Dr. Alexandra Weyrich

Epigenetic stability and plasticity of social environmental effects in spotted hyenas

Comparative environmental epigenomics in wildlife

Paternal epigenetic effects

Behaviour, ecology and health of spotted hyenas in the Serengeti National Park

Good reproduction and health status in a genetically monomorphic species, the cheetah

- Epigenetic mechanims and regulation of gene expression

- Epigenetics of social systems

- Environmental factors

- Thermoregulation

Vullioud C, Geweiler D, Melzheimer J, Yasar S, Fickel J, Wachter B, Weyrich A (2026): Epigenetic changes are associated with phenotypic transition in Namibian cheetahs, #shared last author, Mol Ecol, doi.org/10.1111/mec.70527

Grunau C, Weyrich A (2025): Epigenetics in Evolution. Chap. 11, Book Epigenetics in Ecology and Evolution (2025), Wiley, p. 281, doi:10.1002/9781394372683.ch11, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781394372683

Vullioud C, Benhaiem S, Meneghini D, Szyf M, Shao Y, Hofer H, East M, Fickel J, Weyrich A (2024): Epigenetic signatures of social status in wild female spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta), Commun Biol 7, 313. doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-05926-y

Li K, Zhang S, Song X, Weyrich A, Wang Y, Liu X, Wan N, Liu J, Lövy M, Cui H, Frenkel V, Titievsky A, Panov J, Brodsky L, Nevo E (2020): Genome evolution of blind subterranean mole rats: Adaptive peripatric versus sympatric speciation. PROC NATL ACAD SCI USA 117, 32499–32508. doi:10.1073/pnas.2018123117

Weyrich A, Lenz D, Jeschek M, Chung TH, Rübensam K, Göritz K, Jewgenow, K, Fickel J (2016): Paternal intergenerational epigenetic response to heat exposure in male wild guinea. Invited to special issue on “Epigenetic Studies in Ecology and Evolution” in Molecular Ecology, doi.org/10.1111/mec.13494

Last updated on August, 19th, 2026