Molecular biogeography of Europe: Pleistocene cycles and postglacial trends
- T. Schmitt
- Environmental ScienceFrontiers in Zoology
- 17 April 2007
An overview of the molecular biogeography of Europe is given, which supports the strong linkage between southwestern Alps and Pyrenees, northeastern Alps and Carpathians as well as southeastern Alps and the Dinaric mountain systems, hereby allowing conclusions on the glacial distribution patterns of these species.
Evolutionary History of the Hymenoptera
- R. Peters, L. Krogmann, O. Niehuis
- BiologyCurrent Biology
- 3 April 2017
Surface hydrocarbons of queen eggs regulate worker reproduction in a social insect.
- Annett Endler, J. Liebig, B. HoĢlldobler
- BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesā¦
- 2 March 2004
Queen-derived hydrocarbon labels inform workers about the presence of a fertile queen and thereby regulate worker reproduction, which induces workers to refrain from reproducing.
Functional and Evolutionary Insights from the Genomes of Three Parasitoid Nasonia Species
- J. Werren, S. Richards, R. Gibbs
- BiologyScience
- 15 January 2010
Key findings include the identification of a functional DNA methylation tool kit; hymenopteran-specific genes including diverse venoms; lateral gene transfers among Pox viruses, Wolbachia, and Nasonia; and the rapid evolution of genes involved in nuclear-mitochondrial interactions that are implicated in speciation.
Extra-Mediterranean refugia: The rule and not the exception?
- T. Schmitt, Z. Varga
- Environmental ScienceFrontiers in Zoology
- 6 September 2012
Recent genetic analyses revealed that typical Mediterranean species have also survived the Last Glacial Maximum in cryptic northern refugia (e.g. in the Carpathians or even north of the Alps) in addition to their Mediterranean refuge areas.
Biogeographical and evolutionary importance of the European high mountain systems
- T. Schmitt
- Environmental Science, BiologyFrontiers in Zoology
- 29 May 2009
The populations of a number of species show gradients of genetic diversity from a genetically richer East to a poorer West, which might indicate better glacial survival conditions for this biogeographical group of species in the more eastern parts of Europe.
What do we need to know about speciation?
- R. Butlin, A. Debelle, M. Schilthuizen
- BiologyTrends in Ecology & Evolution
- 2012
Palaearctic biogeography revisited: evidence for the existence of a North African refugium for Western Palaearctic biota
- M. Husemann, T. Schmitt, F. Zachos, W. Ulrich, J. Habel
- Environmental Science
- 1 January 2014
The Maghreb was an important differentiation and speciation centre for thermophilic organisms during the Pliocene and Pleistocene with high relevance as a colonization source for Europe.
The severe decline of butterflies on western German calcareous grasslands during the last 30 years: A conservation problem
- M. Wenzel, T. Schmitt, M. Weitzel, A. Seitz
- Environmental Science
- 1 April 2006
How do cuticular hydrocarbons evolve? Physiological constraints and climatic and biotic selection pressures act on a complex functional trait
- F. Menzel, B. Blaimer, T. Schmitt
- Environmental ScienceProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biologicalā¦
- 15 March 2017
This study is, to its knowledge, the first to show systematic impacts of physiological, climatic and biotic factors on quantitative CHC composition across a global, multi-species dataset, and demonstrate how they jointly shape CHC profiles.
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