Dr. Juergen Gadau, Universität
Wuerzburg, Biozentrum Zoologie II, Am Hubland, Würzburg, Germany
Dr. Gadau is an evolutionary geneticist interested in the genetic basis
of evolutionary change. He employs genome mapping methods to determine the genetic
architecture underlying observed variation in behavior and morphology within
and between species. He has demonstrated how few genes with major effects can
be responsible for observable adaptive differences between closely related species.
He has also used a comparative structural genomic approach to better understand
the evolution of recombination rates in social insects in order to better understand
the effects of complex intracolonial genetic structure on social behavior.
Selected recent publications:
- Gadau, J., Gertsch P. J.; Heinze J., Pamilo P., Hšlldobler B. (1998) Oligogyny
by unrelated queens in the carpenter ant, Camponotus ligniperdus, Behav Ecol
Sociobiol 44: 15-22.
- Gadau, J., Page R.E.Jr. and Werren J.H. (1999) Linkage mapping of hybrid
incompatibility loci in Nasonia, Genetics 153:1731-1741.
- Gadau J., Brady, S.G. and Ward, P.S. (1999) Systematics, distribution, and
ecology of an endemic California Camponotus quercicola (Hymenoptera: Formicidae),
Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 92: 514-522.
- Gadau, J., Page R.E. Jr., Werren, J.H. and Schmid-Hempel P. (2000) Genome
organization and social evolution in Hymenoptera. Naturwissenschaften, 87:87-89.
- Sauer C., Stackebrandt, E., Gadau, J., Hšlldobler, B. and Gross Roy (2000)
Systematic relationships and cospeciation of bacterial endosymbionts and their
carpenter ant host species: proposal of the new taxon Canditatus Blochmania
gen. nov. 50:1877-1886. IJSEM.
- Brady, S.G., J. Gadau and P.S. Ward 2000 Is the ant genus Camponotus paraphyletic.
In: Hymenoptera: Evolution, Biodiversity and Biological Control" edited by
A. D. Austin & M. Dowton, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 468 pp
Homepage: http://www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/zoo2/gadau/gadau.html
Email:jgadau@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
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