Social Amoebae Papers (click on title to view paper)

• Mehdiabadi, NJ, Kronforst, MR, Queller, DC, Strassmann, JE. 2010. Phylogeography and sexual macrocyst formation in the social amoeba Dictyostelium giganteum. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:17 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-17.
• Khare, A, Santorelli, L, Strassmann, JE, Queller, DC, Kuspa, A, and Shaulsky, G. 2009. Cheater-resistance is not futile. Nature 461:980-982.
• Benabentos, R, Hirose, S, Sucgang, R, Curk, T, Katoh, M, Ostrowski, E, Strassmann, J, Queller, D, Zupan, B, Shaulsky, G, and Kuspa, A. 2009. Polymorphic members of the lag-gene family mediate kin-discrimination in Dictyostelium. Current Biology, 19:567-572.
• Gilbert, OM, Queller, DC, and Strassmann, JE. 2009. Discovery of a large clonal patch of a social amoeba: implications for social evolution. Mol. Ecol. 18: 1273-1281.
• Mehdiabadi, NJ, Kronforst, MR, Queller, DC, Strassmann, JE. 2009. Phylogeny, reproductive isolation and kin recognition in the social amoeba, Dictyostelium purpureum. Evolution 63(2):542-548.
• Jack, CN, Ridgeway, JG, Mehdiabadi, NJ, Jones, EI, Edwards, TA, Queller, DC, and Strassmann, JE. 2008. Segregate or cooperate- a study of the interaction between two species of Dictyostelium. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:293.
• Ostrowski, EA, Katoh, M, Shaulsky, G, Queller, DC, and Strassmann, JE. 2008. Kin Discrimination Increases with Genetic Distance in a Social Amoeba. PLos Biology 6 (11):e287
• Santorelli, LA, Thompson, CRL, Villegas, E, Svetz, J, Dinh, C, Parikh, A, Sucgang, R, Kuspa, A, Strassmann, JE, Queller, DC and Shaulsky, G. 2008. Facultative cheater mutants reveal the genetic complexity of cooperation in social amoebae. Nature 451:1107-1110.
• McConnell, R, Middlemist, S, Scala, C, Strassmann, JE, and Queller, DC. 2007. An unusually low microsatellite mutation rate in Dictyostelium discoideum, an organism with unusually abundant microsatellites. Genetics. 177:1499-1507
• Strassmann, J.E. and Queller, D.C. 2007. Altruism among Amoebas. Natural History 116: 24-29.
• Gilbert, OM, Foster, K., Mehdiabadi, NJ, Strassmann, JE, and Queller, DC. 2007. High relatedness maintains multicellular cooperation in a social amoeba by controlling cheater mutants. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 104:8913-8917.
• Kuzdzal-Fick, JJ, Foster, KR.; Queller, DC., and Strassmann, J. 2007. Exploiting new terrain: an advantage to sociality in the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum. Behavioral Ecology. 18: 433-437.
• Mehdiabadi, NJ, Jack, CN, Farnham, TT, Platt, TG, Kalla, SE, Shaulsky, G, Queller, DC, and Strassmann, JE. 2006. Kin preference in a social microbe. Nature. 442: 881-882
• Castillo D, Switz, G, Foster, K.R., Strassmann, J.S., and Queller DC. 2005. A cost to chimerism in Dictyostelium discoideum on natural substrates. Evolutionary Ecology Research 7: 263-271
• Strassmann, JE, and Queller, DC. 2004. Sociobiology goes micro: Long used for studying development, Dictyostelium now also provides a model for analyzing social interactions. ASM News 70: 526-532
• Foster KR, Shaulsky, G, Strassmann, JE, Queller, DC, and Thompson, CRL. 2004. Pleiotropy as a mechanism to stabilise cooperation. Nature 431: 693-696
• Queller, DC, Foster, KR, Fortunato, A, and Strassmann, JE. 2003. Cooperation and conflict in the social amoeba, Dictyostelium discoideum. In: Kikuchi, T., Kubo, T., & Higashi, S. Social Insects and Sociogenetics (pps 173-200). Hokkaido University Press. Sapporo, Japan. (WARNING! 6 Mb File).
• Fortunato, A, Strassmann, JE, and Queller, DC. 2003. A linear dominance hierarchy among clones in chimeras of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 16: 438-445.
• Fortunato, A, Strassmann, JE, Santorelli, L, and Queller, DC. 2003. Co-occurrence in nature of different clones of the social amoeba, Dictyostelium discoideum. Molecular Ecology 12: 1031-1038.
