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    Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rudolf Gadau
    Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rudolf Gadau

    Professorship for Molecular Evolutionary Biology (Prof. Gadau)

    Hüfferstr. 1
    48149 Münster



    External Profile:
    • ResearchGate
    • Research Areas

      • Sociobiology
      • Sociogenetic/genomic
      • Behavioral Ecology
      • Entomology
      • Quantitative Genetics
    • CV

      Education

      1999 - 2003
      Habilitation in Zoology Uni Würzburg
      1993 - 1997
      Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) Biology Uni Würzburg
      1988 - 1993
      Diplom in Biology Uni Würzburg

      Positions

      since 2020
      Adjunct Professor (Arizona State University)
      since 2016
      Professor for Molecular Evolution and Sociobiology
      2016 - 2020
      Research Professor (Arizona State University)
      2012 - 2016
      Full Professor (Arizona State University)
      2008 - 2015
      Associate Director for Graduate Studies (School of Life Sciences, ASU)
      2007 - 2012
      Associate Professor (tenured, Arizona State University)
      2005 - 2007
      Assistant Professor (tenure track, Arizona State University)
      2003 - 2005
      Assistant Professor (non-tenure) Uni Würzburg
      1999 - 2003
      Assistant Professor (non-tenure) Uni Würzburg

      Honors

      05.​1997
      Feodor Lynen-Forschungsstipendium für erfahrene Wissenschaftler – Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
    • Projects

      in process
      • NC3 - CRC 212 - A Novel Synthesis of Individualisation across Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution: Niche Choice, Niche Conformance, Niche Construction (2018 - 2025)
        Main DFG-project hosted outside WWU: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre | Project Number: TRR 212/1; TRR 212/2
      • InChangE - Individualisierung in sich ändernden Umwelten (2021 - 2024)
        Participation in other joint projects: MKW - Profilbildung 2020 | Project Number: PROFILNRW-2020-143-B
      • RTG 2220 EvoPAD - RTG 2220 - Evolutionary Processes in Adaptation and Disease (2017 - 2023)
        Main DFG-project hosted at WWU: DFG - Research Training Group | Project Number: GRK 2220/1
      finished
      • The Individual in the Focus of Life Sciences (2020 - 2021)
        Own resources project: WWU-intern - Topical Programs
      • SPP 1819 - Rapid evolutionary adaptation - Potential and constraints - TP: Genetische und epigenetische Mechanismen von schneller Wirtsanpassung in dem Blattlausparasitoiden ervi (2019 - 2021)
        Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted outside WWU: DFG - Priority Programme | Project Number: SCHR 1554/3-1; GA 661/4-1
      • CRC TRR 212 C04 - Proximate and ultimate mechanisms of social niche choice and construction during colony founding in the ant Pogonomyrmex californicus (2018 - 2021)
        Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted outside WWU: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre | Project Number: TRR 212/1
    • Publications

      • 2022
      • 2021
      • 2020
      • 2019
      • 2018
      • 2017
      • 2016
      • 2015
      • 2014
      • 2013
      • 2012
      • 2011
      • 2010
      • 2009
      • 2008
      • 2007
      • 2006
      • 2005
      • 2004
      • 2003
      • 2002
      • 2001
      • 2000
      • 1999
      • 1997
      • 1996
      • 1994

      2022

      • Trappes R, Nematipour B, Kaiser MI, Krohs U, van Benthem KJ, Ernst UR, Gadau J, Korsten P, Kurtz J, Schielzeth H, Schmoll T, Takola E. 2022. ‘How Individualized Niches Arise: Defining Mechanisms of Niche Construction, Niche Choice and Niche Conformance.’ BioScience 72, No. 6: 538–548. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biac023.

      2021

      • Schrader L, Winter M, Errbii M, Delabie J, Oettler J, Gadau J. 2021. ‘Inhibition of HSP90 causes morphological variation in the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior.’ Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 336, No. 4: 333–340. doi: 10.1002/jez.b.23035.
      • Errbii M, Ernst U, Lajmi A, Gadau J, Schrader L. 2021. ‘Genomic architecture and evolutionary dynamics of a social niche polymorphism in the California harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex californicus.’ BioRXiv 2021. doi: 10.1101/2021.03.21.436260.

      2020

      • Bohn J, Halabian R, Schrader L, Shabardina V, Steffen R, Suzuki Y, Ernst U, Gadau J, Makałowski W. 2020. ‘High-Quality Genome Assembly and Annotation of the California Harvester Ant Pogonomyrmex californicus (Buckley, 1867).’ BioRxiv 2020. doi: 10.1101/2020.09.01.277236.
      • Bohn J, Halabian R, Schrader L, Shabardina V, Steffen R, Suzuki Y, Ernst U, Gadau J, Makałowski W. 2020. ‘Genome Assembly and Annotation of the California Harvester Ant Pogonomyrmex californicus (Buckley, 1867).’ G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics 11. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkaa019.

