NB: highlighted names refer to current or past group members.
76) Ana-Cecilia Hijar-Islas, Nataniel V. Mon Pere, Weini Huang, Christophe Eizaguirre (2023). Complex life cycles and parasite-mediated trophic cascades drive species coexistence and the maintenance of genetic diversity. bioRxiv.
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75) Eugenie C. Yen, James D. Gilbert, Alice Balard, Kirsten Fairweather, Debora Newlands, Artur Lopes, Sandra M Correia, Albert Taxonera, Stephen J. Rossiter, Jose-Maria Martin Duran, Christophe Eizaguirre (2023). DNA methylation carries signatures of sublethal effects under thermal stress in loggerhead sea turtles. bioRxiv.
74) Ana-Cecilia Hijar-Islas, Amy Milne, Christophe Eizaguirre, Weini Huang (2023). Parasite-mediated predation determines the infection in a complex predator-prey system. bioRxiv.
73) Leila Fouda, Stuart R.B. Negus, Emma C. Lockley, Kirsten Fairweather, Artur Lopes, Anice Lopes, Sandra M. Correia, Albert Taxonera, Gail Schofield, Christophe Eizaguirre (2023). Productive foraging sites enhance maternal health and impact offspring in a capital breeding species. bioRxiv.
72) Aruna M Shankregowda, Prabhugouda Siriyappagouder, MarijnKuisenga, Thijs M. P. Bal, Yousri Abdelhafiz, Christophe Eizaguirre, Jorge M. Oliveira Fernandes, Viswanath Kiron, Joost A. M. Raeymaekers (2023). Host habitat rather than evolutionary history explains gut microbiome diversity in sympatric stickleback species. Frontiers in Microbiology.
71) Doko-Miles Thorburn, Kostas Sagonas, Mahesh Binzer-Panchal, Frederic J.J. Chain, Philine Feulner, Erich Bornberg-Bauer, Thorsten B.H. Reusch, Irene E Samonte-Padilla, Manfred Milinski, Tobias L. Lenz, Christophe Eizaguirre (2023). Origin matters: using local a local reference genome improves measures in population genomics. Molecular Ecology Resources.
70) Liam C.D. Dickson, Stuart R.B. Negus, Christophe Eizaguirre, Kostas A. Katselidis, Gail Schofield (2022). Aerial drone surveys reveal the efficacy of a protected area network for marine megafauna and the value of sea turtles as umbrella species. Drones.
69) Juan Patino-Martinez, Leno Dos Passos, Raquel Amador, Arnau Teixidor, Sergio Cardoso, Adolfo Marco, Franziska Koenen, Amanda Dutra, Christophe Eizaguirre, Elisa G. Direickx, Manjula Tiwari, Tamas Szekely, Rocio Moreno (2022). Strategic nest site selection in one of the world's largest loggerhead turtle nesting colonies, on Maio Island, Cabo Verde. Oryx.
68) Doko-Miles Thorburn, Thijs M.P. Bal, Io S Deflem, Filip A.M. Volckaert, Christophe Eizaguirre, Joost A.M. Raeymaekers (2022). Context-dependent parasite infection affects trophic niche in populations of sympatric stickleback species. Parasitology.
67) Seraina E. Bracamonte, Melinda J. Hofman, Carlos Lozano-Martin, Christophe Eizaguirre, Marta Barluenga (2022). TDivergent and non-parallel evolution of MHC IIB in the Neotropical Midas cichlid species complex. BMC Ecology and Evolution.
66) Doko-Miles Thorburn, Kostas Sagonas, Tobias L. Lenz, Frederic J.J. Chain, Philine Feulner, Erich Bornberg-Bauer, Thorsten B.H. Reusch, Manfred Milinski, Christophe Eizaguirre (2022). Systematic genome scans reveal common population-specific signals of balancing selection. Research Square.
65) Liam C. Dickson, Kostas A. Katselidis, Christophe Eizaguirre, Gail Schofield (2021). Incorporating geographical scale and multiple environmental factors to delineate the breeding distribution of sea turtles. Drones.
64) Emma Lockley, Christophe Eizaguirre (2021). Effects of global warming on species with temperature-dependent sex determination: Bridging the gap between empirical research and management. Evolutionary Applications.
63) Miguel Baltazar-Soares, Kristien I. Brans, Christophe Eizaguirre (2021). Human-induced evolution: signatures, processes, and mechanisms underneath anthropogenic footprints on natural systems. Evolutionary Applications.
62) Richard M. Gunner, Rory P. Wilson, Mark D. Holton, Rebecca Scott, Alex Arkwright, Andreas Fahlman, Marie Ulrich, Phil Hopkins, Carlos Duarte, Christophe Eizaguirre (2021). Activity of loggerhead turtles during the U-shaped dive: new insights using angular velocity metrics. Endangered species research.
61) Miguel Baltazar-Soares, Juliana L. Klein, Sandra M. Correia, Thomas Reischig, Albert Taxonera Amoros, Roque Silvana Monteiro, Leno Dos Passos, Jandira Durão, João Pina Lomba, Herculano Dinis, Sahmorie J.K. Cameron, Victor A. Stiebens, Christophe Eizaguirre (2020). Distribution of genetic diversity reveals colonization and philopatry of the loggerhead sea turtles across geographic scales. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.23.916866.
60) Kostas Sagonas, Britta S Meyer, Joshka Kaufmann, Tobias L Lenz, Robert Häsler, Christophe Eizaguirre (2020). Experimental parasite infection causes genome-wide changes in DNA methylation. Molecular Biology and Evolution, msaa084.
59) Heckwolf, M.J., Meyer, B.S., Haesler, R., Hoeppner, M.P., Eizaguirre, C., Reusch, T.B.H. Two different epigenetic pathways detected in wild three-spined sticklebacks are involved in salinity adaptation. Science Advances. 20 MAR 2020: EAAZ1138
58) Baltazar-Soares, M., Blanchet, S., Cote, J., Tarkan, A., Zahorska, E., Gozlan, R., Eizaguirre, C. (2020). Genomic footprints of a biological invasion: introduction from Asia and dispersal in Europe of the topmouth gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva). Molecular Ecology. 29: 71– 85. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15313
57) Cameron, S.J.K., Baltazar-Soares, M., Stiebens, V.A., Reischig, T., Correia, S.M., Harrod, C., Eizaguirre, C. (2019). Diversity of feeding strategies in loggerhead sea turtles from the Cape Verde archipelago. Marine Biology. 166: 130-142.
56) Huang, Y., Feulner, P., Eizaguirre, C., Lenz, T.L., Bornberg-Bauer, E., Milinski, M., Reusch, T.B.H., Chain, F.J.J. (2019). Genome-wide genotype-expression relationships reveal both copy number and single nucleotide differentiation contribute to differential gene expression between stickleback ecotypes. Genome Biology and Evolution. 11 (8): 2344-2359.
55) Rey, O., Eizaguirre, C., Angers, B., Baltazar-Soares, M., Sagonas, K., Prunier, J., Blanchet, S. (2019). Linking epigenetics and biological conservation: towards a conservation epigenetics perspective. Functional Ecology. 00:1– 14. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13429
54) Heckwolf, M., Meyer, B.S., Haesler, R., Hoeppner, M.P., Eizaguirre, C., Reusch, T.B.H. DNA methylation facilitates local adaptation and adaptive transgenerational plasticity. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/649574
53) Cameron, S.J.K, Baltazar-Soares, M., Eizaguirre, C. Region-specific magnetic fields structure sea turtle populations. bioRxiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/630152
52) Wilson, R.P., Börger, L., Holton, M.D., Scantlebury, D.M., Gómez-Laich, A., Quintana,F., Rosell, F., Graf, P.M., Williams, H., Gunner, R., Hopkins, L., Marks, N., Geraldi, N.R., Duarte, C.M., Scott, R., Strano, M.S., Robotka, H., Eizaguirre, C., Fahlman, A. and Shepard, E. (2019). Estimates for energy expenditure in free-living animals using acceleration proxies; a reappraisal. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2020;89:161– 172. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365‐2656.13040
51) Anaya-Rojas, J.M., Best, R.J., Brunner, F.S., Eizaguirre, C., Costa Leal, M., Melian, C.J., Seehausen, O., Matthews, M. (2019). An experimental test of how parasites of predators can influence trophic cascades and ecosystem functioning.Ecology. 100( 8):e02744. 1002/ecy.2744
50) Brunner, F., Deere, JA, Egas, M., Eizaguirre, C., Raeymaekers, JAM. (2019). The diversity of eco-evolutionary dynamics: comparing the feedbacks between ecology and evolution across scales. Functional Ecology. 33:7-12.
