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

The dacetine ant Strumigenys arizonica, an apparent obligate commensal of the fungus-growing ant Trachymyrmex arizonensis in southwestern North America

(2018) K. W. Gray et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Phylogenetic patterns of ant-fungus associations indicate that farming strategies, not only a superior fungal cultivar, explain the ecological success of leafcutter ants

(2018) Ulrich G. Mueller et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Posterior Summarization in Bayesian Phylogenetics Using Tracer 1.7

(2018) Andrew Rambaut et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Evolution, systematics, and natural history of a new genus of cryptobiotic fungus-growing ants

(2018) JEFFREY SOSA-CALVO et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Chemical warfare between leafcutter ant symbionts and a co-evolved pathogen

(2018) Daniel Heine et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2018) Hongjie Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biogeography of mutualistic fungi cultivated by leafcutter ants

(2017) Ulrich G. Mueller et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Phylogenomic species delimitation and host-symbiont coevolution in the fungus-farming ant genus Sericomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ultraconserved elements (UCEs) resolve a recent radiation

(2017) ANA JEŠOVNIK et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

A new species of Trachymyrmex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) fungus-growing ant from the Sierra Madre Oriental of northeastern Mexico

(2017) Sergio R. Sánchez-Peña et al.   ZooKeys

Revision of the fungus-farming ant genus Sericomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae)

(2017) Ana Ješovnik et al.   ZooKeys

Patterns of Specificity of the Pathogen Escovopsis across the Fungus-Growing Ant Symbiosis

(2016) Stephanie S. L. Birnbaum et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant–fungus agricultural symbiosis

(2016) Sanne Nygaard et al.   Nature Communications

Phylogenomics and Divergence Dating of Fungus-Farming Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Genera Sericomyrmex and Apterostigma

(2016) Ana Ješovnik et al.   PLoS One

The Most Relictual Fungus-Farming Ant Species Cultivates the Most Recently Evolved and Highly Domesticated Fungal Symbiont Species

(2015) Ted R. Schultz et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Acromyrmex charruanus: a new inquiline social parasite species of leaf-cutting ants

(2015) C. Rabeling et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Evolutionarily advanced ant farmers rear polyploid fungal crops

(2015) P. W. Kooij et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Locating, collecting, and maintaining colonies of fungus-farming ants (Hymenoptera: Myrmicinae: Attini)

(2015) Jeffrey Sosa-Calvo et al.   SOCIOBIOLOGY

New Light on the Systematics of Fungi Associated with Attine Ant Gardens and the Description of Escovopsis kreiselii sp. nov.

(2015) Lucas A. Meirelles et al.   PLoS One

Variable interaction specificity and symbiont performance in Panamanian Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrmexfungus-growing ants

(2014) Henrik H De Fine Licht et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Ant-fungus species combinations engineer physiological activity of fungus gardens

(2014) J. N. Seal et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

A Brazilian Population of the Asexual Fungus-Growing Ant Mycocepurus smithii (Formicidae, Myrmicinae, Attini) Cultivates Fungal Symbionts with Gongylidia-Like Structures

(2014) Virginia E. Masiulionis et al.   PLoS One

Instability of novel ant-fungal associations constrains horizontal exchange of fungal symbionts

(2013) Jon N. Seal et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

MAFFT Multiple Sequence Alignment Software Version 7: Improvements in Performance and Usability

(2013) K. Katoh et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Cytogenetic and Molecular Analyses Reveal a Divergence between Acromyrmex striatus (Roger, 1863) and Other Congeneric Species: Taxonomic Implications

(2013) Maykon Passos Cristiano et al.   PLoS One

Cyatta abscondita: Taxonomy, Evolution, and Natural History of a New Fungus-Farming Ant Genus from Brazil

(2013) Jeffrey Sosa-Calvo et al.   PLoS One

BroadEscovopsis-inhibition activity ofPseudonocardiaassociated withTrachymyrmexants

(2013) Lucas A. Meirelles et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data

(2012) M. Kearse et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Symbiont recruitment versus ant-symbiont co-evolution in the attine ant–microbe symbiosis

(2012) Ulrich G Mueller   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

How to assemble a beneficial microbiome in three easy steps

(2012) István Scheuring et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

PartitionFinder: Combined Selection of Partitioning Schemes and Substitution Models for Phylogenetic Analyses

(2012) R. Lanfear et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Laccase detoxification mediates the nutritional alliance between leaf-cutting ants and fungus-garden symbionts

(2012) H. H. De Fine Licht et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Symbiont fidelity and the origin of species in fungus-growing ants

(2012) Natasha J. Mehdiabadi et al.   Nature Communications

Nesting Biology and Fungiculture of the Fungus-Growing Ant,Mycetagroicus cerradensis: New Light on the Origin of Higher Attine Agriculture

(2011) Scott E. Solomon et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

Comparative Dating of Attine Ant and Lepiotaceous Cultivar Phylogenies Reveals Coevolutionary Synchrony and Discord

(2010) Alexander S. Mikheyev et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Forage collection, substrate preparation, and diet composition in fungus-growing ants

(2010) HENRIK H. DE FINE LICHT et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Specificity in the symbiotic association between fungus-growing ants and protective Pseudonocardia bacteria

(2010) M. J. Cafaro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Polymorphic microsatellite markers for the symbiotic fungi cultivated by leaf cutter ants (Attini, Formicidae)

(2009) JARROD J. SCOTT et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Free-living fungal symbionts (Lepiotaceae) of fungus-growing ants (Attini: Formicidae)

(2009) Tanya L. Vo et al.   MYCOLOGIA

When Trees Grow Too Long: Investigating the Causes of Highly Inaccurate Bayesian Branch-Length Estimates

(2009) Jeremy M. Brown et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Cryptic Failure of Partitioned Bayesian Phylogenetic Analyses: Lost in the Land of Long Trees

(2009) David C. Marshall   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Food limitation in the fungus-gardening ant,Trachymyrmex septentrionalis

(2008) JON N. SEAL et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

COEVOLUTION BETWEEN ATTINE ANTS AND ACTINOMYCETE BACTERIA: A REEVALUATION

(2008) Ulrich G. Mueller et al.   EVOLUTION

Newly discovered sister lineage sheds light on early ant evolution

(2008) C. Rabeling et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A breakthrough innovation in animal evolution

(2008) U. G. Mueller et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Major evolutionary transitions in ant agriculture

(2008) T. R. Schultz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA