Thomas, N, Miles, JM, Alvarado, AS, and Rohner, N. 2022. “Enhanced lipogenesis through Ppar&#x3b3; helps cavefish adapt to food scarcity.” Current biology. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.038.
• Doronina, Liliya Reising, Olga Clawson, Hiram Churakov, and Gennady Schmitz, Jürgen. 2022. “Euarchontoglires Challenged by Incomplete Lineage Sorting.” Genes 13 (774). doi: 10.3390/genes13050774.
• Krishnan, Jaya, Seidel, Chris W., Zhang, Ning, Singh, Narendra P., VanCampen, Jake, Peuß, Robert, Xiong, Shaolei, Kenzior, Alexander, Li, Hua, Conaway, Joan W., and Rohner, Nicolas. 2022. “Genome-wide analysis of cis-regulatory changes underlying metabolic adaptation of cavefish.” Nature Genetics 54: 684–693. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01049-4.
• Medley, Kyle J, Persons, Jenna, Biswas, Tathagata, Olsen, Luke, Peuß, Robert, Krishnan, Jaya, Xiong, Shaolei, and Rohner, Nicolas. 2022. “The metabolome of Mexican cavefish shows a convergent signature highlighting sugar, antioxidant, and Ageing-Related metabolites.” eLife 11 (e74539). doi: 10.7554/eLife.74539.
• Krishnan, Jaya, Wang, Yan, Kenzior, Olga, Hassan, Huzaifa, Olsen, Luke, Tsuchiya, Dai, Kenzior, Alexander, Peuß, Robert, Xiong, Shaolei, Wang, Yongfu, Zhao, Chongbei, and Rohner, Nicolas. 2022. “Liver-derived cell lines from cavefish Astyanax mexicanus as an in vitro model for studying metabolic adaptation.” Scientific Reports 12 (10115). doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14507-0.
• Schulz, Nora K. E., Mohamed, Fakry F., Lo, KaLai, Peuß, Robert, de Buhr, Maike F., and Kurtz, Joachim. 2022. “Paternal knockdown of tRNA (cytosine‐5‐)‐methyltransferase (Dnmt2) increases offspring susceptibility to infection in red flour beetles.” Insect Molecular Biology 31 (6): 711–721. doi: 10.1111/imb.12798.
• Korša, A, Lo, LK, Gandhi, S, Bang, C, and Kurtz, J. 2022. “Oral Immune Priming Treatment Alters Microbiome Composition in the Red Flour Beetle Tribolium castaneum.” Frontiers in Microbiology 13: 793143–793143. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.793143.

2021

• Scharsack, Jörn P., Wieczorek, Bartholomäus, Schmidt-Drewello, Alexander, Büscher, Janine, Franke, Frederik, Moore, Andrew, Branca, Antoine Witten Anika Stoll Monika, Bornberg-Bauer, Erich, Wicke, Susann, and Kurtz, Joachim. 2021. “Climate change facilitates a parasite’s host exploitation via temperature-mediated immunometabolic processes.” Global Change Biology 27: 94–107. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15402.
• Catania, F, Ujvari, B, Capp, JP, Roche, B, and Thomas, F. 2021. “Bridging tumorigenesis and therapy resistance with a non-Darwinian and non-Lamarckian mechanism of adaptive evolution.” Frontiers in Oncology 11: 732081.. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.732081.
• Melotti, L, Siestrup, S, Peng, M, Vitali, V, Dowling, D, von Kortzfleisch, VT, Bracic, M, Sachser, N, Kaiser, S, and Richter, SH. 2021. “Individuality, as well as genetic background, affects syntactical features of courtship songs in male mice.” Animal Behaviour 180: 179–196.
• Warren, WC, Boggs, TE, Borowsky, R, Carlson, BM, Ferrufino, E, Gross, JB, Hillier, L, Hu, Z, Keene, AC, Kenzior, A, Kowalko, JE, Tomlinson, C, Kremitzki, M, Lemieux, ME, Graves-Lindsay, T, McGaugh, SE, Miller, JT, Mommersteeg, MTM, Moran, RL, Peuß, R, Rice, ES, Riddle, MR, Sifuentes-Romero, I, Stanhope, BA, Tabin, CJ, Thakur, S, Yamamoto, Y, and Rohner, N. 2021. “A chromosome-level genome of Astyanax mexicanus surface fish for comparing population-specific genetic differences contributing to trait evolution.” Nature Communications 12 (1): 1447. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21733-zDO-10.1038/s41467-021-21733-z.
• Accorsi, A, Box, AC, Peuß, R, Wood, C, Sánchez, Alvarado A, and Rohner, N. 2021. “Image3C, a multimodal image-based and label-independent integrative method for single-cell analysis.” eLife 10: e65372C1 - eLife 2021;10:e65372DO - 10.7554/eLife.65372. doi: 10.7554/eLife.65372.
• Demandt, N, Bierbach, D, Kurvers, R, Krause, J, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, J. 2021. “Parasite infection impairs the shoaling behaviour of uninfected shoal members under predator attack.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75 (11). doi: 10.1007/s00265-021-03080-7.
• Vommaro, M, Kurtz, J, and Giglio, A. 2021. “Morphological characterisation of haemocytes in the mealworm beetle tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera, tenebrionidae).” Insects 12 (5). doi: 10.3390/insects12050423.
• Zanchi, C, Lo, L, Reshma, R, Moritz, I, Kurtz, J, and Müller, C. 2021. “Survival of the Sawfly Athalia rosae Upon Infection by an Entomopathogenic Fungus and in Relation to Clerodanoid Uptake.” Frontiers in Physiology 12. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.637617.
• Desjardins, E, Kurtz, J, Kranke, N, Lindeza, A, and Richter, SH. 2021. “Beyond standardization: Improving external validity and reproducibility in experimental evolution.” BioScience biab008. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biab008.
• Catania, F, Baedke, J, Fábregas-Tejeda, A, Delgado, AN, Vitali, V, and Nguyen, Long LA. 2021. “Global climate change, diet and the complex relationship between human host and microbiome: Towards an integrated picture.” BioEssays .. doi: 10.1002/bies.202100049.
• VItali, V, Rothering, R, and Catania, F. 2021. “Fifty generations of amitosis: tracing asymmetric allele segregation in polyploid cells with single-cell DNA sequencing.” Microorganisms 9: 1979..
• Capp, JP, Nedelcu, AM, Dujon, AM, Roche, B, Catania, F, Ujvari, B, Alix-Panabières, C, and Thomas, F. 2021. “Does cancer biology rely on Parrondo’s principles?” Cancers 13 (9): 2197.. doi: 10.3390/cancers13092197.
• Catania, F, Rothering, R, and Vitali, V. 2021. “One cell, two gears: extensive somatic genome plasticity accompanies high germline genome stability in Paramecium.” Genome Biology and Evolution x. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evab263/6443145.
• Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M., Bassar, Ronald D., Potter, Tomos, Blanchette, Allison, Callahan, Shay, Framstead, Nick, Reznick, David, and Travis, Joseph. 2021. “The evolution of size-dependent competitive interactions promotes species coexistence.” Journal of Animal Ecology 90 (11): 2704–2717. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13577.
• Gati, NS, Altinok, OA, Kumar, S, Ferrando, VA, Kurtz, J, Quante, M, Ludwig, S, and Mellmann, A. 2021. “Integrating evolutionary aspects into dual-use discussion: the cases of influenza virus and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.” Evolution, Medicine and Public Health 9 (1): 383–392. doi: 10.1093/emph/eoab034.

2020

• Milutinović, B, Stock, M, Grasse, AV, Naderlinger, E, Hilbe, C, and Cremer, S. 2020. “Social immunity modulates competition between coinfecting pathogens.” Ecology Letters 23 (3): 565–574. doi: 10.1111/ele.13458.
• Krishnan, J, Persons, JL, Peuß, R, Hassan, H, Kenzior, A, Xiong, S, Olsen, L, Maldonado, E, Kowalko, JE, and Rohner, N. 2020. “Comparative transcriptome analysis of wild and lab populations of Astyanax mexicanus uncovers differential effects of environment and morphotype on gene expression.” Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 1-10. doi: 10.1002/jez.b.22933.
• Hagen, R, Vitali, V, and Catania, F. 2020. “Cross-generational effects and non-random developmental response to temperature variation in Paramecium.” Frontiers Cell and Developmental Biology 8: 584219. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.584219.
• Zanchi, C, Lindeza, AS, and Kurtz, J. 2020. “Comparative Mortality and Adaptation of a Smurf Assay in Two Species of Tenebrionid Beetles Exposed to Bacillus thuringiensis.” Insects 11 (4). doi: 10.3390/insects11040261.
• Ng, TH, and Kurtz, J. 2020. “Dscam in immunity: A question of diversity in insects and crustaceans.” Developmental and Comparative Immunology 105. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2019.103539.
• Demandt, N, Praetz, M, Kurvers, RHJM, Krause, J, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. 2020. “Parasite infection disrupts escape behaviours in fish shoals.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287 (1938). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1158.
• Thind, AS, Vitali, V, Guarracino, MR, and Catania, F. 2020. “What’s genetic variation got to do with it? Starvation-induced self-fertilization enhances survival in Paramecium.” Genome Biology and Evolution 12: 626–638. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evaa052.
• Fricke, C, Avila-Calero, S, and Armitage, SAO. 2020. “Genotypes and their interaction effects on reproduction and mating-induced immune activation in Drosophila melanogaster.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 00. doi: 10.1111/jeb.13625.
• Leal, Miguel C., Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M., Munro, Murray H. G., Blunt, John W., Melian, Carlos J., Calado, Ricardo, and Lurig, Moritz D. 2020. “Fifty years of capacity building in the search for new marine natural products.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117 (39): 24165–24172. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2007610117.
• Peuß, R, Box, AC, Chen, S, Wang, Y, Tsuchiya, D, Persons, JL, Kenzior, A, Maldonado, E, Krishnan, J, Scharsack, JP, Slaughter, BD, and Rohner, N. 2020. “Adaptation to low parasite abundance affects immune investment and immunopathological responses of cavefish.” Nature Ecology and Evolution 2020. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1234-2.

