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Making Mosquito Taxonomy Useful: A Stable Classification of Tribe Aedini that Balances Utility with Current Knowledge of Evolutionary Relationships by Wilkerson, Richard C, Linton, Yvonne-Marie, Fonseca, Dina M, Schultz, Ted R, Price, Dana C, Strickman, Daniel A

“…The tribe Aedini (Family Culicidae) contains approximately one-quarter of the known species of mosquitoes, including vectors of deadly or debilitating disease…”
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Major evolutionary transitions in ant agriculture by Schultz, Ted R, Brady, Seán G

“…Agriculture is a specialized form of symbiosis that is known to have evolved in only four animal groups: humans, bark beetles, termites, and ants. Here, we…”
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evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by WARD, PHILIP S, BRADY, SEÁN G, FISHER, BRIAN L, SCHULTZ, TED R

“…This study investigates the evolutionary history of a hyperdiverse clade, the ant subfamily Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), based on analyses of a data…”
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Compositional heterogeneity and outgroup choice influence the internal phylogeny of the ants by Borowiec, Marek L., Rabeling, Christian, Brady, Seán G., Fisher, Brian L., Schultz, Ted R., Ward, Philip S.

“…[Display omitted] •We sequence 11 nuclear loci from 110 ant species to address rooting of the ant tree.•Among-taxon compositional heterogeneity can bias…”
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Phylogenomic methods outperform traditional multi-locus approaches in resolving deep evolutionary history: a case study of formicine ants by Blaimer, Bonnie B, Brady, Seán G, Schultz, Ted R, Lloyd, Michael W, Fisher, Brian L, Ward, Philip S

“…Ultraconserved elements (UCEs) have been successfully used in phylogenomics for a variety of taxa, but their power in phylogenetic inference has yet to be…”
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Rediscovery of the enigmatic fungus-farming ant "Mycetosoritis" asper Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Implications for taxonomy, phylogeny, and the evolution of agriculture in ants by Sosa-Calvo, Jeffrey, Ješovnik, Ana, Vasconcelos, Heraldo L, Bacci, Jr, Mauricio, Schultz, Ted R

“…We report the rediscovery of the exceedingly rarely collected and enigmatic fungus-farming ant species Mycetosoritis asper. Since the description of the type…”
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The rise of army ants and their relatives: diversification of specialized predatory doryline ants by Brady, Seán G, Fisher, Brian L, Schultz, Ted R, Ward, Philip S

“…Army ants are dominant invertebrate predators in tropical and subtropical terrestrial ecosystems. Their close relatives within the dorylomorph group of ants…”
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How fungus-farming ants have nourished biology for 150 years by Leal-Dutra, Caio A., Shik, Jonathan Z., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Schultz, Ted R.

“…Letter to the Editor…”
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Convergent evolution of complex structures for ant–bacterial defensive symbiosis in fungus-farming ants by Li, Hongjie, Sosa-Calvo, Jeffrey, Horn, Heidi A., Pupo, Mônica T., Clardy, Jon, Rabeling, Christian, Schultz, Ted R., Currie, Cameron R.

“…Evolutionary adaptations for maintaining beneficial microbes are hallmarks of mutualistic evolution. Fungus-farming “attine” ant species have complex cuticular…”
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A Social Parasite Evolved Reproductive Isolation from Its Fungus-Growing Ant Host in Sympatry by Rabeling, Christian, Schultz, Ted R., Pierce, Naomi E., Bacci, Maurício

“…Inquiline social parasitic ant species exploit colonies of other ant species mainly by producing sexual offspring that are raised by the host. Ant social…”
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Dry habitats were crucibles of domestication in the evolution of agriculture in ants by Branstetter, Michael G., Ješovnik, Ana, Sosa-Calvo, Jeffrey, Lloyd, Michael W., Faircloth, Brant C., Brady, Seán G., Schultz, Ted R.

“…The evolution of ant agriculture, as practised by the fungus-farming ‘attine’ ants, is thought to have arisen in the wet rainforests of South America about…”
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Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant–fungus agricultural symbiosis by Nygaard, Sanne, Hu, Haofu, Li, Cai, Schiøtt, Morten, Chen, Zhensheng, Yang, Zhikai, Xie, Qiaolin, Ma, Chunyu, Deng, Yuan, Dikow, Rebecca B., Rabeling, Christian, Nash, David R., Wcislo, William T., Brady, Seán G., Schultz, Ted R., Zhang, Guojie, Boomsma, Jacobus J.

“…The attine ant–fungus agricultural symbiosis evolved over tens of millions of years, producing complex societies with industrial-scale farming analogous to…”
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Macroecological patterns of functional and phylogenetic diversity vary between ground and arboreal assemblages in Neotropical savanna ants by Neves, Karen C., Andersen, Alan N., Schultz, Ted R., Vasconcelos, Heraldo L.

“…Macroscale environmental gradients can have contrasting effects on organisms that occupy different vertical niches, but we have little understanding of how…”
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Phylogenomics and Divergence Dating of Fungus-Farming Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Genera Sericomyrmex and Apterostigma by Ješovnik, Ana, González, Vanessa L, Schultz, Ted R

“…Fungus-farming ("attine") ants are model systems for studies of symbiosis, coevolution, and advanced eusociality. A New World clade of nearly 300 species in 15…”
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Evaluating alternative hypotheses for the early evolution and diversification of ants by Brady, S.G, Schultz, T.R, Fisher, B.L, Ward, P.S

“…Ants are the world's most diverse and ecologically dominant eusocial organisms. Resolving the phylogeny and timescale for major ant lineages is vital to…”
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Phylogeny and Biogeography of Dolichoderine Ants: Effects of Data Partitioning and Relict Taxa on Historical Inference by Ward, Philip S., Brady, Seán G., Fisher, Brian L., Schultz, Ted R.

“…Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are conspicuous organisms in most terrestrial ecosystems, often attaining high levels of abundance and diversity. In this study,…”
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Out of the temperate zone: A phylogenomic test of the biogeographical conservatism hypothesis in a contrarian clade of ants by Branstetter, Michael G., Longino, John T., Reyes‐López, Joaquín L., Brady, Seán G., Schultz, Ted R.

“…Aim The standard latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG), in which species richness decreases from equator to pole, is a pervasive pattern observed in most…”
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Biomineral armor in leaf-cutter ants by Li, Hongjie, Sun, Chang-Yu, Fang, Yihang, Carlson, Caitlin M., Xu, Huifang, Ješovnik, Ana, Sosa-Calvo, Jeffrey, Zarnowski, Robert, Bechtel, Hans A., Fournelle, John H., Andes, David R., Schultz, Ted R., Gilbert, Pupa U. P. A., Currie, Cameron R.

“…Although calcareous anatomical structures have evolved in diverse animal groups, such structures have been unknown in insects. Here, we report the discovery of…”
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Phylogenomic reconstruction reveals new insights into the evolution and biogeography of Atta leaf‐cutting ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Barrera, Corina A., Sosa‐Calvo, Jeffrey, Schultz, Ted R., Rabeling, Christian, Bacci, Maurício

“…Atta Fabricius is an ecologically dominant leaf‐cutting ant genus, the major herbivore of the Neotropics, and an agricultural pest of great economic…”
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Revision of the fungus-farming ant genus Sericomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) by Ješovnik, Ana, Schultz, Ted R

“…The genus Mayr (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini) is a Neotropical group of fungus-farming ants known for its problematic taxonomy, caused by low morphological…”
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