Scientific and public interest in host manipulation by parasites has surged over the past few
decades, resulting in an exponential growth of cases where potential behavioral …

The ability to transition between different behavioural stages is a widespread phenomenon
across the animal kingdom. Such behavioural adaptations are often linked to changes in the …

Ants can display modified behaviors that represent the extended phenotypes of genes
expressed by parasites that infect them. In such cases, the modifications benefit the parasite …

The ecological success of social insects is based on division of labour, not only between
queens and workers, but also among workers. Whether a worker tends the brood or forages …

Social insects are hosts of diverse parasites, but the influence of these parasites on
phenotypic host traits is not yet well understood. Here, we tracked the survival of tapeworm …

Some parasites can manipulate the behavior of their animal hosts to increase transmission.
An interesting area of research is understanding how host neurobiology is manipulated by …

Highlights•23 genomes and 38 transcriptomes have been published, and more are on the
way.•'Social chromosomes' determine colony organization independently in two …

Parasites can manipulate host behaviour to increase their own transmission and fitness, but
the genomic mechanisms by which parasites manipulate hosts are not well understood. We …

The geographical mosaic theory of coevolution predicts that species interactions vary
between locales. Depending on who leads the coevolutionary arms race, the effectivity of …

As social insects, ants represent extremely interaction-rich biological systems shaped by
tightly integrated social structures and constant mutual exchange with a multitude of internal …