Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Barbara Feldmeyer
Researcher, Member of Research Group 'Molecular Ecology'
barbara.feldmeyer@senckenberg.de
Research interests
evolutionary ecology, behavioural genetics, local adaptation, population genomics, comparative genomics, gene regulation, niche evolution, behavioral genetics, gene expression, life-history traits, temperature adaptation/acclimation
I am interested in the adaptive potential of organisms to their environment. This may include abiotic factors, such as temperature, as well as biotic factors, such as the interplay within a social ant colony.
Niche evolution
Closely related species, as well as different populations of one species, often occupy different niches and are thus adapted to different environmental properties. I’m interested in the adaptive potential of species to their environment, specifically to changing temperature and climate conditions. In this respect, a combinatory approach of studying both, proximate (phenotypic) as well as ultimate (genetic) traits is optimal. The combination of different methods (e.g. life-history trait determination, identification of selected genes) allows to draw conclusions on the proportion of phenotypic plasticity and evolutionary differentiation on the regulatory or structural level. As study organism I am working with the pond snail genus, Radix. Niche models have shown, that the distribution ranges between species (as well as populations) differ in temperature, as well as length of dry period.
Behavioural genetics
Social Hymenopterans feature a number of special traits, which clearly set them apart from all other animal groups. In ants, different worker castes and the queens develop from the same genetic background (polyphenism). In addition ant workers are further specialized on various tasks, from brood tending, over nest guarding to foraging. In some ant species behavioural caste differentiation is associated with morphological caste differentiation, however in other species monomorphic workers perform the different duties. I’m interested in the genetic mechanisms that lead to the development of the different castes as well as their differential behaviours. The genus Temnothorax is an ideal study system, as salvemakeing evolved several times independently, thus making it possible to investigate and compare the evolution of behavioural patterns in closely related species. In addition, the system allows to investigate co-evolutionary processes and local adaptation between closely related slavemaker and host species.
External Links
List of publications at Google Scholar Profile
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Team
Maide Nesibe Macit (PhD student)
Shadi Karimifard (PhD student)
Former Students
Marina Choppin (PhD student)
Austin Alleman (PhD student)
Juliane Hartke (PhD student)
Philip Kohlmeier (PhD student)
Matteo Negroni (PhD student)
Publications
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Bulut B., Geiss M., Bernard M., Doria H.B., Feldmeyer B., Pfenninger M. (2025) Dissecting Oxidative Stress and Organismic Response to various Temperature Regimes in the midge C. riparius. Ecol Evol. 2025 Dec 11;15(12):e72625. doi: 10.1002/ece3.72625
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Collin E., Macit M., Wittke M., Hörrmann C., Haase C., Heil L., Litto M., Menzel F., Feldmeyer B., Foitzik S. (submitted) Climate and parasite pressure jointly shape traits mediating interactions between an ant social parasite and its host. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, voaf129. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voaf129
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Pfenninger M., Langan L., Feldmeyer B., Fussi B., Hoffmann J., Granado R., Hetzer J., Seho M., Mellert K-H., Hickler T. (2025) Predicting Forest Tree Leaf Phenology Under Climate Change Using Satellite Monitoring and Population‐Based Genomic Trait Association. Global Change Biology, e70484. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70484
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Macit M.N., Collin E., Nieto-Blasquez M.E., Kever M., Litto M., Jaitner E., Pfenninger M., Feldmeyer B.*, Foitzik S.* (2025) The Genomic Basis of Social Parasitism: A Geographical Mosaic of Behavioural, Chemical, and Environmental Adaptations in a Widespread Host–Parasite System. Molecular Biology and Evolution, msaf293, doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf293.
*shared last authors
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Kachlishvili N., Schneider C., Bikashvili A., Feldmeyer B., Pfenninger M., L. Mumladze (2025) The complete mitochondrial genome of the freshwater mollusc Ferrissia fragilis. Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 10(5):382-386. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2025.2487068.
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Erdoğan D.E., Karimifard S., Khodadadi M., Ling L., Linke L., Catalán A., Doublet V., Glaser-Schmitt A., Niehuis O., Nowick K., Soro A., Turetzek N., Feldmeyer B., Posnien N. (accepted): ATAC-seq in emerging model organisms: challenges and strategies. J. Exp. Zool. B Mol. Dev. Evol., 344(7):394-414. doi: 10.1002/jez.b.23305.
