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Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels: Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE

2021-07-01 to present | Dr. (Center for molecular biodiversity)
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Christoph Mayer

Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig Leibniz-Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere: Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE

2010-10-01 to 2021-06-30 | Senior scientist (Biology)
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Christoph Mayer

Ruhr-Universität Bochum: Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE

2003-06-29 to 2010-09-31 | PostDoc (Biology)
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Christoph Mayer

Education and qualifications (3)

Ruhr-Universität Bochum: Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE

1999-01-04 to 2003-06-28 | PhD (Physics)
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Christoph Mayer

Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universität Bonn: Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE

1994-10-01 to 1999-12-21 | Diploma (Physics)
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Christoph Mayer

Technische Universität Kaiserslautern: Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, DE

1991-10-01 to 1994-09-31 | Vordiplom (Physics)
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Christoph Mayer

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Three Novel Spider Genomes Unveil Spidroin Diversification and Hox Cluster Architecture: Ryuthela nishihirai (Liphistiidae), Uloborus plumipes (Uloboridae) and Cheiracanthium punctorium (Cheiracanthiidae)

Molecular Ecology Resources
2025-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Yannis Schöneberg; Tracy Lynn Audisio; Alexander Ben Hamadou; Martin Forman; Jiří Král; Tereza Kořínková; Eva Líznarová; Christoph Mayer; Lenka Prokopcová; Henrik Krehenwinkel et al.
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Machine learning can be as good as maximum likelihood when reconstructing phylogenetic trees and determining the best evolutionary model on four taxon alignments

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2024-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Nikita Kulikov; Fatemeh Derakhshandeh; Christoph Mayer
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Integrative characterisation of the Northwestern European species of Anacharis Dalman, 1823 (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Figitidae) with the description of three new species

Journal of Hymenoptera Research
2024-08-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Jonathan Vogel; Mattias Forshage; Saskia B. Bartsch; Anne Ankermann; Christoph Mayer; Pia von Falkenhausen; Vera Rduch; Björn Müller; Christoph Braun; Hans-Joachim Krammer et al.
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Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of the Viviparous Eelpout Zoarces viviparus

Genome Biology and Evolution
2024-08-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Nico Fuhrmann; Marie V Brasseur; Christina E Bakowski; Lars Podsiadlowski; Stefan Prost; Henrik Krehenwinkel; Christoph Mayer; Bonnie Fraser
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The Genome of a “Living Fossil” shows a Correlation of Spider Diversification with Hox and Spidroin Gene Evolution

2024-05-31 | Preprint
Contributors: Yannis Schöneberg; Tracy Audisio; Alexander Ben Hamadou; Martin Forman; Jiří Král; Tereza Kořínková; Eva Líznarová; Christoph Mayer; Lenka Prokopcová; Henrik Krehenwinkel et al.
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Metazoa‐level USCOs as markers in species delimitation and classification

Molecular Ecology Resources
2024-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Lars Dietz; Christoph Mayer; Eckart Stolle; Jonas Eberle; Bernhard Misof; Lars Podsiadlowski; Oliver Niehuis; Dirk Ahrens
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A transcriptome‐based phylogeny of Scarabaeoidea confirms the sister group relationship of dung beetles and phytophagous pleurostict scarabs (Coleoptera)

Systematic Entomology
2023-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Lars Dietz; Matthias Seidel; Jonas Eberle; Bernhard Misof; Thaynara L. Pacheco; Lars Podsiadlowski; Sasanka Ranasinghe; Nicole L. Gunter; Oliver Niehuis; Christoph Mayer et al.
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Transcriptomic sequencing data illuminate insecticide-induced physiological stress mechanisms in aquatic non-target invertebrates

Environmental Pollution
2023-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Marie V. Brasseur; Florian Leese; Ralf B. Schäfer; Verena C. Schreiner; Christoph Mayer
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Machine learning can be as good as maximum likelihood when reconstructing phylogenetic trees and determining the best evolutionary model on four taxon alignments

2023-07-13 | Preprint
Contributors: Nikita Kulikov; Fatemeh Derakhshandeh; Christoph Mayer
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MitoGeneExtractor: Efficient extraction of mitochondrial genes from next‐generation sequencing libraries

Methods in Ecology and Evolution
2023-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Marie V. Brasseur; Jonas J. Astrin; Matthias F. Geiger; Christoph Mayer
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Systematics and evolution of predatory flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on exon‐capture sequencing

