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| Kenneth G RossSummaryAffiliation: University of Georgia Country: USA Publications
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Potential cause of lethality of an allele implicated in social evolution in fire antsBrittan L Hallar
Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Genetica 131:69-79. 2007....
Species delimitation: a case study in a problematic ant taxonKenneth G Ross
Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Syst Biol 59:162-84. 2010..g., mtDNA sequence variation) when drawing inferences...
Estimation of the number of founders of an invasive pest insect population: the fire ant Solenopsis invicta in the USAKenneth G Ross
Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Proc Biol Sci 275:2231-40. 2008....- Alternative genetic foundations for a key social polymorphism in fire antsKenneth G Ross
Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
Genetics 165:1853-67. 2003..geminata in which loss of allelic variation at genes encoding recognition cues has led to a breakdown in discrimination abilities and the consequent acceptance of multiple queens in colonies... - Species delimitation in native South American fire antsKenneth G Ross
Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 2603, USA
Mol Ecol 14:3419-38. 2005.... - Phylogeographic structure of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta in its native South American range: roles of natural barriers and habitat connectivityMichael E Ahrens
Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
Evolution 59:1733-43. 2005..invicta. Our study represents the first attempt to understand the phylogeographic history of S. invicta across its native range... - Effects of Wolbachia on mtDNA variation in two fire ant speciesD Dewayne Shoemaker
Department of Entomology, 643 Russell Laboratories, 1630 Linden Drive, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Mol Ecol 12:1757-71. 2003..invicta. Recognition of these two lineages has important consequences for interpreting patterns of mtDNA evolution and genetic differentiation between conspecific social forms of this species... - Identification of a major gene regulating complex social behaviorMichael J B Krieger
Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 2603, USA
Science 295:328-32. 2002..This study demonstrates that single genes of major effect can underlie the expression of complex behaviors important in social evolution... - Molecular phylogeny of fire ants of the Solenopsis saevissima species-group based on mtDNA sequencesD DeWayne Shoemaker
Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin Madison, 643 Russell Labs, 1630 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Mol Phylogenet Evol 38:200-15. 2006.... - Molecular evolutionary analyses of the odorant-binding protein gene Gp-9 in fire ants and other Solenopsis speciesMichael J B Krieger
Center for Physics and Biology, Rockefeller University, USA
Mol Biol Evol 22:2090-103. 2005..Such selection may have operated via the ligand-binding properties of GP-9, as one of the two amino acids uniquely shared by all b-like alleles is predicted to be a binding-pocket residue... - Genetic regulation of colony social organization in fire ants: an integrative overviewDietrich Gotzek
Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Q Rev Biol 82:201-26. 2007.... - Molecular variation at a candidate gene implicated in the regulation of fire ant social behaviorDietrich Gotzek
Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
PLoS ONE 2:e1088. 2007..Rather, all three typical b-like residues appear to be necessary... - Genome-wide expression patterns and the genetic architecture of a fundamental social traitJohn Wang
Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
PLoS Genet 4:e1000127. 2008.... - Fitness effects of group merging in a social insectJames T Costa
Department of Biology, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723, USA
Proc Biol Sci 270:1697-702. 2003..We conclude that fitness benefits offsetting the dilution of relatedness in heterogeneous social groups may often stem from augmented group size rather than increased genotypic diversity...