2019

• Stahl, BA, Peuß, R, McDole, B, Kenzior, A, Jaggard, JB, Gaudenz, K, Krishnan, J, McGaugh, SE, Duboue, ER, and Keene, AC. 2019. “Stable transgenesis in Astyanax mexicanus using the Tol2 transposase system.” Developmental Dynamics 248 (8): 679–687. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.32.
• Peuß, R, Zakibe, Z, Krishnan, J, Merryman, MS, Baumann, DP, and Rohner, N. 2019. “Gamete Collection and In Vitro Fertilization of Astyanax mexicanus.” Journal of Visualized Experiments 2019 (147): e59334..
• Loomis, C, Peuß, R, Jaggard, JB, Wang, Y, McKinney, SA, Raftopoulos, SC, Raftopoulos, A, Whu, D, Green, M, McGaugh, SE, Rohner, N, Keene, AC, and Duboue, ER. 2019. “An Adult Brain Atlas Reveals Broad Neuroanatomical Changes in Independently Evolved Populations of Mexican Cavefish.” Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 13: 88. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2019.00088.
• Giglio, A, Cavaliere, F, Giulianini, PG, Kurtz, J, Vommaro, ML, and Brandmayr, P. 2019. “Continuous Agrochemical Treatments in Agroecosystems Can Modify the Effects of Pendimethalin-Based Herbicide Exposure on Immunocompetence of a Beneficial Ground Beetle.” DIVERSITY-BASEL 11 (12). doi: 10.3390/d11120241.
• Vitali, V, Hagen, R, and Catania, F. 2019. “Environmentally-induced plasticity of programmed DNA elimination boosts somatic variability in Paramecium tetraurelia.” Genome Research 29. doi: 10.1101/gr.245332.118.
• Kutyrev, IA, Franke, F, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. 2019. “In vitro effects of the neuroactive substances serotonin and γ-aminobutyric acid on leucocytes from sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus).” Fish and Shellfish Immunology 87: 286–296. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2019.01.022.
• Franke, F, Raifarth, N, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. 2019. “Consequences of divergent temperature optima in a host–parasite system.” Oikos. doi: 10.1111/oik.05864.
• Kutyrev, I, Franke, F, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, J. 2019. “In vitro effects of the neuroactive substances serotonin and γ-aminobutyric acid on leucocytes from sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus).” Fish and Shellfish Immunology 87: 286–296. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2019.01.022.
• Franke, F, Raifarth, N, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, J. 2019. “Consequences of divergent temperature optima in a host–parasite system.” Oikos 128. doi: 10.1111/oik.05864.
• Schulz, NKE, Sell, MP, Ferro, K, Kleinhölting, N, and Kurtz, J. 2019. “Transgenerational Developmental Effects of Immune Priming in the Red Flour Beetle Tribolium castaneum.” Frontiers in Physiology 10 (98). doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00098.
• Kutzer, MAM, Kurtz, J, and Armitage, SAO. 2019. “A multi-faceted approach testing the effects of previous bacterial exposure on resistance and tolerance.” Journal of Animal Ecology 88. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12953.
• Hollis, B, Koppik, M, Wensing, KU, Ruhmann, H, Genzoni, E., Erkosar, B, Kawecki, TJ, Fricke, C, and Keller, L. 2019. “Sexual conflict drives male manipulation of female postmating responses in Drosophila melanogaster.” PNAS 116 (17): 8437–8444. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1821386116.
• Bretman, A, and Fricke, C. 2019. “Exposure to males, but not receipt of sex peptide, accelerates functional aging in female fruit flies.” Functional Ecology 33: 1459–1468. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13339.
• Ng, TH, Kumar, R, Apitanyasai, K, He, ST, Chiu, SP, and Wang, HC. 2019. “Selective expression of a "correct cloud" of Dscam in crayfish survivors after second exposure to the same pathogen.” Fish Shellfish Immunol. 92: 430–437.
• Fricke, C, and Koppik, M. 2019. “Male reproductive ageing - a tale of the whole ejaculate.” Reproduction 158: R219–R229. doi: 10.1530/REP-18-0579.
• Yang, Gloria, Anderson, Dave W., Baier, Florian, Dohmen, Elias, Hong, Nansook, Carr, Paul D., Kamerlin, Shina Caroline Lynn, Jackson, Colin J., Bornberg-Bauer, Erich, and Tokuriki, Nobuhiko. 2019. “Higher-order epistasis shapes the fitness landscape of a xenobiotic-degrading enzyme (vol 51, pg 831, 2020).” Nature Chemical Biology 16 (8). doi: 10.1038/s41589-020-0588-8.
• Culumber, Zachary W., Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M., Booker, William W., Hooks, Alexandra F., Lange, Elizabeth C., Pluer, Benjamin, Ramirez-Bullon, Natali, and Travis, Joseph. 2019. “Widespread Biases in Ecological and Evolutionary Studies.” BioScience 69 (8): 631–640. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biz063.
• Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M., Best, Rebecca J., Brunner, Franziska S., Eizaguirre, Christophe, Leal, Miguel Costa, Melian, Carlos J., Seehausen, Ole, and Matthews, Blake. 2019. “An experimental test of how parasites of predators can influence trophic cascades and ecosystem functioning.” Ecology 100 (8). doi: 10.1002/ecy.2744.
• Hollis, B, Koppik, M, Wensing, KU, Ruhmann, H, Genzoni, E, Erkosar, B, Kawecki, TJ, Fricke, C, and Keller, L. 2019. “Sexual conflict drives male manipulation of female postmating responses in Drosophila melanogaster.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116 (17): 8437–8444. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1821386116.
• Ferro, K, Peuß, R, Yang, W, Rosenstiel, P, Schulenburg, H, and Kurtz, J. 2019. “Experimental evolution of immunological specificity.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1904828116.

