Insect Symbioses: A Case Study of Past, Present, and Future Fungus-growing Ant Research

The evolution of genome size in ants

(2008) Neil D Tsutsui et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Genome-wide analysis of the interaction between the endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia and its Drosophila host

(2008) Zhiyong Xi et al.   BMC GENOMICS

BLACK YEAST SYMBIONTS COMPROMISE THE EFFICIENCY OF ANTIBIOTIC DEFENSES IN FUNGUS-GROWING ANTS

(2008) Ainslie E. F. Little et al.   ECOLOGY

COEVOLUTION BETWEEN ATTINE ANTS AND ACTINOMYCETE BACTERIA: A REEVALUATION

(2008) Ulrich G. Mueller et al.   EVOLUTION

PHYTOPHAGOUS INSECT–MICROBE MUTUALISMS AND ADAPTIVE EVOLUTIONARY DIVERSIFICATION

(2008) Eric M. Janson et al.   EVOLUTION

How many species are infected with Wolbachia? – a statistical analysis of current data

(2008) Kirsten Hilgenboecker et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Parabiosis between basal fungus-growing ants (Formicidae, Attini)

(2008) C. E. D. Sanhudo et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

High-resolution metagenomics targets specific functional types in complex microbial communities

(2008) Marina G Kalyuzhnaya et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Lignin degradation in wood-feeding insects

(2008) S. M. Geib 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

Bacterial Protection of Beetle-Fungus Mutualism

(2008) J. J. Scott et al.   SCIENCE

Pest and disease challenges and insect biotechnology solutions

(2008) Thomas A. MILLER   ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Symbiont-mediated protection

(2007) E. R Haine   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES