David C. Queller - Department of Biology

CURRICULUM VITAE
David C. Queller
Spencer T. Olin Professor of Biology
Department of Biology CB1137
Washington University in St. Louis
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis MO 63130
Phone (314) 935-3528
fax: (314) 935-4432
email: queller@wustl.edu
http://strassmannandquellerlab.wordpress.com/
Short biography:
David Queller is Spencer T. Olin Professor of Biology at Washington University in St.
Louis. He has a B.A. in history and philosophy of science from the University of Illinois and a
PhD. in biological sciences from the University of Michigan. His dissertation applied sexual
selection theory and kin selection theory to plants. After a postdoc at the University of Sussex, he
spent many years on the faculty at Rice University, moving to Washington University in 2011.
Queller works primarily on social evolution. His theoretical work has centered on kin
selection. Highlights include widely applied methods for estimating relatedness and models of:
kin selection and its relation to other social forces; the role of viscosity in kin selection; kin
conflict in seeds; the evolution of eusociality via demographic advantages; and evolutionary
conflicts and the fundamental theorem of natural selection.
He also does empirical work on social insects and social amoebas together with his wife
and collaborator Joan Strassmann. Research highlights here include showing the ubiquity of
relatedness in social insects, its importance in both cooperation and conflict, the evolution of
cheating in social amoebas and its control by high relatedness, kin discrimination, pleiotropy,
and the evolution of resistance.
Additional current research interests include genomic imprinting, an amoeba-bacteria
farming symbioses, the units of selection, and the evolution of organismality.
Queller is a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society, the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, and the American Academy of Arts and Science, and has held a John
Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship.
photo by Alex Wild
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Table of Contents Personal Data: ....................................................................................................................................... 2 Education: ............................................................................................................................................... 2 Research Interests: .............................................................................................................................. 3 Academic Positions Held: .................................................................................................................. 3 Memberships: ........................................................................................................................................ 3 Foreign languages ................................................................................................................................ 3 Honors, Awards, Elected Positions: ............................................................................................... 3 Grants: ..................................................................................................................................................... 4 Current grants: ................................................................................................................................................. 4 Completed grants: ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Teaching: ................................................................................................................................................. 5 Service: .................................................................................................................................................... 6 University Service: .......................................................................................................................................... 6 Professional Service: ...................................................................................................................................... 6 Publications ........................................................................................................................................... 7 Edited books or special issues .................................................................................................................... 7 Peer reviewed publications: ........................................................................................................................ 8 Book Reviews, Essays, Letters, Encyclopedias, News and Views etc: .......................................... 20 Software: ......................................................................................................................................................... 22 Professional Presentations: ........................................................................................................... 22 Postdoctoral Fellows and Visiting Scholars: ............................................................................. 30 Graduate Students: ............................................................................................................................ 31 Personal Data:
U.S. Citizen, born May 20, 1954, Married to Joan Strassmann; 3 children (Anna, Daniel,
Philip).
Education:
1976-82
1979
1972-76
University of Michigan, M. S. and Ph.D. (biological sciences). PhD advisors:
Richard D. Alexander, Beverly Rathcke; Committee members: William D.
Hamilton, Warren H. Wagner.
University of Costa Rica--Organization for Tropical Studies, field course in
tropical ecology.
University of Illinois, B. A. (history and philosophy of science).
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Research Interests:
Evolutionary biology. Theory and empirical work evolution of sociality, cooperation,
altruism, conflict, organismality. Social amoebas and social insects. Applications using
experimental evolution, genomics, modeling.
Academic Positions Held:
Spencer T. Olin Professor in Biology, Washington University in St. Louis,
(2011-)
Professor Emeritus of Biosciences, Rice University (2015-)
Harry Carothers and Olga Keith Wiess Professor in Natural Sciences, Rice University
(2005-2011)
Professor, Rice University (1996-2005)
Associate Professor, Rice University (1994-1996)
Assistant Professor, Rice University (1989-1994)
J. S. Guggenheim Fellow, Rice University (1988-89).
Senior Research Associate, Rice University (1988-1989).
Research Associate, Rice University (1987-1988).
Huxley Research Instructor, Rice University (1984 - 1987).
N.A.T.O. Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Sussex (1983-84) Brian and Deborah
Charlesworth.
Memberships:
Society for the Study of Evolution, Animal Behavior Society, International Union for the
Study of Social Insects, Behavioral Ecology Society, American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
Foreign languages
Italian, French (reading & rudimentary speaking)
Honors, Awards, Elected Positions:
Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society, elected 2013.
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected 2008.
Council Delegate, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Section of
Biological Sciences, 2007-2010
President, North American Section of the International Society for the Study of Social
Insects, 2005-6.
Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science, elected 2004.
Elected Councilor of Society for the Study of Evolution. 2003-5
Elected member, of Scientia (an institute for the history of science and culture) 2003.
Gold Award for best article in Scholarly Journals/Feature Article category. For "Kin
selection in social insects", by Queller & Strassmann. Society of Association
Journals (SNAP) 1999.
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John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, The evolution of altruism. 1988. 1 year.
$26,000.
Sigma Xi (elected 1987).
American Society of Naturalists, Young Investigator Award, 1985.
N.A.T.O. Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Sussex. 1983. 1 year.
N.S.F. Predoctoral Fellowship. 1976. 3 years.
Phi Beta Kappa (elected 1976).
Grants:
Current grants: John Templeton Foundation 43667. Cooperation, purpose, and the organism. Nov. 1 2013
- Oct 31 2016. $1,575,050 (with Strassmann).
NSF IOS-1256416 Kin structure, kin recognition and cooperation in a model system. 1
Feb. 2013 – 31 Jan. 2017. (with Strassmann) $854,000.
NSF DEB-1146375, Conflict and constraint in multicellular life cycles. 4 years
07/01/12-06/30/16 $740,000 (with Strassmann)
Completed grants: NSF DEB-1011513 Evolutionary costs and benefits of a newly discovered symbiosis
between the social amoeba Dictyostelium, and bacteria. Dissertation improvement
grant 06/01/10-11/30/11, $15,000 (with Strassmann and Brock)
NSF DEB-0918931 (transferred as DEB1201671). Social interactions and molecular
evolution. 4 years 08/15/09 - 08/31/13 $716,412 (with Strassmann).
NSF DEB-0816690 (transferred to DEB1204352). Evolution and genetics of kin
recognition in a model system. 4 years 9/1/2008-8/31/2012, $800,000 (with
Strassmann).
NSF EF-0626963 Comparative sequencing of social amoebae in the Dictyostelidae. 2
years 9/1/2006-8/31/2008, $948,738 (with Gibbs, Kuspa, Weinstock, Strassmann).
NSF EF-0328455, The Evolution of Biological Social Systems. 5 years, 9/1/20038/31/2008 $5,000,000 (with Kuspa, Shaulsky, Strassmann)
NSF DEB-0108478 Cell lineage conflicts in the social amoeba, Dictyostelium
discoideum. 2001. 3 years $390,000 (with Strassmann)
NSF DBI-0070330 An automated DNA sequencer for microsatellite genotyping of social
insects and sequencing in molecular biology, 2000, 1 year, $108,080 (plus cost
sharing $50,916). (with Strassmann, Bennett, Gomer, and Parry)
NSF. DEB-0075581. Cell lineage conflicts in the cellular slime mold, Dictyostelium
discoideum. $90,000 for 1 year (with Strassmann)
NSF. IBN-9975351. Cooperation with and without genetic relatedness. $240,000 for 3
years (with Strassmann).
NSF. IBN-9808809. Conflict over male production in stingless bees. $225,000 for 3
years (with Strassmann).
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FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo e Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) Organizacão colonial
e padroes de reproducão em abelhas indigenas (Colony organization and patterns of
reproduction in native bees [Meliponinae]), 1998, 3 years, $198,000 plus salaries,
through Universidad de São Paulo (with Vera Lucia Imperatriz Fonseca, Hayo
Velthuis, Joan Strassmann, Carminda Cruz Landim)
NSF. IBN-9507515. Worker control of reproduction in multiple-queen wasp societies. 3
years, $250,000 (with Strassmann).
NSF DEB-9510126. Genetic relatedness and successional structure in Polistes. 3 years,
$220,000 (with Strassmann).
NSF BIR-9419451. Computer software for kinship analysis. 3 years, $192,000.
NSF IBN-9210051. Within-colony kin discrimination in a social insect (with
Strassmann). 1992. 3 years. $166,000.
NSF BSR-9021514. Relatedness and sociality in neo-tropical swarm-founding wasps
(with Strassmann & Hughes). 1991. 3 years. $263,000.
NSF BSR-8805915, Demographic advantages of eusociality (with Strassmann &
Hughes). 1988. 3 years. $218,000.
National Geographic Society, Relatedness and the evolution of sociality in tropical
wasps. 1988. 1 year. $12000 (with Strassmann & Hughes).
NSF BSR-8605026, Relatedness and inclusive fitness in Polistes. 1986. 3 years,
$203,000 (with Strassmann).
Rackham Graduate School Block Grant, for thesis research. 1982.
University of Michigan E. S. George Reserve Scholarship. 1980 and 1981.
University of Michigan, travel and tuition grant for O.T.S. tropical ecology course. 1979.
Teaching:
Lecture Courses: Population genetics (Wash U), Evolution (Rice);
Graduate seminars: Evolutionary Conflict, Social Evolution, Topics in Evolution, Topics
in Behavioral Ecology, Quantitative Approaches to Evolutionary Biology, Plant
Population Biology.
Ethics and Research Science (Wash U)
Visiting faculty, University of Zurich, Garda Evolutionary Biology Workshop, June
2014.
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Department of Biology, University of Miami, FebMarch 2014.
Graduate Core Course (co-taught, Rice)
Visiting Professor, graduate course in evolutionary genetics of social evolution,
University of Copenhagen July 2014.
