Publications

Titel	Cited by	Year
Gastrointestinal microbiota of sympatric pipefish (Syngnathus typhle) and stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) indicate trade-off associated with evolutionary … RF Schneider, J Peter, N Newrzella, SM Marten, I Tanger, O Roth BMC Ecology and Evolution		2026
The opsin repertoire of syngnathids (pipefish & seahorses) and its expression changes throughout development, season and between sexes in Syngnathus typhle T Pöpperl, E Burmeister, A Dubin, TM Schieberlein, O Roth, RF Schneider Hydrobiologia 853 (11), 3113-3130	1	2026
Parental fasting effects on offspring immune gene expression, epigenetic patterns, and gut microbiota in a species with male pregnancy (Syngnathus typhle) FA Pappert, N Newrzella, O Roth BMC biology 24 (1), 24		2026
Paternal microbiota manipulation influences offspring microbial colonization and development in a sex role-reversed pipefish KS Wagner, F Salasc, SM Marten, O Roth Scientific Reports 15 (1), 30911		2025
Evaluating Bacteriophage Impact on Vibrio Composition in the Gut of Broad‐Nosed Pipefish (Syngnathus typhle) J Parker, SM Marten, J Rajkov, FI Theising, A Dubin, O Roth Environmental Microbiology Reports 17 (4), e70125	2	2025
Sexual antagonism and sex determination in three syngnathid species alongside a male pregnancy gradient A Dubin, J Parker, A Böhne, O Roth Genome Biology and Evolution 17 (7), evaf103	4	2025
Surviving on limited resources: effects of caloric restriction on growth, gene expression and gut microbiota in a species with male pregnancy (Hippocampus erectus) FA Pappert, VA Wüst, C Fontanes Eguiguren, O Roth Molecular ecology 34 (9), e17754	4	2025
Climate challenges for fish larvae: Interactive multi-stressor effects impair acclimation potential of Atlantic herring larvae A Franke, T Bayer, C Clemmesen, F Wendt, A Lehmann, O Roth, … Science of the Total Environment 953, 175659	8	2024
Parent‐Specific Transgenerational Immune Priming Enhances Offspring Defense—Unless Heat Stress Negates It All RF Schneider, A Dubin, SM Marten, O Roth Ecology and Evolution 14 (11), e70552	5	2024
The effect of parental age on the quantity and quality of offspring in Syngnathus typhle, a species with male pregnancy FA Pappert, D Kolbe, A Dubin, O Roth Evolutionary Applications 17 (7), e13755	5	2024
Suboptimal environmental conditions prolong phage epidemics in bacterial populations H Goehlich, O Roth, M Sieber, CM Chibani, A Poehlein, J Rajkov, … Molecular ecology 33 (10), e17050	14	2024
Deep mining of the Sequence Read Archive reveals major genetic innovations in coronaviruses and other nidoviruses of aquatic vertebrates C Lauber, X Zhang, J Vaas, F Klingler, P Mutz, A Dubin, T Pietschmann, … PLoS pathogens 20 (4), e1012163	41	2024
Navigating sex and sex roles: deciphering sex-biased gene expression in a species with sex-role reversal (Syngnathus typhle) FA Pappert, A Dubin, GG Torres, O Roth Royal Society Open Science 11 (4), rsos. 231620	9	2024
The effects of primary and secondary bacterial exposure on the seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) immune response J Parker, SM Marten, TCÓ Corcora, J Rajkov, A Dubin, O Roth Developmental & Comparative Immunology 153, 105136	1	2024
The source of microbial transmission influences niche colonization and microbiome development IS Tanger, J Stefanschitz, Y Schwert, O Roth Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291 (2016), 20232036	28	2024
Syngnathid fishes: biology, ecology, physiology E Rose, O Roth, PR Teske Syngnathid Fishes: Biology, Ecology, Physiology, Conservation and Innovative …		2023
Syngnathid fishes: biology, ecology, physiology, conservation and innovative rearing techniques M Planas, M Gristina, J Palma, G Qin, E Rose, O Roth, PR Teske Frontiers in Marine Science 10, 1309683	3	2023
