Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology

2024

A membrane associated tandem kinase from wild emmer wheat confers broad-spectrum resistance to powdery mildew

Li, M., Zhang, H., Xiao, H., Zhu, K., Shi, W., Zhang, D., Wang, Y., Yang, L., Wu, Q., Xie, J., Chen, Y., Qiu, D., Guo, G., Lu, P., Li, B., Dong, L., Li, W., Cui, X., Li, L. & Tian, X. & 9 others, Yuan, C., Li, Y., Yu, D., Nevo, E., Fahima, T., Li, H., Dong, L., Zhao, Y. & Liu, Z., 10 Apr 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1, 3124.

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A Numerical Model Supports the Evolutionary Advantage of Recombination Plasticity in Shifting Environments

Rybnikov, S. R., Hübner, S. & Korol, A. B., Mar 2024, In: American Naturalist. 203, 3, p. E78-E91

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Assessing the conservation value of cemeteries to urban biota worldwide

Itescu, Y. & Jeschke, J. M., Dec 2024, In: Conservation Biology. 38, 6, e14322.

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A suberized exodermis is required for tomato drought tolerance

Cantó-Pastor, A., Kajala, K., Shaar-Moshe, L., Manzano, C., Timilsena, P., De Bellis, D., Gray, S., Holbein, J., Yang, H., Mohammad, S., Nirmal, N., Suresh, K., Ursache, R., Mason, G. A., Gouran, M., West, D. A., Borowsky, A. T., Shackel, K. A., Sinha, N. & Bailey-Serres, J. & 4 others, Geldner, N., Li, S., Franke, R. B. & Brady, S. M., Jan 2024, In: Nature Plants. 10, 1, p. 118-130 13 p.

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Avoiding visitors to a protected area increases predation risk for the endangered mountain gazelle

Zukerman, Y., Arnon, A., Roll, U. & Berger-Tal, O., Aug 2024, In: People and Nature. 6, 4, p. 1581-1591 11 p.

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Behavioural responses to mammalian grazing expose insect herbivores to elevated risk of avian predation

Zhu, Y., Li, X., Tu, X., Risch, A. C., Wang, Z., Ma, Q., Jiang, M., Zou, Y., Wang, D., Inbar, M., Hawlena, D. & Zhong, Z., 9 Oct 2024, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 291, 2032, 20241112.

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Bonelli's Eagle electrocution risk in Israel can be reduced by 80% by insulating only 4% of the pylons

Mayrose, A., Haviv, E., Hatzofe, O., Troupin, D., Elroy, M. & Sapir, N., 1 May 2024, In: Condor. 126, 2, duae004.

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Breeding performance and nest-site selection of Woodchat Shrikes Lanius senator near the southern edge of their breeding distribution

Bloche, D. A. F. & Sapir, N., Jul 2024, In: Journal of Ornithology. 165, 3, p. 691-701 11 p.

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Chiral Chemopolymorphism in the Monoterpenes of Pistacia palaestina Leaves and Galls

Bar, E., Davidovich-Rikanati, R., Saini, S., Inbar, M. & Lewinsohn, E., Aug 2024, In: Chirality. 36, 8, e23702.

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Contrasting effects of sheep and cattle grazing on foliar fungal diseases by changing plant community characteristics

Li, T., Allan, E., Yang, S., Liu, Y., Inbar, M., Wang, D. & Zhong, Z., May 2024, In: Functional Ecology. 38, 5, p. 1172-1184 13 p.

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Contrasting seasonal responses to wind in migrating songbirds on a globally important flyway

Schekler, I., Levi, Y. & Sapir, N., Aug 2024, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 291, 2027, 20240875.

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Development and application of a bioassay for assessing the dissipation rate of the synthetic strigolactone GR24 in soil

Wallach, A., Matzrafi, M., Distelfeld, A., Nasser, A. & Eizenberg, H., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Weed Research.

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Dissection of a rapidly evolving wheat resistance gene cluster by long-read genome sequencing accelerated the cloning of Pm69

Li, Y., Wei, Z. Z., Sela, H., Govta, L., Klymiuk, V., Roychowdhury, R., Chawla, H. S., Ens, J., Wiebe, K., Bocharova, V., Ben-David, R., Pawar, P. B., Zhang, Y., Jaiwar, S., Molnár, I., Doležel, J., Coaker, G., Pozniak, C. J. & Fahima, T., 8 Jan 2024, In: Plant Communications. 5, 1, 100646.

