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  1. Acute and chronic pesticide exposure trigger fundamentally different molecular responses in bumble bee brains

    Article • BMC Biology, March 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  2. A neonicotinoid pesticide causes tissue-specific gene expression changes in bumble bees

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  3. Acute and chronic pesticide exposure trigger fundamentally different molecular responses in bumble bee brains

    Article • October 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  4. Transcriptomic responses to location learning by honeybee dancers are partly mirrored in the brains of dance-followers

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, December 2023, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  5. How genomics can help biodiversity conservation

    Article • Trends in Genetics, February 2023, Elsevier

    Dr.sc. Petar Ozretić, Dr David Vieites, Dr Yannick Wurm

  6. Expression of subunits of an insecticide target receptor varies across tissues, life stages, castes, and species of social bees

    Article • Molecular Ecology, January 2023, Wiley

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  7. No supergene despite social polymorphism in the big-headed antPheidole pallidula

    Article • December 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  8. Convergent evolution of a labile nutritional symbiosis in ants

    Article • The ISME Journal, June 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  9. Individual-based Modeling of Genome Evolution in Haplodiploid Organisms

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, May 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  10. The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, March 2022, Elsevier

    Dr.sc. Petar Ozretić, Dr David Vieites, Dr Dimitar Dimitrov, Dr Yannick Wurm

  11. Genomic Signatures of Recent Adaptation in a Wild Bumblebee

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, February 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  12. Larger, more connected societies of ants have a higher prevalence of viruses

    Article • Molecular Ecology, December 2021, Wiley

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  13. Individual-based modeling of genome evolution in haplodiploid organisms

    Article • October 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  14. Convergent evolution of a nutritional symbiosis in ants

    Article • August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  15. Social isolation and group size are associated with divergent gene expression in the brain of ant queens

    Article • Genes Brain & Behavior, June 2021, Wiley

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  16. Parameter exploration improves the accuracy of long-read genome assembly

    Article • May 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  17. Genomic signatures of recent adaptation in a wild bumblebee

    Article • May 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  18. Genomic architecture and evolutionary antagonism drive allelic expression bias in the social supergene of red fire ants

    Article • eLife, August 2020, eLife

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  19. RNA/DNA extraction protocol v1

    Article • July 2020, ZappyLab, Inc.

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  20. Only a Single Taxonomically Restricted Gene Family in the Drosophila melanogaster Subgroup Can Be Identified with High Confidence

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, June 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Joanna Masel, Dr Christophe Dessimoz, Dr Yannick Wurm

  21. Healthy Pollinators: Evaluating Pesticides with Molecular Medicine Approaches

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, May 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  22. Genomic architecture and evolutionary conflict drive allele-specific expression in the social supergene of the red fire ant

    Article • March 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  23. Caste- and pesticide-specific effects of neonicotinoid pesticide exposure on gene expression in bumblebees

    Article • Molecular Ecology, March 2019, Wiley

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  24. Degenerative Expansion of a Young Supergene

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, December 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  25. The first draft genomes of the ant Formica exsecta, and its Wolbachia endosymbiont reveal extensive gene transfer from endosymbiont to host.

    Article • October 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  26. Foraging bumblebees acquire a preference for neonicotinoid-treated food with prolonged exposure

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, August 2018, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  27. Degenerative expansion of a young supergene

    Article • May 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  28. Genes and genomic processes underpinning the social lives of ants

    Article • Current Opinion in Insect Science, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  29. Fire ant social chromosomes: Differences in number, sequence and expression of odorant binding proteins

    Article • Evolution Letters, August 2017, Wiley

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  30. The fire ant social chromosome supergene variant Sb shows low diversity but high divergence from SB

    Article • Molecular Ecology, April 2017, Wiley

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  31. Impact of controlled neonicotinoid exposure on bumblebees in a realistic field setting

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, October 2016, Wiley

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  32. Transcriptomic identification of starfish neuropeptide precursors yields new insights into neuropeptide evolution

    Article • Open Biology, February 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Maurice R Elphick, Dr Yannick Wurm

  33. GeneValidator: identify problems with protein-coding gene predictions

    Article • Bioinformatics, January 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  34. Sequenceserver: a modern graphical user interface for custom BLAST databases

    Article • November 2015, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  35. Arthropod genomics beyond fruit flies: bridging the gap between proximate and ultimate causation

    Article • Briefings in Functional Genomics, November 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  36. Desktop as a Service Supporting Environmental 'omics

    Article • August 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  37. Transposable element islands facilitate adaptation to novel environments in an invasive species

    Article • Nature Communications, December 2014, Nature

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  38. Convergent Genetic Architecture Underlies Social Organization in Ants

    Article • Current Biology, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  39. Effects of ploidy and sex-locus genotype on gene expression patterns in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2014, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  40. Social chromosome variants differentially affect queen determination and the survival of workers in the fire antSolenopsis invicta

    Article • Molecular Ecology, October 2014, Wiley

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  41. Discovery and molecular characterization of an ambisense densovirus from South American populations of Solenopsis invicta

    Article • Biological Control, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  42. Vitellogenin Underwent Subfunctionalization to Acquire Caste and Behavioral Specific Expression in the Harvester Ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus

    Article • PLoS Genetics, August 2013, PLOS

    Dr Yannick Wurm, Romain A Studer

  43. Sociogenomics of Cooperation and Conflict during Colony Founding in the Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta

    Article • PLoS Genetics, August 2013, PLOS

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  44. Social insect genomes exhibit dramatic evolution in gene composition and regulation while preserving regulatory features linked to sociality

    Article • Genome Research, May 2013, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  45. Duplication and concerted evolution in a master sex determiner under balancing selection

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, March 2013, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  46. Comparative genomics of chemosensory protein genes reveals rapid evolution and positive selection in ant-specific duplicates

    Article • Heredity, February 2013, Nature

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  47. A Y-like social chromosome causes alternative colony organization in fire ants

    Article • Nature, January 2013, Nature

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  48. The Molecular Clockwork of the Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta

    Article • PLOS One, November 2012, PLOS

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  49. Epigenetics: The Making of Ant Castes

    Article • Current Biology, October 2012, Elsevier

    Lars Chittka, Dr Yannick Wurm

  50. The genomic impact of 100 million years of social evolution in seven ant species

    Article • Trends in Genetics, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  51. Visualization and quality assessment of de novo genome assemblies

    Article • Bioinformatics, October 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  52. Relaxed selection is a precursor to the evolution of phenotypic plasticity

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  53. The genome of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior suggests key adaptations to advanced social life and fungus farming

    Article • Genome Research, June 2011, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Yannick Wurm, Cai Li

  54. The genome of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  55. Odorant Binding Proteins of the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta: An Example of the Problems Facing the Analysis of Widely Divergent Proteins

    Article • PLOS One, January 2011, PLOS

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  56. Changes in reproductive roles are associated with changes in gene expression in fire ant queens

    Article • Molecular Ecology, March 2010, Wiley

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  57. Parasitoid Wasps: From Natural History to Genomic Studies

    Article • Current Biology, March 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  58. Fourmidable: a database for ant genomics

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  59. Behavioral Genomics: A, Bee, C, G, T

    Article • Current Biology, January 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  60. Article • Genome Biology, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  61. Cryostock a Software for Cell Culture Management

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yannick Wurm

  62. Avoid having to retract your genomics analysis.

    Article • Authorea, Inc.

    Dr Yannick Wurm