Publications
2023
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
M. Pfenninger, H. Binde-Doria, J. Nickel, A. Thielsch, K. Schwenk, M. Cordellier (2022) Spontaneous rate of clonal mutations in Daphnia galeata, PLOS ONE 17(4): e0265632, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265632
M.M. Sheffer, M. Cordellier, M. Forman, M. Grewoldt, K. Hoffmann, C. Jensen, M. Kotz, J. Král, A. W. Kuss, E. Líznarová, G. Uhl (2022) Identification of sex chromosomes in the wasp spider, Argiope bruennichi (Aranea:Araneidae), BioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2021.10.06.463373, accepted Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
2021
J. Nickel, T. Schell, T. Holtzem, A. Thielsch, S. Dennis, B. C. Schlick-Steiner, F. M. Steiner, M. Möst, M. Pfenniger, K. Schwenk, M. Cordellier (2021) Hybridization dynamics and extensive introgression in the Daphnia longispina species complex: insights from a new Daphnia galeata genome assembly, Genome Biology and Evolution, 13(12): evab267, DOI: 10.10193/gbe/evab267
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
M. Cordellier, M. Wojewodzic, M. Wessels, C. Kuster, E. von Elert (2021) Next-generation sequencing of DNA from resting eggs: signatures of eutrophication in a lake’s sediment, Zoology, DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2021.125895
J. Nickel, C. V. M. Reinhold, M. Kuhlmann, M. Cordellier, M. Husemann,(2021) Four new mitogenomes for the basal bee family Melittidae (Apoidea) : Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources
2020
M. Husemann, M. T. Neiber, J. Nickel, C. V. M. Reinhold, M. Kuhlmann, M. Cordellier (2020) Mitogenomic phylogeny of bee families confirms the basal position and monophyly of Melittidae – Zoologica Scripta, DOI : 10.1111/zsc.12468
V. Tams, J. Nickel, A. Ehring, M. Cordellier (2020) Insights into the genetic basis of predator-induced response in Daphnia galeata. Ecology & Evolution, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6899
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.
Ravindran S.P., Tams V., Cordellier M. (2020) Transcriptome-wide genotype-phenotype associations in Daphnia in a predation risk environment. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
Ilić M., Cordellier M., Fink P.(2020) Intrapopulation variability in a functional trait: susceptibility of Daphnia to limitation by dietary fatty acids. Freshwater Biology.
Hörandl E., Bast J., Brandt A., Scheu S., Bleidorn C., Cordellier M., Nowrousian M., Begerow D., Sturm A., Verhoeven K., Boenigk J., Friedl T., Dunthorn M. (2020) Genome evolution of asexual organisms and the paradox of sex in eukaryotes. In Pontarotti, P. (Ed.), Evolutionary Biology: a transdisciplinary approach. Springer
Cordellier M., Schneider J.M., Uhl G., Posnien N. (2020) Sex differences in spiders: from phenotype to genomics, Development Genes and Evolution 230(2), 155-172
2019
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.
Ravindran S. P. , Lüneburg J., Gottschlich L., Tams V., Cordellier M. (2019) Daphnia stressor database: Taking advantage of a decade of Daphnia ‘-omics’ data for gene annotation, Scientific Reports
Ravindran S.P., Herrmann M., Cordellier M. (2019) Contrasting patterns of divergence at the regulatory and sequence level in European Daphnia galeata natural populations. Ecology and Evolution, 9(5): 2487-2504, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4894
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.
2018
Bramer C., Schweitzer C., Dobler S. (2018) Cardenolide-defended milkweed bugs do not evoke learning in Nephila senegalensis spiders. Ethology 124: 504-513.
Tams V., Lüneburg J., Seddar L., Detampel J.-P., Cordellier M. (2018) Intraspecific phenotypic variation in life history traits of Daphnia galeata populations in response to fish kairomones. PeerJ, 6:e5746, DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5746
Herrmann M., Ravindran S.P., Schwenk K., Cordellier M. (2018). Population transcriptomics in Daphnia: the role of thermal selection. Molecular Ecology. DOI:10.1111/mec.14450
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.
Herrmann M., Henning-Lucass N., Cordellier M., Schwenk K. (2017). A genotype-phenotype association approach to reveal thermal adaptation in Daphnia galeata, Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology. DOI: 10.1002/jez.2070
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:S29-S43. 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.
N. Henning-Lucass, M. Cordellier, B. Streit & K. Schwenk (2016). Phenotypic plasticity in life history traits of Daphnia galeata in response to temperature – A comparison across two populations separated in time. Ecology and Evolution 6:881-891.
Huylmans A.K., Lopez Ezquerra A., Parsch J., Cordellier M. (2016). De novo transcriptome assembly and sex-biased gene expression in the cyclical parthenogenetic Daphnia galeata. Genome Biology and Evolution 8:3120-3139. DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw221
2015
Lohr J.N., Haag C.R. (2015). Genetic load, inbreeding depression and hybrid vigor covary with population size: an empirical evaluation of theoretical predictions. Evolution 69:3109-3122.
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.
Cario G., Rhein P., Mitlöhner R., Zimmermann M., Bandapalli O.R., Romey R., Moericke A., Ludwig W.D., Ratei R., Muckenthaler M.U., Kulozik A.E., Schrappe M., Stanulla M., Karawajew L. (2014). High CD45 surface expression determines relapse risk in children with precursor B-cell and T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated according to the ALL-BFM 2000 protocol. Haematologica
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 A.A. (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.