2018

• Riddle, MR, Aspiras, AC, Gaudenz, K, Peuß, R, Sung, JY, Martineau, B, Peavey, M, Box, AC, Tabin, JA, and McGaugh, S. 2018. “Insulin resistance in cavefish as an adaptation to a nutrient-limited environment.” Nature 555 (7698): 647–651. doi: 10.1038/nature26136.
• Xiong, S, Krishnan, J, Peuß, R, and Rohner, N. 2018. “Early adipogenesis contributes to excess fat accumulation in cave populations of Astyanax mexicanus.” Developmental Biology 441 (2): 297–304. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.06.003.
• Wensing, KU, and Fricke, C. 2018. “Divergence in sex peptide-mediated female post-mating responses in Drosophila melanogaster.” Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 285. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1563.
• Koppik, M, Specker, J-H, Lindenbaum, I, and Fricke, C. in Kürze. “Physiological maturation lags behind behavioral maturation in newly eclosed Drosophila melanogaster males.” Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 91: 399–408.
• Koppik, M, Ruhmann, H, and Fricke, C. 2018. “The effect of mating history on male reproductive ageing in Drosophila melanogaster.” Journal of Insect Physiology 111: 16–24. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2018.10.003.
• Schulz, NKE, Diddens-de, Buhr MF, and Kurtz, J. 2018. “Paternal knockdown of Dnmt2 increases offspring susceptibility to bacterial infection.” bioRxiv 2018: 422063..
• Schulz, NKE, Wagner, CI, Ebeling, J, Raddatz, G, Diddens-de, Buhr MF, Lyko, F, and Kurtz, J. 2018. “Dnmt1 has an essential function despite the absence of CpG DNA methylation in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum.” Scientific Reports 8. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34701-3.
• Wohlleben, AM, Franke, F, Hamley, M, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. 2018. “Early stages of infection of three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) with the cestode Schistocephalus solidus.” Journal of Fish Diseases 41 (11): 1701–1708. doi: 10.1111/jfd.12876.
• Demandt, N, Saus, B, Kurvers, RHJM, Krause, J, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. 2018. “Parasite-infected sticklebacks increase the risk-taking behaviour of uninfected group members.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285 (1881). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0956.
• Wohlleben, AM, Franke, F, Hamley, M, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. 2018. Early stages of infection of three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) with the cestode Schistocephalus solidus doi: 10.1111/jfd.12876.
• Ng, TH, Lu, CW, Lin, SS, Chang, CC, Tran, LH, Chang, WC, Lo, CF, and Wang, HC. 2018. “The Rho signaling pathway mediates the pathogenicity of AHPND-causing V. parahaemolyticus in shrimp.” Cell Microbiol. e12849.
• Kumar, R, Chang, CC, Ng, TH, Ding, JY, Tseng, TC, Lo, CF, and Wang, HC. 2018. “Draft Genome Sequence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strain M1-1, Which Causes Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease in Shrimp in Vietnam.” Genome Announc. 6: e01468–17..
• Vitali, V, Horn, F, and Catania, F. 2018. “Insulin-like signaling within and beyond metazoans.” Biological Chemistry 399 (8): 851–857. doi: 10.1515/hsz-2018-0135.
• Maistrou, S, Paris, V, Jensen, AB, Rolff, J, Meyling, N, and Zanchi, C. 2018. “A constitutively expressed antifungal peptide protects Tenebrio molitor during a natural infection by the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana.” Developmental and Comparative Immunology 86. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2018.04.015.
• Kutzer, MAM, Kurtz, J, and Armitage, SAO. 2018. “Genotype and diet affect resistance, survival, and fecundity but not fecundity tolerance.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 31 (1): 159–171. doi: 10.1111/jeb.13211.
• Ruhmann, H, Koppik, M, Wolfner, MF, and Fricke, C. 2018. “The impact of ageing on male reproductive success in Drosophila melanogaster.” Experimental Gerontology 103: 1–10. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2017.12.013.
• Bayersdorf, R, Fruscalzo, A, and Catania, F. 2018. “Linking autoimmunity to the origin of the adaptive immune system.” Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 1: 2–12. doi: 10.1093/emph/eoy001.
• Langhanki, L, Berger, P, Treffon, J, Catania, F, Kahl, BC, and Mellmann, A. 2018. “In vivo competition and horizontal gene transfer among distinct Staphylococcus aureus lineages as major drivers for adaptational changes during long-term persistence in humans.” BMC Microbiology 18 (152). doi: 10.1186/s12866-018-1308-3.
• Wensing, KU, and Fricke, C. 2018. “Divergence in sex peptide-mediated female post-mating responses in Drosophila melanogaster.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285 (1886). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1563.

