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Our task
Statistical phylogenetics deals with systematic and statistical errors in phylogeny.
When reconstructing phylogenetic trees (family trees), a number of modelling assumptions are made about the course of actual evolution. If these assumptions are not correct, the reconstruction of the phylogenetic tree is uncertain. An important task is to recognise and prove effects that lead to the reconstruction of false phylogenetic trees.
Contact person
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- Head of Section
- Chairman of Staff Council
- Data Protection Vice-Commissioner
Phone: +49 228 9122 403
E-Mail: [email protected]
Projects
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Investigating the genomic and transcriptomic signatures of global change in a marine fish species in space and time
Management: Dr. Christoph Mayer
Publications
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2025/3
Ali-U-Net: A Convolutional Transformer Neural Net for Multiple Sequence Alignment of DNA Sequences. A proof of concept
2025/1
Three Novel Spider Genomes Unveil Spidroin Diversification and Hox Cluster Architecture: Ryuthela nishihirai (Liphistiidae), Uloborus plumipes (Uloboridae) and Cheiracanthium punctorium (Cheiracanthiidae)
Molecular Ecology resources, 1, 25
2024/12
Museomics reveal origins of East African Pleophylla forest chafers and Miocene forest connectivity
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 201
2024/11
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, 200
2024/8
Protocol for the preparation of Wings and Wing Interference Pattern Imaging from ethanol preserved specimens
2024/8
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, 97
2024/8
Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of the Viviparous Eelpout Zoarces viviparus
Genome biology and evolution, 8, 16
2024/8
Protocol for the preparation of Wings and Wing Interference Pattern Imaging from ethanol preserved specimens v1
2024/7
Phylogenomics recovers multiple origins of portable case making in caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera), nature’s underwater architects
Proceedings - Royal Society. Biological sciences/Proceedings - Royal Society. Biological Sciences, 2026, 291
2024/4
Standardized nuclear markers improve and homogenize species delimitation in Metazoa (vol 14, pg 543, 2023)
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 4, 15
2023/12
Metazoa‐level USCOs as markers in species delimitation and classification
Molecular Ecology resources, 3, 24
2023/10
Transcriptomic sequencing data illuminate insecticide-induced physiological stress mechanisms in aquatic non-target invertebrates
335
2023/9
Multiple stressor effects of insecticide exposure and increased fine sediment deposition on the gene expression profiles of two freshwater invertebrate species
1, 35
2023/6
A transcriptome‐based phylogeny of Scarabaeoidea confirms the sister group relationship of dung beetles and phytophagous pleurostict scarabs (Coleoptera)
Systematic entomology, 4, 48
2023/4
Efficient extraction of mitochondrial genes from next‐generation sequencing libraries
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 4, 14
2023/2
Standardized nuclear markers improve and homogenize species delimitation in Metazoa
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2, 14
2022/12
Impacts of multiple anthropogenic stressors on the transcriptional response of Gammarus fossarum in a mesocosm field experiment
1, 23
2022/10
Systematics and evolution of predatory flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on exon‐capture sequencing
2, 48
2022/6
Delimiting continuity: Comparison of target enrichment and double digest restriction‐site associated DNA sequencing for delineating admixing parapatric Melitaea butterflies
Systematic entomology, 4, 47
2022/4
The genetic basis of a novel reproductive strategy in Sulawesi ricefishes: How modularity and a low number of loci shape pelvic brooding
Evolution, 5, 76
2021/11
Evolutionary history and divergence times of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) revealed through transcriptomics
iScience, 11, 24
2021/10
Phylogenomic analyses clarify the pattern of evolution of Adephaga (Coleoptera) and highlight phylogenetic artefacts due to model misspecification and excessive data trimming
Systematic entomology, 4, 46
2021/9
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, 9, 16
2021/7
Combining molecular datasets with strongly heterogeneous taxon coverage enlightens the peculiar biogeographic history of stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera)
Systematic entomology, 4, 46
2021/3
Adding leaves to the Lepidoptera tree: capturing hundreds of nuclear genes from old museum specimens
Systematic entomology, 3, 46
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Employees
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Dr. Christoph Mayer
zmb Statistical Phylogenomics and Machine Learning ScientistPhone: +49 228 9122 403
E-mail: [email protected]