The Bee lab

How have the gut symbiotic bacteria of the honey bee evolved from free-living to a core bacterium? Our investigation on the genomics of...

Understanding the relationships among rhinoceros species and when they diverged has been a question addressed by evolutionary biologists...

Honeybees are key pollinators with diverse diets, accustomed to a wide range of habitats that are characterized by variable flora. Many...

1KITE Orthoptera Song*, S., O. Béthoux, S. Shin, A. Donath, H. Letsch, S. Liu, D. McKenna, G. Meng, K. Meusemann, B. Misof, L....

Vasilikopoulos, A. #*, B. Misof #*, K. Meusemann, D. Lieberz, T. Flouri, R. G. Beutel, O. Niehuis, T. Wappler, J. Rust, R. S. Peters, A....

Contrary to a recent molecular phylogeny study, our new study suggested that Annulipalpia (retreat makers) formed the basal lineage of...

Wipfler, B., W. Koehler, P. B. Frandsen, A. Donath, S. Liu, R. Machida, B. Misof, R. S. Peters, S. Shimizu, X. Zhou, and S. Simon. 2020....

1KITE-Virus Käfer, S.#, S. Paraskevopoulou#, F. Zirkel, N. Wieseke, A. Donath, M. Petersen, T. C. Jones, S. Liu, X. Zhou, M. Middendorf,...

1KITE-Coleoptera：multiple horizontal gene transfer events may have enabled the diversification of phytophagous beetles. McKenna*#, D. D.,...

1KITE-Lepidoptera Kawahara, A. Y.*, D. Plotkin, M. Espeland, K. Meusemann, E. F.A. Toussaint, A. Donath, F. Gimnich, P. B. Frandsen, A....