Prof. Dr. Susanne Dobler

2024

Rohlfing K., Grewoldt M., Cordellier M., Dobler S. (2024). Evidence for feminized genetic males in a flea beetle using newly identified X-linked markers. Ecology and Evolution, Vol 14, 8. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70123

Baum M., Dobler S. (2024). Fecal Deployment- An Alternative Way of Defensive Host Plant Cardenolide Use by Lilioceris merdigera Larvae. Journal of Chemical Ecology, Vol. 50, 1 - 2, 63 - 70, 8p.. DOI: 10.1007/s10886-023-01465-8

2023

Rohlfing K., Yue L., Franke S., Zeng C., Podsiadlowski L., Dobler S. (2023). When does the female bias arise? Insights from the sex determination cascade of a flea beetle with a strongly skewed sex ratio. Functional and Integrative Genomics 23 , 2. DOI: 10.1007/s10142-023-01023-1

Herbertz,M., Dalla,S., Wagschal,V., Turjalei, R., Heiser, M., Dobler, S., Coevolutionary escalation led to differentially adapted paralogs of an insect's Na,K-ATPase optimizing resistance to host plant toxins. Molecular Ecology (2023). https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17041

2022

Herbertz,M., Lohr, J., Lohr, C., Dobler, S., Knockdown of Na,K-ATPase β-subunits in Oncopeltus fasciatus induces molting problems and alterations in tracheal morphology. Insect Science (2022). https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.13117

Herbertz, M., Harder, S., Schlüter, H., Lohr, C., Dobler, S., Na,K-ATPase α1 and β-subunits show distinct localizations in the nervous tissue of the large milkweed bug. Cell Tissue Res (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00441-022-03580-6

2021

Mohammadi S., Yang L., Harpak A., Herrera-Álvarez S., Rodríguez-Ordoñez M., Peng J., Zhang K., Storz J.F., Dobler S., Crawford A.J., Andolfatto P. (2021) Concerted Evolution reveals co-adapted amino acid substitutions in Na+K+-ATPase of frogs that prey on toxic toads. Current Biology doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.089

2020

Burdfield-Steel E.R., Schneider J.M., Mappes J., Dobler S. (2020) Testing the effectiveness of pyrazine defences against spiders. Chemoecology 

Kikuchi D., Waldron S., Valkonen J., Dobler S., Mappes J. (2020) Biased predation could promote convergence yet maintain diversity within Müllerian mimicry rings of Oreina leaf beetles. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 

Kowalski Paulina, Baum Michael, Körten Marcel, Donath Alexander and Dobler Susanne (2020) ABCB transporters in a leaf beetle respond to sequestered plant toxins. Proc. R. Soc. B.287:20201311.

2019

Meinzer F., Dobler S., Donath A., Lohr J. (2019) Robust reference gene design and validation for expression studies in the large milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus, upon cardiac glycoside stress. Gene 710: 66-75.

Dobler S., Wagschal V., Pietsch N., Dahdouli N., Meinzer F., Romey-Glüsing R., Schütte K. (2019) New ways to acquire resistance: imperfect convergence in insect adaptations to a potent plant toxin. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 286 (1908). 20190883 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0883

Karageorgi M., Groen S.C., Sumbul F., Pelaez J.N., Verster K.I.,Aguilar J.M., Hastings A.P., Bernstein S.L., Matsunaga T., Astourian M., Guerra G., Rico F., Dobler S., Agrawal A.A., Whiteman N.K. (2019) Genome editing retraces the evolution of toxin resistance in the monarch butterfly. Nature 574: 409-412.

Dobler S., Zintgraf V., Haberer W., Paul A. (2019) Ontogeny of defensive chemistry in Longitarsus flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae): more protection for the vulnerable stages? Journal of Chemical Ecology 45: 199-203.

Hundsdörfer A.K., Buchwalder K., O’Neill M.A., Dobler S. (2019) Chemical ecology traits in an adaptive radiation: TPA-sensitivity and detoxification in Hyles and Hippotion (Sphingidae, Lepidoptera) larvae. Chemoecology, 29: 35-47.

Meinzer F., Dobler S., Donath A., Lohr J. (2019) Robust reference gene design and validation for expression studies in the large milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus, upon cardiac glycoside stress. Gene 710: 66-75.

