Cooperation, Conflict, and the Evolution of Queen Pheromones

Draft genome of the globally widespread and invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile)

(2011) C. D. Smith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The genome of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta

(2011) Y. Wurm et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Draft genome of the red harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus

(2011) C. R. Smith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Genome Sequence of the Leaf-Cutter Ant Atta cephalotes Reveals Insights into Its Obligate Symbiotic Lifestyle

(2011) Garret Suen et al.   PLoS Genetics

The appeasement effect of sterility signaling in dominance contests among Bombus terrestris workers

(2010) Etya Amsalem et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

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

(2010) Ben M Sadd et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Regulation of Reproduction in the Primitively Eusocial Wasp Ropalidia marginata: on the Trail of the Queen Pheromone

(2010) Anindita Bhadra et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Pathological effects of the microsporidium Nosema ceranae on honey bee queen physiology (Apis mellifera)

(2010) Cédric Alaux et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Sexual isolation of male moths explained by a single pheromone response QTL containing four receptor genes

(2010) F. Gould et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Identification of a pheromone regulating caste differentiation in termites

(2010) K. Matsuura et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Selfish strategies and honest signalling: reproductive conflicts in ant queen associations

(2010) L. Holman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Identification of an ant queen pheromone regulating worker sterility

(2010) L. Holman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genomic Comparison of the Ants Camponotus floridanus and Harpegnathos saltator

(2010) R. Bonasio et al.   SCIENCE

Functional and Evolutionary Insights from the Genomes of Three Parasitoid Nasonia Species

(2010) J. H. Werren et al.   SCIENCE

A golden age for evolutionary genetics? Genomic studies of adaptation in natural populations

(2010) Nicola J. Nadeau et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Beyond Drosophila: RNAi In Vivo and Functional Genomics in Insects

(2009) Xavier Bellés   Annual Review of Entomology

Queen reproductive state modulates pheromone production and queen-worker interactions in honeybees

(2009) Sarah D. Kocher et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Cuticular hydrocarbon profiles indicate reproductive status in the termite Zootermopsis nevadensis

(2009) Jürgen Liebig et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

The evolution of sex pheromones in an ecologically diverse genus of flies

(2009) MATTHEW R. E. SYMONDS et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Fast, cost-effective development of species-specific microsatellite markers by genomic sequencing

(2009) Jawad Abdelkrim et al.   BIOTECHNIQUES

Dopamine Receptor Activation By Honey Bee Queen Pheromone

(2009) Kyle T. Beggs et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Cuticular Hydrocarbons Reliably Identify Cheaters and Allow Enforcement of Altruism in a Social Insect

(2009) Adrian A. Smith et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The gene road to royalty - differential expression of hydroxylating genes in the mandibular glands of the honeybee

(2009) Osnat Malka et al.   FEBS Journal

Regulation of brain gene expression in honey bees by brood pheromone

(2009) C. Alaux et al.   GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

Honest and dishonest communication in social Hymenoptera

(2009) J. Heinze et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Uncoupling fertility from fertility-associated pheromones in worker honeybees (Apis mellifera)

(2009) Osnat Malka et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Adaptation and the genetics of social behaviour

(2009) L. Keller   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Reproductive competition in the bumble-bee Bombus terrestris: do workers advertise sterility?

(2009) E. Amsalem et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The role of the queen mandibular gland pheromone in honeybees (Apis mellifera): honest signal or suppressive agent?

(2008) Katrin Strauss et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Genomic analysis of post-mating changes in the honey bee queen (Apis mellifera)

(2008) Sarah D Kocher et al.   BMC GENOMICS

RNA-Seq: a revolutionary tool for transcriptomics

(2008) Zhong Wang et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Aggressive reproductive competition among hopelessly queenless honeybee workers triggered by pheromone signaling

(2008) O. Malka et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Fertility signals in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

(2008) A. Sramkova et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Large fitness benefits from polyandry in the honey bee, Apis mellifera

(2008) B OLDROYD et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The evolution of pheromone diversity

(2008) Matthew R.E. Symonds et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Primer Pheromones in Social Hymenoptera

(2007) Yves Le Conte et al.   Annual Review of Entomology