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Diversity gradients of terrestrial vertebrates – substantial variations about a common theme

Raz, T., Allison, A., Avila, L. J., Bauer, A. M., Böhm, M., Caetano, G. H. D. O., Colli, G., Doan, T. M., Doughty, P., Grismer, L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., Martins, M., Morando, M., Murali, G., Nagy, Z. T., Nogueira, C. D. C., Novosolov, M., Oliver, P. M. & Passos, P. & 9 others, Pincheira-Donoso, D., Sindaco, R., Slavenko, A., Torres-Carvajal, O., Uetz, P., Wagner, P., Zimin, A., Roll, U. & Meiri, S., Feb 2024, In: Journal of Zoology. 322, 2, p. 126-140 15 p.

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Enforcing Temporal Consistency in Migration History Inference

Roddur, M. S., Snir, S. & El-Kebir, M., May 2024, In: Journal of Computational Biology. 31, 5, 20 p.

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Evidence of Immunoproteasome Expression Onset in the Formative State of Pluripotency in Mouse Cells

Kriger, D., Podenkova, U. I., Bakhmet, E. I., Potapenko, E., Ivanova, E., Tomilin, A. N. & Tsimokha, A. S., 15 Aug 2024, In: Cells. 13, 16, 1362.

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Evolutionary genomics of socially polymorphic populations of Pogonomyrmex californicus

Errbii, M., Ernst, U. R., Lajmi, A., Privman, E., Gadau, J. & Schrader, L., 13 May 2024, In: BMC Biology. 22, 1, 109.

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Exponential dynamics of DNA methylation with age

Dufek, G., Katriel, G., Snir, S. & Pellegrini, M., 21 Feb 2024, In: Journal of Theoretical Biology. 579, 111697.

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Farmers’ perceptions of coexisting with a predator assemblage: Quantification, characterization, and recommendations for human-carnivore conflict mitigation

Shapira, O., Malkinson, D., Izhaki, I. & Zemah-Shamir, S., Jul 2024, In: Journal for Nature Conservation. 80, 126644.

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Fungal community dissimilarity predicts plant–soil feedback strength in a lowland tropical forest

Delavaux, C. S., Angst, J. K., Espinosa, H., Brown, M., Petticord, D. F., Schroeder, J. W., Broders, K., Herre, E. A., Bever, J. D. & Crowther, T. W., Jan 2024, In: Ecology. 105, 1, e4200.

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Gas-bearing clastic mounds left by salt dissolution

Ryan, W. B. F. & Mart, Y., Dec 2024, In: Marine and Petroleum Geology. 170, 107153.

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Genomic evidence for climate-linked diversity loss and increased vulnerability of wild barley spanning 28 years of climate warming

Zhou, Y., Song, R., Nevo, E., Fu, X., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Wang, C., Chen, J., Sun, G., Sun, D. & Ren, X., 25 Feb 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 913, 169679.

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Genomic structural variation contributes to evolved changes in gene expression in high-altitude Tibetan sheep

Liang, X., Duan, Q., Li, B., Wang, Y., Bu, Y., Zhang, Y., Kuang, Z., Mao, L., An, X., Wang, H., Yang, X., Wan, N., Feng, Z., Shen, W., Miao, W., Chen, J., Liu, S., Storz, J. F., Liu, J. & Nevo, E. & 1 others, Li, K., 2 Jul 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121, 27, e2322291121.

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Genomic structural variation is associated with hypoxia adaptation in high-altitude zokors

An, X., Mao, L., Wang, Y., Xu, Q., Liu, X., Zhang, S., Qiao, Z., Li, B., Li, F., Kuang, Z., Wan, N., Liang, X., Duan, Q., Feng, Z., Yang, X., Liu, S., Nevo, E., Liu, J., Storz, J. F. & Li, K., Feb 2024, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 8, 2, p. 339-351 13 p.

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Intensified Selection, Elevated Mutations, and Reduced Adaptation Potential in Wild Barley in Response to 28 Years of Global Warming

Fu, Y. B., Peterson, G. W., Nevo, E. & Badea, A., Mar 2024, In: Sci. 6, 1, 16.

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Interconnected Codons: Unravelling the Epigenetic Significance of Flanking Sequences in CpG Dyads

Creasey, L. D. & Tauber, E., Jun 2024, In: Journal of Molecular Evolution. 92, 3, p. 207-216 10 p.

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Molecular analysis of feces reveals gastrointestinal nematodes in reintroduced wild asses of the Negev desert

Forman, R., Lalzar, M., Inbar, M. & Berman, T. S., Dec 2024, In: International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 25, 100980.

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Mutation and evolution: Conceptual possibilities

Livnat, A. & Love, A. C., Feb 2024, In: BioEssays. 46, 2, 2300025.

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Nitrogen deficiency tolerance conferred by introgression of a QTL derived from wild emmer into bread wheat

Govta, N., Fatiukha, A., Govta, L., Pozniak, C., Distelfeld, A., Fahima, T., Beckles, D. M. & Krugman, T., 17 Jul 2024, In: Theoretical And Applied Genetics. 137, 8, 187.

