Theses

Entomology (emeritus group)

Thesis - PhD (26)

2023
Thesis - PhD
Fruitet, E.: Evolution of sexual signals: within and between species variation in a dual function sex-pheromone component in two noctuid moths. Dissertation, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (2023)
2022
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Sell, M. P.: Effects of the main secondary metabolites of Physalis plants on a specialist and a generalist species of Lepidoptera. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2022)
2021
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Häger, W.: Plant-derived inhibitors targeting a beetle’s pectin digestion: A biochemical study on the interaction between plant cell wall proteins and members of the glycoside hydrolase family 28 from the mustard leaf beetle Phaedon cochleariae. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2021)
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Sporer, T.: The mechanism and ecological function of plant glucoside sequestration in Phyllotreta flea beetles. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2021)
2019
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Busch, A.: Plant cell wall degradation in Coleoptera: Investigation of three glycoside hydrolase families implicated in cellulose and hemicellulose digestion in Phytophaga beetles. Dissertation, 92 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2019)
2018
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Krempl, C.: Molecular evolution and ecology of cotton plant secondary metabolite detoxification in Heliothine moths. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2018)
2016
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Bretschneider, A.: ABC transporters in insect detoxification pathways. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2016)
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Khan, S. A.: RNA Inhibition and Gene Expression in Insects. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2016)
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Kuwar, S.: The adaptive response of the serine protease superfamily of the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera to dietary protease inhibitors. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2016)
2015
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Barthel, A.: Ecological Immunology and Host Plant Adaptation in Lepidopteran Herbivores. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2015)
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Hänniger, S.: Chasing Sympatric Speciation. The relative importance and genetic basis of prezygotic isolation barriers in diverging populations of Spodoptera frugiperda. Dissertation, 229 pp., University of, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Faculty of Science, Amsterdam (2015)
2013
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Unbehend, M.: Variation in sexual communication and its role in divergence of two host strains of the noctuid moth Spodoptera frugiperda. Dissertation, Amsterdam University, Amsterdam (2013)
2012
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Evertz, K.: Genetic diversity in Lymantria ssp. in relation to their host trees - a cDNA-AFLP approach. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2012)
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Henniges-Janssen, K.: Behavioral, genetic, and transcriptomic analysis of a recent host range expansion of diamondback moth to pea. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2012)
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Sørensen, B.: The alpha-linolenic acid requirements of developing Heliothines. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2012)
2011
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Ahn, S.-J.: UDP-glycosyltransferases: Comparative genomic analysis in insects and capsaicin glucosylation in Helicoverpa spp. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2011)
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Courtiade, J.: Characterization of Caspases from Lepidoptera and their role in Apoptosis. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2011)
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Papanicolaou, A.: Emerging model species driven by transcriptomics. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2011)
2010
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Kaiser, T. S.: Local adaptation in circadian and lunar emergence times of the marine midge Clunio marinus (Chironomidae, Diptera): Genetic basis and consequences for population divergence. Dissertation, 214, IV pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2010)
2009
Thesis - PhD
Freitak, D.: Immunity and physiology of Lepidoptera are influenced by midgut mediated environmental signals. Dissertation, 128 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2009)
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