A simple genetic basis for complex social behaviour mediates widespread gene expression differences (2013). Molecular Ecology 22: 3797-813. DOI 10.1111/mec.12346
Category: Scientific articles
The genome of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta
Wurm_Y_et al (2011). The genome of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. PNAS 108: 5679–5684
Sex allocation in fungus-growing ants: worker or queen control without symbiont-induced female bias
Dijkstra_MD_and_Boomsma_JJ (2008). Sex allocation in fungus-growing ants: worker or queen control without symbiont-induced female bias. Oikos 117: 1892-1906. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.16822.x
Are workers of Atta leafcutter ants capable of reproduction?
Dijkstra_MD_and_Boomsma_JJ (2006). Are workers of Atta leafcutter ants capable of reproduction? Insectes sociaux 53: 136–140. DOI 10.1007/s00040-005-0848-3
Ancestral developmental potential facilitates parallel evolution in ants
Rajakumar_R_et_al (2012). Ancestral developmental potential facilitates parallel evolution in ants. Science 335: 79. DOI 10.1126/science.1211451
Self-restraint and sterility in workers of Acromyrmex and Atta leafcutter ants
Dijkstra_MD_et_al (2005). Self-restraint and sterility in workers of Acromyrmex and Atta leafcutter ants. Insectes sociaux 52: 67–76. DOI 10.1007/s00040-004-0775-8
Workers of Acromyrmex echinatior leafcutter ants police worker-laid eggs, but not reproductive workers
Dijkstra_MD_et_al (2010). Workers of Acromyrmex echinatior leafcutter ants police worker-laid eggs, but not reproductive workers. Animal Behaviour 80: 487-495. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.06.011
Gnamptogenys hartmani Wheeler (Ponerinae: Ectatommini): an agro-predator of Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants
Very proud that my research was mentioned in the book “The Leafcutter Ants: Civilization by Instinct” by Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson!
In: The Leafcutter Ants: Civilization by Instinct. Hölldobler B. and Wilson E.O. (2011). W.W. Norton & Company, New York. ISBN 978-0393338683
Read my paper: Dijkstra_MB_and_Boomsma_JJ Gnamptogenys hartmani Wheeler (Ponerinae: Ectatommini): an agro-predator of Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants (2003). Naturwissenschaften 90: 568–571. DOI 10.1007/s00114-003-0478-4