      2019

      • Cook, Chelsea N; Mosqueiro, Thiago; Brent, Colin S; Ozturk, Cahit; Gadau, Jürgen; Pinter_Wollman, Noa; Smith, Brian H. 2019. ‘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.

      2018

      • Van Elst, Tobias; Gadau, Juergen. 2018. ‘Temporal variation in social structure and worker reproduction in the temporary social parasite Lasius fuliginosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).’ Myrmecological news 27: 75-85.

      2017

      • Catania, Francesco; Krohs, Ulrich; Chittò, Marco; Ferro, Diana; Ferro, Kevin; Lepennetier, Gildas; Görtz, Hans-Dieter; Schreiber, Rebecca S.; Kurtz, Joachim; Gadau Jürgen. 2017. ‘The hologenome concept: we need to incorporate function.’ Theorie in den Biowissenschaften 136, No. 3-4: 89–98. doi: 10.1007/s12064-016-0240-z.

      2016

      • Campbell J., Nath R., Gadau J., Fox T., DeGrandi-Hoffman G., Harrison J. 2016. ‘The fungicide Pristine® inhibits mitochondrial function in vitro but not flight metabolic rates in honey bees.’ Journal of Insect Physiology 86, No. null: 11–16. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2015.12.003.
      • Helmkampf M., Mikheyev A., Kang Y., Fewell J., Gadau J. 2016. ‘Gene expression and variation in social aggression by queens of the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus.’ Molecular Ecology 25, No. 15: 3716–3730. doi: 10.1111/mec.13700.
      • Helmkampf M., Mikheyev A., Kang Y., Fewell J., Gadau J. 2016. ‘Gene expression and variation in social aggression by queens of the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus.’ Molecular Ecology null, No. null. doi: 10.1111/mec.13700.
      • Overson R., Fewell J., Gadau J. 2016. ‘Distribution and origin of intraspecific social variation in the California harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus.’ Insectes Sociaux 63, No. 4: 531–541. doi: 10.1007/s00040-016-0497-8.

      2015

      • 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, Worley KC. 2015. ‘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., Mikheyev A. 2015. ‘How do genomes create novel phenotypes Insights from the loss of the worker caste in ant social parasites.’ Molecular Biology and Evolution 32, No. 11: 2919–2931. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msv165.
      • Mott B., Gadau J., Anderson K. 2015. ‘Phylogeography of Pogonomyrmex barbatus and P. rugosus harvester ants with genetic and environmental caste determination.’ Ecology and Evolution 5, No. 14: 2798–2826. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1507.
      • Gadau J. 2015. ‘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 112, No. 45: 13755–13756. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1519065112.

      2014

      • Overson R., Gadau J., Clark R., Pratt S., Fewell J. 2014. ‘Behavioral transitions with the evolution of cooperative nest founding by harvester ant queens.’ Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68, No. 1: 21–30. doi: 10.1007/s00265-013-1618-2.
      • 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., Oettler J. 2014. ‘Transposable element islands facilitate adaptation to novel environments in an invasive species.’ Nature Communications 5, No. null. doi: 10.1038/ncomms6495.

      2013

      • 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.,Gadau, J.,. 2013. ‘Social insect genomes exhibit dramatic evolution in gene composition and regulation while preserving regulatory features linked to sociality.’ Genome Research 23, No. 8: 1247. doi: 10.1101/gr.155408.113.
      • Gibson J., Niehuis O., Peirson B., Cash E., Gadau J. 2013. ‘Genetic And Developmental Basis Of F2 Hybrid Breakdown In Nasonia Parasitoid Wasps.’ Evolution 67, No. 7: 2124–2132. doi: 10.1111/evo.12080.
      • Desjardins C., Gadau J., Lopez J., Niehuis O., Avery A., Loehlin D., Richards S., Colbourne J., Werren J. 2013. ‘Fine-scale mapping of the Nasonia genome to chromosomes using a high-density genotyping microarray.’ G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 3, No. 2: 205–215. doi: 10.1534/g3.112.004739.
      • Desjardins C., Gadau J., Lopez J., Niehuis O., Avery A., Loehlin D., Richards S., Colbourne J., Werren J. 2013. ‘Fine-scale mapping of the Nasonia genome to chromosomes using a high-density genotyping microarray.’ G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 3, No. 2: 205–215. doi: 10.1534/g3.112.004739.
      • Desjardins C., Gadau J., Lopez J., Niehuis O., Avery A., Loehlin D., Richards S., Colbourne J., Werren J. 2013. ‘Fine-scale mapping of the Nasonia genome to chromosomes using a high-density genotyping microarray.’ G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 3, No. 2: 205–215. doi: 10.1534/g3.112.004739.
      • Buellesbach J., Gadau J., Beukeboom L., Echinger F., Raychoudhury R., Werren J., Schmitt T. 2013. ‘Cuticular hydrocarbon divergence in the jewel wasp Nasonia: Evolutionary shifts in chemical communication channels?’ Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26, No. 11: 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., Schmitt T. 2013. ‘Behavioural and genetic analyses of Nasonia shed light on the evolution of sex pheromones.’ Nature 494, No. 7437: 345–348. doi: 10.1038/nature11838.
      • Niehuis O., Buellesbach J., Gibson J., Pothmann D., Hanner C., Mutti N., Judson A., Gadau J., Ruther J., Schmitt T. 2013. ‘Behavioural and genetic analyses of Nasonia shed light on the evolution of sex pheromones.’ Nature 494, No. 7437: 345–348. doi: 10.1038/nature11838.

