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Eyal Privman; Yannick Wurm; Laurent Keller
Duplication and concerted evolution in a master sex determiner under balancing selection.
Romain Libbrecht; Laurent Keller
Genetic compatibility affects division of labor in the argentine ant Linepithema humile.
Brendan G Hunt; Laurent Keller; Lino Ometto; Michael A D Goodisman
Evolution at two levels in fire ants: the relationship between patterns of gene expression and protein sequence evolution.

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2013: Eyal Privman; Yannick Wurm; Laurent Keller
Duplication and concerted evolution in a master sex determiner under balancing selection.
Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society 2013;280(1758):20122968.
2013: Romain Libbrecht; Laurent Keller
Genetic compatibility affects division of labor in the argentine ant Linepithema humile.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution 2013;67(2):517-24.
2013: Brendan G Hunt; Laurent Keller; Lino Ometto; Michael A D Goodisman
Evolution at two levels in fire ants: the relationship between patterns of gene expression and protein sequence evolution.
Molecular biology and evolution 2013;30(2):263-71.
2013: Adria C LeBoeuf; Richard Benton; Laurent Keller
The molecular basis of social behavior: models, methods and advances.
Current opinion in neurobiology 2013;23(1):3-10.
2013: John Wang; yannick wurm; Yu-Ching Huang; Mingkwan Nipitwattanaphon; Oksana Riba-Grognuz; DeWayne Shoemaker; Laurent Keller
A Y-like social chromosome causes alternative colony organization in fire ants.
Nature 2013;493(7434):664-8.
2012: Daniel J C Kronauer; Naomi E Pierce; Laurent Keller
Asexual reproduction in introduced and native populations of the ant Cerapachys biroi.
Molecular ecology 2012;21(21):5221-35.
2012: Thibault Lengronne; Solenn Patalano; Seirian Sumner; Stephanie Dreier; Jeremy Field; Ellouise Leadbeater; Laurent Keller
Little effect of seasonal constraints on population genetic structure in eusocial paper wasps.
Ecology and evolution 2012;2(10):2615-24.
2012: Lino Ometto; Kenneth G Ross; Dewayne Shoemaker; Laurent Keller
Disruption of gene expression in hybrids of the fire ants Solenopsis invicta and Solenopsis richteri.
Molecular ecology 2012;21(10):2488-501.
2012: Steffen Wischmann; Dario Floreano; Laurent Keller
Historical contingency affects signaling strategies and competitive abilities in evolving populations of simulated robots.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2012;109(3):864-8.
2012: Frédéric G Masclaux; Friederike Bruessow; Caroline Gouhier-Darimont; Laurent Keller; Fabian Schweizer; Philippe Reymond
Transcriptome analysis of intraspecific competition in Arabidopsis thaliana reveals organ-specific signatures related to nutrient acquisition and general stress response pathways.
BMC plant biology 2012;12():227.
2011: Romain Libbrecht; Tanja Schwander; Laurent Keller
Genetic components to caste allocation in a multiple-queen ant species.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution 2011;65(10):2907-15.
2011: Brendan G Hunt; Laurent Keller; Lino Ometto; DeWayne Shoemaker; Yannick Wurm; Soojin V Yi; Michael A D Goodisman
Relaxed selection is a precursor to the evolution of phenotypic plasticity.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2011;108(38):15936-41.
2011: Morgan Pearcy; Michael A D Goodisman; Laurent Keller
Sib mating without inbreeding in the longhorn crazy ant.
Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society 2011;278(1718):2677-81.
2011: Rolf Kümmerli; Laurent Keller
Between-year variation in population sex ratio increases with complexity of the breeding system in Hymenoptera.
The American naturalist 2011;177(6):835-46.
2011: Lino Ometto; D DeWayne Shoemaker; Kenneth G Ross; Laurent Keller
Evolution of gene expression in fire ants: the effects of developmental stage, caste, and species.
Molecular biology and evolution 2011;28(4):1381-92.
2010: Philip Newey; Laurent Keller
Social evolution: war of the worms.
Current biology : CB 2010;20(22):R985-7.
2010: Laurent Keller
Genetics: biased transmission of genomes according to parents of origin.
Current biology : CB 2010;20(14):R601-2.