Field Course; Field ornithology (co-taught, Rice)
Field course: Coral reefs and global change (co-taught, Rice)
Field course: Visiting faculty, Organization for Tropical Studies undergraduate course,
2000.
Graduate workshop on Relatedness: concept, measure and evolutionary implications. La
Sage, Switzerland. 1999
Graduate course in kin selection theory, University of São Paulo.
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Labs: Developed computer simulation of population genetics for introductory biology
(Rice).
Guest Lecturer for: Evolution of Animal Behavior (Michigan), Ecology (Rice),
Behavioral Ecology and Evolution (Rice), Botany (Rice), A Stroll Through
Twentieth Century Science (Rice Continuing Studies).
Graduate Teaching Assistant for: Introductory Biology for majors and for non-majors,
Evolution of Animal Behavior, Evolution and Human Behavior. (Michigan)
Service:
University Service: Review Committee on Faculty Personnel Procedures, Arts and Sciences, 2015Big Data Committee for Arts and Sciences, 2014-5
Program Director, Graduate Program in Evolution, Ecology and Population Biology
(2013-)
Promotions and Tenure Committee, Rice (2007-2009)
Executive Committee, Center for the Study of Environment and Society, Rice (2007-)
Program Chair, Scientia (an institute for the history of science and culture) (2003-2008)
Member, Scientia (an institute for the history of science and culture) (2003-)
Science and Engineering Information Technology Committee, Rice (2002-2005)
Admissions Committee, Rice (2000-2003)
Biosciences Curriculum Committee, Rice (1999-2008)
Natural Sciences Dean Search Committee, Rice (1997-1998)
Natural Sciences Strategic Planning Steering Committee, Rice (1996-1997)
Natural Sciences Strategic Planning, Faculty Issues Subcommittee, Rice (1996-7)
University Scholarships and Awards Committee, Rice (1996-1997)
University Library Planning Committee, Rice (1995-1997)
University Research Council, Rice (1990-1993)
Natural Sciences Undergraduate Studies Committee, Rice (1990-1991)
Department seminar organizer (1989-1999)
Faculty associate, Wiess College (1989-2011; outstanding associate: 1989,1991,1998).
Professional Service: Dictybase Advisory Committee (2008-)
Guest Editor, PNAS. 2015
Editorial Advisory Board, Ethology, Ecology and Evolution, 2007Editorial Board, Behavioral Ecology (2007-)
Editorial Review Board, Molecular Ecology (1997-1999, 2003-)
Associate Editor, Molecular Ecology (1999-2002)
Board of Editors, Evolutionary Ecology Research (1998-1999)
Advisory Editor, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (1997-2002)
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Board of Editors, Evolutionary Ecology (1993-1998)
National Science Foundation review panels: Population Biology (1992), Behavior (19959), Evolutionary Ecology (2012)
Referee for National Science Foundation programs in population biology, animal
behavior, physical anthropology, systematics, computational biology, biological
oceanography.
Referee for other granting agencies: Smithsonian Institution, Swiss National Science
Foundation, Australian Research Council, European Research Council, Israel
Science Foundation, NSERC Canada, NERC United Kingdom, BBSRC United
Kingdom, American Philosophical Society.
Nominator or referee for prizes: MacArthur Fellowship, Japan Prize, Royal Society of
London Fellowship.
Referee for professional journals:
Acta Biotheoretica, American Naturalist, Animal Behaviour, Annals of Botany,
Annals of the Entomol. Soc. of America, Apidologie, Behavioral and Brain
Sciences, Behavioral Ecology, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Biochemical
Genetics, Bioessays, Biological Bulletin, Biology Letters, Biological Reviews,
British J. of Philosophy of Science, Cell, Current Biology, Ecology, Ecological
Research, Ecology Letters, Ethology Ecology and Evolution, Ethology, Evolution,
Evolution and Human Behavior, Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Ecology,
Evolutionary Ecology Research, Evolutionary Theory, Frontiers in Zoology,
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Fungal Genetics and Biology, Genetica,
Genetics, Heredity, Insectes Sociaux, The ISME Journal, Israel Journal of Ecology
and Evolution, J. of Bioeconomics, J. of Biology, J. of Evolutionary Biology, J. of
Hymenoptera Research, J. of Insect Biology, J. of Insect Behavior, J. of Theoretical
Biology, Microbial Ecology, Molecular Ecology, Molecular Biology and Evolution,
Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution, Molecular Systems Biology, Mymecological
News, Nature, Nature Communications, Nature Reviews Genetics, Nature Reviews
Microbiology, Naturwissenschaften, Oikos, Royal Society, Open Science, PeerJ,
Phil. Trans. of the Royal Society Evolution, PLOS Biology, PLOS Computational
Biology, PLOS Genetics, PLOS One, Proc. Indian Natl Sci. Academy B, PNAS
USA, Proc. Royal Society of London B, Protist, Systematic Biology, Theoretical
Population Biology, Science, Trends in Cell Biology, Trends in Ecology and
Evolution.
Referee for book publishers: Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press,
University of Chicago Press, Sinauer Associates, Prentice-Hall, Rutgers University
Press, Benjamin-Cummings.
Publications
Edited books or special issues Strassmann, J.E., & Queller, D.C.. (guest eds) 2014. Hamiltonian biology, from microbes to god. Special section in Animal Behaviour, vel 92:239-­‐344 David C. Queller
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Strassmann, J.E., Queller, D.C., Avise, J.C. & Ayala, F.J. (eds) 2011. In the Light of Evolution, Volume V: Cooperation and Conflict. The National Academies Press, Washington DC. 449 pp. Peer reviewed publications: Google scholar link: http://bit.ly/DQueller 178. DiSalvo, S., Haselkorn, T. S., Bashir, U., *Jimenez, D. A., Brock, D. A., Queller, D. C., Strassmann, J. E. 2015. Burkholderia bacteria infectiously induce the proto-­‐farming symbiosis of Dictyostelium amoebae and food bacteria. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 112: E5029 – E5037 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1511878112 177. Kocher, S.D., Tsuruda, J.M., Gibson, J.D., Emore, C.M., Arechavaleta-­‐Velasco, Queller, D.C., Strassmann, J.E., Grozinger, C.M., Gribskov, M.R., San Miguel, P., Westerman, R., & Hunt, G.J. 2015. A Search for Parent-­‐of-­‐Origin Effects on Honey Bee Gene Expression. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. Early Online June 5, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.017814 176. Ostrowski, E.A., Shen, Y., Tian, X., Sucgang, R., Jiang, H., Qu, J., Katoh-­‐Kurasawa, M., Brock, D.A., Dinh, C., Lara-­‐Garduno, F., Lee, S.L., Kovar, C.L., Dinh, H.H., Korchina, V., Jackson, L., Patil, S., Han, Y., Chaboub, L., Shaulsky, G., Muzny, D.M., Worley, K.C., Gibbs, R.A., Richards, S., Kuspa, A., Strassmann, J.E., and Queller, D.C. 2015. Genomic Signatures of Cooperation and Conflict in the Social Amoeba. Current Biology 25:1661-­‐1665. Do:10.1016/j.cub.2015.04.059 175. Levin, S.R., Brock, D.A., Queller, D.C. & Strassmann, J.E. 2015. Concurrent co-­‐
evolution of intra-­‐organismal cheaters and resisters. J. Evolutionary Biology 28:756-­‐765, DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12618. 174. Liao, X., Rong, S. & Queller, D.C. 2015. Relatedness, conflict, and the evolution of eusociality. PLoS Biology 13(3): e1002098. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002098 173. Adu-­‐Oppong, B., Queller, D.C. & Strassmann, J.E. 2015. Is there specificity in a defensive mutualism against soil versus lab nematodes, Dictyostelium discoideum farmers and their bacteria? Evolutionary Ecology Research 16:351-­‐361. 172. DiSalvo, S., Debra A. Brock, D.A., smith, j, Queller, D.C., & Strassmann, J.E. 2014. In the social amoeba, Dictyostelium discoideum, density, not farming status, determines predatory success on unpalatable Escherichia coli. BMC Microbiology 14(1):328. doi:10.1186/s12866-­‐014-­‐0328-­‐x. 171. smith, j., Strassmann, J. E., Queller, D. C. 2014. Fruiting bodies of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum increase spore transport by Drosophila. BMC Evol. Biol. 14:105 170. Queller, D.C. 2014. Joint phenotypes, evolutionary conflict, and the fundamental theorem of natural selection. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. B 369:20130423 doi:10.1098/rstb.2013.0423. 169. Strassmann, J.E. and Queller, D.C. 2014. Privatization and property in biology. Animal Behaviour 92:305-­‐311. 168. Werner. G.D.A, Strassmann, J.E., Ivens, A.B.F. , Engelmoer, D.J.P. , Verbruggen, E., Queller, D.C. , Nöe, R., Johnson, N.C. , Hammerstein, P., E. Kiers, E.T. 2014. The evolution of microbial markets. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 111:1237-­‐1244. David C. Queller
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167. Patten, M.M., Ross, L., Curley, J.P., Queller, D.C., Bonduriansky, R., and Wolf, J.B. 2014 The evolution of genomic imprinting: theories, predictions, and empirical tests. Heredity 113:119–128. doi:10.1038/hdy.2014.29 166. Tian, X., Strassmann, J.E. and Queller, D.C. 2014. A Conserved Extraordinarily Long Serine Homopolymer in Dictyostelid amoebae. Heredity 112:215-­‐218. 165. Brock, D.A., Read, S., Bozhchenko, A., Strassmann, J.E., and Queller, D.C. 2013 Social amoeba farmers carry bacterial weapons to protect and privatize their crop. Nature Communications 4:2385, doi:10.1038/ncomms3385. 164. Stallforth, P, Brock, D.A., Cantley, A.M., Tian, X., Queller, D.C., Strassmann, J.E., and Clardy, J. 2013. A bacterial symbiont is converted from an inedible producer of beneficial molecules into food by a single mutation in the gacA gene. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100:14528-­‐14533 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1308199110 163. Queller, D.C. and Strassmann, J.E. 2013. The veil of ignorance can favor biological cooperation. Biology Letters 9: 20130365, doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0365 162. Hall, D. W., Fox, S., Kuzdzal,-­‐Fick, J., Strassmann, J. E., Queller, D. C. 2013. The rate and effects of spontaneous mutation on fitness traits in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 3:1115-­‐1127 doi:10.1534/g3.113.005934. 161. Tian, X., Strassmann, J.E. and Queller, D.C. 2013. Dictyostelium development shows a novel pattern of evolutionary conservation. Molecular Biology and Evolution 30: 977-­‐984, doi:10.1093/molbev/mst007 160. Santorelli, L.A., Kuspa, A., Shaulsky, G, Queller, D.C. and Strassmann, J.E. 2013. A new social gene in Dictyostelium discoideum, chtB. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13:4
doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-4 159. Queller, D.C. and Strassmann, J.E. 2013. Experimental evolution of multicellularity using microbial pseudo-­‐organisms Biology Letters 9:20130636 doi:10.1098/rsbl.2012.0636. 158. Saxer, G., Havlak, P., Fox, S.A, Quance, M.A., Gupta, S., Fofanov, Y., Strassmann, J.E., and Queller, D.C. 2012. Whole genome sequencing of mutation accumulation lines reveals a low mutation rate in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. PLoS One 7: e46759 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046759. 157. Scala, C., Tian, X., Mehdiabadi, N.J., Smith, M.H., Saxer, G., Stephens, K., Buzombo, P., Strassmann, J.E., Queller, D.C. 2012. Amino acid repeats cause extraordinary coding sequence variation in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. PLoS One 7:e46150, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046150 156. Douglas, T. E., Brock, D. A., Adu-­‐Oppong, B., Queller, D. C., & Strassmann, J. E. 2013. Collection and cultivation of dictyostelids from the wild. In: Eichinger, L. and Rivero, F. (eds.), Methods in Molecular Biology, Dictyostelium discoideum Protocols, Second Edition, Humana Press, Totowa, New Jersey, USA pp. 113-­‐124. 155. Buttery N., smith j., Queller D. C., & Strassmann J. E. 2013. Measuring Cheating, Fitness and Segregation in Ditycostelium discoideum. In: Eichinger, L. and Rivero, F. (eds.), Methods in Molecular Biology, Dictyostelium discoideum Protocols, Second Edition, Humana Press, Totowa, New Jersey, USA pp. 231-­‐248 David C. Queller
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154. Buttery N.J., Jack C.N., Adu-­‐Oppong B., Snyder K.T., Thompson C.R.L., Queller D.C., Strassmann J.E. 2012,. Structured growth and genetic drift raise relatedness in the social amoeba D. discoideum. Biology Letters 8:794-­‐797.
