Patrick Krapf

The paper tests how below-ground ants navigate using pheromones in different conditions and finds they move faster underground but pheromones don't affect decision accuracy or aggression.

The paper investigates the loss of a supergene haplotype in obligately polygynous Formica ants using comparative genomics and finds that the derived haplotype P is absent in two species except for duplicated paralogs of specific genes.

This study shows that hybrid wood ants outperform their parent species in warming climates and have expanded their range northward due to climate change.

The paper identifies genomic signatures of adaptation to high-altitude environments in the ant Tetramorium alpestre and links them to physiological adaptations.