Names in bold are lab members.
Preprint & under review
32). P Veltsos, S Shinde, W-J Ma. (2024). Sex chromosome evolution: the classical paradigm and so much beyond. arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2408.12034
31). B. Augstenová, W-J Ma. (2024). Decoding Dmrt1: Insights into vertebrate sex determination and gonadal sex differentiation. arXiv: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.12060
30). E.A. Lucotte, P Jay, Q Rougemont, L Boyer, A Cornille, A Snick, A Labat, E Chain, M Duhamel, J Gendelman, W-J Ma, R K Hayes, M.H. Berlin M.E. Hood, R.C. Rodriguez de la Vega, T Giraud. (2024). Repeated loss of function at HD mating-type genes and of recombination suppression without mating-type locus linkage in anther-smut fungi. Under review. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1101/2024.03.03.583181
Peer-reviewed publications since 2023 at VUB
29). P Veltsos, LJ Madrigal-Roca, JK Kelly (2024) Testing the evolutionary theory of inversion polymorphisms in the yellow monkey flower (Mimulus guttatus). Nature Communications 15: 10397.
28). P Veltsos, JK Kelly (2024) The quantitative genetics of gene expression in Mimulus guttatus. PLoS Genetics 20(4): e1011072.
27). P Veltsos, S Shinde, W-J Ma. (2024). Sex chromosome evolution: the classical paradigm and so much beyond. Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology. In press.
Earlier publications
26). W-J Ma, M Rovatsos. (2022). Sex chromosome evolution: the remarkable diversity in the evolutionary rates and mechanisms. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 35: 1581-1588 (IF=2.516, citation=5)
25). W-J Ma, K. Brunsell, E. Knoles, MM. Schoaib, RL Unckless (2022). Hoisted with his own petard: how sex-ratio meiotic drive in Drosophila affinis creates resistance alleles that limit its spread. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 35: 1765-1776 PDF [DOI] (IF=2.516, citation=5)
24). W-J Ma, P Veltsos (2021). The diversity and evolution of sex chromosomes in frogs. Genes 12: 483. PDF [DOI](IF=4.141, citations=38)
23). W-J Ma, BA Pannebakker, X Li, E Geyverink, SY Anvar, P Veltsos, T Schwander, L van de Zande, LW Beukeboom. (2021). A single QTL with large effect is associated with female functional virginity in an asexual parasitoid wasp. Molecular Ecology 30: 1979-1992. PDF [DOI] (IF=6.131, citations=13)
doi: 10.1111/mec.15863
22). W-J Ma, F Carpentier, T Giraud, M Hood. (2020). Differential gene expression between fungal mating types is associated with sequence degeneration. Genome Biology and Evolution 12:234-258 PDF [DOI] (IF=3.726, citations=10)
21). FE Hartmann*, W-J Ma*. (2020). Digest: Climate plays margical role for homomorphic sex chromosome differentiation in common frogs. *Equal contribution. Evolution 74: 690-693. PDF [DOI] (IF=4.201, citations=2).
20). Veltsos, N Rodrigues, T Studer, W-J Ma, R Sermier, J Leuenberger, N Perrin. (2020). No evidence that Y-chromosome differentiation affects male fitness in a Swiss population of common frogs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33: 401-409. PDF [DOI] (IF=2.792, citations=16)
19). FE Hartmann, RC Rodríguez de la Vega, P Gladieux, W-J Ma, ME Hood, T Giraud. (2019). Higher gene flow in sex-related chromosomes than in autosomes during fungal divergence. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msz252 Molecular Biology and Evolution 37: 668-682. PDF [DOI] (IF=14.797, citations=24)
18). W-J Ma, L Santos del Blanco, JR Pannell. (2019).A new biological species in the Mercurialis annua polyploid complex: functional divergence inflorescence morphology and hybrid sterility. Annals of Botany 124: 165-178. PDF [DOI] (IF=4.041, citations=4)
17). W-J Ma, P Veltsos, R Sermier, D Parker, N Perrin. (2018). Evolutionary and developmental dynamics of sex-biased gene expressions in the common frogs with proto-Y chromosomes. Genome Biology 19: 156. (IF=13.214, citations=35) PDF [DOI]
16). DL Jeffries, G Lavanchy, R Sermier, MJ. Sredl, I Miura, A Borzée, LN Barrow, D Canestrelli, P-A Crochet, C Dufresnes, J Fu, W-J Ma, C Macías Garcia, K Ghali, AG Nicieza, RP O’Donnell, N Rodrigues, A Romano, Í Martínez-Solano, I Stepanyan, S Zumbach, A Bresfold, N Perrin. (2018). A rapid rate of sex-chromosome turnover and non-random transitions in true frogs. Nature Communications 9: 4088. (IF=11.880, citations=170) PDF [DOI]
15). W-J Ma*, P Veltsos*, M Toups*, R Sermier, DL Jeffries, N Perrin. (2018). Tissue specificity and dynamics of sex-biased gene expression in a common frog population with differentiated sex chromosomes. Genes 9: 294. (* co-first authors). (IF=4.141, citations=30) PDF [PubMed] [DOI]