153. Seppä, P., Queller, D. C., Strassmann, J. E. 2012. Why wasp foundresses change nests: Relatedness, dominance, and nest quality. PLoS ONE 7: e45386, doi10.1371/journal.pone.0045386 152. Gilbert, O. M., Kuzdzal,-Fick, J.J., Queller, D.C. & Strassmann, J.E. 2012. Mind the gap:
a comparative study of migratory behavior in social amoebae. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol.
66:1291-1296.
151. Gilbert, O. M., Strassmann, J.E., & Queller, D.C. 2012. High relatedness in a social
amoebae: the role of kin discriminatory segregation. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 279:
2619-2624.
150. Kuzdzal-Fick, J.A., Fox, S.A., Strassmann, J.E. & Queller, D. C. 2011. High relatedness
is necessary and sufficient to maintain multicellularity in Dictyostelium. Science 334:
1548-1551.
149. Jack, C. N., *Adu-Oppong, B., *Powers, M., Queller, D. C. & Strassmann, J. E. 2011.
Cost of movement in the multicellular stage of the social amoebae Dictyostelium
discoideum and D. purpureum. Ethology, Ecology, and Evolution 23:358-367.
148. Douglas, T. A., Kronforst, M. R., Queller, D. C., and Strassmann, J. E. 2011. Genetic
diversity in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum: Population differentiation and
cryptic species, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 60:455-462.
147. Strassmann, J. E. & D. C. Queller 2011. How social evolution theory impacts our
understanding of development in the social amoeba Dictyostelium. Develop. Growth
Differ. 53: 597-607.
146. Strassmann, J. E. & Queller, D. C. Avise, J.C, & Ayala, F.J. 2011. In the light of
evolution V: Cooperation and conflict. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108:10787-10891.
145. Strassmann, J. E. & Queller, D. C. 2011. Evolution of cooperation and control of cheating
in a social microbe. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108:10855-10862. Reprinted in:
Strassmann, J. E. & Queller, D. C. Avise, J.C, & Ayala, F.J. (eds) 2011. In the Light of
Evolution V: Cooperation and Conflict, National Academies Press, Washington DC,
and
144. Queller, D. C. 2011. Expanded social fitness and Hamilton's rule for kin, kith, and kind.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108: 10792-10799. Reprinted in:
Strassmann, J. E. & Queller, D. C. Avise, J.C, & Ayala, F.J. (eds) 2011. In the Light of
Evolution V: Cooperation and Conflict, National Academies Press, Washington DC.
143. Strassmann, J. E., Gilbert, O. M., & Queller, D. C. 2011. Kin discrimination and
cooperation in microbes. Annual Review of Microbiology 65:349-367.
142. Castillo, D.I., Queller, D.C. and Strassmann, J.E. 2011. Cell condition, competition, and
chimerism in the social amoeba. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 23:262-273
141. Sucgang, R., Kuo, A., Tian, X., Salerno, W., Parikh, A., Feasley, C.L., Dalin, E., Tu, H.,
Huang, E., Barry, K., Lindquist, E., Shapiro, H., Bruce, D., Schmutz, J., Salamov, A.,
Fey, P., Gaudet, P., Anjard, C., Babu, .M.M., Basu, S., Bushmanova, Y., van der Wel,
H., Katoh-Kurasawa, M., Dinh, C, Coutinho, P.M., Saito, T., Elias, M., Schaap, P.,
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Kay, R.R., Henrissat, B., Eichinger, L., Rivero, F., Putnam, N.H., West, C.M., Loomis,
W.F., Chisholm, R.L., Shaulsky, G., Strassmann, J.E., Queller, D.C., Kuspa, A., and
Grigoriev, I.V., 2011 Comparative genomics of the social amoebae Dictyostelium
discoideum and Dictyostelium purpureum. Genome Biology 2011, 12:R20
140. Abbot, P.,…Queller, D.C.,….Zink, A.W. (over 100 authors). 2011. Inclusive fitness
theory and eusociality. Nature 471:E1-E4. doi:10.1038/nature09831
139. Kalla, S.E., Queller, D.C., Lasagni, A. and Strassmann, J.E. 2011. Kin discrimination and
possible cryptic species in the social amoeba Polysphondylium violaceum. BMC
Evolutionary Biology 11:31.
138. Brock, D.A., Douglas, T.E., Queller, D.C. & Strassmann, J.E. 2011. Primitive agriculture
in a social microbe. Nature 469:393-396.
137. Tian, X., Strassmann, J.E. and Queller, D.C. 2011. Genome Nucleotide Composition
Shapes Variation in Simple Sequence Repeats. Molecular Biology and Evolution 28:
899-909 doi: 10.1093/molbev/msq266
136. Kuzdzal-Fick, J., Queller, D.C. and Strassmann, J.E. 2010. An invitation to die: Initiators
of sociality in a social amoeba become selfish spores. Biology Letters 6:800-802 doi:
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135. Flowers. J.M., Li, S.L., Stathos, S., Saxer, G., Ostrowski, E.A., Queller, D.C., Strassmann,
J.E., and Purugganan M.D. 2010. Variation, sex and social cooperation: Molecular
population genetics of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. PLoS Genetics
6(7): e1001013. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1001013.
134. Saxer, G., Brock, D.A., Queller, D.C. and Strassmann, J.E. 2010. Cheating does not
explain selective differences at high and low relatedness in a social amoeba. BMC
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133. Queller, D. C. and Strassmann, J. E. 2010. Complex societies: eusociality and
multicellularity. In: Westneat, D. and Fox, C. eds. Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology.
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132. Mehdiabadi, N.J., Kronforst, M.R., Queller, D.C. & Strassmann, J.E. 2010.
Phylogeography and sexual macrocyst formation in the social amoeba Dictyostelium
giganteum. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:17.
131. Queller, D.C. 2009 Chapter in: G. Oftedal, J.K.B. Olsen, P. Rossel, M. Norup (eds.):
Evolutionary Theory: 5 Questions, Automatic Press/VIP, New York & London.
130. Khare, A., Santorelli1, L.A., Strassmann, J.E., Queller, D.C., Kuspa, A. & Shaulsky, G.
2009. Cheater-resistance is not futile. Nature 461, 980-982.
129. Queller, D. C. and Strassmann, J. E. 2009. Beyond society: the evolution of organismality.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 364:3143-3155.
128. Helanterä, H., Strassmann, J.E., Carillo, J.& Queller, D.C. 2009. Unicolonial ants: where
do they come from, what are they, and where are they going? Trends in Ecology and
Evolution 24:341-349
127. 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
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of the lag-gene family mediate self-discrimination in Dictyostelium. Current Biology
19: 567-572.
126. Cotoneschi, C., Dani, F. R., Cervo, R. Scala, C., Strassmann, J. E., Queller, D. C.,
Turillazzi, S. 2009. Polistes dominulus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) workers do not use
differences in larval cuticular hydrocarbon patterns for controlling colony sex ratio.
Chemical Senses 4: 195-202.
