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A Comparative Analysis of Sex Ratio Investment Parameters in Ants

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A genetic component to size in queens of the ant, Formica truncorum

scientific article published in 2004

A genomic comparison of two termites with different social complexity

scientific article

A molecular phylogeny of Dorylus army ants provides evidence for multiple evolutionary transitions in foraging niche

scientific article

A mosaic of chemical coevolution in a large blue butterfly

scientific article

A new polygynousLasius species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from central Europe

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A new polygynousLasius species (Hymenoptera; Formicidae) from central Europe ⬇️

scientific article published in December 1990

A novel method for using RNA-seq data to identify imprinted genes in social Hymenoptera with multiply mated queens

scientific article published on 08 October 2020

A reassessment of the mating system characteristics of the army ant Eciton burchellii

scientific article published on 05 May 2006

A technique to artificially inseminate leafcutter ants

Abundance, Growth and Feeding of Natterjack Toads (Bufo calamita) In a 4-Year-Old Artificial Habitat

scientific article published in 1985

Acromyrmex Leaf-Cutting Ants Have Simple Gut Microbiota with Nitrogen-Fixing Potential

scientific article published on 5 June 2015

Acromyrmex insinuator new species: an incipient social parasite of fungus-growing ants

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Adaptive colony sex ratios in primitively eusocial bees ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 1991

Adoption of parasitic Maculinea alcon caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) by three Myrmica ant species

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An evaluation of the possible adaptive function of fungal brood covering by Attine ants.

scientific article published on 6 February 2012

Ant mediated redistribution of a xyloglucanase enzyme in fungus gardens of Acromyrmex echinatior.

scientific article

Ant parasite queens revert to mating singly

scientific article published in March 2004

Ant queen egg-marking signals: matching deceptive laboratory simplicity with natural complexity

scientific article

Ant sperm storage organs do not have phenoloxidase constitutive immune activity

scientific article published on 23 April 2015

Antimicrobial defense shows an abrupt evolutionary transition in the fungus-growing ants.

scientific article published on 8 February 2008

Ants farm subterranean aphids mostly in single clone groups--an example of prudent husbandry for carbohydrates and proteins?

scientific article

Are workers of Atta leafcutter ants capable of reproduction?

Association of Long-Term Risk of Respiratory, Allergic, and Infectious Diseases With Removal of Adenoids and Tonsils in Childhood

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Bacterial symbiont sharing in Megalomyrmex social parasites and their fungus-growing ant hosts

scientific article

Behavioral mechanisms and morphological symptoms of zombie ants dying from fungal infection

scientific article

Beyond promiscuity: mate-choice commitments in social breeding ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 5 March 2013)

Blending of heritable recognition cues among ant nestmates creates distinct colony gestalt odours but prevents within-colony nepotism.

scientific article published on 12 May 2010

Caste-specific RNA editomes in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior

scientific article

Caste-specific expression of genetic variation in the size of antibiotic-producing glands of leaf-cutting ants

scientific article published on 28 October 2009

Caste-specific symbiont policing by workers of Acromyrmex fungus-growing ants

scientific article published in 2008

Characterisation and cross-amplification of polymorphic microsatellite loci in ant-associated root-aphids

article published in 2010

Chemical mimicry in an incipient leaf-cutting ant social parasite

article by Duccio Lambardi et al published 19 December 2006 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Chemical warfare between leafcutter ant symbionts and a co-evolved pathogen.

scientific article published on 7 June 2018

Chemically armed mercenary ants protect fungus-farming societies

scientific article

Clonal yeast biofilms can reap competitive advantages through cell differentiation without being obligatorily multicellular

scientific article published in November 2016

Cloning and sequencing of wsp encoding gene fragments reveals a diversity of co-infecting Wolbachia strains in Acromyrmex leafcutter ants

scientific article

Coevolved crypts and exocrine glands support mutualistic bacteria in fungus-growing ants

scientific article

Colony fusion and worker reproduction after queen loss in army ants

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Colony-level and season-specific variation in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of individual workers in the ant Formica truncorum

Colony-level sex ratio selection in the eusocial Hymenoptera

scholarly article by J. J. Boomsma & A. Grafen published May 1991 in Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Communication between hosts and social parasites

scholarly article published 1 August 2008

Competition-based screening helps to secure the evolutionary stability of a defensive microbiome

scientific article published on 15 September 2021

Complementary symbiont contributions to plant decomposition in a fungus-farming termite.

scientific article

Conflicts and alliances in insect families

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Convergent development of ecological, genetic, and morphological traits in native supercolonies of the red ant Myrmica rubra

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Convergent development of low-relatedness supercolonies in Myrmica ants

scientific article published in August 2002

Copulation Behaviour in the Linnet Carduelis cannabina and the Insemination Window Hypothesis

Correction to: The introduction history of invasive garden ants in Europe: integrating genetic, chemical and behavioural approaches ⬇️

scientific article published on 30 October 2018

Cryptic speciation in the fungus-growing ants Cyphomyrmex longiscapus Weber and Cyphomyrmex muelleri Schultz and Solomon, new species (Formicidae, Attini)

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Density-dependence and within-host competition in a semelparous parasite of leaf-cutting ants

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Differences in forage-acquisition and fungal enzyme activity contribute to niche segregation in Panamanian leaf-cutting ants.

scientific article

Differential gene expression inAcromyrmexleaf-cutting ants after challenges with two fungal pathogens

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Differential immune gene expression in sperm storage organs of leaf-cutting ants.

scientific article published on 14 February 2018

Differential resistance and the importance of antibiotic production in Acromyrmex echinatior leaf-cutting ant castes towards the entomopathogenic fungus Aspergillus nomius

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Direct Genetic Evidence for Local Mate Competition in Ants

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Disease dynamics in a specialized parasite of ant societies

scientific article

Dispersal and gene flow in the rare, parasitic Large Blue butterfly Maculinea arion

scientific article published on 30 April 2012

Diversity and Transmission of Gut Bacteria in Atta and Acromyrmex Leaf-Cutting Ants during Development

scientific article published on 10 October 2017

Diversity of entomopathogenic fungi near leaf-cutting ant nests in a neotropical forest, with particular reference to Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae

scientific article published on January 2004

Do army ant queens re-mate later in life?

Does genetic diversity hinder parasite evolution in social insect colonies?

scientific article published in January 2006

Dynamic Wolbachia prevalence in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants: potential for a nutritional symbiosis.

scientific article

Dynamic disease management in Trachymyrmex fungus-growing ants (Attini: Formicidae).

scientific article published on 27 February 2013

Effect of habitat saturation on the number and turnover of queens in the polygynous ant, Myrmica sulcinodis

Ephemeral windows of opportunity for horizontal transmission of fungal symbionts in leaf-cutting ants

scientific article published on 9 April 2009

Estimation of Worker Numbers in Ant Populations after Marking with Europium

scholarly article by J. J. Boomsma published March 1982 in Oikos

Evidence for differential selection and potential adaptive evolution in the worker caste of an inquiline social parasite

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Evolution: sympatric speciation the eusocial way.

scientific article published in September 2014

Evolutionarily advanced ant farmers rear polyploid fungal crops

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Evolutionary ecology: wasp mother's little helpers

scientific article

Evolutionary interaction networks of insect pathogenic fungi.

scientific article published on 23 October 2013

Evolutionary patterns of proteinase activity in attine ant fungus gardens

scientific article

Evolutionary transition from single to multiple mating in fungus-growing ants

scientific article published in November 1999

Evolutionary transitions in enzyme activity of ant fungus gardens.

scientific article

Examination of the immune responses of males and workers of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior and the effect of infection

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Experimental evidence for the costs and hygienic significance of the antibiotic metapleural gland secretion in leaf-cutting ants

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Experimental evidence of a tripartite mutualism: bacteria protect ant fungus gardens from specialized parasites

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Extended phenotype: nematodes turn ants into bird-dispersed fruits

scientific article published in April 2008

Extreme queen-mating frequency and colony fission in African army ants.