2010: John Wang; Pei-Jiun Chen; George J Wang; Laurent Keller
Chromosome size differences may affect meiosis and genome size.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 2010;329(5989):293.
2010: yannick wurm; Laurent Keller
Parasitoid wasps: from natural history to genomic studies.
Current biology : CB 2010;20(5):R242-4.
2010: yannick wurm; John Wang; Laurent Keller
Changes in reproductive roles are associated with changes in gene expression in fire ant queens.
Molecular ecology 2010;19(6):1200-11.
2010: Frédéric Masclaux; Robert L Hammond; Joël Meunier; Caroline Gouhier-Darimont; Laurent Keller; Philippe Reymond
Competitive ability not kinship affects growth of Arabidopsis thaliana accessions.
The New phytologist 2010;185(1):322-31.
2009: Laurent Keller
Adaptation and the genetics of social behaviour.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 2009;364(1533):3209-16.
2009: Rolf Kümmerli; Laurent Keller
Patterns of split sex ratio in ants have multiple evolutionary causes based on different within-colony conflicts.
Biology letters 2009;5(5):713-6.
2009: Valérie Vogel; Jes S Pedersen; Patrizia d'Ettorre; Laurent Lehmann; Laurent Keller
Dynamics and genetic structure of Argentine ant supercolonies in their native range.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution 2009;63(6):1627-39.
2009: Barbara Holzer; Laurent Keller; Michel Chapuisat
Genetic clusters and sex-biased gene flow in a unicolonial Formica ant.
BMC evolutionary biology 2009;9():69.
2009: yannick wurm; Paolo Uva; Frédéric Ricci; John Wang; Stephanie Jemielity; Christian Iseli; Laurent Falquet; Laurent Keller
Fourmidable: a database for ant genomics.
BMC genomics 2009;10():5.
2008: Tanja Schwander; Laurent Keller
Genetic compatibility affects queen and worker caste determination.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 2008;322(5901):552.
2008: Barbara Holzer; Michel Chapuisat; Laurent Keller
Foreign ant queens are accepted but produce fewer offspring.
Oecologia 2008;157(4):717-23.
2008: Anne-Lyse Ducrest; Laurent Keller; Alexandre Roulin
Pleiotropy in the melanocortin system, coloration and behavioural syndromes.
Trends in ecology & evolution 2008;23(9):502-10.
2008: Lia Rosso; Laurent Keller; Henrik Kaessmann; Robert L Hammond
Mating system and avpr1a promoter variation in primates.
Biology letters 2008;4(4):375-8.
2008: Tanja Schwander; Sevan S Suni; Sara Helms Cahan; Laurent Keller
Mechanisms of reproductive isolation between an ant species of hybrid origin and one of its parents.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution 2008;62(7):1635-43.
2008: Tanja Schwander; Jean-Yves Humbert; Colin S Brent; Sara Helms Cahan; Lucille Chapuis; Emanuela Renai; Laurent Keller
Maternal effect on female caste determination in a social insect.
Current biology : CB 2008;18(4):265-9.
2008: John Wang; Kenneth G Ross; Laurent Keller
Genome-wide expression patterns and the genetic architecture of a fundamental social trait.
PLoS genetics 2008;4(7):e1000127.
2007: Rolf Kümmerli; Caroline Colliard; Nicolas Fiechter; Blaise Petitpierre; Flavien Russier; Laurent Keller
Human cooperation in social dilemmas: comparing the Snowdrift game with the Prisoner's Dilemma.
Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society 2007;274(1628):2965-70.
2007: Rolf Kümmerli; Laurent Keller
Contrasting population genetic structure for workers and queens in the putatively unicolonial ant Formica exsecta.
Molecular ecology 2007;16(21):4493-503.
2007: Tanja Schwander; Laurent Keller; Sara Helms Cahan
Two alternate mechanisms contribute to the persistence of interdependent lineages in Pogonomyrmex harvester ants.
Molecular ecology 2007;16(17):3533-43.
2007: Hélène Niculita Hirzel; Johan Billen; Laurent Keller
Comparative morphology of cephalic exocrine glands among castes of the black ant Lasius niger.
Arthropod structure & development 2007;36(2):135-41.