      2012

      • Gadau J., Helmkampf M., Nygaard S., Roux J., Simola D., Smith C., Suen G., Wurm Y., Smith C. 2012. ‘The genomic impact of 100 million years of social evolution in seven ant species.’ Trends in Genetics 28, No. 1: 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., Smith C. 2012. ‘The genomic impact of 100 million years of social evolution in seven ant species.’ Trends in Genetics 28, No. 1: 14–21. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2011.08.005.
      • Gadau J., Pietsch C., Beukeboom L. 2012. ‘Quantitative trait locus analysis in haplodiploid hymenoptera.’ doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-785-9_16.
      • Smith C., Mutti N., Jasper W., Naidu A., Smith C., Gadau J. 2012. ‘Patterns of DNA methylation in development, division of labor and hybridization in an ant with genetic caste determination.’ PLoS ONE 7, No. 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042433.
      • Gadau J., Helmkampf M. 2012. ‘Focus : Ant(gen)omics - What we have and what we need!’ Myrmecological news 16, No. null: 67–68.
      • Gadau J., Helmkampf M. 2012. ‘Focus : Ant(gen)omics - What we have and what we need!’ Myrmecological news 16, No. null: 67–68.
      • Linksvayer T., Fewell J., Gadau J., Laubichler M. 2012. ‘Developmental Evolution in Social Insects: Regulatory Networks from Genes to Societies.’ Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 318, No. 3: 159–169. doi: 10.1002/jez.b.22001.

      2011

      • Suen G, Teiling C, Li L, Holt C, Abouheif E, Bornberg-Bauer E, Bouffard P, Caldera EJ, Cash E, Cavanaugh A, Denas O, Elhaik E, Favé MJ, Gadau J, Gibson JD, Graur D, Grubbs KJ, Hagen DE, Harkins TT, Helmkampf M, Hu H, Johnson BR, Kim J, Marsh SE, Moeller JA, Muñoz-Torres MC, Murphy MC, Naughton MC, Nigam S, Overson R, Rajakumar R, Reese JT, Scott JJ, Smith CR, Tao S, Tsutsui ND, Viljakainen L, Wissler L, Yandell MD, Zimmer F, Taylor J, Slater SC, Clifton SW, Warren WC, Elsik CG, Smith CD, Weinstock GM, Gerardo NM, Currie CR. 2011. ‘The genome sequence of the leaf-cutter ant Atta cephalotes reveals insights into its obligate symbiotic lifestyle.’ PLoS Genetics 7, No. 2: e1002007. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002007.
      • Hölldobler B., Grillenberger B., Gadau J. 2011. ‘Queen number and raiding behavior in the ant genus Myrmecocystus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).’ Myrmecological news 15, No. null: 53–61.
      • Hölldobler B., Grillenberger B., Gadau J. 2011. ‘Queen number and raiding behavior in the ant genus Myrmecocystus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).’ Myrmecological news 15, No. null: 53–61.
      • Sirviö A., Pamilo P., Johnson R., Page R., Gadau J. 2011. ‘Origin and evolution of the dependent lineages in the genetic caste determination system of pogonomyrmex ants.’ Evolution 65, No. 3: 869–884. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01170.x.
      • Niehuis O., Büllesbach J., Judson A., Schmitt T., Gadau J. 2011. ‘Genetics of cuticular hydrocarbon differences between males of the parasitoid wasps Nasonia giraulti and Nasonia vitripennis.’ Heredity 107, No. 1: 61–70. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2010.157.
      • Smith C., Smith C., Robertson H., Helmkampf M., Zimin A., Yandell M., Holt C., Hu H., Abouheif E., Benton R., Cash E., Croset V., Currie C., Elhaik E., Elsik C., Favé M., Fernandes V., Gibson J., Graur D., Gronenberg W., Grubbs K., Hagen D., Viniegra A., Johnson B., Johnson R., Khila A., Kim J., Mathis K., Munoz-Torres M., Murphy M., Mustard J., Nakamura R., Niehuis O., Nigam S., Overson R., Placek J., Rajakumar R., Reese J., Suen G., Tao S., Torres C., Tsutsui N., Viljakainen L., Wolschind F., Gadau J. 2011. ‘Draft genome of the red harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus.’ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108, No. 14: 5667–5672. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1007901108.
      • Smith C., Zimin A., Holt C., Abouheif E., Benton R., Cash E., Croset V., Currie C., Elhaik E., Elsik C., Fave M., Fernandes V., Gadau J., Gibson J., Graur D., Grubbs K., Hagen D., Helmkampf M., Holley J., Hu H., Viniegra A., Johnson B., Johnson R., Khila A., Kim J., Laird J., Mathis K., Moeller J., Muñoz-Torres M., Murphy M., Nakamura R., Nigam S., Overson R., Placek J., Rajakumar R., Reese J., Robertson H., Smith C., Suarez A., Suen G., Suhr E., Tao S., Torres C., Van Wilgenburg E., Viljakainen L., Walden K., Wild A., Yandell M., Yorke J., Tsutsui N. 2011. ‘Draft genome of the globally widespread and invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile).’ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108, No. 14: 5673–5678. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1008617108.