49) Govaert, L., Fronhofer, E.A, Lion S., Eizaguirre, C., Bonte, D., Egas, M., Hendry, A.P., De Brito Martins, A., Melián, C.J., Raeymaekers, J.A.M., Ratikainen, I.I., Saether, B.E., Schweitzer, J.A., Matthews, B. (2018). Eco-evolutionary feedbacks-theoretical models and perspectives. Functional Ecology. 33:13-30.
48) Heckwolf, M.J., Meyer, B.S., Döring, T., Eizaguirre, C., Reusch, T.B.H. (2018). Transgenerational plasticity and selection shape the adaptive potential of sticklebacks to salinity change. Evolutionary Applications. 11(10): 1873-1885.
47) Baltazar-Soares, M., Hinrichsen, H.H., Eizaguirre, C., (2018). Integrating population genomics and biophysical models towards evolutionary-based fisheries management. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences. 75:1245–1257.
46) Stewart, A., Jackson, J., Barber, I., Eizaguirre, C., Paterson, R., West, P., Williams, C., Cable, J. (2017). Hook, Line and Infection: A guide to culturing parasites, establishing infections and assessing immune responses in the three-spined stickleback. Advances in Parasitology. 98:39-109.
45) Guignard MS., Leitch AR., Acquisti C., Eizaguirre C., Elser JJ., Hessen DO., Jeyasingh PD., Neiman M., Richardson AE., Soltis PS., Soltis DE., Stevens CJ., Trimmer M., Weider LJ., Woodward G. and Leitch IJ. (2017). Impacts of Nitrogen and Phosphorus: From Genomes to Natural Ecosystems and Agriculture. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 5:70.
44) Baltazar-Soares, M., Eizaguirre, C. (2017). Animal Navigation: The eels' magnetic guide to the Gulf Stream. Current Biology. 27: R604-605.
43) Andreou, D., Eizaguirre, C., Boehm, T., Milinski, M. (2017). Mate choice in sticklebacks suggests that a potential magic trait encoded by MHC immunogenes contributes to ecological speciation. Behavioral Ecology. 28(4), 953-961.
42) Brunner, F.S., Anaya-Rojas, J.M., Matthews, B., Eizaguirre, C. (2017). Experimental evidence that parasites drive eco-evolutionary feedbacks. Proceedings of the National Academy of the United States of America. 114 (14), 3678-3683.
41) Kaufmann, J., Lenz, T.L., Kalbe, M., Milinski, M., Eizaguirre, C. (2017). A field reciprocal transplant experiment reveals asymmetric costs of migration between lake and river ecotypes of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 30: 938-950.
40) Hofmann, M., Bracamonte, S.E., Eizaguirre, C., Barluenga, M. (2017). Molecular characterization of MHC class IIB genes of sympatric Neotropical cichlids. BMC Genetics. 18-15.
39) Eizaguirre, C. (2016). Evolution: Ocean models reveal life in deep seas. Current Biology. 26 (18), R853-855.
38) Anaya-Rojas, J.M., Brunner, F. S., Sommer, N., Seehausen, O., Eizaguirre, C., Matthews, B. (2016). The association between feeding behavior and resistance and tolerance to parasites in recently diverged three-spined sticklebacks. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 29 (11): 2157-2167.
37) Baltazar-Soares, M., Bracamonte, S.E, Bayer, T., Chain, F.J.J., Hanel, R., Harrod, C., Eizaguirre, C. (2016). Evaluating the adaptive potential of European eel: is the immunogenetic status recovering? PeerJ. 4: e1868.
36) Baltazar-Soares, M., Eizaguirre, C. (2016). Does asymmetric gene flow among matrilines maintain the evolutionary potential of the European Eel? Ecology and Evolution. 6 (15): 5305-5320.
35) Kalbe, M., Eizaguirre, C., Scharsack, J.P., Jakobsen, P.J. (2016). Reciprocal cross infection of sticklebacks with the diphyllobothriidean cestode Schistocephalus solidus reveals consistent population differences in parasite growth and host resistance. Parasites & Vectors. 9:130.
34) Brunner, F.S. and Eizaguirre, C. (2016). Can environmental change affect host-parasite mediated species? Zoology. S0944-2006(16) 30020-4.
33) Huang, Y., Chain, FJJ., Panchal, M., Eizaguirre, C., Kalbe, M., Lenz, TL., Samonte, IE., Stoll, M., Bornberg-Bauer, E., Reusch, TBH., Milinski, M., Feulner, PGD. (2016). Transcriptome profiling of immune tissues reveals habitat-specific gene expression between lake and river sticklebacks. Molecular Ecology. 25, 943-958.
