Published in Evolution on January 14, 2009
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Nature versus nurture in social insect caste differentiation. Trends Ecol Evol (2010) 1.83
Ants recognize foes and not friends. Proc Biol Sci (2009) 1.81
Tug-of-war over reproduction in a social bee. Nature (2004) 1.79
Complex hybrid origin of genetic caste determination in harvester ants. Nature (2003) 1.62
Colony sex ratios vary with breeding system but not relatedness asymmetry in the facultatively polygynous ant Pheidole pallidula. Evolution (2003) 1.60
Integrating mental health into primary care within the Veterans Health Administration. Fam Syst Health (2010) 1.56
Identification of an ant queen pheromone regulating worker sterility. Proc Biol Sci (2010) 1.55
Relative roles of climatic suitability and anthropogenic influence in determining the pattern of spread in a global invader. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 1.52
Strong reciprocity or strong ferocity? A population genetic view of the evolution of altruistic punishment. Am Nat (2007) 1.50
Conflict over male parentage in social insects. PLoS Biol (2004) 1.46
Social insect genomes exhibit dramatic evolution in gene composition and regulation while preserving regulatory features linked to sociality. Genome Res (2013) 1.45
Relaxed selection is a precursor to the evolution of phenotypic plasticity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2011) 1.38
Evolution of adaptive behaviour in robots by means of Darwinian selection. PLoS Biol (2010) 1.36
Identification of a pheromone regulating caste differentiation in termites. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 1.35
Random mating with a finite number of matings. Genetics (2003) 1.34
Human cooperation in social dilemmas: comparing the Snowdrift game with the Prisoner's Dilemma. Proc Biol Sci (2007) 1.33
Division of labour influences the rate of ageing in weaver ant workers. Proc Biol Sci (2002) 1.32
Extreme queen-mating frequency and colony fission in African army ants. Mol Ecol (2004) 1.29
Division of labour and colony efficiency in social insects: effects of interactions between genetic architecture, colony kin structure and rate of perturbations. Proc Biol Sci (2006) 1.28
Genome-wide expression patterns and the genetic architecture of a fundamental social trait. PLoS Genet (2008) 1.23
Ant parasite queens revert to mating singly. Nature (2004) 1.23
The evolution of information suppression in communicating robots with conflicting interests. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.22
An annotated cDNA library and microarray for large-scale gene-expression studies in the ant Solenopsis invicta. Genome Biol (2007) 1.22
The introduction history of invasive garden ants in Europe: integrating genetic, chemical and behavioural approaches. BMC Biol (2008) 1.22
Native supercolonies of unrelated individuals in the invasive Argentine ant. Evolution (2006) 1.21
Long live the queen: studying aging in social insects. Age (Dordr) (2005) 1.21
Molecular epidemiology of clonal diploids: a quick overview and a short DIY (do it yourself) notice. Infect Genet Evol (2005) 1.20
Disentangling environmental and heritable nestmate recognition cues in a carpenter ant. J Insect Physiol (2008) 1.19
High levels of multiple Wolbachia infection and recombination in the ant Formica exsecta. Mol Biol Evol (2003) 1.17
Comparative genomics suggests that the fungal pathogen pneumocystis is an obligate parasite scavenging amino acids from its host's lungs. PLoS One (2010) 1.14
Inbreeding and population structure in two pairs of cryptic fig wasp species. Mol Ecol (2004) 1.13
Maternal effect on female caste determination in a social insect. Curr Biol (2008) 1.11
Historical contingency affects signaling strategies and competitive abilities in evolving populations of simulated robots. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 1.10
Decreased expression of Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase 1 in ants with extreme lifespan. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2004) 1.10
Evolution of gene expression in fire ants: the effects of developmental stage, caste, and species. Mol Biol Evol (2010) 1.10
Inbreeding and sex-biased gene flow in the ant Formica exsecta. Evolution (2003) 1.07
Competitive ability not kinship affects growth of Arabidopsis thaliana accessions. New Phytol (2009) 1.07
Sham nepotism as a result of intrinsic differences in brood viability in ants. Proc Biol Sci (2006) 1.06
Size-correlated division of labour and spatial distribution of workers in the driver ant, Dorylus molestus. Naturwissenschaften (2003) 1.06
Short telomeres in short-lived males: what are the molecular and evolutionary causes? Aging Cell (2007) 1.04
