Publications
A polygenic architecture with conditionally neutral effects underlies ecological differentiation in Silene
S Gramlich, X Liu, A Favre, CA Buerkle, S Karrenberg
bioRxiv
Evolution of putative barrier loci at an intermediate stage of speciation with gene flow in campions (Silene) X Liu, S Glémin, S Karrenberg (2020) Molecular Ecology 29 (18), 3511-3525
Ecological divergence plays an important role in strong but complex reproductive isolation in campions (Silene)* S Karrenberg, X Liu, E Hallander, A Favre, J Herforth‐Rahmé, A Widmer
Evolution 73 (2), 245-261
featured in: Evolution highlights, September 2020
Liu X, Karrenberg S. 2018. Genetic architecture of traits associated with reproductive barriers in Silene: coupling, sex chromosomes and variation. Molecular Ecology 27: 3889–3904.
Halbritter AH, Fior S, Keller I, Billeter R, Edwards P, Holderegger R, Karrenberg S, Pluess AR, Widmer A, Alexander JM. 2018. Trait differentiation and adaptation of plants along elevation gradients. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13262
Favre A, Widmer A, Karrenberg S. 2017. Differential adaptation drives ecological speciation in campions (Silene): evidence from a multi-site transplant experiment. New Phytologist 213: 1487-1499.
Kokko H, Chaturvedi A, Croll D, Fischer MC, Guillaume F, Karrenberg S, Kerr B, Rolshausen G, Stapley J. 2017. Can evolution supply what ecology demands? Trends in Ecology & Evolution 32: 187-197.
Wheeler JA, Cortes AJ, Sedlacek J, Karrenberg S, Kleunen M, Wipf S, Hoch G, Bossdorf O, Rixen C. 2016. The snow and the willows: earlier spring snowmelt reduces performance in the low‐lying alpine shrub Salix herbacea. Journal of Ecology 104: 1041-1050.
Sedlacek J, Cortés AJ, Wheeler J, Bossdorf O, Hoch G, Klápště J, Lexer C, Rixen C, Wipf S, Karrenberg S*, van Kleunen M*. 2016. Evolutionary potential in the Alpine: trait heritabilities and performance variation of the dwarf willow Salix herbacea from different elevations and microhabitats. Ecology and Evolution 6: 3940-3952.
*shared senior authorship
Luo Y, Dong X, Yu T-Y, Shi X, Li Z, Yang W-C, Widmer A, Karrenberg S. 2015. A single nucleotide deletion in GA20ox1 causes alpine dwarfism in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology: pp. 00005.02015.
Luo Y, Widmer A, Karrenberg S. 2015. The roles of genetic drift and natural selection in quantitative trait divergence along an altitudinal gradient in Arabidopsis thaliana. Heredity 114: 220.
Sedlacek J, Wheeler JA, Cortés AJ, Bossdorf O, Hoch G, Lexer C, Wipf S, Karrenberg S*, van Kleunen M*, Rixen C*. 2015. The response of the alpine dwarf shrub Salix herbacea to altered snowmelt timing: lessons from a multi-site transplant experiment. PLoS ONE 10: e0122395.
* shared senior authorship
Cortés AJ, Waeber S, Lexer C, Sedlacek J, Wheeler JA, van Kleunen M, Bossdorf O, Hoch G, Rixen C, Wipf S., Karrenberg S. 2014. Small-scale patterns in snowmelt timing affect gene flow and the distribution of genetic diversity in the alpine dwarf shrub Salix herbacea. Heredity 113: 233. doi:10.1038/hdy.2014.19
Page P, Favre A, Schiestl FP, Karrenberg S. 2014. Do flower color and floral scent of Silene species affect host preference of Hadena bicruris, a seed-eating pollinator, under field conditions? PLoS ONE 9: e98755.
Rahmé J, Suter L, Widmer A, Karrenberg S. 2014. Inheritance and reproductive consequences of floral anthocyanin deficiency in Silene dioica (Caryophyllaceae). American Journal of Botany 101: 1388-1392.
Favre A, Karrenberg S. 2011. Stress tolerance in closely related species and their first‐generation hybrids: a case study of Silene. Journal of Ecology 99: 1415-1423.
Karrenberg S. 2010. Speciation genetics: limits and promises. Taxon 59: 1404-1412.
Edelist C, Raffoux X, Falque M, Dillmann C, Sicard D, Rieseberg LH, Karrenberg S. 2009. Differential expression of candidate salt‐tolerance genes in the halophyte Helianthus paradoxus and its glycophyte progenitors H. annuus and H. petiolaris (Asteraceae). American Journal of Botany 96: 1830-1838.