2007: Stephanie Jemielity; Laurent Keller
Aging: a young mind in old bees.
Current biology : CB 2007;17(8):R294-5.
2007: Stephanie Jemielity; Masayuki Kimura; Karen M Parker; Joel D Parker; Xiaojian Cao; Abraham Aviv; Laurent Keller
Short telomeres in short-lived males: what are the molecular and evolutionary causes?
Aging cell 2007;6(2):225-33.
2007: Johannes Gräff; Stephanie Jemielity; Joel D Parker; Karen M Parker; Laurent Keller
Differential gene expression between adult queens and workers in the ant Lasius niger.
Molecular ecology 2007;16(3):675-83.
2007: yannick wurm; John Wang; Laurent Keller
Behavioral genomics: A, bee, C, G, T.
Current biology : CB 2007;17(2):R51-3.
2007: John Wang; Stephanie Jemielity; Paolo Uva; yannick wurm; Johannes Gräff; Laurent Keller
An annotated cDNA library and microarray for large-scale gene-expression studies in the ant Solenopsis invicta.
Genome biology 2007;8(1):R9.
2007: Tanja Schwander; Sara Helms Cahan; Laurent Keller
Characterization and distribution of Pogonomyrmex harvester ant lineages with genetic caste determination.
Molecular ecology 2007;16(2):367-87.
2007: Laurent Keller
Uncovering the biodiversity of genetic and reproductive systems: time for a more open approach. American Society of Naturalists E. O. Wilson Award winner address.
The American naturalist 2007;169(1):1-8.
2006: B Holzer; Michel Chapuisat; Natacha Kremer; C Finet; Laurent Keller
Unicoloniality, recognition and genetic differentiation in a native Formica ant.
Journal of evolutionary biology 2006;19(6):2031-9.
2006: Sara Helms Cahan; Glennis E Julian; Tanja Schwander; Laurent Keller
Reproductive isolation between Pogonomyrmex rugosus and two lineages with genetic caste determination.
Ecology 2006;87(9):2160-70.
2006: Laurent Lehmann; Laurent Keller
The evolution of cooperation and altruism--a general framework and a classification of models.
Journal of evolutionary biology 2006;19(5):1365-76.
2006: Barbara Holzer; Rolf Kümmerli; Laurent Keller; Michel Chapuisat
Sham nepotism as a result of intrinsic differences in brood viability in ants.
Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society 2006;273(1597):2049-52.
2006: Laurent Keller; Stephanie Jemielity
Social insects as a model to study the molecular basis of ageing.
Experimental gerontology 2006;41(6):553-6.
2006: Jes S Pedersen; Michael J B Krieger; Valérie Vogel; Tatiana Giraud; Laurent Keller
Native supercolonies of unrelated individuals in the invasive Argentine ant.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution 2006;60(4):782-91.
2006: Laurent Keller; Michael Surette
Communication in bacteria: an ecological and evolutionary perspective.
Nature reviews. Microbiology 2006;4(4):249-58.
2006: Tanja Schwander; Sara Helms Cahan; Laurent Keller
Genetic caste determination in Pogonomyrmex harvester ants imposes costs during colony founding.
Journal of evolutionary biology 2006;19(2):402-9.
2005: Ken R Helms; Max Reuter; Laurent Keller
Sex-ratio conflict between queens and workers in eusocial Hymenoptera: mechanisms, costs, and the evolution of split colony sex ratios.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution 2005;59(12):2626-38.
2005: Rolf Kümmerli; Ken R Helms; Laurent Keller
Experimental manipulation of queen number affects colony sex ratio investment in the highly polygynous ant Formica exsecta.
Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society 2005;272(1574):1789-94.
2005: Stephanie Jemielity; Michel Chapuisat; Joel D Parker; Laurent Keller
Long live the queen: studying aging in social insects.
Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands) 2005;27(3):241-8.
2005: Max Reuter; Jes S Pedersen; Laurent Keller
Loss of Wolbachia infection during colonisation in the invasive Argentine ant Linepithema humile.
Heredity 2005;94(3):364-9.
2005: J Jaquiéry; Valérie Vogel; Laurent Keller
Multilevel genetic analyses of two European supercolonies of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile.
Molecular ecology 2005;14(2):589-98.
2004: Sara Helms Cahan; Glennis E Julian; Steven W Rissing; Tanja Schwander; Joel D Parker; Laurent Keller
Loss of phenotypic plasticity generates genotype-caste association in harvester ants.
Current biology : CB 2004;14(24):2277-82.
2004: Morgan Pearcy; Serge Aron; Claudie Doums; Laurent Keller
Conditional use of sex and parthenogenesis for worker and queen production in ants.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 2004;306(5702):1780-3.
2004: Joel D Parker; Karen M Parker; Laurent Keller
Molecular phylogenetic evidence for an extracellular Cu Zn superoxide dismutase gene in insects.
Insect molecular biology 2004;13(6):587-94.
2004: Laurent Keller
Evolution: informational constraints on adaptation.
Current biology : CB 2004;14(18):R757-8.
2004: Max Reuter; Ken R Helms; Laurent Lehmann; Laurent Keller
Effects of brood manipulation costs on optimal sex allocation in social hymenoptera.
The American naturalist 2004;164(3):E73-82.
2004: Robert L Hammond; Laurent Keller
Conflict over male parentage in social insects.
PLoS biology 2004;2(9):E248.
2004: Drude Molbo; Carlos A Machado; Edward Allen Herre; Laurent Keller
Inbreeding and population structure in two pairs of cryptic fig wasp species.
Molecular ecology 2004;13(6):1613-23.
2004: Ken R Helms; Denis Fournier; Laurent Keller; Luc Passera; Serge Aron
Colony sex ratios in the facultatively polygynous ant Pheidole pallidula: a reanalysis with new data.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution 2004;58(5):1141-2.
2004: Else J Fjerdingstad; Laurent Keller
Relationships between phenotype, mating behavior, and fitness of queens in the ant Lasius niger.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution 2004;58(5):1056-63.
2004: Philipp Langer; Katja Hogendoorn; Laurent Keller
Tug-of-war over reproduction in a social bee.
Nature 2004;428(6985):844-7.
2004: Joel D Parker; Karen M Parker; Barbara H Sohal; Rajindar S Sohal; Laurent Keller
Decreased expression of Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase 1 in ants with extreme lifespan.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2004;101(10):3486-9.
2004: Denis Fournier; Serge Aron; Laurent Keller
Significant reproductive skew in the facultatively polygynous ant Pheidole pallidula.
Molecular ecology 2004;13(1):203-10.
2003: Else J Fjerdingstad; P J Gertsch; Laurent Keller
The relationship between multiple mating by queens, within-colony genetic variability and fitness in the ant Lasius niger.
Journal of evolutionary biology 2003;16(5):844-53.
2003: Laurent Keller
Behavioral plasticity: levels of sociality in bees.
Current biology : CB 2003;13(16):R644-5.
2003: Cathy Liautard; William D Brown; Ken R Helms; Laurent Keller
Temporal and spatial variations of gyne production in the ant Formica exsecta.
Oecologia 2003;136(4):558-64.
2003: Sara Helms Cahan; Laurent Keller
Complex hybrid origin of genetic caste determination in harvester ants.
Nature 2003;424(6946):306-9.
2003: Liselotte Sundström; Laurent Keller; Michel Chapuisat
Inbreeding and sex-biased gene flow in the ant Formica exsecta.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution 2003;57(7):1552-61.
2003: Denis Fournier; Laurent Keller; Luc Passera; Serge Aron
Colony sex ratios vary with breeding system but not relatedness asymmetry in the facultatively polygynous ant Pheidole pallidula.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution 2003;57(6):1336-42.
2003: Stephanie Jemielity; Laurent Keller
Queen control over reproductive decisions--no sexual deception in the ant Lasius niger.
Molecular ecology 2003;12(6):1589-97.
2003: Drude Molbo; Carlos A Machado; Jan G Sevenster; Laurent Keller; Edward Allen Herre
Cryptic species of fig-pollinating wasps: implications for the evolution of the fig-wasp mutualism, sex allocation, and precision of adaptation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2003;100(10):5867-72.
2003: Max Reuter; Laurent Keller
High levels of multiple Wolbachia infection and recombination in the ant Formica exsecta.
Molecular biology and evolution 2003;20(5):748-53.
2003: William D Brown; Cathy Liautard; Laurent Keller
Sex-ratio dependent execution of queens in polygynous colonies of the ant Formica exsecta.
Oecologia 2003;134(1):12-7.
2002: Michel Chapuisat; Laurent Keller
Division of labour influences the rate of ageing in weaver ant workers.
Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society 2002;269(1494):909-13.
2002: Tatiana Giraud; Jes S Pedersen; Laurent Keller
Evolution of supercolonies: the Argentine ants of southern Europe.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2002;99(9):6075-9.
2002: Laurent Keller; Joel D Parker
Behavioral genetics: a gene for supersociality.
Current biology : CB 2002;12(5):R180-1.
2002: Else J Fjerdingstad; Pia J Gertsch; Laurent Keller
Why do some social insect queens mate with several males? Testing the sex-ratio manipulation hypothesis in Lasius niger.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution 2002;56(3):553-62.
2001: Cathy Liautard; Laurent Keller
Restricted effective queen dispersal at a microgeographic scale in polygynous populations of the ant Formica exsecta.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution 2001;55(12):2484-92.
2001: Luc Passera; Serge Aron; E L Vargo; Laurent Keller
Queen control of sex ratio in fire ants.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 2001;293(5533):1308-10.
2001: Max Reuter; Laurent Keller
Sex ratio conflict and worker production in eusocial hymenoptera.
The American naturalist 2001;158(2):166-77.
2001: Laurent Keller; Cathy Liautard; Max Reuter; William D Brown; L Sundström; Michel Chapuisat
Sex ratio and Wolbachia infection in the ant Formica exsecta.
Heredity 2001;87(Pt 2):227-33.
2000: D DeWayne Shoemaker; Kenneth G Ross; Laurent Keller; E L Vargo; John H Werren
Wolbachia infections in native and introduced populations of fire ants (Solenopsis spp.).
Insect molecular biology 2000;9(6):661-73.
2000: William D Brown; Laurent Keller
Colony sex ratios vary with queen number but not relatedness asymmetry in the ant Formica exsecta.
Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society 2000;267(1454):1751-7.
2000: Michael J B Krieger; J B Billeter; Laurent Keller
Ant-like task allocation and recruitment in cooperative robots.
Nature 2000;406(6799):992-5.
2000: Michael J B Krieger; Laurent Keller
Mating frequency and genetic structure of the Argentine ant Linepithema humile.
Molecular ecology 2000;9(2):119-26.
1999: Laurent Keller; Michel Genoud
Evolutionary theories of aging. 1. The need to understand the process of natural selection.
Gerontology 1999;45(6):336-8.
1999: Kenneth G Ross; D DeWayne Shoemaker; Michael J B Krieger; C J DeHeer; Laurent Keller
Assessing genetic structure with multiple classes of molecular markers: a case study involving the introduced fire ant Solenopsis invicta.
Molecular biology and evolution 1999;16(4):525-43.
1998: Kenneth G Ross; Laurent Keller
Genetic control of social organization in an ant.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1998;95(24):14232-7.
1998: Michael J B Krieger; Laurent Keller
Estimation of the proportion of triploids in populations with diploid and triploid individuals.
The Journal of heredity 1998;89(3):275-9.
1997: Kenneth G Ross; Michael J B Krieger; D DeWayne Shoemaker; E L Vargo; Laurent Keller
Hierarchical analysis of genetic structure in native fire ant populations: results from three classes of molecular markers.
Genetics 1997;147(2):643-55.
1997: Laurent Keller
Indiscriminate altruism - time for a more discriminating approach? Reply from L. Keller.
Trends in ecology & evolution 1997;12(7):274-5.
1996: Kenneth G Ross; E L Vargo; Laurent Keller
Social evolution in a new environment: the case of introduced fire ants.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1996;93(7):3021-5.
1994: Laurent Keller; H K Reeve
Partitioning of reproduction in animal societies.
Trends in ecology & evolution 1994;9(3):98-102.
1993: Kenneth G Ross; E L Vargo; Laurent Keller; J C Trager
Effect of a founder event on variation in the genetic sex-determining system of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta.
Genetics 1993;135(3):843-54.