List of Publications

Stollewerk, A. (2026) The Key Roles of Traditional and New Model Systems in Evolutionary Developmental Biology in Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology (Second Edition), eds. J.B. Wolf & C.A. De Moraes Russo, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 448-457.

Stollewerk A, Kratina P, Sentis A, Chaparro-Pedraza C, Decaestecker E, De Meester L, Eyice O, Govaert L, Jones JI, Laforsch C, Madeira C, Narwani A, Oostra V, Raeymaekers JAM, Rossberg AG, Schott M, Stoks R, van Velzen E, Boukal D. (2025). Plasticity in climate change responses. Biological Reviews 100(6), 2508-2527.

Hartenstein V, Franz-Odendaal T, Stollewerk A. (2024) Women authors in the first 50 years of DGE – contributions and research topics. Dev Genes Evol. 234(2), 77-97.

Klann, Marleen, Schacht, Magdalena I, Benton, Matthew A, Stollewerk, A. (2021). Functional analysis of sense organ specification in the Tribolium castaneum larva reveals divergent mechanisms in insects. BMC Biology 19 (1), 22.

Schacht, Magdalena I, Francesconi, Martina, Stollewerk, A. (2020) Distribution and development of the external sense organ pattern on the appendages of postembryonic and adult stages of the spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum. Dev. Genes Evol. 230, 121-136.

Stollewerk, A. (2019) What have we learned about the evolutionary relationships of neural structures in arthropods? In: Perspectives on Evolutionary and Developmental Biology, ed., G. Fusco, Padova University Press, Padova, pp. 269-282.

Stollewerk, A. (2018) Evolutionary development and morphological evolution of the brain: an interview with Angelika Stollewerk. BMC Biology 16, 117.

Evelyn E. Schwager, Prashant P. Sharma, Thomas Clarke, Daniel J. Leite, Torsten Wierschin, Matthias Pechmann, Yasuko Akiyama-Oda, Lauren Esposito, Peter Arensburger, Jesper Bechsgaard, Trine Bilde, Alexandra Buffry, Hsu Chao, Huyen Dinh, HarshaVardhan Doddapaneni, Shannon Dugan, Cornelius Eibner, Cassandra G. Extavour, Peter Funch, Jessica Garb, Vanessa L. Gonzalez, Sam Griffiths-Jones, Yi Han, Cheryl Hayashi, Maarten Hilbrant, Daniel S.T. Hughes, Ralf Janssen, Sandra L. Lee, Ignacio Maeso, Shwetha C. Murali, Donna M. Muzny, Rodrigo Nunes da Fonseca, Jiaxin Qu, Matthew Ronshaugen, Christoph Schomburg, Anna Schönauer, Angelika Stollewerk, Montserrat Torres-Oliva, Natascha Turetzek, Bram Vanthournout, Jack Werren, Carsten Wolff, Kim C. Worley, Richard A. Gibbs, Jonathan Coddington, Hiroki Oda, Mario Stanke, Nadia A. Ayoub, Wim G. M. Damen, Nikola-Michael Prpic, Jean-François Flot, Nico Posnien, Stephen Richards and Alistair P. McGregor (2017). The house spider genome reveals a whole genome duplication during arachnid evolution. BMC Biology 15, 62.

Klann, Marleen and Stollewerk, A. (2017). Evolutionary variation of neural gene expression in the developing sense organs of the crustacean Daphnia magna. Dev. Biol. 424(1), 50-61.

Stollewerk, A. (2016). A flexible genetic toolkit for arthropod neurogenesis. Phil. Trans Royal Soc. B 371, issue 1685, DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0044.

Stollewerk, A. (2016). Editorial. Dev. Genes Evol. 226, 63-64.

Stollewerk, A. (2016). The role of traditional and new model organisms in Evo-Devo in Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology (First Edition), ed, Richard M. Kliman, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 27-33.

Stollewerk, A. (2015). Evolution of arthropod neurogenesis. In: Structure and Evolution of Invertebrate Nervous Systems. (eds. A. Schmidt-Rhaesa, S. Harzsch and G. Purschke), Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 492-498.

Hartenstein, V. and Stollewerk, A. (2015). The Evolution of early neurogenesis. Dev. Cell 32, 390-407.