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Doria H.B., Sohal N., Feldmeyer B., Pfenninger M. (2025) Size over substance: Microplastic particle size drives gene expression and fitness loss in a freshwater insect. Aquatic Toxicology, 284: 107386; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2025.107386.
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Eberhardt L., Doria H.B., Bulut B., Feldmeyer B., Pfenninger M. (2025) Transcriptomics predicts artificial light at night’s (ALAN) negative fitness effects and altered gene expression patterns in the midge Chironomus riparius (Diptera:Chironomidae). Environmental Pollution; https://doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2025.125827
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Stoldt M., Negroni M., Feldmeyer B., Foitzik S. (2025) Molecular adjustment to a social niche: Brain transcriptomes reveal divergent influence of social environment on the two queen morphs of the ant Temnothorax rugatulus. Molecular Ecology, 7:e17649; http://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17649
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Feldmeyer B., Bornberg-Bauer E., Dohmen E., Fouks B., Heckenhauer J., Huylmans A.K., Jones A.R.C., Stolle E., M.C. Harrison (2024). Comparative Evolutionary Genomics in Insects. In: Setubal, J.C., Stadler, P.F., Stoye, J. (eds) Comparative Genomics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2802. Humana, New York, NY. doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3838-5_16
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Macit M.N., Collin E., Pfenninger M., Foitzik S.*, B. Feldmeyer* (2024) Genomic basis of adaptation to climate and parasite prevalence and the importance of odorant perception in the ant Temnothorax longispinosus. Molecular Ecology, 33(13):e17417; https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17417.
*shared last authors
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Seistrup A-S., Choppin M., Govind S., Feldmeyer B., Kever M., Karaulanov E., Séguret A., Karunanithi S., Almeida MV., Ketting RF., Foitzik S. (2023) Age- and caste-independent piRNAs in the germline and miRNA profiles linked to caste and fecundity in the ant Temnothorax rugatulus. Molecular Ecology 32(22):6027-6043. doi: 10.1111/mec.17162
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Kohlmeier P., Feldmeyer B., Foitzik S. (2023) Histone acetyltransferases and external demands influence task switching in Temnothorax ants. Biology Letters 19(7):20230176. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0176
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Kramer I., Pfenninger M., Feldmeyer B., Dhimal M., Gautam I., Shreshta P., Baral S., Phuyal P., Hartke J., Magdeburg A., Groneberg D.A., Ahrens B., Müller R., Waldvogel A.-M. (2023) Genomic profiling of climate adaptation in Aedes aegypti along an altitudinal gradient in Nepal indicates non-gradual expansion of the disease vector. Molecular Ecology 32:350–368. doi.org/10.1111/mec.16752
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Choppin M., Schall M., Feldmeyer B., Foitzik S. (2023) Protein-rich diet decreases survival, but does not alter reproduction, in fertile ant workers. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10:1098245. doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.1098245
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Pfenninger M., Foucault Q., Waldvogel A.-M., Feldmeyer B. (2023) Selective effects of a short transient environmental fluctuation on a natural population. Molecular Ecology 32:335–349. doi.org/10.1111/mec.16748
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Feldmeyer B., Gstöttl C., Wallner J., Jongepier E., Seguret A., Grasso A.D., Bornberg-Bauer E., Foitzik S., Heinze J. (2022) Evidence for a conserved queen-worker genetic toolkit across slave-making ants and their ant hosts. Molecular Ecology 31:4991-5004. doi: 10.1111/mec.16639
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Boštjancic L.L., Francesconi C., Rutz C., Hoffbeck L., Poidevin L., Kress A., Jussila J., Makkonen J., Feldmeyer B., Bálint M., Schwenk K., Lecompte O., Theissinger K. Host-pathogen coevolution drives innate immune response to Aphanomyces astaci infection in freshwater crayfish: transcriptomic evidence. BMC Genomics 22;23(1):600. doi: 10.1186/s12864-022-08571-z
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Boštjancic L.L., Francesconi C., Rutz C., Hoffbeck L., Poidevin L., Kress A., Jussila J., Makkonen J., Feldmeyer B., Bálint M., Schwenk K., Lecompte O., Theissinger K. (2022) Dataset of the de novo assembly and annotation of the marbled crayfish and the noble crayfish hepatopancreas transcriptomes. BMC Res Notes 22;15(1):281. doi: 10.1186/s13104-022-06137-6
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Alt G.K., Feldmeyer B., Kochmann J., Klimpel S. (2022) Gene expression and allergenic potential of Pseudoterranova bulbosa L3 from different infection sites in North Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Journal of Fish Diseases 00:1-14. DOI: 10.1111/jfd.13630
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Bolotov I.N., Pasupuleti R., Subba Rao N.V., Unnikrishnan S.K., Nyein Chan, Zau Lunn, Than Win, Gofarov M.Y., Kondakov A.V., Konopleva E.S., Lyubas A.A., Tomilova A.A., Vikhrev I.V., Pfenninger M., Düwel S., Feldmeyer B., Nesemann H., Nagel K.O. (2022) Oriental freshwater mussels arose in East Gondwana and arrived to Asia on the Indian Plate and Burma Terrane. Scientific Reports 12:5257. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05257-0
