Neural Mechanisms and Information Processing in Recognition Systems

Olfactory Coding in the Honeybee Lateral Horn

(2014) Edith Roussel et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Ants Use Partner Specific Odors to Learn to Recognize a Mutualistic Partner

(2014) Masaru K. Hojo et al.   PLoS One

Niemann-Pick type C2 protein mediating chemical communication in the worker ant

(2014) Y. Ishida et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Conserved Class of Queen Pheromones Stops Social Insect Workers from Reproducing

(2014) A. Van Oystaeyen et al.   SCIENCE

Comparative genomics of chemosensory protein genes reveals rapid evolution and positive selection in ant-specific duplicates

(2013) J Kulmuni et al.   HEREDITY

Chemical structure of odorants and perceptual similarity in ants

(2013) N. Bos et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Insights into the Evolution of the CSP Gene Family through the Integration of Evolutionary Analysis and Comparative Protein Modeling

(2013) Jonna Kulmuni et al.   PLoS One

Chemical Discrimination and Aggressiveness via Cuticular Hydrocarbons in a Supercolony-Forming Ant, Formica yessensis

(2012) Midori Kidokoro-Kobayashi et al.   PLoS One

Higher brain centers for social tasks in worker ants, Camponotus japonicus

(2011) Michiko Nishikawa et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Distributed representation of social odors indicates parallel processing in the antennal lobe of ants

(2011) Andreas Simon Brandstaetter et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Odorant Binding Proteins of the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta: An Example of the Problems Facing the Analysis of Widely Divergent Proteins

(2011) Dietrich Gotzek et al.   PLoS One

Significance of chemical recognition cues is context dependent in ants

(2010) Nick Bos et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Dear enemy phenomenon in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex lobicornis: behavioral and genetic evidence

(2010) Romina D. Dimarco et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Dummies versus Air Puffs: Efficient Stimulus Delivery for Low-Volatile Odors

(2010) Andreas Simon Brandstaetter et al.   CHEMICAL SENSES

Role of Early Experience in Mixed-colony Odor Recognition in the Ants Manica rubida and Formica selysi

(2010) Christine Errard   ETHOLOGY

Apparent Dear-enemy Phenomenon and Environment-based Recognition Cues in the Ant Leptothorax nylanderi

(2010) Jürgen Heinze et al.   ETHOLOGY

Pheromones and signature mixtures: defining species-wide signals and variable cues for identity in both invertebrates and vertebrates

(2010) Tristram D. Wyatt   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Rapid Decision-Making with Side-Specific Perceptual Discrimination in Ants

(2010) Nathalie Stroeymeyt et al.   PLoS One

The scent of supercolonies: the discovery, synthesis and behavioural verification of ant colony recognition cues

(2009) Miriam Brandt et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Sex-specific antennal sensory system in the ant Camponotus japonicus: structure and distribution of sensilla on the flagellum

(2009) Aki Nakanishi et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Caste- and sex-specific adaptations within the olfactory pathway in the brain of the ant Camponotus floridanus

(2008) Christina Zube et al.   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

Nestmate recognition in ants is possible without tactile interaction

(2008) Andreas Simon Brandstaetter et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Ancestral Monogamy Shows Kin Selection Is Key to the Evolution of Eusociality

(2008) W. O. H. Hughes et al.   SCIENCE

Primer Pheromones in Social Hymenoptera

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

Organization of the olfactory pathway and odor processing in the antennal lobe of the antCamponotus floridanus

(2007) Christina Zube et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY