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List of works by Boris Baer

A nonspecific fatty acid within the bumblebee mating plug prevents females from remating.

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Chemistry of a Mating Plug in Bumblebees

Consequences of Nosema apis infection for male honey bees and their fertility

scientific article published on 30 June 2015

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

scientific article published on 14 February 2018

Differential proteomics reveals novel insights into Nosema-honey bee interactions.

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Flight behaviour of honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers is altered by initial infections of the fungal parasite Nosema apis

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Flow cytometry as a rapid and reliable method to quantify sperm viability in the honeybee Apis mellifera.

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Heritability of sperm length in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

scientific article published in May 2006

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

scientific article published on 14 February 2009

Infections with the Sexually Transmitted Pathogen Nosema apis Trigger an Immune Response in the Seminal Fluid of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera).

scientific article published on 30 June 2016

Insights into female sperm storage from the spermathecal fluid proteome of the honeybee Apis mellifera.

scientific article published on 18 June 2009

Insights into the molecular basis of long-term storage and survival of sperm in the honeybee (Apis mellifera).

scientific article published on 16 January 2017

Long-term survival of high quality sperm: insights into the sperm proteome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

scientific article published on 15 October 2013

Magnetic particle-mediated magnetoreception

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

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Multi-modal imaging and analysis in the search for iron-based magnetoreceptors in the honeybee Apis mellifera

scientific article published on 19 September 2018

Natural variation in the genetic architecture of a host-parasite interaction in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris.

scientific article published in March 2007

No sex in fungus-farming ants or their crops

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Parasitized honey bees are less likely to forage and carry less pollen

scientific article published on 3 July 2015

Patterns of paternity skew among polyandrous social insects: what can they tell us about the potential for sexual selection?

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Polyandry reduces sperm length variation in social insects

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Protein-Level Interactions as Mediators of Sexual Conflict in Ants

scientific article published on 31 December 2018

Proteins within the seminal fluid are crucial to keep sperm viable in the honeybee Apis mellifera.

scientific article published on 28 December 2010

Proteomics in evolutionary ecology

scientific article published on 07 October 2015

Prudent sperm use by leaf-cutter ant queens.

scientific article published on 26 August 2009

Putative Drone Copulation Factors Regulating Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Queen Reproduction and Health: A Review

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Quantifying spore viability of the honey bee pathogen Nosema apis using flow cytometry

scientific article published on 12 December 2013

Queen reproductive tract secretions enhance sperm motility in ants

scientific article published in November 2016

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

scientific article published on 10 September 2019

Seminal fluid mediates ejaculate competition in social insects.

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Seminal fluid of honeybees contains multiple mechanisms to combat infections of the sexually transmitted pathogen Nosema apis.

scientific article published in January 2016

Seminal fluid proteins differ in abundance between genetic lineages of honeybees

scientific article published on August 10, 2012

Sperm influences female hibernation success, survival and fitness in the bumble-bee Bombus terrestris

scientific article published in February 2005

Sperm storage induces an immunity cost in ants.

scientific article published in June 2006

Sperm transfer and male competition in a bumblebee

scientific article published on 01 October 1999

Sperm use economy of honeybee (Apis mellifera) queens.

scientific article published on 22 March 2016

Stored sperm differs from ejaculated sperm by proteome alterations associated with energy metabolism in the honeybee Apis mellifera

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Synergistic effects of pathogen and pesticide exposure on honey bee (Apis mellifera) survival and immunity

scientific article published on 06 October 2018

The cost of promiscuity: sexual transmission of Nosema microsporidian parasites in polyandrous honey bees

scientific article published on 30 June 2015

The ejaculatory biology of leafcutter ants.

scientific article published on 20 February 2015

The seminal fluid proteome of the honeybee Apis mellifera.

scientific article published in April 2009

Worker heterozygosity and immune response in feral and managed honeybees (Apis mellifera)

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