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  • 2008 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Ulrich G. Mueller is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these domains, Mueller's work covers key subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Plant Science, Insect Science, and Ecology.

Their research topics encompass several interrelated areas such as:

  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance

Mueller has authored multiple scientific papers, some of which include:

  • "Artificial Selection on Microbiomes To Breed Microbiomes That Confer Salt Tolerance to Plants," 2021, published in mSystems
  • "Sensory ecology of the frog-eating bat, Trachops cirrhosus, from DNA metabarcoding and behavior," 2020, Behavioral Ecology
  • "Cold adaptations along a range limit in an obligate symbiosis," 2022, Functional Ecology
  • "Ant genotype, but not genotype of cultivated fungi, predicts queen acceptance in the asexual fungus-farming ant Mycocepurus smithii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)," 2022, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • "Hymenopteran-specific TRPA channel from the Texas leaf cutter ant (Atta texana) is heat and cold activated and expression correlates with environmental temperature," 2024, Insect Science

Frequent publication venues for Mueller's work include:

  • mSystems
  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Functional Ecology
  • Insect Science
  • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Collaboration is also a notable aspect of their research, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Melissa R. Kardish
  • Chi-Chun Fang
  • Katrin Kellner
  • Tristan D. Kubik
  • Peter R. Golightly

Ulrich G. Mueller was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2008, reflecting a formal acknowledgment within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • AFLP genotyping and fingerprinting

    Ulrich G. Mueller;L. La Reesa Wolfenbarger

  • The evolution of cooperation.

    Joel L. Sachs;Ulrich G. Mueller;Thomas P. Wilcox;James J. Bull

  • The evolution of mutualisms: exploring the paths between conflict and cooperation

    Edward Allen Herre;Nancy Knowlton;Nancy Knowlton;Ulrich Gerhard Mueller;Stuart A. Rehner

  • The Evolution of Agriculture in Insects

    Ulrich G. Mueller;Nicole M. Gerardo;Nicole M. Gerardo;Nicole M. Gerardo;Duur K. Aanen;Diana L. Six

  • Engineering Microbiomes to Improve Plant and Animal Health.

    Ulrich G. Mueller;Joel L. Sachs

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • The Evolution of Agriculture in Ants

    Ulrich Gerhard Mueller;Stephen A. Rehner;Ted R. Schultz

  • Evolutionary History of the Symbiosis Between Fungus-Growing Ants and Their Fungi

    Ignacio H. Chapela;Stephen A. Rehner;Ted R. Schultz;Ulrich G. Mueller

  • The agricultural pathology of ant fungus gardens

    Cameron R. Currie;Ulrich G. Mueller;David Malloch

  • Ancient tripartite coevolution in the attine ant-microbe symbiosis.

    Cameron Robert Currie;Bess Wong;Alison E. Stuart;Ted R. Schultz

  • The origin of the attine ant-fungus mutualism.

    Ulrich G. Mueller;Ted R. Schultz;Cameron R. Currie;Rachelle M. M. Adams

  • Generalized antifungal activity and 454-screening of Pseudonocardia and Amycolatopsis bacteria in nests of fungus-growing ants.

    Ruchira Sen;Heather D. Ishak;Dora Estrada;Scot E. Dowd

  • Ant versus Fungus versus Mutualism: Ant‐Cultivar Conflict and the Deconstruction of the Attine Ant‐Fungus Symbiosis

    Ulrich G. Mueller

  • Fungus-farming insects: Multiple origins and diverse evolutionary histories

    Ulrich G. Mueller;Nicole Gerardo

  • Bacterial diversity in Solenopsis invicta and Solenopsis geminata ant colonies characterized by 16S amplicon 454 pyrosequencing.

    Heather D. Ishak;Rob Plowes;Ruchira Sen;Katrin Kellner

  • Environment or kin: Whence do bees obtain acidophilic bacteria?

    Quinn S. McFREDERICK;William T. Wcislo;Douglas R. Taylor;Heather D. Ishak

  • Flowers and Wild Megachilid Bees Share Microbes.

    Quinn S. McFrederick;Jason M. Thomas;John L. Neff;Hoang Q. Vuong

  • Fine-scale genetic pattern and evidence for sex-biased dispersal in the túngara frog, Physalaemus pustulosus

    Kathrin P. Lampert;A. Stanley Rand;Ulrich G. Mueller;Ulrich G. Mueller;Michael J. Ryan;Michael J. Ryan

  • The metapleural gland of ants.

    Sze Huei Yek;Sze Huei Yek;Ulrich G. Mueller

  • Cryptic sex and many-to-one coevolution in the fungus-growing ant symbiosis

    Alexander S. Mikheyev;Ulrich G. Mueller;Patrick Abbot

  • Coevolution between Attine Ants and Actinomycete Bacteria: A Reevaluation

    Ulrich G. Mueller;Debadutta Dash;Christian Rabeling;Andre Rodrigues

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander S. Mikheyev
Alexander S. Mikheyev Australian National University
Ted R. Schultz
Ted R. Schultz National Museum of Natural History
Cameron R. Currie
Cameron R. Currie University of Wisconsin–Madison
Michael J. Ryan
Michael J. Ryan The University of Texas at Austin
Nicole M. Gerardo
Nicole M. Gerardo Emory University
Quinn S. McFrederick
Quinn S. McFrederick University of California, Riverside
William T. Wcislo
William T. Wcislo Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Jacobus J. Boomsma
Jacobus J. Boomsma University of Copenhagen
Heraldo L. Vasconcelos
Heraldo L. Vasconcelos Federal University of Uberlândia
Scot E. Dowd
Scot E. Dowd MR DNA (Molecular Research LP)

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