Oliver Niehuis

The paper investigates how cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) profiles in mason wasps change with age and affect male mating behavior, finding that methyl-branched alkanes reduce male harassment of immature females.

The paper identifies genes involved in cuticular hydrocarbon biosynthesis in Hymenoptera using intrasexual dimorphism and transcriptomics.

This study identifies genetic loci and candidate genes associated with cuticular hydrocarbon variation in parasitoid wasps, revealing genomic regions linked to methyl-branched alkane biosynthesis.

The paper shows that nuclear-encoded universal single-copy orthologs (USCOs) outperform mitochondrial DNA barcoding in species discrimination and taxonomic assignment across metazoans.

The paper analyzes gene and protein domain content changes across 76 arthropod genomes to understand evolutionary patterns and their association with phenotypic adaptations.

This paper reports the genome of Campodea augens, a dipluran hexapod, and identifies genomic features related to its regenerative abilities and sensory adaptations.

This paper introduces the λ statistic to evaluate the reliability of molecular divergence time estimates using empirical fossilization rates and applies it to beetle and insect data.