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List of works by Christian Rabeling

A Brazilian population of the asexual fungus-growing ant Mycocepurus smithii (Formicidae, Myrmicinae, Attini) cultivates fungal symbionts with gongylidia-like structures

scientific article

A breakthrough innovation in animal evolution

scientific article

A checklist of the non-leaf-cutting fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Colombia, with new biogeographic records

scholarly article by Daniela Mera-Rodríguez et al published 22 September 2020 in Check List

A social parasite evolved reproductive isolation from its fungus-growing ant host in sympatry

scientific article

An ant genus-group (Prenolepis) illuminates the biogeography and drivers of insect diversification in the Indo-Pacific.

scientific article published on 12 February 2018

Biogeography of mutualistic fungi cultivated by leafcutter ants

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Breaking out of biogeographical modules: range expansion and taxon cycles in the hyperdiverse ant genus Pheidole

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Coevolution between attine ants and actinomycete bacteria: a reevaluation

scientific article published on 26 August 2008

Compositional heterogeneity and outgroup choice influence the internal phylogeny of the ants

scientific article published on 07 February 2019

Comprehensive phylogeny of Myrmecocystus honey ants highlights cryptic diversity and infers evolution during aridification of the American Southwest

scientific article published on 02 December 2020

Convergent evolution of complex structures for ant-bacterial defensive symbiosis in fungus-farming ants

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Cryptic sexual populations account for genetic diversity and ecological success in a widely distributed, asexual fungus-growing ant

scientific article (publication date: 26 July 2011)

Cyatta abscondita: taxonomy, evolution, and natural history of a new fungus-farming ant genus from Brazil

scientific article published in 2013

Development and characterization of twenty-two polymorphic microsatellite markers for the leafcutter ant, Acromyrmex lundii, utilizing Illumina sequencing

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Development of twenty-one polymorphic microsatellite markers for the fungus-growing ant, Mycocepurus goeldii (Formicidae: Attini), using Illumina paired-end genomic sequencing

Evolution: Shape-Shifting Social Parasites

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Lenomyrmex hoelldobleri: a new ant species discovered in the stomach of the dendrobatid poison frog, Oophaga sylvatica (Funkhouser)

scientific article (publication date: 19 September 2016)

Molecular phylogeny of Indo-Pacific carpenter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae,Camponotus) reveals waves of dispersal and colonization from diverse source areas

scientific article published on 7 November 2014

Newly discovered sister lineage sheds light on early ant evolution

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Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant-fungus agricultural symbiosis

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The molecular phylogenetics of Trachymyrmex Forel ants and their fungal cultivars provide insights into the origin and coevolutionary history of ‘higher‐attine’ ant agriculture

scientific article published on 3 September 2019

Thelytokous Parthenogenesis in Eusocial Hymenoptera

scientific article published on October 15, 2012

Thelytokous parthenogenesis in the fungus-gardening ant Mycocepurus smithii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scientific article

Two new species of socially parasitic Nylanderia ants from the southeastern United States

scientific article published on 24 March 2020