2017

• Koppik, M, and Fricke, C. 2017. “Gene expression changes in male accessory glands during ageing are accompanied by reproductive decline in <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>.” Molecular Ecology 26: 6704–6716. doi: 10.1111/mec.14384.
• Wensing, KU, Koppik, M, and Fricke, C. 2017. “Precopulatory but not postcopulatory male reproductive traits diverge in response to mating system manipulation in <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>.” Ecology and Evolution 7: 10361–10378. doi: 10.1002/ece3.3542.
• Greenwood, JM, Milutinović, B, Peuß, R, Behrens, S, Esser, D, Rosenstiel, P, Schulenburg, H, and Kurtz, J. 2017. “Oral immune priming with Bacillus thuringiensis induces a shift in the gene expression of Tribolium castaneum larvae.” BMC Genomics 18 (1): 329.
• Chen, WY, Ng, TH, Wu, JH, and Chen, JWWang HC. 2017. “Microbiome Dynamics in a Shrimp Grow-out Pond with Possible Outbreak of Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease.” Sci Rep. 7: 9395.
• Chang, YH, Kumar, R, Ng, TH, and Wang, HC. 2017. “What vaccination studies tell us about immunological memory within the innate immune system of cultured shrimp and crayfish.” Dev Comp Immunol. 80: 53–66.
• Yeh, YC, Kinoshita, M, Ng, TH, Chang, YH, Maekawa, S, Chiang, YA, Aoki, T, and Wang, HC. 2017. “Using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing to further explore growth and trade-off effects in myostatin-mutated F4 medaka (Oryzias latipes).” Sci Rep. 7: 11435.
• Catania, Francesco, Krohs, Ulrich, Chittò, Marco, Ferro, Diana, Ferro, Kevin, Lepennetier, Gildas, Görtz, Hans-Dieter, Schreiber, Rebecca S., Kurtz, Joachim, and Jürgen, Gadau. 2017. “The hologenome concept: we need to incorporate function.” Theory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften 136 (3-4): 89–98. doi: 10.1007/s12064-016-0240-z.
• Zanchi, C, Johnston, PR, and Rolff, J. 2017. “Evolution of defence cocktails: Antimicrobial peptide combinations reduce mortality and persistent infection.” Molecular Ecology 26 (19): 5334–5343. doi: 10.1111/mec.14267.
• Ferro, K, Ferro, D, Corra, F, Bakiu, R, Santovito, G, and Kurtz, J. 2017. “Cu,Zn Superoxide Dismutase Genes in Tribolium castaneum: Evolution, Molecular Characterisation, and Gene Expression during Immune Priming.” Frontiers in immunology 8. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01811.
• Futo, M, Sell, MP, Kutzer, MAM, and Kurtz, J. 2017. “Specificity of oral immune priming in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum.” Biology Letters 13 (12). doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0632.
• Lugert, V, Meyer, EI, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. 2017. “Effects of an anthropogenic saltwater inlet on three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) (Teleostei: Gasterosteidae) and their parasites in an inland brook.” European Zoological Journal 84 (1): 444–456. doi: 10.1080/24750263.2017.1356386.
• Evison, SEF, Gallagher, JD, Thompson, JWJ, Siva-Jothy, MT, and Armitage, SAO. 2017. “Cuticular colour reflects underlying architecture and is affected by a limiting resource.” Journal of Insect Physiology 98: 7–13. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2016.11.005.
• Talarico, M., Seifert, F., Lange, J., Sachser, N., Kurtz, J., and Scharsack, J. 2017. “Specific manipulation or systemic impairment? Behavioural changes of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) infected with the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71 (2). doi: 10.1007/s00265-017-2265-9.
• Smith, D.T., Clarke, N.V.E., Boone, J.M., and Fricke, C.and Chapman T. 2017. “Sexual conflict over remating interval is modulated by the sex peptide pathway.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284 (20162394). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2394.
• Franke, F, Armitage, SAO, Kutzer, MAM, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. 2017. “Environmental temperature variation influences fitness trade-offs and tolerance in a fish-tapeworm association.” Parasites & Vectors 10. doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2192-7.
• Hamley, M., Franke, F., Kurtz, J., and Scharsack, J.P. 2017. “An experimental approach to the immuno-modulatory basis of host-parasite local adaptation in tapeworm-infected sticklebacks.” Experimental Parasitology 180 (SI): 119–132. doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2017.03.004.
• Nikolova, D., Weber, D., Scholz, M., Bald, T., Scharsack, J., and Hippler, M. 2017. “Temperature-induced remodeling of the photosynthetic machinery tunes photosynthesis1 in the thermophilic alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.” Plant Physiology 174 (1): 35–46. doi: 10.1104/pp.17.00110.
• Fricke, C, and Chapman, T. 2017. “Variation in the post-mating fitness landscape in fruit flies.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2017 (30): 1250–1261. doi: 10.1111/jeb.13090.
• Armitage, SAO, Kurtz, J, Brites, D, Dong, Y, Du, Pasquier L, and Wang, HC. 2017. “Dscam1 in pancrustacean immunity: Current status and a look to the future.” Frontiers in immunology 8. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00662.
• Lepennetier, G, and Catania, F. 2017. “Exploring the Impact of Cleavage and Polyadenylation Factors on Pre-mRNA Splicing Across Eukaryotes.” G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 7 (7): 2107–2114. doi: 10.1534/g3.117.041483.
• Valverde, J., Eggert, H., Kurtz, J., and Schielzeth, H. 2017. “Condition-dependence and sexual ornamentation: Effects of immune challenges on a highly sexually dimorphic grasshopper.” Insect Science 25 (4): 617–630. doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12448.
• Kurtz, J, and Armitage, SAO. 2017. “Dissecting the dynamics of trans-generational immune priming.” Molecular Ecology 26 (15): 3857–3859. doi: 10.1111/mec.14190.
• Leal, Miguel C., Rocha, Rui J. M., Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M., Cruz, Igor C. S., and Ferrier-Pages, Christine. 2017. “Trophic and stoichiometric consequences of nutrification for the intertidal tropical zoanthid <i>Zoanthus sociatus</i>.” Marine Pollution Bulletin 119 (1): 169–175. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.03.054.
• Best, Rebecca J., Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M., Leal, Miguel C., Schmid, Dominik W., Seehausen, Ole, and Matthews, Blake. 2017. “Transgenerational selection driven by divergent ecological impacts of hybridizing lineages.” Nature Ecology and Evolution 1 (11). doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0308-2.
• Brunner, Franziska S., Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M., Matthews, Blake, and Eizaguirre, Christophe. 2017. “Experimental evidence that parasites drive eco-evolutionary feedbacks.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114 (14): 3678–3683. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1619147114.
• Catania, F. 2017. “From intronization to intron loss: How the interplay between mRNA-associated processes can shape the architecture and the expression of eukaryotic genes.” International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology 91: 136–144. doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2017.06.017.
• Wensing, KU, Koppik, M, and Fricke, C. 2017. “Precopulatory but not postcopulatory male reproductive traits diverge in response to mating system manipulation in Drosophila melanogaster.” Ecology and Evolution 7 (23): 10361–10378. doi: 10.1002/ece3.3542.

2016

• Futo, M, Armitage, SAO, and Kurtz, J. 2016. “Microbiota plays a role in oral immune priming in Tribolium castaneum.” Frontiers in Microbiology 6. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01383.
• Milutinović, B, and Kurtz, J. 2016. “Immune memory in invertebrates.” Seminars in immunology 28 (4): 328–342.
• Peuß, R, Wensing, KU, Woestmann, L, Eggert, H, Milutinović, B, Sroka, MGU, Scharsack, JP, Kurtz, J, and Armitage, SAO. 2016. “Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1: testing for a role in insect immunity, behaviour and reproduction.” Royal Society Open Science 3 (4): 160138..
• Bretman, A, Fricke, C, Westmancoat, J, and Chapman, T. 2016. “Effect of competitive cues on reproductive morphology and behavioral plasticity in male fruitflies.” Behavioral Ecology 27 (2): 452–461. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arv170.
• Coustau, C, Kurtz, J, and Moret, Y. 2016. “A Novel Mechanism of Immune Memory Unveiled at the Invertebrate-Parasite Interface.” Trends in Parasitology null (null). doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2016.02.005.
• Peuß, R, Wensing, K, Woestmann, L, Eggert, H, Milutinović, B, Sroka, M, Scharsack, JP, Kurtz, J, and Armitage, S. 2016. “Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1: Testing for a role in insect immunity, behaviour and reproduction.” Royal Society Open Science 3 (4). doi: 10.1098/rsos.160138.
• Armitage, SAO, and Brites, D. 2016. “The immune-related roles and the evolutionary history of Dscam in arthropods.” in The evolution of the immune system: Conservation and diversification, edited by D Malagoli.
• Kutzer, MAM, and Armitage, SAO. 2016. “The effect of diet and time after bacterial infection on fecundity, resistance, and tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster.” Ecology and Evolution 6: 4229–4242.. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2185.
• Kutzer, MAM, and Armitage, SAO. 2016. “Maximising fitness in the face of parasites: a review of host tolerance.” Zoology 119: 281–289. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.05.011.
• Armitage, SAO, Fernández-Marín, H, Boomsma, JJ, and Wcislo, WT. 2016. “Slowing them down will make them lose: a role for attine ant crop fungus in defending pupae against infections?” Journal of Animal Ecology 85: 1210–1221.. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12543.
• Milutinovic, B, and Kurtz, J. 2016. “Immune memory in invertebrates.” Seminars in Immunology 28. doi: 10.1016/j.smim.2016.05.004.
• Scharsack, JP, Franke, F, Erin, NI, Kuske, A, Büscher, J, Stolz, H, Samonte, IE, Kurtz, J, and Kalbe, M. 2016. “Effects of environmental variation on host–parasite interaction in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus).” Zoology 119. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.05.008.
• Milutinovic, B, Peuß, R, Ferro, K, and Kurtz, J. 2016. “Immune priming in arthropods: an update focusing on the red flour beetle.” Zoology 119. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.03.006.
• Kurtz, J, Schulenburg, H, and Reusch, TBH. 2016. “Host–parasite coevolution—Rapid reciprocal adaptation and its genetic basis.” Zoology 119. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.06.011.
• Ruhmann, H., Wensing, K.U., Neuhalfen, N., Specker, J-H., and Fricke, C. 2016. “Early reproductive success in Drosophila males is dependent on maturity of the accessory gland.” Behavioral Ecology 27 (6): 1859–1868. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arw123.
• Schmidt-Drewello, A., Riss, H., Scharsack, J., and Meyer, E.I. 2016. “Relative benefit of the invasive Echinogammarus berilloni (Catta, 1878) over native gammarids under fish predation (Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758).” Aquatic Ecology 50 (1): 75–85. doi: 10.1007/s10452-015-9555-y.
• Haase, D., Rieger, J., Witten, A., Stoll, M., Bornberg-Bauer, E., Kalbe, M., Schmidt-Drewello, A., Scharsack, J., and Reusch, T. 2016. “Comparative transcriptomics of stickleback immune gene responses upon infection by two helminth parasites, Diplostomum pseudospathaceum and Schistocephalus solidus.” Zoology 119 (4): 307–313. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.05.005.
• Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M., Brunner, Franziska S., Sommer, Nina, Seehausen, Ole, Eizaguirre, Christophe, and Matthews, Blake. 2016. “The association of feeding behaviour with the resistance and tolerance to parasites in recently diverged sticklebacks.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 29 (11): 2157–2167. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12934.
• Selz, O.M., Thommen, R., Pierotti, M.E. R., Anaya-Rojas, J.M., and Seehausen, O. 2016. “Differences in male coloration are predicted by divergent sexual selection between populations of a cichlid fish.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283 (1830). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0172.
• Lepennetier, G, and Catania, F. 2016. “mRNA-Associated Processes and Their Influence on Exon-Intron Structure in Drosophila melanogaster.” G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 6: 1617–1626. doi: 10.1534/g3.116.029231.
• Ruhmann, H, Wensing, KU, Neuhalfen, N, Specker, J.H., and C, Fricke. 2016. “Early reproductive success in Drosophila males is dependent on maturity of the accessory gland.” Behavioral Ecology 27 (6): 1859–1868. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arw123.
• Mason, VC, Li, G, Minx, P, Schmitz, J, Churakov, G, Doronina, L, Melin, AD, Dominy, NJ, Lim, NT-L, Springer, MS, Wilson, RK, Warren, WC, Helgen, KM, and Murphy, WJ. 2016. “Genomic analysis reveals hidden biodiversity within colugos, the sister group to primates.” Science advances 2 (8): 1–15. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1600633.