      2010

      • Werren JH, Richards S, Desjardins CA, Niehuis O, Gadau J, Colbourne JK, Beukeboom LW, Desplan C, Elsik CG, Grimmelikhuijzen CJP, Kitts P, Lynch JA, Murphy T, Oliveira DCSG, Smith CD, Van Zande LD, Worley KC, Zdobnov EM, Aerts M, Albert S, Anaya VH, Anzola JM, Barchuk AR, Behura SK, Bera AN, Berenbaum MR, Bertossa RC, Bitondi MMG, Bordenstein SR, Bork P, Bornberg-Bauer E, Brunain M, Cazzamali G, Chaboub L, Chacko J, Chavez D, Childers CP, Choi J-H, Clark ME, Claudianos C, Clinton RA, Cree AG, Cristino AS, Dang PM, Darby AC, De Graaf DC, Devreese B, Dinh HH, Edwards R, Elango N, Elhaik E, Ermolaeva O, Evans JD, Foret S, Fowler GR, Gerlach D, Gibson JD, Gilbert DG, Graur D, Gründer S, Hagen DE, Han Y, Hauser F, Hultmark D, Hunter Iv HC, Hurst GDD, Jhangian SN, Jiang H, Johnson RM, Jones AK, Junier T, Kadowaki T, Kamping A, Kapustin Y, Kechavarzi B, Kim J, Kim J, Kiryutin B, Koevoets T, Kovar CL, Kriventseva EV, Kucharski R, Lee H, Lee SL, Lees K, Lewis LR, Loehlin DW, Logsdon Jr. JM, Lopez JA, Lozado RJ, Maglott D, Maleszka R, Mayampurath A, Mazur DJ, McClure MA, Moore AD, Morgan MB, Muller J, Munoz-Torres MC, Muzny DM, Nazareth LV, Neupert S, Nguyen NB, Nunes FMF, Oakeshott JG, Okwuonu GO, Pannebakker BA, Pejaver VR, Peng Z, Pratt SC, Predel R, Pu L-L, Ranson H, Raychoudhury R, Rechtsteiner A, Reese JT, Reid JG, Riddle M, Hugh M Robertson II, Romero-Severson J, Rosenberg M, Sackton TB, Sattelle DB, Schlüns H, Schmitt T, Schneider M, Schüler A, Schurko AM, Shuker DM, Simões ZLP, Sinha S, Smith Z, Solovyev V, Souvorov A, Springauf A, Stafflinger E, Stage DE, Stanke M, Tanaka Y, Telschow A, Vattathil CTS, Eveline C Verhulst II, Viljakainen L, Wanner KW, Waterhouse RM, Whitfield JB, Wilkes TE, Williamson M, Willis JH, Wolschin F, Wyder S, Yamada T, Yi SV, Zecher CN, Zhang L, Gibbs RA. 2010. ‘Functional and evolutionary insights from the genomes of three parasitoid nasonia species.’ Science 327, No. 5963: 343–348. doi: 10.1126/science.1178028.
      • Robertson H., Gadau J., Wanner K. 2010. ‘The insect chemoreceptor superfamily of the parasitoid jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis.’ Insect Molecular Biology 19, No. null: 121–136. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00979.x.
      • Pannebakker B., Niehuis O., Hedley A., Gadau J., Shuker D. 2010. ‘The distribution of microsatellites in the Nasonia parasitoid wasp genome.’ Insect Molecular Biology 19, No. null: 91–98. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00915.x.
      • Feldhaar H., Gadau J., Fiala B. 2010. ‘Speciation in obligately plant-associated Crematogaster ants: Host distribution rather than adaption towards specific hosts drives the process.’ In Evolution in Action: Case studies in Adaptive Radiation, Speciation and the Origin of Biodiversity, edited by Glaubrecht M, 193–213. Springer VDI Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-12425-9_10.
      • Feldhaar H., Gadau J., Fiala B. 2010. ‘Speciation in obligately plant-associated Crematogaster ants: Host distribution rather than adaption towards specific hosts drives the process.’ In Evolution in Action: Case studies in Adaptive Radiation, Speciation and the Origin of Biodiversity, edited by Glaubrecht M, 193–213. Springer VDI Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-12425-9_10.
      • Raychoudhury R., Grillenberger B., Gadau J., Bijlsma R., Van De Zande L., Werren J., Beukeboom L. 2010. ‘Phylogeography of Nasonia vitripennis (Hymenoptera) indicates a mitochondrial-Wolbachia sweep in North America.’ Heredity 104, No. 3: 318–326. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2009.160.
      • Raychoudhury R., Grillenberger B., Gadau J., Bijlsma R., Van De Zande L., Werren J., Beukeboom L. 2010. ‘Phylogeography of Nasonia vitripennis (Hymenoptera) indicates a mitochondrial-Wolbachia sweep in North America.’ Heredity 104, No. 3: 318–326. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2009.160.
      • Niehuis O., Gibson J., Rosenberg M., Pannebakker B., Koevoets T., Judson A., Desjardins C., Kennedy K., Duggan D., Beukeboom L., Van De Shuker D., Zande L., Werren J., Gadau J. 2010. ‘Erratum: Recombination and its impact on the genome of the haplodiploid parasitoid wasp Nasonia (Insect Molecular Biology (2010) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008597).’ Insect Molecular Biology 19, No. 2: 271. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.00996.x.
      • Gibson J., Niehuis O., Verrelli B., Gadau J. 2010. ‘Contrasting patterns of selective constraints in nuclear-encoded genes of the oxidative phosphorylation pathway in holometabolous insects and their possible role in hybrid breakdown in Nasonia.’ Heredity 104, No. 3: 310–317. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2009.172.
      • Smith C., Smith C., Mueller U., Gadau J. 2010. ‘Ant genomics: Strength and diversity in numbers.’ Molecular Ecology 19, No. 1: 31–35. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04438.x.
      • Beukeboom L., Niehuis O., Pannebakker B., Koevoets T., Gibson J., Shuker D., Van De Zande L., Gadau J. 2010. ‘A comparison of recombination frequencies in intraspecific versus interspecific mapping populations of Nasonia.’ Heredity 104, No. 3: 302–309. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2009.185.

