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Wagner, B., Slipogor, V., Oh, J., Varga, M., &; Hoeschele, M. (2023). A comparison between common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) and human infants sheds light on traits proposed to be at the root of human octave equivalence. Developmental Science. Wiley.https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13395 

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Stockmaier, S., Ulrich, Y., Albery, G. F., Cremer, S., &; Lopes, P. C. (2023). Behavioural defences against parasites across host social structures. Functional Ecology. British Ecological Society.https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14310 

Franschitz, A. (2023). Individual and social immunity against viral infections in ants. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13984 

Cremer, S., &; Sixt, M. K. (2022). Principles of disease defence in organisms, superorganisms and societies. Nature Reviews Immunology. Springer Nature.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41577-022-00797-y 

Casillas Perez, B. E., Pull, C., Naiser, F., Naderlinger, E., Matas, J., &; Cremer, S. (2022). Early queen infection shapes developmental dynamics and induces long-term disease protection in incipient ant colonies. Ecology Letters. Wiley.https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13907 

Metzler, S. (2022). Pathogen-mediated sexual selection and immunization in ant colonies. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:10727 

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Goehlich, H., Sartoris, L., Wagner, K.-S., Wendling, C. C., &; Roth, O. (2021). Pipefish locally adapted to low salinity in the Baltic Sea retain phenotypic plasticity to cope with ancestral salinity levels. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Frontiers Media.https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.626442 

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Narasimhan, M., Johnson, A. J., Prizak, R., Kaufmann, W., Tan, S., Casillas Perez, B. E., &; Friml, J. (2020). Evolutionarily unique mechanistic framework of clathrin-mediated endocytosis in plants. ELife. eLife Sciences Publications.https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.52067 

Milutinovic, B., Stock, M., Grasse, A. V., Naderlinger, E., Hilbe, C., &; Cremer, S. (2020). Social immunity modulates competition between coinfecting pathogens. Ecology Letters. Wiley.https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13458 

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Kutzer, M., Kurtz, J., &; Armitage, S. A. O. (2019). A multi-faceted approach testing the effects of previous bacterial exposure on resistance and tolerance. Journal of Animal Ecology. Wiley.https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12953 

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Cremer, S. (2019). Pathogens and disease defense of invasive ants. Current Opinion in Insect Science. Elsevier.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2019.03.011 

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Casillas Perez, B. E. (2019). Collective defenses of garden ants against a fungal pathogen. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:6435 

Konrad, M., Pull, C., Metzler, S., Seif, K., Naderlinger, E., Grasse, A. V., &; Cremer, S. (2018). Ants avoid superinfections by performing risk-adjusted sanitary care. PNAS. National Academy of Sciences.https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713501115 

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Viljakainen, L., Jurvansuu, J., Holmberg, I., Pamminger, T., Erler, S., &; Cremer, S. (2018). Social environment affects the transcriptomic response to bacteria in ant queens. Ecology and Evolution. Wiley.https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4573 

Cremer, S., Pull, C., &; Fürst, M. (2018). Social immunity: Emergence and evolution of colony-level disease protection. Annual Review of Entomology. Annual Reviews.https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043110 

Stroeymeyt, N., Grasse, A. V., Crespi, A., Mersch, D., Cremer, S., &; Keller, L. (2018). Social network plasticity decreases disease transmission in a eusocial insect. Science. AAAS.https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat4793 

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Giehr, J., Grasse, A. V., Cremer, S., Heinze, J., &; Schrempf, A. (2017). Ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection. Royal Society Open Science. Royal Society, The.https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170547 

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Cremer, S. (2017). Invasive Ameisen in Europa: Wie sie sich ausbreiten und die heimische Fauna verändern. Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil.

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Kappeler, P., Cremer, S., &; Nunn, C. (2015). Sociality and health: Impacts of sociality on disease susceptibility and transmission in animal and human societies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. Royal Society.https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2014.0116 

Novak, S., &; Cremer, S. (2015). Fungal disease dynamics in insect societies: Optimal killing rates and the ambivalent effect of high social interaction rates. Journal of Theoretical Biology. Elsevier.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.02.018 

Mcmahon, D., Fürst, M., Caspar, J., Theodorou, P., Brown, M., &; Paxton, R. (2015). A sting in the spit: Widespread cross-infection of multiple RNA viruses across wild and managed bees. Journal of Animal Ecology. Wiley.https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12345 

Theis, F., Ugelvig, L. V., Marr, C., &; Cremer, S. (2015). Opposing effects of allogrooming on disease transmission in ant societies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. Royal Society, The.https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2014.0108 

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Konrad, M., Grasse, A. V., Tragust, S., &; Cremer, S. (2015). Anti-pathogen protection versus survival costs mediated by an ectosymbiont in an ant host. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences. The Royal Society.https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1976 

Westhus, C., Ugelvig, L. V., Tourdot, E., Heinze, J., Doums, C., &; Cremer, S. (2015). Data from: Increased grooming after repeated brood care provides sanitary benefits in a clonal ant. Dryad.https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.7kc79 

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