List of works - Robert M. Waterhouse

A caspase-like decoy molecule enhances the activity of a paralogous caspase in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti

scientific article

A depauperate immune repertoire precedes evolution of sociality in bees

scientific article published on 24 April 2015

A massive expansion of effector genes underlies gall-formation in the wheat pest Mayetiola destructor.

scientific article published on 5 February 2015

A maturing understanding of the composition of the insect gene repertoire

article

A remarkably stable TipE gene cluster: evolution of insect Para sodium channel auxiliary subunits

scientific article

Anopheles mosquitoes reveal new principles of 3D genome organization in insects

scientific article published in 2022

Antennal transcriptome profiles of anopheline mosquitoes reveal human host olfactory specialization in Anopheles gambiae

scientific article

BUSCO applications from quality assessments to gene prediction and phylogenomics

scientific article

BUSCO: assessing genome assembly and annotation completeness with single-copy orthologs

scientific article

Big data and other challenges in the quest for orthologs

scientific article

Brain microRNAs among social and solitary bees

scientific article published on 08 July 2020

Brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), genome: putative underpinnings of polyphagy, insecticide resistance potential and biology of a top worldwide pest

scientific article published on 14 March 2020

Comparative Genome Analysis

article

Comparative genomic analysis of six Glossina genomes, vectors of African trypanosomes

scientific article published on 02 September 2019

Comparative genomics of insect immunity

scholarly article published 25 June 2009

Convergent evolution of venom gland transcriptomes across Metazoa

scientific article published on 04 January 2022

Correction for Chen et al., Genome sequence of the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, reveals insights into its biology, genetics, and evolution

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Correction for Kirkness et al., Genome sequences of the human body louse and its primary endosymbiont provide insights into the permanent parasitic lifestyle

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Correction for Mesquita et al., Genome of Rhodnius prolixus, an insect vector of Chagas disease, reveals unique adaptations to hematophagy and parasite infection

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Correction to: Genome-enabled insights into the biology of thrips as crop pests

scientific article published on 16 November 2020

Correlating traits of gene retention, sequence divergence, duplicability and essentiality in vertebrates, arthropods, and fungi

scientific article

CrowdGO: Machine learning and semantic similarity guided consensus Gene Ontology annotation

scientific article published on 13 May 2022

Developmental plasticity shapes social traits and selection in a facultatively eusocial bee

scientific article published on 29 May 2020

Discovery of Plasmodium modulators by genome-wide analysis of circulating hemocytes in Anopheles gambiae

scientific article

Discovery of high-confidence human protein-coding genes and exons by whole-genome PhyloCSF helps elucidate 118 GWAS loci

scientific article published on 19 September 2019

Draft Genome Assembly and Population Genetics of an Agricultural Pollinator, the Solitary Alkali Bee (Halictidae: )

article

Draft genome assembly and population genetics of an agricultural pollinator, the solitary alkali bee (Halictidae: Nomia melanderi)

article

DrosOMA: the Drosophila Orthologous Matrix browser

scientific article published in 2024

Enhanced genome assembly and a new official gene set for Tribolium castaneum

scientific article published on 14 January 2020

Erratum to: Genus-wide characterization of bumblebee genomes provides insights into their evolution and variation in ecological and behavioral traits

scientific article published on 20 May 2021

Evolutionary Dynamics of Abundant Stop Codon Readthrough

scientific article published on 07 September 2016

Evolutionary dynamics of immune-related genes and pathways in disease-vector mosquitoes

scientific article

Evolutionary landscape of mosquito viral integrations

Evolutionary superscaffolding and chromosome anchoring to improve Anopheles genome assemblies

scientific article published on 02 January 2020

Exploring new genomic territories with emerging model insects

scientific article published in 2022

Finding the missing honey bee genes: lessons learned from a genome upgrade

scientific article

Four myriapod relatives - but who are sisters? No end to debates on relationships among the four major myriapod subgroups

scientific article published on 04 November 2020

Functional and evolutionary insights from the genomes of three parasitoid Nasonia species

scientific article

Gene content evolution in the arthropods

scientific article published on 23 January 2020

Genome Sequencing of the Phytoseiid Predatory Mite Metaseiulus occidentalis Reveals Completely Atomized Hox Genes and Superdynamic Intron Evolution

scientific article

Genome analysis of a major urban malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles stephensi.

scientific article

Genome of Rhodnius prolixus, an insect vector of Chagas disease, reveals unique adaptations to hematophagy and parasite infection

scientific article

Genome of the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), a globally significant invasive species, reveals key functional and evolutionary innovations at the beetle-plant interface ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 11 November 2016)

Genome sequence of the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, reveals insights into its biology, genetics, and evolution

scientific article published on 19 October 2015

Genome sequence of the wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus, a primitive hymenopteran and wheat pest, illuminates evolution of hymenopteran chemoreceptors

Genome sequence of the wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus, representing an early-branching lineage of the Hymenoptera, illuminates evolution of hymenopteran chemoreceptors

scholarly article by Hugh M Robertson et al published 18 October 2018 in Genome Biology and Evolution

Genome sequences of the human body louse and its primary endosymbiont provide insights into the permanent parasitic lifestyle

scientific article

Genome-enabled insights into the biology of thrips as crop pests

scientific article published on 19 October 2020

Genomic Features of the Damselfly Calopteryx splendens Representing a Sister Clade to Most Insect Orders

scientific article

Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease

scientific article published on 9 February 2016

Genomic signatures accompanying the dietary shift to phytophagy in polyphagan beetles

scientific article published on 17 May 2019

Genus-wide characterization of bumblebee genomes provides insights into their evolution and variation in ecological and behavioral traits

scientific article published on 18 September 2020

Hemocyte-targeted gene expression in the female malaria mosquito using the hemolectin promoter from Drosophila

scientific article published on 24 February 2020

Horizontally acquired antibacterial genes associated with adaptive radiation of ladybird beetles

scientific article published on 14 January 2021

Insights Into an Unexplored Component of the Mosquito Repeatome: Distribution and Variability of Viral Sequences Integrated Into the Genome of the Arboviral Vector

scientific article published on 12 February 2019

Leucine-rich repeat protein complex activates mosquito complement in defense against Plasmodium parasites.

scientific article published on 05 March 2009

Leveraging evolutionary relationships to improve Anopheles genome assemblies

Long non-coding RNA discovery across the genus anopheles reveals conserved secondary structures within and beyond the Gambiae complex

scientific article published on 23 April 2015

Long-distance dispersal of pigeons and doves generated new ecological opportunities for host-switching and adaptive radiation by their parasites

scientific article published on 09 March 2022

Lucilia cuprina genome unlocks parasitic fly biology to underpin future interventions.

scientific article published on 25 June 2015

Molecular evolutionary trends and feeding ecology diversification in the Hemiptera, anchored by the milkweed bug genome

scientific article published on 02 April 2019

Mosquito biology. Evolution of sexual traits influencing vectorial capacity in anopheline mosquitoes

scientific article

Mosquito genomics. Extensive introgression in a malaria vector species complex revealed by phylogenomics

scientific article

Mosquito genomics. Highly evolvable malaria vectors: the genomes of 16 Anopheles mosquitoes

scientific article published on 27 November 2014

Mosquito saliva enhances virus infection through sialokinin-dependent vascular leakage

scientific article published on 08 June 2022

Multifaceted biological insights from a draft genome sequence of the tobacco hornworm moth, Manduca sexta.

scientific article published on 11 August 2016

Of Genes and Genomes: Mosquito Evolution and Diversity

scholarly article published by Livio Ruzzante in 2018

OrthoDB v8: update of the hierarchical catalog of orthologs and the underlying free software

scientific article

OrthoDB v9.1: cataloging evolutionary and functional annotations for animal, fungal, plant, archaeal, bacterial and viral orthologs

scientific article

OrthoDB: a hierarchical catalog of animal, fungal and bacterial orthologs

scientific article

OrthoDB: the hierarchical catalog of eukaryotic orthologs in 2011

scientific article

Pathogenomics of Culex quinquefasciatus and meta-analysis of infection responses to diverse pathogens

scientific article

Phylogenetic analysis of the oriental-Palearctic-Afrotropical members of Anopheles (Culicidae: Diptera) based on nuclear rDNA and mitochondrial DNA characteristics

scientific article published in January 2014

Phylogenomics and the evolution of hemipteroid insects

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Phylogenomics of the superfamily Dytiscoidea (Coleoptera: Adephaga) with an evaluation of phylogenetic conflict and systematic error

scientific article published on 26 February 2019

Rapid evolution of female-biased genes among four species of Anopheles malaria mosquitoes

article

Rapid evolution of female-biased genes among four species of Anopheles malaria mosquitoes.

scientific article

Recommendations for connecting molecular sequence and biodiversity research infrastructures through ELIXIR

scientific article published on 3 December 2021

Recommendations for connecting molecular sequence and biodiversity research infrastructures through ELIXIR

scientific article published in 2022

Sawfly genomes reveal evolutionary acquisitions that fostered the mega-radiation of parasitoid and eusocial Hymenoptera ⬇️

scientific article published on 22 May 2020

Scaffold assembly based on genome rearrangement analysis

scientific article published on 3 March 2015

Sequence-structure-function relations of the mosquito leucine-rich repeat immune proteins.

scientific article

Sequencing of Culex quinquefasciatus establishes a platform for mosquito comparative genomics

scientific article

Social evolution. Genomic signatures of evolutionary transitions from solitary to group living.

scientific article

Social insect genomes exhibit dramatic evolution in gene composition and regulation while preserving regulatory features linked to sociality

scientific article published on May 2013

The Aedes aegypti genome: a comparative perspective

scientific article published on February 2008

The ELIXIR Biodiversity Community: Understanding short- and long-term changes in biodiversity

scientific article published on 22 May 2024

The Genome of the Blind Soil-Dwelling and Ancestrally Wingless Dipluran Campodea augens: A Key Reference Hexapod for Studying the Emergence of Insect Innovations

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

The Genomic Basis of Arthropod Diversity

article published in 2018

The Glanville fritillary genome retains an ancient karyotype and reveals selective chromosomal fusions in Lepidoptera

scientific article

The Glossina Genome Cluster: Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Vectors of African Trypanosomes

The Novel Evolution of the Sperm Whale Genome

scientific article

The Novel Evolution of the Sperm Whale Genome

scientific article published on 01 April 2018

The SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics' resources: focus on curated databases

scientific article (publication date: 4 January 2016)

The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics

scientific article published in March 2022

The evolution of the Anopheles 16 genomes project

scientific article published on 08 July 2013

The genome of the blind soil-dwelling and ancestrally wingless dipluran Campodea augens, a key reference hexapod for studying the emergence of insect innovations

article

The genome of the model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum

scientific article

The genome of the stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, reveals potential mechanisms underlying reproduction, host interactions, and novel targets for pest control

scientific article published on 10 March 2021

The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization ⬇️

scientific article

The third International Workshop on Aedes albopictus: building scientific alliances in the fight against the globally invasive Asian tiger mosquito. ⬇️

scientific article published on 12 June 2017

Tick Genome Assembled: New Opportunities for Research on Tick-Host-Pathogen Interactions

scientific article

Towards Connecting Molecular Data and the Biodiversity Research Community: An ENA and ELIXIR biodiversity community perspective

scientific article published in 2022

Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome ⬇️

scientific article published on 2 February 2016

Using BUSCO to Assess Insect Genomic Resources

article

Using BUSCO to Assess Insect Genomic Resources

article by Robert M. Waterhouse et al published 10 November 2018 in Methods in Molecular Biology

List of works by Robert M. Waterhouse

A caspase-like decoy molecule enhances the activity of a paralogous caspase in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti

A depauperate immune repertoire precedes evolution of sociality in bees

A massive expansion of effector genes underlies gall-formation in the wheat pest Mayetiola destructor.

A maturing understanding of the composition of the insect gene repertoire

A remarkably stable TipE gene cluster: evolution of insect Para sodium channel auxiliary subunits

Anopheles mosquitoes reveal new principles of 3D genome organization in insects

Antennal transcriptome profiles of anopheline mosquitoes reveal human host olfactory specialization in Anopheles gambiae

BUSCO applications from quality assessments to gene prediction and phylogenomics

BUSCO: assessing genome assembly and annotation completeness with single-copy orthologs

Big data and other challenges in the quest for orthologs

Brain microRNAs among social and solitary bees

Brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), genome: putative underpinnings of polyphagy, insecticide resistance potential and biology of a top worldwide pest

Comparative Genome Analysis

Comparative genomic analysis of six Glossina genomes, vectors of African trypanosomes

Comparative genomics of insect immunity

Convergent evolution of venom gland transcriptomes across Metazoa

Correction for Chen et al., Genome sequence of the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, reveals insights into its biology, genetics, and evolution

Correction for Kirkness et al., Genome sequences of the human body louse and its primary endosymbiont provide insights into the permanent parasitic lifestyle

Correction for Mesquita et al., Genome of Rhodnius prolixus, an insect vector of Chagas disease, reveals unique adaptations to hematophagy and parasite infection

Correction to: Genome-enabled insights into the biology of thrips as crop pests

Correlating traits of gene retention, sequence divergence, duplicability and essentiality in vertebrates, arthropods, and fungi

CrowdGO: Machine learning and semantic similarity guided consensus Gene Ontology annotation

Developmental plasticity shapes social traits and selection in a facultatively eusocial bee

Discovery of Plasmodium modulators by genome-wide analysis of circulating hemocytes in Anopheles gambiae

Discovery of high-confidence human protein-coding genes and exons by whole-genome PhyloCSF helps elucidate 118 GWAS loci

Draft Genome Assembly and Population Genetics of an Agricultural Pollinator, the Solitary Alkali Bee (Halictidae: )

Draft genome assembly and population genetics of an agricultural pollinator, the solitary alkali bee (Halictidae: Nomia melanderi)

DrosOMA: the Drosophila Orthologous Matrix browser

Enhanced genome assembly and a new official gene set for Tribolium castaneum

Erratum to: Genus-wide characterization of bumblebee genomes provides insights into their evolution and variation in ecological and behavioral traits

Evolutionary Dynamics of Abundant Stop Codon Readthrough

Evolutionary dynamics of immune-related genes and pathways in disease-vector mosquitoes

Evolutionary landscape of mosquito viral integrations

Evolutionary superscaffolding and chromosome anchoring to improve Anopheles genome assemblies

Exploring new genomic territories with emerging model insects

Finding the missing honey bee genes: lessons learned from a genome upgrade

Four myriapod relatives - but who are sisters? No end to debates on relationships among the four major myriapod subgroups

Functional and evolutionary insights from the genomes of three parasitoid Nasonia species

Gene content evolution in the arthropods

Genome Sequencing of the Phytoseiid Predatory Mite Metaseiulus occidentalis Reveals Completely Atomized Hox Genes and Superdynamic Intron Evolution

Genome analysis of a major urban malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles stephensi.

Genome of Rhodnius prolixus, an insect vector of Chagas disease, reveals unique adaptations to hematophagy and parasite infection

Genome of the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), a globally significant invasive species, reveals key functional and evolutionary innovations at the beetle-plant interface ⬇️

Genome sequence of the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, reveals insights into its biology, genetics, and evolution

Genome sequence of the wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus, a primitive hymenopteran and wheat pest, illuminates evolution of hymenopteran chemoreceptors

Genome sequence of the wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus, representing an early-branching lineage of the Hymenoptera, illuminates evolution of hymenopteran chemoreceptors

Genome sequences of the human body louse and its primary endosymbiont provide insights into the permanent parasitic lifestyle

Genome-enabled insights into the biology of thrips as crop pests

Genomic Features of the Damselfly Calopteryx splendens Representing a Sister Clade to Most Insect Orders

Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease

Genomic signatures accompanying the dietary shift to phytophagy in polyphagan beetles

Genus-wide characterization of bumblebee genomes provides insights into their evolution and variation in ecological and behavioral traits

Hemocyte-targeted gene expression in the female malaria mosquito using the hemolectin promoter from Drosophila

Horizontally acquired antibacterial genes associated with adaptive radiation of ladybird beetles

Insights Into an Unexplored Component of the Mosquito Repeatome: Distribution and Variability of Viral Sequences Integrated Into the Genome of the Arboviral Vector

Leucine-rich repeat protein complex activates mosquito complement in defense against Plasmodium parasites.

Leveraging evolutionary relationships to improve Anopheles genome assemblies

Long non-coding RNA discovery across the genus anopheles reveals conserved secondary structures within and beyond the Gambiae complex

Long-distance dispersal of pigeons and doves generated new ecological opportunities for host-switching and adaptive radiation by their parasites

Lucilia cuprina genome unlocks parasitic fly biology to underpin future interventions.

Molecular evolutionary trends and feeding ecology diversification in the Hemiptera, anchored by the milkweed bug genome

Molecular evolutionary trends and feeding ecology diversification in the Hemiptera, anchored by the milkweed bug genome

Mosquito biology. Evolution of sexual traits influencing vectorial capacity in anopheline mosquitoes

Mosquito genomics. Extensive introgression in a malaria vector species complex revealed by phylogenomics

Mosquito genomics. Highly evolvable malaria vectors: the genomes of 16 Anopheles mosquitoes

Mosquito saliva enhances virus infection through sialokinin-dependent vascular leakage

Multifaceted biological insights from a draft genome sequence of the tobacco hornworm moth, Manduca sexta.

Of Genes and Genomes: Mosquito Evolution and Diversity

Of Genes and Genomes: Mosquito Evolution and Diversity

OrthoDB v8: update of the hierarchical catalog of orthologs and the underlying free software

OrthoDB v9.1: cataloging evolutionary and functional annotations for animal, fungal, plant, archaeal, bacterial and viral orthologs

OrthoDB: a hierarchical catalog of animal, fungal and bacterial orthologs

OrthoDB: the hierarchical catalog of eukaryotic orthologs in 2011

Pathogenomics of Culex quinquefasciatus and meta-analysis of infection responses to diverse pathogens

Phylogenetic analysis of the oriental-Palearctic-Afrotropical members of Anopheles (Culicidae: Diptera) based on nuclear rDNA and mitochondrial DNA characteristics

Phylogenomics and the evolution of hemipteroid insects

Phylogenomics of the superfamily Dytiscoidea (Coleoptera: Adephaga) with an evaluation of phylogenetic conflict and systematic error

Rapid evolution of female-biased genes among four species of Anopheles malaria mosquitoes

Rapid evolution of female-biased genes among four species of Anopheles malaria mosquitoes.