      2009

      • Grillenberger B., Van De Zande L., Bijlsma R., Gadau J., Beukeboom L. 2009. ‘Reproductive strategies under multiparasitism in natural populations of the parasitoid wasp Nasonia (Hymenoptera).’ Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22, No. 3: 460–470. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01677.x.
      • Gadau J. 2009. ‘Phase-unknown linkage mapping in ants.’ Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 4, No. 7. doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot5251.
      • Dolezal A., Brent C., Gadau J., Hölldobler B., Amdam G. 2009. ‘Endocrine physiology of the division of labour in Pogonomyrmex californicus founding queens.’ Animal Behaviour 77, No. 5: 1005–1010. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.01.010.
      • Gadau J. 2009. ‘DNA isolation from ants.’ Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 4, No. 7. doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot5245.
      • Gadau J. 2009. ‘DNA isolation from ants.’ Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 4, No. 7. doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot5245.
      • Wolschin F., Gadau J. 2009. ‘Deciphering Proteomic Signatures of Early Diapause in Nasonia.’ PLoS ONE 4, No. 7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006394.
      • Wilfert L., Torres M., Reber-Funk C., Schmid-Hempel R., Tomkins J., Gadau J., Schmid-Hempel P. 2009. ‘Construction and characterization of a BAC-library for a key pollinator, the bumblebee Bombus terrestris L.’ Insectes Sociaux 56, No. 1: 44–48. doi: 10.1007/s00040-008-1034-1.
      • Smith C., Dolezal A., Eliyahu D., Holbrook C., Gadau J. 2009. ‘Ants (Formicidae): Models for social complexity.’ Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 4, No. 7. doi: 10.1101/pdb.emo125.

