Jessica Purcell

The paper identifies genetic elements within a supergene that influence queen number and body size in Formica lemani by analyzing haplotype-phenotype associations and gene flux.

The paper shows epistasis between two unlinked supergenes in ants maintains linkage disequilibrium despite independent assortment.

The paper shows two supergenes in Formica cinerea coordinate dispersal morphology, mating, and colony founding into coherent reproductive strategies.

The paper identifies two independent origins of an MD haplotype in Formica ants, showing convergent evolution from recombination between ancestral supergene haplotypes.

The paper examines how environmental variation affects the distribution of phenotypic and genetic traits in the ant species Formica podzolica, revealing variation in supergene haplotype frequencies and phenotypic mismatches along a latitudinal gradient.