125. Gilbert, O.M., Queller, D.C, and Strassmann, J.E. 2009. Discovery of a large clonal patch
of a social amoeba: implications for social evolution. Molecular Ecology 18:12731281.
124. Mehdiabadi, N.J., Kronforst, M.R., Queller, D.C. and Strassmann, J.E. 2009. Phylogeny,
reproductive isolation and kin recognition in the social amoeba Dictyostelium
purpureum. Evolution 63: 542-548.
123. Cervo, R., Dani, F., Cotoneschi, C., Scala, C., Lotti, I., Strassmann, J. E., Queller, D. C. and
Turillazzi, S. 2008 Why are larvae of the social parasite wasp Polistes sulcifer not
removed from the host nest? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62:1319-1331.
122. Ostrowski, E.A., Katoh, M., Shaulsky. G., Queller, D.C. and Strassmann, J.E. 2008. Kin
discrimination increases with genetic distance in a social amoeba. PLoS Biology 6:
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121. Jack, C.N., Ridgeway, J.G., Mehdiabadi, N.J., Jones, E.I., Edwards, T.A., Queller, D.C. and
Strassmann, J.E. 2008. Segregate or cooperate- a study of the interaction between two
species of Dictyostelium. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:293
120. Kronforst, M.R., Gilley, D.C., Strassmann, J.E. and Queller, D.C. 2008. DNA methylation
is widespread across social hymenoptera. Current Biology 18:R287-R288.
119. Santorelli, L.A., Thompson, C.R.L., Villegas, E., Svetz, J., Dinh, C., Parikh, A., Sucgang,
R., Kuspa, A., Strassmann, J.E., Queller, D.C. & Shaulsky, G. 2008. Facultative
cheater mutants reveal the genetic complexity of cooperation in social amoebae.
Nature 451:1107-1110.
118. McConnell, R., Middlemist, S., Scala, C., Strassmann, J.E. & Queller, D.C. 2007. An
unusually low microsatellite mutation rate in Dictyostelium discoideum, an organism
with unusually abundant microsatellites. Genetics 177:1499-1507.
117. Gilbert, O. G., Foster, K. R., Mehdiabadi, N. J., Strassmann, J. E., & Queller, D. C. 2007.
Control of a cheater mutant by kin selection PNAS 104: 8913-8917.
116. Strassmann, J.E. & Queller, D.C. 2007 Insect societies as divided organisms: the
complexities of purpose and cross-purpose. PNAS 104: 8619-8626.
115. Kuzdzal, J. J. Foster, K. R. Queller, D. C. and Strassmann, J. E. 2007. Exploiting new
terrain: an advantage to sociality in the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology18: 433-437.
114. Mehdiabadi, N. J., Talley-Farnum, T., Jack, C., Platt, T. G., Shaulsky, G., Queller, D. C., &
Strassmann, J. E. 2006. Kin preference in a social microorganism. Nature 442:881-2.
113. Jha, S., Casey-Ford, R.G., Pedersen, J.S., Platt, T.G. Cervo, R., Queller, D.C. &
Strassmann, J.E. 2005. The queen is not a pacemaker in the small colony wasps
Polistes instabilis and P. dominulus. Animal Behaviour 71:1197-1203.
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112. Fanelli, D., Henshaw, M., Cervo, R., Turillazzi, S., Queller, D. C., Strassmann, J. E. 2005.
The social parasite wasp Polistes atrimandibularis does not form host races. Journal
of Evolutionary Biology 18: 1362-1367.
111. Castillo, D. I., Switz, G. T., Foster, K. R., Queller, D. C., Strassmann, J. E. 2005. A cost to
chimerism in Dictyostelium discoideum on natural substrates. Evolutionary Ecology
Research, 7:263-271.
110. 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.
109. 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.
108. Foster, K.R., Shaulsky, G., Strassmann, J.E. , Queller, D. C., and Thompson, C.R.L. 2004.
Pleiotropy as a mechanism to stabilize cooperation. Nature 431:693-696.
107. Cervo, R., Stemmer, C., Castle, W., Queller, D. C., and Strassmann, J. E. 2004. Social
parasitism of Polistes dominulus by Polistes nimphus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae).
Insectes Sociaux 51:101-108.
106. Tóth, E. Queller, D. C., Dollin, A. and Strassmann, J. E. 2004. Conflict over male
parentage in stingless bees. Insectes Sociaux 51:1-11.
105. Dani, F. R., Foster, K. R., Zacchi, F., Seppä, P., Massolo, A., Carelli, A., Arévalo, E.,
Queller, D. C., Strassmann, J. E., Turillazzi, S. 2004. Can cuticular lipids provide
sufficient information for within-colony nepotism in wasps? Proc. Royal Soc. Lond.
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104. Platt, T. Queller, D. C. & Strassmann, J. E.. 2004. Aggression and worker control of caste
fate in a multiple-queen wasp, Parachartergus colobopterus Animal Behaviour 67:110.
103. Strassmann, J.E., Nguyen, J.S., Arévalo 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.
102. Queller, D.C., Foster, K.R., Fortunato, A. & Strassmann, J.E 2003. Cooperation and
conflict in the social amoeba, Dictyostelium discoideum. In: Kikuchi, T., Azuma, N., &
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101. Bergstrom, C.T., Bronstein, J.L., Bshary, R., Connor, R.C., Daly, M, Frank, S.A., Gintis,
H., Keller, L., Leimar, O., Nöe, R. & Queller, D.C. 2003. Group report: interspecific
mutualism –puzzles and predictions. In P. Hammerstein, ed., Genetic and Cultural
Evolution of Cooperation. MIT Press: Cambridge, pp. 241-256.
100. Landi, M., Queller, D. C., Turillazzi, S.& 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.
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99. Tóth, E., Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L., Strassmann, J. E. & Queller, D. C. 2003. Queens, not
workers produce the males in the stingless bee, Schwarziana quadripunctata
quadripunctata Animal Behaviour 66:359-368
98. Queller, D.C. 2003. Theory of genomic imprinting conflict in social insects. BMC
Evolutionary Biology 3:15.
97. Fortunato, A., Queller, D. C., & Strassmann, J.E. 2003. A linear dominance hierarchy
among clones in chimeras of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. Journal of
Evolutionary Biology 16: 438-445.
96. Fortunato, A., Strassmann, J.E., Santorelli, L., & Queller, D. C. 2003. Co-occurrence in
nature of different clones of the social amoeba, Dictyostelium discoideum. Molecular
Ecology 12:1031-1038.
95. Queller, D.C., Ponte, E., Bozzaro, S. and Strassmann, J.E. 2003. Single-gene greenbeard
effects in the social amoeba, Dictyostelium discoideum. Science 299:105-106.
94. Seppä, P., Queller, D. C., Strassmann, J. E. 2002. Reproduction in foundress associations
of the social wasp, Polistes carolina. Behavioral Ecology 13:531-542.
93. Tóth, E., Strassmann, J.E., Nogueira-Neto, P., Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L. & Queller, D. C.
2002 press. Male production in stingless bees: variable outcomes of queen- worker
conflict. Molecular Ecology 11:2661-2667.
92. Tóth, E., Queller, D.C., Imperatriz-Fonseca, V.L. & 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.
91. Foster, K. R., Fortunato, A, Strassmann, J.E. & Queller D.C. 2002. The costs and benefits
of being a chimera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 269: 23572362.
90. Queller, D.C. & Strassmann, J. E., 2002. The many selves of social insects. Science
296:311-313
89. Henshaw M.T., Queller D.C., Strassmann J.E. 2002. Control of male production in the
swarm-founding wasp, Polybioides tabidus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15:262268.
88. Strassmann, J. E., Sullender, B. W., Queller, D. C. 2002. Caste totipotency and conflict in a
large-colony social insect. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 269:263270.
87. Henshaw, M. T., Strassmann, J. E., 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.
86. Zhu, Y., Strassmann, J. E., Queller, D. C. 2000. Insertions, substitutions, and the origin of
microsatellites. Genetical Research 76:227-236.
85. Strassmann, J.E., Zhu, Y. & Queller, D.C. 2000. Altruism and social cheating in the social
amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. Nature 408:965-967
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84. Zhu, Y. , Landi, M., Queller, D. C., Turillazzi, S., Strassmann, J. E. 2000. Polymorphic
microsatellite loci for primitively eusocial Stenogastrine wasps. Molecular Ecology
9:2203-2205.
83. Henshaw, M. T., Strassmann, J. E., 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 Sociobiology48:478-483.
82. Queller, D.C. 2000. Relatedness and the fraternal major transitions. Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society B 355:1647-1655.
81. Henshaw, M. Strassmann, J. E. Quach, S. Queller D. C. 2000. Male production in
Parachartergus colobopterus, a neotropical, swarm-founding wasp. Ethology, Ecology
and Evolution 12:161-174
80. 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 87:266-169.
79. Queller, D.C., Francesca Zacchi, F.,Cervo, R., Turillazzi, S., Henshaw, M.T., Santorelli,
L.A., Strassmann, J.E. 2000. Unrelated helpers in a social insect. Nature 405: 784787.
78. Herman, R. A., Queller, D. C., Strassmann, J. E. 2000. The role of queens in colonies of the
swarm-founding wasp, Parachartergus colobopterus. Animal Behaviour 59:841-848.
77. 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.
76. 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.
75. 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.
74. Ezenwa, V. O., Peters, J. M., Hastings, M. D., Zhu, Y., Arévalo, E., Seppä, P. Pedersen, J.
S., Zacchi, F. Queller, D. C. & Strassmann, J. E. 1998b. Ancient conservation of
trinucleotide microsatellite loci in polistine wasps. Molecular Phylogenetics and
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73. Ezenwa, V.O., Henshaw, M., Queller, D.C., & Strassmann, J.E. 1998a. Patterns of buzz
running, a swarm initiation behavior, in the neotropical wasp, Parachartergus
colobopterus. Insectes Sociaux 45: 445-455.
