Publications of Mohammed A. Khallaf

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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