• Queller, DC, Ponte, E, Bozzaro, S, and Strassmann, JE. 2003. Single-gene greenbeard effects in the social amoeba, Dictyostelium discoideum. Science 299:105-106.
• Foster, KR., Fortunato, A, Strassmann, JE, and Queller, DC. 2002. The costs and benefits of being a chimera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 269: 2357-2362.
• Strassmann, JE, Zhu, Y, and Queller, DC. 2000 Altruism and social cheating in the social amoeba, Dictyostelium discoideum. Nature 408:965-967.

2006 to the Present (click on title to view paper)

• Strassmann, JE. and Queller, DC. In press. The social organism: Congresses, parties, and committees. Evolution
• Queller, DC and Strassmann, JE. In press. Complex societies: eusociality and multicellularity. Westneat, D. and Fox, C. Eds. Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology
• Carpenter, JM, Hunt, JH, Strassmann, JE. 2009. Mischocyttarus mexicanus cubicola: Major extension of its range to Texas (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Entomologica Americana 115:95-96
• Helanterä, H, Strassmann, JE, Carrillo, J, Queller, DC. 2009. Unicolonial ants: where do they come from, what are they, and where are they going? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24:341-349
• Cotoneschi, C, Dani, FR, Cervo, R, Scala, C, Strassmann, JE, Queller, DC, Turillazzi, S. 2009. Polistes dominulus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) larvae show different cuticular patterns according to their sex: Workers seem not use this chemical information. Chemical Senses 34: 195-202.
• Strassmann, JE. 2008. Q & A. Joan E. Strassmann Current Biology 18:R986-R988
• Cervo R, Dani FR, Cotoneschi C, Scala C, Lotti I, Starssmann JE, Queller DC, and Turillazzi S. 2008. Why are larvae of the social parasite wasp Polistes sulcifer not removed from the host nest? Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol 62:1319-1331.
• Strassmann, JE and Queller, DC. 2008. Social Evolution: Ant eggs lacking totipotency. Current Biology 18:R299-R301.
• Kronforst, MR, Gilley, DC, Strassmann, JE, and Queller, DC. 2008. DNA methylation is widespread across social Hymenoptera. Current Biology 18:R287-R288.
• Cervo, R, Dapporto, L, Beani, L, Strassmann, JE, and Turillazzi, S. 2008. On status badges and quality signals in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus: body size, facial colour patterns and hierarchical rank. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 275:1189-1196.
• Afkhami, ME, and Strassmann, JE. 2007. Adult yellow-crowned night-herons face in opposite directions at the nest. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 119: 747-749
• Strassmann, JE, and Queller, DC. 2007. Insect societies as divided organisms: The complexities of purpose and cross-purpose. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 104:8619-8626.
• Cotoneschi, C, Scognamiglio, F, Scala, C, Cervo, R, Strassmann, JE, and Turillazzi, T. 2007. Larval sex identification in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus (Vespidae, Hymenoptera). Insect. Soc. 54:132-135.
• Foster, KR, Wenseleers, T, Ratnieks, FLW and Queller, DC. 2006. There's nothing wrong with inclusive fitness. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 21:599-600.
• Strassmann, JE. 2006 Social Evolutiion: Early production of deadly males by competing queens. Current Biololgy 16:R1023-R1024.
• Jha, S, Casey-Ford, RG, Pedersen, JS, Platt, TG, Cervo, R, Queller, DC, and Strassmann, JE.  2006. The queen is not a pacemaker in the small-colony wasps Polistes instabilis and P. dominulus. Animal Behaviour 71:197-1203.

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2000 - 2005 (click on title to view paper)

• Fanelli D, Henshaw M, Cervo R, Turillazzi S, Queller DC, and Strassmann JE. 2005. The social parasite wasp Polistes atrimandibularis does not form host races. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 18(5):1362-7.
• Queller, D. 2005. Evolutionary biology: Males from Mars. Nature 435:1167-1168.
• Strassmann, J., Queller, D., Emerson, J., Stagi, M., Cervo, C., Turillazzi, S. 2004. Comparing the costs and benefits of grouping with non-relatives in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum and the social wasp Polistes dominulus. Redia 87:145-148
• Arevalo E, Zhu Y, Carpenter JM, and Strassmann JE. 2004. The phylogeny of the social wasp subfamily Polistinae: evidence from microsatellite flanking sequences, mitochondrial COI sequence, and morphological characters. BMC Evolutionary Biology 4:8
• Dani FR, Foster KR , Zacchi F, Seppä P, Massolo A, Carelli A, Arevalo E, Queller DC, Strassmann JE, and Turillazzi S. 2004. Can cuticular lipids provide sufficient information for within colony nepotism in wasps? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 271: 745-753
• Queller, D.C. 2004. Kinship is relative (News and Views). Nature 430: 975-975.
• Strassmann, J. E., Fortunato, A., Cervo, C., Turillazzi, S., Damon, J. M., and Queller, D.C.   2004.  The cost of queen loss in the social wasp Polistes dominulus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 77:343-355.
• Cervo R, Stemmer C, Castle W,.Queller DC, and Strassmann J. 2004. Social parasitism of Polistes dominulus by Polistes nimphus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) Insectes Sociaux 51: 101-108
• Platt, T. Queller, D. C., and Strassmann, J. E.. 2004. Aggression and worker control of caste fate in a multiple-queen wasp, Parachartergus colobopterus Animal Behaviour 67:1-10.
• Tóth, E. Queller, D. C., Dollin, A., and Strassmann, J. E. 2004. Conflict over male parentage in stingless bees. Insectes Sociaux 51:1-11.
• Queller, D.C. 2003. Theory of genomic imprinting conflict in social insects. BMC Evolutionary Biology 3:15.
• Queller, D. C. and Strassmann, J. E. 2003. Eusociality. Current Biology 13: R861-863.
• Tóth, E., Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L., Strassmann, J. E., and Queller, D. C. 2003. Queens, not workers produce the males in the stingless bee, Schwarziana quadripunctata quadripunctata Animal Behaviour 66:359-368
• Landi, M., Queller, D. C., Turillazzi, S., and Strassmann, J. E.. 2003. Low relatedness and frequent queen turnover in the stenogastrine wasp Eustenogaster fraterna favor the life insurance over the haplodiploid hypothesis for the origin of eusociality. Insectes Sociaux 50:262-267.
• Strassmann, J. E., Nguyen, J. S., Arevalo, E., Cervo, R., Zacchi, F., Turillazzi, S., and Queller, D.C.2003. Worker interests and male production in Polistes gallicus, a Mediterranean social wasp. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 16: 254-259.
• Queller, D.C. and Strassmann, J.E. 2002. A quick guide to kin selection. Current Biology 12: R832.
• Tóth, E., Queller, D.C., Imperatriz-Fonseca, V.L., and Strassmann, J.L. 2002. Genetic and behavioral conflict over male production between workers and queens of the stingless bee, Paratrigona subnuda. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 53:1-8.
• Tóth, E., Strassmann, J.E., Nogueira-Neto, P., Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L., and Queller, D. C. 2002. Male production in stingless bees: variable outcomes of queen- worker conflict. Molecular Ecology 11:2661-2667.
• Seppä, P., Queller, D. C., and Strassmann, J. E. 2002. Reproduction in foundress associations of the social wasp, Polistes carolina. Behavioral Ecology 13: 531-542.
• Queller, D.C. and Strassmann, J. E., 2002. The many selves of social insects. Science 296:311-313
• Strassmann, J. E., Sullender, B. W., and Queller D. C., 2002. Caste totipotency and conflict in a large-colony social insect. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences. 269:263-270
• Henshaw M.T., Queller D.C., and Strassmann J.E. 2001. Control of male production in the swarm-founding wasp, Polybioides tabidus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15:262-268.
• Strassmann, J. E. and Queller D.C. 2001. Selfish responses by clone invaders. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98: 11839-11841.
• Queller, D.C. 2001. W. D. Hamilton and the evolution of sociality. Behavioral Ecology 12:261-263.
• Strassmann, J. E. 2001. The rarity of multiple mating by females in the social hymenoptera. Insectes sociaux 48: 1-13.
• Henshaw, M. T., Strassmann, J. E., and Queller, D. C. 2001. Swarm-founding in the Polistine wasps: the importance of finding many microsatellite loci in studies of adaptation. Molecular Ecology 10: 185-191.
• Strassmann, J. E. 2000. Cheaters in bacteria. Nature 406:555-556.
• Queller, D.C. 2000. Pax Argentinica (News and Views) Nature 405: 519-520.
• Zhu, Y. Strassmann, J. E., and Queller D. C. 2000. Insertions, substitutions, and the origin of microsatellites. Genetical Research 76:227-236.
• Zhu, Y. , Landi, M., Queller, D. C., Turillazzi, S., and Strassmann, J. E. 2000. Polymorphic microsatellite loci for primitively eusocial Stenogastrine wasps. Molecular Ecology 9:2203-2205.
