Research Foci
Sociobiology
Study of the ultimate and proximate mechanisms of social evolution in ants
Sociogenetic/genomic
Study of the sociogenetic structure and evolution of social insects
Behavioral Ecology
Proximate and ultimate mechanism of behavior
Entomology
General study of insects
Quantitative Genetics
Investigation of the genetic architecture of quantitative traits
Further Affiliation at the University of Münster
CV
Academic Education
- Habilitation in Zoology Uni Würzburg
- Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) Biology Uni Würzburg
- Diplom in Biology Uni Würzburg
Positions
- Adjunct Professor (Arizona State University)
- Research Professor (Arizona State University)
- Professor for Molecular Evolution and Sociobiology
- Full Professor (Arizona State University)
- Associate Director for Graduate Studies (School of Life Sciences, ASU)
- Associate Professor (tenured, Arizona State University)
- Assistant Professor (tenure track, Arizona State University)
- Assistant Professor (non-tenure) Uni Würzburg
- Assistant Professor (non-tenure) Uni Würzburg
Projects
- InChangE – Individualisierung in sich ändernden Umwelten ( – )
participations in other joint project: MKW - Förderlinie "Profilbildung" | Project Number: PROFILNRW-2020-143-B - RTG 2220 EvoPAD – RTG 2220: Evolutionary Processes in Adaptation and Disease ( – )
Main DFG-Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Research Training Group | Project Number: GRK 2220/1 - CRC TRR 212 C04 - Proximate and ultimate mechanisms of social niche choice and construction during colony founding in the ant Pogonomyrmex californicus ( – )
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre | Project Number: TRR 212/1 - SPP 1819 - Subproject: Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of rapid host adaptation in the aphid parasitoid Aphidius ervi ( – )
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Priority Programme | Project Number: SCHR 1554/3-1; GA 661/4-1 - The Individual in the Focus of Life Sciences ( – )
Internally at the University of Münster Funded Project: Uni Münster-internal funding - Topical Programs
- InChangE – Individualisierung in sich ändernden Umwelten ( – )
Publications
- .“Evolutionary genomics of socially polymorphic populations of Pogonomyrmex californicus.” BMC Biology 22 (). doi: 10.1186/s12915-024-01907-z.
- .“Individualized social niches in animals: Theoretical clarifications and processes of niche change.” BioScience 74 (): 146–158. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biad122.
- .“Molecular identification of polymorphic transposable elements in populations of the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior.” Biology Methods and Protocols bpae050 (). doi: 10.1093/biomethods/bpae050.
- .“Causes and consequences of a complex recombinational landscape in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior.” Genome Research 34, № 6 (). doi: 10.1101/gr.278392.123.
- “Individualisation and individualised science across disciplinary perspectives.” European Journal for Philosophy of Science 14, № 41 (): 41. doi: 10.1007/s13194-024-00602-8.
- “Ants are no bees – Gaps in the assessment of relevant exposure routes to pesticides and plant incorporated protectants.” Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology 6 (): 71–80. doi: 10.1016/j.enceco.2024.02.001.
- “Annual fitness costs may be balanced by a conservative life history strategy in groups of unrelated ant queens.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 77, № 7 (). doi: 10.1007/s00265-023-03347-1.
- “Body mass and cuticular hydrocarbon profiles, but not queen number, underlie worker desiccation resistance in a facultatively polygynous harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex californicus).” Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical Systemic and Environmental 193, № 3 (). doi: 10.1007/s00360-023-01488-3.
- “Conserved worker policing in African carpenter ants with drastically different egg chemotypes.” Evolutionary Ecology 37, № 5 (). doi: 10.1007/s10682-023-10245-5.
- .“Decoding the genetic and chemical basis of sexual attractiveness in parasitic wasps.” eLife 12 (). doi: 10.7554/eLife.86182.
- “Socio- and population-genetic analyses of two West-African ponerine species (Megaponera analis and Paltothyreus tarsatus) with winged and wingless queens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).” Myrmecological news 33 (): 77–89. doi: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_033:077.
