Articles
Under review
Matthey-Doret C, van der Kooi C, Jeffries DL, Bast J, Dennis A, Vorburger C, Schwander T. Identification of complementary sex determination loci in a parasitoid wasp.
Bast J, Jaron S K, Schuseil D, Roze D, Schwander T 2018. Asexual reproduction drives the reduction of transposable element load . BioRxiv, 10.1101/501361
Jaron, S K Bast J, Ranallo-Benavidez T R, Robinson-Rechavi M, Schwander T 2018. Genomic features of asexual animals. BioRxiv, 10.1101/497495
Peer-Reviewed
Brandt A, Bast J, Scheu S, Meusemann K, Donath A, Schütte K, Machida R, Kraaijeveld K. 2019 No signal of deleterious mutation accumulation in conserved gene sequences of extant asexual hexapods . Scientific Reports, 9:5338
Parker DJ, Bast J, Jalvingh K, Dumas Z, Robinson-Rechavi M, Schwander T 2018.Repeated evolution of asexuality involves convergent gene expression changes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, msy217
Bast J, Parker DJ, Dumas Z, Jalvingh KM, Tran Van P, Jaron KS, Figuet E, Brandt A, Galtier N and Schwander T 2018. Consequences of asexuality in natural populations: insights from stick insects. Molecular Biology and Evolution, msy058
Featured in Nature Research Highlights: Sex pays off for stick insects despite costs
Brandt A, Schaefer I, Glanz J, Schwander T, Maraun M, Scheu S and Bast J 2017. Effective purifying selection in ancient asexual oribatid mites. Nature Communications, 8:873
Kraaijeveld K, Anvar Y, Frank J, Schmitz A, Bast J, Wilbrandt J, Petersen M, Ziesmann T, Niehuis O, de Knijff P, den Dunnen JT and Ellers J 2016. Decay of sexual trait genes in an asexual parasitoid wasp. Genome Biology and Evolution, evw273
Bast J, Schaefer I, Schwander T, Maraun M, Scheu S & Kraaijeveld K. 2016. No accumulation of transposable elements in asexual arthropods. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 33 697-706
Soria-Carrasco V, Gombert Z, Comeault AA, Farkas TE, Parchman TL, Johnson JS, Buerkle CA, Feder JL, Bast J, Schwander T, Egan SP, Crespi BJ, Nosil P. 2014. Stick Insect Genomes Reveal Natural Selection’s Role in Parallel Speciation. Science, 344 738-742
Flot J-F, Hespeels B, Li X, Noel B, Arkhipova I, Danchin EGJ, Hejnol A, Henrissat B, Koszul R, Aury J-M, Barthelemy R, Bast J, Bazykin GA, et al. 2013 et al. 2013. Genomic evidence for ameiotic evolution in the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga. Nature, 500 453-457.
Kraaijeveld K & Bast J 2012. Transposable element proliferation as a possible side effect of endosymbiont manipulations. Mobile Genetic Elements 2: 0–1.
Book Chapters
Jalvingh K, Bast J and Schwander T 2016. The evolution and maintenance of sex. In: Kliman R (Ed.); Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology. Oxford:Academic Press.
Kraaijeveld K & Bast J 2012. The genomic consequences of asexual reproduction. In: de Sousa F & Munévar G (Eds.); Sex, Reproduction and Darwinism. London, Pickering & Chatto.
Invited presentations
2018 Invited Seminar. University of Cologne, Germany. Talk: ‘The genomic consequences of asexual reproduction in natural populations‘
2017 Invited Seminar. University of Namur, Belgium. Workshop: ALPAGA – Genome evolution in asexual organisms. Talk: ‘Recent insights into ancient asexual mites’
2014 Invited Seminar. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology Ploen, Germany. Talk: ‘Patterns of long-term asexuality in oribatid mites’
2014 Invited Workshop. Nanjing Agricultural University, China. Workshop: Ecological and evolutionary methods at the service of plant protection
2014 Invited Workshop. University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Workshop: Genomics of Asexual Animals
2013 Invited Seminar. GEOMAR Kiel, Germany. Talk: ‘Oribatid mites as models for long-term maintenance of asexuality’
Conference contributions
2018. Evolution2018. Talk: ‘Asexual reproduction drives reduction of transposable element load’; Montpellier, France
2018. Jaques Monod conference. Talk: ‘Asexual reproduction drives reduction of transposable element load’; Roscoff, France
2016. Biology16. Talk: ‘No TE accumulation in asexual arthropods’; University of Lausanne, Switzerland
2014. DZG meeting. Talk: ‘Patterns of long-term asexuality in oribatid mites’; Georg-August University Goettingen, Germany
2012. 3rd International Conference/Workshop ‘Genomic Impact of Eukaryotic Transposable Elements’. Talk: ‘Comparing the transposable element load in sexual and asexual oribatid mites using whole genome information’. Asilomar, USA.
2011. ESEB 2011. Talk: ‘Transposable elements in sexual and asexual oribatid mites’. University of Tübingen, Germany