Dr. J.A.J. (Hans) Breeuwer
Associate Professor Molecular Evolutionary Biology
Faculty of Science
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics
Visiting address
- Science Park 904
- Room number: C3.208
Postal address
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Postbus 94240
1090 GE Amsterdam
Contact details
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Profile
Research Interests
- Evolutionary and ecological genetics of speciation
- Evolution of host-symbiont associations
- Genetics of reproductive systems
- Phylogeny and phylogeography of mites and insects
- Conservation genetics
Reseach projects
- Genetics of post zygotic reproductive isolation in spider mites
- The role of Wolbachia and Cardinium endosymbionts in speciation of the spider mite genus Tetranychus
- Evolutionary genetics of Wolbachia-induced parthenogenesis in thelytokous mites of the genus Bryobia
- Evolutionary genetics of thelytokous reproduction in the Brevipalpus mite-Cardinium symbiont system
- The role of gut micro-organisms in thrips host plant adaptation and thrips biotype formation
- Conservation genetics of the grass snake Natrix natrix and other repetiles in the Netherlands
Teaching
Bachelor program:
Genetics and Evolution
Research Project Challenges in Ecology
Bachelor Thesis
Master program:
MSc Forensic ScienceMSc Ecology and Evolution
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Publications
- refereed (31)
- academic (1)
- popular scientific (1)
- conference contributions (1)
- other output (1)
- recognitions (6)
- datasets (4)
2023
- Kroes, R., Winkel, Y., Breeuwer, J. A. J., van Loon, E. E., Loader, S. P., Maclaine, J. S., Verdonschot, P. F. M., & van der Geest, H. G. (2023). Phylogenetic analysis of museum specimens of houting Coregonus oxyrinchus shows the need for a revision of its extinct status. BMC ecology and evolution, 23(1), Article 57. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-023-02161-7
2022
Villacis-Perez, E., Alba, J. M., Cotte, J., van Loon, Z., Breeuwer, J. A. J., & Van Leeuwen, T. (2022). Interactions With Plant Defences Isolate Sympatric Populations of an Herbivorous Mite. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, Article 819894. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.819894
2021
- Aguin-Pombo, D., Rodrigues, M. C. P. A., Voetdijk, B., & Breeuwer, J. A. J. (2021). Parthenogenesis and Sex-Ratio Distorting Bacteria in Empoasca (Hemiptera Cicadellidae) Leafhoppers. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 114(6), 738-749. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saab025 [details]
- Villacis-Perez, E., Snoeck, S., Kurlovs, A. H., Clark, R. M., Breeuwer, J. A. J., & Van Leeuwen, T. (2021). Adaptive divergence and post-zygotic barriers to gene flow between sympatric populations of a herbivorous mite. Communications biology, 4, Article 853. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02380-y [details]
2019
- Navia, D., Novelli, V. M., Rombauts, S., Freitas-Astúa, J., De Mendonça, R. S., Nunes, M. A., Machado, M. A., Lin, Y. C., Le, P., Zhang, Z., Grbić, M., Wybouw, N., Breeuwer, J. A. J., Van Leeuwen, T., & Van de Peer, Y. (2019). Draft genome assembly of the false spider mite brevipalpus yothersi. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 8(6), Article e01563-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.01563-18
- Navia, D., Novelli, V. M., Rombauts, S., Freitas-Astúa, J., de Mendonça, R. S., Nunes, M. A., Machado, M. A., Lin, Y. C., Le, P., Zhang, Z., Grbić, M., Wybouw, N., Breeuwer, J. A. J., Van Leeuwen, T., & de Peerc, Y. V. (2019). Erratum for Navia et al., “Draft Genome Assembly of the False Spider Mite Brevipalpus yothersi”. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 8(27). https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00710-19
2018
- van den Burg, M. P., Meirmans, P. G., Van Wagensveld, T. P., Kluskens, B., Madden, H., Welch, M. E., & Breeuwer, J. A. J. (2018). The Lesser Antillean Iguana (Iguana delicatissima) on St. Eustatius: Genetically Depauperate and Threatened by Ongoing Hybridization. Journal of Heredity, 109(4), 426-437. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esy008 [details]
2017
- Swierts, T., Peijnenburg, K. T. C. A., de Leeuw, C. A., Breeuwer, J. A. J., Cleary, D. F. R., & de Voogd, N. J. (2017). Globally intertwined evolutionary history of giant barrel sponges. Coral reefs, 36(3), 933-945. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-017-1585-6 [details]
2016
- Staudacher, H., Kaltenpoth, M., Breeuwer, J. A. J., Menken, S. B. J., Heckel, D. G., & Groot, A. T. (2016). Variability of bacterial communities in the moth Heliothis virescens indicates transient association with the host. PLoS ONE, 11(5), Article e0154514. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154514 [details]
- de Bakker, D. M., Meesters, E. H. W. G., van Bleijswijk, J. D. L., Luttikhuizen, P. C., Breeuwer, H. J. A. J., & Becking, L. E. (2016). Population Genetic Structure, Abundance, and Health Status of Two Dominant Benthic Species in the Saba Bank National Park, Caribbean Netherlands: Montastraea cavernosa and Xestospongia muta. PLoS ONE, 11(5), Article e0155969 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155969 [details]
2015
- Sato, Y., Breeuwer, J. A. J., Egas, M., & Sabelis, M. W. (2015). Incomplete premating and postmating reproductive barriers between two parapatric populations of a social spider mite. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 65(3), 277-291. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-015-9878-3 [details]
2014
- Loayza-Muro, R. A., de Baat, M., Palomino, E. J., Kuperus, P., Kraak, M. H. S., Admiraal, W., & Breeuwer, H. (2014). Metals and altitude drive genetic diversity of chironomids in Andean streams. Freshwater Biology, 59(1), 56-63. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12245 [details]
- Sourassou, N. F., Hanna, R., Breeuwer, J. A. J., Negloh, K., de Moraes, G. J., & Sabelis, M. W. (2014). The endosymbionts Wolbachia and Cardinium and their effects in three populations of the predatory mite Neoseiulus paspalivorus. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 64(2), 207-221. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-014-9820-0 [details]
2013
- Famah Sourassou, N., Hanna, R., Negloh, K., Breeuwer, J. A. J., & Sabelis, M. W. (2013). Females as intraguild predators of males in cross-pairing experiments with phytoseiid mites. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 61(2), 173-182. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-013-9693-7 [details]
- Loayza Muro, R. A., Marticorena-Ruíz, J. K., Palomino, E. J., Merrit, C., Breeuwer, J. A. J., Kuperus, P., Kraak, M. H. S., & Admiraal, W. (2013). Ultraviolet-B-driven pigmentation and genetic diversity of benthic macroinvertebrates from high-altitude Andean streams. Freshwater Biology, 58(8), 1710-1719. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12161 [details]
2012
- Ros, V. I. D., Fleming, V. M., Feil, E. J., & Breeuwer, J. A. J. (2012). Diversity and recombination in Wolbachia and Cardinium from Bryobia spider mites. BMC Microbiology, 12(Suppl 1), Article S13. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-12-S1-S13 [details]
- Sourassou, N. F., Hanna, R., Zannou, I., Breeuwer, J. A. J., de Moraes, G., & Sabelis, M. W. (2012). Morphological, molecular and cross-breeding analysis of geographic populations of coconut-mite associated predatory mites identified as Neoseiulus baraki: evidence for cryptic species? Experimental and Applied Acarology, 57(1), 15-36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-012-9534-0 [details]
- de Vries, E. J., van de Wetering, F., van der Hoek, M. M., Jacobs, G., & Breeuwer, J. A. J. (2012). Symbiotic bacteria (Erwinia sp.) in the gut of Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) do not affect its ability to transmit tospovirus. European Journal of Entomology, 109(2), 261-266. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2012.034 [details]
2010
- Soeter, A. M., Bakker, F. A. A., Velthuis, M., Verweij, R. A., Hoitinga, L., Marinkovic, M., Kraak, M. H. S., & Breeuwer, J. A. J. (2010). The selective environment: genetic adaptation of the midge Chironomus riparius to metal pollution. Proceedings of the Netherlands Entomological Society Meeting, 21, 85-94. http://www.nev.nl/sete/sete-2010/085-094-Soeter-light-2010.pdf [details]
- Xavier, J. R., Rachello-Dolmen, P. G., Parra-Velandia, F., Schönberg, C. H. L., Breeuwer, J. A. J., & van Soest, R. W. M. (2010). Molecular evidence of cryptic speciation in the "cosmopolitan" excavating sponge Cliona celata (Porifera, Clionaidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 56(1), 13-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.030 [details]
- Xavier, J. R., van Soest, R. W. M., Breeuwer, J. A. J., Martins, A. M. F., & Menken, S. B. J. (2010). Phylogeography, genetic diversity and structure of the poecilosclerid sponge Phorbas fictitius at oceanic islands. Contributions to Zoology, 79(3), 119-129. http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/ctz/vol79/nr03/art04 [details]
2009
- Boonstra, M., Asselman, M., Maas, P., Verweij, R. A., Breeuwer, J. A. J., & Kraak, M. H. S. (2009). Persistence of chironomids in metal polluted environments. Proceedings of the Netherlands Entomological Society Meeting, 20, 9-15. http://www.nev.nl/sete/sete-2009/009-015-BoonstraEA-2009.pdf [details]
- Ros, V. I. D., & Breeuwer, J. A. J. (2009). The effects of, and interactions between, Cardinium and Wolbachia in the doubly infected spider mite Bryobia sarothamni. Heredity, 102(4), 413-422. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2009.4 [details]
- Ros, V. I. D., Fleming, V. M., Feil, E. J., & Breeuwer, J. A. J. (2009). How diverse is the genus Wolbachia? Multiple-gene sequencing reveals a putatively new Wolbachia supergroup recovered from spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae). Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75(4), 1036-1043. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01109-08 [details]
2008
- Ros, V. I. D., Breeuwer, J. A. J., & Menken, S. B. J. (2008). Origins of asexuality in Bryobia mites (Acari: Tetranychidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 8, Article 153. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-8-153 [details]
- de Vries, E. J., van der Wurff, A. W. G., Jacobs, G., & Breeuwer, J. A. J. (2008). Onion thrips, Thrips tabaci, have gut bacteria that are closely related to the symbionts of the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis. Journal of Insect Science, 8, Article 23. https://doi.org/10.1673/031.008.2301 [details]
1996
- Breeuwer, JAJ., & Jacobs, G. (1996). Wolbachia: Intracellular manipulators of mite reproduction. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 20(8), 421-434.
1993
- Breeuwer, H., & Werren, J. H. (1993). CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPATIBILITY AND BACTERIAL DENSITY IN NASONIA-VITRIPENNIS. Genetics, 135(2), 565-574.
- Breeuwer, H., & Werren, J. H. (1993). EFFECT OF GENOTYPE ON CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN 2 SPECIES OF NASONIA. Heredity, 70, 428-436.
- Stouthamer, R., Breeuwer, H., LUCK, RF., & Werren, J. H. (1993). MOLECULAR-IDENTIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH PARTHENOGENESIS. Nature, 361(6407), 66-68.
1990
- Breeuwer, H., & Werren, J. H. (1990). MICROORGANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH CHROMOSOME DESTRUCTION AND REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION BETWEEN 2 INSECT SPECIES. Nature, 346(6284), 558-560.
2012
- Breeuwer, H., Ros, V. I. D., & Groot, T. V. M. (2012). Cardinium: the next addition to the family of reproductive parasites. In E. Zchori-Fein, & K. Bourtzis (Eds.), Manupulative tenants: bacteria associated with arthropods (pp. 207-224). (Frontiers in microbiology; No. 1). Baco Raton, FL: CRC Press. [details]
2021
- Breeuwer, J. A. J. (2021). Zon doet leven. In J. van den Broek, J. van Everdingen, R. Dorland, & A. de Graaf (Eds.), De zon: Bron van leven, energie en zorg (Vol. 40, pp. 14-27). Stichting Biowetenschappen en Maatschappij. https://www.biomaatschappij.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/BWM-De-zon.pdf
2010
- Breeuwer, J. A. J. (2010). Cause and consequence of haploid females in Brevipalpus mites.
2013
- de Baat, M., Loayza-Muro, R., Breeuwer, J. A. J., & Kraak, M. H. S. (2013). Metals and altitude drive genetic structure of chironomid communities in high altitude Andean streams. Proceedings of the Netherlands Entomological Society Meeting, 24, 69. http://www.nev.nl/pages/publicaties/proceedings/nummers/24/1-76.pdf
Membership / relevant position
- Breeuwer, H. (2018-2022). De Uyttenboogaart-Eliasen Stichting tot bevordering van de entomologische wetenschap werd in 1937 opgericht door Dr D.L. Uyttenboogaart en zijn vrouw (…), Uyttenboogaart-Eliasen Stichting. https://www.ue-stichting.nl/
- Breeuwer, H. (2018-2022). Entomologendag, Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging - sectie Entomologendag.
- Breeuwer, H. (2018-2022). De NEV is opgericht in 1845 en heeft als doel de studie van insecten, spinachtigen, duizendpoten en miljoenpoten te stimuleren. De vereniging (…), The Netherlands Entomological Society. https://nev.nl/
- Breeuwer, H. (2018-2022). De stichting is in 1979 opgericht door de heer J.M.A. van Groenendael en zijn echtgenote mevrouw A.H. Krijger. Na het overlijden van de heer Van (…), Van Groenendael Krijger Stichting. https://www.ue-stichting.nl/index.php/van-groendael-krijger-stichting-tot-bevordering-van-de-entomologische-wetenschap
- Breeuwer, H. (2014-2018). Uyttenboogaart-Eliasen Stichting. http://www.ue-stichting.nl/
- Breeuwer, H. (2014-2018). Nederlands Entomological Society. https://www.nev.nl/
2022
- Villacís Pérez, E., Alba Cano, J., Cotte, J., van Loon, Z., Breeuwer, H. & Van Leeuwen, T. (6-4-2022). Interactions with plant defences isolate sympatric populations of an herbivorous mite_Datasets. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.19501936.v1
2021
- Villacís Pérez, E., Menken, S., Van Leeuwen, T. & Breeuwer, H. (29-9-2021). Reproductive performance of female two-spotted spider mites on different host plants. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.16698010.v1
- Villacis Pérez, E. A., Snoeck, S., Kurlovs, A. H., Clark, R. M., Breeuwer, H. & Van Leeuwen, T. (1-6-2021). Juvenile survival of different spider mite genotypes on honeysuckle. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.14706366.v1
- Villacís Pérez, E., Snoeck, S., Kurlovs, A., Clark, R. M., Breeuwer, H. & Van Leeuwen, T. (1-6-2021). Plant species - spider mite associations. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.14706258.v1
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Villacis-Perez, E., Alba, J. M., Cotte, J., van Loon, Z., Breeuwer, J. A. J., & Van Leeuwen, T. (2022). Interactions With Plant Defences Isolate Sympatric Populations of an Herbivorous Mite. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, Article 819894.