scientific article

Facultative Sex Allocation by Workers and the Evolution of Polyandry by Queens in Social Hymenoptera

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Farming termites determine the genetic population structure of Termitomyces fungal symbionts.

scientific article published on 17 March 2011

Farming writ small ⬇️

scientific article published on January 20, 2011

Fifty years of illumination about the natural levels of adaptation.

scientific article

Foraging strategies and seasonal diet optimization of muskoxen in West Greenland

scientific article published on 01 October 1995

Functional morphology of the metapleural gland in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex octospinosus

Functional role of phenylacetic acid from metapleural gland secretions in controlling fungal pathogens in evolutionarily derived leaf-cutting ants.

scientific article published in May 2015

Fungal enzymes transferred by leaf-cutting ants in their fungus gardens

scientific article published in January 2004

Fungus gardens of the leafcutter ant Atta colombica function as egg nurseries for the snake Leptodeira annulata

article by B. Baer et al published 13 June 2009 in Insectes Sociaux

Genetic Variation in Virulence among Chalkbrood Strains Infecting Honeybees ⬇️

scientific article published on September 22, 2011

Genetic differentiation between the ant Myrmica rubra and its microgynous social parasite

Genetic diversity and disease resistance in leaf-cutting ant societies

scientific article published in June 2004

Genetic polymorphism in leaf-cutting ants is phenotypically plastic

scientific article published in July 2007

Genetic population structure of the large blue butterfly Maculinea alcon in Denmark

scholarly article by Rebekka M.E. Gadeberg & Jacobus J. Boomsma published 1997 in Journal of Insect Conservation

Genetic royal cheats in leaf-cutting ant societies

scholarly article

Genome Analysis of Two Pseudonocardia Phylotypes Associated with Acromyrmex Leafcutter Ants Reveals Their Biosynthetic Potential

scientific article published on 26 December 2016

Geographical variation in host-ant specificity of the parasitic butterfly Maculinea alcon in Denmark

scholarly article by Thomas Damm Als et al published August 2002 in Ecological Entomology

Gnamptogenys hartmani Wheeler (Ponerinae: Ectatommini): an agro-predator of Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants

scientific article published on 15 October 2003

Graveyards on the move: the spatio-temporal distribution of dead ophiocordyceps-infected ants

scientific article

Group-specific polymerase chain reaction amplification of SSU rRNA-encoding gene fragments from 12 microbial taxa

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Heritability of sperm length in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

scientific article published in May 2006

High recombination frequency creates genotypic diversity in colonies of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior

scientific article published in September 2006

High symbiont relatedness stabilizes mutualistic cooperation in fungus-growing termites.

scientific article published in November 2009

Honey bee males and queens use glandular secretions to enhance sperm viability before and after storage.

scientific article published on 14 February 2009

Horizontal partner exchange does not preclude stable mutualism in fungus-growing ants

scientific article published on 27 November 2018

Hybridization in East African swarm-raiding army ants

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INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION IN ANT SEX RATIOS AND THE TRIVERS-HARE HYPOTHESIS.

scientific article published on July 1990

Identifying the core microbial community in the gut of fungus-growing termites.

scientific article published on 27 August 2014

Identifying the transition between single and multiple mating of queens in fungus-growing ants

scientific article published in August 2002

Immune defense in leaf-cutting ants: a cross-fostering approach.

scientific article published on 21 February 2011

Incomplete lineage sorting and phenotypic evolution in marsupials

scientific article published in 2022

Increased risk of many early-life diseases after surgical removal of adenoids and tonsils in childhood

Informational constraints on optimal sex allocation in ants.

scientific article

Insular Biogeography and Distribution Ecology of Ants on the Frisian Islands

scholarly article by J. J. Boomsma et al published January 1987 in Journal of Biogeography

Integration strategies of a leaf-cutting ant social parasite

Interaction specificity between leaf-cutting ants and vertically transmitted Pseudonocardia bacteria.

