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Zimai Li

Max Planck Institute for Chemical EcologyORCID 0000-0002-4464-951XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Ecology· 1

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Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Yuko UlrichiD· 2 shared Bruno LemaîtreiD· 1 shared Daniel KnebeliD· 1 shared Daniel Veit· 1 shared Florent MassoniD· 1 shared Giselher GrabenwegeriD· 1 shared Jean KelleriD· 1 shared Martin KaltenpothiD· 1 shared

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EcologybioRxivPreprintSep 27, 2025

A Controlled Test of Risk-Dependent Immune Investment in a Clonal Ant

Zimai Li, Tze Hann Ng, Jean Keller…·Yuko Ulrich

The paper tests if high-risk social insect workers invest more in immune defenses but finds no evidence for risk-dependent immune investment in clonal ants.

DOI 10.1101/2025.09.27.678936

multiple speciesbulk RNA-seq

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Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprintFeb 16, 2024

Division of labour underlies efficient colony defence in a clonal ant

Zimai Li, Qi Wang, Daniel Knebel…·Yuko Ulrich

This study links division of labour to colony defence efficiency in clonal ants, showing that behavioural variation within colonies enhances defence effectiveness regardless of social environment.

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experimental assay

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