72. 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.
71. Arévalo, E., Strassmann, J. E., Queller, D. C. 1998. Conflicts of interest in social insects:
male production in two species of Polistes. Evolution.52: 797-805.
70. Peters, J.M., Queller, D.C., Imperatriz-Fonseca, V.L. & Strassmann, J.E. 1998.
Microsatellite loci for stingless bees. Molecular Ecology 7: 784-787.
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69. 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.
68. Field, J., Solís, C. R., Queller, D. C. & Strassmann, J. E. 1998. Social and genetic structure
of paper wasp cofoundress associations: tests of reproductive skew models. American
Naturalist.151: 545-563.
67. Solís, C.R., Hughes, C.R., Klingler, C.J., Strassmann J.E. & Queller, D.C. 1998. Lack of kin
discrimination during wasp colony fission. Behavioral Ecology 9:172-176.
66. Queller, D. C. and Strassmann J. E. 1998. Kin selection and social insects. Bioscience 48:
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65. Strassmann, J.E., Klingler, C. J., Arévalo, E., Zacchi, F., Husain, A., Williams, J., Seppä, P
& 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.
64. Queller, D.C. 1997. Why do females care more than males? Proceedings of the Royal
Society of London Series B 264: 1555-1557.
63. Strassmann, J.E., Peters, J.M., Barefield, K., Solís, C.R., Hughes, C. R., Queller, D.C. 1997.
Trinucleotide microsatellite loci and increased heterozygosity in cross species
applications in the social wasp, Polistes. Biochemical Genetics 35:273-279
62. Strassmann, J.E., Solís, C. R. Hughes, C. R., Goodnight, K. F. and Queller, D. C. 1997.
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Ecology and Sociobiology 40:71-77.
61. Strassmann, J.E., Barefield, K., Solís, C.R., Hughes, C.R., and Queller, D.C. 1997.
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60. Queller, D.C., Peters, J.M., Solís, C.R. & 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.
59. Queller, D.C. 1997. Pollen removal, paternity, and the male function of flowers. American
Naturalist 149:585-589.
58. Strassmann, J.E., Solís, C.R., Barefield, K. & Queller, D.C. 1996. Trinucleotide
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56. 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.
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55. 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
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54. Queller, D.C. 1996. The measurement and meaning of inclusive fitness. Animal
Behaviour 51: 229-232.
53. 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.
52. Strassmann, J.E., Queller, D.C. and Solís, C.R. 1995. Genetic relatedness and population
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51. 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
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50. Strassmann, J.E., Hughes C.R., Turillazzi, S., Solís, C.R. and Queller, D.C. 1994. Genetic
relatedness and incipient eusociality in stenogastrine wasps. Animal Behaviour
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49. Choudhary, M., Strassmann, J. E., Queller, D. C., Turillazzi, S. & Cervo, R. 1994. Are social
parasites in polistine wasps monophyletic or likely to have speciated sympatrically
from their hosts? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 257:31-35.
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48. Queller, D.C. 1994. Male-female conflict and parent-offspring conflict. American
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47. Queller, D.C. 1994. Extended parental care and the origin of eusociality. Proceedings of
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46. Queller, D.C. 1994. A method for detecting kin discrimination within natural colonies of
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45. Queller, D.C. 1994. Relatedness in viscous populations. Evolutionary Ecology 8:70-73.
44. Gastreich, K.R., Strassmann, J.E., and Queller, D.C. 1993. Determinants of high genetic
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43. Queller, D.C., Strassmann, J.E., Solís, C.R., Hughes, C.R. and DeLoach, D.M. 1993. A
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41. Queller, D.C. 1993. Genetic relatedness and its components in polygynous colonies of
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40. Queller, D.C. 1993. Worker control of sex ratios and selection for extreme multiple
matings by queens. American Naturalist 142:346-351.
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36. Queller, D.C., Negrón-Sotomayor, J.A., Strassmann, J.E. and Hughes, C.R. 1993. Queen
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International Congress of IUSSI, 1990, G.K Veeresh, B. Mallik and C.A. Viraktamath
(eds.), Oxford and IBH, New Delhi.
22. Strassmann, J.E., Queller, D.C., Hughes, C.R., Turillazzi, S., Cervo, R., Davis, S.K. and
Goodnight, K.F. 1989. Genetic relatedness in primitively eusocial wasps. Nature
342: 268-270.
21. Queller, D.C. 1989. Inclusive fitness in a nutshell. Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary
Biology 6:73-109.
20. Queller, D.C. 1989. The evolution of eusociality: reproductive head starts of workers.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 86:3224-3226.
19. Queller, D.C. and Goodnight, K.F. 1989. Estimation of genetic relatedness using allozyme
data. Evolution 43:258-275
18. Queller, D.C. and Strassmann, J.E. 1989. Measuring inclusive fitness in social wasps. pp.
103-122 In:The Genetics of Social Evolution, M. Breed and R. Page (eds.). Westview
Press.
17. Strassmann, J.E. and Queller, D.C. 1989. Ecological determinants of social evolution. pp.
81-101 In: The Genetics of Social Evolution, M. Breed and R. Page (eds.). Westview
Press.
16. Queller, D.C., Strassmann, J.E. and Hughes, C. R. 1988. Genetic relatedness in colonies of
tropical wasps with multiple queens. Science 242:1155-1157.
15. Strassmann, J.E., Queller, D.C. and Hughes, C.R. 1988. Predation and the evolution of
sociality in the paper wasp, Polistes bellicosus. Ecology 69:1497-1505.
14. Queller, D.C. and Strassmann, J.E. 1988. Reproductive success and group nesting in the
social wasp, Polistes annularis. pp. 76-96 In: Reproductive Success: Studies of
Individual Variation in Contrasting Breeding Systems, T.H. Clutton-Brock (ed.),
University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
13. Queller, D.C. and Strassmann, J.E. 1987. Selection on group nesting in foundresses of
Polistes annularis. pp. 333-334 In: Chemistry and Biology of Social Insects, J. Eder
and H. Rembold (eds.) Verlag J. Peperny, Munich.
12. Strassmann, J.E. Queller, D.C. and Hughes, C.R. 1987. Constraints on independent nesting
by Polistes foundresses in Texas. pp. 379-380. In: Chemistry and Biology of Social
Insects, J. Eder and H. Rembold (eds.) Verlag J. Peperny, Munich.
11. Queller, D.C. 1987. The evolution of leks through female choice. Animal Behaviour
35:1424-1432.
10. 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. 180195. In: Sexual Selection: Testing the Alternatives, J.W. Bradbury and M. Andersson
(eds.), Wiley, Chichester.
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9. 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.
8. Queller, D.C. 1985. Kinship, reciprocity, and synergism in the evolution of social behaviour.
Nature 318:366-367.
7. Queller, D.C. 1985. Proximate and ultimate causes of low fruit production in Asclepias
exaltata. Oikos 44:373-389.
6. Queller, D.C. 1984. Pollen-ovule ratios and hermaphrodite sexual allocation strategies.
Evolution 38:1148-1151.
5. Queller, D.C. 1984. Kin selection and frequency dependence: a game-theoretic approach.
Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 23:133-143.
4. Queller, D.C. 1984. Models of kin selection on seed provisioning. Heredity 53:151-165.
3. Queller, D.C. 1983. Sexual selection in a hermaphroditic plant. Nature 305:706-707.
2. Queller, D.C. 1983. Kin selection and conflict in seed maturation. Journal of Theoretical
Biology 100:153-172.
1. 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.
Book Reviews, Essays, Letters, Encyclopedias, News and Views etc: 36. Queller, D.C., Rong, S. & Liao, X. 2015. Some Agreement on Kin Selection and
Eusociality? PLoS Biology 13(4): e1002133. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002133
35. Queller, D.C. and Strassmann, J.E. 2014. Kin selection and inclusive fitness. pp 215-220 in
J. Losos (ed.), Princeton Guide to Evolution. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton NJ.
34. Strassmann, J.E. and Queller, D.C. 2014. Cooperation and Conflict: Microbes to Humans.
pp. 671-676 in J. Losos (ed.), Princeton Guide to Evolution. Princeton Univ. Press,
Princeton NJ.
33. Queller, D.C. 2013. Introduction to chapter 4: Parent-offspring Conflict and Manipulation,
In: K. Summers and B. Crespi (eds.), Human Social Evolution: The Foundational
Works of Richard D. Alexander, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
32. Queller, D.C. 2012. Two languages, one reality. Commentary of Steven Pinker’s “The
false allure of group selection”. Edge. http://edge.org/conversation/the-false-allure-ofgroup-selection.
31. Queller, D.C. 2012. Deep sociality. Book review of "Principles of Social Evolution" by
A.F.G. Bourke, Evolution 66:1671-1673.
30. Strassmann, J. E., Queller, D. C., Avise, J. C. Ayala F. J. 2011. In the Light of Evolution V:
Cooperation and conflict. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108:10887-10891.
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29. Queller, D.C. 2011. A gene’s eye view of Darwinian populations. Biology and Philosophy
26:905-913.
28. Queller, D.C. 2010. O Sting Where is thy Death? The Evolution of Altruism. Pp. 233-255
In: J. Losos (ed) In The light of Evolution: Essays from the Laboratory and the Field.
Roberts & Company, Greenwood Village, Colorado.
27. Strassmann, J.E. and Queller, D.C. 2010. The social organism: congresses, parties, and
committees. Evolution 64:605-616.
26. Queller, D.C. 2010. Kin selection and relatedness. In: M. Breed and J. Moore (eds.)
Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. Elsevier.
25. Queller, D.C. 2010. Selections from a life in social selection. Pp. 328-330 in: Székely, T.,
Moore, A.J. and Komdeur, J. (eds) Social Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution.
Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.
24. Queller, D.C. 2008. The wild side of yeast (News and Views). Nature 456, 589 –590.
23. Strassmann, J.E. and Queller, D.C. 2008. Social evolution: eggs lacking totipotency.
Current Biology 18 R299-R301.
22. Strassmann, J.E. and Queller, D.C. 2007. Altruism among amoebas. Natural History
116:24-29.
21. Queller, D.C. 2006. To work or not to work (News and Views). Nature 442: 42-43.
20. Foster, K.R., Wenseleers, T., Ratnieks, F.L,W. and Queller, D.C. 2006. There's nothing
wrong with inclusive fitness. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 21: 599-600.
19. Queller, D.C. 2006. Sex ratios and social evolution (Primer). Current Biology 16: R664R668.
18. Queller, D.C. and Strassmann, J.E. 2006. Models of cooperation (Commentary on
Lehmann/Keller target review). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19:1410-1412.
17. Queller, D.C. 2006. Dawkins's dangerous ideas. Review of "Richard Dawkins: How a
Scientist Changed the Way We Think" by A. Grafen and M. Ridley. Science 313:443444.
16. Queller, D.C. 2005. Males from Mars (News and Views). Nature 435:1167-1168.
15. Strassmann, J. E. and Queller, D. C. 2004. Sociobiology goes micro. ASM News 70:526532.
14. Strassmann, J. E. and Queller, D. C. 2004. Genetic conflicts and intercellular heterogeneity
(commentary). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17:1189-1191.
13. Queller, D.C. 2004. Kinship is relative (News and Views). Nature 430: 975.
12. Queller, D. C. and Strassmann, J. E. 2003. Eusociality. Current Biology 13: R861-863.
11. Queller, D.C. and Strassmann, J.E. 2002. A quick guide to kin selection. Current Biology
12: R832.
10. Strassmann, J.E. and Queller, D.C. 2001. Selfish responses by clone invaders. Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci. USA 98:11839-1841.
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9. Queller, D.C. 2001. Book review of: Defenders of the Truth: The Battle for Science in the
Sociobiology Debate and Beyond. U. Segerstråle. Quarterly Review of Biology
76:210-211.
8. Queller, D.C. 2001. W. D. Hamilton and the evolution of sociality. Behavioral Ecology
12:261-263.
7. Queller, D.C. 2000. Pax Argentinica (News and Views) Nature 405: 519-520.
6. Queller, D.C. 1999. Book review of: The Evolution of Sibling Rivalry, by D.W. Mock &
G.A. Parker. Animal Behaviour 57:262-263.
5. Queller, D.C. 1997. Cooperators since life began. Book review of: The Major Transitions in
Evolution, by J. Maynard Smith & E. Szathmáry. Quarterly Review of Biology
72:184-188
4. Queller, D.C. and Strassmann, J.E. 1991. Book review of: The Social Biology of Wasps. K.
G. Ross & R. W. Matthews (eds). Science 254:736-737.
3. Strassmann, J. E. and Queller, D. C. 1991. Correspondence on biological nomenclature.
Nature 352:100.
2. Queller, D.C. 1991. Group selection and kin selection. Trends in Ecology and Evolution
6:64.
1. Queller, D.C. 1989. Book review of: Plant Reproductive Ecology: Patterns and Strategies.
J. Lovett Doust and L. Lovett Doust (eds). Science 243:244.
Software: Goodnight, K.F. and Queller, D.C. 1995. Relatedness, version 5. Pascal program for Macintosh
computers. Estimates genetic relatedness and F-statistics using data from codominant
genes. Available at http://gsoft.smu.edu/GSoft.html
Goodnight, K.F. and Queller, D.C. 1996. Kinship. 1.2. Estimates maximum likelihood ratios for
testing hypotheses of relatedness. Available at http://gsoft.smu.edu/GSoft.html
Professional Presentations:
General models of the evolution of interspecific interactions. International Symbiosis Society
Meeting. Lisbon Portugal. July 13, 2015.
A Hamilton’s rule for mutualism. Poster. Gordon Conference on Animal-microbe symbioses.
Waterville Valley NH, June 25, 2015.
Organismality: what and why? Conference on organismality. Washington University in St.
Louis. May 21, 2015.
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Cooperation, conflict, fitness, and the evolution of eusociality. Penn State University, State
College PA, April 8, 2015.
Cooperation, conflict, fitness, and the evolution of eusociality. Iowa State University, Ames,
Iowa, March 12, 2015.
Altruism, cheating, and mutualism in social amoebas: evolution and mechanisms, Rockefeller
University, New York City. Jan 30, 2015.
Evolutionary Conflict and Fisher’s Fundamental Theorem. Winter Animal Behavior
Conference, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. January 21, 2015
The evolution of eusociality redux. Philosophy of Science Association Meeting, Chicago, Nov.
18, 2014.
The evolution of eusociality redux. HHMI/Janelia Farm Virginia, meeting on social dynamics,
Oct 15, 2014.
Nowak-style models refute Nowak’s conclusions about eusociality. International Union for the
Study of Social Insects IUSSI2014. Cairns, Australia. July 18. 2014.
Conflict and cooperation in social amoebas. Mountain Lake Biological Station, University of
Virginia. June 29, 2014.
Inclusive fitness and the evolution of eusociality. Guarda Course in Evolutionary Biology,
Guarda Switzerland. June 16, 2014.
Kin selection, cooperation, and conflict in a microbe. Department of Biology, Southern Illinois
University Edwardsville. April 14, 2014.
The path not (usually) taken: aggregative development in Dictyostelium. ICREA conference on
multicellularity, Barcelona Spain, Oct. 1, 2013.
Cancer and cell lineage selection in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. Second
International Biannual Evolution and Cancer Conference 2013, From Unicellularity to
Multicellularity and Back Again, University of California, San Francisco, June 15, 2013.
Dictyostelium development shows a novel pattern of evolutionary conservation. NESCent
workshop on multicellularity. Durham NC. May 6, 2013.
Cooperation and conflict in the social amoeba Dictyolstelium discoideum. Department of
Biology, University of Missouri, Columbia. March 13, 2013.
What is an organism (and why)? Conference on Cooperation and Major Evolutionary
Transitions, University of California at Santa Barbara, CA. Feb. 5, 2013.
The evolution of xenophobia. UC Santa Barbara Evolutionary Psychology Group, Santa Barbara
CA. Feb 1, 2013.
Relatedness and the fraternal major transitions. Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics,
University of California at Santa Barbara, CA. January 2013.
Cooperation and conflict in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. Genetics Department,
Washington University, Sept. 27, 2012.
Dictyostelium as an evolutionary model system for development. Dictyostelium 2012 Meeting.
Madrid, August 2, 2012.
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Dictyostelium as an evolutionary model system for development. Department of Zoology,
Oxford University, July 27 2012.
Cultural speciation and xenophobia as reinforcement, Origins Project Xenophobia Workshop.
Arizona State University, Tempe, March 30, 2012.
From so simple a beginning: Huxley, Mueller and biology at Rice. Scientia, Rice University,
Houston. Feb. 7, 2012.
A gene’s eye view of cooperation in social amoebas. Midwest Ecology and Evolution
Conference. Carbondale IL, April 2, 2011.
The varieties of social experience: kin, kith, and kind. National Academy of Sciences Sackler
Conference. In the Light of Evolution IV: Cooperation and conflict. Irvine, January 7,
2011.
Relatedness and the evolution of cooperation in social amoebas. San Houston State University,
November 4, 2010.
Cooperation and conflict in a social amoeba, Dictyostelium discoideum. University of Edinburgh,
Edinburgh, Scotland. September 29, 2010.
Cooperation and conflict in a social amoeba, Dictyostelium discoideum. Department of Biology,
University of Copenhagen. September 9, 2010.
Social insect evolution: the impact of kin selection theory. Max-Planck-Institut für
Evolutionsbiologie, Plön, Germany. September 2, 2010
The evolution of kin recognition: production, detection, and action. Poster. International Union
for the Study of Social Insects. IUSSI2010. Copenhagen, Denmark. August 12, 2010.
The evolutionary importance of chimerism and cheating. Dictyostelium 2010 Meeting. Cardiff,
Wales. August 2, 2010.
Crozier’s paradox and genetic kin recognition in a social amoeba. V European Conference on
Behavioral Biology. Ferrara Italy, July 17, 2010.
The evolution of kin recognition genes. University of Houston Networks Seminar, Houston,
April 9, 2010.
The evolution of social behavior in the amoeba, Dictyostelium discoideum. Department of
Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford UK, March 8, 2010.
Experimental evolution of cheating in D. discoideum. Rab Kay Lab, MRC Labortary of
Molecular Biology, Cambridge UK, March 3, 2010.
Dictyostelium discoideum as a model system for the evolution of development. Department of
Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Jan. 12, 2010.
Real selfish genes: the evolution of cooperation and cheating in a social amoeba. Department of
Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Jan. 11, 2010.
What is an organism? Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota. Dec. 11, 2009.
The selfish gene at the genetic level: Cooperation and cheating in social amoebas. Ecological
Genomics Symposium, Kansas State University, Kansas City, Kansas. Nov. 14, 2009.
Genomic imprinting and within-genome conflict. Physics Workshop, National Chung Hsing
University, Hui-Sun Forest Station, Taiwan. Nov. 1, 2009.
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The evolution of kin recognition genes. Physics Workshop, National Chung Hsing University,
Hui-Sun Forest Station, Taiwan, Oct. 31, 2009
Cooperation and conflict in biology. Physics Workshop, National Chung Hsing University, HuiSun Forest Station, Taiwan, Oct. 30, 2009
Genes for social evolution. Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. Oct.
28, 2009.
The evolution of kin recognition genes. Departimento di Biologia Animale e Genetica Universitá
degli Studi di Firenze. Florence, Italy. September 22, 2009.
The evolution of kin recognition genes. Evolution of cooperation: models and theories.
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. Laxenburg, Vienna. September 17,
2009.
