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Larval and nurse worker control of developmental plasticity and the evolution of honey bee queen–worker dimorphism by LINKSVAYER, T. A., KAFTANOGLU, O., AKYOL, E., BLATCH, S., AMDAM, G. V., PAGE, R. E.

“…Social evolution in honey bees has produced strong queen–worker dimorphism for plastic traits that depend on larval nutrition. The honey bee developmental…”
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Co‐evolutionary patterns and diversification of ant–fungus associations in the asexual fungus‐farming ant Mycocepurus smithii in Panama by Kellner, K, Fernández‐Marín, H, Ishak, H. D, Sen, R, Linksvayer, T. A, Mueller, U. G

“…Partner fidelity through vertical symbiont transmission is thought to be the primary mechanism stabilizing cooperation in the mutualism between fungus‐farming…”
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The conversion of variance and the evolutionary potential of restricted recombination by Neiman, M, Linksvayer, T A

“…Genetic recombination is usually considered to facilitate adaptive evolution. However, recombination prevents the reliable cotransmission of interacting gene…”
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Distributed physiology and the molecular basis of social life in eusocial insects by Friedman, D.A., Johnson, B.R., Linksvayer, T.A.

“…The traditional focus of physiological and functional genomic research is on molecular processes that play out within a single multicellular organism. In the…”
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Artificial selection on ant female caste ratio uncovers a link between female‐biased sex ratios and infection by Wolbachia endosymbionts by Pontieri, L., Schmidt, A. M., Singh, R., Pedersen, J. S., Linksvayer, T. A.

“…Social insect sex and caste ratios are well‐studied targets of evolutionary conflicts, but the heritable factors affecting these traits remain unknown. To…”
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Symbiont-Mediated Host-Parasite Dynamics in a Fungus-Gardening Ant by Kellner, Katrin, Kardish, M. R., Seal, J. N., Linksvayer, T. A., Mueller, U. G.

“…Group-living can promote the evolution of adaptive strategies to prevent and control disease. Fungus-gardening ants must cope with two sets of pathogens, those…”
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Late-instar ant worker larvae play a prominent role in colony-level caste regulation by Warner, M. R., Kovaka, K., Linksvayer, T. A.

“…The success of social insect societies is often attributed to an efficient reproductive division of labor between queen and worker castes. At the group level,…”
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Honey bee colonies regulate queen reproductive traits by controlling which queens survive to adulthood by Tarpy, D. R., Simone-Finstrom, M., Linksvayer, T. A.

“…The production of new queens in honey bee colonies is one of the most important determinants of reproductive success, and it involves cooperative behavior…”
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Blending of heritable recognition cues among ant nestmates creates distinct colony gestalt odours but prevents within‐colony nepotism by Van ZWEDEN, J. S., BRASK, J. B., CHRISTENSEN, J. H., BOOMSMA, J. J., LINKSVAYER, T. A., d’ETTORRE, P.

“…The evolution of sociality is facilitated by the recognition of close kin, but if kin recognition is too accurate, nepotistic behaviour within societies can…”
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Queen-worker caste ratio depends on colony size in the pharaoh ant (Monomorium pharaonis) by Schmidt, A. M, Linksvayer, T. A, Boomsma, J. J, Pedersen, J. S

“…The success of an ant colony depends on the simultaneous presence of reproducing queens and non-reproducing workers in a ratio that will maximize colony growth…”
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Co‐evolutionary patterns and diversification of ant–fungus associations in the asexual fungus‐farming ant M ycocepurus smithii in P anama by Kellner, K., Fernández‐Marín, H., Ishak, H. D., Sen, R., Linksvayer, T. A., Mueller, U. G.

“…Abstract Partner fidelity through vertical symbiont transmission is thought to be the primary mechanism stabilizing cooperation in the mutualism between…”
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Larval and nurse worker control of developmental plasticity and the evolution of honey bee queen-worker dimorphism: Dual control of honey bee developmental plasticity by LINKSVAYER, T. A., KAFTANOGLU, O., AKYOL, E., BLATCH, S., AMDAM, G. V., PAGE, R. E.

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Genetic caste determination in harvester ants: possible origin and maintenance by cyto-nuclear epistasis by Linksvayer, Timothy A., Wade, Michael J., Gordon, Deborah M.

“…While reproductive caste in eusocial insects is usually determined by environmental factors, in some populations of the harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex barbatus…”
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The Evolutionary Origin And Elaboration Of Sociality In The Aculeate Hymenoptera: Maternal Effects, Sib‐social Effects, And Heterochrony by Linksvayer, Timothy A., Wade, Michael J.

“…We discuss the evolutionary origin and elaboration of sociality using an indirect genetic effects perspective. Indirect genetic effects models simultaneously…”
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Phylogeny and evolutionary history of queen polymorphic Myrmecina ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Florian M. STEINER, Birgit C. SCHLICK-STEINER, Heino KONRAD, Timothy A. LINKSVAYER, Swee-Peck QUEK, Erhard CHRISTIAN, Christian STAUFFER, Alfred BUSCHINGER

“…The phylogenetic relationships in the myrmicine ant genus Myrmecina were analyzed using 1,281 bp of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I gene. Intermorphic…”
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The Function of Hitchhiking Behavior in the Leaf-cutting Ant Atta cephalotes by Linksvayer, T A, McCall, A C, Jensen, R M, Marshall, C M, Miner, J W, McKone, MJ

“…In some leaf-cutting ant species, minim workers ride on the fragments of leaves as they are carried back to the nest from the cutting site. There is convincing…”
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The Function of Hitchhiking Behavior in the Leaf-cutting Ant Atta cephalotes by Linksvayer, Timothy A., McCall, Andrew C., Jensen, Rebecca M., Marshall, Cynthia M., Miner, Joshua W., McKone, Mark J.

“…In some leaf-cutting ant species, minim workers ride on the fragments of leaves as they are carried back to the nest from the cutting site. There is convincing…”
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