Kane NC, King MG, Barker MS, Raduski A, Karrenberg S, Yatabe Y, Knapp SJ, Rieseberg LH. 2009. Comparative genomic and population genetic analyses indicate highly porous genomes and high levels of gene flow between divergent Helianthus species. Evolution 63: 2061-2075.
Rahmé J, Widmer A, Karrenberg S. 2009. Pollen competition as an asymmetric reproductive barrier between two closely related Silene species. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 1937-1943.
Karrenberg S, Favre A. 2008. Genetic and ecological differentiation in the hybridizing campions Silene dioica and S. latifolia. Evolution 62: 763-773.
Karrenberg S, Widmer A. 2008. Ecologically relevant genetic variation from a non-Arabidopsis perspective. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 11: 156-162.
Karrenberg S, Edelist C, Lexer C, Rieseberg L. 2006. Response to salinity in the homoploid hybrid species Helianthus paradoxus and its progenitors H. annuus and H. petiolaris. New Phytologist 170: 615-629.
Karrenberg S, Lexer C, Rieseberg LH. 2007. Reconstructing the history of selection during homoploid hybrid speciation. American Naturalist 169: 725-737.
Karrenberg S, Blaser S, Kollmann J, Speck T, Edwards P. 2003. Root anchorage of saplings and cuttings of woody pioneer species in a riparian environment. Functional Ecology 17: 170-177.
Karrenberg S, Kollmann J, Edwards PJ, Gurnell AM, Petts GE. 2003. Patterns in woody vegetation along the active zone of a near-natural Alpine river. Basic and Applied Ecology 4: 157-166.
Karrenberg S, Suter M. 2003. Phenotypic trade-offs in the sexual reproduction of Salicaceae from flood plains. American Journal of Botany 90: 749-754.
Karrenberg S, Edwards P, Kollmann J. 2002. The life history of Salicaceae living in the active zone of floodplains. Freshwater Biology 47: 733-748.
Karrenberg S, Kollmann J, Edwards P. 2002. Pollen vectors and inflorescence morphology in four species of Salix. Plant Systematics and Evolution 235: 181-188.
Karrenberg S, Jensen K. 2000. Effects of pollination and pollen source on the seed set of Pedicularis palustris. Folia Geobotanica 35: 191-202.
S Gramlich, X Liu, A Favre, CA Buerkle, S Karrenberg
bioRxiv
Evolution of putative barrier loci at an intermediate stage of speciation with gene flow in campions (Silene) X Liu, S Glémin, S Karrenberg (2020) Molecular Ecology 29 (18), 3511-3525
Ecological divergence plays an important role in strong but complex reproductive isolation in campions (Silene)* S Karrenberg, X Liu, E Hallander, A Favre, J Herforth‐Rahmé, A Widmer
Evolution 73 (2), 245-261
featured in: Evolution highlights, September 2020
Liu X, Karrenberg S. 2018. Genetic architecture of traits associated with reproductive barriers in Silene: coupling, sex chromosomes and variation. Molecular Ecology 27: 3889–3904.
Halbritter AH, Fior S, Keller I, Billeter R, Edwards P, Holderegger R, Karrenberg S, Pluess AR, Widmer A, Alexander JM. 2018. Trait differentiation and adaptation of plants along elevation gradients. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13262
Favre A, Widmer A, Karrenberg S. 2017. Differential adaptation drives ecological speciation in campions (Silene): evidence from a multi-site transplant experiment. New Phytologist 213: 1487-1499.
Kokko H, Chaturvedi A, Croll D, Fischer MC, Guillaume F, Karrenberg S, Kerr B, Rolshausen G, Stapley J. 2017. Can evolution supply what ecology demands? Trends in Ecology & Evolution 32: 187-197.
Wheeler JA, Cortes AJ, Sedlacek J, Karrenberg S, Kleunen M, Wipf S, Hoch G, Bossdorf O, Rixen C. 2016. The snow and the willows: earlier spring snowmelt reduces performance in the low‐lying alpine shrub Salix herbacea. Journal of Ecology 104: 1041-1050.
Sedlacek J, Cortés AJ, Wheeler J, Bossdorf O, Hoch G, Klápště J, Lexer C, Rixen C, Wipf S, Karrenberg S*, van Kleunen M*. 2016. Evolutionary potential in the Alpine: trait heritabilities and performance variation of the dwarf willow Salix herbacea from different elevations and microhabitats. Ecology and Evolution 6: 3940-3952.
