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Origin and function of beneficial bacterial symbioses in insects. Nature Reviews Microbiology (2025)
Few genetic loci control the green-brown color polymorphism in the meadow grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology (accepted)
: It runs in the family: Discovery of enzymes in the oleuropein pathway in Olive (Olea europaea) by comparative transcriptomics. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)
Marianna Boccia received the Beutenberg Campus Prize for the best doctoral thesis
The natural product chemist and Director at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena has been elected a member of the German National Academy of Sciences.
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