Kip D. Lacy

The paper shows that the clonal raider ant, Ooceraea biroi, occasionally reproduces sexually, generating new genetic combinations and potentially overcoming asexuality costs.

The paper identifies a conserved CSD locus in Ooceraea biroi where heterozygosity triggers female development, showing evolutionary conservation across ant species.

The paper shows that unselfish meiotic drive prevents loss of heterozygosity in the clonal raider ant by ensuring crossover products are co-inherited.

The paper shows that ants use a single glomerulus to encode alarm pheromones, indicating stereotyped and narrow tuning for these signals.