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Nicky Wybouw

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53 Results

2026

Spiroplasma display an intricate continuum of infection heterogeneity and persistence in Myrmica ants

Diego Castillo FrancoThomas ParmentierTessa Van De WalleEmma Van ReemptsWouter DekoninckJonathan RomiguierNicky Wybouw

A1 Journal Article in MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

2025

Key questions for future research in Physiological Entomology

Thies H. BüscherArthur G. AppelTim LüddeckeVladimir KostalPedro F. ValeFiona ClissoldJosé L. MaestroHideharu NumataKenji TomiokaNicky Wybouw et al.

Editorial material

Lasius flavus ants protect root aphid eggs from predators and pathogens during winter hibernation

Thomas ParmentierNicky Wybouw

A1 Journal Article in ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE

Population genomics reveal multiple independent origins of pesticide resistance in the polyphagous pest, Tetranychus urticae

Lei ChenLi-Xue GuoHua-Meng ZhangXiao-Nan SunYu-Ting LiuJie JiWen-Xin XueNicky WybouwThomas Van LeeuwenXiao-Feng Xue et al.

A1 Journal Article in COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY

Reciprocal host-Wolbachia interactions shape infection persistence upon loss of cytoplasmic incompatibility in haplodiploids

Felipe Kauai PereiraNicky Wybouw

A1 Journal Article in EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS

Suppression of cytoplasmic incompatibility in the leaf-mining fly Liriomyza sativae with a nuclear Wolbachia insert

Yuta OhataTakafumi N. SugimotoNicky WybouwYohsuke Tagami

A1 Journal Article in ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE

2024

Adaptation of an arthropod predator to a challenging environment is associated with a loss of a genome-wide plastic transcriptional response

Sabina Bajda-WybouwNicky WybouwViet Ha NguyenPatrick De ClercqThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Co-habiting ants and silverfish display a converging feeding ecology

Thomas ParmentierRafael Molero-BaltanásCatalina ValdiviaMiquel Gaju-RicartPascal BoeckxPiotr ŁukasikNicky Wybouw

A1 Journal Article in BMC BIOLOGY

How insects work : linking genotype to phenotype

Toby BruceThies H. BüscherFiona ClissoldNicholas TeetsNicky Wybouw

Editorial material

Molecular basis and fitness costs of xenobiotic resistance in the polyphagous pest Tetranychus urticae

Christine NjiruThomas Van LeeuwenNicky Wybouw

2023

A salivary GMC oxidoreductase of Manduca sexta re-arranges the green leaf volatile profile of its host plant

Yu-Hsien LinJuliette J. M. SilvenNicky WybouwRichard A. FandinoHenk L. DekkerHeiko VogelYueh-Lung WuChris de KosterEwald Große-WildeMichel A. Haring et al.

A1 Journal Article in NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

Cardinium symbionts are pervasive in Iranian populations of the spider mite Panonychus ulmi despite inducing an infection cost and no demonstrable reproductive phenotypes when Wolbachia is a symbiotic partner

Nastaran Haghshenas-GorgabiNafiseh PoorjavdJahangir KhajehaliNicky Wybouw

A1 Journal Article in EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

Egg provisioning explains the penetrance of symbiont-mediated sex allocation distortion in haplodiploids

Nicky WybouwEmma Van ReemptsJens ZarkaFlore ZéléDries Bonte

A1 Journal Article in HEREDITY

Host adaptation and specialization in Tetranychidae mites

Kristie BruinsmaCristina RiojaVladimir ZhurovMaria Estrella SantamariaVicent ArbonaMarie NavarroMarc CazauxPhilippe AugerAlain MigeonNicky Wybouw et al.

A1 Journal Article in PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Incomplete reproductive barriers and genomic differentiation impact the spread of resistance mutations between green- and red-colour morphs of a cosmopolitan mite pest

Wenxin XueJing-Tao SunJohan WittersMarilou VandenholeWannes DermauwSabina Bajda-WybouwEba Alemayehu SimmaNicky WybouwErnesto Villacis PerezThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The complex II resistance mutation H258Y in succinate dehydrogenase subunit B causes fitness penalties associated with mitochondrial respiratory deficiency

Christine NjiruCorinna SaalwaechterKonstantinos MavridisJohn VontasSven GeibelNicky WybouwThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

The host plant strongly modulates acaricide resistance levels to mitochondrial complex II inhibitors in a multi-resistant field population of Tetranychus urticae

Christine NjiruMarilou VandenholeWim JonckheereNicky WybouwThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Transcriptomic plasticity in the arthropod generalist Tetranychus urticae upon long-term acclimation to different host plants (vol 8, pg 3865, 2018)

Simon SnoeckNicky WybouwThomas Van LeeuwenWannes Dermauw

2022

A H258Y mutation in subunit B of the succinate dehydrogenase complex of the spider mite Tetranychus urticae confers resistance to cyenopyrafen and pyflubumide, but likely reinforces cyflumetofen binding and toxicity

Christine NjiruCorinna SaalwaechterOliver GutbrodSven GeibelNicky WybouwThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Genomic diversity across the Rickettsia and ‘Candidatus Megaira’ genera and proposal of genus status for the Torix group

Helen R. DavisonJack PilgrimNicky WybouwJoseph ParkerStacy PirroSimon Hunter-BarnettPaul M. CampbellFrances BlowAlistair C. DarbyGregory D. D. Hurst et al.

