Research Foci
Sociobiology
Study of the ultimate and proximate mechanisms of social evolution in ants
Sociogenetic/genomic
Study of the sociogenetic structure and evolution of social insects
Behavioral Ecology
Proximate and ultimate mechanism of behavior
Entomology
General study of insects
Quantitative Genetics
Investigation of the genetic architecture of quantitative traits
Further Affiliation at the University of Münster
CV
Academic Education
- Habilitation in Zoology Uni Würzburg
- Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) Biology Uni Würzburg
- Diplom in Biology Uni Würzburg
Positions
- Adjunct Professor (Arizona State University)
- Professor for Molecular Evolution and Sociobiology
- Research Professor (Arizona State University)
- Full Professor (Arizona State University)
- Associate Director for Graduate Studies (School of Life Sciences, ASU)
- Associate Professor (tenured, Arizona State University)
- Assistant Professor (tenure track, Arizona State University)
- Assistant Professor (non-tenure) Uni Würzburg
- Assistant Professor (non-tenure) Uni Würzburg
Projects
- Animal Personality Meets Personality Psychology ()
Internally at the University of Münster Funded Project: Universität Münster-interne Förderung - Topical Programmes - CRC TRR 212 - C04: Proximate and ultimate mechanisms of social niche choice and construction during colony founding in the ant Pogonomyrmex californicus ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Sonderforschungsbereich | Project Number: TRR 212/2 C04 - 118te Jahrestagung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, Universität Münster, 07.09.2026 - 11.09.2026 ()
Scientific Event: DFG - Internationale wissenschaftliche Veranstaltungen | Project Number: GA 661/6-1 - Proximate and ultimate mechanisms of social niche construction during colony founding in the ant Pogonomyrmex californicus – SFB-TRR 212 ()
Project Carried out outside the University Münster - Individualisierung in sich ändernden Umwelten – InChangE ()
Participation in other joint Project: MKW - Förderlinie "Profilbildung" | Project Number: PROFILNRW-2020-143-B - Entwicklung einer Methode zur Gewinnung von Pflanzenextrakten aus GVO für die Testung von Nicht-Zielorganismen ()
Participation in Federally Funded Joint Project: Bundesamt für Naturschutz | Project Number: Z3 - 3522841400 - The Individual in the Focus of Life Sciences ()
Internally at the University of Münster Funded Project: Universität Münster-interne Förderung - Topical Programmes - RTG 2220: Evolutionary Processes in Adaptation and Disease – RTG 2220 EvoPAD ()
Main DFG-Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Graduiertenkolleg | Project Number: GRK 2220/1 - Wirkungen insektenresistenter GVO auf Ameisen: Untersuchungen zu Wirkungen von Bt-Proteinen auf Ameisen und methodische Anforderungen ()
Participation in Federally Funded Joint Project: Bundesamt für Naturschutz | Project Number: 3520 84 0400 - Münster Arizona Virtual Collaboration (IVAC - International Virtual Academic Collaboration 2021-2022) – MAVAC ()
Individual Granted Project: DAAD - International Virtual Academic Collaboration | Project Number: 57599455 - CRC TRR 212 - C04: Proximate and ultimate mechanisms of social niche choice and construction during colony founding in the ant Pogonomyrmex californicus ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Sonderforschungsbereich | Project Number: TRR 212/1 - SPP 1819 - Subproject: Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of rapid host adaptation in the aphid parasitoid Aphidius ervi ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: SCHR 1554/3-1; GA 661/4-1 - International Virtual Academic Collaboration: WWU Münster - ASU USA ()
Individual Granted Project: DAAD - International Virtual Academic Collaboration | Project Number: 57564337
Articles
- 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 L. J.. “Exploring the interplay of epigenetics and individualization.” Preprint, submitted in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, № 42 () doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2025.12.010.