14). N Rodrigues, T Studer, C Dufresnes, W-J Ma, P Veltsos, N Perrin. (2017). Dmrt1 polymorphism and sex chromosome differentiation in Rana temporaria. Molecular Ecology 26: 4897-4905. PDF [PubMed] [DOI](IF=6.131, citations=34)
13). W-J Ma, T Schwander. (2017). Patterns and mechanisms in instances of endosymbiont-induced parthenogenesis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30: 868-888. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=2.792, citations=116)
12). W-J Ma, N Rodrigues, R Sermier,A Brelsford, N Perrin. (2016). Dmrt1 polymorphism covaries with sex-determination patterns in Rana temporaria. Ecology and Evolution 30: 5107-5117. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=2.537, citation=28)
11). W-J Ma, JR Pannell. (2016). Separate sexes are a double turnoff in melons. Current Biology 26: R171-174. PDF [PubMed] [DOI](IF=9.193, citation=15)
10). W-J Ma, BA Pannebakker, L van de Zande, T Schwander, B Wertheim, LW Beukeboom. (2015). Diploid males support a two-step mechanism for endosymbiont-induced thelytoky in a parasitoid wasp. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 84. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=3.027, citation=54)
9). W-J Ma, BA Pannebakker, LW Beukeboom, T Schwander, L van de Zande. (2014).Genetics of decayed sexual traits in a parasitoid wasp with endosymbiont-induced parthenogenesis. Heredity 113: 424-431. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=3.801, citation=16)
8). W-J Ma, B Kuijper, JG de Boer, L van de Zande, LW Beukeboom, B Wertheim, BA Pannebakker. (2013). Absence of complementary sex determination in the parasitoid wasp genus Asobara (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). PLoS ONE 8: e60458. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=2.776, citation=24)
7). W-J Ma, F Vavre, LW Beukeboom. (2013). Manipulation of arthropod sex determination by endosymbionts: diversity and molecular mechanisms. Sexual Development 8: 59-73. DOI:10.1159/000357024. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=2.250, citation=68)
6). W-J Ma, D-R Yang, Y-Q Peng. (2009). Disturbance effects on community structure of fig wasp in Ficus tinctoriain Xishuangbanna, China: implication for the fig/fig wasp mutualism. Insect Science 16: 417-424. PDF [WoS] [DOI] (IF=2.71, citation=9)
5). W-J Ma, F-P Zhang, Y-Q Peng, D-R Yang (2009). Comparison of style length and reproduction success in Ficus of different breeding systems. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology 33: 911-918. PDF [DOI] (IF=2.541, citation=5)
4). W-J Ma, Y-Q Peng, D-R Yang, J-M Guan. (2009). Coevolution of reproductive characteristics in three dioecious fig species and their pollinator wasps. Symbiosis 49: 87-94. PDF [DOI] (IF=2.009, citation=14)
3). W-J Ma, Y-Q Peng, D-R Yang. (2009). Variation of reproduction success in Ficus tinctoria and the implication in fig evolution. Proceedings of the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Yunnan Insect Society: 139-145. [DOI]
PhD thesis and chapter
2). W-J Ma. (2014). Evolutionary Genetics of Wolbachia-induced Parthenogenesis in the Parasitoid Asobara japonica: Sex Determination and Sexual Decay. PhD thesis.University of Groningen. The Netherlands. PDF Part1 PDF Part2 [DOI] (citation=3)
1). E Geuverink, M van Leussen, W-J Ma, LW Beukeboom, L van de Zande. (2017). Identification, sex-specific splicing and maternal provision of transformerand transformer-2 in arrhenotokous and Wolbachia-infected thelytokous Asobara japonica.Chapter 6. Parental and Endosymbiont Effects on Sex Determination in Haplodiploid Wasps-Who is in Control? PhD thesis (E. Geuverink). University of Groningen, The Netherlands. PDF [DOI]
Preprint & under review
32). P Veltsos, S Shinde, W-J Ma. (2024). Sex chromosome evolution: the classical paradigm and so much beyond. arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2408.12034
31). B. Augstenová, W-J Ma. (2024). Decoding Dmrt1: Insights into vertebrate sex determination and gonadal sex differentiation. arXiv: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.12060
30). E.A. Lucotte, P Jay, Q Rougemont, L Boyer, A Cornille, A Snick, A Labat, E Chain, M Duhamel, J Gendelman, W-J Ma, R K Hayes, M.H. Berlin M.E. Hood, R.C. Rodriguez de la Vega, T Giraud. (2024). Repeated loss of function at HD mating-type genes and of recombination suppression without mating-type locus linkage in anther-smut fungi. Under review. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1101/2024.03.03.583181
Peer-reviewed publications since 2023 at VUB
29). P Veltsos, LJ Madrigal-Roca, JK Kelly (2024) Testing the evolutionary theory of inversion polymorphisms in the yellow monkey flower (Mimulus guttatus). Nature Communications 15: 10397.
