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Juergen Gadau publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Juergen Gadau sits on this spectrum.

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Juergen Gadau D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Juergen Gadau sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Juergen Gadau is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with additional contributions to Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their work focuses extensively on genetics, molecular biology, and insect science, intersecting with ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics. They have contributed to understanding genetic syndromes and imprinting, chromosomal and genetic variations, as well as epigenetics and DNA methylation. Their research also includes insect and pesticide studies, insect-plant interactions, and broader insect and arachnid ecology and behavior.

The most frequent publication venues for Juergen Gadau include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • PLoS ONE
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Juergen Gadau include:

  • "Genetic and genomic architecture of species-specific cuticular hydrocarbon variation in parasitoid wasps," 2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Lack of parent-of-origin effects in Nasonia jewel wasp: A replication and extension study," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Supergenes, supergenomes, and complex social traits," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Genetic and genomic architecture of species-specific cuticular hydrocarbon variation in parasitoid wasps," 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Castes and developmental stages of the harvester ant P. californicus differ in genome-wide and gene specific DNA methylation," 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors with Juergen Gadau include:

  • Lukas Schrader
  • Jan Buellesbach
  • Mohammed Errbii
  • Henrietta Holze
  • Jürgen Liebig

Best Publications

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • Draft genome of the globally widespread and invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile).

    Christopher D. Smith;Aleksey Zimin;Carson Holt;Ehab Abouheif

  • Transposable element islands facilitate adaptation to novel environments in an invasive species

    Lukas Schrader;Jay W. Kim;Daniel Ence;Aleksey Zimin

  • Variation in genomic recombination rates among animal taxa and the case of social insects

    L Wilfert;J Gadau;P Schmid-Hempel

  • The insect chemoreceptor superfamily of the parasitoid jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis.

    H. M. Robertson;Juergen Gadau;K. W. Wanner

  • Hybrid breakdown and mitochondrial dysfunction in hybrids of Nasonia parasitoid wasps.

    C. K. Ellison;O. Niehuis;Juergen Gadau

  • Mechanisms and Dynamics of Orphan Gene Emergence in Insect Genomes

    Lothar Wissler;Juergen Gadau;Daniel F. Simola;Martin Helmkampf

  • Behavioural and genetic analyses of Nasonia shed light on the evolution of sex pheromones

    Oliver Niehuis;Jan Buellesbach;Jan Buellesbach;Joshua D. Gibson;Daniela Pothmann

  • Organization of Insect Societies: From Genome to Sociocomplexity

    Juergen Gadau;Jennifer Fewell;Edward O. Wilson

  • The genomic impact of 100 million years of social evolution in seven ant species.

    Juergen Gadau;Martin Helmkampf;Sanne Nygaard;Julien Roux

  • Caste determination in a polymorphic social insect: Nutritional, social, and genetic factors

    C. R. Smith;C. R. Smith;K. E. Anderson;C. V. Tillberg;Juergen Gadau

  • Cytonuclear Genic Incompatibilities Cause Increased Mortality in Male F2 Hybrids of Nasonia giraulti and N. vitripennis

    Oliver Niehuis;Andrea K. Judson;Juergen Gadau

  • Recombination and its impact on the genome of the haplodiploid parasitoid wasp Nasonia

    Oliver Niehuis;Joshua D. Gibson;Michael S. Rosenberg;Bart A. Pannebakker;Bart A. Pannebakker

  • Mating frequency of Leptothorax nylanderi ant queens determined by microsatellite analysis

    S. Foitzik;M. Haberl;J. Gadau;J. Heinze

  • Genetic structure of natural Nasonia vitripennis populations: validating assumptions of sex‐ratio theory

    B. K. Grillenberger;T. Koevoets;M. N. Burton-Chellew;E. M. Sykes

  • Facultative Sex Ratio Adjustment in Natural Populations of Wasps: Cues of Local Mate Competition and the Precision of Adaptation

    Maxwell N. Burton-Chellew;Tosca Koevoets;Bernd K. Grillenberger;Edward M. Sykes

  • Population and colony structure of the carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus

    J. Gadau;J. Heinze;B. Hölldobler;M. Schmid

  • Determinants of intracolonial relatedness in Pogonomyrmex rugosus (Hymenoptera; Formicidae): mating frequency and brood raids.

    Jürgen Gadau;Christoph Peter Strehl;Jan Oettler;B. Hölldobler

  • Deciphering proteomic signatures of early diapause in Nasonia.

    Florian Wolschin;Juergen Gadau

  • Clouded leopard phylogeny revisited: support for species recognition and population division between Borneo and Sumatra.

    Andreas Wilting;Valerie A. Buckley-Beason;Heike Feldhaar;Juergen Gadau

Frequent Co-Authors

Oliver Niehuis
Oliver Niehuis University of Freiburg
Leo W. Beukeboom
Leo W. Beukeboom University of Groningen
John H. Werren
John H. Werren University of Rochester
David M. Shuker
David M. Shuker University of St Andrews
Bert Hölldobler
Bert Hölldobler Arizona State University
Jennifer H. Fewell
Jennifer H. Fewell Arizona State University
Andrew V. Suarez
Andrew V. Suarez University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jürgen Heinze
Jürgen Heinze University of Regensburg
Pekka Pamilo
Pekka Pamilo University of Helsinki

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