- Krüger, O, Anaya-Rojas, J, Back, M, Caspers, B, Chakarov, N, Dammhahn, M, Elliott-Graves, A, Fricke, C, Gadau, J, Hoffman, JI, Kaiser, MI, Kaiser, S, Korsten, P, Krohs, U, Kurtz, J, Langrock, R, Müller, C, Peuß, R, Reinhold, K, Richter, H, Sachser, N, Schielzeth, H, Schmoll, T, Stanewsky, R, Szekely, T, Weissing, FJ, Wittmann, M, and Xu, S. “Individualised niches: an integrative conceptual framework across behaviour, ecology, and evolution.” Preprint, submitted in Biological reviews() doi: 10.1002/brv.70147.
- Kuper, Niclas, Breitmoser, Yves, Caspers, Barbara, Dammhahn, Melanie, Gadau, Jürgen, Kaiser, Marie I, Kandler, Christian, Kroh, Martin, Krüger, Oliver, Kurtz, Joachim, Lemola, Sakari, Rauthmann, John, Richter, Helene, Voelcker-Rehage, Claudia, and Back, Mitja. “An interdisciplinary linked-lives approach to individual differences in social behaviour.” Nature Human Behaviour (10), № 9 () doi: 10.1038/s41562-025-02301-7.
- Errbii, M, Ernst, U, Lajmi, A, Gadau, J, and Schrader, L. “Evolutionary genomics of socially polymorphic populations of <i>Pogonomyrmex californicus</i>.” BMC Biology, № 22 () doi: 10.1186/s12915-024-01907-z.
- Kaiser, M, Gadau, J, Kaiser, S, Müller, C, and Richter, SH. “Individualized social niches in animals: Theoretical clarifications and processes of niche change.” BioScience, № 74 (): 146–158. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biad122.
- van den Bos, Esther, Gadau, Jürgen, and Schrader, Lukas. “Molecular identification of polymorphic transposable elements in populations of the invasive ant <i>Cardiocondyla obscurior</i>.” Biology Methods & Protocols, № bpae050 () doi: 10.1093/biomethods/bpae050.
- Errbii, Mohammed, Gadau, Jürgen, Becker, Kerstin, Schrader, Lukas, and Oettler, Jan. “Causes and consequences of a complex recombinational landscape in the ant <i>Cardiocondyla obscurior</i>.” Genome Research (6), № 34 () doi: 10.1101/gr.278392.123.
- 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.. “Individualisation and individualised science across disciplinary perspectives.” European Journal for Philosophy of Science (41), № 14 () 41. doi: 10.1007/s13194-024-00602-8.
- Pohl, M., Hommen, U., Eilebrecht, S., Schäfers, C., Gadau, J., and Otto, M.. “Ants are no bees – Gaps in the assessment of relevant exposure routes to pesticides and plant incorporated protectants.” Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, № 6 (): 71–80. doi: 10.1016/j.enceco.2024.02.001.
- Haney, Brian R. R., Gadau, Juergen, and Fewell, Jennifer H. H.. “Annual fitness costs may be balanced by a conservative life history strategy in groups of unrelated ant queens.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (7), № 77 () doi: 10.1007/s00265-023-03347-1.
- Ostwald, Madeleine M., Tretter, Sandra, Buellesbach, Jan, Calixto, Juliana M., Fewell, Jennifer H., Gadau, Juergen, and Baudier, Kaitlin M.. “Body mass and cuticular hydrocarbon profiles, but not queen number, underlie worker desiccation resistance in a facultatively polygynous harvester ant (<i>Pogonomyrmex californicus</i>).” Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical Systemic and Environmental (3), № 193 () doi: 10.1007/s00360-023-01488-3.
- Büllesbach, Jan, Rinke, Janina, Reuter, Leonie, Thomas, Jurian M. M., Hartmann, Vivien, Pohl, Marius, Gadau, Jürgen, and Ernst, Ulrich R. R.. “Conserved worker policing in African carpenter ants with drastically different egg chemotypes.” Evolutionary Ecology (5), № 37 () doi: 10.1007/s10682-023-10245-5.
