Institute Publications - Preprints

Cabon, L.; Varma, M.; Winter, G.; Ebeling, A.; Schielzeth, H.: Phenotypic plasticity, heritability, and genotype-by-environment interactions in an insect dispersal polymorphism. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Calderini, O.; Kamileen, M. O.; Nakamura, Y.; Heinicke, S.; Alam, R. M.; Hong, B.; Jiang, Y.; Gutierrez, A.; Alagna, F.; Paolocci, F. et al.; Valeri, M. C.; Franco, E.; Mousavi, S.; Mariotti, R.; Caputi, L.; O’Connor, S. E.; Rodriguez-Lopez, C. E.: It runs in the family: Discovery of enzymes in the oleuropein pathway in Olive (Olea europaea) by comparative transcriptomics. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Jose, J.; Teutloff, E.; Mayer, T.; Naseem, S.; Barth, E.; Halitschke, R.; Marz, M.; Agler, M. T.: Immunity and bacterial recruitment in plant leaves are parallel processes that together shape sensitivity to temperature stress. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Medina van Berkum, P.; Albracht, C.; Bröcher, M.; Solbach, M. D.; Stein, G.; Bonkowski, M.; Buscot, F.; Heintz-Buschart, A.; Ebeling, A.; Eisenhauer, N. et al.; El-Madany, T. S.; Huang, Y.; Kuebler, K.; Meyer, S. T.; Gershenzon, J.; Unsicker, S.: Plant diversity shapes plant volatile emission differently at the species and community level. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Schneider, F.; Zafra-Delgado, O.; Koellner, T. G.; Hellwig, F.: Unravelling evolution in the homoploid complex of Baccharis L. in Chile. Authorea (2025)

Schotte, C.; Florean, M.; Czechowski, T.; Gilday, A.; Alam, R. M.; Ploß, K.; Wurlitzer, J.; Li, Y.; Sonawane, P.; Graham, I. A. et al.; O’Connor, S. E.: BAHD news from Euphorbia peplus: identification of acyltransferase enzymes involved in ingenane diterpenoid biosynthesis. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Szymczak, J.; Pinaud, S.; Rodriguez, I. R.; Walde, M.; Kayal, E.; Alves-de-Souza, C.; Bigeard, E.; Gallet, B.; Gachenot, M.; Le Panse, S. et al.; Jauzein, C.; Le Gac, M.; Decelle, J.; Pohnert, G.; Vallet, M.; Talman, A. M.; Guillou, L.: Two spore types in a marine parasite of Dinoflagellates. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Unger, K.; Ruiter, R.; Reichelt, M.; Gershenzon, J.; Agler, M. T.: Pseudomonas virulence factor SaxA detoxifies plant glucosinolate hydrolysis products, rescuing a commensal that suppresses virulence gene expression. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Vu, H. A.; Caputi, L.; O’Connor, S. E.: Isotopic labeling analysis using single cell mass spectrometry. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Wang, H.; Herrmann, M.; Schröter, S. A.; Zerfaß, C.; Lehmann, R.; Lehmann, K.; Ivanova, A.; Pohnert, G.; Gleixner, G.; Trumbore, S. E. et al.; Totsche, K. U.; Küsel, K.: Balancing act: Groundwater microbiome’s resilience and vulnerability to hydroclimatic extremes. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Balmand, S.; Rivard, C.; Peignier, S.; Santarella-Mellwig, R.; Ghanem-Debbache, M.; Maire, J.; Engl, T.; Galvão Ferrarini, M.; Dell'Aglio, E.; Soriano-Saiz, B. et al.; Dalverny, C.; La Padula, V.; Turunen, P.; Vincent-Monégat, C.; Vierne, B.; Parisot, N.; Condemine, G.; Da Silva, P.; Jaurand, X.; Schwab, Y.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Heddi Zaidman-Rémy Anna, A.: Bacterial tubular networks channel carbohydrates in insect endosymbiosis. SSRN Research Paper Series (2024)

Baraniecka, P.; Gase, K.; Pradhan, M.; Baldwin, I. T.; McGale, E.; Valim, H.: QTL mapping in field plant populations reveals a genetic basis for frequency- and spatially-specific fungal pathosystem resistance. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2024)

Bollig, A.; Freire, M.; Buecking, K.; Kuehnapfel, J. M.; Knaden, M.: Aggressive conflict impacts path integration in homing desert ants. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2024)

Colinas, M.; Morweiser, C.; Dittberner, O.; Chioca, B.; Alam, R. M.; Leucke, H.; Nakamura, Y.; Serna Guerrero, D. A.; Heinicke, S.; Kunert, M. et al.; Wurlitzer, J.; Ploß, K.; Hong, B.; Grabe, V.; Lopes, A. A.; O’Connor, S. E.: Independent evolution of ipecac alkaloid biosynthesis. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2024)

Florean, M.; Schultz, H.; Grabe, V.; Luck, K.; O’Connor, S. E.; Köllner, T. G.: Highjacked by a pseudoenzyme: How eudicot plants make indole. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2024)

Israni, B.; Hänniger, S.; Raguschke, B.; Reichelt, M.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Influence of plant defense signaling and innate insect metabolic differences to the overall performance of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) corn and rice strains on maize as a host. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2024)

Kuhlisch, C.; Schleyer, G.; Flores, J. M.; Vincent, F.; Vallet, M.; Schatz, D.; Vardi, A.: Mapping of the viral shunt across widespread coccolithophore blooms using metabolic biomarkers. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2024)

Laezza, C.; Heinicke, S.; Wurlitzer, J.; D'Amelia, V.; Caputi, L.; Rigano, M. M.; O’Connor, S. E.: Single-cell mass spectrometry reveals heterogeneous triterpenic acid accumulation in apple callus-derived cells. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2024)

Ma, W.; Li, Y.; He, M.; Baldwin, I. T.; Guo, H.: Three pollen QTLs are sufficient to partially break stylar unilateral incompatibility of Solanum pennellii. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2024)

McDonald, A.; Nakamura, Y.; Schotte, C.; Lau, K.; Alam, R. M.; Lopes, A. A.; Buell, C. R.; O’Connor, S. E.: Enzymatic epimerization of monoterpene indole alkaloids in Kratom. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2024)