Host–pathogen coevolution: The selective advantage of Bacillus thuringiensis virulence and its cry toxin genes
L. El Masri, A. Branca, A. Sheppard, A. Papkou, D. Laehnemann, P. Guenther, S. Prahl, M. Saebelfeld, J. Hollensteiner, H. Liesegang, E. Brzuszkiewicz, R. Daniel, N. Michiels, R. Schulte, J. Kurtz, P. Rosenstiel, A. Telschow, E. Bornberg Bauer, H. Schulenburg, PLoS Biology 13 (2015) 1–30.

Individual and social immunisation in insects
L. El Masri, S. Cremer, Trends in Immunology 35 (2014) 471–482.

Sex differences in host defence interfere with parasite-mediated selection for outcrossing during host-parasite coevolution
L. El Masri, R. Schulte, N. Timmermeyer, S. Thanisch, L. Crummenerl, G. Jansen, N. Michiels, H. Schulenburg, Ecology Letters 16 (2013) 461–468.