- “Substantial fitness costs in terms of parasitization rates, offspring production and sex ratio of Wolbachia infection in Nasonia vitripennis without modified host preference.” Ecological Entomology 48, № 6 (): 765–774. doi: 10.1111/een.13271.
- “Harbouring Blochmannia incurs costs: a trade-off between the necessity of the obligate primary endosymbiont for brood development and its costs for adult carpenter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).” Myrmecological news 33 (). doi: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_033:211.
- .“Tyramine and its Amtyr1 receptor modulate attention in honey bees (Apis mellifera).” eLife 12 (). doi: 10.7554/eLife.83348.
- .“How Individualized Niches Arise: Defining Mechanisms of Niche Construction, Niche Choice and Niche Conformance.” BioScience 72, № 6 (): 538–548. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biac023.
- “Genetic and genomic architecture of species-specific cuticular hydrocarbon variation in parasitoid wasps.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 289, № 1976 (). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0336.
- “Supergenes, supergenomes, and complex social traits.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119, № 2 (). doi: 10.1073/pnas.2118971118.
- .“Inhibition of HSP90 causes morphological variation in the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior.” Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 336, № 4 (): 333–340. doi: 10.1002/jez.b.23035.
- “Comprehensive phylogeny of Myrmecocystus honey ants highlights cryptic diversity and infers evolution during aridification of the American Southwest.” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 155 (). doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107036.
- “Lack of parent-of-origin effects in Nasonia jewel wasp: A replication and extension study.” PloS one 16 (). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252457.
- “Long-Read Assembly and Annotation of the Parasitoid Wasp Muscidifurax raptorellus, a Biological Control Agent for Filth Flies.” Frontiers in Genetics 12 (). doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.748135.
- “The generalist parasitoid Nasonia vitripennis shows more behavioural plasticity in host preference than its three specialist sister species.” Ethology 127, № 11 (): 964–978. doi: 10.1111/eth.13217.
- .“High-Quality Genome Assembly and Annotation of the California Harvester Ant Pogonomyrmex californicus (Buckley, 1867).” G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 11, № 1 (): jkaa019. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkaa019.
- .“Seasonal variation in the diet of the serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus): A high-resolution analysis using DNA metabarcoding.” Basic and Applied Ecology 49 (): 1–12. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2020.09.004.
- “Functional insights from the GC-poor genomes of two aphid parasitoids, Aphidius ervi and Lysiphlebus fabarum.” BMC Genomics 21, № 1 (). doi: 10.1186/s12864-020-6764-0.
- “Individual learning phenotypes drive collective behavior.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117, № 30 (): 17949–17956. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1920554117.
- .“The Power of Infochemicals in Mediating Individualized Niches.” Trends in Ecology & Evolution 35, № 11 (). doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.07.001.
- .“Individual differences in learning and biogenic amine levels influence the behavioural division between foraging honeybee scouts and recruits.” Journal of Animal Ecology 88 (): 236–246.
- .“Detection of very long-chain hydrocarbons by laser mass spectrometry reveals novel species-, sex-, and age-dependent differences in the cuticular profiles of three Nasonia species.” Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 411, № 13 (). doi: 10.1007/s00216-019-01736-y.
- “Detection of very long-chain hydrocarbons by laser mass spectrometry reveals novel species-, sex-, and age-dependent differences in the cuticular profiles of three Nasonia species.” Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 411, № 13 (): 2981–2993. doi: 10.1007/s00216-019-01736-y.
- “Genetic incompatibilities between mitochondria and nuclear genes: Effect on gene flow and speciation.” Frontiers in Genetics 10 (). doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00062.
- “Intraspecific variation in colony founding behavior and social organization in the honey ant Myrmecocystus mendax.” Insectes Sociaux 66, № 2 (): 283–297. doi: 10.1007/s00040-019-00687-y.
- .“Temporal variation in social structure and worker reproduction in the temporary social parasite Lasius fuliginosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).” Myrmecological news 27 ()75-85.
- .“The hologenome concept: we need to incorporate function.” Theory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften 136, № 3-4 (): 89–98. doi: 10.1007/s12064-016-0240-z.
