Publications

    • Biswas, Twinkle ; Vogel, Heiko; Biedermann, Peter HW; Lehenberger, Maximilian; Yuvarai, Jothi K; Andersson, Martin N.
      Few chemoreceptor genes in the ambrosia beetle Trypodendron lineatum may reflect its specialized ecology.
      In: BMC Genomics (2024)
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    • Catalan, Ana; Gygax, Daniel; Rodriguez-Montes, Leticia; Hinzke, Tjorven; Hoff Katharina and Duchen Pablo
      Two novel genomes of fireflies with different degrees of sexual dimorphism reveal insights into sex-biased gene expression and dosage compensation.
      In: Communications Biology (2025)
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    • Chen, Yao-Chung; Maupas, Arnaud; Nowick, Katja
      Regulatory networks of KRAB zinc finger genes and transposable elements changed during human brain evolution and disease
      In: eLife (2025)
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    • Deng, X; Kuranishi BR; Pauls , Steffen U.; Frandsen, Paul B. and Heckenhauer, Jacqueline;
      De novo whole genome assemblies of unusual case-making caddisflies highlight genomic convergence in the composition of the major silk gene (h-fibroin)
      In: J Exp Zool B, 2025
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    • Frandsen, Paul B; Hotaling, Scott; Powell, Ashlyn; Heckenhauer, Jacqueline; Kawahara, Akito Y.; Baker, Richard H.; Hayashi, Cheryl Y.; Rios-Touma, Blanca; Holzenthal, Ralph; Pauls U., Steffen and Stewart, Russel J.
      Allelic resolution of insect and spider silk genes reveals hidden genetic diversity
      In: PNAS (2023)
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    • Heckenhauer, Jacqueline; Stewart, Russel J.; Rios-Touma, Blanca; Tshering, Dorji; Frandsen, Paul B. and Pauls, Steffen U.
      Characterization of the primary structure of the major silk gene, h-fibroin, across caddisfly (Trichoptera) suborders
      In: IScience (2023)
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    • Heckenhauer, Jacqueline; Plotkin, David; Martinez, Jose I; Bethin, Jacob; Pauls , Steffen U.; Frandsen, Paul B. and Kawahara, Akito Y.
      Genomic resources of two aquatic Lepidoptera, Elophila obliteralis and Hyposmocoma kahamanoa, reveal similarities with Trichoptera in amino acid composition of major silk genes
      In: G3 (Bethesda) (2024)
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    • Janssen, Ralf and Pechmann, Matthias
      Expression of posterior Hox genes and opisthosomal appendage development in a mygalomorph spider.
      In: Development Genes and Evolution (2023)
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    • Liu, Cong; Aumont, Céderic; Mikhailova, Alina A.; Audisio, Tracy; Hellemans, Simon; Weng, Yi M; He, Shulin; Clitheroe, Crystal; Wang Zonqing; Haifig, Ives; Sillam-Dussès, David; Buček, Ales; Tokuda, Gaku; Šobotník, Jan; Harrison, Marc C. ; McMahon, Dino P. and Bourguignon, Tom
      Unravelling termite evolution with 47 high-resolution genome assemblies
      In: BioRxiv (2025)
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    • Powell, Ashlyn; Heckenhauer, Jaqueline; Pauls, Steffen U.; Ríos-Touma, Blanca; Kuranishi, Ryoichi B.; Holzenthal Ralph W.; Razuri-Gonzales, Ernesto; Bybee, Seth and Frandsen, Paul B.
      Evolution of Opsin Genes in Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera)
      In: Preprint
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    • Sproul, John S.; Hotaling, Scott; Heckenhauer, Jaqueline; Powell, Ashlyn; Marshall, Dez; Larracuente, Amanda M.; Kelley, Joanna L.; Pauls, Steffen U. and Frandsen, Pauls B.
      600+ insect genomes reveal repetitive element dynamics and highlight biodiversity-scale repeat annotation challenges
      In: Genome Research (2023)
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    • Schrader, Lukas; Rinke, Janina; Errbii, Mohammed; Teresi, Scott; van den Bos, Esther; Xiong, Zijun; Vizueta, Joel; Boomsma, Jacobus; Gadau, Jürgen and Zhang, Guojie
      The impact of transposable elements on the adaptive radiation of ants.
      In: submitted
    • Standring, Samantha; Heckenhauer, Jaqueline; Stewart, and Frandsen, Paul B.
      Unraveling the genetics of underwater caddisfly silk.
      In: Trends in Genetics. (2025)
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