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Andrew F. G. Bourke is affiliated with the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. Their scholarly work is primarily situated within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader disciplines, their research focuses on subfields including Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Sociology and Political Science, and Aging.

Their research topics span Plant and Animal Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Insect and Pesticide Research, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Insect Utilization and Effects, Insect Behavior and Control Techniques, and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation.

They have contributed a number of papers to scientific literature, among which the following recent publications are notable:

  • Gene expression during larval caste determination and differentiation in intermediately eusocial bumblebees, and a comparative analysis with advanced eusocial honeybees, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • Conflict and conflict resolution in the major transitions, 2023, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Costs of reproduction are present but latent in eusocial bumblebee queens, 2023, BMC Biology
  • Developmental Diet Alters the Fecundity-Longevity Relationship and Age-Related Gene Expression in Drosophila melanogaster, 2023, The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • No severe genetic bottleneck in a rapidly range-expanding bumblebee pollinator, 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Tracey Chapman
  • David H. Collins
  • David Prince
  • Jenny L. Donelan
  • Emily R. Churchill

Andrew F. G. Bourke's work appears often in publication venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • BMC Biology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Molecular Ecology

Best Publications

  • Principles of Social Evolution

    Andrew F. G. Bourke

  • The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization

    Ben M Sadd;Ben M Sadd;Seth M Barribeau;Seth M Barribeau;Guy Bloch;Dirk C. de Graaf

  • The influence of sociality on the conservation biology of social insects

    Roselle E. Chapman;Andrew F. G. Bourke

  • Hamilton's rule and the causes of social evolution.

    Andrew F. G. Bourke

  • Alternative adaptations, sympatric speciation and the evolution of parasitic, inquiline ants

    Andrew F. G. Bourke;Nigel R. Franks

  • The validity and value of inclusive fitness theory.

    Andrew F. G. Bourke

  • Bumblebee family lineage survival is enhanced in high-quality landscapes

    Claire Carvell;Andrew F. G. Bourke;Stephanie Dreier;Stephanie Dreier;Stephen N. Freeman

  • The Ecology of Communal Breeding: The Case of Multiple-Queen Leptothoracine Ants

    Andrew F. G. Bourke;Jürgen Heinze

  • Genetic analysis of spatial foraging patterns and resource sharing in bumble bee pollinators

    R. E. Chapman;J. Wang;A. F. G. Bourke

  • Kin Selection and the Evolutionary Theory of Aging

    Andrew F. G. Bourke

  • Kin conflict over caste determination in social Hymenoptera

    Andrew F. G. Bourke;Francis L. W. Ratnieks

  • Cuckoos and parasitic ants: Interspecific brood parasitism as an evolutionary arms race

    N.B. Davies;Andrew F.G. Bourke;M. de L. Brooke

  • Landscape context not patch size determines bumble-bee density on flower mixtures sown for agri-environment schemes

    Matthew S. Heard;Claire Carvell;N. L. Carreck;Peter Rothery

  • Bumble bee species' responses to a targeted conservation measure depend on landscape context and habitat quality

    C. Carvell;J. L. Osborne;A. F. G. Bourke;S. N. Freeman

  • Effects of habitat composition and landscape structure on worker foraging distances of five bumble bee species.

    John William Redhead;Stephanie Dreier;Stephanie Dreier;Andrew F. G. Bourke;Matthew S. Heard

  • Social parasitism by male-producing reproductive workers in a eusocial insect.

    Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde;J. Will Koning;Ruth M. Brown;William C. Jordan

  • Parentage, reproductive skew and queen turnover in a multiple-queen ant analysed with microsatellites.

    Andrew F. G. Bourke;Harriet A. A. Green;Michael W. Bruford

  • Worker matricide in social bees and wasps

    Andrew F.G. Bourke

  • Colony size predicts division of labour in attine ants

    Henry Ferguson-Gow;Henry Ferguson-Gow;Henry Ferguson-Gow;Seirian Sumner;Andrew F. G. Bourke;Kate E. Jones;Kate E. Jones

  • Kin-selected conflict in the bumble-bee Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae).

    A F G Bourke;F L W Ratnieks

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew S. Heard
Matthew S. Heard Rothamsted Research
Tamas Dalmay
Tamas Dalmay University of East Anglia
Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde
Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Christine G. Elsik
Christine G. Elsik University of Missouri
Evgeny M. Zdobnov
Evgeny M. Zdobnov Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Mark Blaxter
Mark Blaxter Wellcome Sanger Institute
Roderic Guigó
Roderic Guigó Pompeu Fabra University
Steven L. Salzberg
Steven L. Salzberg Johns Hopkins University
Donna M. Muzny
Donna M. Muzny Baylor College of Medicine
Richard A. Gibbs
Richard A. Gibbs Baylor College of Medicine

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