2015

• Armitage, SAO, Peuß, R, and Kurtz, J. 2015. “Dscam and pancrustacean immune memory - A review of the evidence.” Developmental and Comparative Immunology 48. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2014.03.004.
• Dubuffet, A., Zanchi, C., Boutet, G., Moreau, J., Teixeira, M., and Moret, Y. 2015. “Trans-generational Immune Priming Protects the Eggs Only against Gram-Positive Bacteria in the Mealworm Beetle.” PLoS Pathogens 11 (10). doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005178.
• Fricke, C, Adler, MI, Brooks, RC, and Bonduriansky, R. 2015. “The complexity of male reproductive success: effects of nutrition, morphology, and experience.” Behavioral Ecology 26 (2): 617–624. doi: 10.1093/beheco/aru240.
• Ferro, D, Lepennetier, G, and Catania, F. 2015. “Cis-acting signals modulate the efficiency of programmed DNA elimination in Paramecium tetraurelia.” Nucleic Acids Research 2015. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkv843.
• Milutinović, B., Höfling, C., Futo, M., Scharsack, J., and Kurtz, J. 2015. “Infection of Tribolium castaneum with Bacillus thuringiensis: Quantification of bacterial replication within cadavers, transmission via cannibalism, and inhibition of spore germination.” Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81 (23): 8135–8144. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02051-15.
• Ballarin, L., Du, Pasquier L., Rinkevich, B., and Kurtz, J. 2015. “Evolutionary aspects of allorecognition.” Invertebrate Survival Journal 12 (null): 233–236.
• Peuß, R, Eggert, H, Armitage, SAO, and Kurtz, J. 2015. “Downregulation of the evolutionary capacitor Hsp90 is mediated by social cues.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2041.
• Goodacre, SL, Fricke, C, and Martin, OY. 2015. “A screen for bacterial endosymbionts in the model organisms Tribolium castaneum, T. confusum, Callosobruchus maculatus and related species.” Insect Science 22: 165–177. doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12096.
• Milutinović, B, Höfling, C, Futo, M, Scharsack, JP, and Kurtz, J. 2015. “Infection of Tribolium castaneum with Bacillus thuringiensis: Quantification of Bacterial Replication within Cadavers, Transmission via Cannibalism, and Inhibition of Spore Germination.” Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81 (23): 8135–8144.
• Lai, HC, Ng, TH, Ando, M, Lee, C, Chen, IT, Chang, SH, Yeh, MD, Chiang, YA, Takeyama, H, Hamaguchi, H, Lo, CF, Aoki, T, and Wang, HC. 2015. “Pathogenesis of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) in shrimp.” Fish Shellfish Immunol. 47: 1006–1014.
• Daldrup, T., Remmes, J., Lesting, J., Gaburro, S., Fendt, M., Meuth, P., Kloke, V., Pape, H., and Seidenbecher, T. 2015. “Expression of freezing and fear-potentiated startle during sustained fear in mice.” Genes, Brain and Behavior 14 (3): 281–291. doi: 10.1111/gbb.12211.
• Scharsack, J., Franke, F., Erin, N., Kuske, A., Büscher, J., Stolz, H., Samonte, I., Kurtz, J., and Kalbe, M. 2015. “Effects of environmental variation on host-parasite interaction in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus).” Zoology null (null). doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.05.008.
• Hesse, Saskia, Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M., Frommen, Joachim G., and Thuenken, Timo. 2015. “Social deprivation affects cooperative predator inspection in a cichlid fish.” Royal Society Open Science 2 (3). doi: 10.1098/rsos.140451.
• Hesse, Saskia, Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M., Frommen, Joachim G., and Thuenken, Timo. 2015. “Kinship reinforces cooperative predator inspection in a cichlid fish.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28 (11): 2088–2096. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12736.
• Ramos-Pallares, Eliana, Mauricio Anaya-Rojas, Jaime, Hugo Serrano-Cardozo, Victor, and Patricia Ramirez-Pinilla, Martha. 2015. “Feeding and Reproductive Ecology of <i>Bachia bicolor</i> (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) in Urban Ecosystems from Colombia.” Journal of Herpetology 49 (1): 108–117. doi: 10.1670/12-261.
• Eggert, H, Diddens-de, Buhr MF, and Kurtz, J. 2015. “A temperature shock can lead to trans-generational immune priming in the Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium castaneum.” Ecology and Evolution 2015: 1–9. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1443.
• Masri, L, Branca, A, Sheppard, AE, Papkou, A, Laehnemann, D, Guenther, PS, Prahl, S, Saebelfeld, M, Hollensteiner, J, Liesegang, H, Brzuszkiewicz, E, Daniel, R, Michiels, NK, Schulte, RD, Kurtz, J, Rosenstiel, P, Telschow, A, Bornberg-Bauer, E, and Schulenburg, H. 2015. “Host-Pathogen Coevolution: The Selective Advantage of Bacillus thuringiensis Virulence and Its Cry Toxin Genes.” PLoS Biology 13 (6): e1002169.. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002169.
• Catania, F, and Schmitz, J. 2015. “On the path to genetic novelties: insights from programmed DNA elimination and RNA splicing.” WIREs RNA 2015: 547–561. doi: 10.1002/wrna.1293.

