Prof. Dr. Oliver Niehuis

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsBioinformatics and Theoretical Biology,General Genetics, Functional Genome Research,Systematics and Morphology (Zoology)
KeywordsBiology, Evolutionary biology, Genetics of speciation, Genomics, Phylogenetics

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityFreiburg
InstitutionAlbert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
InstituteArbeitsgruppe Evolutionsbiologie und Ökologie

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Robert E. PageSchool of Life Sciences, Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe
Prof. Dr. Jürgen GadauSchool of Life Sciences, Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2005

Programme(s)

2005Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2016C Mayer, M Sann, A Donath, M Meixner, L Podsiadlowski, RS Peters, M Petersen, K Meusemann, K Liere, JW Wägele, B Misof, C Bleidorn, M Ohl, O Niehuis BaitFisher: a software package for multispecies target DNA enrichment probe design. In: Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2016, 1875-1886
2016J Ruther, ÅK Hagström, B Brandstetter, J Hofferberth, A Bruckmann, F Semmelmann, M Fink, H Lowack, S Laberer, O Niehuis, R Deutzmann, C Löfstedt, R Sterner: Epimerisation of chiral hydroxylactones by short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases accounts for sex pheromone evolution in Nasonia. In: Scientific Reports, 2016, 34697
2016S Liu, X Wang, L Xie, M Tan, Z Li, X Su, H Zhang, B Misof, K Kjer, M Tang, O Niehuis, H Jiang, X Zhou: Mitochondrial capture enriches mito-DNA 100 folds enabling PCR-free mitogenomics biodiversity analysis. In: Molecular Ecology Resources, 2016, 470-479
2016M Niehuis, O Niehuis: Nachweise des Johannisbeer-Prachtkäfers (Agrilus ribesi Schaefer, 1946) in Bayern und Funde der Art in Pfälzerwald und am Haardtrand (Rheinland-Pfalz) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). In: Fauna und Flora in Rheinland-Pfalz, 2016, 489-494
2016T Pauli, L Vedder, D Dowling, K Meusemann, A Donath, L Podsiadlowski, RS Peters, C Mayer, S Liu, X Zhou, P Heger, T Wiehe, L Hering, G Mayer, B Misof, O Niehuis Transcriptomic data from arthropods shed new light on the evolution of insulator proteins in insects. In: BMC Genomics, 2016, 861
2015M Herrmann, O Niehuis: Erste Nachweise von Chrysis marginata aliunda Linsenmaier, 1959, in Deutschland und der Schweiz und Hinweise zum Wirt dieser sich ausbreitenden Goldwespe (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). In: Ampulex, 2015, 6-11
2015KM Kjer, JL Ware, J Rust, T Wappler, R Lanfear, LS Jermiin, X Zhou, H Aspöck, U Aspöck, RG Beutel, A Blanke, A Donath, T Flouri, PB Frandsen, P Kapli, AY Kawahara, H Letsch, C Mayer, DD McKenna, K Meusemann, O Niehuis, RS Peters, BM Wiegmann, DK Yeates, BM von Reumont, A Stamatakis, B Misof: INSECT PHYLOGENOMICS. Response to Comment on 'Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution'. In: Science, 2015, 487
2015M Wurdack, S Herbertz, D Dowling, J Kroiss, E Strohm, H Baur, O Niehuis, T Schmitt: Striking cuticular hydrocarbon dimorphism in the mason wasp Odynerus spinipes and its possible evolutionary cause (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae, Vespidae). In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2015, 20151777
2014G Reder, O Niehuis: Nachweise von Chrysura rufiventris (Dahlbom, 1854) in Deutschland und weitere bemerkenswerte Wespenfunde in Baden-Württemberg, Hessen und Rheinland-Pfalz (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). In: Ampulex, 2014, 5-12
