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Overview

Kenneth G. Ross is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the biological sciences with an emphasis on Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Insect Science, and Molecular Biology.

The topics covered in their research include:

  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation
  • Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology

They have published several papers, notable recent works include:

  • Evolution of a supergene that regulates a trans-species social polymorphism, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Radiation and hybridization underpin the spread of the fire ant social supergene, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Characterization of Queen Supergene Pheromone in the Red Imported Fire Ant Using Worker Discrimination Assays, 2021, Journal of Chemical Ecology
  • Simple inheritance, complex regulation: Supergene-mediated fire ant queen polymorphism, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • The Role of Polycystic Kidney Disease-Like Homologs in Planarian Nervous System Regeneration and Function, 2024, Integrative Organismal Biology

Frequent co-authors in their research projects include:

  • Brendan G. Hunt
  • Haolin Zeng
  • Samuel V. Arsenault
  • Laurent Keller
  • Quentin Helleu

Their work is often published in respected academic venues such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Journal of Chemical Ecology, Integrative Organismal Biology, and G3 Genes Genomes Genetics.

Best Publications

  • Selfish genes: a green beard in the red fire ant

    Laurent Keller;Kenneth G. Ross

  • Global Invasion History of the Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta

    Marina S. Ascunce;Marina S. Ascunce;Chin-Cheng Yang;Chin-Cheng Yang;Jane Oakey;Luis Calcaterra

  • Identification of a major gene regulating complex social behavior.

    Michael J. B. Krieger;Kenneth G. Ross

  • Molecular ecology of social behaviour: analyses of breeding systems and genetic structure.

    Kenneth G. Ross

  • Regulation of Reproduction in Eusocial Hymenoptera

    David J. C. Fletcher;Kenneth G. Ross

  • ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION: Insights from Fire Ants and Other Highly Eusocial Insects

    Kenneth G. Ross;Laurent Keller

  • Genetic control of social organization in an ant

    Kenneth G. Ross;Laurent Keller

  • Phenotypic plasticity and “cultural transmission” of alternative social organizations in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta

    Laurent Keller;Laurent Keller;Kenneth G. Ross

  • GENETIC ORIGIN OF MALE DIPLOIDY IN THE FIRE ANT, SOLENOPSIS INVICTA (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE), AND ITS EVOLUTIONARY SIGNIFICANCE.

    Kenneth G. Ross;David J. C. Fletcher

  • The breeding system of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta: effects on colony genetic structure.

    Kenneth G. Ross

  • Diploid male production — a significant colony mortality factor in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Kenneth G. Ross;David J. C. Fletcher

  • Effect of a founder event on variation in the genetic sex-determining system of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta.

    K G Ross;E L Vargo;L Keller;J C Trager

  • BIOCHEMICAL PHENOTYPIC AND GENETIC STUDIES OF TWO INTRODUCED FIRE ANTS AND THEIR HYBRID (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE).

    Kenneth G. Ross;Robert K. Vander Meer;David J. C. Fletcher;Edward L. Vargo

  • Species Delimitation: A Case Study in a Problematic Ant Taxon

    Kenneth G. Ross;Dietrich Gotzek;Marina S. Ascunce;D. DeWayne Shoemaker

  • Social evolution in a new environment: the case of introduced fire ants

    Kenneth G. Ross;Edward L. Vargo;Laurent Keller

  • Multilocus Evolution in Fire Ants: Effects of Selection, Gene Flow and Recombination

    Kenneth G. Ross

  • Differential reproduction in multiple-queen colonies of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    K. G. Ross

  • Assessing genetic structure with multiple classes of molecular markers: a case study involving the introduced fire ant Solenopsis invicta.

    K. G. Ross;D. D. Shoemaker;M. J. B. Krieger;C. J. Deheer

  • Wolbachia infections in native and introduced populations of fire ants (Solenopsis spp.).

    D. DeWayne Shoemaker;Kenneth G. Ross;L. Keller;E. L. Vargo

  • Hierarchical Analysis of Genetic Structure in Native Fire Ant Populations: Results From Three Classes of Molecular Markers

    Kenneth G. Ross;Michael J. B. Krieger;D. DeWayne Shoemaker;Edward L. Vargo

  • Genetic control of social organization in an ant (fire antsypolygynyysocial behaviorysocial evolutionySolenopsis invicta)

    Kenneth G. Ross;Laurent Keller

Frequent Co-Authors

DeWayne Shoemaker
DeWayne Shoemaker University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Laurent Keller
Laurent Keller University of Lausanne
Edward L. Vargo
Edward L. Vargo Texas A&M University
John Wang
John Wang National University of Singapore
James M. Carpenter
James M. Carpenter American Museum of Natural History
Michael R. Strand
Michael R. Strand University of Georgia
Michael L. Arnold
Michael L. Arnold University of Georgia
James P. Pitts
James P. Pitts Utah State University
John H. Werren
John H. Werren University of Rochester

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