2014

• Dittmar, J., Janssen, H., Kuske, A., Kurtz, J., and Scharsack, J.P. 2014. “Heat and immunity: An experimental heat wave alters immune functions in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus).” Journal of Animal Ecology 83 (4): 744–757. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12175.
• Milutinović, B, Fritzlar, S, and Kurtz, J. 2014. “Increased Survival in the Red Flour Beetle after Oral Priming with Bacteria-Conditioned Media.” Journal of Innate Immunity 6 (3): 306–314. doi: 10.1159/000355211.
• Kurtz, J, and Heiming, RS. 2014. “Krankheit und Evolution.” in Themen und Positionen der Bioethik., edited by JS Ach, B Lüttenberg and M Quante. Münster: mentis Verlag.
• Joop, G., Roth, O., Schmid-Hempel, P., and Kurtz, J. 2014. “Experimental evolution of external immune defences in the red flour beetle.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27 (8): 1562–1571. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12406.
• Kurtz, J., and Heiming, R. 2014. “Krankheit und Evolution.” in wissen.leben.ethik, Themen und Positionen der Bioethik, edited by Johann S Ach, Beate Lüttenberg and Michael Quante. Münster: mentis Verlag.
• Armitage, SAO, Sun, W, You, X, Kurtz, J, Schmucker, D, and Chen, W. 2014. “Quantitative profiling of Drosophila melanogaster Dscam1 isoforms reveals no changes in splicing after bacterial exposure.” PloS one 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108660.
• Fricke, C, Green, D, Smith, D, Dalmay, T, and Chapman, T. 2014. “MicroRNAs influence reproductive Responses by females to male sex peptide in Drosophila melanogaster.” Genetics 198: 1603–1619. doi: 10.1534/genetics.114.167320.
• Chiswell, R, Girard, M, Fricke, C, and Kasumovic, MM. 2014. “Prior mating success can affect allocation towards future sexual signaling in crickets.” PeerJ 657. doi: 10.7717/peerj.657.
• Scharsack, J., and Kalbe, M. 2014. “Differences in susceptibility and immune responses of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) from lake and river ecotypes to sequential infections with the eye fluke Diplostomum pseudospathaceum.” Parasites and Vectors 7 (1). doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-109.
• Kutyrev, I., Franke, F., Büscher, J., Kurtz, J., and Scharsack, J. 2014. “Invitro effects of prostaglandin E2 on leucocytes from sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) infected and not infected with the cestode Schistocephalus solidus.” Fish and Shellfish Immunology 41 (2): 473–481. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2014.09.031.
• Behrens, S, Peuß, R, Milutinović, B, Eggert, H, Esser, D, Rosenstiel, P, Schulenburg, H, Bornberg-Bauer, E, and Kurtz, J. 2014. “Infection routes matter in population-specific responses of the red flour beetle to the entomopathogen Bacillus thuringiensis.” BMC Genomics 16 (1): 445.
• Ng, TH, Hung, HY, Chiang, YA, Lin, JH, Chen, YN, Chuang, YU, and Wang, HC. 2014. “WSSV-induced crayfish Dscam shows durable immune behavior.” Fish Shellfish Immunol. 40: 78–90.
• Ng, TH, Chiang, YA, Yeh, YC, and Wang, HC. 2014. “Review of Dscam-mediated immunity in shrimp and other arthropods.” Dev Comp Immunol. 46: 129–138.
• Ng, TH, Wu, MH, Chang, SH, Aoki, T, and Wang, HC. 2014. “The DNA fibers of shrimp hemocyte extracellular traps exhibit antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli.” Dev Comp Immunol. 48: 229–233.
• Su, MA, Huang, YT, Chen, IT, Lee, DY, Hsieh, YC, Li, CY, Ng, TH, Liang, SY, Lin, SY, Huang, SW, Chiang, YA, Yu, HT, Khoo, KH, Chang, GD, Lo, CF, and Wang, HC. 2014. “An invertebrate Warburg effect: a shrimp virus achieves successful replication by altering the host metabolome via the PI3K-Akt-mTOR pathway.” PLoS Pathogens 10: e1004196.
• Franke, F., Rahn, A., Dittmar, J., Erin, N., Rieger, J., Haase, D., Samonte-Padilla, I., Lange, J., Jakobsen, P., Hermida, M., Fernández, C., Kurtz, J., Bakker, T., Reusch, T., Kalbe, M., and Scharsack, J. 2014. “Invitro leukocyte response of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) to helminth parasite antigens.” Fish and Shellfish Immunology 36 (1): 130–140. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.10.019.
• Kutyrev, IA, Franke, F, Büscher, J, Kurtz, J, and Scharsack, JP. 2014. “In vitro effects of prostaglandin E2 on leucocytes from sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) infected and not infected with the cestode Schistocephalus solidus.” Fish and Shellfish Immunology 41: 4473–481. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2014.09.031.
• Eggert, H, Kurtz, J, and Diddens-de, Buhr MF. 2014. “Different effects of paternal trans-generational immune priming on survival and immunity in step and genetic offspring.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1797). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2089.
• Armitage, SA, Sun, W, You, X, Kurtz, J, Schmucker, D, and Chen, W. 2014. “Quantitative Profiling of Drosophila melanogaster Dscam1 Isoforms Reveals No Changes in Splicing after Bacterial Exposure.” PloS one 9 (10): e108660.. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108660.