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Jongepier E., Séguret A., Labutin A., Feldmeyer B., Gstöttl C., Foitzik S., Heinze J., E. Bornberg-Bauer (2022) Convergent loss of chemoreceptors across independent origins of slave-making in ants. Molecular Biology and Evolution 39:msab305. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/
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Choppin M., Feldmeyer B., Foitzik S. (2021) Histone acetylation regulates the expression of genes involved in worker reproduction in the ant Temnothorax rugatulus. BMC Genomics 22:871. doi:10.1186/s12864-021-08196-8
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Nagel K.O., Bolotov I.V., B. Feldmeyer (2021) Die zweite Welle – Sinanodonta lauta – ist (vorerst) noch nicht da. Mitteilungen der deutschen malakolzoologische Gesellschaft 105: 64-66.
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Pfenninger M., Reuss F., Kiebler A., Schönnenbeck P., Caliendo C., Gerber S., Cochiararo B., Reuter S., Blütgen N. Mody K., Mishra B., Bálint M., Thines M., B. Feldmeyer (2021) Genomic basis of drought resistance in Fagus sylvatica. eLife 10:e65532. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.65532
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Sprenger P.P., Hartke J., Schmitt T., *Menzel F., *B. Feldmeyer (2021) Identification of candidate genes involved in cuticular hydrocarbon differences between cryptic, parabiotic ant species. G3 11(5). DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab078 *shared last authors
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Negroni M.A., Stoldt M., Oster M., Rupp A-S., Feldmeyer B., S. Foitzik (2021) Social organisation and the evolution of life-history traits in two queen morphs of the ant Temnothorax rugatulus. Journal of Experimental Biology 224:jeb232793. doi:10.1242/jeb.232793
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Choppin M., Graf S., Feldmeyer B., Libbrecht R., Menzel F., S. Foitzik (2021). Queen and worker phenotypic traits are associated with colony composition and environment in Temnothorax rugatulus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), an ant with alternative reproductive strategies. Myrmecological News 31:61-69. doi: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_031:061
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Korb J., Meusemann K., Aumer D., Bernadou A., Elsner D., Feldmeyer B., Foitzik S., HeinzeJ., Libbrecht R., Lin S., Majoe M., Monroy Kuhn M., Negroni M., Nehring V., Paxton R., Séguret A., Stoldt M., T. Flatt (2021) Comparative transcriptomic analysis of the mechanisms underpinning ageing and fecundity in social insects. Philosophical Transactions B 376:20190728 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0728
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Menzel F., B. Feldmeyer (2021) How does climate change affect social insects? Current Opinions in Insect Science 46:10-15. doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2021.01.005
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Negroni M.A., Feldmeyer B.*, S. Foitzik* (2021) Experimental increase in fecundity causes upregulation of body maintenance genes in ant queens. Biology Letters 17: 20200909. doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0909 *shared last authors
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Stoldt M., Klein L., Beros S., Butter F., Jongepier E., Feldmeyer B., S. Foitzik (2021) Parasite presence induces gene expression changes in an ant host and their function in immunity and longevity. Genes 12(1), 95. doi.org/10.3390/genes12010095
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Negroni M.A., Macit M., Stoldt M., Feldmeyer B., S. Foitzik (2021) Molecular regulation of lifespan extension in fertile ant workers. Philosophical Transactions B 376:20190736 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0736
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Hartke J., Waldvogel A.M., Sprenger P.P., Schmitt T., Menzel F., Pfenninger M., B. Feldmeyer (2020) Little parallelism in genomic signatures of local adaptation in two sympatric cryptic sister species. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 00:1-16. doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13742
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Sprenger P.P., Müsse C., Hartke J., Feldmeyer B., Schmitt T., Gebauer G., F. Menzel (2020) Dinner with the roommates: Trophic niche differentiation and competition in a mutualistic ant-ant association. Ecological Entomology DOI: 10.1111/een.13002
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Waldvogel A.M., Schreiber D., Pfenninger M., B. Feldmeyer (2020) Climate change genomics calls for standardised data reporting. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8:242 https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00242
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Körner M., Vogelweith F., Libbrecht R., Foitzik S., Feldmeyer B., J. Meunier (2020) Offspring reverse transcriptome responses to maternal deprivation when reared with pathogens in an insect with facultative family life. Proceedings B 287:20200440.
