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List of works by Ben M. Sadd

A depauperate immune repertoire precedes evolution of sociality in bees

scientific article published on 24 April 2015

A distinct infection cost associated with trans-generational priming of antibacterial immunity in bumble-bees

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A simulated natural heatwave perturbs bumblebee immunity and resistance to infection

scientific article published in 2024

An evidence-based rationale for a North American commercial bumble bee clean stock certification program

scientific article published in 2023

An interaction between host and microbe genotypes determines colonization success of a key bumble bee gut microbiota member

scientific article published on 10 October 2019

Analysis of a normalised expressed sequence tag (EST) library from a key pollinator, the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

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Bumble bee parasite strains vary in resistance to phytochemicals.

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Consuming sunflower pollen reduced pathogen infection but did not alter measures of immunity in bumblebees

scientific article published on 2 May 2022

Detrimental interactions of neonicotinoid pesticide exposure and bumblebee immunity

scientific article published on 01 June 2017

Divergence and convergence of gut microbiomes of wild insect pollinators

scientific article published in 2023

Endosymbionts that threaten commercially raised and wild bumble bees (Bombus spp.)

scientific article published in 2023

Evolution of resistance to single and combined floral phytochemicals by a bumble bee parasite.

scientific article published on 26 October 2016

Facultative but persistent trans-generational immunity via the mother's eggs in bumblebees.

scientific article published in December 2007

Food-environment mediates the outcome of specific interactions between a bumblebee and its trypanosome parasite.

scientific article published on 7 June 2011

Gene expression differences underlying genotype-by-genotype specificity in a host-parasite system

scientific article published on 18 February 2014

Heterogeneity in infection outcome: lessons from a bumblebee-trypanosome system.

scientific article published on 12 June 2013

Insect antimicrobial peptides show potentiating functional interactions against Gram-negative bacteria.

scientific article published in May 2015

Insect immunity shows specificity in protection upon secondary pathogen exposure.

scientific article published in June 2006

Intestinal B cells in the red-eared slider turtle, Trachemys scripta: Anatomical distribution and implications for ecological interactions with pathogenic microbes

scientific article published on 22 July 2019

Macronutrient intake and simulated infection threat independently affect life history traits of male decorated crickets

scientific article published on 22 September 2020

Male and female genotype and a genotype-by-genotype interaction mediate the effects of mating on cellular but not humoral immunity in female decorated crickets

scientific article published on 20 November 2020

Modulation of sexual signalling by immune challenged male mealworm beetles (Tenebrio molitor, L.): evidence for terminal investment and dishonesty.

scientific article published in March 2006

Parasites, parasitoids, and hive products that are potentially deleterious to wild and commercially raised bumble bees (Bombus spp.) in North America

scientific article published in 2023

Parental guidance? Trans-generational influences on offspring life history in mosquitoes

scientific article published on 9 April 2008

Principles of ecological immunology.

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Robustness of the outcome of adult bumblebee infection with a trypanosome parasite after varied parasite exposures during larval development.

scientific article published on 5 April 2012

Royal Decree: Gene Expression in Trans-Generationally Immune Primed Bumblebee Workers Mimics a Primary Immune Response

scientific article published on 21 July 2016

Self-harm caused by an insect's innate immunity.

scientific article published in October 2006

Strain filtering and transmission of a mixed infection in a social insect.

scientific article published on 19 November 2010

Strain-specific priming of resistance in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum.

scientific article published in January 2009

Studying immunity at the whole organism level

scientific article published on 01 April 2008

Terminal investment in the gustatory appeal of nuptial food gifts in crickets

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The Bee Microbiome: Impact on Bee Health and Model for Evolution and Ecology of Host-Microbe Interactions

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The effect of environmental temperature on reptilian peripheral blood B cell functions.

scientific article published on 2 November 2016

The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization

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The origin of specificity by means of natural selection: evolved and nonhost resistance in host-pathogen interactions

scientific article published on 24 September 2012

The prevalence of parasites and pathogens in Asian honeybees Apis cerana in China

scientific article published on 7 November 2012

Trans-generational immune priming in a social insect

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