Adria C. LeBoeuf

The paper presents draft genome assemblies for two ant species, analyzing genome size variation and gene family expansions related to brood management strategies.

The paper investigates the genomic diversity and metabolic traits of Fructilactobacillus isolates from honeypot ant crop microbiomes and identifies factors contributing to their dominance.

The paper tests if toxin structure affects palatability in Heliconius sara larvae, finding cyclopentenyl cyanogenic glucosides are more deterrent than aliphatic ones in predator assays.

This study reconstructs the evolutionary history of sperm across 32 species, identifying a conserved core of gene families and linking ancient sperm components to human infertility.

This study shows that uni-obligate endosymbionts have lost metabolic genes present in free-living bacteria and bi-obligate endosymbionts, suggesting a stochastic ratchet model for endosymbiotic fate.

The paper shows that metabolic division of labour in burying beetles changes plastically and evolves when post-hatching care is removed, with larvae from populations without care being more successful in carrion consumption and survival.

This study shows that administering juvenile hormone to ant larvae via social regurgitation increases their body size and nutritional needs, leading to larger adult workers.