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Gabot E., Incháustegui S.J., Pfenninger M., Feldmeyer B., G. Köhler (2020) Natural hybridization between two species of green Anoles: morphological and genetic evidence. Novitates Caribaea 15:73–95. doi:10.33800/nc.vi15.217
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Gstöttl C., Stoldt M., Jongepier E., E. Bornberg-Bauer E., Feldmeyer B., Heinze J., S. Foitzik (2020) Comparative analysis of caste, sex and developmental stage-specific transcriptomes of a slavemaking ant and its ant host sheds light onto slavemaker evolution. Ecology and Evolution 00:1-11. doi 10.1002/ece3.6187
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Waldvogel A.M., Feldmeyer B., Rolshausen G., Exposito-Alonso M., Bataillon T., Bergland A., Flatt T., Kofler R., Mock T., Rellstab C., Savolainen O., Schmid K., Schmitt I., Guillaume F., M. Pfenninger (2020) Evolutionary genomics improves predictions of species responses to climate change. Evolution Letters 4:4-18. doi:10.1002/evl3.154
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Schmitt H., Hellmann L., Waldvogel A.M., Feldmeyer B., Pfenninger M., T. Hankeln (2020) A high-quality genome assembly from short and long reads for the non-biting midge Chironomus riparius (Diptera). G3 10(4): 1151–1157 doi.org/10.1534/g3.119.400710
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Zajac K.S., Hatteland B.A., Feldmeyer B., Pfenninger M., Filipiak A., Noble L.R., D. Lachowska-Cierlik (2019) A comprehensive phylogeographic study of Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Arionidae) in Europe. Organisms Diversity and Evolution doi.org/10.1007/s13127-019-00417-z
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Sprenger P.P., Hartke J., Feldmeyer B., Orivel J., Schmitt T., F. Menzel (2019) Influence of mutualistic lifestyle, mutualistic partner and climate on cuticular hydrocarbon profiles in parabiotic ants. Journal of Chemical Ecology 45:741-754. doi.org/10.1007/s10886-019-01099-9
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Hartke J., Schell T., Jongepier E., Schmidt H., Sprenger P.P., Paule J., Bornberg-Bauer E., Schmitt T., Menzel F., Pfenninger M., B. Feldmeyer (2019) Hybrid genome assembly of a neotropical mutualistic ant. Genome Biology and Evolution 11:2306-2311. doi:10.1093/gbe/evz159
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Hartke J.*, Sprenger P.P.*, Sahm J., Winterberg H., Orivel J., Baur H., Beuerle T., Schmitt T., Feldmeyer B.*, F. Menzel* (2019) Cuticular hydrocarbons as potential mediators of cryptic species divergence in a mutualistic ant association. Ecology and Evolution 9:9160-9176. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5464 *shared first/last authors
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Negroni M., Foitzik S.*, B.Feldmeyer* (2019). Long-lived Temnothorax ant queens switch from investment in immunity to antioxidant production with age. Scientific Reports 9:7270 doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43796-1 *shared last authors
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Alleman A., Stoldt M., Feldmeyer B., S. Foitzik (2019) Tandem-running and scouting behavior is characterized by up-regulation of learning and memory formation genes within the ant brain. Molecular Ecology 1-18. doi: 10.1111/mec.15079
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Kohlmeier P., Alleman A., Libbrecht R., Foitzik S.*, B. Feldmeyer* (2019) Gene expression is more strongly associated with behavioural specialisation than with age or fertility in ant workers. Molecular Ecology 28:658–670. doi: 10.1111/mec.14971 *shared last authors
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Franke K., Karl I., Pena Centeno T., Feldmeyer B., Lassek C., Oostra V., Riedel K., Stanke M., Wheat C., K. Fischer (2019) Effects of adult temperature on gene expression in a butterfly: identifying pathways associated with thermal acclimation. BMC Evolutionary Biology 19:32 doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1362-y
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Kaur R., Stoldt M., Jongepier E., Feldmeyer B., Menzel F., Bornberg-Baur E., S. Foitzik (2018) Ant behaviour and brain gene expression of defending hosts depend on the ecological success of the intruding social parasite. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 374:20180192. dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0192
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Foucualt Q., Wieser A., Waldvogel A-M., Feldmeyer B., M. Pfenninger (2018) Rapid adaptation to high temperatures in Chironomus riparius. Ecology and Evolution doi:10.1101/205195
