Institute Publications - Preprints

Alam, R. M.; Kessler, D.; Vogel, H.; Luck, K.; David, A.; Kunert, M.; Kaltenpoth, M.; O’Connor, S. E.; Köllner, T. G.: The floral illusion: A parasitic beetle mimics the scent of flowers to attract bees. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

Morweiser, C.; Heinicke, S.; O’Connor, S. E.; Colinas, M.: Discovery of a plant pictet-spenglerase with R-stereoselectivity. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

Bhat, B.; Jiang, N.-J.; Halitschke, R.; Ulrich, Y.: Nematode infections induce distinct chemical signatures and provoke aggression in ants. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Bui, V.-H.; Vu, A. H.; Buell, C. R.; Li, C.; Caputi, L.; Dang, T.-T. T.: Single cell mass spectrometry reveals intercellular compartmentalization of camptothecin biosynthesis in the tree Camptotheca acuminata. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Chavez, A.; de Lopes, A. S.; Lohr, M.; Schaefer, M.; Laick, L.-M.; Theiner, M.; Batista, E. D. R.; Hell, V.; Faust, I.; Grabe, V. et al.; Xu, S.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Huber, M.: Maladaptive aphid-induced transgenerational plasticity is overcome in nature. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Cunningham, P.; Martín-Durán, J. M.; Oettler, J.; Shultner, E.; Halitschke, R.; Engl, T.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Henry, L.: Metabolic plasticity supports a flexible nutritional symbiosis in Cardiocondyla ants. 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)

Li, C.; Czyż, E. A.; Schmid, B.; Ray, R.; Halitschke, R.; Baldwin, I. T.; Schaepman, M. E.; Schuman, M. C.: Genome-wide associations of leaf spectral variation in MAGIC lines of Nicotiana attenuata. (2025)

Li, Z.; Ng, T. H.; Keller, J.; Masson, F.; Grabenweger, G.; Lemaitre, B.; Stroeymeyt, N.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Ulrich, Y.: A controlled test of risk-dependent immune investment in a clonal ant. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Mohammadi, S.; Pradhan, S.; Hoffmann, F. G.; Herrera-Álvarez, S.; Deng, Y.; Eacock, A.; Dobler, S.; Storz, J. F.; Rowland, H. M.: Historical contingency shapes toxin resistance in a specialist avian predator. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Orvain, C.; Bertrand, L.; Moussy, A.; Porcel, B. M.; Vallet, M.; Carradec, Q.; Thurotte, A.: Molecular response of the diatom Coscinodiscus granii and its co-occurring dictyochophyte during Lagenisma coscinodisci parasite infection. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Ouadah, Y.; Naragon, T. H.; Smihula, H.; Behrman, E. L.; Khallaf, M. A.; Ding, Y.; Stern, D. L.; Parker, J.; Anderson, D. J.: Evolutionary basis of intermale sexual behavior by multiple pheromone switches in Drosophila. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Piqueret, B.; Weißflog, J.; Tretter, S.; Zetzsche, T.; Veit, D.; Bartram, S.; Halitschke, R.; Ulrich, Y.: Offspring chemical control of adult reproductive transitions in a social insect. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Sharma, S.; Chen, J.; Agler, M.: Plant defense metabolite detoxification by a pathogenic fungus opens necrotic tissue to diverse bacteria in Arabidopsis thaliana. 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.; Mauri, M.; Gershenzon, J.; Allen, R. J.; Agler, M. T.: Bacterial degradation of a plant toxin and nutrient competition with commensals trade off to constrain pathogen growth. 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)

Zeng, M.; Mithöfer, A.: Inhibition of jasmonic acid-isoleucine conjugating enzyme JAR1 shifts the local and systemic leaf metabolic profiles in Arabidopsis. Preprints: the multidisciplinary preprint platform (2025)

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)