• Henshaw, M. T. 2000. Microsatellite loci for the social wasp Polistes dominulus and their application in other social wasps. Molecular Ecology 9: 2155-2157.
• Henshaw, M. T., Strassmann, J. E., and Queller, D. C. 2000. The independent origin of a queen number bottleneck that promotes cooperation in the African swarm-founding wasp, Polybioides tabidus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 48: 478-483.
• Henshaw, M. Strassmann, J. E. Quach, S., and Queller D. C. 2000 Male production in Parachartergus colobopterus, a neotropical, swarm-founding wasp. Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 12:161-174
• Queller, D. C., Zacchi, F., Cervo, R., Turillazzi, S., Henshaw, M., Santorelli, L., and Strassmann, J. E. 2000. Unrelated helpers in a social insect. Nature 405:784-787.
• Strassmann, J. E., Seppä, P., and Queller, D. C. 2000. Absence of within-colony discrimination: foundresses of the social wasp, Polistes carolina, do not prefer their own larvae. Naturwissenschaften 87:266-269.
• Herman, R. A., Queller, D. C., and Strassmann, J. E. 2000 The role of queens in colonies of the swarm-founding wasp Parachartergus colobopterus. Animal Behaviour 59:841-848.
• Zhu, Y., Queller, D. C., and Strassmann, J. E. 2000. A phylogenetic perspective on sequence evolution in microsatellite loci. Journal of Molecular Evolution 50:324-338.
• Queller, D.C. 2000. Relatedness and the fraternal major transitions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 355:1647-55.

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1995 - 1999 (click on title to view paper)

• Bernasconi, G. and Strassmann, J. E. 1999. Cooperation among unrelated individuals: the ant foundress case. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14:477-482.
• Peters, J. M., Queller D. C., Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L., Roubik, D. W., and Strassmann, J. E. 1999. Mate number, kin selection and social conflicts in stingless bees and honey bees. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Series B 266:379-384.
• Goodnight, K.F. and Queller, D. C. 1999. Computer software for performing likelihood tests of pedigree relationship using genetic markers Molecular Ecology 8:1231-1234.
• Hastings, M. D., Queller, D. C., Eischen, F., and Strassmann, J. E. 1998. Kin selection, relatedness and worker control of reproduction in a large-colony epiponine wasp, Brachygastra mellifica. Behavioral Ecology, 9:573-581.
• Wooninck, L., Strassmann, J. E. Fleischer, R., and Warner L. L. 1998. Characterization of microsatellite loci in a pelagic spawner: the bluehead wrasse, Thalassoma bifasciatum. Molecular Ecology 7:1613-1614.
• Ezenwa, V. O., Peters, J. M., Hastings, M. D., Zhu, Y., E. Arévalo, Seppä, P. Pedersen, J. S., Zacchi, F. Queller, D. C., and Strassmann, J. E. 1998. Ancient conservation of trinucleotide microsatellite loci in polistine wasps. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 10:168-177.
• Ezenwa, V. O., Henshaw, M. Queller, D. C., and Strassmann, J. E. 1998. Patterns of buzz running, a swarm initiation behavior, in the neotropical wasp, Parachartergus colobopterus. Insectes Sociaux, 45:445-455.
• Arévalo, E., Strassmann, J. E., and Queller, D. C. 1998 Conflicts of interest in social insects: male production in two species of Polistes. Evolution 52:797-805.
• Strassmann, J. E. Goodnight, K. F., Klingler, C. J., and Queller D. C. 1998. The genetic structure of swarms and the timing of their production in the queen cycles of neotropical wasps. Molecular Ecology, 7:709-718.
• Peters, J. M., Queller, D. C., Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L., and Strassmann, J. E. 1998. Microsatellite loci for stingless bees. Molecular Ecology, 7:784-787.
• Field, J., Solís, C. R., Queller,D. C., and Strassmann, J. E. 1998. Social and genetic structure of paper wasp cofoundress associations: tests of reproductive skew models. American Naturalist, 151:545-563.
• Solís, C. R., Hughes, C. R., Klingler, C. J., Strassman, J. E., and Queller, D. C. 1998. Lack of kin discrimination during wasp colony fission. Behavioral Ecology 9:172-176.
• Queller, D. C. and Strassmann, J. E. 1998. Kin selection and social insects. BioScience, 48: 165-175. (recipient of the Society of National Association Publications Gold Award in the "Scholarly Journals/Feature Article" category)
• Strassmann, J. E., Klingler, C. J., Arévalo, E., Zacchi, F., Husain, A., Williams, J., Seppä, P., and Queller, D.C. 1997 Absence of within-colony kin discrimination in behavioural interactions of swarm-founding wasps. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Series B 264: 1565-1570.
