#  Publications 

 



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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. 2023. “[A Caste Differentiation Mutant Elucidates the Evolution of Socially Parasitic Ants](/publications/caste-differentiation-mutant-elucidates-evolution-socially-parasitic-ants)”. Current Biology, 33, Pp. 1-12



 

 

Waring Trible, Vikram Chandra, Kip D. Lacy, Gina Limón, Sean K. McKenzie, Leonora Olivos-Cisneros, Samuel V. Arsenault, and Daniel J. C. Kronauer. 2023. “[A Caste Differentiation Mutant Elucidates the Evolution of Socially Parasitic Ants](/publications/caste-differentiation-mutant-elucidates-evolution-socially-parasitic-ants)”. Current Biology, 33, Pp. 1-12



 

 

 

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- [ picture\_as\_pdfqueen-like\_mutants\_text\_s...](/sites/g/files/omnuum7866/files/triblelab/files/queen-like_mutants_text_si.pdf)
 
 This 7-year project isolates and characterizes the first ant caste mutant. Press coverage included:

 [quanta](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/03/buck-trible-and-the-case-of-the-mutant-ants/#:~:text=In%20a%20recent%20paper%20published,evolved%20and%20has%20wider%20implications.), [nyt](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/science/queen-ant-impostors.html), [harvard gazette](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/03/buck-trible-and-the-case-of-the-mutant-ants/#:~:text=In%20a%20recent%20paper%20published,evolved%20and%20has%20wider%20implications.)



 

 

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### 2020

Waring Trible and Daniel JC Kronauer. 2020. “[Hourglass Model for Developmental Evolution of Ant Castes](/publications/hourglass-model-developmental-evolution-ant-castes)”. Trends in Ecology and Evolution



 

 

Waring Trible and Daniel JC Kronauer. 2020. “[Hourglass Model for Developmental Evolution of Ant Castes](/publications/hourglass-model-developmental-evolution-ant-castes)”. Trends in Ecology and Evolution



 

 

 

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- [ picture\_as\_pdf1\_trible\_kronauer.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum7866/files/triblelab/files/1_trible_kronauer.pdf)
- [ picture\_as\_pdf2\_abouheif\_response.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum7866/files/triblelab/files/2_abouheif_response.pdf)
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 This manuscript has sparked a lively discussion about alternative hypotheses for caste development and evolution. See attached correspondence. 

 

 

- [ picture\_as\_pdf1\_trible\_kronauer.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum7866/files/triblelab/files/1_trible_kronauer.pdf)
- [ picture\_as\_pdf2\_abouheif\_response.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum7866/files/triblelab/files/2_abouheif_response.pdf)
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Waring Trible, Sean McKenzie, and Daniel JC Kronauer. 2020. “[Globally Invasive Populations of the Clonal Raider Ant Are Derived from Bangladesh](/publications/globally-invasive-populations-clonal-raider-ant-are-derived-bangladesh)”. Biology Letters



 

 

Waring Trible, Sean McKenzie, and Daniel JC Kronauer. 2020. “[Globally Invasive Populations of the Clonal Raider Ant Are Derived from Bangladesh](/publications/globally-invasive-populations-clonal-raider-ant-are-derived-bangladesh)”. Biology Letters



 

 

 

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- [ picture\_as\_pdfclonal\_raider\_ant\_from\_ba...](/sites/g/files/omnuum7866/files/triblelab/files/clonal_raider_ant_from_bangladesh.pdf)
 
 This manuscript identified the source population for a globally invasive ant species. Press coverage included:   
  
[harvard gazette](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/02/harvard-researcher-tracks-clonal-raider-ant-to-bangladesh/)  
 

 

 

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### 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](/publications/sociometry-solenopsis-geminata-hymenoptera-formicidae-reveals-variation)”. Myrmecological News



 

 

Waring Trible, David DeWayne Shoemaker, and Dietrich Gotzek. 2018. “[Sociometry of Solenopsis Geminata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Reveals Variation in Colony-Level Phenotypes in Fire Ants](/publications/sociometry-solenopsis-geminata-hymenoptera-formicidae-reveals-variation)”. Myrmecological News



 

 

 

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### 2017

Waring Trible and Daniel JC Kronauer. 2017. “[Caste Development and Evolution in Ants: It’s All about Size](/publications/caste-development-and-evolution-ants-its-all-about-size)”. Journal of Experimental Biology



 

 

Waring Trible and Daniel JC Kronauer. 2017. “[Caste Development and Evolution in Ants: It’s All about Size](/publications/caste-development-and-evolution-ants-its-all-about-size)”. Journal of Experimental Biology



 

 

 

- add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract
- [ picture\_as\_pdfcaste\_development\_and\_evo...](/sites/g/files/omnuum7866/files/triblelab/files/caste_development_and_evolution.pdf)
 
 This manuscripted proposed a new theoretical framework for caste development and evolution in ants. Further developed in Trible &amp; Kronauer 2020 and 2021 

 

 

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Waring Trible, Leonora Olivos-Cisneros, Sean McKenzie, Jonathan Saragosti, Ni-Chen Chang, Benjamin Matthews, Peter Oxley, and Daniel JC Kronauer. 2017. “[Orco Mutagenesis Causes Loss of Antennal Lobe Glomeruli and Impaired Social Behavior in Ants](/publications/orco-mutagenesis-causes-loss-antennal-lobe-glomeruli-and-impaired-social)”. Cell



 

 

Waring Trible, Leonora Olivos-Cisneros, Sean McKenzie, Jonathan Saragosti, Ni-Chen Chang, Benjamin Matthews, Peter Oxley, and Daniel JC Kronauer. 2017. “[Orco Mutagenesis Causes Loss of Antennal Lobe Glomeruli and Impaired Social Behavior in Ants](/publications/orco-mutagenesis-causes-loss-antennal-lobe-glomeruli-and-impaired-social)”. Cell



 

 

 

- add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract
- [ picture\_as\_pdforco\_mutagenesis.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum7866/files/triblelab/files/orco_mutagenesis.pdf)
 
 This manuscript reports the first genetically-modified ants. Press coverage included:   
  
[washington post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/08/10/scientists-create-the-first-mutant-ants/), [pnas](https://www.pnas.org/post/journal-club/journal-club-crispr-elucidates-genetic-basis-of-social-behavior-in-ants), [quartz](https://qz.com/934920/scientists-genetically-modified-ants-using-crispr-to-prove-how-their-societies-evolved), [science](https://www.science.org/content/article/world-s-first-genetically-modified-ants-shed-light-how-complex-insect-societies-evolved)

 

 

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### 2016

Waring Trible and Kenneth Ross. 2016. “[Chemical Communication of Queen Supergene Status in an Ant](/publications/chemical-communication-queen-supergene-status-ant)”. Journal of Evolutionary Biology



 

 

Waring Trible and Kenneth Ross. 2016. “[Chemical Communication of Queen Supergene Status in an Ant](/publications/chemical-communication-queen-supergene-status-ant)”. Journal of Evolutionary Biology



 

 

 

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### 2014

Waring Trible and Ron Carroll. 2014. “[Manipulating Tropical Fire Ants to Reduce the Coffee Berry Borer](/publications/manipulating-tropical-fire-ants-reduce-coffee-berry-borer)”. Ecological Entomology



 

 

Waring Trible and Ron Carroll. 2014. “[Manipulating Tropical Fire Ants to Reduce the Coffee Berry Borer](/publications/manipulating-tropical-fire-ants-reduce-coffee-berry-borer)”. Ecological Entomology



 

 

 

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