scientific article

Intraspecific Variation in Ant sex Ratios and the Trivers-Hare Hypothesis

Jacobus (Koos) Boomsma

scientific article published in June 2015

Kin selection versus sexual selection: why the ends do not meet

scientific article

Laccase detoxification mediates the nutritional alliance between leaf-cutting ants and fungus-garden symbionts

scientific article published on 24 December 2012

Lack of patriline-specific differences in chemical composition of the metapleural gland secretion in Acromyrmex octospinosus

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Large-scale evolutionary patterns of host plant associations in the Lepidoptera

scientific article

Leaf-cutting ant fungi produce cell wall degrading pectinase complexes reminiscent of phytopathogenic fungi.

scientific article

Let your enemy do the work: within-host interactions between two fungal parasites of leaf-cutting ants

scientific article published on 01 February 2004

Leucoagaricus gongylophorus uses leaf-cutting ants to vector proteolytic enzymes towards new plant substrate.

scientific article published on 09 January 2014

Lifetime monogamy and the evolution of eusociality

scientific article (publication date: 12 November 2009)

Limitations to the Association of Risk of Airway Disease With Removal of Adenoids and Tonsils in Children-Reply

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Low genetic variation in muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) from western Greenland using microsatellites.

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Male parentage in army ants

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Mating biology of the leaf-cutting ants Atta colombica and A. cephalotes.

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Metapleural Gland Secretion of the Leaf-cutter Ant Acromyrmex octospinosus: New Compounds and Their Functional Significance

Microsatellite markers for the driver ant Dorylus (Anomma) molestus

scientific article published in 2004

Microsatellite primers for fungus-growing ants

scientific article published in 2002

Monogamous sperm storage and permanent worker sterility in a long-lived ambrosia beetle

scientific article published on 23 April 2018

Multiple mating and facultative polygyny in the Panamanian leafcutter ant Acromyrmex echinatior

scientific article published in 1999

Multiple mating increases the sperm stores of Atta colombica leafcutter ant queens

scientific article published in 1998

Multiple paternity in social Hymenoptera: estimating the effective mate number in single-double mating populations

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Multiple paternity in the leafcutter ant Atta colombica — a microsatellite DNA study

Multiple paternity, relatedness and genetic diversity in Acromyrmex leaf-cutter ants.

scientific article published in February 1999

Multiple queens means fewer mates

scientific article published in September 2007

Multiple reproductive strategies in a tropical hover wasp

scientific article published in 2005

Muscling out malaria

scientific article published on 27 July 2006

Mutualistic bacteria and a possible trade-off between alternative defence mechanisms in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

article by Michael Poulsen et al published 1 March 2002 in Insectes Sociaux

Mutualistic fungi control crop diversity in fungus-growing ants.

scientific article published in February 2005

Nature's True Self

scientific article published in Science

Nice to kin and nasty to non-kin: revisiting Hamilton's early insights on eusociality

scientific article published on 16 October 2013

Nine novel microsatellite markers for the army ant Simopelta pergandei (subfamily Ponerinae)

Nutrition mediates the expression of cultivar-farmer conflict in a fungus-growing ant.

scientific article published on 22 August 2016

Nutritional niches reveal fundamental domestication trade-offs in fungus-farming ants

scientific article published on 26 October 2020

OP0010. Optimizing time from diagnosis to delivery in preeclampsia based on the future health prospects of offspring

scientific article

Old soldiers never die ....

scientific article published on 22 February 2012

On the Production Ecology of Lasius niger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Successive Coastal Dune Valleys

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On the Robustness of Split Sex Ratio Predictions In Social Hymenoptera

scholarly article by Francis L.W. Ratnieks & Jacobus J. Boomsma published April 1997 in Journal of Theoretical Biology

Only full-sibling families evolved eusociality

scientific article published in Nature

Opposite differential risks for autism and schizophrenia based on maternal age, paternal age, and parental age differences

scientific article published on 16 September 2016

Opposite risk patterns for autism and schizophrenia are associated with normal variation in birth size: phenotypic support for hypothesized diametric gene-dosage effects.