• Strassmann, J. E., Peters, J. M., Barefield, K., Solís, C. R., Hughes, C. R., and Queller, D. C. 1997. Trinucleotide microsatellite loci and increased heterozygosity in cross species applications in the social wasp, Polistes. Biochemical Genetics 35:273-279.
• Strassmann, J. E., Solís, C. R., Hughes, C. R., Goodnight, K. F. and Queller, D. C. 1997. Colony life history and demography of a swarm-founding social wasp. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 40: 71-77.
• Queller, D.C., Peters, J.M., Solís, C.R. and Strassmann, J.E. 1997. Control of reproduction in social insect colonies: individual and collective relatedness preferences in the paper wasp, Polistes annularis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 40:3-16.
• Strassmann, J. E., Barefield, K., Solís, C. R., Hughes, C. R., and Queller, D. C. 1997. Trinucleotide microsatellite loci for a social wasp, Polistes. Molecular Ecology 6: 97-100.
• Queller, D.C. 1997. Why do females care more than males? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 264: 1555-1557.
• Queller, D.C. 1997. Pollen removal, paternity, and the male function of flowers. American Naturalist 149:585-589.
• Goodnight, K.F., Strassmann, J.E., Klingler, C.J. & Queller, D.C. 1996. Single mating and its implications for kinship structure in a multiple-queen wasp. Ethology, Ecology & Evolution. 8:191-198
• Strassmann, J. E., Solís, C. R., Peters, J. M. and Queller, D. C. 1996 Strategies for finding and using highly polymorphic DNA microsatellite loci for studies of genetic relatedness and pedigrees. In Molecular Zoology: Advances, strategies and protocols pp. 163-180 and 528-549. (eds. J. Ferraris & S. Palumbi), Wiley.
• Strassmann, J. E., C. R. Solís, K. Barefield, D. C. Queller. 1996. Trinucleotide microsatellite loci in a swarm-founding neotropical wasp, Parachartergus colobopterus and their usefulness in other social wasps. Molecular Ecology 5:459-461.
• Strassmann, J. E. 1996. Selective altruism towards closer over more distant relatives in colonies of the primitively eusocial wasp, Polistes. in:Natural History and Evolution of Paper Wasps pp. 190-201(eds. S. Turillazzi & M. J. West-Eberhard) Oxford University Press.
• Queller, D.C. 1996. The origin and maintenance of eusociality: the advantage of extended parental care, pp. 218-234 in: S. Turillazzi and M. J. West-Eberhard (eds), Natural History and Evolution of Paper Wasps, Oxford University Press.
• Queller, D.C. 1996. The measurement and meaning of inclusive fitness. Animal Behaviour 51: 229-232.
• Strassmann, J.E., Queller, D.C. and Solís, C.R. 1995 Genetic relatedness and population structure in the social wasp, Mischocyttarus mexicanus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Insectes Sociaux 42: 379-383.
• Peters, J.M., Queller, D.C., Strassmann, J.E. and Solís, C.R. 1995. Maternity assignment and queen replacement in a social wasp. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Series B 260: 7-1251.
• Queller, D.C. 1995. The spaniels of St. Marx and the Panglossian paradox: a critique of a rhetorical programme. Quarterly Review of Biology 70: 485-489.

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1990-1994 (click on title to view paper)

• Strassmann, J. E., Hughes, C. R., Turillazzi, S., Solís, C. R., and Queller, D. C. 1994. Genetic relatedness and incipient eusociality in primitively eusocial stenogastrine wasps.  Animal Behavior 48:813-821.
• Choudhary, M., Strassmann, J. E., Queller, D. C., Turillazzi, S. & Cervo, R. 1994. Social parasites in polistine wasps are monophyletic: implications for sympatric speciation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Series B 257: 31-35.
• Queller, D.C. 1994. Male-female conflict and parent-offspring conflict. American Naturalist 144:S84-S99. Aug
• Queller, D.C. 1994. Extended parental care and the origin of eusociality. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 256:105-111.
• Queller, D.C. 1994. A method for detecting kin discrimination within natural colonies of social insects. Animal Behaviour 47:569-576.
• Queller, D.C. 1994. Genetic relatedness in viscous populations. Evolutionary Ecology 8:70-73.
• Gastreich, K. R.,Strassmann, J. E., and Queller, D.C. 1993. Determinants of high genetic relatedness in the swarm-founding wasp, Protopolybia exigua. Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 5:529-539.