Systematic Entomology
2023-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Ximo Mengual; Christoph Mayer; Trevor O. Burt; Kevin M. Moran; Lars Dietz; Gaby Nottebrock; Thomas Pauli; Andrew D. Young; Marie V. Brasseur; Sandra Kukowka et al.
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A transcriptome-based phylogeny of Scarabaeoidea confirms the sister group relationship of dung beetles and phytophagous pleurostict scarabs (Coleoptera)

2023-03-12 | Preprint
Contributors: Lars Dietz; Matthias Seidel; Jonas Eberle; Bernhard Misof; Thaynara L. Pacheco; Lars Podsiadlowski; Sasanka Ranasinghe; Nicole L. Gunter; Oliver Niehuis; Christoph Mayer et al.
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Standardized nuclear markers improve and homogenize species delimitation in Metazoa

Methods in Ecology and Evolution
2023-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Lars Dietz; Jonas Eberle; Christoph Mayer; Sandra Kukowka; Claudia Bohacz; Hannes Baur; Marianne Espeland; Bernhard A. Huber; Carl Hutter; Ximo Mengual et al.
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Impacts of multiple anthropogenic stressors on the transcriptional response of Gammarus fossarum in a mesocosm field experiment

BMC Genomics
2022-12-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Marie V. Brasseur; Arne J. Beermann; Vasco Elbrecht; Daniel Grabner; Bianca Peinert-Voss; Romana Salis; Martina Weiss; Christoph Mayer; Florian Leese
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Delimiting continuity: Comparison of target enrichment and double digest restriction‐site associated DNA sequencing for delineating admixing parapatric Melitaea butterflies

Systematic Entomology
2022-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Mukta Joshi; Marianne Espeland; Vlad Dincă; Roger Vila; Mohadeseh S. Tahami; Lars Dietz; Christoph Mayer; Sebastian Martin; Leonardo Dapporto; Marko Mutanen
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The genetic basis of a novel reproductive strategy in Sulawesi ricefishes: How modularity and a low number of loci shape pelvic brooding

Evolution
2022-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Jana M. Flury; Leon Hilgers; Fabian Herder; Tobias Spanke; Bernhard Misof; Daisy Wowor; Farnis Boneka; Letha Louisiana Wantania; Daniel F. Mokodongan; Christoph Mayer et al.
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Delimiting Continuity: Comparison of Target Enrichment and ddRAD for Delineating Admixing Parapatric Melitaea Butterflies

2022-02-06 | Preprint
Contributors: Mukta Joshi; Marianne Espeland; Vlad Eugen Dinca; Roger Vila; Mohadeseh Sadat Tahami; Lars Dietz; Christoph Mayer; Sebastian Martin; Leonardo Dapporto; Marko Mutanen
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Beyond Drosophila: resolving the rapid radiation of schizophoran flies with phylotranscriptomics

BMC Biology
2021-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1741-7007
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Christoph Mayer

Evolutionary history and divergence times of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) revealed through transcriptomics

iScience
2021-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Manpreet Kohli; Harald Letsch; Carola Greve; Olivier Béthoux; Isabelle Deregnaucourt; Shanlin Liu; Xin Zhou; Alexander Donath; Christoph Mayer; Lars Podsiadlowski et al.
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Combining molecular datasets with strongly heterogeneous taxon coverage enlightens the peculiar biogeographic history of stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera)

Systematic Entomology
2021-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Harald Letsch; Sabrina Simon; Paul B. Frandsen; Shanlin Liu; Ryuichiro Machida; Christoph Mayer; Bernhard Misof; Oliver Niehuis; Xin Zhou; Benjamin Wipfler
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Phylogenomic analyses clarify the pattern of evolution of Adephaga (Coleoptera) and highlight phylogenetic artefacts due to model misspecification and excessive data trimming

Systematic Entomology
2021-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0307-6970
Part of ISSN: 1365-3113
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Christoph Mayer

Development and evaluation of a custom bait design based on 469 single-copy protein-coding genes for exon capture of isopods (Philosciidae: Haloniscus)

PLOS ONE
2021-09-17 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
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Christoph Mayer

Adding leaves to the Lepidoptera tree: capturing hundreds of nuclear genes from old museum specimens

Systematic Entomology
2021-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Christoph Mayer; Lars Dietz; Elsa Call; Sandra Kukowka; Sebastian Martin; Marianne Espeland
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Standardized nuclear markers advance metazoan taxonomy

