Dieter Ebert

The paper finds that collagen genes in Daphnia magna show thermal adaptation through amino acid composition changes linked to temperature tolerance.

This paper presents a high-quality chromosome-level genome assembly of Daphnia magna using PacBio HiFi sequencing, resolving scaffolding issues and providing gene expression profiles for comparative genomic studies.

This study shows that stickleback fish can transmit the parasite Pasteuria ramosa to its Daphnia host, contradicting the idea that predators reduce parasite prevalence.

The paper examines how near-future warming intensifies heatwave effects on freshwater communities by exceeding thermal thresholds and altering species interactions.

The paper explains how weak dispersal and larger landscapes increase local biodiversity in competitive species by linking spatial coexistence to nonspatial competitive dynamics and validates this with simulations and field data.

This study compares genome and epigenetic architecture across multiple microsporidia clades, finding limited conservation and significant variation in genetic features and epigenetic modifications.

The paper shows that terrestrial aphid herbivory indirectly drives adaptive evolution in aquatic Daphnia populations by altering macrophyte and phytoplankton dynamics.

This study identifies collagen-like proteins (PCLs) in Pasteuria ramosa as key mediators of host specificity, revealing strong genotype-phenotype associations and supporting the matching allele model.

This study identifies distinct genetic resistance loci in Daphnia magna for two infection routes of the parasite Pasteuria ramosa, showing foregut and hindgut infections are controlled by separate loci, G and D, with epistatic interactions.

The paper analyzes the evolution of the Pasteuria Resistance Complex (PRC) in Daphnia magna, revealing its extreme genetic diversity and ancient origins, with implications for understanding parasite resistance evolution.

This study shows that trehalose production, mediated by the TPS gene, enables Daphnia magna to tolerate salinity stress, with tolerance linked to native habitat salinity and local adaptation.

The paper analyzes SFS dynamics in a Daphnia magna metapopulation to show how propagule model and immigration influence allele frequency shifts compared to classical populations.

The paper sequences two high-quality genomes of Pasteuria ramosa isolates, revealing rapid CLP gene radiation and gene family dynamics driven by transposition and coevolution.

This paper presents a near-chromosomal genome assembly of Hamiltosporidium tvaerminnensis and provides high-quality gene annotations using Iso-Seq, revealing alternative polyadenylation and splicing variation.

The paper identifies genomic associations between host and parasite loci in Daphnia magna and Pasteuria ramosa, showing evidence of antagonistic coevolution through epistatic interactions.

The paper examines how metacommunity models can resolve the paradox of species coexistence with niche differences and competition in a Daphnia metacommunity.

The paper quantifies microsatellite mutation rates in Daphnia magna across genotypes and populations, finding high mutation rates and context-dependent variation.