• Carpenter, J. M., Strassmann, J. E., Hughes, C. R., Solís, C. R., Turillazzi, S.,and Cervo, R. 1993. The phylogenetic relationships among social parasites and their hosts in polistine wasps. Cladistics 9:129-146.
• Queller, D. C., Strassmann, J. E., Hughes, C. R., Solís, C. R., Moralez DeLoach, D. 1993. A selfish strategy of social insect workers that promotes social cohesion. Nature 365:639-641.
• Strassmann, J. E. 1993. Weak queen or social contract? Nature 363: 502-503.
• Queller, D. C. Strassmann, J. E., and Hughes, C. R. 1993. Microsatellites and Kinship. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 8:285-288.
• Hughes, C. R., Queller, D. C., Strassmann, J. E., Gastreich, K. R., Solís,C. R., and Negrón, J. 1993. The maintenance of high genetic relatedness in multi-queen colonies of social wasps. pp. 153-170 In: L. Keller, & D. Cherix (eds.) Queen number and sociality in insects Oxford University Press.
• Hughes, C. R., Queller, D. C., Strassmann, J. E., and Davis, S. K. 1993. Relatedness and altruism in Polistes wasps. Behavioral Ecology 4:128-137.
• Choudhary, M., Strassmann, J. E., Solís, C. R., and Queller, D. C. 1993. Microsatellite variation in a social insect. Biochemical Genetics 31:87-96.
• Queller, D. C., Negrón-Sotomayor,J. A., Strassmann, J. E., and Hughes, C. R. 1993, Queen number and genetic relatedness in a neotropical wasp, Polybia occidentalis. Behavioral Ecology 4:7-13.
• Queller, D.C. 1993. Genetic relatedness and its components in polygynous colonies of social insects. pp. 132-152 in: L. Keller (ed.), Queen Number and Sociality in Insects. Oxford University Press.
• Queller, D.C. 1993. Worker control of sex ratios and selection for extreme multiple matings by queens. American Naturalist 142:346-351.
• Hughes, C.R. and Queller, D.C. 1993. Detection of highly polymorphic microsatellite loci in a species with little enzyme polymorphism. Molecular Ecology 2:131-137.
• Strassmann, J. E., Gastreich, K. R., Queller, D. C., and Hughes, C. R. 1992. Demographic and genetic evidence for cyclical changes in queen number in a neotropical wasp, Polybia emaciata. American Naturalist 140:363-372.
• Queller, D. C., Strassmann, J. E., and Hughes, C. R. 1992. Genetic relatedness and population structure in primitively eusocial wasps in the genus Mischocyttarus. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 1:81-89.
• Reeve, H.K., Westneat, D.F., and Queller, D.C. 1992. Estimating average within-group relatedness from DNA fingerprints. Molecular Ecology 1:223-232.
• Queller, D.C. 1992. Does population viscosity promote kin selection? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 7: 322-324.
• Queller, D.C. 1992. A general model for kin selection. Evolution 46:376-380.
• Queller, D.C. 1992. Quantitative genetics, inclusive fitness and group selection. American Naturalist 139:540-558.
• Strassmann, J. E. 1991. Costs and benefits of colony aggregations in the social wasp Polistes annularis. Behavioral Ecology 2:204-209.
• Strassmann, J. E., Queller, D. C., Solís, C. R., and Hughes, C. R. 1991. Relatedness and queen number in the neotropical wasp, Parachartergus colobopterus. Animal Behaviour 42: 461-470.
• Davis, S, Strassmann, J.E., Hughes, C.,Pletscher, S., and Templeton, A. 1990. Population structure and kinship in Polistes (Hymenoptera: Vespidae): an analysis using ribosomal DNA and protein electrophoresis. Evolution 44:1242-1253.
• Gastreich, K. R., Queller, D. C., Hughes, C. R. and Strassmann, J.E. 1990. Kin discrimination in the tropical swarm-founding wasp, Parachartergus colobopterus. Animal Behaviour 40:598-601.
• Strassmann, J. E., C. R. Hughes, & D. C. Queller, 1990. Colony defense in the social wasp, Parachartergus colobopterus. Biotropica 22:324-327.
• Hughes, C.R., Queller, D.C. and Strassmann, J.E. 1990. Relatedness in neotropical polygynous wasps. pp. 252-253. In: Social Insects and the Environment, Proceedings of the 11th International Congress of IUSSI, 1990, G.K Veeresh, B. Mallik and C.A. Viraktamath (eds.), Oxford and IBH, New Delhi.
