ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2020
Ant cuticular hydrocarbons are heritable and associated with variation in colony productivity.
Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Genetic Basis of Cuticular Hydrocarbon Variation in the Desert AntEcology and evolution · 2026Article
- Seasonal and Habitat-related Variations in the Cuticular Chemical Profile of Atta sexdens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Foraging Workers.Neotropical entomology · 2025Article
- Cuticular hydrocarbon profiles reveal geographic chemotypes in stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini).Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Evolution of sensitivity to warning cues from kin in plants with a structured population.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
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- Volatile organic compounds influence prey composition in Sarracenia carnivorous plants.PloS one · 2023Article
- Evidence for a chemical arms race between cuckoo wasps of the genus Hedychrum and their distantly related host apoid wasps.BMC ecology and evolution · 2022Article
- Candidate genes involved in cuticular hydrocarbon differentiation between cryptic, parabiotic ant species.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2021Article
- Divide and conquer: Multicolonial structure, nestmate recognition, and antagonistic behaviors in dense populations of the invasive antEcology and evolution · 2021Article
- Genetic basis of chemical communication in eusocial insects.Genes & development · 2021Review
- Advances in deciphering the genetic basis of insect cuticular hydrocarbon biosynthesis and variation.Heredity · 2021Review
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Abstract
In social insects, cuticular hydrocarbons function in nest-mate recognition and also provide a waxy barrier against desiccation, but basic evolutionary features, including the heritability of hydrocarbon profiles and how they are shaped by natural selection are largely unknown. We used a new pharaoh ant (
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