Dobler S., Wagschal V., Pietsch N., Dahdouli N., Meinzer F., Romey-Glüsing R., Schütte K. (2019) New ways to acquire resistance: imperfect convergence in insect adaptations to a potent plant toxin. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 286 (1908). 20190883 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0883

Karageorgi M., Groen S.C., Sumbul F., Pelaez J.N., Verster K.I.,Aguilar J.M., Hastings A.P., Bernstein S.L., Matsunaga T., Astourian M., Guerra G., Rico F., Dobler S., Agrawal A.A., Whiteman N.K. (2019) Genome editing retraces the evolution of toxin resistance in the monarch butterfly. Nature 574: 409-412.

2018

Bramer C., Schweitzer C., Dobler S. (2018) Cardenolide-defended milkweed bugs do not evoke learning in Nephila senegalensis spiders. Ethology 124: 504-513.

2017

Lohr J., Meinzer F., Dalla S., Romey-Glüsing R., Dobler S. (2017). The function and evolutionary significance of a triplicated Na,K-ATPase gene in a toxin-specialized insect. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17:256 DOI 10.1186/s12862-017-1097-6

Dalla S., Baum M., Dobler S. (2017). Substitutions in the cardenolide binding site and interaction of subunits affect kinetics besides cardenolide sensitivity of insect Na,K-ATPase. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 89:43-50. 

Bramer C., Friedrich F., Dobler S. (2017). Defense by plant toxins in milkweed bugs (Heteroptera: Lygaeinae) through the evolution of a sophisticated storage compartment. Systematic Entomology 42:15-30.

Groen S.C., LaPlante E.R., Alexandre N.M., Agrawal A.A., Dobler S., Whiteman N.K. (2017). Multidrug transporters and organic anion transporting polypeptides protect insects against the toxic effects of cardenolides. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 81:51-61.

Mohammadi S., Savitzky A.H., Lohr J., Dobler S. (2017). Toad toxin-resistant snake (Thamnophis elegans) expresses high levels of mutant Na+/K+-ATPase mRNA in cardiac muscle. Gene 614:21-25.

Petschenka G., Wagschal V., von Tschirnhaus M., Donath A., Dobler S. (2017). Convergently evolved toxic plant secondary metabolites drive the parallel genetic evolution of insect resistance. The American Naturalist 190. DOI: 10.1086/691711  

Waldron S., Endler J., Valkonen J., Honma A., Dobler S., Mappes J. (2017). Experimental evidence suggests that specular reflectance and glossy appearance help amplify warning signals. Scientific Reports 7:257. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-00217-5          

2016

Dalla S., Dobler S. (2016). Gene duplications circumvent trade-offs in enzyme function: Insect adaptation to toxic host plants. Evolution 70:2767-2777.

2015

Pankoke H., Dobler S. (2015). Feeding specialization and host plant use – How the interaction with plant glycosides has shaped the digestive β-glucosidase activity in two Longitarsus leaf beetles. Physiological Entomology 40:18-29.

Dobler S., Petschenka G., Wagschal V., Flacht L. (2015). Convergent adaptive evolution – How insects master the challenge of cardiac glycoside-containing host plants. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 15:30-39. DOI: 10.1111/eea.12340

Bramer C., Dobler S,, Deckert J., Stemmer M., Petschenka G. (2015). Na+/K+-ATPase resistance and cardenolide sequestration: Basal adaptations to host plant toxins in the milkweed bugs (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae: Lygaeinae). Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 282(1805). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2346

2014

Mebs D., Petschenka G., Pogoda W., Toennes S.W., Amendt J., Zajac B.K., Dobler S. (2014). Amphibian myiasis. Blowfly larvae (Lucilia buvonivora, Diptera: Calliphoridae) coping with the poisonous skin secretion of the common toad (Bufo bufo). Chemoecology 24:159-164.

2013

Dalla S., Swarts H.G.P., Koenderink J.B., Dobler S. (2013). Amino acid substitutions of Na,K-ATPase conferring decreased sensitivity to cardenolides in insects compared to mammals. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 43:1109-1115.

Petschenka G., Fandrich F., Sander N., Wagschal V., Boppré M., Dobler S. (2013). Stepwise evolution of resistance to toxic cardenolides via genetic substitutions in the Na+K+-ATPase of milkweed butterflies. Evolution 67:2753-2761.

Petschenka G., Pick C., Wagschal V., Dobler S. (2013). Functional evidence for an active efflux transport to circumvent to circumvent neurotoxicity of cardenolides in an adapted and a non-adapted hawk-moth species. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 280 .Doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.3089

Baden C.U., Franke S., Dobler S. (2013). Host dependent iridoid glycoside sequestration patterns in Cionus hortulanus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 39:1112-1114.

Jäckel R., Mora D., Dobler S. (2013) The consequences of Wolbachia infections: Phylogeny of Altica leaf beetles and their reproductive parasites. Molecular Ecology 22:4241-4255.

2012

Dobler S., Dalla S., Wagschal V., Agrawal AA. (2012). Community-wide convergent evolution in insect adaptation to toxic cardenolides by substitutions in their Na,K-ATPase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the U.S.A. 109:13040-13045.

Pankoke H., Bowers D., Dobler S. (2012). The interplay between toxin-releasing β-glucosidase and plant iridoid glycosides impairs larval development in a generalist caterpillar, Grammia incorrupta (Arctiidae). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 42:426-434.

Baden C.U., Franke S., Dobler S. (2012). Differing patterns of sequestration of iridoid glycosides in the Mecininae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Chemoecology 22:113-118.

Petschenka G., Offe J.K., Dobler S. (2012). Physiological screening for target site insensitivity and localization of Na+/K+-ATPase in cardenolide-adapted Lepidoptera. Journal of Insect Physiology 58:607-612.

2011

Baden C.U., Geier T., Franke S., Dobler S. (2011). Sequestered iridoid glycosides – Highly effective deterrents against ant predators? Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 39:897-901.

Petschenka G., Bramer C., Pankoke H., Dobler S. (2011). Evidence for a deterrent effect of cardenolides on Nephila spiders. Basic and Applied Ecology 12:260-267.

Dobler S., Petschenka G., Pankoke H. (2011). Coping with toxic plant compounds - the insect’s perspective on iridoid glycosides and cardenolides. Phytochemistry 72:1593-1604.

Kelley S., Dobler S. (2011). Comparative analysis of microbial diversity in Longitarsus flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Genetica 139:541-50.

2010

Pankoke H., Bowers D., Dobler S. (2010). Influence of iridoid glycoside containing host plants on midgut ß-glucosidase activity in the yellow bear Spilosoma virginica Fabricius (Arctiidae). Journal of Insect Physiology 56:1907-1912.

2009

Baden C.U., Dobler S. (2009). Potential benefits of iridoid glycoside sequestration in Longitarsus melanocephalus (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Basic and Applied Ecology 10:27-33.

Petschenka G., Dobler S. (2009). Target-site sensitivity in a specialized herbivore towards major toxic compounds of its host plant: The Na+K+-ATPase of the oleander hawk moth (Daphnis nerii) is highly susceptible to cardenolides. Chemoecology 19:235-239.

2008

Bünnige M., Hilker M., Dobler S. (2008). Convergent evolution of chemical defense in Galerucine larvae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 93:165-175.

2007

Peterson M.A., Dobler S., Larson E., Juarez D., Schlarbaum T., Monsen K.J., Francke W. (2007). Profiles of cuticular hydrocarbons mediate male mate choice and sexual isolation between hybridizing Chrysochus. Chemoecology 17:87-96.

2005

Narberhaus I., Zintgraf V., Dobler S. (2005). Pyrrolizidine alkaloids on three trophic levels - Evidence for toxic and deterrent effects on phytophages and predators. Chemoecology 15:121-125.

2004

Narberhaus I., Papke U., Theuring C., Beuerle T., Hartmann T., Dobler S. (2004). Direct evidence for membrane transport of host plant derived pyrrolizidine alkaloid N-oxides in two leaf beetle genera. Journal of Chemical Ecology 30:2003-2022.

Labeyrie E., Dobler S. (2004). Molecular adaptation of Chrysochus leaf beetles to toxic plant compounds in their food plants. Molecular Biology and Evolution 21:218-221.

Dobler S. (2004). The evolution of adaptations to plant secondary compounds in Chrysochus leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae). Pp. 117-123 In: New Developments in the Biology of Chrysomelidae, P. Jolivet, J.A. Santiago-Bay, M. Schmitt (eds.), SPB Academic Publishing, The Hague, The Netherlands.

2003

Narberhaus I., Theuring C., Hartmann T., Dobler S. (2003). Physiological analysis of pyrrolizidine alkaloid sequestration in Longitarsus leaf beetles by radioactive tracer experiments. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 173:483-491.

2002

Haberer W., Witte L., Hartmann T., Dobler S. (2002). Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in Pulmonaria obscura Dumortier 1865. Planta Medica 68:480-482.

2001

Willinger G., Dobler S. (2001). Selective sequestration of iridoid glycosides from their host plants in Longitarsus flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 29:335-346.

Dobler S. (2001). Evolutionary aspects of defense by recycled plant compounds in herbivorous insects. Basic and Applied Ecology 2:15-26.

Peterson M., Dobler S., Tantalo L., Holland J., Locke S. (2001). Behavioral, molecular, and morphological evidence for a hybrid zone between Chrysochus auratus and C. cobaltinus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 94:1-9.

Maus C., Peschke K., Dobler S. (2001). Phylogeny of the genus Aleochara inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase sequences (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 18:202-216.

2000

Dobler S., Haberer W., Witte L., Hartmann T. (2000). Selective sequestration of pyrrolizidine alkaloids from diverse host plants by Longitarsus flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 26:1281-1298.

Dobler S., Müller J.K. (2000): Resolving phylogeny at the family level by mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase sequences: Phylogeny of carrion beetles (Coleoptera, Silphidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 15:390-402.

1999

Dobler S., Farrell B.D. (1999). Host use evolution in Chrysochus milkweed beetles: evidence from behavior, population genetics and phylogeny. Molecular Ecology 8:1297-1307.

Haberer W., Dobler S. (1999). Quantitative analysis of pyrrolizidine alkaloids sequestered from diverse host plants in Longitarsus flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Chemoecology 9:169-175.

1998

Dobler S., Daloze D., Pasteels J.M. (1998). Sequestration of plant compounds in a leaf beetle's defensive secretion: Cardenolides in Chrysochus. Chemoecology 8:111-118.

1996

Dobler S., Rowell-Rahier M. (1996). Reproductive biology of viviparous and oviparous species of the leaf beetle genus Oreina (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 80:375-388.

Dobler S., Mardulyn P., Pasteels J.M., Rowell-Rahier M. (1996). Host plant switches and the evolution of chemical defense and life history in the leaf beetle genus Oreina. Evolution 50:2373-2386.

1995

Pasteels J.M., Dobler S., Rowell-Rahier M., Ehmke A., Witte L., Hartmann T. (1995). Distribution of autogenous and host-derived chemical defenses in Oreina leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 21:1163-1179.

1994

Dobler S., Heller K.G., von Helversen O. (1994). Song pattern recognition and an auditory time window in the female bushcricket Ancistrura nigrovittata. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 175:67-74.

Dobler S., Stumpner A., Heller K.G. (1994). Sex specific spectral tuning for the partner's song in the duetting bushcricket Ancistrura nigrovittata. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 175:303-310.

Dobler S., Rowell-Rahier M. (1994). Response of a leaf-beetle to two food plants, only one of which provides a sequestrable defensive chemical. Oecologia 97:271-277.

Dobler S., Rowell-Rahier M. (1994). Production of cardenolides versus sequestration of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in larvae of Oreina species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 20:555-568.

Chapters

Dobler S. (2004): The evolution of adaptations to plant secondary compounds in Chrysochus leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae). Pp. 117-123 in: New Contributions to the Biology of Chrysomelidae, P.H. Jolivet, J.A. Santiago-Bay, M. Schmitt (eds.), SPB Academic Publishers, The Hague, Netherlands

Popular Science Articles

Dobler S (2007): Anpassungen an Pflanzensekundärstoffe in der Evolution von Blattkäfern (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) Insecta (NABU Deutschland)