scientific article published in November 2014

Optimal mating strategies in nonterritorial ungulates: a general model tested on muskoxen

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Parent-offspring conflict and the persistence of pregnancy-induced hypertension in modern humans

scientific article published in 2013

Partial incompatibility between ants and symbiotic fungi in two sympatric species of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

scientific article published in October 2001

Paternity in eusocial Hymenoptera

scholarly article by Jacobus J. Boomsma & Francis L. W. Ratnieks published 29 July 1996 in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

Patterns of interaction specificity of fungus-growing termites and Termitomyces symbionts in South Africa

scientific article

Patterns of male parentage in the fungus-growing ants

scientific article published in 2003

Patterns of paternity skew in Formica ants

scientific article published in 1998

Phylogenomic analysis and metabolic role reconstruction of mutualistic <i>Rhizobiales</i> hindgut symbionts of <i>Acromyrmex</i> leaf-cutting ants

scientific article published in 2022

Policing and punishment across the domains of social evolution

scientific article published in 2015

Population genetic signatures of diffuse co-evolution between leaf-cutting ants and their cultivar fungi

scientific article

Population structure of a large blue butterfly and its specialist parasitoid in a fragmented landscape.

scientific article published on September 2007

Positive association of queen number and queen-mating frequency Myrmica ants: a challenge to the genetic-variability hypotheses

article by Jes S. Pedersen & Jacobus J. Boomsma published 23 March 1999 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Presumptive horizontal symbiont transmission in the fungus-growing termite Macrotermes natalensis.

scientific article

Protein-Level Interactions as Mediators of Sexual Conflict in Ants

scientific article published on 31 December 2018

Prudent sperm use by leaf-cutter ant queens.

scientific article published on 26 August 2009

Quantifying honey bee mating range and isolation in semi-isolated valleys by DNA microsatellite paternity analysis

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Queen mating frequency and relatedness in young Atta sexdens colonies

article by E.J. Fjerdingstadt & J.J. Boomsma published November 2000 in Insectes Sociaux

Queen reproductive tract secretions enhance sperm motility in ants

scientific article published in November 2016

Queen–worker caste ratio depends on colony size in the pharaoh ant (Monomorium pharaonis)

article by A. M. Schmidt et al published 28 October 2010 in Insectes Sociaux

REPRODUCTION AND HYBRID LOAD IN ALL-HYBRID POPULATIONS OF RANA ESCULENTA WATER FROGS IN DENMARK

scientific article published in June 2005

Random sperm use and genetic effects on worker caste fate in Atta colombica leaf-cutting ants

scientific article published on 7 November 2011

Rapid shifts in Atta cephalotes fungus-garden enzyme activity after a change in fungal substrate (Attini, Formicidae).

scientific article

Rare extra-pair fertilizations in the semi-colonially breeding linnet Carduelis cannabina

Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant-fungus agricultural symbiosis

scientific article

Reconstructing eight decades of genetic variation in an isolated Danish population of the large blue butterfly Maculinea arion

scientific article

Reconstructing the functions of endosymbiotic Mollicutes in fungus-growing ants

scientific article published on 20 November 2018

Reduced biological control and enhanced chemical pest management in the evolution of fungus farming in ants ⬇️

scientific article published on 18 March 2009

Regulation and specificity of antifungal metapleural gland secretion in leaf-cutting ants

scientific article published on 22 August 2012

Relatedness and inbreeding in a French population of the unicolonial antIndomyrmex humilis (Mayr)

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Relaxed selection underlies genome erosion in socially parasitic ant species

scientific article published on 18 May 2021

Reproduction and dispersal in an ant-associated root aphid community

scientific article

Reproduction and hybrid load in all-hybrid populations of Rana esculenta water frogs in Denmark

scientific article published in June 2005

Reproductive alliances and posthumous fitness enhancement in male ants

scientific article published in July 2000

Rethinking crop-disease management in fungus-growing ants

scientific article published on 13 October 2009

Retrospective. Rossiter H. Crozier (1943-2009).