• Hughes, C.R., Strassmann, J.E., and Queller, D.C. 1990. Relatedness in primitively eusocial wasps. pp. 67-68. In: Social Insects and the Environment, Proceedings of the 11th International Congress of IUSSI, 1990, G.K Veeresh, B. Mallik and C.A. Viraktamath (eds.), Oxford and IBH, New Delhi.
• Queller, D.C., Hughes, C.R., and Strassmann, J.E. 1990. Wasps fail to make distinctions Nature 344:388
• Solís, C. R. and Strassmann, J.E. 1990. Presence of brood affects caste differentiation in the social wasp, Polistes exclamans. Viereck (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Functional Ecology 4:531-541.

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1985-1989 (click on title to view paper)

• Strassmann, J. E. 1989. Group colony foundation in Polistes annularis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Psyche 96:223-236.
• Queller, D. C., Hughes, C. R., and J. E. Strassmann 1990. Wasps fail to make distinctions. Nature 344:388.
• Strassmann, J. E., Hughes, C. R., Queller, D. C., Turillazzi, S., Cervo,R., Davis, S. K, and Goodnight,K. F. 1989. Genetic relatedness in primitively eusocial wasps. Nature 342:268-270.
• Strassmann, J. E.1989. Altruism and relatedness at colony foundation in social insects. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 4:371-374.
• Strassmann, J. E. 1989. Early termination of brood rearing in the social wasp, Polistes annularis: (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 62: 353-362.
• Queller, D. C. and Strassmann, J. E. 1989. Measuring inclusive fitness in social wasps. pp. 103-122  In: M. Breed and R. Page eds. The genetics of social evolution. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado.
• Strassmann, J. E. and Queller,D. C. 1989. Ecological determinants of social evolution. pp. 81-101 IN: M. Breed & R. Page eds. The genetics of social evolution. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado.
• Queller, D.C. 1989. Inclusive fitness in a nutshell. Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology 6:73-109.
• Queller, D.C. 1989. The evolution of eusociality: reproductive head starts of workers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 86:3224-3226.
• Queller, D.C. and Goodnight, K.F. 1989. Estimation of genetic relatedness using allozyme data. Evolution 43:258-275
• Hughes, C. R. & J. E. Strassmann. 1988. Age is more important than size in determining dominance among workers in the primitively eusocial wasp, Polistes instabilis. Behaviour 107:1-14.
• Hughes, C. R. & J. E. Strassmann. 1988. Foundress mortality after worker emergence in social wasps (Polistes). Ethology 79:265-280.
• Queller, D. C., J. E. Strassmann & C. R. Hughes. 1988. Genetic relatedness in colonies of tropical wasps with multiple queens. Science 242:1155-1157.
• Strassmann, J. E. 1988. The importance of worker reproduction in social insects. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 3:286-287.
• Strassmann, J. E., D. C. Queller, & C. R. Hughes. 1988. Predation and the evolution of sociality in the paper wasp, Polistes bellicosus. Ecology 69:1497-1505.
• Queller, D.C. and J.E. Strassmann 1988. Reproductive success and group nesting in the paper wasp Polistes annularis. pp. 76-96. IN: Reproductive success: studies of individual variation in contrasting breeding systems T. Clutton-Brock (Ed.), Chicago.
• Queller, D. C. & J. E. Strassmann 1987. Selection on group nesting in foundresses of Polistes annularis. pp. 333-334.Chemistry and biology of social insects, J. Eder and H. Rembold (eds.) Verlag J. Peperny, Munich.
• Strassmann, J.E., D. C. Queller & C. R. Hughes. 1987. Constraints on independent nesting by Polistes foundresses in Texas. pp. 379-380. Chemistry and biology of social insects, J. Eder and H. Rembold (eds.) Verlag J. Peperny, Munich.
• Hughes, C. R., M. O. Beck & J. E. Strassmann 1987. Queen succession in the social wasp, Polistes annularis. Ethology 76:124-132.
• Queller, D.C. 1987. The evolution of leks through female choice. Animal Behaviour 35:1424-1432.
• West-Eberhard, M.J., Bradbury, J.W., Davies, N.B., Gouyon, P.-H., Hammerstein, P., Konig, B., Parker, G.A., Queller, D.C., Sachser, N., Slagsvold, T., Trillmich, F. and Vogel, C. 1987. Conflicts within and between the sexes in sexual selection. pp. 180-195. In: Sexual Selection: Testing the Alternatives, J.W. Bradbury and M. Andersson (eds.), Wiley, Chichester.