Genetic compatibility affects queen and worker caste determination. Science (2008) 1.04
Polymorphic social organization in an ant. Proc Biol Sci (2009) 1.03
Sib mating without inbreeding in the longhorn crazy ant. Proc Biol Sci (2011) 1.03
What are the effects of maternal and pre-adult environments on ageing in humans, and are there lessons from animal models? Mech Ageing Dev (2005) 1.02
The mandible opening response: quantifying aggression elicited by chemical cues in ants. J Exp Biol (2008) 1.01
A quantitative test of Hamilton's rule for the evolution of altruism. PLoS Biol (2011) 1.01
Rapid decision-making with side-specific perceptual discrimination in ants. PLoS One (2010) 1.01
Loss of phenotypic plasticity generates genotype-caste association in harvester ants. Curr Biol (2004) 1.00
Differential gene expression between adult queens and workers in the ant Lasius niger. Mol Ecol (2007) 1.00
Rates of cultural change and patterns of cultural accumulation in stochastic models of social transmission. Theor Popul Biol (2011) 1.00
Population viscosity can promote the evolution of altruistic sterile helpers and eusociality. Proc Biol Sci (2008) 0.99
Fourmidable: a database for ant genomics. BMC Genomics (2009) 0.99
Adaptation to experimental alterations of the operational sex ratio in populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution (2007) 0.98
Relatedness influences signal reliability in evolving robots. Proc Biol Sci (2010) 0.98
Ant genomics sheds light on the molecular regulation of social organization. Genome Biol (2013) 0.98
Associative learning in ants: conditioning of the maxilla-labium extension response in Camponotus aethiops. J Insect Physiol (2010) 0.97
Characterization and distribution of Pogonomyrmex harvester ant lineages with genetic caste determination. Mol Ecol (2007) 0.97
Only full-sibling families evolved eusociality. Nature (2011) 0.96
Ant queen egg-marking signals: matching deceptive laboratory simplicity with natural complexity. PLoS One (2009) 0.96
Asexual reproduction in introduced and native populations of the ant Cerapachys biroi. Mol Ecol (2012) 0.95
The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants. PLoS One (2008) 0.95
Recognition of social identity in ants. Front Psychol (2012) 0.94
Learning and perceptual similarity among cuticular hydrocarbons in ants. J Insect Physiol (2011) 0.94
Two alternate mechanisms contribute to the persistence of interdependent lineages in Pogonomyrmex harvester ants. Mol Ecol (2007) 0.93
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Chemical structure of odorants and perceptual similarity in ants. J Exp Biol (2013) 0.92
Why do some social insect queens mate with several males? Testing the sex-ratio manipulation hypothesis in Lasius niger. Evolution (2002) 0.92
Changes in reproductive roles are associated with changes in gene expression in fire ant queens. Mol Ecol (2010) 0.92
Relationships between phenotype, mating behavior, and fitness of queens in the ant Lasius niger. Evolution (2004) 0.92
Interplay between insulin signaling, juvenile hormone, and vitellogenin regulates maternal effects on polyphenism in ants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2013) 0.91
Mating system and avpr1a promoter variation in primates. Biol Lett (2008) 0.90
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Strong association between a single gene and fertilization efficiency of males and fecundity of their mates in the bulb mite. Proc Biol Sci (2006) 0.89
Foreign ant queens are accepted but produce fewer offspring. Oecologia (2008) 0.89
Chromosome size differences may affect meiosis and genome size. Science (2010) 0.89
Vitellogenin underwent subfunctionalization to acquire caste and behavioral specific expression in the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus. PLoS Genet (2013) 0.89
Contrasting population genetic structure for workers and queens in the putatively unicolonial ant Formica exsecta. Mol Ecol (2007) 0.89
Genetic components to caste allocation in a multiple-queen ant species. Evolution (2011) 0.89
Reproductive isolation between Pogonomyrmex rugosus and two lineages with genetic caste determination. Ecology (2006) 0.88
Kin-informative recognition cues in ants. Proc Biol Sci (2010) 0.88
Experimental manipulation of queen number affects colony sex ratio investment in the highly polygynous ant Formica exsecta. Proc Biol Sci (2005) 0.88
Neural networks as mechanisms to regulate division of labor. Am Nat (2012) 0.88
Genetic clusters and sex-biased gene flow in a unicolonial Formica ant. BMC Evol Biol (2009) 0.88
Selfish strategies and honest signalling: reproductive conflicts in ant queen associations. Proc Biol Sci (2010) 0.87