2014B Misof, S Liu, K Meusemann, RS Peters, A Donath, C Mayer, PB Frandsen, J Ware, T Flouri, RG Beutel, O Niehuis, M Petersen, F Izquierdo-Carrasco, T Wappler, J Rust, et al.: Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution. In: Science, 2014, 763-767
2014RS Peters, K Meusemann, M Petersen, C Mayer, J Wilbrandt, T Ziesmann, A Donath, KM Kjer, U Aspöck, H Aspöck, A Aberer, A Stamatakis, F Friedrich, F Hünefeld, O Niehuis, RG Beutel, B Misof The evolutionary history of holometabolous insects inferred from transcriptome-based phylogeny and comprehensive morphological data. In: BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2014, 52
2013O Niehuis, J Büllesbach, JD Gibson, D Pothmann, C Hanner, NS Mutti, AK Judson, J Gadau, J Ruther, T Schmitt: Behavioural and genetic analyses on Nasonia shed light on the evolution of sex pheromones. In: Nature, 2013, 345-348
2013CA Desjardins, J Gadau, JA Lopez, O Niehuis, A Avery, DW Loehlin, S Richards, JK Colbourne, JH Werren: Fine scale mapping of the Nasonia genome to chromosomes using a high-density genotyping microarray. In: G3 Genes | Genomes | Genetics, 2013, 205-215
2013M Niehuis, O Niehuis: Fund des Großen Wespenbocks – Necydalis major (L., 1758) – in der Pfalz (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). In: Fauna und Flora in Rheinland-Pfalz, 2013, 1029-1034
2013JD Gibson, O Niehuis, BRE Peirson, EI Cash, J Gadau: Genetic and developmental basis of F2 hybrid breakdown in Nasonia parasitoid wasps. In: Evolution, 2013, 2124-2132
2013JD Evans, SJ Brown, KJ Hackett, G Robinson, S Richards, D Lawson, C Elsik, J Coddington, O Edwards, S Emrich, T Gabaldon, M Goldsmith, G Hanes, B Misof, M Muñoz-Torres, O Niehuis, A Papanicolaou, M Pfrender, M Poelchau, M Purcell-Miramontes, HM Robertson, O Ryder, D Tagu, T Torres, E Zdobnov, G Zhang, X Zhou: The i5K initiative: advancing arthropod genomics for knowledge, human health, agriculture, and the environment. In: Journal of Heredity, 2013, 595-600
2012H Pohl, O Niehuis, K Gloyna, B Misof, RG Beutel: A new species of Mengenilla (Insecta, Strepsiptera) from Tunisia. In: ZooKeys, 2012, 79-101
2012O Niehuis, G Hartig, S Grath, H Pohl, J Lehmann, H Tafer, A Donath, V Krauss, C Eisenhardt, J Hertel, M Petersen, C Mayer, K Meusemann, RS Peters, PF Stadler, RG Beutel, E Bornberg-Bauer, DD McKenna, B Misof: Erratum: Genomic and morphological evidence converge to resolve the enigma of Strepsiptera. In: Current Biology, 2012, 1388
2012O Niehuis, G Hartig, S Grath, H Pohl, J Lehmann, H Tafer, A Donath, V Krauss, C Eisenhardt, J Hertel, M Petersen, C Mayer, K Meusemann, RS Peters, PF Stadler, RG Beutel, E Bornberg-Bauer, DD McKenna, B Misof: Genomic and morphological evidence converge to resolve the enigma of Strepsiptera. In: Current Biology, 2012, 1309-1313
2012T Koevoets, O Niehuis, L van de Zande, L Beukeboom: Hybrid incompatibilities in the parasitic wasp genus Nasonia: negative effects of hemizygosity and the identification of transmission ratio distortion loci. In: Heredity , 2012, 302-311
2012G Hartig, RS Peters, J Borner, C Etzbauer, B Misof, O Niehuis: Oligonucleotide primers for targeted amplification of single-copy nuclear genes in apocritan Hymenoptera. In: PLoS ONE, 2012, e39826
2012BM von Reumont, RA Jenner, MA Wills, E Dell’Ampio, G Pass, I Ebersberger, B Meyer, S Koenemann, TM Iliffe, A Stamatakis, O Niehuis, K Meusemann, B Misof: Pancrustacean phylogeny in the light of new phylogenomic data: support for Remipedia as the possible sister group of Hexapoda. In: Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2012, 1031-1045