scientific article

Rival seminal fluid induces enhanced sperm motility in a polyandrous ant.

scientific article published on 23 March 2018

SEX-INVESTMENT RATIOS AND RELATEDNESS IN THE MONOGYNOUS ANT LASIUS NIGER (L.).

scientific article published on January 1988

Self-restraint and sterility in workers of Acromyrmex and Atta leafcutter ants

Seminal fluid compromises visual perception in honeybee queens reducing their survival during additional mating flights

scientific article published on 10 September 2019

Seminal fluid enhances sperm viability in the leafcutter ant Atta colombica

scientific article published in 2008

Seminal fluid mediates ejaculate competition in social insects.

scientific article

Sex allocation in fungus-growing ants: worker or queen control without symbiont-induced female bias

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Sex allocation in the polydomous leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex balzani

scientific article published in 2006

Sex-Investment Ratios in Ants: Has Female Bias Been Systematically Overestimated?

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Short independent lives and selection for maximal sperm survival make investment in immune defences unprofitable for leaf-cutting ant males

scientific article published in 2014

Six weeks in the life of a reproducing army ant colony: male parentage and colony behaviour

Slowing them down will make them lose: a role for attine ant crop fungus in defending pupae against infections?

scientific article published on 2 May 2016

Social insect genomes exhibit dramatic evolution in gene composition and regulation while preserving regulatory features linked to sociality

scientific article published on May 2013

Social insect symbionts: evolution in homeostatic fortresses

scientific article

Social insects: from selfish genes to self organisation and beyond

scientific article published on 2 May 2006

Social-insect fungus farming

scientific article published on 01 December 2006

Somatic incompatibility and genetic structure of fungal crops in sympatric Atta colombica and Acromyrmex echinatior leaf-cutting ants.

scientific article

Specificity and stability of the Acromyrmex-Pseudonocardia symbiosis.

scientific article

Specificity in chemical profiles of workers, brood and mutualistic fungi in Atta, Acromyrmex, and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants.

scientific article published on 27 November 2007

Specificity of the mutualistic association between actinomycete bacteria and two sympatric species of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants.

scientific article published in October 2005

Sperm length evolution in the fungus-growing ants

scientific article published in 2008

Sperm length, sperm storage and mating system characteristics in bumblebees

Sperm mixing in the polyandrous leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior.

scientific article

Sperm storage induces an immunity cost in ants.

scientific article published in June 2006

Split sex ratios and queen-male conflict over sperm allocation

article by Jacobus J. Boomsma published 22 June 1996 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Strict monandry in the ponerine army ant genus Simopelta suggests that colony size and complexity drive mating system evolution in social insects

scientific article

Structure and Diversity of Ant Communities in Successive Coastal Dune Valleys

scientific article published in 1982

Subordinate wasps are more aggressive in colonies with low reproductive skew

Superorganismality and caste differentiation as points of no return: how the major evolutionary transitions were lost in translation.

scientific article published on 15 May 2017

Survival and growth of parasitic Maculinea alcon caterpillars (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in laboratory nests of three Myrmica ant species

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Symbiotic adaptations in the fungal cultivar of leaf-cutting ants.

scientific article published in December 2014

Tachykinin Expression Levels Correlate with Caste-Specific Aggression in Workers of the Leaf-Cutting Ant Acromyrmex echinatior

scientific article published in 2016

Task partitioning in insect societies: bucket brigades

article by C. Anderson et al published 1 May 2002 in Insectes Sociaux

Temperature dependent virulence of obligate and facultative fungal pathogens of honeybee brood.

scientific article published on 8 October 2010

Tetraponera ants have gut symbionts related to nitrogen-fixing root-nodule bacteria.

scientific article

The adaptive significance of inquiline parasite workers

scientific article published in June 2003

The diversity of microorganisms associated with Acromyrmex leafcutter ants

scientific article

The dynamics of plant cell-wall polysaccharide decomposition in leaf-cutting ant fungus gardens

scientific article

The economy of worker reproduction in Acromyrmex leafcutter ants

The effect of metapleural gland secretion on the growth of a mutualistic bacterium on the cuticle of leaf-cutting ants

scientific article published on 12 August 2003

The effects of age and social interactions on innate immunity in a leaf-cutting ant.

