biologist

My ORCID is 0000-0001-8523-6888.

My Google Scholar Profile is here.

peer-reviewed

  1. Saul, F.*, Scharmann, M.*, Wakatake, T., Rajaraman, S., Marques, A., Freund, M., Bringmann, G., Channon, L., Becker, D., Carroll, E., Low, Y. W., Lindqvist, C., Gilbert, K. J., Renner, T., Masuda, S., Richter, M., Vogg, G., Shirasu, K., . . . Albert, V. & Fukushima, K. (2023). Subgenome dominance shapes novel gene evolution in the decaploid pitcher plant Nepenthes gracilis. Nature Plants https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01562-2 *co-first authorship

  2. Florez-Rueda, A. M.*, Scharmann, M.*, Roth, M., & Städler, T. (2021). Population genomics of the ’Arcanum’ species group in wild tomatoes: Evidence for separate origins of two self- compatible lineages. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.624442 *co-first authorship

  3. Jeffries, D. L., Gerchen, J. F., Scharmann, M., & Pannell, J. R. (2021). A neutral model for the loss of recombination on sex chromosomes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376(1832), 20200096. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0096

  4. Scharmann, M., Rebelo, A. G., & Pannell, J. R. (2021). High rates of evolution preceded shifts to sex-biased gene expression in Leucadendron, the most sexually dimorphic angiosperms. eLife, 10, e67485. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.67485

  5. Scharmann, M., Wistuba, A., & Widmer, A. (2021). Introgression is widespread in the radiation of carnivorous Nepenthes pitcher plants. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107214

  6. Wolf, E., Gaquerel, E., Scharmann, M., Yant, L., & Koch, M. A. (2021). Evolutionary footprints of a cold relic in a rapidly warming world. eLife, 10, e71572. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.71572

  7. Morgan, E. J., Kaiser-Bunbury, C. N., Edwards, P. J., Scharmann, M., Widmer, A., Fleischer- Dogley, F., & Kettle, C. J. (2020). Identification of sex-linked markers in the sexually cryptic coco de mer: Are males and females produced in equal proportions? AoB PLANTS, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plz079

  8. Scharmann, M., Grafe, T. U., Metali, F., & Widmer, A. (2019). Sex is determined by XY chromosomes across the radiation of dioecious Nepenthes pitcher plants. Evolution Letters, 3(6), 586-597. https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.142

  9. Lim, Y. S., Schöner, C. R., Schöner, M. G., Kerth, G., Thornham, D. G., Scharmann, M., & Grafe, T. U. (2015). How a pitcher plant facilitates roosting of mutualistic woolly bats. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 16(7), 581-591.

  10. Bauer, U., Scharmann, M., Skepper, J., & Federle, W. (2013). ’Insect aquaplaning’ on a superhydrophilic hairy surface: How Heliamphora nutans Benth. pitcher plants capture prey. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280(1753), 20122569. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2569

  11. Scharmann, M., & Grafe, T. U. (2013). Reinstatement of Nepenthes hemsleyana (Nepenthaceae), an endemic pitcher plant from Borneo, with a discussion of associated Nepenthes taxa. Blumea, 58, 8-12. https://doi.org/10.3767/000651913X668465

  12. Scharmann, M., Thornham, D. G., Grafe, T. U., & Federle, W. (2013). A novel type of nutritional ant-plant interaction: Ant partners of carnivorous pitcher plants prevent nutrient export by dipteran pitcher infauna. PLOS ONE, 8(5), e63556. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063556

other publications and preprints

  1. Scharmann, M. & Lenhard, M. (2024). Quick Guide: Heterostyly. Current Biology, in press.

  2. Scharmann, M., Metali, F., Grafe, T. U., & Widmer, A. (2023). Adaptive evolution of carnivory in Nepenthes pitcher plants: a comparative transcriptomics and proteomics perspective. bioRxiv preprint, 2023.01.07.523112. doi: 10.1101/2023.01.07.523112

  3. Scharmann, M., Metali, F., Grafe, T. U., & Widmer, A. (2023). Genomic evidence for rapid speciation and gene flow between sympatric carnivorous Nepenthes pitcher plants. bioRxiv preprint, 2023.01.07.522986. doi: 10.1101/2023.01.07.522986

  4. Poppinga, S., Alamsyah, F., Bauer, U., Fleischmann, A., Horstmann, M., Klink, S., Kruppert, S., Lin, Q., Muller, U., Northrop, A., Płachno, B. J., Prins, A., Scharmann, M., Sirova, D., Skates, L., Westermeier, A. & Ellison, A. M. (2018). What’s new in the world of carnivorous plants? The Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 47, 18–27.

  5. Scharmann, M. (2014). Special among a special flora - the carnivore Nepenthes pervillei. Kapisen 17, 18-19.

  6. Grafe, T. U., Goutte, S., Ahmadsah, H. H., Konopik, O., Scharmann, M., & Bauer, U. (2010). Updated check list of the amphibians of the Ulu Temburong National Park and Brunei Darus- salam. Scientia Bruneiana, 11, 53–59.

  7. Scharmann, M. (2010). Der Pulong Tau Nationalpark - Reise ins Herz von Borneo. Das Taublatt 67 & 68, 52-77 & 40-65.

coming soon …

  • Leucadendron genomics
  • Amsinckia genomics
  • Turnera genomics (with Joel Shore, York University)
  • Dianthus genomics (with ETH Zurich)