Ants
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Insects of the family Formicidae, very common and widespread, probably the most successful of all the insect groups. All ants are social insects, and most colonies contain three castes, queens, males, and workers. Their habits are often very elaborate and a great many studies have been made of ant behavior. Ants produce a number of secretions that function in offense, defense, and communication. (From Borror, et al., An Introduction to the Study of Insects, 4th ed, p676)
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D001000
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B01.050.500.131.617.479.205
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| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ants" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Prileson EG, Clark J, Diamond SE, Lenard A, Medina-B?ez OA, Yilmaz AR, Martin RA. Keep your cool: Overwintering physiology in response to urbanization in the acorn ant, Temnothorax curvispinosus. J Therm Biol. 2023 May; 114:103591.
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Helleu Q, Roux C, Ross KG, Keller L. Radiation and hybridization underpin the spread of the fire ant social supergene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 08 23; 119(34):e2201040119.
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Zeng H, Millar JG, Chen L, Keller L, Ross KG. Characterization of Queen Supergene Pheromone in the Red Imported Fire Ant Using Worker Discrimination Assays. J Chem Ecol. 2022 Feb; 48(2):109-120.
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Martin RA, Chick LD, Garvin ML, Diamond SE. In a nutshell, a reciprocal transplant experiment reveals local adaptation and fitness trade-offs in response to urban evolution in an acorn-dwelling ant. Evolution. 2021 04; 75(4):876-887.
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Arsenault SV, King JT, Kay S, Lacy KD, Ross KG, Hunt BG. Simple inheritance, complex regulation: Supergene-mediated fire ant queen polymorphism. Mol Ecol. 2020 10; 29(19):3622-3636.
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Yan Z, Martin SH, Gotzek D, Arsenault SV, Duchen P, Helleu Q, Riba-Grognuz O, Hunt BG, Salamin N, Shoemaker D, Ross KG, Keller L. Evolution of a supergene that regulates a trans-species social polymorphism. Nat Ecol Evol. 2020 02; 4(2):240-249.
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Yilmaz AR, Chick LD, Perez A, Strickler SA, Vaughn S, Martin RA, Diamond SE. Remarkable insensitivity of acorn ant morphology to temperature decouples the evolution of physiological tolerance from body size under urban heat islands. J Therm Biol. 2019 Oct; 85:102426.
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Lacy KD, Shoemaker D, Ross KG. Joint Evolution of Asexuality and Queen Number in an Ant. Curr Biol. 2019 04 22; 29(8):1394-1400.e4.
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Chick LD, Strickler SA, Perez A, Martin RA, Diamond SE. Urban heat islands advance the timing of reproduction in a social insect. J Therm Biol. 2019 Feb; 80:119-125.
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Ross KG, Shoemaker D. Unexpected patterns of segregation distortion at a selfish supergene in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. BMC Genet. 2018 11 07; 19(1):101.
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Diamond SE, Chick LD, Perez A, Strickler SA, Martin RA. Evolution of thermal tolerance and its fitness consequences: parallel and non-parallel responses to urban heat islands across three cities. Proc Biol Sci. 2018 07 04; 285(1882).
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Diamond SE, Chick L, Penick CA, Nichols LM, Cahan SH, Dunn RR, Ellison AM, Sanders NJ, Gotelli NJ. Heat tolerance predicts the importance of species interaction effects as the climate changes. Integr Comp Biol. 2017 07 01; 57(1):112-120.
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MacLean HJ, Penick CA, Dunn RR, Diamond SE. Experimental winter warming modifies thermal performance and primes acorn ants for warm weather. J Insect Physiol. 2017 07; 100:77-81.
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Diamond SE, Nichols LM, Pelini SL, Penick CA, Barber GW, Cahan SH, Dunn RR, Ellison AM, Sanders NJ, Gotelli NJ. Climatic warming destabilizes forest ant communities. Sci Adv. 2016 Oct; 2(10):e1600842.
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