Martin Schebeck

This study investigates the molecular evolution of sociality in weevils, finding relaxed selection and gene loss rather than adaptive innovation in socially complex species.

This study shows bark beetle protein elicitors induce a biphasic immune response in Norway spruce seedlings, with early signaling and later defense protein accumulation, mirroring responses in mature trees.

This study investigates Norway spruce defense responses to bark beetle attacks using multi-omics approaches, revealing hormone-induced gene expression and metabolic changes that deter beetle colonization.

This study analyzes weevil genomes to understand the molecular mechanisms of parental care evolution, finding convergent gene loss and regulatory changes associated with subsocial behavior.

This study identifies a mandibular mycetangium in the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus that facilitates the transmission of mutualistic fungi.

This study uses genome-wide data from spruce bark beetles to infer demographic history and assess the impact of chromosomal inversions on evolutionary inferences.