Michael A D Goodisman

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1 DNA methylation is widespread and associated with differential gene expression in castes of the honeybee, Apis mellifera. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 2.77
2 The genome of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 2.74
3 Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality. Nature 2011 2.31
4 Social insect genomes exhibit dramatic evolution in gene composition and regulation while preserving regulatory features linked to sociality. Genome Res 2013 1.45
5 Relaxed selection is a precursor to the evolution of phenotypic plasticity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 1.38
6 Sociality is linked to rates of protein evolution in a highly social insect. Mol Biol Evol 2010 1.34
7 Functional conservation of DNA methylation in the pea aphid and the honeybee. Genome Biol Evol 2010 1.21
8 Computational approaches for understanding the evolution of DNA methylation in animals. Epigenetics 2009 1.04
9 Gene expression and the evolution of phenotypic diversity in social wasps. BMC Biol 2007 1.04
10 Sib mating without inbreeding in the longhorn crazy ant. Proc Biol Sci 2011 1.03
11 Nestmate relatedness and population genetic structure of the Australian social crab spider Diaea ergandros (Araneae: Thomisidae). Mol Ecol 2002 0.99
12 Patterning and regulatory associations of DNA methylation are mirrored by histone modifications in insects. Genome Biol Evol 2013 0.96
13 Genome composition, caste, and molecular evolution in eusocial insects. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013 0.90
14 The function of intragenic DNA methylation: insights from insect epigenomes. Integr Comp Biol 2013 0.88
15 The effects of kin selection on rates of molecular evolution in social insects. Evolution 2012 0.87
16 Evolution at two levels in fire ants: the relationship between patterns of gene expression and protein sequence evolution. Mol Biol Evol 2012 0.87
17 Kin selection, genomics and caste-antagonistic pleiotropy. Biol Lett 2013 0.85
18 Permanent genetic resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 August 2010-30 September 2010. Mol Ecol Resour 2011 0.85
19 Epigenetic inheritance and genome regulation: is DNA methylation linked to ploidy in haplodiploid insects? Proc Biol Sci 2014 0.84
20 Genetic structure and breeding system in a social wasp and its social parasite. BMC Evol Biol 2008 0.83
21 Glass-like dynamics in confined and congested ant traffic. Soft Matter 2015 0.77
22 Effects of worker size on the dynamics of fire ant tunnel construction. J R Soc Interface 2012 0.77
23 Resource allocation in a social wasp: effects of breeding system and life cycle on reproductive decisions. Mol Ecol 2009 0.77
24 Climbing, falling, and jamming during ant locomotion in confined environments. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013 0.76
25 Effects of size, shape, genotype, and mating status on queen overwintering survival in the social wasp Vespula maculifrons. Environ Entomol 2012 0.76
26 Irregular brood patterns and worker reproduction in social wasps. Naturwissenschaften 2007 0.75