Peer-reviewed publications of current group members
Myrie A, Schultner E, Oettler J & Pokorny T (2025) No population-level variation in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of a major agricultural pest, the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei. Chemoecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-025-00425-w (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Jaimes-Niño LM & Oettler J (2025) The pace and shape of ant ageing. Biological Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.70035 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Guinot D, Rodriguez Monreno PA & Toledano Carrasco IA (2025) The charismatic Gecarcinus ruricola (Linnaeus, 1758), type species of Gecarcinus Leach, 1814, with a neotype designation and genetic data, and new generic assignment, Hartnollius n. gen., for the three remaining species of the genus. Zoosystema 47(16):261-314. https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a16 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Jaimes-Niño LM & Oettler J (2025) Correlation between mother and daughter life-history traits in Cardiocondyla obscurior. Insectes Sociaux.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-025-01032-2 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Errbii M*, Myrie A*, Robinson D, Schultner E, Schrader L & Oettler J (2024) Genetic Variation in Jamaican Populations of the Coffee Berry Borer, Hypothenemus hampei. Genome Biology and Evolution 16(11):evae217. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae217 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster) *contributed equally
Mercado-Salas NF, Oettler J, Toledano Carrasco IA & Astrin JJ (2024) The Christoph Schubart decapod collections. Crustaceana 97(5-9), 361-382. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10401 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Myrie A, Biedermann P, Oettler J, Robinson D & Schultner E (2024) Behavioural interactions between co-habiting females and their impact on productivity and offspring sex ratios in the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 26(2):262-272. https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12611 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Errbii M, Gadau J, Becker K, Schrader L & Oettler J (2024) Causes and consequences of a complex recombinational landscape in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. Genome Research 34(6):863-876. https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.278392.123 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Brülhart J, Süß A, Oettler J, Heinze J & Schultner E (2024). Sex- and caste-specific developmental responses to juvenile hormone in an ant with maternal caste determination. Journal of Experimental Biology 227(12):jeb247396.https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.247396 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Bretman A, Fricke C, Baur J, Berger D, Breedveld M, Domenech BC, Drobniak S, Ellers J, English S, Gasparini C, Iossa G, Lagisz L, Nakagawa S, Noble D, Pottier P, Ramm SA, Rowe M, Schultner E, Schou M, Simões P, Stockley P, Vasudeva R, Weaving H, Price TAR & Snook RR (2024) Systematic approach to assessing high temperature limits to fertility in animals. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 37(4):471–485. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voae021 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Dougherty LR, Frost F, Maenpaa MI, Rowe M, Cole BJ, Vasudeva R, Pottier P, Schultner E, Macartney E, Lindenbaum I, Smith JL, Carazo P, Graziano M, Weaving H, Domenech BC, Berger D, Meena A, Bishop TR, Noble DWA, Simões P, Baur J, Breedveld MC, Svensson EI, Lancaster LT, Ellers J, De Nardo AN, Santos MA, Ramm SA, Drobniak SM, Redana M, Tuni C, Pilakouta N, Zizzari V, Iossa G, Lüpold S, Koppik M, Early R, Gasparini C, Nakagawa S, Lagisz M, Bretman A, Fricke C, Snook RR & Price TAR (2024) A systematic map of studies testing the relationship between temperature and animal reproduction. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 5(1):e12303. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12303 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Schultner E, Wallner T, Dofka B, Brülhart J, Heinze J, Freitak D, Pokorny T & Oettler J (2023) Queens control caste allocation in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290:20221784. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1784 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Jaimes-Niño LM, Heinze J & Oettler J (2022) Late-life fitness gains and reproductive death in Cardiocondyla obscurior ants. eLife 11:e74695.https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74695 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Jackson R, Monnin D, Patapiou PA, Golding G, Helanterä H, Oettler J, Heinze J, Wurm Y, Economou CK, Chapuisat M & Henry LM (2022) Convergent evolution of a labile nutritional symbiosis in ants. The ISME Journal 16:2114-2122. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-022-01256-1 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Leponiemi M, Schultner E, Dickel F & Freitak D (2022) Chronic sublethal pesticide exposure affects brood production, morphology, and endosymbionts, but not immunity in the ant, Cardiocondyla obscurior. Ecological Entomology 47(3):273-283. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13111 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Ün Ç, Hacker J, Heinze J, Oettler J & Schultner E (2022) Endosymbionts mediate the effects of antibiotic exposure in the tramp ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. Ecological Entomology 47(2):170-180. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13099 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Pulliainen U, Morandin C, Bos N, Sundström L & Schultner E (2022) Social environment affects sensory gene expression in ant larvae. Insect Molecular Biology 31(1):1-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/imb.12732 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Errbii M, Keilwagen J, Hoff KJ, Steffen R, Altmüller J, Oettler J & Schrader L (2021) Transposable elements and introgression introduce genetic variation in the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. Molecular Ecology 30(23):6211-6228. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16099 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Harrison MC, Niño LMJ, Rodrigues MA, Ryll J, Flatt T, Oettler J & Bornberg-Bauer E (2021) Gene coexpression network reveals highly conserved, well-regulated anti-ageing mechanisms in old ant queens. Genome Biology and Evolution 13(6):evab093. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab093 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Ün Ç, Schultner E, Manzano-Marín A, Flórez LV, Seifert B, Heinze J & Oettler J (2021) Cytoplasmic incompatibility between Old and New World populations of a tramp ant. Evolution 75:1775–1791. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14261 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Schrader L, Winter M, Errbii M, Delabie J, Oettler J & Gadau J (2021) Inhibition of HSP90 causes morphological variation in the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 336:333–340. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.23035 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Oettler J (2021) Cardiocondyla: Heart Node Ants. In: Starr CK, editor. Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28102-1_19 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Schultner E (2021) Brood, Social Insects. In: Starr, C.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28102-1_15 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Schultner E & Pulliainen U (2020) Brood recognition and discrimination in ants. Insectes Sociaux 67:11–34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-019-00747-3 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Oettler J, Platschek T, Schmidt C, Rajakumar R, Favé M-J, Khila A & Abouheif E (2019) Interruption points in the wing gene regulatory network underlying wing polyphenism evolved independently in male and female morphs in Cardiocondyla ants. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 332(1-2):7–16. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.22834 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Pegnier M, Pokorny T, Heinze J, Lindgren R, Helanterä H* & Schultner E* (2019) Honesty of larval begging signals covaries with colony kin structure in Formica ants. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7:398. *contributed equally https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00398 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Pulliainen U, Helanterä H, Sundström L & Schultner E (2019) The possible role of ant larvae in the defence against social parasites. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286:20182867. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2867 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Morandin C, Pulliainen U, Bos N & Schultner E (2018) De novo transcriptome assembly and its annotation for the black ant Formica fusca at the larval stage. Scientific Data 5:180282. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.282 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Schrader L, Helanterä H & Oettler J (2017) Accelerated evolution of developmentally biased genes in the tetraphenic ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34(3):535- 544.https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msw240 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Schultner E, Oettler J & Helanterä H (2017) The role of brood in eusocial Hymenoptera. The Quarterly Review of Biology 92(1):39-78. https://doi.org/10.1086/690840 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Oettler J & Schrempf A (2016) Fitness and aging in Cardiocondyla obscurior ant queens. Current Opinion in Insect Science 16:58–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2016.05.010 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Schultner E, Saramäki J & Helanterä H (2016) Genetic structure of native ant supercolonies varies in space and time. Molecular Ecology 25(24):6196-6213. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13912 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Seifert B, Buschinger A, Aldawood A, Antonova V, Bharti H, Borowiec L, Dekoninck W, Dubovikoff D, Espadaler X, Flegr J, Georgiadis C, Heinze J, Neumeyer R, Ødegaard F, Oettler J, Radchenko A, Schultz R, Sharaf M, Trager J, Vesnić A, Wiezik M & Zettel H (2016) Banning paraphylies and executing Linnaean taxonomy is discordant and reduces the evolutionary and semantic information content of biological nomenclature (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster). Insectes Sociaux 63:237-242. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-016-0467-1 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Klein A, Schultner E, Lowak H, Schrader L, Heinze J, Holman L & Oettler J (2016) Evolution of social insect polyphenism facilitated by the sex differentiation cascade. PLoS Genetics 12(3):e1005952. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005952 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
von Wyschetzki K, Rueppell O, Oettler J & Heinze J (2015) Transcriptomic signatures mirror the lack of the fecundity/longevity trade-off in ant queens. Molecular Biology and Evolution 32(12):3173–3185.https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msv186 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Schrempf A, von Wyschetzki K, Klein A, Schrader L, Oettler J & Heinze J (2015) Mating with an allopatric male triggers immune response and decreases longevity of ant queens. Molecular Ecology 24(14):3618–3627. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13267 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Schrader L, Simola DF, Heinze J & Oettler J (2015) Sphingolipids, transcription factors, and conserved toolkit genes: Developmental plasticity in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. Molecular Biology and Evolution 32(6):1474–1486. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msv039 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Klein A, Schrader L, Gil R, Manzano-Marín A, Flórez L, Wheeler D, Werren JH, Latorre A, Heinze J, Kaltenpoth M, Moya A & Oettler J (2015) A novel intracellular mutualistic bacterium in the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. The ISME Journal 10(2):376–388. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.119 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Oettler J, Nachtigal A-L & Schrader L (2015) Expression of the foraging gene is associated with age polyethism, not task preference, in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. PLoS ONE 10(12):e0144699.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144699 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Schrader L, Kim JW, Ence D, Zimin A, Klein A, Wyschetzki K, Weichselgartner T, Kemene C, Stöckl J, Schultner E, Wurm Y, Smith CD, Yandell M, Heinze J, Gadau J & Oettler J (2014) Transposable element islands facilitate adaptation to novel environments in an invasive species. Nature Communications 5:5495.
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6495 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Schultner E, Gardner A, Karhunen M & Helanterä H (2014) Ant larvae as players in social conflict: relatedness and individual identity mediate cannibalism intensity. The American Naturalist 184(6):E161-E174. https://doi.org/10.1086/678459 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Bressan JMA, Benz M, Oettler J, Heinze J, Hartenstein V & Sprecher SG (2014) A map of brain neuropils and fiber systems in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 8:166. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnana.2014.00166 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Oettler J, Dijkstra MB & Heinze J (2013) Egg-laying “intermorphs” in the ant Crematogaster smithi neither affect sexual production nor male parentage. PLoS ONE 8: e75278. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075278 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Schultner E, d’Ettorre P & Helanterä H (2013) Ant larvae as players in social conflict: egg cannibalism occurs mainly in males and larvae prefer alien eggs. Behavioral Ecology 24(6):1306-1311. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/art067 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Oettler J, Schmid V, Zankl N, Rey O, Dress A & Heinze J (2012) Fermat’s Principle of Least Time Predicts Refraction of Ant Trails at Substrate Borders. PLoS ONE 8:e59739. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059739 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Will S, Delabie JHC, Heinze J, Ruther J & Oettler J (2012) Cuticular lipid profiles of fertile and non-fertile Cardiocondyla ant queens. Journal of Insect Physiology 58(9):1245–1249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.06.009 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Schultner E, Blanchet E, Pagès C, Lehmann GUC & Lecoq M (2012) Development, reproductive capacity and diet of the Mediterranean grasshopper Arcyptera brevipennis vicheti Harz 1975 (Orthoptera:Caelifera:Acrididae:Gomphocerinae). Annales de la Societé entomologique de France 48(3-4):299-307. https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2012.10697779 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Wurm Y, Wang J, Riba-Grognuz O, Corona A, Nygaard S, Hunt BG, Ingram KK, Falquet L, Nipitwattanaphon M, Gotzek D, Dijkstra MB, Oettler J, Comtesse F, Shih C-j, Wu W-J, Yang CC, Thomas J, Beaudoing E, Pradervand S, Flegel V, Cook ED, Fabbretti R, Stockinger H, Long Li, Farmerie WG, Oakey J, Boomsma JJ, Pamilo P, Yi SV, Heinze J, Goodisman MAD, Farinelli L, Harshman K, Hulo N, Cerutti L, Xenarios X, Shoemaker D & Keller L (2011) The genome of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108(14):5679-5684. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1009690108 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Oettler J, Suefuji M & Heinze J (2010) The evolution of alternative reproductive tactics in male Cardiocondyla ants. Evolution 64(11):3310–3317. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01090.x (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Foucaud J, Orivel J, Loiseau A, Delabie JHC, Jourdan H, Konghouleux D, Vonshak M, Tindo M, Mercier J-L, Fresneau D, Mikissa J-B, McGlynn T, Mikheyev AS, Oettler J & Estoup A (2010) Worldwide invasion by the little fire ant: routes of introduction and eco‐evolutionary pathways. Evolutionary Applications 3(4):363-374. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-4571.2010.00119.x (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Oettler J & Heinze J (2009) Polymorphism of female reproductives in the tramp ant Technomyrmex vitiensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae). Myrmecological News 12:133-137. https://doi.org/10.25849/myrmecol.news_012:133 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Oettler J & Johnson RA (2009) The Old Ladies of the Seed Harvester ant Pogonomyrmex Rugosus: Foraging Performed by Two Groups of Workers Journal of Insect Behavior 22:217-226. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-008-9167-7 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Suefuji M, Cremer S, Oettler J & Heinze J (2008) Queen number influences the timing of the sexual production in colonies of Cardiocondyla ants. Biology Letters 4(6):670–673. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2008.0355 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Oettler J, Schmitt T, Herzner G & Heinze J (2008) Chemical profiles of mated and virgin queens, egg-laying intermorphs and workers of the ant Crematogaster smithi. Journal of Insect Physiology 54(4):672-679. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.01.004 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Smith CR, Oettler J, Kay A & Deans C (2007) First recorded mating flight of the hypogeic ant, Acropyga epedana, with its obligate mutualist mealybug, Rhizoecus colombiensis. Journal of Insect Science 7(1):11. https://doi.org/10.1673/031.007.1101 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Gadau J, Strehl CP, Oettler J & Hölldobler B (2003) Determinants of intracolonial relatedness in Pogonomyrmex rugosus (Hymenoptera; Formicidae): mating frequency and brood raids. Molecular Ecology 12 (7):1931-1938. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294x.2003.01853.x (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)