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2023
Waring Trible, Vikram Chandra, Kip D. Lacy, Gina Limón, Sean K. McKenzie, Leonora Olivos-Cisneros, Samuel V. Arsenault, and Daniel J. C. Kronauer. 3/27/2023. “A caste differentiation mutant elucidates the evolution of socially parasitic ants.” Current Biology, 33, Pp. 1-12.Abstract

This 7-year project isolates and characterizes the first ant caste mutant. Press coverage included: 

quanta, nyt, harvard gazette

queen-like_mutants_text_si.pdf
2020
Waring Trible, Sean K McKenzie, and Daniel JC Kronauer. 2020. “Globally invasive populations of the clonal raider ant are derived from Bangladesh.” Biology Letters.Abstract
This manuscript identified the source population for a globally invasive ant species. Press coverage included: 

harvard gazette
 
clonal_raider_ant_from_bangladesh.pdf
Waring Trible and Daniel JC Kronauer. 2020. “Hourglass model for developmental evolution of ant castes.” Trends in Ecology and Evolution.Abstract
This manuscript has sparked a lively discussion about alternative hypotheses for caste development and evolution. See attached correspondence.
1_trible_kronauer.pdf 2_abouheif_response.pdf 3_trible_kronauer_response.pdf
2018
Waring Trible, David DeWayne Shoemaker, and Dietrich Gotzek. 2018. “Sociometry of Solenopsis geminata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) reveals variation in colony-level phenotypes in fire ants.” Myrmecological News. sociometry_of_solenopsis_geminata.pdf
2017
Waring Trible and Daniel JC Kronauer. 2017. “Caste development and evolution in ants: it's all about size.” Journal of Experimental Biology.Abstract
This manuscripted proposed a new theoretical framework for caste development and evolution in ants. Further developed in Trible & Kronauer 2020 and 2021
caste_development_and_evolution.pdf
Waring Trible, Leonora Olivos-Cisneros, Sean K McKenzie, Jonathan Saragosti, Ni-Chen Chang, Benjamin J Matthews, Peter R Oxley, and Daniel JC Kronauer. 2017. “orco mutagenesis causes loss of antennal lobe glomeruli and impaired social behavior in ants.” Cell.Abstract
This manuscript reports the first genetically-modified ants. Press coverage included: 

washington post, pnas, quartz, science
orco_mutagenesis.pdf
2016
Waring Trible and Kenneth G Ross. 2016. “Chemical communication of queen supergene status in an ant.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology. chemical_communication_of_supergene.pdf
2014
Waring Trible and Ron Carroll. 2014. “Manipulating tropical fire ants to reduce the coffee berry borer.” Ecological Entomology. manipulating_tropical_fire_ants.pdf