Publications
Publications and Current Preprints
Preprints
DOI Brand P, Keller K, Coleman RT, Eghbali NB, Zylka S, Prieto-Godino LL, Ruta V (2025) Ecological cues orchestrate concerted courtship in a Drosophila host specialist, bioRxiv preprint
DOI I. Ryba A, Brand P, Coleman RT, Greenfeld Y, Tsitohay YN, Hollunder F, Keller K, Hathiyari M, Wei T, Barbano PE, Ruta V (2025) Strain variation identifies a neural substrate for behavioral evolution in Drosophila, bioRxiv preprint
Peer-Reviewed
DOI Tom MT, Brand P, Bucks S, Zhang J, Escobar Huezo ME, Hansson BS, Bisch-Knaden S (2024) Gene expansion in the hawkmoth Manduca sexta drives evolution of food-associated odorant receptors. iScience 27(12):111317
DOI Matsunaga T*, Reisenman C*, Goldman-Huertas B*, Brand P, Miao K, Suzuki HC, Verster KI, Ramírez SR, Whiteman N (2022) Evolution of olfactory receptors tuned to mustard oils in herbivorous Drosophilidae. Molecular Biology and Evolution 39(2):msab362
DOI Fouks B, Brand P, Nguyen HN, Herman J, Camara F, Ence D, Hagen DE, Hoff KJ, Nachweide S, Romoth L, Walden KKO, Guigo R, Stanke M, Narzisi G, Yandell M, Robertson HM, Koeniger N, Chantawannakul P, Schatz MC, Worley KC, Robinson GE, Elsik CG, Rueppell O (2021) The genomic basis of evolutionary differentiation among honey bees. Genome Research 31(7):1203-1215
DOI Brand P, Hinojosa-Diaz I, Ayala R, Yurrita Obiols CL, Daigle M†, Eltz T & Ramirez SR (2020) The evolution of sexual signaling is linked to odorant receptor tuning in perfume-collecting orchid bees. Nature Communications 11:244.
DOI Brand P, Couto A, Larcher V, Sandoz JC & Ramirez SR (2018) Sexual dimorphism in visual and olfactory brain centers in the perfume-collecting orchid bee Euglossa dilemma (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Journal of Comparative Neurology 526(13): 2068-2077.
DOI Brand P*, Robertson HM*, Lin W, Pothula R, Klingeman WE, Jurat-Fuentes JL & Johnson BR (2018) The origin of the odorant receptor gene family in insects. eLife 7:e38340
DOI Yohe L* & Brand P* (2018) Evolutionary ecology of chemosensation and its role in sensory drive. Current Zoology 64(4): 525-533.
DOI Brand P, Lin W, Johnson B (2018) The draft genome of the invasive walking stick Medauroidea extradentata supports horizontal gene transfer and reveals the evolutionary dynamics of cell wall degrading enzymes in hemimetabolous insects. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 8(5): 1403-1408.
DOI Brand P & Ramírez SR (2017) The evolution of the olfactory receptor gene family in corbiculate bees. Genome Biology and Evolution 9(8): 2023-2036.
DOI Brand P, Saleh N, Pan H, Li C, Kapheim KM & Ramírez SR (2017) The Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genomes of the Facultatively Eusocial Orchid Bee Euglossa dilemma. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 7(9):2891-2898
DOI Dietz L*, Brand P*, Eschner LM, Leese F (2016) The mitochondrial genomes of the caddisflies Sericostoma personatum and Thremma gallicum (Insecta: Trichoptera). Mitochondrial DNA 27(5): 3293-3294.
DOI Brand P, Ramírez SR, Leese F, Quezada-Euan JJG, Tollrian R & Eltz T (2015) Rapid evolution of chemosensory receptors through divergent selection in a pair of sibling species of orchid bees (Apidae: Euglossini). BMC Evolutionary Biology 15:176.
DOI Rozenberg A, Brand P, Leese F, Rivera N, Schubart C (2015) Characterization of fossilized relatives of the White Spot Syndrome Virus in genomes of decapod crustaceans. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15:142.
DOI Lampert K, Pasternak V, Brand P, Leese F & Eltz T (2014): 'Late' male sperm precedence in polyandrous wool-carder bees, Anthidium manicatum L., and its possible role in the evolution of male resource defense in Hymenoptera. Animal Behaviour 90: 211-217.
DOI Leese F, Brand P*, Rozenberg A*, Mayer C, Agrawal S, et al. (2012) Exploring Pandora's Box: Potential and Pitfalls of Low Coverage Genome Surveys for Evolutionary Biology. PLoS One 7(11); e49202.
Other Publications (peer reviewed)
DOI Stitzer MC*, Brand P* (2018) Digest: Hybrid incompatibilities and introgression in wild monkeyflowers. Evolution 72(11): 2565-2566.