scientific article

The ejaculatory biology of leafcutter ants.

scientific article published on 20 February 2015

The evolution of abdominal microbiomes in fungus-growing ants

scientific article published on 10 December 2018

The evolution of alternative parasitic life histories in large blue butterflies

scientific article

The evolution of fungus-growing termites and their mutualistic fungal symbionts.

scientific article

The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants ⬇️

scientific article

The evolution of male traits in social insects

scientific article

The evolution of multicellular complexity: the role of relatedness and environmental constraints

scientific article published on 22 July 2020

The evolution of multiple mating in army ants

scientific article

The evolution of multiqueen breeding in eusocial lineages with permanent physically differentiated castes

The evolution of social parasitism in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants: a test of Emery?s rule

The fungal symbiont of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants expresses the full spectrum of genes to degrade cellulose and other plant cell wall polysaccharides

scientific article

The gene expression network regulating queen brain remodeling after insemination and its parallel use in ants with reproductive workers

scientific article published on 16 September 2020

The genome of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta

scientific article

The genome of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior suggests key adaptations to advanced social life and fungus farming.

scientific article

The introduction history of invasive garden ants in Europe: integrating genetic, chemical and behavioural approaches. ⬇️

scientific article

The life of a dead ant: the expression of an adaptive extended phenotype

scientific article

The origin of the chemical profiles of fungal symbionts and their significance for nestmate recognition in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

scientific article published in 2007

The scent of symbiosis: gut bacteria may affect social interactions in leaf-cutting ants

Time from pre-eclampsia diagnosis to delivery affects future health prospects of children

scientific article

Towards a Better Understanding of the Evolution of Specialized Parasites of Fungus-Growing Ant Crops

scientific article published in 2012

Towards a molecular understanding of symbiont function: identification of a fungal gene for the degradation of xylan in the fungus gardens of leaf-cutting ants

scientific article

Towards reconstructing the ancestral brain gene-network regulating caste differentiation in ants

article

Trade-offs in group living: transmission and disease resistance in leaf-cutting ants

scientific article published in September 2002

Variable Metapleural Gland Size-Allometries in Acromyrmex Leafcutter Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Variable interaction specificity and symbiont performance in Panamanian Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants.

scientific article

Variable microsatellite loci for the leafcutter ant Acromyrmex echinatior and their applicability to related species

scientific article published in January 2000

Variable sensitivity of fungi and bacteria to compounds produced by the metapleural glands of leaf-cutting ants

article by A. N. M. Bot et al published November 2002 in Insectes Sociaux

Variation in male body size and reproductive allocation in the leafcutter ant Atta colombica: estimating variance components and possible trade-offs

article

Variation in size and sperm content of sexuals in the leafcutter ant Atta colombica

Varying degrees of Apis mellifera ligustica introgression in protected populations of the black honeybee, Apis mellifera mellifera, in northwest Europe

scientific article published in January 2005

Virulence of mixed fungal infections in honey bee brood

scientific article

Waste management in leaf-cutting ants

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Weather conditions during nuptial flights of four European ant species

scientific article

When every sperm counts: factors affecting male fertility in the honeybee Apis mellifera

article by M. Sturup et al published 18 June 2013 in Behavioral Ecology

When every sperm is sacred: the emergence and decline of superorganismal chimeras

scientific article published in 2016

Wingless virgin queens assume helper roles in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants.

scientific article published in September 2012

Within-colony transmission and the cost of a mutualistic bacterium in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex octospinosus

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Wolbachia in leafcutter ants: a widespread symbiont that may induce male killing or incompatible matings

Worker caste determination in the army ant Eciton burchellii

scientific article

Worker caste polymorphism has a genetic basis in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

scientific article

Workers of Acromyrmex echinatior leafcutter ants police worker-laid eggs, but not reproductive workers

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