      2008

      • Gómez-Valero L., Latorre A., Gil R., Gadau J., Feldhaar H., Silva F. 2008. ‘Patterns and rates of nucleotide substitution, insertion and deletion in the endosymbiont of ants Blochmannia floridanus.’ Molecular Ecology 17, No. 19: 4382–4392. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03912.x.
      • Ellison C., Niehuis O., Gadau J. 2008. ‘Hybrid breakdown and mitochondrial dysfunction in hybrids of Nasonia parasitoid wasps.’ Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21, No. 6: 1844–1851. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01608.x.
      • Burton-Chellew M., Koevoets T., Grillenberger B., Sykes E., Underwood S., Bijlsma K., Gadau J., Van De Zande L., Beukeboom L., West S., Shuker D. 2008. ‘Facultative sex ratio adjustment in natural populations of wasps: Cues of local mate competition and the precision of adaptation.’ American Naturalist 172, No. 3: 393–404. doi: 10.1086/589895.
      • Niehuis O., Judson A., Gadau J. 2008. ‘Cytonuclear genic incompatibilities cause increased mortality in male F2 hybrids of Nasonia giraulti and N. vitripennis.’ Genetics 178, No. 1: 413–426. doi: 10.1534/genetics.107.080523.
      • Niehuis O., Judson A., Gadau J. 2008. ‘Cytonuclear genic incompatibilities cause increased mortality in male F2 hybrids of Nasonia giraulti and N. vitripennis.’ Genetics 178, No. 1: 413–426. doi: 10.1534/genetics.107.080523.

      2007

      • Wilfert L., Gadau J., Schmid-Hempel P. 2007. ‘Variation in genomic recombination rates among animal taxa and the case of social insects.’ Heredity 98, No. 4: 189–197. doi: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800950.
      • Wilfert L., Gadau J., Schmid-Hempel P. 2007. ‘The genetic architecture of immune defense and reproduction in male Bombus terrestris bumblebees.’ Evolution 61, No. 4: 804–815. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00079.x.
      • Niehuis O., Judson A., Werren J., Hunter W., Dang P., Dowd S., Grillenberger B., Beukeboom L., Gadau J. 2007. ‘Species-diagnostic single-nucleotide polymorphism and sequence-tagged site markers for the parasitic wasp genus Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae).’ Journal of Economic Entomology 100, No. 4: 1033–1036. doi: 10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[1033:SSPASS]2.0.CO;2.
      • Smith C., Schoenick C., Anderson K., Gadau J., Suarez A. 2007. ‘Potential and realized reproduction by different worker castes in queen-less and queen-right colonies of Pogonomyrmex badius.’ Insectes Sociaux 54, No. 3: 260–267. doi: 10.1007/s00040-007-0940-y.
      • Smith C., Schoenick C., Anderson K., Gadau J., Suarez A. 2007. ‘Potential and realized reproduction by different worker castes in queen-less and queen-right colonies of Pogonomyrmex badius.’ Insectes Sociaux 54, No. 3: 260–267. doi: 10.1007/s00040-007-0940-y.
      • Johnson R., Holbrook C., Strehl C., Gadau J. 2007. ‘Population and colony structure and morphometrics in the queen dimorphic harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex pima.’ Insectes Sociaux 54, No. 1: 77–86. doi: 10.1007/s00040-007-0916-y.
      • Wilfert L., Gadau J., Baer B., Schmid-Hempel P. 2007. ‘Natural variation in the genetic architecture of a host-parasite interaction in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris.’ Molecular Ecology 16, No. 6: 1327–1339. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03234.x.
      • Holbrook C., Strehl C., Johnson R., Gadau J. 2007. ‘Low queen mating frequency in the seed-harvester ant Pogonomyrmex (Ephebomyrmex) pima: Implications for the evolution of polyandry.’ Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62, No. 2: 229–236. doi: 10.1007/s00265-007-0457-4.
      • Holbrook C., Strehl C., Johnson R., Gadau J. 2007. ‘Low queen mating frequency in the seed-harvester ant Pogonomyrmex (Ephebomyrmex) pima: Implications for the evolution of polyandry.’ Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62, No. 2: 229–236. doi: 10.1007/s00265-007-0457-4.
      • Wilting A., Buckley-Beason V., Feldhaar H., Gadau J., O'Brien S., Linsenmair K. 2007. ‘Clouded leopard phylogeny revisited: Support for species recognition and population division between Borneo and Sumatra.’ Frontiers in Zoology 4, No. null. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-4-15.
      • Kronauer D., Gadau J., Boomsma J. 2007. ‘Characterization of 12 new microsatellite loci in Aenictus and Neivamyrmex army ants.’ Molecular Ecology Notes 7, No. 4: 688–690. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01693.x.
      • Kronauer D., Gadau J., Boomsma J. 2007. ‘Characterization of 12 new microsatellite loci in Aenictus and Neivamyrmex army ants.’ Molecular Ecology Notes 7, No. 4: 688–690. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01693.x.