• Queller, D.C. 1987. Sexual selection in flowering plants. pp. 165-179. In: Sexual Selection: Testing the Alternatives, J.W. Bradbury and M. Andersson ( eds.), Wiley, Chichester.
• Strassmann, J.E. & C. R. Hughes. 1986. Latitudinal variation in protandry and protogny in polistine wasps. Monitore Zoologico Italiano (N.S.) 20:87-100.
• Strassmann, J.E. 1985. Worker mortality and the evolution of castes in the social wasp, Polistes exclamans. Insectes Sociaux 32:275-285.
• Strassmann, J.E. 1985. Relatedness of workers to brood in the social wasp, Polistes exclamans (Hymenoptera:Vespidae). Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 69:141-148.
• Queller, D.C. 1985. Kinship, reciprocity, and synergism in the evolution of social behaviour. Nature 318:366-367.
• Queller, D.C. 1985. Proximate and ultimate causes of low fruit production in Asclepias exaltata. Oikos 44:373-389.

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1979-1984 (click on title to view paper)

• Strassmann, J., R. Lee, R. Rojas & J. Baust. 1984. Caste and sex differences in cold-hardiness in the social wasps, Polistes annularis and P. exclamans (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Insectes Sociaux 31:291-301.
• Sullivan, J.D. & J.E. Strassmann. 1984. Physical variability among nest foundresses in the polygynous social wasp Polistes annularis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 15:249-256.
• Lutz, G.G., J.E. Strassmann and C.R. Hughes. 1984. Nest defense by the social wasps, Polistes exclamans and P. instabilis (Hymenoptera:Vespidae) against the parasitoid Elasmus polistis (Hymenoptera:Chalcidoidea:Eulophidae). Entomological News, 95:47-50.
• Strassmann, J.E., C.D. Meyer and R.L. Matlock. 1984. Behavioral castes in the social wasp Polistes exclamans. Sociobiology 8:211-225.
• Strassmann, J.E. 1984. Female-biased sex ratios in social insects lacking morphological castes. Evolution 38:256-266.
• Queller, D.C. 1984. Pollen-ovule ratios and hermaphrodite sexual allocation strategies. Evolution 38:1148-1151.
• Queller, D.C. 1984. Kin selection and frequency dependence: a game-theoretic approach. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 23:133-143.
• Queller, D.C. 1984. Models of kin selection on seed provisioning. Heredity 53:151-165.
• Queller, D.C. 1983. Sexual selection in a hermaphroditic plant. Nature 305:706-707.
• Queller, D.C. 1983. Kin selection and conflict in seed maturation. Journal of Theoretical Biology 100:153-172.
• Strassmann, J.E. and C.F. Orgren. 1983. Nest architecture and brood development times in the paper wasp Polistes exclamans (Hymenoptera:Vespidae). Psyche 90:237-248.
• Strassmann, J.E. 1983. Nest fidelity and group size among foundress of Polistes annularis (Hymenoptera:Vespidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 56:621-634.
• Strassmann, J.E. and D.C. Meyer. 1983. Gerontocracy in the social wasp, Polistes exclamans. Animal Behaviour 31:431-438.
• Queller, D.C. 1983. The evolution of sexual and parental strategies in Asclepias exaltata and other plants. Ph.D. thesis, University of Michigan, (co-chairs: Richard D. Alexander and Beverly J. Rathcke), Ann Arbor Microfilms.
• Strassmann, J.E. 1981. Wasp reproduction and kin selection: Reproductive competition and dominance hierarchies among Polistes annularis foundresses. The Florida Entomologist 64: 74-88.
• Strassmann, J.E. 1981. Kin selection and satellite nests in Polistes exclamans In: Natural selection and social behavior: recent research and new theory, pp. 45-57. R.D. Alexander and D.W. Tinkle (Eds.), Chiron Press.
• Strassmann, J.E. 1981. Parasitoids, predators and group size in the paper wasp, Polistes exclamans. Ecology 62:1225-1233.
• Strassmann, J.E. 1981. Evolutionary implications of early male and satellite nest production in Polistes exlamans colony cycles. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 8:55-64.
• Strassmann, J.E. & R.R. Thomas. 1980. An analysis of the interrelationships among nest variables in Polistes exclamans (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 53:770-780.
• Strassmann, J.E. 1979. Honey caches help female paper wasps (Polistes annularis) survive Texas winters. Science 204:207-209.
• Strassmann, J.E. 1979. Kin selection and the population biology of the social paper wasp, (Polistes exclamans) Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Texas at Austin (co-chairs Alan R. Templeton, Lawrence E. Gilbert), Ann Arbor Microfilms.

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