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Publications in the last five years (out of >150 in total)

Sturmbauer, C., Berg, C. & J. Strauss (2018). Die biologisch-ökologische Perspektive auf Umwelt
und Gesellschaft in Österreich. Pp. 71-83 In: Winiwarter, V. (Ed.), Umwelt und Gesellschaft –
Herausforderung für Wissenschaft und Politik. KIOES Opinions 8 (2018): 1-104,
doi.org/10.1553/KIOESOP_008.

Irisarri, I., Singh, P., Koblmüller, S., Torres-Dowdall, J., Henning, F., Francini, P., Fischer, C.,
Lemmon, A. R., Moriarty-Lemmon, E., Thallinger, G. G., Sturmbauer, C. & A. Meyer (2018).
Anchored phylogenomics uncovers deep inter-tribal hybridizations in the Lake Tanganyika
cichlid radiation and highlights adaptive loci shaping species’ ecology. Nature Communications
(2918)9: 3159, doi.org/10.138/s41467-018-05479-9.

Koblmüller, S., Zangl, L., Börger, C., Daill, D., Vanhove, M. P. M., Sturmbauer, C & K. M. Sefc (2018).
Only true pelagics mix: Comparative phylogeography of deepwater bathybatine cichlids from
Lake Tanganyika. Hydrobiologia: doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3752-3.

Ahi, E. P., Singh P., Lecaudey L. A., Gessl W. & C. Sturmbauer (2018). Maternal mRNA input of
growth and stress-response-related genes in cichlids in relation to egg size and trophic
specialization. EvoDevo 9:23. doi.org/10.1186/s13227-018-0112-3.

Ahi, E. P., Singh, P., Duenser, A., Gessl, W. & C. Sturmbauer (2019). Divergence in larval jaw gene
expression reflects differential trophic adaptation in haplochromine cichlids prior to foraging.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 19:150. doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1483-3.

Lecaudey, L. A., Sturmbauer, C., Singh, P. & E. P. Ahi (2019). Molecular mechanisms underlying
nuchal hump formation in dolphin cichlid, Cyrtocara moorii. Scientific Reports 9: 20296.
doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56771-7.

Ahi, E. P., Duenser, A., Singh, P., Gessl, W. & C. Sturmbauer (2020). Appetite regulating genes may
contribute to herbivory versus carnivory trophic divergence in haplochromine cichlids. PeerJ
8:e8375. doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8375.

Zangl, L., Oberreiter, H., Huss, H., Stabentheiner, E., Sturmbauer, C., & S. Koblmüller (2020).
Discriminating larvae of two syntopic Cychramus species (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) by means
of bar-HRM analysis. Molecular Biology Reports: Molecular Biology Reports 47:8251–8257
doi.org/10.1007/s11033-020-05786-9.
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Fischer, C., Koblmüller, S., Börger, C., Michelitsch, G., Trajanoski, S., Schlötterer, C., Guelly, C.,
Thallinger, G. G. & C. Sturmbauer (2021). Genome sequences of Tropheus moorii and
Petrochromis trewavasae, two eco-morphologically divergent cichlid fishes endemic to Lake
Tanganyika. Scientific Reports 11:4309. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81030-z.

Kerschbaumer, M., Postl, L. & C. Sturmbauer (2021). Microevolutionary change in viscerocranial
bones under congeneric sympatry in the Lake Tanganyikan cichlid genus Tropheus.
Hydrobiologia: Advances in Cichlid Research V. doi.org/10.1007/s10750-021-04536-7.

Sonnleitner, S. T., Dorighi, J., Jansen, B., Schönegger, C., Gietl, S., Koblmüller, S., Sturmbauer, C.,
Posch, W. & G. Walder (2021). An in vitro model for assessment of SARS-CoV-2 infectivity by
defining the correlation between virus isolation and quantitative PCR value: Isolation success
of SARS-CoV-2 from oropharyngeal swabs correlates negatively with Cq value. Virology
Journal 18:71. doi.org/10.1186/s12985-021-01542-y.

Singh, P., Ahi, E.P., Sturmbauer, C., 2021. Gene coexpression networks reveal molecular
interactions underlying cichlid jaw modularity. BMC Ecol. Evol. 21, 1–17.
doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01787-9.

Sonnleitner, S. T., Prelog, M., Jansen, B., Rodgarkia-Dara, C., Gietl, S., Schönegger, C. M.,
Koblmüller, S., Sturmbauer, C., Posch, W., Almanzar, G., Jury, H., Nowotny, N. & G. Walder
(2021). Maintenance of neutralizing antibodies over ten months in convalescent SARS-CoV-2
afflicted patients. Transboundry and Emerging Diseases 2021.
doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14130.

Lecaudey, L. A., Singh, P., Sturmbauer, C. Duenser, A. Gessl, W. & E. P. Ahi (2021). Comparative
transcriptomics unravels molecular players shaping dorsal lip hypertrophy in the vacuum
cleaner cichlid, Gnathochromis permaxillaris. BMC Genomics 22, 506.
doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-07775-z.

Sturmbauer, C. (2021). Es lebe die Unordnung! In: (Un-)Ordnung in der Natur – Der Wandel zur
Wildnis. Schriften des Nationalparks Gesäuse 16, Nationalpark Gesäuse GmbH, Admont,
ISBN: 978-3-901990-18-2, Pp: 12–15.

Sonnleitner, S. Th., Sonnleitner, S., Hinterbichler, E., Halbfurter, H., Kopecky, D. B. C., Koblmüller,
S., Sturmbauer, C., Posch, W. &, Gernot Walder (2022). The mutational dynamics of the SARSCoV-
2 virus in serial passages in vitro. Virologica Sinica 2022.
doi.org/10.1016/j.virs.2022.01.029.

Schiemer, F., Aubrecht, G., Essl, F., Gusenleitner, F., Haring, E., Herzig, A., Kiehn, M., Komposch,
C., Lindner, R., Pöllinger, U., Sauberer, R., Scherzinger, W., Schlick-Steiner, B., Schön, B.,
Schroeck, C., Steiner, F., Sturmbauer, C., Tribsch, A., Winkler H. & K. P. Zulka (2022).
Dringende Erfordernisse zur Erhaltung und Förderung der österreichischen Biodiversität: Eine
Stellungnahme von Naturschutzexperten. Acta ZooBot Austria 158: 1-12.
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Wagner, M., Bračun, S., Duenser, A., Sturmbauer C., Gessl, W. & Ehsan Pashay Ahi (2022). Expression
variations in Ectodysplasin-A gene (eda) may contribute to morphological divergence of
scales in Haplochromine cichlids. BMC Ecology and Evolution 2022.
doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-01984-0.

Cruz-Laufer, A. J., Pariselle, A., Jorissen, M. W. P., Muterezi Bukinga, F., Al Assadi, A., Van
Steenberge, M., Koblmüller, S., Sturmbauer, C., Smeets, K., Huyse, T., Artois, T. & M. P. M.
Vanhove (2022). Somewhere I belong: Phylogenetic comparative methods and machine
learning to investigate the evolution of a species-rich lineage of parasites. Cladistics 38/4: 465-
512. doi.org/10.1111/cla.12506.

Sonnleitner, S. Th., Prelog, M., Sonnleitner, S., Hinterbichler, E., Halbfurter, H., Kopecky, D. B. C.,
Almanzar, G., Cvijanikic, A., Koblmüller, S., Sturmbauer, C., Posch, W. & Gernot Walder
(2022). Cumulative SARS-CoV-2 mutations and corresponding changes in immunity in an
immunocompromised patient indicate viral evolution within the host. Nature Communications
13/1:2560. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30163-4.

Zangl, L., Schäffer, S., Daill, D., Friedrich, T., Gessl, W., Mladinic, M., Sturmbauer, C., Wanzenböck,
J., Weiss, S. J. & S. Koblmüller (2022). A comprehensive DNA barcode inventory of Austria’s
fish and lamprey species. Plos One 17/6: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268694.

Singh, P., Irisarri, I., Torres-Dowdall, J., Thallinger, G. G., Svardal, H., Moriarty Lemmon, E.,
Lemmon, A. R., Koblmüller, S., Meyer, A. & C. Sturmbauer. (2022). Phylogenomics of
trophically diverse cichlids disentangles processes driving adaptive radiation and suggests
repeated parallelism of eco-morphologies. Ecology and Evolution 12/7:
doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9077.

Singh, P., Taborsky, M., Peichel, C. & C. Sturmbauer (2023). Genomic basis of Y-linked dwarfism in
cichlids pursuing alternative reproductive tactics. Molecular Ecology 32/7: 1-16.
doi.org/10.1111/mec.16839.

Dünser, A., Singh, P., Lecaudey, L., Sturmbauer, C., Albertson, R.C. & E. Ahi (2023). Conserved
molecular players involved in human nose morphogenesis underlie evolution of the
exaggerated snout phenotype in cichlids.

Univ.-Prof.Dr. Christian Sturmbauer

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