      2006

      • Anderson K., Hölldobler B., Fewell J., Mott B., Gadau J. 2006. ‘Population-wide lineage frequencies predict genetic load in the seed-harvester ant Pogonomyrmex.’ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103, No. 36: 13433–13438. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0606055103.
      • Anderson K., Hölldobler B., Fewell J., Mott B., Gadau J. 2006. ‘Population-wide lineage frequencies predict genetic load in the seed-harvester ant Pogonomyrmex.’ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103, No. 36: 13433–13438. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0606055103.
      • Bickel T., Brühl C., Gadau J., Hölldobler B., Linsenmair K. 2006. ‘Influence of habitat fragmentation on the genetic variability in leaf litter ant populations in tropical rainforests of Sabah, Borneo.’ Biodiversity and Conservation 15, No. 1: 157–175. doi: 10.1007/s10531-004-4248-1.
      • Sirviö A., Gadau J., Rueppell O., Lamatsch D., Boomsma J., Pamilo P., Page R. 2006. ‘High recombination frequency creates genotypic diversity in colonies of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior.’ Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19, No. 5: 1475–1485. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01131.x.
      • Hedrick P., Gadau J., Page R. 2006. ‘Genetic sex determination and extinction.’ Trends in Ecology and Evolution 21, No. 2: 55–57. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2005.11.014.
      • Hedrick P., Gadau J., Page R. 2006. ‘Genetic sex determination and extinction.’ Trends in Ecology and Evolution 21, No. 2: 55–57. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2005.11.014.
      • Clark R., Anderson K., Gadau J., Fewell J. 2006. ‘Behavioral regulation of genetic caste determination in a Pogonomyrmex population with dependent lineages.’ Ecology 87, No. 9: 2201–2206. doi: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2201:BROGCD]2.0.CO;2.

      2005

      • Feldhaar H., Fiala B., Gadau J. 2005. ‘A shift in colony founding behaviour in the obligate plant-ant Crematogaster (Decacrema) morphospecies 2.’ Insectes Sociaux 52, No. 3: 222–230. doi: 10.1007/s00040-004-0797-2.

      2004

      • Falk K., Liebig J., Gadau J. 2004. ‘Polymorphic microsatellite markers from the formicine ant Lasius (Dendrolasius) fuliginosus.’ Molecular Ecology Notes 4, No. 4: 716–718. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00790.x.
      • Kaltenpoth M., Strohm E., Gadau J. 2004. ‘Polymorphic microsatellite markers for a solitary digger wasp, the European beewolf (Philanthus triangulum; Hymenoptera, Sphecidae).’ Molecular Ecology Notes 4, No. 4: 589–592. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00746.x.
      • Kronauer D., Hölldobler B., Gadau J. 2004. ‘Phylogenetics of the new world honey ants (genus Myrmecocystus) estimated from mitochondrial DNA sequences.’ Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32, No. 1: 416–421. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.03.011.
      • Kronauer D., Schöning C., Pedersen J., Boomsma J., Gadau J. 2004. ‘Extreme queen-mating frequency and colony fission in African army ants.’ Molecular Ecology 13, No. 8: 2381–2388. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02262.x.
      • Rheindt F., Gadau J., Strehl C., Hölldobler B. 2004. ‘Extremely high mating frequency in the Florida harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex badius).’ Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56, No. 5: 472–481. doi: 10.1007/s00265-004-0808-3.
      • Pietsch C., Rütten K., Gadau J. 2004. ‘Eleven microsatellite markers in Nasonia, ASHMEAD 1904 (Hymenoptera; Pteromalidae).’ Molecular Ecology Notes 4, No. 1: 43–45. doi: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2003.00565.x.
      • Strehl C., Gadau J. 2004. ‘Cladistic analysis of paleo-island populations of the Florida harvester ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based upon divergence of mitochondrial DNA sequences.’ Florida Entomologist 87, No. 4: 576–581.
      • Strehl C., Gadau J. 2004. ‘Cladistic analysis of paleo-island populations of the Florida harvester ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based upon divergence of mitochondrial DNA sequences.’ Florida Entomologist 87, No. 4: 576–581.
      • Rütten K., Pietsch C., Olek K., Neusser M., Beukeboom L., Gadau J. 2004. ‘Chromosomal anchoring of linkage groups and identification of wing size QTL using markers and FISH probes derived from microdissected chromosomes in Nasonia (Pteromalidae: Hymenoptera).’ Cytogenetic and Genome Research 105, No. 1: 126–133. doi: 10.1159/000078019.
      • Feldhaar H., Fiala B., Gadau J. 2004. ‘Characterization of microsatellite markers for plant-ants of the genus Crematogaster subgenus Decacrema.’ Molecular Ecology Notes 4, No. 3: 409–411. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00668.x.
      • Feldhaar H., Fiala B., Gadau J. 2004. ‘Characterization of microsatellite markers for plant-ants of the genus Crematogaster subgenus Decacrema.’ Molecular Ecology Notes 4, No. 3: 409–411. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00668.x.

      2003

      • Gil R., Silva F., Zientz E., Delmotte F., González-Candelas F., Latorre A., Rausell C., Kamerbeek J., Gadau J., Hölldobler B., Van Ham R., Gross R., Moya A. 2003. ‘The genome sequence of Blochmannia floridanus: Comparative analysis of reduced genomes.’ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100, No. 16: 9388–9393. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1533499100.
      • Berghoff S., Gadau J., Winter T., Linsenmair K., Maschwitz U. 2003. ‘Sociobiology of hypogaeic army ants: Characterization of two sympatric Dorylus species on Borneo and their colony conflicts.’ Insectes Sociaux 50, No. 2: 139–147. doi: 10.1007/s00040-003-0642-z.
      • Feldhaar H., Fiala B., Gadau J., Mohamed M., Maschwitz U. 2003. ‘Molecular phylogeny of Crematogaster subgenus Decacrema ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and the colonization of Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) trees.’ Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 27, No. 3: 441–452. doi: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00449-9.
      • Kronauer D., Gadau J., Hölldobler B. 2003. ‘Genetic evidence for intra- and interspecific slavery in honey ants (genus Myrmecocystus).’ Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 270, No. 1517: 805–810.
      • Gadau J., Strehl C., Oettler J., Hölldobler B. 2003. ‘Determinants of intracolonial relatedness in Pogonomyrmex rugosus (Hymenoptera; Formicidae): Mating frequency and brood raids.’ Molecular Ecology 12, No. 7: 1931–1938. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01853.x.

      2002

      • Gadau J., Page R., Werren J. 2002. ‘The genetic basis of the interspecific differences in wing size in Nasonia (Hymenoptera; Pteromalidae): Major quantitative trait loci and epistasis.’ Genetics 161, No. 2: 673–684.
      • Gadau J., Page R., Werren J. 2002. ‘The genetic basis of the interspecific differences in wing size in Nasonia (Hymenoptera; Pteromalidae): Major quantitative trait loci and epistasis.’ Genetics 161, No. 2: 673–684.
      • Page R., Gadau J., Beye M. 2002. ‘The emergence of hymenopteran genetics.’ Genetics 160, No. 2: 375–379.
      • Kronauer D., Gadau J. 2002. ‘Isolation of polymorphic microsatellite markers in the new world honey ant Myrmecocystus mimicus.’ Molecular Ecology Notes 2, No. 4: 540–541. doi: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00311.x.
      • Julian G., Fewell J., Gadau J., Johnson R., Larrabee D. 2002. ‘Genetic determination of the queen caste in an ant hybrid zone.’ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 99, No. 12: 8157–8160. doi: 10.1073/pnas.112222099.

      2001

      • Gadau J., Gerloff C., Krüger N., Chan H., Schmid-Hempel P., Wille A., Page R. 2001. ‘A linkage analysis of sex determination in Bombus terrestris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae).’ Heredity 87, No. 2: 234–242. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2001.00919.x.
      • Gadau J., Gerloff C., Krüger N., Chan H., Schmid-Hempel P., Wille A., Page R. 2001. ‘A linkage analysis of sex determination in Bombus terrestris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae).’ Heredity 87, No. 2: 234–242. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2001.00919.x.

      2000

      • Gadau J., Page R., Werren J., Schmid-Hempel P. 2000. ‘Genome organization and social evolution in hymenoptera.’ Naturwissenschaften 87, No. 2: 87–89.
      • Gadau J., Page R., Werren J., Schmid-Hempel P. 2000. ‘Genome organization and social evolution in hymenoptera.’ Naturwissenschaften 87, No. 2: 87–89.

      1999

      • Gadau J., Brady S., Ward P. 1999. ‘Systematics, distribution, and ecology of an endemic California Camponotus quercicola (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).’ Annals of the Entomological Society of America 92, No. 4: 514–522.
      • Gadau J., Page R., Werren J. 1999. ‘Mapping of hybrid incompatibility loci in Nasonia.’ Genetics 153, No. 4: 1731–1741.

      1997

      • Foitzik S., Haberl M., Gadau J., Heinze J. 1997. ‘Mating frequency of Leptothorax nylanderi ant queens determined by microsatellite analysis.’ Insectes Sociaux 44, No. 3: 219–227. doi: 10.1007/s000400050043.
      • Altschmied J., Hornung U., Schlupp I., Gadau J., Kolb R., Schartl M. 1997. ‘Isolation of DNA suitable for PCR for field and laboratory work.’ Biotechniques 23, No. 2: 228–229.

      1996

      • Gadau J., Disney R. 1996. ‘The ant host (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and hitherto unknown female of Menozziola obscuripes (Diptera: Phoridae).’ Sociobiology 28, No. 2: 177–181.

      1994

      • Heinze J., Gadau J., Hölldobler B., Nanda I., Schmid M., Scheller K. 1994. ‘Genetic variability in the ant Camponotus floridanus detected by multilocus DNA fingerprinting.’ Naturwissenschaften 81, No. 1: 34–36. doi: 10.1007/BF01138560.
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