Marine diatoms Coscinodiscus granii: They live in open waters such as the North Sea. Under the microscope, many single-celled diatoms can be seen, some of which are healthy, while others are infected by an egg fungus. The zoospores that the fungus forms for reproduction can be seen as small dots.

Publications of Mohammed A. Khallaf

Journal Article (19)

2024
Journal Article
Diaz-Morales, M.; Khallaf, M. A.; Stieber, R.; Alali, I.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: The ortholog receptor Or67d in Drosophila bipectinata is able to detect two different pheromones. Journal of Chemical Ecology 50, pp. 610 - 619 (2024)
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Khallaf, M. A.; Diaz-Morales, M.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: Quantitive variation of male and female-specific compounds in 99 drosophilid flies. Data in Brief 57, 110871 (2024)
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Moreira-Soto, R. D.; Khallaf, M. A.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: How conspecific and allospecific eggs and larvae drive oviposition preference in Drosophila. Chemical Senses 49, bjae012 (2024)
2022
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Khallaf, M. A.; Knaden, M.: Evolutionary neuroecology of olfactory‐mediated sexual communication and host specialization in Drosophila – a review. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 170 (4), pp. 289 - 302 (2022)
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Zhao, Y.; Khallaf, M. A.; Johansson, E.; Dzaki, N.; Bhat, S.; Alfredsson, J.; Duan, J.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.; Alenius, M.: Hedgehog-mediated gut-taste neuron axis controls sweet perception in Drosophila. Nature Communications 13, 7810 (2022)
2021
Journal Article
Khallaf, M. A.; Cui, R.; Weißflog, J.; Erdogmus, M.; Svatoš, A.; Dweck, H.; Valenzano, D. R.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: Large-scale characterization of sex pheromone communication systems in Drosophila. Nature Communications 12, 4165 (2021)
2020
Journal Article
Auer, T. O.; Khallaf, M. A.; Silbering, A. F.; Zappia, G.; Ellis, K.; Álvarez-Ocaña, R.; Arguello, J. R.; Hansson, B. S.; Jefferis, G. S.X.E.; Caron, S. et al.; Knaden, M.; Benton, R.: Olfactory receptor and circuit evolution promote host specialization. Nature 579, pp. 402 - 408 (2020)
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Khallaf, M. A.; Auer, T. O.; Grabe, V.; Depetris-Chauvin, A.; Ammagarahalli, B.; Zhang, D.-D.; Lavista-Llanos, S.; Kaftan, F.; Weißflog, J.; Matzkin, L. M. et al.; Rollmann, S. M.; Löfstedt, C.; Svatoš, A.; Dweck, H.; Sachse, S.; Benton, R.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: Mate discrimination among subspecies through a conserved olfactory pathway. Science Advances 6 (25), eaba5279 (2020)
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Khallaf, M. A.; Knaden, M.: Insect host choice: Don’t put all the eggs in one basket. Current Biology 30 (22), pp. R1361 - R1389 (2020)
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Lhomme, P.; Khallaf, M. A.; Larsson, M.; Anderson, P.: A sensitive period for the induction of host plant preference in a generalist herbivorous insect. Animal Behaviour 169, pp. 1 - 8 (2020)
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Prieto-Godino, L. L.; Silbering, A. F.; Khallaf, M. A.; Cruchet, S.; Bojkowska, K.; Pradervand, S.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.; Benton, R.: Functional integration of "undead" neurons in the olfactory system. Science Advances 6 (11), eaaz7238 (2020)
Journal Article
Rösvik, A.; Lhomme, P.; Khallaf, M. A.; Anderson, P.: Plant-induced transgenerational plasticity affecting performance but not preference in a polyphagous moth. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8, 254 (2020)
2019
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Keesey, I.; Grabe, V.; Gruber, L.; Körte, S.; Obiero, G. F.; Bolton, G.; Khallaf, M. A.; Kunert, G.; Lavista Llanos, S.; Valenzano, D. R. et al.; Rybak, J.; Barrett, B. A.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B. S.: Inverse resource allocation between vision and olfaction across the genus Drosophila. Nature Communications 10, 1162 (2019)
2018
Journal Article
Koerte, S.; Keesey, I.; Khallaf, M. A.; Cortés Llorca, L.; Grosse-Wilde, E.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: Evaluation of the DREAM technique for a high-throughput deorphanization of chemosensory receptors in Drosophila. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 11, 366 (2018)
2017
Journal Article
Das, S.; Trona, F.; Khallaf, M. A.; Schuh, E.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B. S.; Sachse, S.: Electrical synapses mediate synergism between pheromone and food odors in Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114 (46), pp. E9962 - E9971 (2017)
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Keesey, I.; Koerte, S.; Khallaf, M. A.; Retzke, T.; Guillou, A.; Grosse-Wilde, E.; Buchon, N.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B. S.: Pathogenic bacteria enhance dispersal through alteration of Drosophila social communication. Nature Communications 8, 265 (2017)
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Zakir, A.; Khallaf, M. A.; Hansson, B. S.; Witzgall, P.; Anderson, P.: Herbivore-induced changes in cotton modulates reproductive behaviour in the moth Spodoptera littoralis. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 5, 49 (2017)
2016
Journal Article
Dweck, H.; Ebrahim, S.; Khallaf, M. A.; König, C.; Farhan, A.; Stieber, R.; Weißflog, J.; Svatoš, A.; Grosse-Wilde, E.; Knaden, M. et al.; Hansson, B. S.: Olfactory channels associated with the Drosophila maxillary palp mediate short- and long-range attraction. eLife 5, e14925 (2016)
2015
Journal Article
Proffit, M.; Khallaf, M. A.; Carrasco, D.; Larsson, M. C.; Anderson, P.: ‘Do you remember the first time?’ Host plant preference in a moth is modulated by experiences during larval feeding and adult mating. Ecology Letters 18 (4), pp. 365 - 374 (2015)

Thesis - PhD (1)

2020
Thesis - PhD
Khallaf, M. A.: Wired for love: Evolutionary Neurobiology of Sexual Communication in Drosophila. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2020)
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