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 Silvia Kost

Journal Article (8)

2016
Journal Article
Kost, S.; Heckel, D. G.; Yoshido, A.; Marec, F.; Groot, A. T.: A Z-linked sterility locus causes sexual abstinence in hybrid females and facilitates speciation in Spodoptera frugiperda. Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution 70 (6), pp. 1418 - 1427 (2016)
2015
Journal Article
de Bionda, C. L.; Kost, S.; Salas, N. E.; Lajmanovich, R. C.; Sinsch, U.; Martino, A. L.: Age structure, growth and longevity in the common toad, Rhinella arenarum, from Argentina. Acta Herpetologica 10 (1), pp. 55 - 62 (2015)
2012
Journal Article
Albre, J.; Liénard, M. A.; Sirey, T. M.; Schmidt, S.; Tooman, L. K.; Carraher, C.; Greenwood, D. R.; Löfstedt, C.; Newcomb, R. D.: Sex pheromone evolution is associated with differential regulation of the same desaturase gene in two genera of leafroller moths. PLoS Genetics 8 (1), e1002489 (2012)
2010
Journal Article
Voelckel, C.; Mirzaei, M.; Reichelt, M.; Luo, Z.; Pascovici, D.; Heenan, P. B.; Schmidt, S.; Janssen, B.; Haynes, P. A.; Lockhart, P. J.: Transcript and protein profiling identify candidate gene sets of potential adaptive significance in New Zealand Pachycladon. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10, 151 (2010)
2009
Journal Article
Schmidt, S.; Baldwin, I. T.: Down-regulation of systemin after herbivory is associated with increased root allocation and competitive ability in Solanum nigrum. Oecologia 159 (3), pp. 473 - 482 (2009)
2006
Journal Article
Schmidt, S.; Baldwin, I. T.: Systemin in Solanum nigrum. The tomato-homologous polypeptide does not mediate direct defense responses. Plant Physiology 142 (4), pp. 1751 - 1758 (2006)
2005
Journal Article
Schmidt, D. D.; Voelckel, C.; Hartl, M.; Schmidt, S.; Baldwin, I. T.: Specificity in ecological interactions. Attack from the same lepidopteran herbivore results in species-specific transcriptional responses in two solanaceous host plants. Plant Physiology 138 (3), pp. 1763 - 1773 (2005)
2004
Journal Article
Schmidt, D. D.; Kessler, A.; Kessler, D.; Schmidt, S.; Lim, M.; Gase, K.; Baldwin, I. T.: Solanum nigrum: A model ecological expression system and its tools. Molecular Ecology 13 (5), pp. 981 - 995 (2004)

Book Chapter (1)

2016
Book Chapter
Groot, A. T.; Unbehend, M.; Hänniger, S.; Juarez, M. L.; Kost, S.; Heckel, D. G.: Evolution of Reproductive Isolation of Spodoptera frugiperda. In: Pheromone communication in Moths: Evolution, Behavior, and Application, pp. 291 - 300 (Eds. Allison, J. D.; Cardé, R. T.). Univ. of California press, Oakland (2016)

Thesis - PhD (1)

2007
Thesis - PhD
Schmidt, S.: Responses of Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum) to insect herbivory with a special focus on the 18-amino acid polypeptide systemin. Dissertation, 132 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2007)
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