*shared senior authorship
Luo Y, Dong X, Yu T-Y, Shi X, Li Z, Yang W-C, Widmer A, Karrenberg S. 2015. A single nucleotide deletion in GA20ox1 causes alpine dwarfism in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology: pp. 00005.02015.
Luo Y, Widmer A, Karrenberg S. 2015. The roles of genetic drift and natural selection in quantitative trait divergence along an altitudinal gradient in Arabidopsis thaliana. Heredity 114: 220.
Sedlacek J, Wheeler JA, Cortés AJ, Bossdorf O, Hoch G, Lexer C, Wipf S, Karrenberg S*, van Kleunen M*, Rixen C*. 2015. The response of the alpine dwarf shrub Salix herbacea to altered snowmelt timing: lessons from a multi-site transplant experiment. PLoS ONE 10: e0122395.
* shared senior authorship
Cortés AJ, Waeber S, Lexer C, Sedlacek J, Wheeler JA, van Kleunen M, Bossdorf O, Hoch G, Rixen C, Wipf S., Karrenberg S. 2014. Small-scale patterns in snowmelt timing affect gene flow and the distribution of genetic diversity in the alpine dwarf shrub Salix herbacea. Heredity 113: 233. doi:10.1038/hdy.2014.19
Page P, Favre A, Schiestl FP, Karrenberg S. 2014. Do flower color and floral scent of Silene species affect host preference of Hadena bicruris, a seed-eating pollinator, under field conditions? PLoS ONE 9: e98755.
Rahmé J, Suter L, Widmer A, Karrenberg S. 2014. Inheritance and reproductive consequences of floral anthocyanin deficiency in Silene dioica (Caryophyllaceae). American Journal of Botany 101: 1388-1392.
Favre A, Karrenberg S. 2011. Stress tolerance in closely related species and their first‐generation hybrids: a case study of Silene. Journal of Ecology 99: 1415-1423.
Karrenberg S. 2010. Speciation genetics: limits and promises. Taxon 59: 1404-1412.
Edelist C, Raffoux X, Falque M, Dillmann C, Sicard D, Rieseberg LH, Karrenberg S. 2009. Differential expression of candidate salt‐tolerance genes in the halophyte Helianthus paradoxus and its glycophyte progenitors H. annuus and H. petiolaris (Asteraceae). American Journal of Botany 96: 1830-1838.
Kane NC, King MG, Barker MS, Raduski A, Karrenberg S, Yatabe Y, Knapp SJ, Rieseberg LH. 2009. Comparative genomic and population genetic analyses indicate highly porous genomes and high levels of gene flow between divergent Helianthus species. Evolution 63: 2061-2075.
Rahmé J, Widmer A, Karrenberg S. 2009. Pollen competition as an asymmetric reproductive barrier between two closely related Silene species. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 1937-1943.
Karrenberg S, Favre A. 2008. Genetic and ecological differentiation in the hybridizing campions Silene dioica and S. latifolia. Evolution 62: 763-773.
Karrenberg S, Widmer A. 2008. Ecologically relevant genetic variation from a non-Arabidopsis perspective. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 11: 156-162.
Karrenberg S, Edelist C, Lexer C, Rieseberg L. 2006. Response to salinity in the homoploid hybrid species Helianthus paradoxus and its progenitors H. annuus and H. petiolaris. New Phytologist 170: 615-629.
Karrenberg S, Lexer C, Rieseberg LH. 2007. Reconstructing the history of selection during homoploid hybrid speciation. American Naturalist 169: 725-737.
Karrenberg S, Blaser S, Kollmann J, Speck T, Edwards P. 2003. Root anchorage of saplings and cuttings of woody pioneer species in a riparian environment. Functional Ecology 17: 170-177.
Karrenberg S, Kollmann J, Edwards PJ, Gurnell AM, Petts GE. 2003. Patterns in woody vegetation along the active zone of a near-natural Alpine river. Basic and Applied Ecology 4: 157-166.
Karrenberg S, Suter M. 2003. Phenotypic trade-offs in the sexual reproduction of Salicaceae from flood plains. American Journal of Botany 90: 749-754.
Karrenberg S, Edwards P, Kollmann J. 2002. The life history of Salicaceae living in the active zone of floodplains. Freshwater Biology 47: 733-748.
Karrenberg S, Kollmann J, Edwards P. 2002. Pollen vectors and inflorescence morphology in four species of Salix. Plant Systematics and Evolution 235: 181-188.
Karrenberg S, Jensen K. 2000. Effects of pollination and pollen source on the seed set of Pedicularis palustris. Folia Geobotanica 35: 191-202.