- “The ecological and genetic basis of annual worker production in the desert seed harvesting ant, Veromessor pergandei.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71, № 8 (). doi: 10.1007/s00265-017-2333-1.
- “Gene expression and variation in social aggression by queens of the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus.” Molecular Ecology 25, № 15 (): 3716–3730. doi: 10.1111/mec.13700.
- “Gene expression and variation in social aggression by queens of the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus.” Molecular Ecology null, № null (). doi: 10.1111/mec.13700.
- “Distribution and origin of intraspecific social variation in the California harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus.” Insectes Sociaux 63, № 4 (): 531–541. doi: 10.1007/s00040-016-0497-8.
- “The fungicide Pristine® inhibits mitochondrial function in vitro but not flight metabolic rates in honey bees.” Journal of Insect Physiology 86 (): 11–16. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2015.12.003.
- “Phylogeography of Pogonomyrmex barbatus and P. rugosus harvester ants with genetic and environmental caste determination.” Ecology and Evolution 5, № 14 (): 2798–2826. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1507.
- “Genetic architecture of key social trait differs significantly between primitive and advanced eusocial species.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112, № 45 (): 13755–13756. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1519065112.
- “The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization.” Genome Biol. 16 (). doi: 10.1186/s13059-015-0623-3.
- “How do genomes create novel phenotypes Insights from the loss of the worker caste in ant social parasites.” Molecular Biology and Evolution 32, № 11 (): 2919–2931. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msv165.
- “Behavioral transitions with the evolution of cooperative nest founding by harvester ant queens.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68, № 1 (): 21–30. doi: 10.1007/s00265-013-1618-2.
- “Transposable element islands facilitate adaptation to novel environments in an invasive species.” Nature Communications 5, № null (). doi: 10.1038/ncomms6495.
- “Genetic And Developmental Basis Of F2 Hybrid Breakdown In Nasonia Parasitoid Wasps.” Evolution 67, № 7 (): 2124–2132. doi: 10.1111/evo.12080.
- “Fine-scale mapping of the Nasonia genome to chromosomes using a high-density genotyping microarray.” G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 3, № 2 (): 205–215. doi: 10.1534/g3.112.004739.
- “Fine-scale mapping of the Nasonia genome to chromosomes using a high-density genotyping microarray.” G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 3, № 2 (): 205–215. doi: 10.1534/g3.112.004739.
- “Cuticular hydrocarbon divergence in the jewel wasp Nasonia: Evolutionary shifts in chemical communication channels?” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26, № 11 (): 2467–2478. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12242.
- “Behavioural and genetic analyses of Nasonia shed light on the evolution of sex pheromones.” Nature 494, № 7437 (): 345–348. doi: 10.1038/nature11838.
- “Behavioural and genetic analyses of Nasonia shed light on the evolution of sex pheromones.” Nature 494, № 7437 (): 345–348. doi: 10.1038/nature11838.
- .“Social insect genomes exhibit dramatic evolution in gene composition and regulation while preserving regulatory features linked to sociality.” Genome Research 23, № 8 ()1247. doi: 10.1101/gr.155408.113.
- “Patterns of DNA methylation in development, division of labor and hybridization in an ant with genetic caste determination.” PloS one 7, № 8 (). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042433.
- “Focus : Ant(gen)omics - What we have and what we need!” Myrmecological news 16, № null (): 67–68.
- “Focus : Ant(gen)omics - What we have and what we need!” Myrmecological news 16, № null (): 67–68.
- “Developmental Evolution in Social Insects: Regulatory Networks from Genes to Societies.” Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 318, № 3 (): 159–169. doi: 10.1002/jez.b.22001.
- “The genomic impact of 100 million years of social evolution in seven ant species.” Trends in Genetics 28, № 1 (): 14–21. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2011.08.005.
- “The genomic impact of 100 million years of social evolution in seven ant species.” Trends in Genetics 28, № 1 (): 14–21. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2011.08.005.
- “Quantitative trait locus analysis in haplodiploid hymenoptera.” (): 313–328. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-785-9_16.
- .“The genome sequence of the leaf-cutter ant Atta cephalotes reveals insights into its obligate symbiotic lifestyle.” PLoS Genetics 7, № 2 (): e1002007. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002007.
- “Origin and evolution of the dependent lineages in the genetic caste determination system of pogonomyrmex ants.” Evolution 65, № 3 (): 869–884. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01170.x.
- “Genetics of cuticular hydrocarbon differences between males of the parasitoid wasps Nasonia giraulti and Nasonia vitripennis.” Heredity 107, № 1 (): 61–70. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2010.157.
- “Draft genome of the red harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108, № 14 (): 5667–5672. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1007901108.
- “Draft genome of the globally widespread and invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile).” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108, № 14 (): 5673–5678. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1008617108.
- “Queen number and raiding behavior in the ant genus Myrmecocystus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).” Myrmecological news 15, № null (): 53–61.
- “Queen number and raiding behavior in the ant genus Myrmecocystus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).” Myrmecological news 15, № null (): 53–61.
- .“Functional and evolutionary insights from the genomes of three parasitoid nasonia species.” Science 327, № 5963 (): 343–348. doi: 10.1126/science.1178028.
- “Phylogeography of Nasonia vitripennis (Hymenoptera) indicates a mitochondrial-Wolbachia sweep in North America.” Heredity 104, № 3 (): 318–326. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2009.160.
- “Phylogeography of Nasonia vitripennis (Hymenoptera) indicates a mitochondrial-Wolbachia sweep in North America.” Heredity 104, № 3 (): 318–326. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2009.160.
- “Erratum: Recombination and its impact on the genome of the haplodiploid parasitoid wasp Nasonia (Insect Molecular Biology (2010) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008597).” Insect Molecular Biology 19, № 2 ()271. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.00996.x.
- “Contrasting patterns of selective constraints in nuclear-encoded genes of the oxidative phosphorylation pathway in holometabolous insects and their possible role in hybrid breakdown in Nasonia.” Heredity 104, № 3 (): 310–317. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2009.172.
- “Ant genomics: Strength and diversity in numbers.” Molecular Ecology 19, № 1 (): 31–35. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04438.x.
- “A comparison of recombination frequencies in intraspecific versus interspecific mapping populations of Nasonia.” Heredity 104, № 3 (): 302–309. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2009.185.
- “The insect chemoreceptor superfamily of the parasitoid jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis.” Insect Molecular Biology 19, № null (): 121–136. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00979.x.
- “The distribution of microsatellites in the Nasonia parasitoid wasp genome.” Insect Molecular Biology 19, № null (): 91–98. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00915.x.
- Speciation in obligately plant-associated Crematogaster ants: Host distribution rather than adaption towards specific hosts drives the process.“ In Evolution in Action: Case studies in Adaptive Radiation, Speciation and the Origin of Biodiversity, edited by , 193–213. Düsseldorf: Springer VDI Verlag, . doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-12425-9_10. “
- Speciation in obligately plant-associated Crematogaster ants: Host distribution rather than adaption towards specific hosts drives the process.“ In Evolution in Action: Case studies in Adaptive Radiation, Speciation and the Origin of Biodiversity, edited by , 193–213. Düsseldorf: Springer VDI Verlag, . doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-12425-9_10. “
- “Phase-unknown linkage mapping in ants.” Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 4, № 7 (). doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot5251.
- “Endocrine physiology of the division of labour in Pogonomyrmex californicus founding queens.” Animal Behaviour 77, № 5 (): 1005–1010. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.01.010.
- “DNA isolation from ants.” Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 4, № 7 (). doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot5245.
- “DNA isolation from ants.” Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 4, № 7 (). doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot5245.
- “Deciphering Proteomic Signatures of Early Diapause in Nasonia.” PloS one 4, № 7 (). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006394.
- “Construction and characterization of a BAC-library for a key pollinator, the bumblebee Bombus terrestris L.” Insectes Sociaux 56, № 1 (): 44–48. doi: 10.1007/s00040-008-1034-1.
- “Ants (Formicidae): Models for social complexity.” Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 4, № 7 (). doi: 10.1101/pdb.emo125.