28). P Veltsos, JK Kelly (2024) The quantitative genetics of gene expression in Mimulus guttatus. PLoS Genetics 20(4): e1011072.
27). P Veltsos, S Shinde, W-J Ma. (2024). Sex chromosome evolution: the classical paradigm and so much beyond. Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology. In press.
Earlier publications
26). W-J Ma, M Rovatsos. (2022). Sex chromosome evolution: the remarkable diversity in the evolutionary rates and mechanisms. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 35: 1581-1588 (IF=2.516, citation=5)
25). W-J Ma, K. Brunsell, E. Knoles, MM. Schoaib, RL Unckless (2022). Hoisted with his own petard: how sex-ratio meiotic drive in Drosophila affinis creates resistance alleles that limit its spread. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 35: 1765-1776 PDF [DOI] (IF=2.516, citation=5)
24). W-J Ma, P Veltsos (2021). The diversity and evolution of sex chromosomes in frogs. Genes 12: 483. PDF [DOI](IF=4.141, citations=38)
23). W-J Ma, BA Pannebakker, X Li, E Geyverink, SY Anvar, P Veltsos, T Schwander, L van de Zande, LW Beukeboom. (2021). A single QTL with large effect is associated with female functional virginity in an asexual parasitoid wasp. Molecular Ecology 30: 1979-1992. PDF [DOI] (IF=6.131, citations=13)
doi: 10.1111/mec.15863
22). W-J Ma, F Carpentier, T Giraud, M Hood. (2020). Differential gene expression between fungal mating types is associated with sequence degeneration. Genome Biology and Evolution 12:234-258 PDF [DOI] (IF=3.726, citations=10)
21). FE Hartmann*, W-J Ma*. (2020). Digest: Climate plays margical role for homomorphic sex chromosome differentiation in common frogs. *Equal contribution. Evolution 74: 690-693. PDF [DOI] (IF=4.201, citations=2).
20). Veltsos, N Rodrigues, T Studer, W-J Ma, R Sermier, J Leuenberger, N Perrin. (2020). No evidence that Y-chromosome differentiation affects male fitness in a Swiss population of common frogs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33: 401-409. PDF [DOI] (IF=2.792, citations=16)
19). FE Hartmann, RC Rodríguez de la Vega, P Gladieux, W-J Ma, ME Hood, T Giraud. (2019). Higher gene flow in sex-related chromosomes than in autosomes during fungal divergence. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msz252 Molecular Biology and Evolution 37: 668-682. PDF [DOI] (IF=14.797, citations=24)
18). W-J Ma, L Santos del Blanco, JR Pannell. (2019).A new biological species in the Mercurialis annua polyploid complex: functional divergence inflorescence morphology and hybrid sterility. Annals of Botany 124: 165-178. PDF [DOI] (IF=4.041, citations=4)
17). W-J Ma, P Veltsos, R Sermier, D Parker, N Perrin. (2018). Evolutionary and developmental dynamics of sex-biased gene expressions in the common frogs with proto-Y chromosomes. Genome Biology 19: 156. (IF=13.214, citations=35) PDF [DOI]
16). DL Jeffries, G Lavanchy, R Sermier, MJ. Sredl, I Miura, A Borzée, LN Barrow, D Canestrelli, P-A Crochet, C Dufresnes, J Fu, W-J Ma, C Macías Garcia, K Ghali, AG Nicieza, RP O’Donnell, N Rodrigues, A Romano, Í Martínez-Solano, I Stepanyan, S Zumbach, A Bresfold, N Perrin. (2018). A rapid rate of sex-chromosome turnover and non-random transitions in true frogs. Nature Communications 9: 4088. (IF=11.880, citations=170) PDF [DOI]
15). W-J Ma*, P Veltsos*, M Toups*, R Sermier, DL Jeffries, N Perrin. (2018). Tissue specificity and dynamics of sex-biased gene expression in a common frog population with differentiated sex chromosomes. Genes 9: 294. (* co-first authors). (IF=4.141, citations=30) PDF [PubMed] [DOI]
14). N Rodrigues, T Studer, C Dufresnes, W-J Ma, P Veltsos, N Perrin. (2017). Dmrt1 polymorphism and sex chromosome differentiation in Rana temporaria. Molecular Ecology 26: 4897-4905. PDF [PubMed] [DOI](IF=6.131, citations=34)
13). W-J Ma, T Schwander. (2017). Patterns and mechanisms in instances of endosymbiont-induced parthenogenesis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30: 868-888. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=2.792, citations=116)
12). W-J Ma, N Rodrigues, R Sermier,A Brelsford, N Perrin. (2016). Dmrt1 polymorphism covaries with sex-determination patterns in Rana temporaria. Ecology and Evolution 30: 5107-5117. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=2.537, citation=28)
11). W-J Ma, JR Pannell. (2016). Separate sexes are a double turnoff in melons. Current Biology 26: R171-174. PDF [PubMed] [DOI](IF=9.193, citation=15)
10). W-J Ma, BA Pannebakker, L van de Zande, T Schwander, B Wertheim, LW Beukeboom. (2015). Diploid males support a two-step mechanism for endosymbiont-induced thelytoky in a parasitoid wasp. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 84. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=3.027, citation=54)
9). W-J Ma, BA Pannebakker, LW Beukeboom, T Schwander, L van de Zande. (2014).Genetics of decayed sexual traits in a parasitoid wasp with endosymbiont-induced parthenogenesis. Heredity 113: 424-431. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=3.801, citation=16)
8). W-J Ma, B Kuijper, JG de Boer, L van de Zande, LW Beukeboom, B Wertheim, BA Pannebakker. (2013). Absence of complementary sex determination in the parasitoid wasp genus Asobara (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). PLoS ONE 8: e60458. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=2.776, citation=24)
7). W-J Ma, F Vavre, LW Beukeboom. (2013). Manipulation of arthropod sex determination by endosymbionts: diversity and molecular mechanisms. Sexual Development 8: 59-73. DOI:10.1159/000357024. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=2.250, citation=68)
6). W-J Ma, D-R Yang, Y-Q Peng. (2009). Disturbance effects on community structure of fig wasp in Ficus tinctoriain Xishuangbanna, China: implication for the fig/fig wasp mutualism. Insect Science 16: 417-424. PDF [WoS] [DOI] (IF=2.71, citation=9)
5). W-J Ma, F-P Zhang, Y-Q Peng, D-R Yang (2009). Comparison of style length and reproduction success in Ficus of different breeding systems. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology 33: 911-918. PDF [DOI] (IF=2.541, citation=5)
4). W-J Ma, Y-Q Peng, D-R Yang, J-M Guan. (2009). Coevolution of reproductive characteristics in three dioecious fig species and their pollinator wasps. Symbiosis 49: 87-94. PDF [DOI] (IF=2.009, citation=14)
3). W-J Ma, Y-Q Peng, D-R Yang. (2009). Variation of reproduction success in Ficus tinctoria and the implication in fig evolution. Proceedings of the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Yunnan Insect Society: 139-145. [DOI]
PhD thesis and chapter
2). W-J Ma. (2014). Evolutionary Genetics of Wolbachia-induced Parthenogenesis in the Parasitoid Asobara japonica: Sex Determination and Sexual Decay. PhD thesis.University of Groningen. The Netherlands. PDF Part1 PDF Part2 [DOI] (citation=3)
1). E Geuverink, M van Leussen, W-J Ma, LW Beukeboom, L van de Zande. (2017). Identification, sex-specific splicing and maternal provision of transformerand transformer-2 in arrhenotokous and Wolbachia-infected thelytokous Asobara japonica.Chapter 6. Parental and Endosymbiont Effects on Sex Determination in Haplodiploid Wasps-Who is in Control? PhD thesis (E. Geuverink). University of Groningen, The Netherlands. PDF [DOI]