2011CR Smith, CD Smith, HM Robertson, M Helmkampf, A Zimin, M Yandell, C Holt, H Hu, E Abouheif, R Benton, E Cash, V Croset, CR Currie, E Elhaik, CG Elsik, MJ Favé, V Fernandes, JD Gibson, D Graur, W Gronenberg, KJ Grubbs, DE Hagen, AS Viniegra, BR Johnson, RM Johnson, A Khila, JW Kim, KA Mathis, MC Munoz-Torres, MC Murphy, JA Mustard, R Nakamura, O Niehuis, S Nigam, RP Overson, JE Placek, R Rajakumar, JT Reese, G Suen, S Tao, CW Torres, ND Tsutsui, L Viljakainen, F Wolschin, J Gadau: A draft genome of the red harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2011, 5667-5672
2011O Niehuis, J Büllesbach, A Judson, T Schmitt, J Gadau: Genetics of cuticular hydrocarbon differences between males of the parasitoid wasps Nasonia giraulti and Nasonia vitripennis. In: Heredity, 2011, 61-70
2011RS Peters, B Meyer, L Krogmann, J Borner, K Meusemann, K Schütte, O Niehuis, B Misof: The taming of an impossible child: a standardized all-in approach to the phylogeny of Hymenoptera using public database sequences. In: BMC Biology, 2011, 55
2010LW Beukeboom, O Niehuis, BA Pannebakker, T Koevoets, JD Gibson, DM Shuker, L van de Zande, J Gadau: A comparison of recombination frequencies in intraspecific versus interspecific mapping populations of Nasonia parasitoid wasps. In: Heredity, 2010, 302-309
2010JD Gibson, O Niehuis, BC Verrelli, J Gadau: Contrasting patterns of selective constraints in nuclear encoded genes of the oxidative phosphorylation pathway in holometabolous insects and their possible role in hybrid breakdown in Nasonia. In: Heredity, 2010, 310-317
2010JH Werren, S Richards, CA Desjardins, O Niehuis, J Gadau, JK Colbourne, LW Beukeboom, C Desplan, CG Elsik, CJ Grimmelikhuijzen, P Kitts, JA Lynch, T Murphy, DC Oliveira, CD Smith, L van de Zande, KC Worley, EM Zdobnov, et al.: Functional and evolutionary insights from the genomes of three parasitoid Nasonia species. In: Science, 2010, 343-348
2010J Kim, R Cunningham, B James, S Wyder, JD Gibson, O Niehuis, EM Zdobnov, HM Robertson, GE Robinson, JH Werren, S Sinha: Functional characterization of transcription factor motives using cross-species comparison across large evolutionary distances. In: PLoS Computional Biology, 2010, e1000652
2010J Canales-Delgadillo, L Scott-Morales, O Niehuis, J Korb: Isolation and characterization of nine microsatellite loci in the endangered Worthen's Sparrow (Spizella wortheni). In: Conservation Genetics Resources, 2010, 151-153
2010O Niehuis, J Korb: Isolation and characterization of seventeen polymorphic microsatellite markers in the cleptoparasitic cuckoo wasp Hedychrum nobile (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). In: Conservation Genetics Resources, 2010, 253-256
2010O Niehuis, JD Gibson, MS Rosenberg, BA Pannebakker, T Koevoets, AK Judson, CA Desjardins, K Kennedy, D Duggan, LW Beukeboom, L van de Zande, DM Shuker, JH Werren, J Gadau: Recombination and its impact on the genome of the haplodiploid parasitoid wasp Nasonia. In: PLoS ONE, 2010, e8597
2010B Ullrich, K Reinhold, O Niehuis, B Misof: Secondary structure and phylogenetic analysis of the Internal Transcribed Spacers 1 and 2 of bush crickets (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Barbitistini). In: Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 2010, 219-228
2010BA Pannebakker, O Niehuis, A Hedley, J Gadau, DM Shucker: The distribution of microsatellites in the Nasonia parasitoid wasp genome. In: Insect Molecular Biology, 2010, 91-98
2008O Niehuis, AK Judson, J Gadau: Cytonuclear genic incompatibilities cause increased mortality in male F2 hybrids of Nasonia giraulti and Nasonia vitripennis. In: Genetics, 2008, 413-426
2008CK Ellison, O Niehuis, J Gadau: Hybrid breakdown and mitochondrial dysfunction in hybrids of Nasonia parasitoid wasps. In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2008, 1844-1851
2008J Gadau, O Niehuis, A Peire, JH Werren, E Baudry, LW Beukeboom: The Jewel Wasp Nasonia. In: Wayne Hunter, Chittaranjan Kole, Genome Mapping and Genomics in Arthropods. Springer, 2008. 27-41
2007O Niehuis, B Misof: Die Evolutionsgeschichte der Rotwidderchen-Gattung Zygaena: Phylogenie, Wirtspflanzen-Assoziation, Biogeographie. In: Berichte des naturwissenschaftlich-medizinischen Vereins Innsbruck, Supplementum, 2007, 166
2007O Niehuis, A Hofmann, CM Naumann, B Misof: Evolutionary history of the burnet moth genus Zygaena Fabricius, 1775 (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data: phylogeny, host-plant association, wing pattern evolution, and historical biogeography. In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 501-520
2007O Niehuis, AK. Judson, JH Werren, W Hunter, PM Dang, SE Dowd, B Grillenberger, LW Beukeboom, J Gadau: Species diagnostic single-nucleotide polymorphism and sequence-tagged site markers for the parasitic wasp genus Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). In: Journal of Economic Entomology, 2007, 1033-1036
2007B Misof, O Niehuis, I Bischoff, A Rickert, D Erpenbeck, A Staniczek: Towards an 18S phylogeny of hexapods: Accounting for group-specific character covariance in optimized mixed nucleotide/doublet models. In: Zoology, 2007, 409-429
2006B Misof, O Niehuis, I Bischoff, A Rickert, D Erpenbeck, A Staniczek: A hexapod nuclear SSU rRNA secondary structure model and catalogue of taxon specific structural variation. In: Journal of Experimental Zoology, Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 2006, 70-88
2006O Niehuis O, S-H Yen, CM Naumann, B Misof: Higher phylogeny of zygaenid moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data and the evolution of cuticular cavities for chemical defense. In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2006, 812-829
2006O Niehuis, CM Naumann, B Misof: Identification of evolutionary conserved structural elements in the mt SSU rRNA of Zygaenoidea (Lepidoptera): a comparative sequence analysis. In: Organisms, Diversity & Evolution, 2006, 17-32
2006O Niehuis O, CM Naumann, B Misof: Phylogenetic analysis of Zygaenoidea SSU rRNA structural variation implies initial oligophagy on cyanogenic host-plants in larvae of the moth genus Zygaena (Insecta: Lepidoptera). In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2006, 367-381
2005B Misof, CFC Klütsch, O Niehuis, A Patt: Of phenotypes and genotypes: two sides of one coin in taxonomy?. In: Bonner zoologische Beiträge, 2005, 121-133
2004O Niehuis, JW Wägele: Phylogenetic analysis of the mitochondrial genes LSU rRNA and COI suggests early adaptive differentiation of anal teeth in chrysidine cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2004, 615-622
2003O Niehuis, CM Naumann, B Misof: Towards a molecular phylogeny of burnet moths. In: T Keil, VIII International Symposium on Zygaenidae, Dresden/Germany (09/10/03-09/14/03). 2003. 48
2001O Niehuis: Chrysididae. In: HH Dathe, A Taeger, SM Blank, Verzeichnis der Hautflügler Deutschlands (Entomofauna Germanica 4). 2001. 119-123
2001O Niehuis: Dr. h. c. Walter Linsenmaier 1917–2000. In: Carolinea, 2001, 167-170
2001O Niehuis: Goldwespen. In: Landesamt für Dankmalpflege Rheinland-Pfalz, Das Rheintal von Bingen und Rüdesheim bis Koblenz. Eine europäische Kulturlandschaft. Philipp von Zabern, 2001. 912-913
2001Niehuis O: In memoriam Dr. h. c. Walter Linsenmaier. In: Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 2001, 257-259
2000O Niehuis: A new species of Allocoelia Mocsáry, 1889 from South Africa. In: Beiträge zur Entomologie, 2000, 175-177
2000K Mandery, O Niehuis: Die Goldwespen (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) der Sammlung T. Schneid im Naturkundemuseum Bamberg. In: Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Bamberg, 2000, 45-59
2000O Niehuis: Ergebnisse molekular-systematischer Untersuchungen an Chrysididen (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). In: T Osten, Beiträge der Hymenopterologen-Tagung in Stuttgart (6.-8.10.2000). 2000. 14-15
2000Niehuis O: The European species of the Chrysis ignita group: Revision of the Chrysis angustula aggregate (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). In: Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 2000, 181-201
1998O Niehuis, M Herrmann: Bemerkenswerte Erstnachweise von Chrysididen für Baden-Württemberg. In: Mitteilungen des Internationalen Entomologischen Vereins, 1998, 33-40
1998O Niehuis: Hedychridium wahisi sp. n., a new cuckoo wasp from Italy. In: Beiträge zur Entomologie, 1998, 525-530
1998O Niehuis: Nachweise von Chrysis subcoriacea Linsenmaier, 1959 aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). In: Entomofauna, 1998, 405-407
1998O Niehuis: Rote Liste der Goldwespen (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). In: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Rote Liste der gefährdeten Tiere Deutschlands. 1998. 134-137
1998O Niehuis: Zum taxonomischen Status von Holopyga austrialis Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). In: Entomofauna, 1998, 408-417
1997M Niehuis, O Niehuis: Einige bemerkenswerte Insektenfunde in der Sammlung G. Reichling (Hymenoptera; Odonata; Saltatoria; Coleoptera). In: Fauna und Flora in Rheinland-Pfalz, 1997, 853-861
1997C Schmid-Egger, O Niehuis: Ergänzungen und Berichtigungen zur Stechimmenfauna von Rheinland-Pfalz. In: Bembix, 1997, 13-16
1997O Niehuis: Linsenmaier, W. (1997): Die Goldwespen der Schweiz. – Veröffentlichungen aus dem Natur-Museum Luzern, Nr. 9. 139 S. Luzern. In: Bembix, 1997, 51
1997O Niehuis, E Schneider: Nachweis von Gomphus flavipes (Charpentier) in Hessen (Anisoptera: Gomphidae). In: Libellula, 1997, 203-205
1997O Niehuis: Walter Linsenmaier feiert seinen 80. Geburtstag. In: Bembix, 1997, 6-7
1996O Niehuis: Eine neue nordafrikanische Goldwespe aus der Verwandtschaft der Chrysura candens (Germar, 1817). In: Mitteilungen des Internationalen Entomologischen Vereins, 1996, 105-110
1996O Niehuis, R Gauss: Zum Vorkommen von Elampus foveatus (Mocsáry, 1914) in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). In: Bembix, 1996, 16-17
1995C Schmid-Egger, S Risch, O Niehuis: Die Wildbienen und Wespen in Rheinland-Pfalz (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). Verbreitung, Ökologie und Gefährdungssituation. In: Fauna und Flora in Rheinland-Pfalz, Beiheft, 1995, 1-296
1995M Niehuis, O Niehuis: Freilandfunde der Südlichen Eichenschrecke – Meconema meridionale (Costa, 1860) – in Rheinland-Pfalz (Insecta: Saltatoria). In: Fauna und Flora in Rheinland-Pfalz, 1995, 1080-1083
1994O Niehuis, W Fluck: Nachweise der Furchenbiene Halictus pollinosus Sichel in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Insecta: Hymenoptera). In: Fauna und Flora in Rheinland-Pfalz, 1994, 471-476
1993M Niehuis, O Niehuis: Bienenfresser (Merops apiaster) brüten 1993 erstmals erfolgreich in Rheinland-Pfalz. In: Fauna und Flora in Rheinland-Pfalz, 1993, 210-213
1993M Niehuis, O Niehuis: Orpheusspötter (Hippolais polyglotta) brütet in der Südpfalz. In: Fauna und Flora in Rheinland-Pfalz, 1993, 218-220