Moczek, A., Sears, K.E., Stollewerk, A., Wittkopp, P.J., Diggle, P., Dworkin, I., Ledon-Rettig, C., Matus, D.Q., Roth, S., Abouheif, E., Brown, F.D., Chiu, Chi-Hua, Cohen, C.S., Tomaso, A.W., Gilbert, S.F., Hall, B., Love, A., Lyons, D.C., Saner, T. Smith, J., Specht, C., Vallejo-Marin, M., Extavour, C.G. (2015). The significance and scope of evolutionary developmental biology: a vision for the 21st century. Evol. & Dev. 17, 198-219.

Biffar, L. and Stollewerk, A.  (2015). Evolutionary variations in the expression of dorso-ventral patterning genes and the conservation of pioneer neurons in Tribolium castaneum. Dev. Biol. 400, 159-67.

Mittmann, B., Ungerer, P., Klann, M., Stollewerk, A., Wolff, C. (2014). Development and staging of the water flea Daphnia magna (Straus, 1820; Cladocera, Daphniidae) based on morphological landmarks. EvoDevo 5, 12.

Biffar, L., Stollewerk, A. (2014). Evolutionary modifications in neuroblast expression patterns in insects. Dev. Biol. 388, 103-116.

Brenneis, G., Stollewerk, A., Scholtz, G. (2013). Embryonic neurogenesis in Pseudopallene sp. (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida) includes two subsequent phases with similarities to different arthropod groups. EvoDevo 4, 32.

Eriksson, P., Ungerer, B.J. and Stollewerk, A. (2013). The function of Notch signalling in segment formation in the crustacean Daphnia magna (Branchiopoda). Dev. Biol. 383, 321-30.

Ungerer, P., Eriksson, B.J. and Stollewerk, A. (2012). Unravelling the evolution of neural stem cells in arthropods: Notch signalling in neural stem cell development in the crustacean Daphnia magna. Dev. Biol. 371, 302-311.

Linne, V., Eriksson, B.J. and Stollewerk, A. (2012). Single-minded and the evolution of the arthropod midline. Dev. Biol. 364, 66-76.

Ungerer, P., Eriksson, B.J. and Stollewerk, A. (2011). Neurogenesis in the water flea Daphnia magna (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) suggests different mechanisms of neuroblast formation in insects and crustaceans. Dev. Biol. 357, 42-52.

Linne, V. and Stollewerk, A. (2011). Conserved and novel functions of Netrin in the formation of the axonal scaffold and glial sheath cells in spiders. Dev. Biol. 353, 134-146.

Stollewerk, A. (2010). The water flea Daphnia – a ‘new’ model system for ecology and evolution? J. Biol. 9(2):21.

Ayyar, S., Negre, B., Simpson, P. and Stollewerk, A. (2010). An arthropod cis-regulatory element functioning in sensory organ precursor development dates back to the Cambrian. BMC Biology 8, 127.

Eriksson, B.J. and Stollewerk, A. (2010). Expression patterns of neural genes in Euperipatoides kanangrensis suggest divergent evolution of onychophoran and euarthropod neurogenesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 107, 22576-22581.

Eriksson, B.J. and Stollewerk, A. (2010) Morphological and molecular processes of onychophoran brain development show unique features that are neither comparable to insects nor to chelicerates. Arthropod Struct. & Dev., Special Issue ‘Evolution of patterning mechanism’, 39, 78-90.

Doeffinger, C. and Stollewerk, A. (2010) How can conserved gene expression allow for variation? Lessons from the dorso-ventral patterning gene muscle segment homeobox. Dev. Biol. 345, 105-16.

Doeffinger, C.,Hartenstein, V., Stollewerk, A. (2010) Compartmentalization of the precheliceral neuroectoderm in the spider Cupiennius salei: Development of the arcuate body, optic ganglia, and mushroom body. J. Comp. Neurol. 518, 2612-32.

Stollewerk, A. (2010). Evolution of patterning mechanisms. (Editorial) Arthropod Struct. & Dev. 39(6),397-8.

Gold, K., Cotton, J.A. and Stollewerk, A. (2009). The role of Notch signalling and numb function in mechanosensory organ formation in the spider Cupiennius salei. Dev. Biol. 327, 121-131.

Stollewerk, A. (2008).  Evolution of neurogenesis in arthropods. In: ‘Evolving pathways’, eds. A. Minelli and G. Fusco), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Stollewerk, A. and Seyfarth, E.A. (2008). Evolutionary changes in sensory precursor formation in arthropods: embryonic development of leg sensilla in the spider Cupiennius salei. Dev. Biol. 313, 659-673.

Pioro, H. and Stollewerk, A. (2006). The expression pattern of genes involved in early neurogenesis suggests distinct and conserved functions in the diplopod Glomeris marginata. Dev. Genes Evol. 216, 417-430.

Stollewerk, A. and Chipman, A.D. (2006). Neurogenesis in myriapods and chelicerates and its importance for understanding arthropod relationships. Integrative Comp. Biol. 46, 195-206.

Chipman, A.D. and Stollewerk, A. (2006): Specification of neural precursor identity in the geophilomorph centipede Strigamia maritima. Dev. Biol. 290, 337-350.

Stollewerk, A. and Simpson, P. (2005). Evolution of early development of the nervous system: a comparison between arthropods. BioEssays 27, 874-883.

Stollewerk, A. (2004). Secondary neurons are arrested in an immature state by formation of epithelial vesicles during neurogenesis of the spider Cupiennius salei. Front. Zool. 1:3.

Kadner, D. and Stollewerk, A. (2004).  Neurogenesis in the chilopod Lithobius forficatus suggests more similarities to chelicerates than to insects. Dev. Genes Evol. 214(8), 367-379.

Stollewerk, A., Schoppmeier, M. and Damen, W.G.M. (2003). Involvement of Notch and Delta genes in spider segmentation. Nature 423, 863-865.

Stollewerk, A., Tautz, D. and Weller, M. (2003). Neurogenesis in the spider: new insights from comparative analysis of morphological processes and gene expression patterns. Arthropod Struct. & Dev. 32, 5-16.

Dove, H. and Stollewerk, A. (2003). Comparative analysis of neurogenesis in the myriapod Glomeris marginata (Diplopoda) suggests more similarities to chelicerates than to insects. Development 130, 2161-2171.

Stollewerk, A. (2002). Recruitment of cell groups through Delta/Notch signalling during spider neurogenesis. Development 129, 5339-5348.

Stollewerk, A., Weller, M. and Tautz, D. (2001). Neurogenesis in the spider Cupiennius salei. Development 128, 2673-2688.

Stollewerk, A. (2000). Changes in cell shape in the ventral neuroectoderm of Drosophila melanogaster depend on the activity of the achaete-scute complex genes.  Dev. Genes Evol. 210, 190-199.

Granderrath, S., Stollewerk, A., Greig, S., Goodman, C.S., O´Kane, C.J. and Klämbt, C. (1999). Loco encodes an RGS protein required for Drosophila glial differentiation. Development 126 (8), 1781-1791.

Stollewerk, A. and Klämbt, C. (1997). The midline glial cells are required for regionalization of commissural axons in the embryonic CNS of Drosophila. Dev. Genes Evol. 207, 402-409.

Giesen, K., Hummel, T., Stollewerk, A., Harrison, S., Travers, A. and Klämbt, C. (1997). Glial development in the Drosophila CNS requires concomitant activation of glial and repression of neuronal differentiation genes. Development 124 (12), 2307-2316.

Stollewerk, A., Klämbt, C. and Cantera, R. (1996). Electron microscopic analysis of Drosophila midline glia during embryogenesis and larval development using ß-galactosidase expression as endogenous cell marker. Micros. Res. Tech. 35, 294-306.

Klämbt, C., Hummel, T., Sadlowski, E., Scholz, H. and Stollewerk, A. (1996). Development and function of embryonic central nervous system glial cells in Drosophila. Dev. Gen. 18, 40-49.

Klaes, A., Menne, T., Stollewerk, A., Scholz, H. and Klämbt, C. (1994). The ets transcription factors encoded by the Drosophila gene pointed direct glial cell differentiation in the embryonic CNS. Cell 78, 149-160.