The evolution of a complex trait: cuticular hydrocarbons in ants evolve independent from phylogenetic constraints

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Ecology and Evolution of Communication in Social Insects

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Differential Sharing of Chemical Cues by Social Parasites Versus Social Mutualists in a Three-Species Symbiosis

(2016) Virginia J. Emery et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Evolution of Cuticular Hydrocarbons in the Hymenoptera: a Meta-Analysis

(2015) Ricarda Kather et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

What makes you a potential partner? Insights from convergently evolved ant–ant symbioses

(2014) Florian Menzel et al.   CHEMOECOLOGY

Evolution of the Insect Desaturase Gene Family with an Emphasis on Social Hymenoptera

(2014) Martin Helmkampf et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A Single Gene Affects Both Ecological Divergence and Mate Choice in Drosophila

(2014) H. Chung et al.   SCIENCE

Evolution of insect pheromones and their role in reproductive isolation and speciation

(2013) Claude Wicker-Thomas   ANNALES DE LA SOCIETE ENTOMOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE

Cuticular hydrocarbons distinguish cryptic sibling species in Euglossa orchid bees

(2013) Tamara Pokorny et al.   APIDOLOGIE

REPRODUCTIVE CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT OF EPICUTICULAR COMPOUNDS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO MATE CHOICE INDROSOPHILA SUBQUINARIAANDDROSOPHILA RECENS

(2013) Kelly A. Dyer et al.   EVOLUTION

MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0

(2013) Koichiro Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Phylogenetic signal in primate behaviour, ecology and life history

(2013) J. M. Kamilar et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Recognition in a Social Symbiosis: Chemical Phenotypes and Nestmate Recognition Behaviors of Neotropical Parabiotic Ants

(2013) Virginia J. Emery et al.   PLoS One

How Much Variation Can One Ant Species Hold? Species Delimitation in the Crematogaster kelleri-Group in Madagascar

(2013) Bonnie B. Blaimer et al.   PLoS One

TESTING FOR PHYLOGENETIC SIGNAL IN BIOLOGICAL TRAITS: THE UBIQUITY OF CROSS-PRODUCT STATISTICS

(2012) Sandrine Pavoine et al.   EVOLUTION

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

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

Acrobat ants go global – Origin, evolution and systematics of the genus Crematogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

(2012) Bonnie B. Blaimer   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Cuticular hydrocarbon profiles as a taxonomic tool: advantages, limitations and technical aspects

(2012) RICARDA KATHER et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

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

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Phylogenetic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Chemosensory Receptors in a Pair of Divergent Ant Species Reveals Sex-Specific Signatures of Odor Coding

(2012) Xiaofan Zhou et al.   PLoS Genetics

Lasius niger ants discriminate aphids based on their cuticular hydrocarbons

(2011) Corsin Lang et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Queen pheromones in Temnothorax ants: control or honest signal?

(2011) Elisabeth Brunner et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

TOLERANCE REQUIRES THE RIGHT SMELL: FIRST EVIDENCE FOR INTERSPECIFIC SELECTION ON CHEMICAL RECOGNITION CUES

(2011) Florian Menzel et al.   EVOLUTION

Evolution of cuticular hydrocarbon diversity in ants

(2011) E. van WILGENBURG et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Strong differences in chemical recognition cues between two closely related species of ants from the genus Lasius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

(2011) W. R. MORRISON et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

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(2011) Liam J. Revell   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Picante: R tools for integrating phylogenies and ecology

(2010) S. W. Kembel et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Selectivity in Mammalian Extinction Risk and Threat Types: a New Measure of Phylogenetic Signal Strength in Binary Traits

(2010) SUSANNE A. FRITZ et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

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

Chemical niche differentiation among sympatric species of orchid bees

(2009) Yvonne Zimmermann et al.   ECOLOGY

Oviposition deterring infochemicals in ladybirds: the role of phylogeny

(2009) Alexandra Magro et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

A Review of Ant Cuticular Hydrocarbons

(2009) Stephen Martin et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Specialized cells tag sexual and species identity in Drosophila melanogaster

(2009) Jean-Christophe Billeter et al.   NATURE

Phylogenetic niche conservatism, phylogenetic signal and the relationship between phylogenetic relatedness and ecological similarity among species

(2008) Jonathan B. Losos   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Tropical parabiotic ants: Highly unusual cuticular substances and low interspecific discrimination

(2008) Florian Menzel et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Sexual dimorphism in cuticular hydrocarbons of the Australian field cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)

(2008) Melissa L. Thomas et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Reproductive Interference Between Animal Species

(2008) Julia Gröning et al.   QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY

The evolution of pheromone diversity

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