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Occurrence of Amaranthus palmeri in Israeli agriculture: Status of spread and response to glyphosate and trifloxysulfuron

Abu-Nassar, J., Wallach, A., Winkler, E., Eizenberg, H. & Matzrafi, M., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Weed Research.

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Oomycete communities in lowland tropical forest soils vary in species abundance and comprise saprophytes and pathogens of seeds and seedlings of multiple plant species

Broders, K. D., Capador-Barreto, H. D., Iriarte, G., Wright, S. J., Espinosa, H., Baur, M., Lemus-Peralta, M. A., Rojas, E. & Spear, E. R., 13 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: American Journal of Botany.

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Overcoming biodiversity blindness: Secondary data in primary citizen science observations

Pernat, N., Canavan, S., Golivets, M., Hillaert, J., Itescu, Y., Jarić, I., Mann, H. M. R., Pipek, P., Preda, C., Richardson, D. M., Teixeira, H., Vaz, A. S. & Groom, Q., 1 Jan 2024, In: Ecological Solutions and Evidence. 5, 1, e12295.

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Privacy-preserving biological age prediction over federated human methylation data using fully homomorphic encryption

Goldenberg, M., Mualem, L., Shahar, A., Snir, S. & Akavia, A., 11 Oct 2024, In: Genome Research. 34, 9, p. 1324-1333 10 p.

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Proof of concept use of progesterone/estradiol ratio to investigate late follicular progesterone in women with low number of preovulatory follicles

Younis, J. S., Yakovi, S., Perlitz, Y. & Izhaki, I., Mar 2024, In: Minerva Endocrinology. 49, 1, p. 25-32 8 p.

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Redistribution of songbirds within a migratory stopover site as a response to sylviid warbler song playback

Lehnardt, Y. & Sapir, N., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Ibis.

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Risk-sensitive response of soaring birds to crosswind over dangerous sea highlights age-specific differences in migratory performance

Santos, C. D., Sapir, N., Becciu, P., Granadeiro, J. P. & Wikelski, M., 29 May 2024, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 291, 2023, 20240454.

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Shifting reef restoration focus from coral survivorship to biodiversity using Reef Carpets

Horoszowski-Fridman, Y. B., Izhaki, I., Katz, S. M., Barkan, R. & Rinkevich, B., 31 Jan 2024, In: Communications Biology. 7, 1, 141.

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Splice Variant of Spalax Heparanase Skipping Exon 12

Nasser, N. J., Nevo, E. & Avivi, A., 7 Aug 2024, In: Genes. 15, 8, 1039.

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STARdbi: A pipeline and database for insect monitoring based on automated image analysis

Keasar, T., Yair, M., Gottlieb, D., Cabra-Leykin, L. & Keasar, C., May 2024, In: Ecological Informatics. 80, 102521.

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The Multi-State Epigenetic Pacemaker enables the identification of combinations of factors that influence DNA methylation

Farrell, C., Tandon, K., Ferrari, R., Lapborisuth, K., Modi, R., Snir, S. & Pellegrini, M., 16 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: GeroScience.

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Tracking data highlight the importance of human-induced mortality for large migratory birds at a flyway scale

Serratosa, J., Oppel, S., Rotics, S., Santangeli, A., Butchart, S. H. M., Cano-Alonso, L. S., Tellería, J. L., Kemp, R., Nicholas, A., Kalvāns, A., Galarza, A., Franco, A. M. A., Andreotti, A., Kirschel, A. N. G., Ngari, A., Soutullo, A., Bermejo-Bermejo, A., Botha, A. J., Ferri, A. & Evangelidis, A. & 141 others, Cenerini, A., Stamenov, A., Hernández-Matías, A., Aradis, A., Grozdanov, A. P., Rodríguez, B., Şekercioğlu, Ç. H., Cerecedo-Iglesias, C., Kassara, C., Barboutis, C., Bracebridge, C., García-Ripollés, C., Kendall, C. J., Denac, D., Schabo, D. G., Barber, D. R., Popov, D. V., Dobrev, D. D., Mallia, E., Kmetova-Biro, E., Álvarez, E., Buechley, E. R., Bragin, E. A., Cordischi, F., Zengeya, F. M., Monti, F., Mougeot, F., Tate, G., Stoyanov, G., Dell'Omo, G., Lucia, G., Gradev, G., Ceccolini, G., Friedemann, G., Bauer, H. G., Kolberg, H., Peshev, H., Catry, I., Øien, I. J., Alanís, I. C., Literák, I., Pokrovsky, I., Ojaste, I., Østnes, J. E., de la Puente, J., Real, J., Guilherme, J. L., González, J. C., Fernández-García, J. M., Gil, J. A., Terraube, J., Poprach, K., Aghababyan, K., Klein, K., Bildstein, K. L., Wolter, K., Janssens, K., Kittelberger, K. D., Thompson, L. J., AlJahdhami, M. H., Galán, M., Tobolka, M., Posillico, M., Cipollone, M., Gschweng, M., Strazds, M., Boorman, M., Zvidzai, M., Acácio, M., Romero, M., Wikelski, M., Schmidt, M., Sarà, M., McGrady, M. J., Dagys, M., Mackenzie, M. L., Al Taq, M., Mgumba, M. P., Virani, M. Z., Kassinis, N. I., Borgianni, N., Thie, N., Tsiopelas, N., Anglister, N., Farwig, N., Sapir, N., Kleven, O., Krone, O., Duriez, O., Spiegel, O., Al Nouri, O., López-López, P., Byholm, P., Kamath, P. L., Mirski, P., Palatitz, P., Serroni, P., Raab, R., Buij, R., Žydelis, R., Nathan, R., Bowie, R. C. K., Tsiakiris, R., Hatfield, R. S., Harel, R., Kroglund, R. T., Efrat, R., Limiñana, R., Javed, S., Marinković, S. P., Rösner, S., Pekarsky, S., Kapila, S. R., Marin, S. A., Krejčí, Š., Giokas, S., Tumanyan, S., Turjeman, S., Krüger, S. C., Ewing, S. R., Stoychev, S., Nikolov, S. C., Qaneer, T. E., Spatz, T., Hadjikyriakou, T. G., Mueller, T., Katzner, T. E., Aarvak, T., Veselovský, T., Nygård, T., Mellone, U., Väli, Ü., Sellis, U., Urios, V., Nemček, V., Arkumarev, V., Getz, W. M., Fiedler, W., Van den Bossche, W., Lehnardt, Y. & Jones, V. R., May 2024, In: Biological Conservation. 293, 110525.

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Tradeoffs between phage resistance and nitrogen fixation drive the evolution of genes essential for cyanobacterial heterocyst functionality

Kolan, D., Cattan-Tsaushu, E., Enav, H., Freiman, Z., Malinsky-Rushansky, N., Ninio, S. & Avrani, S., 8 Jan 2024, In: ISME Journal. 18, 1, wrad008.

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Transcriptional Coactivator BOB1 (OBF1, OCA-B) Modulates the Specificity of DNA Recognition by the POU-Domain Factors OCT1 and OCT2 in a Monomeric Configuration

Nazarov, I. B., Zilov, D. S., Gordeev, M. N., Potapenko, E. V., Yeremenko, N. & Tomilin, A. N., 17 Jan 2024, In: Biomolecules. 14, 1, 123.

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Vocalisation in wild-living mountain gazelles (Gazella gazella): structure and context of acoustical signals

Arnon, A., Koyama, N. F. & Wronski, T., 2024, In: Behaviour. 161, 10, p. 731-751 21 p.

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2023

Aeromonashydrophila infection in tilapia triggers changes in the microbiota composition of fish internal organs

Ofek, T., Izhaki, I. & Halpern, M., 13 Nov 2023, In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 99, 12, fiad137.

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Ancient DNA from a lost Negev Highlands desert grape reveals a Late Antiquity wine lineage

Cohen, P., Bacilieri, R., Ramos-Madrigal, J., Privman, E., Boaretto, E., Weber, A., Fuks, D., Weiss, E., Erickson-Gini, T., Bucking, S., Tepper, Y., Cvikel, D., Schmidt, J., Gilbert, T. P., Wales, N., Bar-Oz, G. & Meiri, M., 25 Apr 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120, 17, e2213563120.

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A telemetry study shows that an endangered nocturnal avian species roosts in extremely dry habitats to avoid predation

Wasserlauf, Y., Gancz, A., Ben Dov, A., Efrat, R., Sapir, N., Dor, R. & Spiegel, O., 23 Jul 2023, In: Scientific Reports. 13, 1, 11888.

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Automatic detection of migrating soaring bird flocks using weather radars by deep learning

Schekler, I., Nave, T., Shimshoni, I. & Sapir, N., Aug 2023, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 14, 8, p. 2084-2094 11 p.

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Bacterial detoxification of plant defence secondary metabolites mediates the interaction between a shrub and frugivorous birds

Trabelcy, B., Shteindel, N., Lalzar, M., Izhaki, I. & Gerchman, Y., 31 Mar 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 1, 1821.

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BATScan: A radar classification tool reveals large-scale bat migration patterns

Werber, Y., Sextin, H., Yovel, Y. & Sapir, N., Jul 2023, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 14, 7, p. 1764-1779 16 p.

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