1. Singh, P., J. N. Brand, and L. Schärer. 2025. Evolution and co-evolution of the suck behaviour, a postcopulatory female resistance trait that manipulates received ejaculate. BMC Biology 23:87.OA link
2. Ivanković, M., J. N. Brand, L. Pandolfini, T. Brown, M. Pippel, A. Rozanski, T. Schubert, M. A. Grohme, S. Winkler, L. Robledillo, M. Zhang, A. Codino, S. Gustincich, M. Vila-Farré, S. Zhang, A. Papantonis, A. Marques, and J. C. Rink. 2024. A comparative analysis of planarian genomes reveals regulatory conservation in the face of rapid structural divergence. Nature Communications 15:8215. OA link
3. Vila-Farré, M., A. Rozanski, M. Ivanković, J. Cleland, J. N. Brand, F. Thalen, M. A. Grohme, S. von Kannen, A. L. Grosbusch, H. T.-K. Vu, C. E. Prieto, F. Carbayo, B. Egger, C. Bleidorn, J. E. J. Rasko, and J. C. Rink. 2023. Evolutionary dynamics of whole-body regeneration across planarian flatworms. Nature Ecology & Evolution.OA link
4. Gąsiorowski, L., I. L. Dittmann, J. N. Brand, T. Ruhwedel, W. Möbius, B. Egger, and J. C. Rink. 2023. Convergent evolution of the sensory pits in and within flatworms. BMC Biology 21:266.OA link
5. Brand, J. N. 2023. Support for a radiation of free-living flatworms in the African Great Lakes region and the description of five new Macrostomum species. Frontiers in Zoology 20:31. OA link
6. Wiberg, R. A. W., J. N. Brand, G. Viktorin, J. Mitchell, C. Beisel, and L. Schärer. 2023. Genome assemblies of the simultaneously hermaphroditic flatworms Macrostomum cliftonense and Macrostomum hystrix. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics jkad149. OA link
7. Brand, J. N., L. J. Harmon, and L. Schärer. 2022. Mating behavior and reproductive morphology predict macroevolution of sex allocation in hermaphroditic flatworms. BMC Biology 20:35. OA link
8. Brand J. N., G. Viktorin, R. A. W. Wiberg, C. Beisel, and L. Schärer. 2022. Large-scale phylogenomics of the genus Macrostomum (Platyhelminthes) reveals cryptic diversity and novel sexual traits. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 166:107296. OA link
9. Wiberg, R. A. W., J. N. Brand, and L. Schärer]. 2021. Faster Rates of Molecular Sequence Evolution in Reproduction-Related Genes and in Species with Hypodermic Sperm Morphologies. Molecular Biology and Evolution. OA link PDF
10. Brand J. N., L. J. Harmon, and L. Schärer. 2021. Frequent origins of traumatic insemination involve convergent shifts in sperm and genital morphology. Evolution Letters. PDF
11. Brand J. N., R. A. W. Wiberg, R. Pjeta, P. Bertemes, C. Beisel, P. Ladurner & L. Schärer. 2020. RNA-Seq of three free-living flatworm species suggests rapid evolution of reproduction-related genes. BMC Genomics 21:462. PDF
12. Schärer, L., J. N. Brand, P. Singh, K. S. Zadesenets, C.-P. Stelzer, and G. Viktorin. 2020. A phylogenetically informed search for an alternative Macrostomum model species, with notes on taxonomy, mating behavior, karyology, and genome size. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 58:41–65. PDF
13. Neves R., Brand J. N., Gan Q. and Reichert H. 2016. First time surveying meiofauna in Singapore. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 34(I): 8-12. PDF