Eric J. Caldera
University of Wisconsin-Madison
11 Papers
61 Citations
Eric J. Caldera is an academic researcher from University of Wisconsin-Madison. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Biology. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 11 publications.
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Papers
The genome sequence of the leaf-cutter ant Atta cephalotes reveals insights into its obligate symbiotic lifestyle
Garret Suen,Garret Suen,Clotilde Teiling,Lewyn Li,Carson Holt,Ehab Abouheif,Erich Bornberg-Bauer,Pascal Bouffard,Eric J. Caldera,Elizabeth Cash,Amy Cavanaugh,Amy Cavanaugh,Olgert Denas,Eran Elhaik,Marie-Julie Favé,Jürgen Gadau,Joshua D. Gibson,Dan Graur,Kirk J. Grubbs,Darren E. Hagen,Timothy T. Harkins,Martin Helmkampf,Hao Hu,Brian R. Johnson,Jay W. Kim,Sarah E. Marsh,Joseph A. Moeller,Joseph A. Moeller,Monica Munoz-Torres,Marguerite C. Murphy,Meredith C. Naughton,Surabhi Nigam,Rick P. Overson,Rajendhran Rajakumar,Justin T. Reese,Jarrod J. Scott,Jarrod J. Scott,Jarrod J. Scott,Chris Smith,Shu Tao,Neil D. Tsutsui,Lumi Viljakainen,Lothar Wissler,Mark Yandell,Fabian Zimmer,R. James Taylor,Steven C. Slater,Steven C. Slater,Sandra W. Clifton,Wesley C. Warren,Christine G. Elsik,Christopher D. Smith,George M. Weinstock,Nicole M. Gerardo,Cameron R. Currie,Cameron R. Currie,Cameron R. Currie +56 more
TL;DR: Following recent reports of genome sequences from other insects that engage in symbioses with beneficial microbes, the A. cephalotes genome provides new insights into the symbiotic lifestyle of this ant and advances the understanding of host–microbe symbioss.
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Antibiotic and antimalarial quinones from fungus-growing ant-associated Pseudonocardia sp.
TL;DR: Three new members of the angucycline class of antibiotics, pseudonocardones A–C (1–3), along with the known antibiotics 6-deoxy-8-O-methylrabelomycin (4) and X-14881 E (5) have been isolated from the culture of a Pseudonocardia strain associated with the fungus-growing ant Apterostigma dentigerum.
Insect Symbioses: A Case Study of Past, Present, and Future Fungus-Growing Ant Research*
TL;DR: The fungus-growing ant symbiosis serves as a particularly useful model system for studying insect-microbe symbioses, because, to date, it contains four well-characterized microbial symbionts, including mutualists and parasites that encompass micro-fungi, macro-funki, yeasts, and bacteria.
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Effects of colonization history and landscape structure on genetic variation within and among threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) populations in a single watershed
TL;DR: Novel evidence is presented that post-glacial colonization occurred gradually over a significant period of time, rather than a single rapid invasion into all lakes, to confirm expectations that landscape features such as stream gradient and stream branching structure strongly influence patterns of genetic divergence.
Putative native source of the invasive fire ant Solenopsis invicta in the USA
TL;DR: This attempt to identify the source(s) of the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) in the southern USA utilizing data from three classes of genetic markers and employing Bayesian clustering simulations, assignment and exclusion tests, and phylogenetic and population genetic analyses concludes that the Mesopotamia flood plain near Formosa, Argentina represents the most probable source region.
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