Sex and gender in infection and immunity: addressing the bottlenecks from basic science to public health and clinical applications C Pasin, CR Consiglio, JS Huisman, AMG de Lange, H Peckham, … Royal Society open science 10 (7), 221628	14	2023
Vibrio syngnathi sp. nov., a fish pathogen, isolated from the Kiel Fjord CM Chibani, R Hertel, M Neumann-Schaal, H Goehlich, K Wagner, … International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 73 (6), 005951	5	2023
A comparative analysis of the ontogeny of syngnathids (pipefishes and seahorses) reveals how heterochrony contributed to their diversification RF Schneider, JM Woltering, D Adriaens, O Roth Developmental Dynamics 252 (5), 553-588	21	2023
Immunological tolerance in the evolution of male pregnancy J Parker, A Dubin, R Schneider, KS Wagner, S Jentoft, A Böhne, T Bayer, … Molecular ecology 32 (4), 819-840	26	2023
Immunogenetic losses co-occurred with seahorse male pregnancy and mutation in tlx1 accompanied functional asplenia Y Liu, M Qu, H Jiang, R Schneider, G Qin, W Luo, H Yu, B Zhang, X Wang, … Nature Communications 13 (1), 7610	33	2022
Higher phage virulence accelerates the evolution of host resistance CC Wendling, J Lange, H Liesegang, M Sieber, A Poehlein, B Bunk, … Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 289 (1984), 20221070	31	2022
Comparative assessment of immunological tolerance in fish with natural immunodeficiency J Parker, O Roth Developmental & Comparative Immunology 132, 104393	8	2022
The Development and Fitness Consequences of Sex Roles Á Pogány, ET Krause, O Roth, V Bókony Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10, 912520		2022
Combining population genomics with demographic analyses highlights habitat patchiness and larval dispersal as determinants of connectivity in coastal fish species H Knutsen, D Catarino, L Rogers, M Sodeland, M Mattingsdal, M Jahnke, … Molecular Ecology 31 (9), 2562-2577	41	2022
Inflammation and convergent placenta gene co-option contributed to a novel reproductive tissue L Hilgers, O Roth, AW Nolte, A Schüller, T Spanke, JM Flury, IV Utama, … Current Biology 32 (3), 715-724. e4	17	2022
Characterization of pipefish immune cell populations through single-cell transcriptomics J Parker, NC Guslund, S Jentoft, O Roth Frontiers in Immunology 13, 820152	25	2022
Trans-Generational Plasticity O Roth, D Freitak Frontiers Media SA		2022
Genome rearrangements, male pregnancy and immunological tolerance – the curious case of the syngnathid immune system J Parker, A Dubin, O Roth Frontiers in Marine Sciences 10	12	2022
Cross-continental experimental infections reveal distinct defence mechanisms in populations of the three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus A Piecyk, MA Hahn, O Roth, NM Dheilly, DC Heins, MA Bell, M Kalbe Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288 (1959), 20211758	9	2021
Consequences of combining sex-specific traits V Revathi Venkateswaran, O Roth, CS Gokhale Evolution 75 (6), 1274-1287	6	2021
Pipefish locally adapted to low salinity in the Baltic Sea retain phenotypic plasticity to cope with ancestral salinity levels H Goehlich, L Sartoris, KS Wagner, CC Wendling, O Roth Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9, 626442	18	2021
Parental investment and immune dynamics in sex-role reversed pipefishes IS Keller, O Roth PLOS one 15 (9), e0228974	9	2020
Genomic variation among closely related Vibrio alginolyticus strains is located on mobile genetic elements CM Chibani, O Roth, H Liesegang, CC Wendling Bmc Genomics 21 (1), 354	43	2020
Evolution of male pregnancy associated with remodeling of canonical vertebrate immunity in seahorses and pipefishes O Roth, MH Solbakken, OK Tørresen, T Bayer, M Matschiner, HT Baalsrud, … Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (17), 9431-9439	118	2020
Why leveraging sex differences in immune trade‐offs may illuminate the evolution of senescence CJE Metcalf, O Roth, AL Graham Functional Ecology 34 (1), 129-140	56	2020
Filamentous phages reduce bacterial growth in low salinities H Goehlich, O Roth, CC Wendling Royal Society open science 6 (12), 191669	13	2019
Specificity of resistance and geographic patterns of virulence in a vertebrate host-parasite system A Piecyk, O Roth, M Kalbe BMC evolutionary biology 19 (1), 80	22	2019
Microbial embryonal colonization during pipefish male pregnancy A Beemelmanns, M Poirier, T Bayer, S Kuenzel, O Roth Scientific Reports 9 (1), 3	42	2019
The structure of temperate phage–bacteria infection networks changes with the phylogenetic distance of the host bacteria CC Wendling, H Goehlich, O Roth Biology letters 14 (11), 20180320	28	2018
Recent advances in vertebrate and invertebrate transgenerational immunity in the light of ecology and evolution O Roth, A Beemelmanns, SM Barribeau, BM Sadd Heredity 121 (3), 225-238	119	2018
Effects of parental care on resource allocation into immune defense and buccal microbiota in mouthbrooding cichlid fishes IS Keller, T Bayer, W Salzburger, O Roth Evolution 72 (5), 1109-1123	24	2018
Parental investment matters for maternal and offspring immune defense in the mouthbrooding cichlid Astatotilapia burtoni IS Keller, W Salzburger, O Roth BMC evolutionary biology 17 (1), 264	24	2017
Immunostimulatory effects of dietary poly‐β‐hydroxybutyrate in European sea bass postlarvae A Franke, C Clemmesen, P De Schryver, L Garcia‐Gonzalez, JJ Miest, … Aquaculture Research 48 (12), 5707-5717	42	2017
Draft genome sequence of Vibrio splendidus DSM 19640 CM Chibani, A Poehlein, O Roth, H Liesegang, CC Wendling Genome Announcements 5 (48), 10.1128/genomea. 01368-17	1	2017
Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate administration during early life: effects on performance, immunity and microbial community of European sea bass yolk-sac larvae A Franke, O Roth, PD Schryver, T Bayer, L Garcia-Gonzalez, S Künzel, … Scientific reports 7 (1), 15022	28	2017
Demography and genome divergence of lake and stream populations of an East African cichlid fish B Egger, M Roesti, A Böhne, O Roth, W Salzburger Molecular Ecology 26 (19), 5016-5030	26	2017
Selection by higher‐order effects of salinity and bacteria on early life‐stages of Western Baltic spring‐spawning herring M Poirier, L Listmann, O Roth Evolutionary Applications 10 (6), 603-615	17	2017
Trans‐generational plasticity in response to immune challenge is constrained by heat stress O Roth, SH Landis Evolutionary Applications 10 (5), 514-528	24	2017
Tripartite species interaction: eukaryotic hosts suffer more from phage susceptible than from phage resistant bacteria CC Wendling, A Piecyk, D Refardt, C Chibani, R Hertel, H Liesegang, … BMC evolutionary biology 17 (1), 98	44	2017
Variation of anal fin egg-spots along an environmental gradient in a haplochromine cichlid fish A Theis, O Roth, F Cortesi, F Ronco, W Salzburger, B Egger Evolution 71 (3), 766-777	27	2017
Grandparental immune priming in the pipefish Syngnathus typhle A Beemelmanns, O Roth BMC Evolutionary Biology 17 (1), 44	63	2017
Bacteria‐type‐specific biparental immune priming in the pipefish Syngnathus typhle A Beemelmanns, O Roth Ecology and evolution 6 (18), 6735-6757	31	2016
Biparental immune priming in the pipefish Syngnathus typhle A Beemelmanns, O Roth Zoology 119 (4), 262-272	61	2016
Female pipefish can detect the immune status of their mates SH Landis, J Sundin, G Rosenqvist, M Poirier, GØ Jørgensen, O Roth Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 69 (12), 1917-1923	6	2015
Experimental evolution of external immune defences in the red flour beetle G Joop, O Roth, P Schmid‐Hempel, J Kurtz Journal of evolutionary biology 27 (8), 1562-1571	51	2014
Male mate choice relies on major histocompatibility complex class I in a sex‐role‐reversed pipefish O Roth, J Sundin, A Berglund, G Rosenqvist, KM Wegner Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27 (5), 929-938	27	2014
Specific immune priming in the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi S Bolte, O Roth, EER Philipp, J Saphörster, P Rosenstiel, TBH Reusch Biology letters 9 (6), 20130864	28	2013
Immune-Related Functions of the Hivep Gene Family in East African Cichlid Fishes ET Diepeveen, O Roth, W Salzburger G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 3 (12), 2205-2217	15	2013
Early stimulation of the immune system of an important aquaculture fish species: Probiotic application in European sea bass juveniles: P-400 A Franke, O Roth, C Clemmesen Fish & Shellfish Immunology 34 (6), 1707	3	2013
Absence of major histocompatibility complex class II mediated immunity in pipefish, Syngnathus typhle: evidence from deep transcriptome sequencing D Haase, O Roth, M Kalbe, G Schmiedeskamp, JP Scharsack, … Biology letters 9 (2), 20130044	86	2013
Male pregnancy and biparental immune priming O Roth, V Klein, A Beemelmanns, JP Scharsack, TBH Reusch The American Naturalist 180 (6), 802-814	83	2012
Salinity change impairs pipefish immune defence SC Birrer, TBH Reusch, O Roth Fish & Shellfish Immunology 33 (6), 1238-1248	121	2012
Behavioral adjustments of a pipefish to bacterial Vibrio challenge SH Landis, J Sundin, G Rosenqvist, O Roth Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66 (10), 1399-1405	16	2012
Hosts are ahead in a marine host–parasite coevolutionary arms race: innate immune system adaptation in pipefish Syngnathus typhle against Vibrio phylotypes O Roth, I Keller, SH Landis, W Salzburger, TBH Reusch Evolution 66 (8), 2528-2539	65	2012
Consistent pattern of local adaptation during an experimental heat wave in a pipefish-trematode host-parasite system SH Landis, M Kalbe, TBH Reusch, O Roth PLoS One 7 (1), e30658	41	2012
Bateman’s principle and immunity in a sex‐role reversed pipefish O Roth, JP Scharsack, I Keller, TBH Reusch Journal of evolutionary biology 24 (7), 1410-1420	80	2011
Fostering students‘ inquiry skills: developmental time & offspring rates of flour beetles R Asshoff, O Roth The american biology Teacher 73 (4), 232-237	5	2011
A summer heat wave decreases the immunocompetence of the mesograzer, Idotea baltica O Roth, J Kurtz, TBH Reusch Marine Biology 157 (7), 1605-1611	72	2010
Paternally derived immune priming for offspring in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum O Roth, G Joop, H Eggert, J Hilbert, J Daniel, P Schmid‐Hempel, J Kurtz Journal of Animal Ecology 79 (2), 403-413	252	2010
Phagocytosis mediates specificity in the immune defence of an invertebrate, the woodlouse Porcellio scaber (Crustacea: Isopoda) O Roth, J Kurtz Developmental & Comparative Immunology 33 (11), 1151-1155	151	2009
The stimulation of immune defence accelerates development in the red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) O Roth, J Kurtz Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21 (6), 1703-1710	58	2008
Strain-specific priming of resistance in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum O Roth, BM Sadd, P Schmid-Hempel, J Kurtz Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276 (1654), 145	310	2008
Male-biased sex-ratio distortion caused by Octosporea bayeri, a vertically and horizontally-transmitted parasite of Daphnia magna O Roth, D Ebert, DB Vizoso, A Bieger, S Lass International Journal for Parasitology 38 (8-9), 969-979	26	2008
Sex-specific hormone signatures in four fish species with divergent reproductive strategies FA Pappert, O Roth Frontiers in Endocrinology 17, 1923972