Publications:

2013:

Jie Cheng, Till Czypionka, Arne W. Nolte. The genomics of incompatibility factors and sex determination in hybridizing species of Cottus (Pisces). Heredity. doi:10.1038/hdy.2013.76.

Stefan Dennenmoser, Arne W. Nolte, Steven M. Vamosi, Sean M. Rogers (2013) Conservation genetics of prickly sculpin (Cottus asper) at the periphery of its distribution range in Peace River, Canada. Conservation Genetics 14, 735-739.

Abbott R, Albach D, Ansell S, Arntzen JW, Baird SJE, Bierne N, Boughman J, Brelsford A, Buerkle CA, Buggs R, Butlin RK, Dieckmann U, Eroukhmanoff F, Grill A, Cahan SH, Hermansen JS, Hewitt G, Hudson AG, Jiggins C, Jones J, Keller B, Marczewski T, Mallet J, Martinez – Rodriguez P, Mo M, Mullen S, Nichols R, Nolte AW, Parisod C, Pfennig K, Rice AM, Ritchie GM, Seifert B, Smadja CM, Stelkens R, Szymura JM, Vainola R, Wolf JBW, Zinner D. (2013) Hybridization and speciation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26, 229-246.

2012:

Fabian Herder, Renny K. Hadiaty, Arne W. Nolte (2012) Pelvic-fin brooding in a new species of riverine ricefish (Atherinomorpha: Beloniformes: Adrianichthyidae) from Tana Toraja, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 60, 467–476.

Till Czypionka, Jie Cheng, Alexander Pozhitkov, Arne W. Nolte (2012). Transcriptome changes after genome wide admixture in invasive sculpins (Cottus). Molecular Ecology 21, 4797-810.

2011:

Arne W. Nolte (2011) Dispersal in the course of an invasion. Molecular Ecology 20, 1803–1804.

Kathryn C. Stemshorn, Floyd A. Reed, Arne W. Nolte, Diethard Tautz (2011) Rapid formation of distinct hybrid lineages after secondary contact of two fish species (Cottus spec.). Molecular Ecology 20, 1475–1491.

Sébastien Renaut, Arne. W. Nolte, Sean M. Rogers, Nicolas Derome, Louis Bernatchez (2011) SNP signatures of selection on standing genetic variation and their association with adaptive phenotypes along gradients of ecological speciation in lake whitefish species pairs (Coregonus spp.). Molecular Ecology 20, 545–559.

2010:

Julie Jeukens, Sébastien Renaut, Jérôme St-Cyr, Arne. W. Nolte, Louis Bernatchez (2010) The transcriptomics of sympatric dwarf and normal lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis spp., Salmonidae) divergence as revealed by next-generation sequencing. Molecular Ecology 19, 5389–5403.

Arne W. Nolte and D. Tautz (2010) Understanding the onset of hybrid speciation. Trends in Genetics 26, 54-58.

Sébastien Renaut, Arne W. Nolte, Louis Bernatchez (2010) Mining transcriptome sequences towards identifying adaptive Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in lake whitefish species pairs (Coregonus spp. Salmonidae). Molecular Ecology 19 (Suppl. 1), 115–131.

Louis Bernatchez, Sébastien Renaut, Andrew R. Whiteley, David Campbell, Nicolas Derome, Julie Jeukens, Lysandre Landry, Guoqing Lu, Arne W. Nolte, Kjartan Østbye, Sean M. Rogers, Jérôme St-Cyr. On the origins of species: Insights from the ecological genomics of whitefish. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 365, 1783-1800.

2009:

Arne W. Nolte, Zachariah Gompert, C. Alex Buerkle (2009) Variable patterns of introgression in two sculpin hybrid zones suggest that genomic isolation differs among populations. Molecular Ecology 18, 2615–2627.

Arne W. Nolte, Sébastien Renaut, and Louis Bernatchez (2009) Divergence in gene regulation at young life history stages of whitefish (Coregonus sp.) and the emergence of genomic isolation. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9:59.

Sébastien Renaut, Arne W. Nolte and Louis Bernatchez (2009) Gene expression divergence and hybrid misexpression between lake whitefish species pairs (Coregonus spp. Salmonidae). Molecular Biology and Evolution 26, 925-36.

2008:

Andrew R. Whiteley, Nicolas Derome, Sean M. Rogers, Jérôme St-Cyr, Jérôme Laroche, Aurélie Labbe, Arne Nolte, Sébastien Renaut, Julie Jeukens, and Louis Bernatchez (2008): The Phenomics and Expression Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping of Brain Transcriptomes Regulating Adaptive Divergence in Lake Whitefish Species Pairs (Coregonus sp.). Genetics 180, 147–164.

Jörg Bohlen, Jörg Freyhof, Arne Nolte (2008) Sex ratio and body size in Cobitis elongatoides and Sabanejewia balcanica (Cypriniformes; Cobitidae) from a thermal spring. Folia Zoologica 57, 191–197.

2007:

Rainer Sonnenberg, Arne W. Nolte, Diethard Tautz (2007) An evaluation of LSU rDNA D1-D2 sequences for their use in species identification. Frontiers in Zoology 4:6.

2006:

Arne W. Nolte, Jörg Freyhof, Diethard Tautz (2006) When invaders meet locally adapted types: rapid moulding of hybrid zones between two species of sculpins (Cottus, pisces). Molecular Ecology 15, 1983 – 1993.

Alex Pozhitkov, Peter A. Noble, Tomislav Domazet-Loso, Arne W. Nolte, Rainer Sonnenberg, Peer Staehler, Markus Beier, Diethard Tautz (2006). Tests of rRNA hybridization to microarrays suggest that hybridization characteristics of oligonucleotide probes for species discrimination cannot be predicted.  Nucleic Acids Research 34(9): e66.

Fabian Herder, Arne W. Nolte, Jobst Pfaender, Julia Schwarzer, Renny K. Hadiaty, Ulrich K. Schliewen (2006) Adaptive radiation and hybridization in Wallace's Dreamponds: evidence from sailfin silversides in the Malili Lakes of Sulawesi. Proceedings of the Royal Society Ser. B 273, 2209-2217.

2005:

Arne W. Nolte, Jörg Freyhof, Kathryn Stemshorn, Diethard Tautz (2005). An invasive lineage of sculpins, Cottus sp. (Pisces, Teleostei) in the Rhine with new habitat adaptations has originated by hybridization between old phylogeographic groups. Proceedings of the Royal Society Ser. B 272, 2379–2387.

Arne W. Nolte, David H. Sheets (2005). Shape based assignment tests suggest transgressive phenotypes in natural sculpin hybrids (Teleostei, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae). Frontiers in Zoology 2:11.

Arne W. Nolte, Kathryn C. Stemshorn, Diethard Tautz (2005). Direct cloning of microsatellite loci from Cottus gobio through a simplified enrichment procedure. Molecular Ecology Notes 5, 628–636.

Kathryn C. Stemshorn, Arne W. Nolte, Diethard Tautz (2005). A Genetic Map of Cottus gobio (Pisces, Teleostei) based on microsatellites can be linked to the Physical Map of Tetraodon nigroviridis. Journal Evolutionary Biology 18, 1619–1624.

Jörg Freyhof, Maurice Kottelat, Arne Nolte (2005) Taxonomic diversity of European Cottus with description of eight new species (Teleostei: Cottidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 16, 107–172.

2000:

Claudia C. Englbrecht, Jörg Freyhof, Arne Nolte, Kornelia Rassmann, Ulrich Schliewen, Diethard Tautz (2000) Phylogeography of the bullhead Cottus gobio (Pisces: Teleostei: Cottidae) suggests a pre-pleistocene origin of the major central European populations. Molecular Ecology 9, 709–722.

Additional publications:

Arne W. Nolte, Andreas Hartl, Jörg Freyhof (2005) Groppen, Koppen oder Kauzeköpp: viele Namen – viele Arten. In: Fisch des Jahres 2006 - Koppe (Cottus gobio). Hersg. Verband Deutscher Sportfischer e. V. Und Österrreichisches Kuratorium für Fischerei und Gewässerschutz, ISBN 3-9808390-8-7.

Jörg Bohlen, Arne Nolte (1999) Zur Fortpflanzungsbiologie der Familie Elassomatidae (Zwergschwarzbarsche). in: Riehl, R. & H. Greven (Eds.): Fortpflanzungsbiologie der Aquarienfische (2), Schmettkamp-Verlag, Bornheim: 69-78.

Arne Nolte (1999) Europäische Schmerlen. TI / Aquaristik Fachmagazin 147, Juni/Juli: 12.

Arne Nolte, Jörg Bohlen (1999) Ein reizender Zwergschwarzbarsch aus Alabama, Elassoma alabamae. DATZ 1/1999: 34-37.

Jörg Bohlen, Arne Nolte (1998) Die Barbe, Barbus barbus, in der Hunte. Drosera, naturkundliche Mitteilungen Norddeutschlands 98 (1): 79-82.

Arne Nolte (1996) Der Zwergflußkrebs Cambarellus shuffeldti. DATZ (9) 1996.

Jörg Bohlen, Arne Nolte (1993) Elassoma zonatum, E. okefenokee und E. evergladei – Lebensräume und vergleichende Beobachtungen. DATZ 46: 664-669.

Invited talks and oral presentations at meetings since 2008:

2013:

106. Meeting of the „Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft“ at LMU Munich (September 13 – 16th 2013). Invited speaker for symposium Evolutionary Biology II "Hybridization as an evolutionary motor in fishes".

Zoologisches Museum der Universität Hamburg (June 20th 2013). “Evolutionary change in a hybrid fish”.

EMBO/EMBL Symposium Evolution “New Model Systems for Linking Evolution and Ecology” EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (May 1 – 4th 2013). Contributed talk “Evolutionary change in a hybrid fish”.

2012:

9. GFI-Conference Düsseldorf (September 28 – 30th 2012). Invited speaker “Hybridisierung als Evolutionsmotor bei Groppen im Rhein“.

Museum für Tierkunde, Institut der Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturkunde in Dresden (August 12th 2012). „Adaptive evolution in an invasive fish of hybrid origin“.

105. Meeting of the „Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft“ Konstanz (21 – 24th September 2012). Contributed talk “Finding genes that count in a hybrid fish”.

Oxford Brookes University. Eco-Evo-Devo Postgraduate Summer School (August 5 – 11th 2012). Invited lecture and seminar “Adaptive evolution in an invasive fish of hybrid origin”.

Conference “Rapid evolution during biological invasions” Fribourg Ecology and Evolution Days 2012 (September 6-7th 2012). Invited speaker “Adaptive evolution in an invasive fish of hybrid origin”.

Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald, Institute symposium (June 16th 2012). „Finding genes that count in a hybrid fish“.

University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, population genetics seminar (June 5th 2012). “Finding genes that count in a hybrid fish“.

University of Tübingen, Germany. Ecology and Evolution Seminar (April 16th 2012). “Finding genes that count in a hybrid fish”.

DFG roundtable. Workshop on "Evolution and Biodiversity in a rapidly changing world" Lutherstadt Wittenberg, (March 12 – 14th 2012). Contributed talk “Finding genes that count in a hybrid fish”.

University of Bielefeld, “Biologisches Kolloquium” (January 11th 2012). “Finding genes that count in a hybrid fish“.

2011:

Lund University, Annual meeting of the GenEco graduate school in Tyringe (August 15 – 17th 2011). Invited speaker “Admixture and Genome clashes: sculpin hybrids in the River Rhine system”.

Center for Integrative Bioinformatics Vienna, University of Vienna (May 23rd 2011). “Genomic studies in an emerging hybrid species“.

Uppsala University, Sweden, Spring Workshop on QTL mapping (April 5 -7th 2011). Invited speaker “Transcriptome profiling and adaptive divergence”.

University of Bern, Switzerland, Population Genetics Seminar (March 14th 2011). “Admixture and genome clashes – sculpin hybrids in the River Rhine system”.

RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan, 20th CDB Meeting "Molecular Bases for Evolution of Complex Traits" (February 23 – 24th 2011). Invited speaker “Evolutionary Change in the Early Phase of Hybrid Speciation”.

Zoological Research Museum A. König, Bonn, Germany, Evolutionsbiologisches Kolloquium (WS 2010/2011, February 3rd 2011). “Admixture and genome clashes – sculpin hybrids in the River Rhine system”.

2010:

Leibniz-Institute for Evolution- und Biodiversity Research of the Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany (June 17th 2010). "Hybridisierung und Artbildung bei einheimischen Fischen".

University of Constance, Germany. Sonderforschungsbereich Bodenseelitoral (June 15th 2010). “Hybridization and speciation in sculpins (Cottus)”.

Kickoff - workshop for the “Fish stocking project” of the Leibniz-Institut for Freshwater Ecology and Inland fisheries (IGB) in Berlin. Germany (June 2 – 4th 2010). Invited speaker “A geneticist perspective on fish stocking”.

Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Québec City, Canada (May 9 -12th 2010). Contributed talk “The genomic makeup of a hybrid lineage of fish”.

Research Unit "Natural Selection in Structured Populations" Workshop: Next-Generation Sequencing: New Chances and Challenges for Evolutionary Genetics. L.M. University of Munich (March 10 – 12th, 2010). Invited speaker “Next generation sequencing as a means to access to the evolutionary genomics of non-model organisms”.

Biologisches Kolloquium of the University of Siegen (January 20th 2010). "Hybridisierung und Artbildung bei Groppen".

2009:

Centre of Ecology, Evolution and Biochemistry, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland (December 16th 2009). “Analyses of genetic introgression as a means to identify the basis of evolutionary divergence in sculpins”.

International Conference on Evolutionary Ecology of Fishes: Diversification, Adaptation and Speciation, Berlin, Germany (November 23 – 25th 2009). Contributed talk „Analyses of genetic introgression as a means to identify the basis of evolutionary divergence in sculpins“.

Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Libechov, Czech Republic (June 22nd 2009). “Differential gene flow as a means to identify functional differentiation”.

Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany (April 1st 2009). „Hybridisierung und Artbildung bei Fischen am Beispiel der einheimischen Groppe“.

2008:

American Fisheries Society, 138th Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Canada (August 17 – 21st 2008). Contributed talk “A transcriptomic view on whitefish population genetics “.

Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada (May 11 – 14th 2008). Contributed talk “Divergence in gene regulation at young life history stages of whitefish and the emergence of genomic isolation”.

University of Alaska Southeast/UAF, Juneau, Alaska, USA (April 17th 2008). “Landscape determinants of the evolutionary fate of hybrid sculpins (Cottus, Pisces) in the Rhine River”.