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Goodisman Lab Publications

2009

Johnson EL, Cunningham TW, Marriner SM, Kovacs JL, Hunt BG, Bhakta DB, Goodisman MAD. 2009. Resource allocation in a social wasp: effects of breeding system and life cycle on reproductive decisions. Molecular Ecology. 18:2908-2920.  pdf

Elango N, Hunt BG, Goodisman MAD, Yi SV. 2009. DNA methylation is widespread and associated with differential gene expression in castes of the honeybee Apis mellifera. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 160:11206-11211.  pdf


2008

Hoffman EA, Kovacs JL, and Goodisman MAD. 2008. Population structure and breeding system in a social wasp and its social parasite. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 8: art. 239.  pdf

Goodisman MAD, Kovacs JL, Hunt BG. 2008. Functional genetics and genomics in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): The interplay of genes and social life. Myrmecological News. 11: 107-117. pdf

Kovacs JL, Hoffman EA, and Goodisman MAD. 2008. Mating success in the polyandrous social wasp Vespula maculifrons. Ethology. 114:340-350. pdf  

2007
Kovacs JL, Goodisman MAD. 2007. Irregular brood patterns and worker reproduction in social wasps. Naturwissenschaften. 94:1011–1014. pdf

Goodisman MAD, Kovacs JL, and Hoffman EA. 2007. The significance of multiple mating in the social wasp Vespula maculifrons. Evolution. 61:2260-2267. pdf

Hoffman EA and Goodisman MAD. 2007. Gene expression and the evolution of phenotypic diversity in social wasps. BMC Biology. 5:23. pdf

Goodisman MAD, Kovacs JL, and Hoffman EA. 2007. Lack of conflict during queen production in the social wasp Vespula maculifrons. Molecular Ecology. 16:2589-2595. pdf

Goodisman MAD, Sankovich KA, and Kovacs JL. 2007. Genetic and morphological variation over space and time in the invasive fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Biological Invasions. 9:571-584. pdf

Goodisman MAD. 2007. A theoretical analysis of variation in multiple mating in social insects. Sociobiolgy. 49:107-119. pdf

2005
Goodisman MAD and Hahn DA. 2005. Breeding system, colony structure, and genetic differentiation in the Camponotus festinatus species complex of desert carpenter ants. Evolution. 59:2185-2199. pdf

Goodisman MAD, Isoe J, Wheeler DE, and Wells MA. 2005. Evolution of insect metamorphosis: A microarray-based study of larval and adult gene expression in the ant Camponotus festinatus. Evolution. 59:858-870. pdf

2004
Goodisman MAD and Hahn DA. 2004. Colony genetic structure of the ant Camponotus ocreatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology. 44:21-33. pdf

Carew ME, Goodisman MAD, and Hoffmann AA. 2004. Species status and population genetic structure of grape vine eriophyoid mites. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 11:87-96. pdf

2003
Goodisman MAD and Crozier RH. 2003. Association between caste and genotype in the termite Mastotermes darwiniensis (Isoptera: Mastotermitidae). Australian Journal of Entomology. 42:1-5. pdf

2002
Evans TA. and Goodisman MAD. 2002. Nestmate relatedness and population genetic structure of the Australian social crab spider Diaea ergandros (Araneae: Thomisidae). Molecular Ecology. 11:2307-2316. pdf

Goodisman MAD, Matthews RW, and Crozier RH. 2002. Mating and reproduction in the wasp Vespula germanica. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 51:497-502. pdf

Goodisman MAD and R. H. Crozier. 2002. Population and colony genetic structure of the primitive termite Mastotermes darwiniensis. Evolution. 56:70-83. pdf

2001
Goodisman MAD, Evans TA, Ewen JG, and Crozier RH. 2001. Microsatellite markers in the primitive termite Mastotermes darwiniensis. Molecular Ecology Notes. 1:250-251. pdf

Goodisman MAD, Matthews RW, and Crozier RH. 2001. Hierarchical genetic structure of the introduced wasp Vespula germanica in Australia. Molecular Ecology. 10:1423-1432. pdf

Goodisman MAD, Matthews RW, Spradbery JP, Carew ME, and Crozier RH. 2001. Reproduction and recruitment in perennial colonies of the introduced wasp Vespula germanica. Journal of Heredity. 92:346-349. Cover photo. pdf

Goodisman MAD and Crozier RH. 2001. Clines maintained by overdominant selection in hybrid zones. Hereditas. 134:161-169. pdf

2000
Goodisman MAD, Ross KG, and Asmussen MA. 2000. A formal assessment of the effects of gene flow and selection in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Evolution. 54:606-616. pdf

Goodisman MAD, DeHeer CJ, and Ross KG. 2000. Unusual behavior of polygyne fire ant queens on nuptial flights. Journal of Insect Behavior. 13:455-468. pdf

Matthews RW, Goodisman MAD, Austin AD, and Bashford R. 2000. The introduced English wasp Vespula vulgaris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) newly recorded invading native forests in Tasmania. Australian Journal of Entomology. 39:177-179. pdf

1999
Goodisman MAD, Mack PD, Pearse DE, and Ross KG. 1999. Effects of a single gene on worker and male body mass in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 92:563-570.  pdf

DeHeer CJ, Goodisman MAD , and Ross KG. 1999. Queen dispersal strategies in the multiple-queen form of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. American Naturalist. 153:660-675. pdf

Goodisman MAD and Ross KG. 1999. Queen recruitment in a multiple-queen population of the introduced fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Behavioral Ecology. 10:428-435. pdf

1998
Goodisman MAD, Shoemaker DD, and Asmussen MA. 1998. Cytonuclear theory for haplodiploid species and X-linked genes II. Stepping-stone models of gene flow and application to a fire ant hybrid zone. Evolution. 52:1423-1440. pdf

Goodisman MAD and Ross KG. 1998. A test of queen recruitment models using nuclear and mitochondrial markers in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Evolution. 52:1416-1422. pdf

1997
Goodisman MAD and Ross KG. 1997. Relationship of queen number and queen relatedness in multiple-queen colonies of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Ecological Entomology. 22:150-157. pdf

Goodisman MAD and Asmussen MA. 1997. Cytonuclear theory for haplodiploid species and X-linked genes I. Hardy-Weinberg dynamics and continent-island, hybrid zone models. Genetics. 147:321-338. pdf

1996
Goodisman MAD and Ross KG. 1996. Relationship of worker size to queen number in polygyne colonies of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Insectes Sociaux. 43:303-307. pdf