32) Bracamonte, SE., Baltazar-Soares, M., Eizaguirre, C. (2015). Characterization of MHC class II genes in the critically endangered European eel (Anguilla anguilla). Conservation genetics Resources. 7(4):859-870.
31) Feulner, PGD., Chain, FJJ., Panchal, M., Huang, Y., Eizaguirre, C., Kalbe, M., Lenz, TL., Samonte, IE., Stoll, M., Bornberg-Bauer, E., Reusch, TBH., Milinski, M.(2015). Genomics of divergence along a continuum of parapatric population differentiation. PLoS Genetics. 11: e1004966.
30) Kaufmann, J., Eizaguirre, C., Milinski, M., Lenz, T.L. (2015). The contribution of post-copulatory mechanisms to incipient ecological speciation in sticklebacks. Biology Letters. 11: 20140933.
29) Chain, FJJ., Feulner, PGD., Panchal, M., Eizaguirre, C., Samonte, IE., Kalbe, M., Lenz, TL., Stoll, M., Bornberg-Bauer, E., Milinski, M., Reusch, TBH. (2014). Extensive copy-number variation of young genes across stickleback populations. PLoS Genetics. 10(12):e1004830.
28) Eizaguirre, C., Baltazar-Soares, M. (2014). Evolutionary conservation - evaluating the adaptive potential of species. Evolutionary Applications. 7(9):963-967. DOI:10.1111/eva.12227
27) Scott, R., Biastoch, A., Roder, C., Stiebens, V.A., Eizaguirre, C. (2014). Nano-tags for neonates and ocean mediated swimming behaviours linked to rapid dispersal of hatchling sea turtles. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Serie B. 218 (1796).
26) Kaufman, J., Lenz, T., L., Milinski, M., Eizaguirre, C. (2014). Experimental parasite infection reveals costs and benefits of paternal effects. Ecology Letters. 17(11), 1409-1417. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12344
25) Dierking, J., Phelps, L., Praebel, K., Ramm, G., Prigge, E., Bocherding, J., Brunke., M., Eizaguirre, C. (2014). Anthropogenic hybridization between endangered migratory and commercially harvested stationary whitefish taxa (Coregonus spp.). Evolutionary Applications. 7(9), 1068-1083. DOI:10.1111/eva.12166
24) Baltazar-Soares, M., Biastoch, A., Harrod, C., Hanel, R., Marohn, L., Prigge, E., Evans, D., Bodles, K., Behrens, E., Boening, C. W., Eizaguirre, C. (2014). Recruitment collapse and population structure of the European eel shaped by local ocean dynamics. Current Biology. 24(1):104-108. DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2013.11.031
23) Ravinet, M., Harrod, C., Eizaguirre, C., Prodöhl P.A. (2014). Unique mitochondria DNA lineages in Irish stickleback populations: cryptic refugium or rapid recolonization? Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.853
22) Stiebens, V.A, Merino, S.E., Roder, C., Chain, F.J.J., Lee, P.L.M., Eizaguirre, C. (2013). Living on the edge: how philopatry maintains adaptive potential. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Serie B. 280 (1763).
21) Stiebens, V.A., Merino, S.E., Chain, F.J.J., Eizaguirre C. (2013). Evolution of MHC class I genes in the endangered loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) revealed by 454 amplicon sequencing. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13:95
20) Lenz, T.L., Eizaguirre, C., Kalbe, M., Milinski, M. (2013). Evaluating patterns of convergent evolution and trans-species polymorphism at MHC immunogenes in two sympatric stickleback species. Evolution. 67: 2400-2412.
19) Orsini, L., Andrew, R., Eizaguirre, C. (2013). Evolutionary Ecological Genomics. Molecular Ecology, 22(3):527-531.
18) Lenz, T.L., Eizaguirre, C., Rotter, B., Kalbe, M., Milinski, M. (2013). Exploring local immunological adaptation of two stickleback ecotypes by experimental infection and transcriptome-wide digital gene expression analysis. Molecular Ecology. 22(3):774-786
17) Feulner, P.G.D., Chain, F.J.J., Panchal, M., Eizaguirre, C., Kalbe, M., Lenz, T.L., Mundry, M., Samonte-Padilla, I.E., Stoll, M., Milinski, M., Reusch, T.B.H. & Bornberg-Bauer, E. (2013). Genome-wide patterns of standing genetic variation in a marine population of three-spined stickleback. Molecular Ecology. 22(3):635-649.
