Host and Microbe Scale Processes Shape Spatial Variation in Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Genetics and Their Microbiota
Daniel A. Malagon, Benjamin Thomas Camper, Sophie Millard, Curt W. Harden, Ernesto Recuerdo Gil, Michael S. Caterino, Maslyn Ann Greene, Anna Maria Seekatz, Seth R. Bordenstein, Sarah R. Bordenstein, Sharon Anne Bewick
This study examines how host and microbe-scale environmental selection and dispersal shape genetic and microbiota variation in Aphaenogaster ants across space.
bioRxiv · Aug 11, 2025 · PreprintEcology