A1 Journal Article in NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

Interacting host modifier systems control Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility in a haplodiploid mite

Nicky WybouwFrederik MortierDries Bonte

A1 Journal Article in EVOLUTION LETTERS

Intradiol ring cleavage dioxygenases from herbivorous spider mites as a new detoxification enzyme family in animals

Christine NjiruWenxin XueSander De RouckJuan M. AlbaMerijn R. KantMaksymilian ChruszczBartel VanholmeWannes DermauwNicky WybouwThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in BMC BIOLOGY

Structural and functional characterization of beta-cyanoalanine synthase from Tetranychus urticae

Leily DaneshianIsabella RenggliRyan HanawayLesa R. OffermannCaleb R. SchlachterShannon HenryRahul PrakashNicky WybouwWannes DermauwLinda S. Shimizu et al.

A1 Journal Article in INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Intersexuality in a natural population of the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber

Jens ZarkaThomas ParmentierNicky Wybouw

A1 Journal Article in ZOOKEYS

2021

High-resolution genetic mapping reveals cis-regulatory and copy number variation in loci associated with cytochrome P450-mediated detoxification in a generalist arthropod pest

Seyedeh Masoumeh FotoukkiaiiNicky WybouwAndre KurlovsDimitra TsakireliSpiros A. PergantisRichard M. ClarkJohn VontasThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in PLOS GENETICS

The G126S substitution in mitochondrially encoded cytochrome b does not confer bifenazate resistance in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae

Wenxin XueNicky WybouwThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

2020

Genetic basis of acaricide resistance : identification and characterization of the risk and mechanisms of resistance to bifenazate, acequinocyl, and the novel acaricide pyflubumide in Tetranychus urticae

Seyedeh Masoumeh FotoukkiaiiS.B.J. MenkenThomas Van LeeuwenNicky Wybouw

Genome streamlining in a minute herbivore that manipulates its host plant

Robert GreenhalghWannes DermauwJoris J. GlasStephane RombautsNicky WybouwJainy ThomasJuan M. AlbaEllen J. PrithamSaioa LegarreaRené Feyereisen et al.

A1 Journal Article in ELIFE

Identification and characterization of new mutations in mitochondrial cytochrome b that confer resistance to bifenazate and acequinocyl in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae

Seyedeh Masoumeh FotoukkiaiiZoë TanWenxin XueNicky WybouwThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Resistance risk assessment of the novel complex II inhibitor pyflubumide in the polyphagous pest Tetranychus urticae

Seyedeh Masoumeh FotoukkiaiiCatherine MermansNicky WybouwThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE

The physiology of movement

Steven GoossensNicky WybouwThomas Van LeeuwenDries Bonte

A1 Journal Article in MOVEMENT ECOLOGY

2019

Convergent evolution of cytochrome P450s underlies independent origins of keto-carotenoid pigmentation in animals

Nicky WybouwAndre KurlovsRobert GreenhalghAstrid BryonOlivia KosterlitzYuki ManabeMasahiro OsakabeJohn VontasRichard M ClarkThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Draft genome assembly of the false spider mite Brevipalpus yothersi

Denise NaviaValdenice M. NovelliStephane RombautsJuliana Freitas-AstuaRenata Santos de MendoncaMaria Andreia NunesMarcos A. MachadoYao-Cheng LinPhuong LEZaichao Zhang et al.

A2 Journal Article in MICROBIOLOGY RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS

Long-term population studies uncover the genome structure and genetic basis of xenobiotic and host plant adaptation in the herbivore Tetranychus urticae

Nicky WybouwOlivia KosterlitzAndre KurlovsSabina Bajda-WybouwRobert GreenhalghSimon SnoeckHuyen BuiAstrid BryonWannes DermauwThomas Van Leeuwen et al.

A1 Journal Article in GENETICS

Structural and functional characterization of an intradiol ring-cleavage dioxygenase from the polyphagous spider mite herbivore Tetranychus urticae Koch

Caleb R SchlachterLeily DaneshianJose AmayaVincent KlapperNicky WybouwTomasz BorowskiThomas Van LeeuwenVojislava GrbicMiodrag GrbicThomas M Makris et al.

A1 Journal Article in INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

2018

A massive incorporation of microbial genes into the genome of Tetranychus urticae, a polyphagous arthropod herbivore

Nicky WybouwThomas Van LeeuwenWannes Dermauw

A1 Journal Article in INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Fitness costs of key point mutations that underlie acaricide target-site resistance in the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae

Sabina Bajda-WybouwMaria RigaNicky WybouwStavrini PapadakiEleni OuranouSeyedeh Masoumeh FotoukkiaiiJohn VontasThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS

Kin competition accelerates experimental range expansion in an arthropod herbivore

Katrien Van PetegemFelix MoermanMaxime DahirelEmanuel A FronhoferMartijn L. VandegehuchteThomas Van LeeuwenNicky WybouwRobby StoksDries Bonte

A1 Journal Article in ECOLOGY LETTERS

Molecular characterization of pyrethroid resistance in the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae

Nena PavlidiAnastasia KampourakiVasilis TseliouNicky WybouwWannes DermauwEmmanouil RoditakisRalf NauenThomas Van LeeuwenJohn Vontas

A1 Journal Article in PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Transcriptomic plasticity in the arthropod generalist Tetranychus urticae upon long-term acclimation to different host plants

Simon SnoeckNicky WybouwThomas Van LeeuwenWannes Dermauw

A1 Journal Article in G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS

2017

Tetranychus urticae mites do not mount an induced immune response against bacteria

Gonçalo Santos-MatosNicky WybouwNelson E MartinsFlore ZéléMaria RigaAlexandre B LeitãoJohn VontasMiodrag GrbićThomas Van LeeuwenSara Magalhães et al.

A1 Journal Article in PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

2016

Life-history evolution in response to changes in metapopulation structure in an arthropod herbivore

Annelies De RoissartNicky WybouwDavid RenaultThomas Van LeeuwenDries Bonte

A1 Journal Article in FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The salivary protein repertoire of the polyphagous spider mite Tetranychus urticae: a quest for effectors

Wim JonckheereWannes DermauwVladimir ZhurovNicky WybouwJan Van den BulckeCarlos A VillarroelRobert GreenhalghMike GrbićRob C SchuurinkLuc Tirry et al.

A1 Journal Article in MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

2015

Empirically simulated spatial sorting points at fast epigenetic changes in dispersal behaviour

Katrien Van PetegemJulien PétillonDavid RenaultNicky WybouwThomas Van LeeuwenRobby StoksDries Bonte

A1 Journal Article in EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

The role of horizontally transferred genes in the xenobiotic adaptations of the spider mite Tetranychus urticae

Nicky WybouwPeter H van TienderenLuc TirryThomas Van Leeuwen

Tomato whole genome transcriptional response to Tetranychus urticae identifies divergence of spider mite-induced responses between tomato and Arabidopsis

Catherine MartelVladimir ZhurovMarie NavarroManuel MartinezMarc CazauxPhilippe AugerAlain MigeonM Estrella SantamariaNicky WybouwIsabel Diaz et al.

A1 Journal Article in MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

2014

A gene horizontally transferred from bacteria protects arthropods from host plant cyanide poisoning

Nicky WybouwWannes DermauwLuc TirryChristian StevensMiodrag GrbićRené FeyereisenThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in eLIFE

Bacterial origin of a diverse family of UDP-glycosyltransferase genes in the Tetranychus urticae genome

Seung-Joon AhnWannes DermauwNicky WybouwDavid HeckelThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Fitness maximization by dispersal : evidence from an invasion experiment

Dries BonteAnnelies De RoissartNicky WybouwThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in ECOLOGY

Reciprocal responses in the interaction between Arabidopsis and the cell-content feeding chelicerate herbivore spider mite

Vladimir ZhurovMarie NavarroKristie A BruinsmaVicent ArbonaM Estrella SantamariaMarc CazauxNicky WybouwEdward J OsborneCherise EnsCristina Rioja et al.

A1 Journal Article in PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

2013

A link between host plant adaptation and pesticide resistance in the polyphagous spider mite Tetranychus urticae

Wannes DermauwNicky WybouwStephane RombautsBjörn MentenJohn VontasMiodrag GrbićRichard M ClarkRené FeyereisenThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genome wide gene-expression analysis of facultative reproductive diapause in the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae

Astrid BryonNicky WybouwWannes DermauwLuc TirryThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in BMC GENOMICS

2012

A horizontally transferred cyanase gene in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae is involved in cyanate metabolism and is differentially expressed upon host plant change

Nicky WybouwV BalabanidouDJ BallhornWannes DermauwMike GrbićJohn VontasThomas Van Leeuwen

A1 Journal Article in INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY