Articles

under review

• Jaron KS, Parker DJ, Anselmetti Y, Tran Van P, Bast J, Dumas Z, Figuet E, François CM, Hayward K, Rossier V, Simion P, Robinson-Rechavi M, Galtier N, Schwander T. 2020. Convergent consequences of parthenogenesis on stick insect genomes. bioRxiv

peer reviewed

• Jaron KS Bast J, Ranallo-Benavidez TR, Robinson-Rechavi M, Schwander T. 2020. Genomic features of parthenogenetic animals. J Hered esaa031 *shared first authorship

• Dennis AB, Ballesteros GI, Robin S, Schrader L, Bast J, Berghöfer J, Beukeboom LW, Belghazi M, Bretaudeau A, Buellesbach J, et al. 2020. Functional insights from the GC-poor genomes of two aphid parasitoids, Aphidius ervi and Lysiphlebus fabarum. BMC Genomics 21:376

2019

• Matthey-Doret C, van der Kooi C, Jeffries DL, Bast J, Dennis A, Vorburger C, Schwander T. 2019. Mapping of multiple complementary sex determination loci in a parasitoid wasp. Genome Biol. Evol. 11:2954–2962
• Parker DJ, Bast J, Jalvingh KM, Dumas Z, Robinson-Rechavi M, Schwander T. 2018. Sex-biased gene expression is repeatedly masculinized in asexual females. Nat. Commun.
• Bast J*, Jaron KS*, Schuseil D, Roze D, Schwander T. Asexual reproduction reduces transposable element load in experimental yeast populations. eLife 8:e48548 *shared first authorship
• 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. Sci. Rep. 9:5338

2018

• Parker DJ, Bast J, Jalvingh KM, Dumas Z, Robinson-Rechavi M, Schwander T. 2018. Repeated evolution of asexuality involves convergent gene expression changes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 36:350-364.
• Bast J, Parker DJ, Dumas Z, Jalvingh KM, Tran Van P, Jaron KS, Figuet E, Brandt A, Galtier N, Schwander T. 2018. Consequences of asexuality in natural populations: insights from stick insects. Mol. Biol. Evol. msy058. (Featured in Nature Research Highlights: Sex pays off for stick insects despite costs)

2017

• Brandt A, Schaefer I, Glanz J, Schwander T, Maraun M, Scheu S, Bast J. 2017. Effective purifying selection in ancient asexual oribatid mites. Nat. Commun. 8:873.

2016

• Kraaijeveld K, Anvar SY, Frank J, Schmitz A, Bast J, Wilbrandt J, Petersen M, Ziesmann T, Niehuis O, de Knijff P, et al. 2016. Decay of sexual trait genes in an asexual parasitoid wasp. Genome Biol. Evol. 8:3685–3695.
• Bast J, Schaefer I, Schwander T, Maraun M, Scheu S, Kraaijeveld K. 2016. No accumulation of transposable elements in asexual arthropods. Mol. Biol. Evol. 33:697–706.

2014

• Soria-Carrasco V, Gompert Z, Comeault A a., Farkas TE, Parchman TL, Johnston 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.

2013

• 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, [...], Van Doninck K. 2013. Genomic evidence for ameiotic evolution in the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga. Nature 500:453–457.

2012

• Kraaijeveld K, Bast J. 2012. Transposable element proliferation as a possible side effect of endosymbiont manipulations. Mob. Genet. Elements 2:5:253-356.

 

Book chapters

2020

• Hörandl E, Bast J, Brandt A, Scheu S, Bleidorn C, Cordellier M, Nowrousian M, Begerow D, Sturm A, Verhoeven K, Boenigk J, Friedl T, Dunthorn M. 2020. Genome Evolution of Asexual Organisms and the Paradox of Sex in Eukaryotes. In: Evolutionary Biology—A Transdisciplinary Approach. Springer International Publishing. pp. 133-167

2016

• Jalvingh K, Bast J, Schwander T. 2016. The Evolution and Maintenance of Sex. In: Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology. Oxford: Academic Press. p. 89–97.

2012

• Kraaijeveld K, Bast J. 2012. The genomic consequences of asexual reproduction. In: Sex, Reproduction and Darwinism. London: Pickering & Chatto.