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Tills O., Guebano M., Feldmeyer B., Pfenninger M., Morgenroth H., Schell T., S. Rundle (2018) Transcriptomic responses to predator kairomones in embryos of the aquatic snail Radix balthica. Ecology and Evolution 8:11071-11082. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4574
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Kohlmeier P., Feldmeyer B.*, S. Foitzik* (2018) Vitellogenin-like A-associated shifts in social cue responsiveness regulate behavioural task specialization in an ant. Plos Biology 16(6): e2005747. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2005747 *shared last authors
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Waldvogel A.-M., Wieser A., Schell T., Patel S., Schmidt H., Hankeln T., Feldmeyer B., M. Pfenninger (2018) The genomic footprint of climate adaptation in Chironomus riparius. Molecular Ecology 27:1439-1456. doi: 10.1111/mec.14543
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Alleman A., Feldmeyer B., S. Foitzik (2018) Comparative analyses of co-evolving host-parasite associations reveal unique gene expression patterns underlying slavemaker raiding and host defensive phenotypes. Scientific Reports 8: 1951. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-20262-y
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Menzel F., Zumbusch M., B. Feldmeyer (2018) How ants acclimate: impact of climatic conditions on the cuticular hydrocarbon profile. Functional Ecology 32:657-666. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13008
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Feldmeyer B., Elsner D., Alleman A., S. Foitzik (2017). Species-specific genes under selection characterize the coevolution of slavemaker and host lifestyles. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17:237. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1078-9
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Segev U., Feldmeyer B., S. Foitzik (2017) Pace-of-life in a social insect: behavioral syndromes in ants shift along a climatic gradient. Behavioral Ecology 28: 1149-1159. doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arx079
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Schell T., Feldmeyer B., Schmidt H., Greshake B., Tills O., et al. (2017) An annotated draft genome for Radix auricularia (Gastropoda, Mollusca). Genome Biology and Evolution 9: 585-592.
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Kohlmeier P., Negroni M., Kever M., Emmling S., Stypa H., Feldmeyer B., S. Foitzik (2017). Intrinsic worker mortality depends on behavioural caste and the queens’ presence in a social insect. The Science of Nature 104:30. doi: 10.1007/s00114-017-1452-x
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Negroni M.A., Jongepier E., Feldmeyer B., Kramer B.H., S. Foitzik (2016). Life history evolution in social insects: a female perspective. Current Opinion in Insect Science 16: 51-57.
doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2016.05.008
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Feldmeyer B., Mazur J., Beros S., Lerp H., Binder H., S. Foitzik (2016). Gene expression patterns underlying parasite-induced alterations in host behaviour and life history. Molecular Ecology 25: 648-660. doi: 10.1111/mec.13498
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Kersken D, Feldmeyer B., D. Janussen (2016) Sponge communities of the Antarctic Peninsula: influence of environmental variables on species composition and richness. Polar Biology. DOI 10.1007/s00300-015-1875-9
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Pfenninger M., Patel s., Arias-Rodriguez L., Feldmeyer B., Riesch R., M. Plath (2015). Unique evolutionary trajectories in repeated adaptation to hydrogen sulphide-toxic habitats of a neotropical fisih (Poecilia mexicana). Molecular Ecology 24: 643-655. doi: 10.1111/mec.13397
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Feldmeyer B., Greshake B., Funke E., Ebersberger I., M. Pfenninger (2015). Positive selection in development and growth rate regulation genes involved in species divergence of the genus Radix. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 164. doi: 10.1186/s12862-015-0434-x
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Patel S., Schell T., Eifert C., Feldmeyer B., M. Pfenninger (2015). Characterizing a hybrid zone between a cryptic species pair of freshwater snails. Molecular Ecology 24: 643-655.
doi: 10.1111/mec.13049
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Merker S., Thomas S., Völker E., Perwitasari-Farajallah D., Feldmeyer B., Streit B. and M. Pfenninger (2014). Control region length dynamics potentially drives amino acid evolution in tarsier mitochondrial genomes. Journal of Molecular Evolution 79: 40-51.
doi: 10.1007/s00239-014-9631-2
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Seifert B., Kleeberg I., Feldmeyer B., T. Pamminger, E. Jongepier, S. Foitzik (2014). Temnothorax pilagens sp. n. – a new slave-making species of the tribe Formicoxenini from North America (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 368:65-77. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.368.6423
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Feldmeyer B., Elsner D., S. Foitzik (2014). Gene expression patterns associated with caste and reproductive status in the ant Temnothorax longispinosus: worker-specific genes are more derived than queen-specific ones. Molecular Ecology 23:151-161. doi: 10.1111/mec.12490
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Schmidt H., Greshake B., Feldmeyer B., Hankeln T., M. Pfenninger (2013). Genomic basis of ecological niche divergence among cryptic sister species of non-biting midges. BMC Genomics 14:384.
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Slattery P., Eschenbrenner C., Arias-Rodriguez L., Streit B., Bierbach D., Riesch R., Tobler M., Pfenninger M., Feldmeyer B., Plath M., H. Lerp (2012). Twelve new microsatellite loci for the sulfur molly (Poecilia sulphuraria) and the related Atlantic molly (P. mexicana). Conservation Genetic Resources 45: 935-937.
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Merker S., D. Boucsein, B. Feldmeyer, D. Perwitasari-Farajallah, B. Streit (2012). Novel tetra- and pentanucleotide microsatellite markers allow for multiplexed genotyping of Sulawesi tarsiers (Tarsius spp.). Conservation Genetics Resources 4 (2): 343-345.
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Feldmeyer B., C.W. Wheat, N. Krezdorn, B. Rotter, M. Pfenninger (2011). Short read Illumina data for the de novo assembly of a non-model snail species transcriptome (Radix balthica, Basommatophora, Pulmonata), and a comparison of assembler performance. BMC Genomics 12:317.
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Pfenninger M., M. Salinger, T. Haun, B. Feldmeyer (2011) Factors and processes shaping the population structure and distribution of genetic variation across the species range of the freshwater snail Radix balthica (Pulmonata, Basommatophora). BMC Evolutionary Biology 11:135
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Pen I., T. Uller, B. Feldmeyer, A. Harts, G.M. While, E. Wapstra (2010). Climate-driven population divergence in sex-determining systems. Nature 468: 436-438.
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Feldmeyer B., K. Hoffmeier, M. Pfenninger (2010). The complete mitochondrial genome of Radix balthica (Pulmonata, Basommatophora), obtained by low coverage shot gun next generation sequencing. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57: 1329-1333.
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Feldmeyer B., I. Pen, L.W. Beukeboom (2010). A microsatellite marker linkage map of the housefly, Musca domestica: evidence for male recombination. Insect Molecular Biology 19 (4): 575-581.
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Feldmeyer B., M. Kozielska, F.J. Weissing, L.W. Beukeboom, I. Pen. (2008) Climatic variation and the geographical distribution of sex determination mechanisms in the housefly. Evolutionary Ecology Research 10: 797-809.
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Kozielska M., B. Feldmeyer, F.J.Weissing, I. Pen, L.W. Beukeboom. (2008) Are autosomal sex determining factors of the housefly (Musca domestica) spreading north? Genetical Research 90:157-165.
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Jürgens A., H. Feldhaar, B. Feldmeyer, B. Fiala. (2006) Chemical composition of leaf volatiles in Macaranga species (Euphorbiaceae) and their potential role as olfactory cues in host-localisation of foundress queens of specific ant partners. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 34: 97-113.