Real Selfish Genes, Symposium in honor of Richard Dawkins. Animal Behavior Society
Meetings. Pirenópolis, Brazil, June 24, 2009.
What can social amoebae tell us about sociobiology? Life Sciences Institute Symposium.
Evolutionary Biology: 150 Years After the Origin. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
April 28 2009.
Green-beard genes. Workshop on genomic conflict, National Institute of Mathematical and
Biological Synthesis, Knoxville, TN, April 20, 2009.
The importance of social evolution. Origins Symposium: Exploring Forefront Questions at the
Edge of Knowledge. Arizona State University. Tempe. April 5, 2009.
Theory of genomic imprinting in social insects. Department of Entomology. Penn State
University, State College PA, March 5, 2009.
What can Dictyostelium discoideum tell us about sociobiology? Department of Zoology, Oregon
State University, Corvallis OR. February 9, 2009.
Beyond society: the evolution of organismicity. Royal Society of London, Symposium on the
Evolution of Society. Jan 19, 2009.
Polymorphic lag-genes and self-discrimination in Dictyostelium, Dictyostelium 2008
Conference, Tsukuba, Japan. Sept 17, 2008.
Social behavior in a genome organism. Lausanne Genomics Days, University of Lausanne,
Switzerland. Sept. 10, 2008.
Social behavior in a genome organism. 14th Annual European Meeting of PhD Students in
Evolutionary Biology, Einsiedeln, Switzerland. Sept. 9, 2008.
Down and dirty social behavior: cooperation and conflict in the amoeba Dictyostelium
discoideum, Lucian Symposium, St. Edward's University, Austin, April, 2008.
Kin selection, microbes to mammals. Evolution and Theology of Cooperation Conference,
Harvard University, Cambridge Mass. May 11, 2007.
Cooperation and cheating in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. American Society for
Microbiology Meetings, Toronto. May 24, 2007.
The peculiar design of insect societies. Entomological Society of America Meetings,
Indianapolis, Dec 12, 2006.
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Control of a cheater mutant by high relatedness in a social amoeba. DARPA Conference
Cooperation Among Microorganisms Sept. 25, 2006
Microsatellite evolution: mutation rates and variability. Dictyostelium 2006 Conference, Santa
Fe, New Mexico, Sept. 18, 2006
Sociobiology with genes: conflict and cooperation in a social amoeba. University of Michigan
Biological Station, Pellston MI. June 28, 2006
Sociobiology with genes: conflict and cooperation in a social amoeba. Universitá di Firenze,
Florence, Italy, June 21, 2006
The evolution of biological social systems. National Science Foundation, Washington DC, June
1, 2006
Sociobiology with genes: conflict and cooperation in a social amoeba. University of California
Irvine, Irvine, May 26, 2006
Sociobiology with genes: conflict and cooperation in a social amoeba. University of Utah, Salt
Lake City, March 24, 2006
Genes for cooperation and conflict in a social amoeba. University of Indiana, Bloomington,
January 2006.
Control of cheating by high relatedness. Dictyostelium 2005 Conference. Autrans, France,
August 2005.
Control of a cheater mutant by high relatedness in a social amoeba. Animal Behavior Society
Meetings, Snowbird, August 2005,
Control of a cheater mutant by high relatedness. Meeting on "Polistes paper wasps: the
emergence of a model genus". Talloires, France, April 2005.
Theory of genomic imprinting in social insects. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, March 2004.
Genes for social behavior in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. University of
Nebraska, Lincoln, March 2004.
Down and dirty social behavior: cooperation and conflict in the amoeba Dictyostelium
discoideum, Trinity University, San Antonio, April, 2004.
Genes for social behavior in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. Society for the Study
of Evolution Meetings, Fort Collins, June 2004.
Cooperation and conflict in the cellular slime mold, Dictyostelium discoideum, University of
Arizona, Tucson, April 2004.
Theory of genomic imprinting in social insects. Poster
. Gordon Conference on Genes and Behavior, Ventura CA, February 2004.
Cooperation and conflict in the cellular slime mold, Dictyostelium discoideum, University of
Chicago. November 2003.
Cooperation and conflict in the cellular slime mold, Dictyostelium discoideum, Baylor College
of Medicine, Houston. October 2003.October
Theory of genomic imprinting in social insects. International Congress of Genetics. Melbourne,
9 July 2003.
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A greenbeard gene is the social amoeba Dictostelium discoideum. Meetings of the Society for the
Study of Evolution, Chico CA, 24 June, 2003.
Theory of genomic imprinting in social insects. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
April 2003.
Cooperation and conflict in a social amoeba. University of Georgia, Athens, April 2003.
Evolution in Darwin's world: nasty, brutish, and short? Scientia, Rice University. 2002.
Genetic structure of natural Dictostelium discoideum populations: Sex, relatedness, dispersal,
and cooperation. Dictyostelium 2002 Conference. Palermo, Italy, 2002. 23 Sept
Cooperation and conflict in the cellular slime mold, Dictyostelium discoideum, Meetings of the
International Union for the Study of Social Insects, Sapporo, Japan. 2002. s
Genomic imprinting in social insects. Meetings of the Society for the Study of Evolution,
Champaign, 2002 June
Genomic imprinting in social insects. Symposium in honor of Richard D. Alexander, Ann
Arbor, 2002.
Reproductive competition in chimeras. Dictyostelium 2001 Conference. San Diego, 2001.
Adam Smith's invisible elbow: conservation for conservatives. Scientia, Rice University. Feb
2001.
Genomic imprinting and social insect evolution. Department of Biology, University of NevadaReno, 2001. Feb
W.D. Hamilton and kin selection. 8th International Behavioral Ecology Congress, Zurich, 2000.
July
Queen succession in the paper wasp, Polistes dominulus. 8th International Behavioral Ecology
Congress, Zurich, 2000. July
Unrelated helpers in the paper wasp, Polistes dominulus. Workshop of the European Social
Insect Group. Florence, Italy, 2000. July
Cooperation and conflict in the cellular slime mold, Dictyostelium discoideum, Meetings of the
Society for the Study of Evolution, Bloomington. 2000 June
Cooperation without relatedness; Polistes wasps and cellular slime molds. Department of
Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. 2000. April
Cooperation without relatedness; Polistes wasps and cellular slime molds. Department of
Entomology, University of California, Davis, California. 2000. March
Estimating genetic relatedness. Workshop on Relatedness: concept, measure and evolutionary
implications. La Sage, Switzerland. 1999.
Helping with and without relatedness in the wasp, Polistes dominulus. Workshop on
Relatedness: concept, measure and evolutionary implications. La Sage, Switzerland. 1999.
Mate number, kin selection and social conflicts is social bees. Meetings of the International
Union for the Study of Social Insects. Adelaide, Australia. 1999.
Mate number, kin selection and social conflicts is social bees. Department of Zoology,
University of Texas. Austin, Texas. 1998.
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Genetic relatedness in the paper wasp, Polistes dominulus: a test of skew theory. 7th
International Behavioral Ecology Congress, Asilomar, California, 1998. 28 July
Conflicts of interest in stingless bees and honey bees. Departimento di Biologia Animale e
Genetica, Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy, 1998. June
Differences in social structure between honey bees and stingless bees. Workshop on the
Interplay of Ultimate and Proximate Causes of Sociality. Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New
Mexico, 1998. January
Collective worker interests in social wasps. Department of Entomology, Texas A & M
University, College Station, 1997. (October)
Two paths to sociality. Meetings of North American Section of the International Union for the
Study of Social Insects. Nederland, Colorado, 1997. Sept (September)
Collective worker interests in Polistes wasps, Workshop of the European Social Insect Group.
Mols, Denmark, 1997. (June)
Lack of worker control of reproduction in Polistes wasps. Kinship Theory Workshop, Mols,
Denmark, 1997. June
Microsatellite DNA analysis of kin-selected strategies in a low-relatedness social wasp,
Parachartergus colobopterus. Behavioral Ecology Meetings, Canberra, Australia, 1996.
Oct
Who gets to reproduce in social insect colonies: suppression versus conventional settlement. Il
Encontro Sobre Abelhas, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, 1996. June
The evolution of sociality in insects. Mathematics Dept., Rice University, 1996. April
Genetic structure and conflicts of interest in social wasps. Museum of Zoology. University of
Michigan, 1996. April
Maternity assignment and conflicts of interest in Polistes annularis.April Meetings of the
Society for the Study of Evolution, Montreal, 1995.June
Cooperation and conflict in social wasps. University of Maryland, College Park, 1995.
Genetic structure and sociality. University of Lausanne, Switzerland, 1994. Sept
Worker-queen conflict over queen succession in Polistes annularis. 12th International Congress
of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects, Paris, 1994. Aug
Demographic advantages of eusociality. Center of Demographic and Population Genetics,
University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, 1993. Dec 8
Demographic advantages of eusociality. Symposium of the Centro Fiorentino de Storia e
Filosophia della Scienza. Castiglioncello, Italy 1993. Oct.
Parent-offspring conflict: the continuation of sexual selection by other means? ASN vicepresidential symposium. Meetings of the American Society of Naturalists. Snowbird,
Utah, 1993. June
Highly variable microsatellite loci in a social wasp. Poster. Meetings of International Society
for Behavioral Ecology, Princeton, 1992.
A simple and general model of kin selection. Meetings of the Society for the Study of Evolution,
Berkeley, 1992.
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Relatedness with Mendelian markers. Symposium on Molecular and Mathematical Approaches
to Genealogical Analysis and Strain Identification. Rutgers University, New Brunswick,
1992.
Queen number and genetic relatedness in tropical wasps. Meetings of the Society for the Study
of Evolution, Hilo, Hawaii, 1991.
Queen number and genetic relatedness in tropical wasps. University of Oklahoma, Norman,
1991.
Within-colony kin recognition in social insects, Entomological Society of America Meetings,
New Orleans, 1990.
Estimating genetic relatedness in social insects, Harvard University, 1990.
Within-colony kin recognition in social insects, Center for Demographic and Population
Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, 1990.
Relatedness and altruism in social wasps. University of Georgia. Athens. 1989.
Relatedness and altruism in primitively eusocial wasps. University of Arizona. Tucson. 1989.
Genetic relatedness and the evolution of altruism in primitively eusocial wasps. Meetings of the
Society for the Study of Evolution. State College, 1989.
Relatedness and altruism in social wasps. Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida,
1989.
The evolution of social interactions. University of Houston, Houston, 1989.
Quantitative genetic models of social evolution. University of Chicago, Chicago, 1989.
Reproductive head starts and the evolution of eusociality, Animal Behavior Society Meetings,
Missoula, 1988.
Measuring inclusive fitness in social wasps, Entomological Society of America Meetings,
Boston, 1987.
Estimating relatedness from electophoretic data, Meetings of the Society for the Study of
Evolution, Bozeman, 1987.
Kinship, reciprocity, and synergism in the evolution of social behavior, University of California,
Davis, 1987.
Conditional Strategies in natural populations of the social wasp, Polistes bellicosus. University
of Missouri, Columbia, 1987.
Conditional strategies in natural populations of the social wasp, Polistes bellicosus. Purdue
University, West Lafayette, 1986.
Selection on group nesting in foundresses of Polistes annularis, 10th International Congress of
the International Union for the Study of Social Insects, Munich, FRG, 1986.
Kin selection, inclusive fitness, and the evolution of social behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca,
1986.
Kinship, reciprocity, and synergism in the evolution of social behavior, Young Investigator
Symposium, American Society of Naturalists Meeting, Chicago, 1985.
The evolution of social interactions; a synthetic model, Univ. of Indiana, Bloomington,1985.
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An exact and general theory of inclusive fitness, University of Arizona, Tucson, 1985.
Kin selection in plants, University of Georgia, Athens, 1985.
Kin selection and conflict in seed maturation, University of Houston, Houston, 1984.
Hamilton's rule for non-additive interactions in kin selection, Center for Demographic and
Population Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, 1984.
Towards a general inclusive fitness theory, University of Sussex, Brighton, England, 1984.
Towards a general inclusive fitness theory, Society for the Study of Evolution Meeting, Crested
Butte, 1984.
Sexual selection in the milkweed, Asclepias exaltata, U. California, San Diego, 1984.
The evolution of social interactions in plants, University of California, Irvine, 1984.
Sexual selection in a hermaphroditic plant, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, 1984.
Kin selection and frequency dependence: a game theoretic approach. Population Genetics Group
Meeting, Southampton, England, 1984.
Sexual selection in Asclepias exaltata, University of York, York, England, 1983.
Kin selection and conflict in plants, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 1983
Sexual competition in a hermaphroditic plant, Univ. of Rochester, Rochester NY, 1983.
Male and female reproductive success and sexual selection in a hermaphroditic plant, Ecological
Society of America Meeting, College Park PA, 1982.
Sexual selection in plants, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1979.
Postdoctoral Fellows and Visiting Scholars:
Colin R. Hughes, Ph.D. 1989 Current Position: Faculty, Florida Atlantic University
Carlos R. Solís, 1993. Ph.D. Current Position: Rice University Information Technology in
charge of teaching technology
Madhusudan Choudhury 1989-1991 Huxley Fellow, Current Position: Assistant Professor,
Biology Department, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas
Lisa Wooninck, visiting graduate student from Univ. California-Santa Barbara 1992
Keith F. Goodnight, Ph.D. 1994-7, Current Position: Novelist (The Child)
Jeremy Field 1994-1995 Huxley Fellow, Current Postion: Professor of Evolutionary Biology,
University of Sussex, UK
Elisabeth Arévalo 1994-1998 Postdoc, Funding: NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research
Fellowship, Conflicts of interest in genetic relatedness in social wasps. Current Position
(7/98): Associate Professor, Providence College, Providence RI.
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Perttu Seppä, 1995-1996 Postdoc, Funding: Academy of Finland, Natural Sciences Research
Council, Partitioning of Reproduction in Social Insects. Current Position: Principal
Investigator, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Jes Pedersen 1995, Funding: grad student, Danish Research Academy and Univesity of
Aarhus Faculty of Natural Sciences. Current Position: Assistant Research Professor,
University of Copenhagen.
Barry Sullender 1996-2000, Huxley Fellow, Current Position: Assistant Professor,
Department of Natural Sciences, University of Houston/Downtown
Aviva Liebert April 1999, Grad student, Funding: Fellowship from Univ. Calif. Los Angeles.
Kimie Simokomaki, July- Aug. 1999, Postdoc, Funding, FAPESP (Brazil)
Kevin Foster Jan. 2001-2004. Huxley Fellow. Professor of Evolutionary Biology and tutor at
Magdalen College, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
Natasha Mehdiabadi Aug. 2002 - 2006 NSF Micro. Biol. Postdoc, Current Position:
Research Associate: Smithsonian Institution, Entomology, National Museum of Natural
History and University of Maryland, Washington DC and College Park Maryland.
Christopher Williams, summer 2005 (Bioinformatics York University MS)
David Gilley Feb. 2006; Associate Professor, Department of Biology, William Paterson
University
Ana Leticiao Fernandez Jan. – July 2006
Marcus Kronforst Aug 2004 – 2008 Neubaurer Family Assistant Professor, Department of
Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago
Jun Tan August 2007 – August 2008
Elizabeth Ostrowski Oct. 2005 – Oct. 2009 Assistant Professor, Department of Bioogy and
Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston Texas.
Gerda Saxer Oct. 2005 – June 2011 Faculty Fellow, Rice University
Neil Buttery August 2010 – August 2012
Xiangjun Tian July 2007 – February 2013 Research Associate, Baylor College of Medicine
jeff smith June 2010 – present
Debbie Brock August 2011 – present
Susanne DiSalvo January 2013 – present NIH NRSA postdoc
Suegene Noh June 2013 – present
Tamara Haselkorn 2014 – present
Fredrik Inglis 2014 – present
Graduate Students:
Keith F. Goodnight, Ph.D. 1994 Current Position: Novelist (The Child)
C. Jenifer Klingler, MA 1994 Current Position: Poet and Trailrunner, Bishop CA
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Jeanne A. Zeh, Ph.D. 1996 NSF IBN95-20861 Interpopulation crosses and postcopulatory
sexual selection: a molecular genetic analysis. 1995. NSF Predoctoral fellowship,
$10,000. Current Position: Professor, Department of ecology, evolution and
conservation biology, University of Nevada, Reno.
Debbie Moralez DeLoach Ph.D. 1997 Breeding success, mating success, and mating
strategies of the northern mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos. Research support: NSF
DEB-9212845 Dissertation research: Song and Mating patterns in the Northern
Mockingbird. 1992.
Steve Quach MA 1997, Maternity and cyclical oligogyny in a colony of Parachartergus
colobopterus. UTMB Med School Faculty.
Francesca Zacchi Ph.D. 1998, Genetic structure of Polistes dominulus foundress
associations. Outside Funding: Univ. Florence. Current position with Eli Lilly in
Florence, Italy
Michael Henshaw Ph.D. 2000 NSF Predoctoral Fellowship; Wray Todd Fellowship
Collective worker control in the African social wasp, Polybioides tabidus (Postdoc,
James Cook U., Australia, currently Associate professor, Department of Biology, Grand
Valley State University.
Yong Zhu Ph.D. 2000 Wray Todd Fellowship The origin of microsatellites and their
application to the study of social evolution in the cellular slime mold, Dictyostelium
discoideum, currently Associate Professor Yale School of Public Health
Dirk Jan Ronhaar 1999-2001. Wray Todd Fellowship (teaching biology in Costa Rica)
Eva Tóth Ph.D. 2002. Wray Todd Fellowship Conflict over male production in stingless
bees (last position: Instructor Turks and Caicos islands)
Angelo Fortunato Ph.D. 2002. Wray Todd Fellowship Evolutionary conflict in chimeras of
the social amoeba, dictyostelium discoideum (Junior Faculty, Florence, Italy)
Monica Landi Ph.D. 2002. Wray Todd Fellowship, Reproductive conflicts in the social
wasp, Eustenogaster fraterna, and in the social amoeba, Dictyostelium discoideum PostDoctal Researcher, Centro de biologia molecular e ambiental, Biology Department,
Universidade do Minho, Portugal.
Thomas Platt M. A. 2003. Environmental heterogeneity and the coexistence of cheaters and
victims in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. Ph.D. 2011. University of
Indiana, current: Assistant Professor Kansas State University
Margaret Smith M. A. 2003. M. A. Claire Booth Luce Fellowship. Genotypic diversity and
population structure in Dictyostelium discoideum. Current: Science Librarian
Andrea Lasagni M. A. 2005. MS consultant Florence Italy
Wendee Holtcamp M. A. 2005 NSF Predoctoral Fellowship. Current: freelance
environmental writer moved to Uganda
Lorenzo Santorelli Ph.D. 2007. Research Fellow, Zoology Department, University of
Oxford, Fellow St. Cross College.
Clea Scala M.A. 2007. Tutor, Rome, Italy
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Sara Middlemist Ph.D. 2008 Howard Hughes Predoc Fellowship, High school teacher
David Castillo Ph.D. 2008. High school teacher, Houston TX
Owen Gilbert (Ph.D. 2011) University of Texas at Austin
Jennie Kuzdzal (Ph.D. 2010) M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Sara Kalla (Ph.D. 2011) Cornell University postdoc
Debbie Brock (Ph.D. 2011) Research Scientist, Wash U.
Chandra Jack (Ph.D. 2011) Beacon Postdoctoral Fellow, Michigan State University.
Washington University in St. Louis graduate students
Tracy Edwards (current)
Katherine Geist (current) NSF predoctoral fellowship
Jason Scott (current)