- “Reproductive strategies under multiparasitism in natural populations of the parasitoid wasp Nasonia (Hymenoptera).” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22, № 3 (): 460–470. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01677.x.
- “Patterns and rates of nucleotide substitution, insertion and deletion in the endosymbiont of ants Blochmannia floridanus.” Molecular Ecology 17, № 19 (): 4382–4392. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03912.x.
- “Hybrid breakdown and mitochondrial dysfunction in hybrids of Nasonia parasitoid wasps.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21, № 6 (): 1844–1851. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01608.x.
- “Facultative sex ratio adjustment in natural populations of wasps: Cues of local mate competition and the precision of adaptation.” American Naturalist 172, № 3 (): 393–404. doi: 10.1086/589895.
- “Cytonuclear genic incompatibilities cause increased mortality in male F2 hybrids of Nasonia giraulti and N. vitripennis.” Genetics 178, № 1 (): 413–426. doi: 10.1534/genetics.107.080523.
- “Cytonuclear genic incompatibilities cause increased mortality in male F2 hybrids of Nasonia giraulti and N. vitripennis.” Genetics 178, № 1 (): 413–426. doi: 10.1534/genetics.107.080523.
- “Population and colony structure and morphometrics in the queen dimorphic harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex pima.” Insectes Sociaux 54, № 1 (): 77–86. doi: 10.1007/s00040-007-0916-y.
- “Natural variation in the genetic architecture of a host-parasite interaction in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris.” Molecular Ecology 16, № 6 (): 1327–1339. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03234.x.
- “Low queen mating frequency in the seed-harvester ant Pogonomyrmex (Ephebomyrmex) pima: Implications for the evolution of polyandry.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62, № 2 (): 229–236. doi: 10.1007/s00265-007-0457-4.
- “Low queen mating frequency in the seed-harvester ant Pogonomyrmex (Ephebomyrmex) pima: Implications for the evolution of polyandry.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62, № 2 (): 229–236. doi: 10.1007/s00265-007-0457-4.
- “Clouded leopard phylogeny revisited: Support for species recognition and population division between Borneo and Sumatra.” Frontiers in Zoology 4, № null (). doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-4-15.
- “Characterization of 12 new microsatellite loci in Aenictus and Neivamyrmex army ants.” Molecular Ecology Notes 7, № 4 (): 688–690. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01693.x.
- “Characterization of 12 new microsatellite loci in Aenictus and Neivamyrmex army ants.” Molecular Ecology Notes 7, № 4 (): 688–690. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01693.x.
- “Variation in genomic recombination rates among animal taxa and the case of social insects.” Heredity 98, № 4 (): 189–197. doi: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800950.
- “The genetic architecture of immune defense and reproduction in male Bombus terrestris bumblebees.” Evolution 61, № 4 (): 804–815. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00079.x.
- “Species-diagnostic single-nucleotide polymorphism and sequence-tagged site markers for the parasitic wasp genus Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae).” Journal of Economic Entomology 100, № 4 (): 1033–1036. doi: 10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[1033:SSPASS]2.0.CO;2.
- “Potential and realized reproduction by different worker castes in queen-less and queen-right colonies of Pogonomyrmex badius.” Insectes Sociaux 54, № 3 (): 260–267. doi: 10.1007/s00040-007-0940-y.
- “Potential and realized reproduction by different worker castes in queen-less and queen-right colonies of Pogonomyrmex badius.” Insectes Sociaux 54, № 3 (): 260–267. doi: 10.1007/s00040-007-0940-y.
- “Population-wide lineage frequencies predict genetic load in the seed-harvester ant Pogonomyrmex.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103, № 36 (): 13433–13438. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0606055103.
- “Influence of habitat fragmentation on the genetic variability in leaf litter ant populations in tropical rainforests of Sabah, Borneo.” Biodiversity and Conservation 15, № 1 (): 157–175. doi: 10.1007/s10531-004-4248-1.
- “High recombination frequency creates genotypic diversity in colonies of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19, № 5 (): 1475–1485. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01131.x.
- “Genetic sex determination and extinction.” Trends in Ecology and Evolution 21, № 2 (): 55–57. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2005.11.014.
- “Genetic sex determination and extinction.” Trends in Ecology and Evolution 21, № 2 (): 55–57. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2005.11.014.
- “Behavioral regulation of genetic caste determination in a Pogonomyrmex population with dependent lineages.” Ecology 87, № 9 (): 2201–2206. doi: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2201:BROGCD]2.0.CO;2.
- “Population-wide lineage frequencies predict genetic load in the seed-harvester ant Pogonomyrmex.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103, № 36 (): 13433–13438. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0606055103.
- “A shift in colony founding behaviour in the obligate plant-ant Crematogaster (Decacrema) morphospecies 2.” Insectes Sociaux 52, № 3 (): 222–230. doi: 10.1007/s00040-004-0797-2.
- “Polymorphic microsatellite markers from the formicine ant Lasius (Dendrolasius) fuliginosus.” Molecular Ecology Notes 4, № 4 (): 716–718. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00790.x.
- “Polymorphic microsatellite markers for a solitary digger wasp, the European beewolf (Philanthus triangulum; Hymenoptera, Sphecidae).” Molecular Ecology Notes 4, № 4 (): 589–592. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00746.x.
- “Phylogenetics of the new world honey ants (genus Myrmecocystus) estimated from mitochondrial DNA sequences.” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32, № 1 (): 416–421. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.03.011.
- “Extreme queen-mating frequency and colony fission in African army ants.” Molecular Ecology 13, № 8 (): 2381–2388. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02262.x.
- “Extremely high mating frequency in the Florida harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex badius).” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56, № 5 (): 472–481. doi: 10.1007/s00265-004-0808-3.
- “Eleven microsatellite markers in Nasonia, ASHMEAD 1904 (Hymenoptera; Pteromalidae).” Molecular Ecology Notes 4, № 1 (): 43–45. doi: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2003.00565.x.
- “Cladistic analysis of paleo-island populations of the Florida harvester ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based upon divergence of mitochondrial DNA sequences.” Florida Entomologist 87, № 4 (): 576–581.
- “Cladistic analysis of paleo-island populations of the Florida harvester ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based upon divergence of mitochondrial DNA sequences.” Florida Entomologist 87, № 4 (): 576–581.
- “Chromosomal anchoring of linkage groups and identification of wing size QTL using markers and FISH probes derived from microdissected chromosomes in Nasonia (Pteromalidae: Hymenoptera).” Cytogenetic and Genome Research 105, № 1 (): 126–133. doi: 10.1159/000078019.
- “Characterization of microsatellite markers for plant-ants of the genus Crematogaster subgenus Decacrema.” Molecular Ecology Notes 4, № 3 (): 409–411. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00668.x.
- “Characterization of microsatellite markers for plant-ants of the genus Crematogaster subgenus Decacrema.” Molecular Ecology Notes 4, № 3 (): 409–411. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00668.x.
- “Molecular phylogeny of Crematogaster subgenus Decacrema ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and the colonization of Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) trees.” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 27, № 3 (): 441–452. doi: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00449-9.
- “Genetic evidence for intra- and interspecific slavery in honey ants (genus Myrmecocystus).” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 270, № 1517 (): 805–810.
- “Determinants of intracolonial relatedness in Pogonomyrmex rugosus (Hymenoptera; Formicidae): Mating frequency and brood raids.” Molecular Ecology 12, № 7 (): 1931–1938. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01853.x.
- “The genome sequence of Blochmannia floridanus: Comparative analysis of reduced genomes.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100, № 16 (): 9388–9393. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1533499100.
- “Sociobiology of hypogaeic army ants: Characterization of two sympatric Dorylus species on Borneo and their colony conflicts.” Insectes Sociaux 50, № 2 (): 139–147. doi: 10.1007/s00040-003-0642-z.
- “Isolation of polymorphic microsatellite markers in the new world honey ant Myrmecocystus mimicus.” Molecular Ecology Notes 2, № 4 (): 540–541. doi: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00311.x.
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