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Globally invasive populations of the clonal raider ant are derived from Bangladesh

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This manuscript identified the source population for a globally invasive ant species. Press coverage included: 

harvard gazette
 

Sociometry of Solenopsis geminata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) reveals variation in colony-level phenotypes in fire ants

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Caste development and evolution in ants: it's all about size

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This manuscripted proposed a new theoretical framework for caste development and evolution in ants. Further developed in Trible & Kronauer 2020 and 2021

orco mutagenesis causes loss of antennal lobe glomeruli and impaired social behavior in ants

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This manuscript reports the first genetically-modified ants. Press coverage included: 

washington post, pnas, quartz, science

Chemical communication of queen supergene status in an ant

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Manipulating tropical fire ants to reduce the coffee berry borer

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Hourglass model for developmental evolution of ant castes

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This manuscript has sparked a lively discussion about alternative hypotheses for caste development and evolution. See attached correspondence.

A caste differentiation mutant elucidates the evolution of socially parasitic ants

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

quanta, nyt, harvard gazette

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A colony of ants is a superorganism: each individual depends on and contributes to the function of the group. An ant colony is therefore analogous to a unitary organism, like a plant or animal, whose cells cooperate to form a larger whole. Like cells...

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Waring "Buck" Trible

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Buck is passionate about all things ants and evolution. He started his career studying fire ant supergenes with Ken Ross at the University of Georgia, and then conducted his PhD with Daniel Kronauer at Rockefeller University, where he helped establish a...