- Sun, Weizhao, Lange, Michelle Ina, Gadau, Juergen, and Buellesbach, Jan. “Decoding the genetic and chemical basis of sexual attractiveness in parasitic wasps.” eLife, № 12 () doi: 10.7554/eLife.86182.
- Pohl, M., Frank, E.T., and Gadau, J.. “Socio- and population-genetic analyses of two West-African ponerine species (Megaponera analis and Paltothyreus tarsatus) with winged and wingless queens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).” Myrmecological news, № 33 (): 77–89. doi: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_033:077.
- Kalyanaraman, D., Riemsloh, K.M.Z., Kürschner, L.K., Gadau, J., and Lammers, M.. “Substantial fitness costs in terms of parasitization rates, offspring production and sex ratio of Wolbachia infection in Nasonia vitripennis without modified host preference.” Ecological Entomology (6), № 48 (): 765–774. doi: 10.1111/een.13271.
- Preuss, A., Czuppon, P., Ernst, U.R., and Gadau, J.. “Harbouring Blochmannia incurs costs: a trade-off between the necessity of the obligate primary endosymbiont for brood development and its costs for adult carpenter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).” Myrmecological news, № 33 () doi: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_033:211.
- Latshaw, Joseph S., Mazade, Reece E., Petersen, Mary, Mustard, Julie A., Sinakevitch, Irina, Wissler, Lothar, Guo, Xiaojiao, Cook, Chelsea, Lei, Hong, Gadau, Jurgen, and Smith, Brian. “Tyramine and its <i>Amtyr1</i> receptor modulate attention in honey bees (<i>Apis mellifera</i>).” eLife, № 12 () doi: 10.7554/eLife.83348.
- 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. “How Individualized Niches Arise: Defining Mechanisms of Niche Construction, Niche Choice and Niche Conformance.” BioScience (6), № 72 (): 538–548. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biac023.
- Buellesbach, J., Holze, H., Schrader, L., Liebig, J., Schmitt, T., Gadau, J., and Niehuis, O.. “Genetic and genomic architecture of species-specific cuticular hydrocarbon variation in parasitoid wasps.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (1976), № 289 () doi: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0336.
- Gadau, J., and Fewell, J.H.. “Supergenes, supergenomes, and complex social traits.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2), № 119 () doi: 10.1073/pnas.2118971118.
- Schrader, L, Winter, M, Errbii, M, Delabie, J, Oettler, J, and Gadau, J. “Inhibition of HSP90 causes morphological variation in the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior.” Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution (4), № 336 (): 333–340. doi: 10.1002/jez.b.23035.
- van Elst, Tobias, Eriksson, TiH., Gadau, Jurgen, Johnson, Robert A., Rabeling, Christian, Taylor, Jesse E., and Borowiec, Marek L.. “Comprehensive phylogeny of <i>Myrmecocystus</i> honey ants highlights cryptic diversity and infers evolution during aridification of the American Southwest.” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, № 155 () doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107036.
- Olney, K.C., Gibson, J.D., Natri, H.M., Underwood, A., Gadau, J., and Wilson, M.A.. “Lack of parent-of-origin effects in Nasonia jewel wasp: A replication and extension study.” PloS one, № 16 () doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252457.
- Xiong, X., Kelkar, Y.D., Geden, C.J., Zhang, C., Wang, Y., Jongepier, E., Martinson, E.O., Verhulst, E.C., Gadau, J., Werren, J.H., and Wang, X.. “Long-Read Assembly and Annotation of the Parasitoid Wasp Muscidifurax raptorellus, a Biological Control Agent for Filth Flies.” Frontiers in Genetics, № 12 () doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.748135.
- Kalyanaraman, D., Gadau, J., and Lammers, M.. “The generalist parasitoid Nasonia vitripennis shows more behavioural plasticity in host preference than its three specialist sister species.” Ethology (11), № 127 (): 964–978. doi: 10.1111/eth.13217.