2021-05-08 | Preprint
Contributors: Lars Dietz; Jonas Eberle; Christoph Mayer; Sandra Kukowka; Claudia Bohacz; Hannes Baur; Marianne Espeland; Bernhard A. Huber; Carl Hutter; Ximo Mengual et al.
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Museomics: Phylogenomics of the Moth Family Epicopeiidae (Lepidoptera) Using Target Enrichment

Insect Systematics and Diversity
2021-03-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Elsa Call; Christoph Mayer; Victoria Twort; Lars Dietz; Niklas Wahlberg; Marianne Espeland; Marko Mutanen
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Phylogeny, taxonomics, and ovipositor length variation of the Pteromalus albipennis species group (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae)

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research
2021-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0947-5745
Part of ISSN: 1439-0469
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Christoph Mayer

Analysis of RNA-Seq, DNA Target Enrichment, and Sanger Nucleotide Sequence Data Resolves Deep Splits in the Phylogeny of Cuckoo Wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)

Insect Systematics and Diversity
2021-01-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2399-3421
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Christoph Mayer

A Plea for Standardized Nuclear Markers in Metazoan DNA Taxonomy

Trends in Ecology and Evolution
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85077928590

Contributors: Eberle, J.; Ahrens, D.; Mayer, C.; Niehuis, O.; Misof, B.
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An integrative phylogenomic approach to elucidate the evolutionary history and divergence times of Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola)

BMC Evolutionary Biology
2020-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1471-2148
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Christoph Mayer

Genome-Wide Novel Genic Microsatellite Marker Resource Development and Validation for Genetic Diversity and Population Structure Analysis of Banana

Genes
2020-12-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Manosh Kumar Biswas; Mita Bagchi; Dhiman Biswas; Jennifer Ann Harikrishna; Yuxuan Liu; Chunyu Li; Ou Sheng; Christoph Mayer; Ganjun Yi; Guiming Deng
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Are fleas highly modified Mecoptera? Phylogenomic resolution of Antliophora (Insecta: Holometabola)

2020-11-20 | Preprint
Contributors: Karen Meusemann; Michelle Trautwein; Frank Friedrich; Rolf G. Beutel; Brian M. Wiegmann; Alexander Donath; Lars Podsiadlowski; Malte Petersen; Oliver Niehuis; Christoph Mayer et al.
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Comparing diversity levels in environmental samples: DNA sequence capture and metabarcoding approaches using 18S and COI genes

Molecular Ecology Resources
2020-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1755-098X
Part of ISSN: 1755-0998
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Christoph Mayer
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Sawfly Genomes Reveal Evolutionary Acquisitions That Fostered the Mega-Radiation of Parasitoid and Eusocial Hymenoptera

Genome Biology and Evolution
2020-07-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1759-6653
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Christoph Mayer

Analyzing drivers of speciation in the Southern Ocean using the sea spider species complex Colossendeis megalonyx as a test case

Polar Biology
2020-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0722-4060
Part of ISSN: 1432-2056
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Christoph Mayer

Combining morphological and genomic evidence to resolve species diversity and study speciation processes of the Pallenopsis patagonica (Pycnogonida) species complex

Frontiers in Zoology
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85072016328

Contributors: Dömel, J.S.; Macher, T.-H.; Dietz, L.; Duncan, S.; Mayer, C.; Rozenberg, A.; Wolcott, K.; Leese, F.; Melzer, R.R.
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Christoph Mayer via Scopus - Elsevier

Cost effective microsatellite isolation and genotyping by high throughput sequencing

Journal of Arachnology
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85072391112

Contributors: Krehenwinkel, H.; Meese, S.; Mayer, C.; Ruch, J.; Schneider, J.; Bilde, T.; Künzel, S.; Henderson, J.B.; Russack, J.; Simison, W.B. et al.
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Christoph Mayer via Scopus - Elsevier

Phylogenomics of the longitarsal Colossendeidae: The evolutionary history of an Antarctic sea spider radiation

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85064562848

Contributors: Dietz, L.; Dömel, J.S.; Leese, F.; Mahon, A.R.; Mayer, C.
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Christoph Mayer via Scopus - Elsevier

Phylogenomics reveals the evolutionary timing and pattern of butterflies and moths

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85074533067

Contributors: Kawahara, A.Y.; Plotkin, D.; Espeland, M.; Meusemann, K.; Toussaint, E.F.A.; Donath, A.; Gimnich, F.; Frandsen, P.B.; Zwick, A.; dos Reis, M. et al.
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Christoph Mayer via Scopus - Elsevier

The evolution and genomic basis of beetle diversity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85076061210

Contributors: McKenna, D.D.; Shin, S.; Ahrens, D.; Balke, M.; Beza-Beza, C.; Clarke, D.J.; Donath, A.; Escalona, H.E.; Friedrich, F.; Letsch, H. et al.
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Christoph Mayer via Scopus - Elsevier

Patterns and Constraints in the Evolution of Sperm Individualization Genes in Insects, with an Emphasis on Beetles

Genes
2019-10-04 | Journal article
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Christoph Mayer
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Phylogenomics of the superfamily Dytiscoidea (Coleoptera: Adephaga) with an evaluation of phylogenetic conflict and systematic error

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2019-06 | Journal article
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Christoph Mayer
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Evolutionary history of Polyneoptera and its implications for our understanding of early winged insects

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2019-02-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Benjamin Wipfler; Harald Letsch; Paul B. Frandsen; Paschalia Kapli; Christoph Mayer; Daniela Bartel; Thomas R. Buckley; Alexander Donath; Janice S. Edgerly-Rooks; Mari Fujita et al.
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Anchored phylogenomics unravels the evolution of spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) and reveals discordance between nucleotides and amino acids

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85051715075

Contributors: Gillung, J.P.; Winterton, S.L.; Bayless, K.M.; Khouri, Z.; Borowiec, M.L.; Yeates, D.; Kimsey, L.S.; Misof, B.; Shin, S.; Zhou, X. et al.
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Christoph Mayer via Scopus - Elsevier

New data, same story: phylogenomics does not support Syrphoidea (Diptera: Syrphidae, Pipunculidae)

Systematic Entomology
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85043374666

Contributors: Pauli, T.; Burt, T.O.; Meusemann, K.; Bayless, K.; Donath, A.; Podsiadlowski, L.; Mayer, C.; Kozlov, A.; Vasilikopoulos, A.; Liu, S. et al.
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Christoph Mayer via Scopus - Elsevier

Phylogenomic analysis of Apoidea sheds new light on the sister group of bees

BMC Evolutionary Biology
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85047137751

Contributors: Sann, M.; Niehuis, O.; Peters, R.S.; Mayer, C.; Kozlov, A.; Podsiadlowski, L.; Bank, S.; Meusemann, K.; Misof, B.; Bleidorn, C. et al.
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Christoph Mayer via Scopus - Elsevier

Phylogenomics and the evolution of hemipteroid insects

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85058314648

Contributors: Johnson, K.P.; Dietrich, C.H.; Friedrich, F.; Beutel, R.G.; Wipfler, B.; Peters, R.S.; Allen, J.M.; Petersen, M.; Donath, A.; Walden, K.K.O. et al.
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Christoph Mayer via Scopus - Elsevier

Transcriptome sequence-based phylogeny of chalcidoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) reveals a history of rapid radiations, convergence, and evolutionary success

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85039739591

Contributors: Peters, R.S.; Niehuis, O.; Gunkel, S.; Bläser, M.; Mayer, C.; Podsiadlowski, L.; Kozlov, A.; Donath, A.; van Noort, S.; Liu, S. et al.
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Christoph Mayer via Scopus - Elsevier

Evolutionary genomics of the cold-Adapted diatom Fragilariopsis cylindrus

Nature
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85016137064

Contributors: Mock, T.; Otillar, R.P.; Strauss, J.; McMullan, M.; Paajanen, P.; Schmutz, J.; Salamov, A.; Sanges, R.; Toseland, A.; Ward, B.J. et al.
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Christoph Mayer via Scopus - Elsevier

Evolutionary History of the Hymenoptera

Current Biology
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85015994697

Contributors: Peters, R.S.; Krogmann, L.; Mayer, C.; Donath, A.; Gunkel, S.; Meusemann, K.; Kozlov, A.; Podsiadlowski, L.; Petersen, M.; Lanfear, R. et al.
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Christoph Mayer via Scopus - Elsevier

Repeats in the transcribed regions: Comprehensive characterization and comparison of Citrus spp

Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85041501398

Contributors: Biswas, M.K.; Mayer, C.; Deng, X.
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