Unusual modes of reproduction in social insects: Shedding light on the evolutionary paradox of sex

Ant queens adjust egg fertilization to benefit from both sexual and asexual reproduction

(2011) S. Aron et al.   Biology Letters

Absence of Nepotism in Genetically Heterogeneous Colonies of a Clonal Ant

(2011) Katrin Kellner et al.   ETHOLOGY

Meiotic Recombination Dramatically Decreased in Thelytokous Queens of the Little Fire Ant and Their Sexually Produced Workers

(2011) O. Rey et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Variation in patriline reproductive success during queen production in orphaned colonies of the thelytokous ant Cataglyphis cursor

(2011) BLANDINE CHÉRON et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Cryptic sexual populations account for genetic diversity and ecological success in a widely distributed, asexual fungus-growing ant

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

Sib mating without inbreeding in the longhorn crazy ant

(2011) M. Pearcy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Egg production and caste allocation in the clonally reproductive ant Vollenhovia emeryi

(2010) Misato Okamoto et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Clonal ant societies exhibit fertility-dependent shifts in caste ratios

(2010) Emmanuel Lecoutey et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Social parasitism of queens and workers in the Cape honeybee (Apis mellifera capensis)

(2010) Robin F. A. Moritz et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

A THELYTOKOUS LINEAGE OF SOCIALLY PARASITIC HONEY BEES HAS RETAINED HETEROZYGOSITY DESPITE AT LEAST 10 YEARS OF INBREEDING

(2010) Benjamin P. Oldroyd et al.   EVOLUTION

Worldwide invasion by the little fire ant: routes of introduction and eco-evolutionary pathways

(2010) Julien Foucaud et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Mechanism of facultative parthenogenesis in the ant Platythyrea punctata

(2010) Katrin Kellner et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

No gene flow between wing forms and clonal reproduction by males in the long-winged form of the ant Vollenhovia emeryi

(2010) K. Kobayashi et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Maternity of emergency queens in the Cape honey bee, Apis mellifera capensis

(2010) MICHAEL J. HOLMES et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Persistence of the single lineage of transmissible ‘social cancer’ in an asexual ant

(2010) S. DOBATA et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Thelytokous parthenogenesis by queens in the dacetine ant Pyramica membranifera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

(2010) Fuminori Ito et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Nature versus nurture in social insect caste differentiation

(2010) Tanja Schwander et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Queenless colonies of the Asian red dwarf honey bee (Apis florea) are infiltrated by workers from other queenless colonies

(2009) Nadine C. Chapman et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Maternity of replacement queens in the thelytokous Cape honey bee Apis mellifera capensis

(2009) Michael H. Allsopp et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

The interplay between genetic and environmental effects on colony insularity in the clonal invasive little fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata

(2009) Merav Vonshak et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Colony fusion causes within-colony variation in a parthenogenetic ant

(2009) Katrin Kellner et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Evolution: No-Male's Land for an Amazonian Ant

(2009) Denis Fournier et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Thelytokous parthenogenesis, male clonality and genetic caste determination in the little fire ant: new evidence and insights from the lab

(2009) J Foucaud et al.   HEREDITY

Reproductive system, social organization, human disturbance and ecological dominance in native populations of the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata

(2009) JULIEN FOUCAUD et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A quantitative study of worker reproduction in queenright colonies of the Cape honey bee,Apis mellifera capensis

(2009) MADELEINE BEEKMAN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Thelytokous Parthenogenesis in the Fungus-Gardening Ant Mycocepurus smithii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

(2009) Christian Rabeling et al.   PLoS One

No sex in fungus-farming ants or their crops

(2009) A. G. Himler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Queen Succession Through Asexual Reproduction in Termites

(2009) K. Matsuura et al.   SCIENCE

Social Evolution: Reincarnation, Free-Riding and Inexplicable Modes of Reproduction

(2008) Seirian Sumner et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Clonal reproduction by males of the antVollenhovia emeryi(Wheeler)

(2008) Kazuya KOBAYASHI et al.   ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Thelytokous Parthenogenesis in Unmated Queen Honeybees (Apis mellifera capensis): Central Fusion and High Recombination Rates

(2008) B. P. Oldroyd et al.   GENETICS

Population genetic structure, worker reproduction and thelytokous parthenogenesis in the desert ant Cataglyphis sabulosa

(2008) I Timmermans et al.   HEREDITY

Multiple mating in the ant Cataglyphis cursor: testing the sperm limitation and the diploid male load hypotheses

(2008) M. Pearcy et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Multiple paternity or multiple queens: two routes to greater intracolonial genetic diversity in the eusocial Hymenoptera

(2008) W. O. H. HUGHES et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Cheater genotypes in the parthenogenetic ant Pristomyrmex punctatus

(2008) S. Dobata et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

When Workers Disunite: Intraspecific Parasitism by Eusocial Bees

(2007) Madeleine Beekman et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Cheating honeybee workers produce royal offspring

(2007) L. A Jordan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES