Representative Publications

Ulrich G. Mueller, Associate Professor
Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin

Gerardo, N.M., U.G. Mueller, C.R. Currie. 2006. Complex host-pathogen coevolution in the Apterostigma fungus-growing ant-microbe symbiosis. BMC Evolutionary Biology 6: 88. (pdf)
Prohl, H., U.G. Mueller, A.S. Rand, M.J. Ryan. 2006. Geographic variation of genetic and behavioral traits in Northern and Southern Tungara frogs. Evolution 60: 1669-1679. (pdf)
Mikheyev, S., U.G. Mueller, P. Abbott. 2006. Cryptic sex and many-to-one co-evolution in the fungus-growing ant symbiosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103: 10702-10706. (pdf)
Mikheyev, S., U.G. Mueller, J.J. Boomsma. 2006. Population-genetic signatures of diffuse coevolution between Panamanian leaf-cutter ants and their cultivar fungi. Molecular Ecology in press.
Gerardo, N.M., S.R. Jacobs, C.R. Currie, U.G. Mueller. 2006. Ancient host-pathogen associations maintained by specificity of chemotaxis and antibiosis. PLOS in press. (pdf)
Mehdiabadi, N.J., B. Hughes, U.G. Mueller. 2006. Cooperation, conflict, and coevolution in the attine ant-fungus symbiosis. Behavioral Ecology 17: 291-296. (pdf)
Lampert, K., X. Bernal, A.S. Rand, U.G. Mueller & M.J. Ryan. 2006. No evidence for female mate choice based on genetic similarity in the túngara frog, Physalaemus pustulosus. Behavioral Ecology in press. (pdf)
Advani, N.K., U.G. Mueller. 2006. A preference assay for quantifying symbiont choice in fungus-growing ants (Attini: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux in press.
Rabeling, C., M. Verhaagh, U.G. Mueller. 2006. Facultative fungivory in Blepharidatta brasiliensis: implications for the evolution of fungiculture in fungus-growing ants (Attini). Insectes Sociaux in press. (pdf)
Little, A.E.F., T. Murakami, U.G. Mueller, C.R. Currie. 2005. Defending against parasites: fungus-growing ants combine specialized behaviours and microbial symbionts to protect their fungus gardens. Biology Letters 2: 12-16. (pdf)
Mueller, U.G., N. Gerardo, T.R. Schultz, D. Aanen, D. Six. 2005. The evolution of agriculture in insects. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 36: 563-569.
Mikheyev, A.S., U.G. Mueller. 2005. Invasive species: customs intercepts reveal what makes a good ant stowaway (Commentary). Current Biology 16: R129-131.
Schultz, T.R., U.G. Mueller, C.R. Currie, S.A. Rehner. 2005. Reciprocal illumination: A comparison of agriculture of humans and ants. Pages 149-190 in Insect-Fungal Associations: Ecology and Evolution, ed. F. Vega, M Blackwell. New York: Oxford University Press. 352 pages.
Schultz, T.R., U.G. Mueller, C.R. Currie, S.A. Rehner. 2005. Reciprocal illumination: A comparison of agriculture of humans and in fungus-growing ants. Pages 149-190 in Insect-Fungal Association: Ecology and Evolution, ed. F. Vega, M. Blackwell. New York: Oxford University Press. (pdf)
Munkacsi, A.B., J.J. Pan, P. Villesen, U.G. Mueller, M. Blackwell, and D.J. McLaughlin. 2004. Convergent coevolution in the domestication of coral mushrooms by fungus-growing ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 1776-1782. (pdf)
Gerardo, N.M., C.R. Currie, S.L. Price, U.G. Mueller. 2004. Exploitation of a mutualism: specialization of fungal parasites on cultivars in the attine ant symbiosis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 1791-1798. (pdf)
Villesen, P., U.G. Mueller, T.R. Schultz, R.M.M. Adams, A.C. Bouk. 2004. Evolution of ant-cultivar specialization and cultivar switching in Apterostigma fungus-growing ants. Evolution, in press.
Schultz, T.R., U.G. Mueller, C.R. Currie, S.A. Rehner. 2004. A comparison of agriculture of humans and ants. In: F.E. Vega & M. Blackwell, Ecological and Evolutionary Advances in Insect-Fungal Associations. Oxford University Press.
Solomon, S.E., U.G. Mueller, T.R. Schultz, C.R. Currie, S.L. Price, H.L. Vasconcelos. 2004. Nesting biology of the fungus growing ant Mycetarotes Emery (Attine, Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux, in press.
Little, A.E.F., T. Murakami, U.G. Mueller, C.R. Currie. 2004. Construction, maintenance, and microbial ecology of fungus-growing ant infrabuccal pellet piles. Naturwissenschaften 90: 558-562. (pdf)
Lampert, K., S. Rand, U.G. Mueller, M. Ryan. 2003. Fine scale genetic pattern and evidence for male-biased dispersal in the tungara frog, Physalaemus pustulosus. Molecular Ecology 12: 3325-3334. (pdf)
Dearborn, D.C., A.D. Anders, E.A. Schreiber, R.M.M. Adams, U.G. Mueller. 2003. Inter-island movements and population differentiation in a pelagic seabird. Molecular Ecology 12: 2835-2843. (pdf)
Sachs, J., U.G. Mueller, T.P. Wilcox, J.J. Bull. 2003. The evolution of cooperation. Quarterly Review of Biology 79: 136-160. (pdf)
LaPolla, J.S. S.P. Cover, and U.G. Mueller. 2002. Natural History of the Mealybug-Tending Ant, Acropyga epedana, with Descriptions of the Male and Queen Castes. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 128: 367-376. (pdf)
Schultz, T.R., et. al. 2002. Cryptic speciation in the fungus-growing ants Cyphomyrmex longiscapus Weber and Cyphomyrmex muelleri Schultz and Solomon, new species (Formicidae, Attini) Insectes Sociaux 49: 331-343. (pdf)
LaPolla, J.S., U.G. Mueller, M. Seid, and S.P. Cover. 2002. Predation by the army ant Neivamyrmex rugulosus on the fungus-growing ant Trachymyrmex arizonensis. Insectes Sociaux 49: 251-256. (pdf)
Mueller, U.G. 2002. Ant versus fungus versus mutualism: Ant-cultivar conflict and the deconstruction of the attine ant-fungus symbiosis. American Naturalist 160 Supplement: S67-S98. (pdf)
LaPolla, J.S., U.G. Mueller, M. Seid, and S.P. Cover. 2002. Predation by the army ant Neivamyrmex rugulosus on the fungus-growing ant Trachymyrmex arizonensis. Insectes Sociaux 49: 251-256. (pdf)
Kane, M.D., U.G. Mueller. 2002. Insights from insect-microbe symbioses. Biodiversity of Microbial Life. (pdf)
Green, A.M., R.M.M. Adams, and U.G. Mueller. 2002. Extensive exchange of fungal cultivars between sympatric species of fungus-growing ants. Molecular Ecology 11: 191-195. (pdf)
Pröhl, H., R.M.M. Adams, U.G. Mueller, S. Rand, and M.J. Ryan. 2002. Polymerase chain reaction primers for polymorphic microsatellite loci from the túngara frog Physalaemus pustulosus. Molecular Ecology Notes 2: 341-343. (pdf)
Sanchez-Pena, S., and U.G. Mueller. 2002. A nocturnal raid of Nomamyrmex army ants on Atta leaf-cutting ants in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Southwestern Entomologist 27: 221-223. (pdf)
Mueller U.G., T.R. Schultz, C.R. Currie, R.M. Adams, D. Malloch. 2001. The origin of the attine ant-fungus mutualism. Quarterly Review of Biology 76: 169-197. (pdf)
Adams, R.M.M., U.G. Mueller, T.R. Schultz, B. Norden. 2000. Agro-predation: usurpation of attine fungus gardens by Megalomyrmex ants. Naturwissenschaften 87: 549-554. (pdf)
Adams, R.M.M., U.G. Mueller, A.K. Holloway, A.M. Green, J. Narozniak. 2000. Garden sharing and garden stealing in fungus-growing ants. Naturwissenschaften 87: 491-493. (pdf)
Currie, C., U.G. Mueller, and D. Malloch. 1999. The agricultural pathology of ant fungus gardens. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 96: 7998-8002. (pdf)
Villesen, P., P. Gertsch, U.G. Mueller, and J.J. Boomsma. 1999. Evolutionary transition from single to multiple mating in fungus-growing ants. Molecular Ecology 8: 1819-1825. (pdf)
Mueller, U.G., and L. Wolfenbarger. 1999. AFLP genotyping and fingerprinting. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14: 389-394. (pdf)
Herre, E.A., N. Knowlton, U.G. Mueller, and S.A. Rehner. 1999. The evolution of mutualisms: exploring the paths between conflict and cooperation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14: 49-53. (pdf)
Wang, Y., U.G. Mueller, and J.C. Clardy. 1999. Antifungal diketopiperazines from the symbiotic fungus of the fungus-growing ant Cyphomyrmex minutus. Journal of Chemical Ecology 25: 935-941. (pdf)
Mueller, U.G., S.A. Rehner, and T.D. Schultz, 1998. The evolution of agriculture in ants. Science 281: 2034-2038. (pdf)
Mueller, U.G., and W. Wcislo. 1998. Nesting biology of the fungus-growing ant Cyphomyrmex longiscapus Weber (Attini, Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 45: 181-189. (pdf)
Mueller, U.G., S.E. Lipari, and M.M. Milgroom. 1996. Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) fingerprinting of fungi cultured by the fungus-growing ant Cyphomyrmex minutus. Molecular Ecology 5: 119-122. (pdf)
Chapela, I.H., S.A. Rehner, T.R. Schultz, and U.G. Mueller. 1994. Evolutionary history of the symbiosis between fungus-growing ants and their fungi. Science 266: 1691-1694. (pdf)
Mueller, U.G., G.C. Eickwort, and C.F. Aquadro, 1994. DNA fingerprinting analysis of parent-offspring conflict in a primitively eusocial bee. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 91: 5143-5147. (pdf)
Mueller, U.G., and B. Wolf-Mueller. 1991. Epiphyll deterrence to the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes. Oecologia 86: 36-39. (pdf)
Mueller, U.G. 1991. Haplodiploidy and the evolution of facultative sex ratios in a primitively eusocial bee. Science 254: 442-444. (pdf)