- Bohn, J, Halabian, R, Schrader, L, Shabardina, V, Steffen, R, Suzuki, Y, Ernst, U, Gadau, J, and Makałowski, W. “High-Quality Genome Assembly and Annotation of the California Harvester Ant Pogonomyrmex californicus (Buckley, 1867).” G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics (1), № 11 () jkaa019. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkaa019.
- Tiede, J, Diepenbruck, M, Gadau, J, Wemheuer, B, Daniel, R, and Scherber, C. “Seasonal variation in the diet of the serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus): A high-resolution analysis using DNA metabarcoding.” Basic and Applied Ecology, № 49 (): 1–12. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2020.09.004.
- Dennis, A.B., Ballesteros, G.I., Robin, S., Schrader, L., Bast, J., Berghöfer, J., Beukeboom, L.W., Belghazi, M., Bretaudeau, A., Buellesbach, J., Cash, E., Colinet, D., Dumas, Z., Errbii, M., Falabella, P., Gatti, J.L., Geuverink, E., Gibson, J.D., Hertaeg, C., Hartmann, S., Jacquin-Joly, E., Lammers, M., Lavandero, B.I., Lindenbaum, I., Massardier-Galata, L., Meslin, C., Montagné, N., Pak, N., Poirié, M., Salvia, R., Smith, C.R., Tagu, D., Tares, S., Vogel, H., Schwander, T., Simon, J.C., Figueroa, C.C., Vorburger, C., Legeai, F., and Gadau, J.. “Functional insights from the GC-poor genomes of two aphid parasitoids, Aphidius ervi and Lysiphlebus fabarum.” BMC Genomics (1), № 21 () doi: 10.1186/s12864-020-6764-0.
- Cook, C.N., Lemanski, N.J., Mosqueiro, T., Ozturk, C., Gadau, J., Pinter-Wollman, N., and Smith, B.H.. “Individual learning phenotypes drive collective behavior.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (30), № 117 (): 17949–17956. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1920554117.
- Mueller, Caroline, Caspers, Barbara A., Gadau, Juergen, and Kaiser, Sylvia. “The Power of Infochemicals in Mediating Individualized Niches.” Trends in Ecology & Evolution (11), № 35 () doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.07.001.
- Cook, Chelsea N, Mosqueiro, Thiago, Brent, Colin S, Ozturk, Cahit, Gadau, Jürgen, Pinter_Wollman, Noa, and Smith, Brian H. “Individual differences in learning and biogenic amine levels influence the behavioural division between foraging honeybee scouts and recruits.” Journal of Animal Ecology, № 88 (): 236–246.
- Bien, Tanja, Gadau, Juergen, Schnapp, Andreas, Yew, Joanne Y., Sievert, Christian, and Dreisewerd, Klaus. “Detection of very long-chain hydrocarbons by laser mass spectrometry reveals novel species-, sex-, and age-dependent differences in the cuticular profiles of three Nasonia species.” Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (13), № 411 () doi: 10.1007/s00216-019-01736-y.
- Bien, T., Gadau, J., Schnapp, A., Yew, J.Y., Sievert, C., and Dreisewerd, K.. “Detection of very long-chain hydrocarbons by laser mass spectrometry reveals novel species-, sex-, and age-dependent differences in the cuticular profiles of three Nasonia species.” Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (13), № 411 (): 2981–2993. doi: 10.1007/s00216-019-01736-y.
- Telschow, A., Gadau, J., Werren, J.H., and Kobayashi, Y.. “Genetic incompatibilities between mitochondria and nuclear genes: Effect on gene flow and speciation.” Frontiers in Genetics, № 10 () doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00062.
- Eriksson, T.H., Hölldobler, B., Taylor, J.E., and Gadau, J.. “Intraspecific variation in colony founding behavior and social organization in the honey ant Myrmecocystus mendax.” Insectes Sociaux (2), № 66 (): 283–297. doi: 10.1007/s00040-019-00687-y.
- Van Elst, Tobias, and Gadau, Juergen. “Temporal variation in social structure and worker reproduction in the temporary social parasite Lasius fuliginosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).” Myrmecological news, № 27 (): 75-85.
- Catania, Francesco, Krohs, Ulrich, Chittò, Marco, Ferro, Diana, Ferro, Kevin, Lepennetier, Gildas, Görtz, Hans-Dieter, Schreiber, Rebecca S., Kurtz, Joachim, and Jürgen, Gadau. “The hologenome concept: we need to incorporate function.” Theory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften (3-4), № 136 (): 89–98. doi: 10.1007/s12064-016-0240-z.
- Kwapich, C.L., Gadau, J., and Hölldobler, B.. “The ecological and genetic basis of annual worker production in the desert seed harvesting ant, Veromessor pergandei.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (8), № 71 () doi: 10.1007/s00265-017-2333-1.
- Campbell, J., Nath, R., Gadau, J., Fox, T., DeGrandi-Hoffman, G., and Harrison, J.. “The fungicide Pristine® inhibits mitochondrial function in vitro but not flight metabolic rates in honey bees.” Journal of Insect Physiology, № 86 (): 11–16. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2015.12.003.
- Helmkampf, M., Mikheyev, A., Kang, Y., Fewell, J., and Gadau, J.. “Gene expression and variation in social aggression by queens of the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus.” Molecular Ecology (15), № 25 (): 3716–3730. doi: 10.1111/mec.13700.
- Helmkampf, M., Mikheyev, A., Kang, Y., Fewell, J., and Gadau, J.. “Gene expression and variation in social aggression by queens of the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus.” Molecular Ecology (null), № null () doi: 10.1111/mec.13700.
- Overson, R., Fewell, J., and Gadau, J.. “Distribution and origin of intraspecific social variation in the California harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus.” Insectes Sociaux (4), № 63 (): 531–541. doi: 10.1007/s00040-016-0497-8.
- Sadd, BM, Barribeau, SM, Bloch, G, de, Graaf DC, Dearden, P, Elsik, CG, Gadau, J, Grimmelikhuijzen, CJ, Hasselmann, M, Lozier, JD, Robertson, HM, Smagghe, G, Stolle, E, Van, Vaerenbergh M, Waterhouse, RM, Bornberg-Bauer, E, Klasberg, S, Bennett, AK, Câmara, F, Guigó, R, Hoff, K, Mariotti, M, Munoz-Torres, M, Murphy, T, Santesmasses, D, Amdam, GV, Beckers, M, Beye, M, Biewer, M, Bitondi, MM, Blaxter, ML, Bourke, AF, Brown, MJ, Buechel, SD, Cameron, R, Cappelle, K, Carolan, JC, Christiaens, O, Ciborowski, KL, Clarke, DF, Colgan, TJ, Collins, DH, Cridge, AG, Dalmay, T, Dreier, S, du, Plessis L, Duncan, E, Erler, S, Evans, J, Falcon, T, Flores, K, Freitas, FC, Fuchikawa, T, Gempe, T, Hartfelder, K, Hauser, F, Helbing, S, Humann, FC, Irvine, F, Jermiin, LS, Johnson, CE, Johnson, RM, Jones, AK, Kadowaki, T, Kidner, JH, Koch, V, Köhler, A, Kraus, FB, Lattorff, HM, Leask, M, Lockett, GA, Mallon, EB, Antonio, DS, Marxer, M, Meeus, I, Moritz, RF, Nair, A, Näpflin, K, Nissen, I, Niu, J, Nunes, FM, Oakeshott, JG, Osborne, A, Otte, M, Pinheiro, DG, Rossié, N, Rueppell, O, Santos, CG, Schmid-Hempel, R, Schmitt, BD, Schulte, C, Simões, ZL, Soares, MP, Swevers, L, Winnebeck, EC, Wolschin, F, Yu, N, Zdobnov, EM, Aqrawi, PK, Blankenburg, KP, Coyle, M, Francisco, L, Hernandez, AG, Holder, M, Hudson, ME, Jackson, L, Jayaseelan, J, Joshi, V, Kovar, C, Lee, SL, Mata, R, Mathew, T, Newsham, IF, Ngo, R, Okwuonu, G, Pham, C, Pu, LL, Saada, N, Santibanez, J, Simmons, D, Thornton, R, Venkat, A, Walden, KK, Wu, YQ, Debyser, G, Devreese, B, Asher, C, Blommaert, J, Chipman, AD, Chittka, L, Fouks, B, Liu, J, O'Neill, MP, Sumner, S, Puiu, D, Qu, J, Salzberg, SL, Scherer, SE, Muzny, DM, Richards, S, Robinson, GE, Gibbs, RA, Schmid-Hempel, P, and Worley, KC.. “The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization.” Genome Biol., № 16 () doi: 10.1186/s13059-015-0623-3.
- Smith, C., Helms, Cahan S., Kemena, C., Brady, S., Yang, W., Bornberg-Bauer, E., Eriksson, T., Gadau, J., Helmkampf, M., Gotzek, D., Okamoto, Miyakawa M., Suarez, A., and Mikheyev, A.. “How do genomes create novel phenotypes Insights from the loss of the worker caste in ant social parasites.” Molecular Biology and Evolution (11), № 32 (): 2919–2931. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msv165.
- Mott, B., Gadau, J., and Anderson, K.. “Phylogeography of Pogonomyrmex barbatus and P. rugosus harvester ants with genetic and environmental caste determination.” Ecology and Evolution (14), № 5 (): 2798–2826. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1507.
- Gadau, J.. “Genetic architecture of key social trait differs significantly between primitive and advanced eusocial species.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (45), № 112 (): 13755–13756. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1519065112.
- Schrader, L., Kim, J., Ence, D., Zimin, A., Klein, A., Wyschetzki, K., Weichselgartner, T., Kemena, C., Stökl, J., Schultner, E., Wurm, Y., Smith, C., Yandell, M., Heinze, J., Gadau, J., and Oettler, J.. “Transposable element islands facilitate adaptation to novel environments in an invasive species.” Nature Communications (null), № 5 () doi: 10.1038/ncomms6495.
- Overson, R., Gadau, J., Clark, R., Pratt, S., and Fewell, J.. “Behavioral transitions with the evolution of cooperative nest founding by harvester ant queens.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (1), № 68 (): 21–30. doi: 10.1007/s00265-013-1618-2.
- Simola, D.F., Wissler, L., Donahue, G., Waterhouse, R.M., Helmkampf, M., Roux, J., Nygaard, S., Glastad, K.M., Hagen, D.E., Viljakainen, L., Reese, J.T., Hunt, B.G., Graur, D., Elhaik, E., Kriventseva, E.V., Wen, J., Parker, B.J., Cash, E., Privman, E., Childers, C.P., Munoz-Torres, M.C., Boomsma, J.J., Bornberg-Bauer, E., Currie, C.R., Elsik, C.G., Suen, G., Goodisman, M.A.D., Keller, L., Liebig, J., Rawls, A., Reinberg, D., Smith, C.D., Smith, C.R., Tsutsui, N., Wurm, Y., Zdobnov, E.M., Berger, S.L., and Gadau, J.. “Social insect genomes exhibit dramatic evolution in gene composition and regulation while preserving regulatory features linked to sociality.” Genome Research (8), № 23 (): 1247. doi: 10.1101/gr.155408.113.
- Gibson, J., Niehuis, O., Peirson, B., Cash, E., and Gadau, J.. “Genetic And Developmental Basis Of F2 Hybrid Breakdown In Nasonia Parasitoid Wasps.” Evolution (7), № 67 (): 2124–2132. doi: 10.1111/evo.12080.
- Desjardins, C., Gadau, J., Lopez, J., Niehuis, O., Avery, A., Loehlin, D., Richards, S., Colbourne, J., and Werren, J.. “Fine-scale mapping of the Nasonia genome to chromosomes using a high-density genotyping microarray.” G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics (2), № 3 (): 205–215. doi: 10.1534/g3.112.004739.
- Desjardins, C., Gadau, J., Lopez, J., Niehuis, O., Avery, A., Loehlin, D., Richards, S., Colbourne, J., and Werren, J.. “Fine-scale mapping of the Nasonia genome to chromosomes using a high-density genotyping microarray.” G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics (2), № 3 (): 205–215. doi: 10.1534/g3.112.004739.
- Buellesbach, J., Gadau, J., Beukeboom, L., Echinger, F., Raychoudhury, R., Werren, J., and Schmitt, T.. “Cuticular hydrocarbon divergence in the jewel wasp Nasonia: Evolutionary shifts in chemical communication channels?” Journal of Evolutionary Biology (11), № 26 (): 2467–2478. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12242.
- Niehuis, O., Buellesbach, J., Gibson, J., Pothmann, D., Hanner, C., Mutti, N., Judson, A., Gadau, J., Ruther, J., and Schmitt, T.. “Behavioural and genetic analyses of Nasonia shed light on the evolution of sex pheromones.” Nature (7437), № 494 (): 345–348. doi: 10.1038/nature11838.
- Niehuis, O., Buellesbach, J., Gibson, J., Pothmann, D., Hanner, C., Mutti, N., Judson, A., Gadau, J., Ruther, J., and Schmitt, T.. “Behavioural and genetic analyses of Nasonia shed light on the evolution of sex pheromones.” Nature (7437), № 494 (): 345–348. doi: 10.1038/nature11838.
- Gadau, J., Helmkampf, M., Nygaard, S., Roux, J., Simola, D., Smith, C., Suen, G., Wurm, Y., and Smith, C.. “The genomic impact of 100 million years of social evolution in seven ant species.” Trends in Genetics (1), № 28 (): 14–21. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2011.08.005.
- Gadau, J., Helmkampf, M., Nygaard, S., Roux, J., Simola, D., Smith, C., Suen, G., Wurm, Y., and Smith, C.. “The genomic impact of 100 million years of social evolution in seven ant species.” Trends in Genetics (1), № 28 (): 14–21. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2011.08.005.
- Gadau, J., Pietsch, C., and Beukeboom, L.. “Quantitative trait locus analysis in haplodiploid hymenoptera.” (): 313–328. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-785-9_16.
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- Wilfert, L., Torres, M., Reber-Funk, C., Schmid-Hempel, R., Tomkins, J., Gadau, J., and Schmid-Hempel, P.. “Construction and characterization of a BAC-library for a key pollinator, the bumblebee Bombus terrestris L.” Insectes Sociaux (1), № 56 (): 44–48. doi: 10.1007/s00040-008-1034-1.
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- Bickel, T., Brühl, C., Gadau, J., Hölldobler, B., and Linsenmair, K.. “Influence of habitat fragmentation on the genetic variability in leaf litter ant populations in tropical rainforests of Sabah, Borneo.” Biodiversity and Conservation (1), № 15 (): 157–175. doi: 10.1007/s10531-004-4248-1.
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- Feldhaar, H., Fiala, B., and Gadau, J.. “A shift in colony founding behaviour in the obligate plant-ant Crematogaster (Decacrema) morphospecies 2.” Insectes Sociaux (3), № 52 (): 222–230. doi: 10.1007/s00040-004-0797-2.
- Falk, K., Liebig, J., and Gadau, J.. “Polymorphic microsatellite markers from the formicine ant Lasius (Dendrolasius) fuliginosus.” Molecular Ecology Notes (4), № 4 (): 716–718. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00790.x.
- Kaltenpoth, M., Strohm, E., and Gadau, J.. “Polymorphic microsatellite markers for a solitary digger wasp, the European beewolf (Philanthus triangulum; Hymenoptera, Sphecidae).” Molecular Ecology Notes (4), № 4 (): 589–592. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00746.x.
- Kronauer, D., Hölldobler, B., and Gadau, J.. “Phylogenetics of the new world honey ants (genus Myrmecocystus) estimated from mitochondrial DNA sequences.” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (1), № 32 (): 416–421. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.03.011.
- Kronauer, D., Schöning, C., Pedersen, J., Boomsma, J., and Gadau, J.. “Extreme queen-mating frequency and colony fission in African army ants.” Molecular Ecology (8), № 13 (): 2381–2388. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02262.x.
- Rheindt, F., Gadau, J., Strehl, C., and Hölldobler, B.. “Extremely high mating frequency in the Florida harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex badius).” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (5), № 56 (): 472–481. doi: 10.1007/s00265-004-0808-3.
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- Page, R., Gadau, J., and Beye, M.. “The emergence of hymenopteran genetics.” Genetics (2), № 160 (): 375–379.
- Kronauer, D., and Gadau, J.. “Isolation of polymorphic microsatellite markers in the new world honey ant Myrmecocystus mimicus.” Molecular Ecology Notes (4), № 2 (): 540–541. doi: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00311.x.
- Julian, G., Fewell, J., Gadau, J., Johnson, R., and Larrabee, D.. “Genetic determination of the queen caste in an ant hybrid zone.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (12), № 99 (): 8157–8160. doi: 10.1073/pnas.112222099.
- Gadau, J., Gerloff, C., Krüger, N., Chan, H., Schmid-Hempel, P., Wille, A., and Page, R.. “A linkage analysis of sex determination in Bombus terrestris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae).” Heredity (2), № 87 (): 234–242. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2001.00919.x.
- Gadau, J., Gerloff, C., Krüger, N., Chan, H., Schmid-Hempel, P., Wille, A., and Page, R.. “A linkage analysis of sex determination in Bombus terrestris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae).” Heredity (2), № 87 (): 234–242. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2001.00919.x.
- Gadau, J., Page, R., Werren, J., and Schmid-Hempel, P.. “Genome organization and social evolution in hymenoptera.” Naturwissenschaften (2), № 87 (): 87–89.
- Gadau, J., Page, R., Werren, J., and Schmid-Hempel, P.. “Genome organization and social evolution in hymenoptera.” Naturwissenschaften (2), № 87 (): 87–89.
- Gadau, J., Brady, S., and Ward, P.. “Systematics, distribution, and ecology of an endemic California Camponotus quercicola (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).” Annals of the Entomological Society of America (4), № 92 (): 514–522.
- Gadau, J., Page, R., and Werren, J.. “Mapping of hybrid incompatibility loci in Nasonia.” Genetics (4), № 153 (): 1731–1741.
- Foitzik, S., Haberl, M., Gadau, J., and Heinze, J.. “Mating frequency of Leptothorax nylanderi ant queens determined by microsatellite analysis.” Insectes Sociaux (3), № 44 (): 219–227. doi: 10.1007/s000400050043.
- Altschmied, J., Hornung, U., Schlupp, I., Gadau, J., Kolb, R., and Schartl, M.. “Isolation of DNA suitable for PCR for field and laboratory work.” Biotechniques (2), № 23 (): 228–229.
- Gadau, J., and Disney, R.. “The ant host (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and hitherto unknown female of Menozziola obscuripes (Diptera: Phoridae).” Sociobiology (2), № 28 (): 177–181.
- Heinze, J., Gadau, J., Hölldobler, B., Nanda, I., Schmid, M., and Scheller, K.. “Genetic variability in the ant Camponotus floridanus detected by multilocus DNA fingerprinting.” Naturwissenschaften (1), № 81 (): 34–36. doi: 10.1007/BF01138560.