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Dynamic pathogen detection and social feedback shape collective hygiene in ants
B.E. Casillas Perez, K. Bodova, A.V. Grasse, G. Tkačik, S. Cremer, Nature Communications 14 (2023).

Early queen infection shapes developmental dynamics and induces long-term disease protection in incipient ant colonies
B.E. Casillas Perez, C. Pull, F. Naiser, E. Naderlinger, J. Matas, S. Cremer, Ecology Letters 25 (2022) 89–100.

Early queen infection shapes developmental dynamics and induces long-term disease protection in incipient ant colonies
B.E. Casillas Perez, C. Pull, F. Naiser, E. Naderlinger, J. Matas, S. Cremer, (2021).

Pathogen evasion of social immunity
M. Stock, B. Milutinovic, M. Hönigsberger, A.V. Grasse, F. Wiesenhofer, N. Kampleitner, M. Narasimhan, T. Schmitt, S. Cremer, Nature Ecology and Evolution 7 (2023) 450–460.

Trade-offs between immunity and competitive ability in fighting ant males
S. Metzler, J. Kirchner, A.V. Grasse, S. Cremer, BMC Ecology and Evolution 23 (2023).

Frequent horizontal chromosome transfer between asexual fungal insect pathogens
M. Habig, A.V. Grasse, J. Müller, E.H. Stukenbrock, H. Leitner, S. Cremer, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 121 (2024).

Collective defenses of garden ants against a fungal pathogen
B.E. Casillas Perez, Collective Defenses of Garden Ants against a Fungal Pathogen, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019.

Pathogen-mediated sexual selection and immunization in ant colonies
S. Metzler, Pathogen-Mediated Sexual Selection and Immunization in Ant Colonies, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022.