16) Eizaguirre, C.*, Lenz, T.L.*, Kalbe, M. and Milinsk, I M. (2012). Divergent selection on locally adapted MHC immune genes experimentally proven in the field. Ecology Letters. DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01791.x. 15:723-731 . *equal contributions.
15) Eizaguirre, C., Lenz, T.L., Kalbe, M. and Milinski, M. (2012). Rapid and adaptive evolution of MHC genes under parasite selection in experimental vertebrate populations. Nature communications. 3:621. DOI:10.1038/ncomms1632
14) Wegner, K.M. & Eizaguirre, C. (2012). New(t)s and view from hybridizing MHC genes: introgression rather than trans-species polymorphism may shape allelic repertoires. Molecular Ecology. 21:779-781.
13) Samonte-Padilla, I.E., Eizaguirre, C., Scharzack, J.P., Lenz, T.L, Milinski, M. (2011). Induction of gynogenesis in an evolutionary model organism, the three-spined stickleback. BMC Developmental Biology. 11:55.
12) Laloi, D., Eizaguirre, C., Federici, P. and Massot, M. (2011). Female trade-up choice for heterozygous mates in a lizard. Behavioral Processes. 88:149-154.
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11) Eizaguirre, C., Lenz, T.L., Sommerfeld, R.D., Harrod, C., Kalbe, M. and Milinski, M. (2011). Parasite diversity, patterns of MHC II variation and olfactory based mate choice in diverging three-spined stickleback ecotypes. Evolutionary Ecology. 25:605-622
10) Eizaguirre, C., Lenz, T.L. (2010). MHC polymorphism-dynamics and consequences of parasite-mediated local adaptation. Journal of Fish Biology. 77:2023-2047.
9) Bergman, N., Winters, G., Rauch, G., Eizaguirre, C., Gu, J., Nelle, P., Fricke, B. and Reusch, T.B.H. (2010). Population-specificity of heat stress gene induction in Northern and Southern eelgrass Zostera marina populations under simulated global warming. Molecular Ecology. 19: 2870-2883.
8) Lenz, T.L., Eizaguirre, C., Scharsack, J.P., Kalbe, M. and Milinski, M. (2009). Disentangling the role of MHC-dependent 'good genes' and 'compatible genes' in mate choice decisions of three-spined sticklebacks under semi-natural conditions. Journal of Fish Biology. 75: 2122 - 2142.
7) Eizaguirre, C., Yeates, S.E., Lenz, T.L., Kalbe, M. and Milinski, M. (2009). MHC-based mate choice combines good genes and maintenance of MHC polymorphism. Molecular Ecology. 18: 3316-3329.
6) Lenz, T.L., Eizaguirre, C., Becker, S. and Reusch, T.B.H (2009). RSCA genotyping of MHC for high-throughput evolutionary studies in the model organism three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9: 57.
5) Kalbe, M., Eizaguirre, C., Dankert, I., Reusch, T.B.H., Sommerfeld, R.D., Wegner, K.M. and Milinski, M. (2009). Maximum life-time reproductive success with optimal MHC diversity: evidence from a semi-field experiment with sticklebacks. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 276: 925-934. Recommended by Faculty of 1000 Biology.
4) Eizaguirre, C., Lenz, T.L., Traulsen, A. and Milinski, M. (2009). Speciation accelerated and stabilized by pleiotropic MHC immunogenes. Ecology letters. 12: 5-12. Recommended by Faculty of 1000 Biology.
3) Eizaguirre C. (2008). The pleiotropic role of the genes of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) in Evolution.The example of the three-spined stickleback. PhD Thesis. Kiel University.
2) Jäger, I., Eizaguirre C., Griffiths, S.W., Kalbe, M., Krobbach, C.K., Reusch, T.B.H, Schaschl, H. and Milinski, M. (2007). Individual MHC class I and MHC class IIB diviversity are associated with male and female reproductive traits in the three-spined stickleback. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 20, 2005-2015
1) Eizaguirre, C., Laloi, D., Massot, M., Richard, M., Federici, P. and Clobert, J. (2007). Condition-dependence of reproductive strategy and the benefits of polyandry in a viviparous lizard. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Serie B. 274, 425-430. Recommended by Faculty of 1000 Biology.