Journal articles


[Group members in bold]


F. Ruzicka, T. Connallon, M. Reuter (2021). Sex differences in deleterious mutational effects in Drosophila melanogaster: combining quantitative and population genetic insights. Genetics 219:iyab143.


L. Carnegie, M. Reuter, K. Fowler, N. Lane, M. F. Camus (2021). Mother's curse is pervasive across a large mitonuclear Drosophila panel. Evolution Leters 5:230-239.


M. D. Jardine, F. Ruzicka, C. Diffley, K. Fowler, M. Reuter (2021). A non-coding indel polymorphism in the fruitless gene of Drosophila melanogaster exhibits antagonistically pleiotropic fitness effects. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288:20202958


B. A. Taylor, A. Cini, C. D. R. Wyatt, M. Reuter*, S. Sumner* (2021). The molecular basis of socially mediated phenotypic plasticity in a eusocial paper wasp. Nature Communications 12:1-10. (* corresponding authors)


B. A. Taylor, A. Cini, R. Cervo, M. Reuter, S. Sumner (2020). Queen succession conflict in the paper wasp Polistes dominula is mitigated by age-based convention. Behavioral Ecology 31:992-1002.


M. F. Camus, J. Moore, M. Reuter (2020). Nutritional geometry of mitochondrial genetic effects on male fertility. Biology Letters 16:20190891.


M. F. Camus, M. Reuter, N. Lane (2019). Impact of mitonuclear interactions on life-history responses to diet. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 375:20190416.


M. F. Camus, M. W. D. Piper, M. Reuter (2019). Sex-specific transcriptomic responses to changes in the nutritional environment. eLife 8:e51601. [PDF] [Associated Insight article]


M. S. Hill, M. Reuter* and Alexander J. Stewart* (2019). Sexual antagonism drives the displacement of polymorphism across gene regulatory cascades. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286:20190660. (* corresponding authors) [PDF]


F. Ruzicka, M. S. Hill, T. M. Pennell, I. Flis, F. C. Ingleby, R. Mott, K. Fowler, E. H. Morrow, M. Reuter (2019). Genome-wide sexually antagonistic variants reveal longstanding constraints on sexual dimorphism in the fruit fly. PLoS Biology 17:e3000244. [PDF]


B. A. Taylor, M. Reuter and S. Sumner (2019). Patterns of reproductive differentiation and reproductive plasticity in the major evolutionary transition to superorganismality. Current Opinions in Insect Science 34:40-47. [PDF]


M. F. Camus, M. Reuter and K. Fowler (2018). Dietary choices are influenced by genotype, mating status and sex in Drosophila melanogaster. Ecology and Evolution 8:5385–5393. [PDF]


P. Samani and M. Reuter (2018). Genomic health in an asexual fish [News and Views]. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2:595–596. [PDF] 


M. F. Camus, K. Fowler, M. W. D. Piper and M. Reuter (2017) Sex- and genotype-effects on nutrient-dependent fitness landscapes in Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284:20172237. [PDF]


M. Reuter, M. F. Camus, M. S. Hill, F. Ruzicka and K. Fowler (2017). Evolving plastic responses to external and genetic environments (Forum). Trends in Genetics 33:169-170. [PDF]


J. M. Collet*, S. Fuentes*, J. Hesketh, M. S. Hill, P. Innocenti, E. H. Morrow, K. Fowler and M. Reuter (2016). Rapid evolution of the inter-sexual genetic correlation for fitness in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution 70:781-795. (* equal contribution) [PDF]


C. Mullon, A. Wright, M. Reuter*, A. Pomiankowski* and J. Mank (2015). Evolution of dosage compensation under sexual selection differs between X and Z chromosomes. Nature Communications 6:7720. (* corresponding authors) [PDF] [SI]


B. Lange, M. Reuter, D. Ebert, K. Muylaert and E. Decaestecker (2014). Diet quality determines interspecific parasite interactions in host populations. Ecology and Evolution 4:3093-3102. [PDF]


C. Mullon, M. Reuter* and L. Lehmann (2014). The evolution and consequences of sex-specific reproductive variance. Genetics 196:235-252. (* corresponding author) [PDF] [SI]


A. J. Stewart, R. M. Seymour, A. Pomiankowski and M. Reuter (2013). Under-dominance constrains the evolution of negative autoregulation in diploids. PLoS Computational Biology 9:e1002992. [PDF]


I. Nor, J. Engelstädter, O. Duron, M. Reuter, M.-F. Sagot and S. Charlat (2013). On the genetic architecture of cytoplasmic incompatibility: inference from phenotypic data. American Naturalist 182:E15-24. [PDF]


J. Hesketh, K. Fowler and M. Reuter (2013). Genetic drift in antagonistic genes leads to divergence in sex-specific fitness between experimental populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution 67:1503-1510. [PDF] [Supplementary figure]


C. Mullon, A. Pomiankowski and M. Reuter (2012). The effects of selection and genetic drift on the genomic distribution of sexually antagonistic alleles. Evolution 12:3743-3753. [PDF]


I. Nor, D. Hermelin, S. Charlat, J. Engelstädter, M. Reuter, O. Duron and M.-F. Sagot (2012). Mod/Resc parsimony inference: theory and application. Information and Computation 213:23-32. [PDF]


C. Mullon, A. Pomiankowski and M. Reuter (2012). Molecular evolution of Drosophila Sex-lethal and related sex determining genes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12:5. [PDF]


Abbott et al. [136 others] (2011). Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality. Nature 471:E1-4.


D. Reiss, Y. Zhang, A. Rouhi, M. Reuter* and D. L. Mager* (2010). Variable DNA methylation of transposable elements: the case study of mouse Early Transposons. Epigenetics 5:1-12. (* corresponding authors) [PDF]


M. Reuter, L. Lehmann and F. Guillaume (2008). The spread of incomaptibility-inducing parasites in sub-divided host populations. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:134. [PDF] [Appendix]


M. Reuter, J. Engelstädter, P. Fontanillas and L. D. Hurst (2008). A test of the null model for 5'UTR evolution based on GC-content. Molecular Biology and Evolution 25:801-804. [PDF]


L. Viljakainen, M. Reuter and P. Pamilo (2008). Wolbachia transmission dynamics in Formica wood ants. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:55. [PDF]


M. Reuter, J. Linklater, L. Lehmann, T. Chapman, K. Fowler and G. D. D. Hurst (2008). Adaptation to experimental alterations of the operational sex ratio in populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution 62:401-412. [PDF]


P. Fontanillas, D. Hartl and M. Reuter (2007). Genome organization and gene expression shape the distribution of transposable elements in the euchromatin of Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS Genetics 3:e210. [PDF]


M. Reuter, G. Bell and D. Greig (2007). Increased outbreeding in yeast in response to dispersal by an insect vector. Current Biology 17:r81-r82. [PDF]


Charlat, S., M. Reuter, E. A. Dyson, E. A. Hornett, A. Duplouy, N. Davies, G. K. Roderick, N. Wedell and G. D. D. Hurst (2007). Male-killing bacteria trigger a cycle of increasing male fatigue and female promiscuity. Current Biology 17:273-277. [PDF]


Lehmann, L., K. Bargum and M. Reuter (2006). An evolutionary analysis of the relationship between spite and altruism. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19:1507-1516. [PDF]


Helms, K. R., M. Reuter and L. Keller (2005). Sex-ratio conflict between queens and workers in eusocial Hymenoptera: mechanisms, costs, and the evolution of split colony sex ratios. Evolution 59:2626-2638. [PDF]


Chapuisat, M., C. Bernasconi, S. Hoehn and M. Reuter (2005). Nestmate recognition in the unicolonial ant Formica paralugubris. Behavioral Ecology 16:15-19. [PDF]


Reuter, M., J. S. Pedersen and L. Keller (2005). Loss of Wolbachia infection during colonisation in the invasive Argentine ant Linepithema humile. Heredity 94:364-369. [PDF]


Reuter, M., K. Helms, L. Lehmann and L. Keller (2004). Effects of brood manipulation costs on optimal sex allocation in social Hymenoptera. American Naturalist 164:E73-E82. [PDF]


Reuter, M., and L. Keller (2003). High levels of multiple infection and recombination of Wolbachia in the ant Formica exsecta. Molecular Biology and Evolution 20:748–753. [PDF]


Reuter, M., F. Balloux, L. Lehmann and L. Keller (2001). Kin structure and queen execution in the Argentine ant Linepithema humile. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 14:945-948. [PDF]


Keller, L., C. Liautard, M. Reuter, W. D. Brown, L. Sundström and M. Chapuisat (2001). Sex ratio and Wolbachia infection in the ant Formica exsecta. Heredity 87:227-233. [PDF]


Reuter, M., and L. Keller (2001). Sex ratio conflict and worker production in eusocial Hymenoptera. American Naturalist 158:166-177. [PDF]


Blanckenhorn, W. U., C. Mühlhäuser, C. Morf, T. Reusch and M. Reuter (2000). Female choice, female reluctance to mate and sexual selection on body size in the dung fly Sepsis cynipsea. Ethology 106:577-594. [PDF]


Blanckenhorn, W. U., C. Morf and M. Reuter (2000). Are dung flies ideal-free distributed at their ovisposition and mating site? Behaviour 137:233-248.


Blanckenhorn, W. U., M. Reuter, P. I. Ward and A. D. Barbour (1999). Correcting for sampling bias in quantitative measures of selection when fitness is discrete. Evolution 53:286-291. [PDF]


Reuter, M., P. I. Ward and W. U. Blanckenhorn (1998). An ESS treatment of the pattern of female arrival at the mating site in the yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria (L.). Journal of Theoretical Biology 195:363-370. [PDF]



Book and Proceedings chapters


I. Nor, D. Hermelin, S. Charlat, J. Engelstädter, M. Reuter, O. Duron and M.-F. Sagot (2010). Mod/Resc parsimony inference. Combinatorial Pattern Matching 2010, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6129:202-213. [arXiv]


Veneti, Z., M. Reuter, H. Montenegro, E. A. Hornett, S. Charlat and G. D. D. Hurst (2005). The Wolbachia paradigm. In The influence of cooperative bacteria on animal host biology, M. F. McFall Ngai, B. Henderson and N. G. Ruby (Eds), pp. 119-142. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK. [PDF]



Non peer-reviewed


M. Reuter (2008). The answers that lie in the shape of our genes. Commissioned book review of M. Lynch, The Origins of Genome Architecture. Times Higher Education.

Publications