Publications

2024

Lina Sprau, Birgit Gessler, Melanie Liebsch, Kirsten Traynor, Peter Rosenkranz, Martin Hasselmann: The selection traits of mite non-reproduction (MNR) and Varroa sensitive hygione (VSH) show high varianace in subsequent generations and require intensive time investment to evaluate. Apidologie 55, 68 (2024) http:doi.org/10.1007/s13592-024-01110-7
 Gebremedhn, H., Gebrewahid, Y., Haile, G.G., Hadgu, G., Atsbha, T., Hailu, T.G., Bezabih, G.:   Projecting the impact of climate change on honey bee plant habitat distribution in Northern Ethiopia.   Scientific Reports 2024, 14 (1). https:doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-66949-3

Sprau, L., Traynor, K., Gessler, B., Hasselmann, M., Rosenkranz, P.: Mite non-reproduction is not a consequence of the brood removal behavior of varroa sensitive hygiene (VSH) honey bee colonies (Apis mellifera). Ecology and Evolution 14, e11595. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11595
Hailu, T.G., Atsbeha, A.T., Wakjira, K., Gray, A.: High Rates of Honey Bee Colony Losses and Regional Variability in Ethiopia based on the Standardised COLOSS 2023 Survey. Insects 15:6, pages 376   https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15060376
Hailu, T.G., Wakjira, K., Gray, A.: Honey Bee  Colony Population Annual Dynamics in Northern Ethiopia's Semi-Arid Region, Tigray. Journal of Apicultural Research 2024. https://doi.org/10.180/00218839.2024.2309781
Häussermann, I., Hasselmann, M.: Complex European invasion history of Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky): new insights in its population genomic differentiation using genotype by-sequencing. nature portfolio Scientific Report 14, 4263. https:// www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-54567-y
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Cavalcante Lago, D., Czamanski Nora, L., Hasselmann, M.& Hartfelder, K.: Positive selection in cytochrome P450 genes is associated with gonad phenotype and mating strategy in social bees. nature portfolio Scientific Reports, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32898-6

Kohl, P., Rutschmann, B., Sikora, L., Wimmer, N., Zahner, V., D'Alvise, P., Hasselmann, M. & Steffan-Dewenter, I.: Parasites, depredators and limited resources as potential drivers of winter mortality of feral honeybee colonies in German forests. Springer Link Oecologia 202,465-480
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-023-05399-6 

Kohl, P., D'Alvise, P, Rutschmann, B., Roth, S., Remter, F., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Hasselmann, M.: Reduced parasite burden in feral honeybee colonies. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Vol 4, Issue 3
http://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12264

Hailu, T. G., Chagunda, M., & Rosenkranz, P. Sustainable development outlooks to subsistent apiculture in a transition: the case of Ethiopia. Journal of Apicultural Research 2023, 1–11. 
https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2023.2188753

Ngussie, H. G., & Hailu, T. G. (2023). Tigray War Put Honey Bees in Peril. Bee World, 1–5.
https://doi.org/10.1080/0005772X.2023.2201086

Friedle C, D'Alvise P, Schweiker K, Wallner K and Hasselmann M: Changes of microorganism composition in fresh and strored bee pollen from Southern Germany. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 28, 47251-47261 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-13932-4

Seeburger V, Shaaban B, Schweikert K, Lohaus G, Schroeder A and Hasselmann M: Environmental factors affect melezitose production in honeydew from aphids and scale insects of the order Hemiptera. Journal of Apicultural Research 61 (1), 127-137 (2022).
https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2021.1957350

Hailu T G, D'Alvise P and Hasselmann M: Disentangling Ethiopian honey bee (Apis mellifera) populations based on standard morphometric and genetic analyses. Insects 2021, 12 (3), 193. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12030193
Heumann-Kiesler C, Sommerfeld V, Rodehutscord M, Iffland H, Bennewitz J and Hasselmann M: Insights into the Mitochondrial and nuclear genome diversity of two high yielding strains of laying hens. Animals 2021, 11 (3), 825. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11030825
Kaya C, Generalovic T, Stahls G, Hauser M, Samoyoa A, Nunes-Silva C, Roxburgh H, Wohlfahrt J, Ewusie E, Kenis M, Hanboonsong Y, Orozco J, Carrejo N, Nakamura S, Gasco L, Rojo S, Tanga C, Meier R, Rhode C, Picard C, Jiggins C, Leiber F, Tomberlin J, Hasselmann M, Blanckenhorn W, Kapun M and Sandrock C: Global population genetic structure and demographic trajectories of the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens. BMC Biol 19, 94 (2021).
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-01029-w
Sprau L, Hasselmann M and Rosenkranz P: Reproduction of Varroa destructor does not elicit varroa sensitive hygiene (VSH) or recapping behaviour in honey bee colonies (Apis mellifera). Apidologie 52, 1048-1059 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-021-00886-2
Sun C, Huang J, Wang Y, Zhao X, Su L, Thomas G W C, Zhao M, Zhang X, Jungreis I, Kellis M, Vicario S, Sharakhov I V, Bondarenko S M, Hasselmann M, Kim C N, Paten B, Penso-Dolfin L, Wang L, Chang Y, Gao Q, Ma L, Ma L, Zhang Z, Zhang H, Zhang H, Ruzzante L, Robertson H M, Zhu Y, Liu Y, Yang H, Ding, L, Wang Q, Ma D, Xu W, Liang C, Itgen M W, Mee L, Cao G, Zhang Z, Sadd B M, Hahn M, Schaack S, Barribeau S M, Williams, P H, Waterhouse R M, Lockridge Mueller R: Genus-wide characterization of bumblebee genomes provides insights into their evolution and variation in ecological and behavioral traits. Molecular Biology and Evolution 38 (2), 486-501 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaa240

Sommerfeld V, Omotoso A O, Oster M, Reyer H, Camarinha-Silva A, Hasselmann M, Huber K, Ponsuksili S Seifert J, Stefanski V, Wimmers K,  Rodehutscord M: Phytate Degradation, Transcellular Mineral Transporters, and Mineral Utilization by Two Strains of Laying Hens as Affected by Dietary Phosphorus and Calcium. Animals, published 24 September 2020; https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/10/1736

Sommerfeld V, Huber K, Bennewitz J, Camarinha- Silva A, Hasselmann M, Ponsuksili S, Seifert J,  Stefanski V, Wimmers K, Rodehutscord M: Phytate degradation, myo-inositol release, and utilization of phosphorus and calcium by two strains of laying hens in five production periods. Poultry Science 99 (12), 6797-6808 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2020.08.064

Ding G, Hasselmann M, Huang J, Roberts J, Oldroyd B P, Gloa R: Global allele polymorphism indicates a high rate of allele genesis at a locus under balancing selection. Heredity 126, 163-177 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-020-00358-w

Hailu T G, D'Alvise P, Tofilski A, Fuchs S, Greiling J, Rosenkranz P, Hasselmann M: Insights into Ethiopian honey bee diversity based on wing geomorphometric and mitochondrial DNA analyses. Apidologie 51, 1182-1198 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-020-00796-9

Schwarzenberger A, Hasselmann M, von Elert E: Positive selection of digestive proteases in Daphnia: A mechanism for local adaptation to cyanobacterial protease inhibitors. Molecular Ecology 29 (5), 912-919 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15375

Seeburger V C, D’Alvise P, Shaaban B, Schweikert K, Lohaus G, Schroeder A, Hasselmann M: The trisaccharide melezitose impacts honey bees and their intestinal microbiota. PLoS ONE, 15(4): e0230871. Published: April 10, 2020; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230871

Shaaban B, Seeburger V, Schroeder A, Lohaus G: Sugar, amino acid and inorganic ion profiling of the honeydew from different hemipteran species feeding on Abies alba and Picea abies. PLoS ONE, 15(1): e0228171. Published: January 24, 2020; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228171

Agarwal S, Bernt M, Toulouse C, Kurz H, Pfannstiel J, D´Alvise P, Hasselmann M, Aagesen A M, Häse C, Fritz G, Steuber J: Deletion of the Na+ -translocating NADH:quinone oxidoreductase (NQR) perturbs iron uptake and nqrM expression in Vibrio cholerae.  Journal of Bacteriology, 202.3: e00681-19. https://jb.asm.org/content/early/2019/11/05/JB.00681-19

D’Alvise P, Seeburger V, Gihring K, Kieboom M, Hasselmann, M: Seasonal dynamics and co-occurrence patterns of honey bee pathogens revealed by high-throughput RT-qPCR analysis. Ecology and Evolution, 9:10241–10252 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5544

Foucault Q, Wieser A, Heumann-Kiesler C, Diogo J, Cocchiararo B, Nowak C, Waldvogel A M, Pfenninger M : An experimental assessment of reproductive isolation and its consequences for seasonal hybridization dynamics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 126 (2) 327-337, https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/bly177

D'Alvise  P, Böhme F, Codrea M, Seitz A, Nahnsen S, Binzer M, Rosenkranz P, Hasselmann M:
The impact of season and feed type on the intestinal microbiota and pathogens in honey bees. Apidologie 49, 252–264. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-017-0551-1

Kinoshita A, Kenéz Á, Hasselmann M, Dänicke S, Huber K: Inter-individual variation in adaptive capacity at onset of lactation: Linking metabolic phenotype with mitochondrial DNA haplotype in Holstein dairy cows.  Scientific Reports  8, 15439. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33853-6

Wallberg A, Schöning C, Webster M T, Hasselmann M: Two extended haplotype blocks are associated with adaptation to high altitude habitats in East African honey bees.  PLOS Genetics,  13(5): e1006792. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1006792

Harpur B A, Dey A, Albert J R, Patel S, Hines H M, Hasselmann M, Packer L, Zayed A: Queen and worker traits contribute differently to adaptive evolution in bumble bees and honey bees. Genome Biology and Evolution, 9 (9) 2395–2402, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evx182

Grotkjaer T, Benzon-Tilia M, D’Alvise P, Dierkens K, Bossier P, Gram L: Phaeobacter inhibens as probiotic bacteria in non-axenic Artemia and algae cultures. Aquaculture, 462, 64-69, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2016.05.001

Grotkjaer T, Benzon-Tilia M, D’Alvise P, Dourala N, Fog Nielsen K, Gram L: Isolation of TDA-producing Phaeobacter strains from sea bass larval rearing units and their probiotic effect against pathogenic Vibrio spp. in Artemia cultures. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 39, 180-188 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2016.01.005

Rasmussen B B, Grotkjaer T, D’Alvise P, Yin G, Zhang F, Bunk B, Spröer C, Benzon-Tilia M, Gram L: Vibrio anguillarum is genetically and phenotypically unaffected by long-term continuous exposure to the antibacterial compound tropodithietic acid. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 82 (15), 4802-4810, doi: 10.1128/AEM.01047-16
D’Alvise P, Phibbs R K, Phippen C B W, Fog Nielsen K, Gram L: Influence of iron on the production of the antibacterial compound tropodithietic acid and its non-inhibitory analog in Phaeobacter inhibens. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 82 (2), p. 502-509, doi: 10.1128/AEM.02992-15