Prof. Dr. Olav Rüppell

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsGeneral Genetics, Functional Genome Research,Sensory and Behavioural Biology
KeywordsAnimal Behavior, Pollinator Health, Genomics, Sociobiology, Disease Ecology

Current contact address

CountryCanada
CityEdmonton
InstitutionUniversity of Alberta
InstituteDepartment of Biological Sciences
Homepagehttp://grad.biology.ualberta.ca/rueppell/

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Robert E. PageDepartment of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, Davis
Prof. Dr. Greg J. HuntDepartment of Entomology, Purdue Genomics Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2001

Programme(s)

2000Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2021Bhatia, Shilpi and Baral, Saman S. and Vega Melendez, Carlos and Amiri, Esmaeil and Rueppell, Olav: Comparing survival of {Israeli} acute paralysis virus infection among stocks of {U}.{S}. honey bees. In: Insects, 12, 2021, 60
2021Wagoner, Kaira M. and Spivak, Marla and Millar, Jocelyn G. and Keller, Jennifer and Waiker, Prashant and Schal, Coby and Rueppell, Olav: Hygiene-eliciting brood semiochemicals as a tool for assaying honey bee ({Hymenoptera}: {Apidae}) colony resistance to {Varroa} ({Mesostigmata}: {Varroidae}). In: Journal of Insect Science, under review, 2021,
2021Kennedy, Anissa and Hermann, Jacob J and Rueppell, O.: Reproductive activation in honey bee (\textit{{Apis} mellifera}) workers protects against abiotic and biotic stress. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 376, 2021, 20190737
2021Han, Bin and Wei, Qiaohong and Wu, Fan and Hu, Han and Ma, Chuan and Meng, Lifeng and Zhang, Xufeng and Feng, Mao and Fang, Yu and Rueppell, Olav and Li, Jianke: Tachykinin signaling inhibits task-specific behavioral responsiveness in honeybee workers. In: eLife, 10, 2021, e64830
2021Barrs, Katherine R and Ani, M. Omar and Eversman, Kimberlyn K. and Rowell, J.T. and Wagoner, Kaira M. and Rueppell, Olav: Time-accuracy trade-off and task partitioning of hygienic behavior among honey bee (\textit{{Apis} mellifera}) workers. In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 75, 2021, 12
2020Wagoner, Kaira M. and Millar, Jocelyn G. and Schal, Coby and Rueppell, Olav: Cuticular pheromones stimulate hygienic behavior in the honey bee (\textit{{Apis} mellifera}). In: Scientific Reports, 10, 2020, 7132
2020Amiri, Esmaeil and Strand, Micheline K. and Tarpy, David R. and Rueppell, Olav: Honey bee queens and virus infections. In: Viruses, 12, 2020, 322
2020Li-Byarlay, Hongmei and Boncristiani, Humberto and Howell, Gary and Herman, Jake and Clark, Lindsay and Strand, Micheline K. and Tarpy, David and Rueppell, Olav: Transcriptomic and {Epigenomic} {Dynamics} of {Honey} {Bees} in {Response} to {Lethal} {Viral} {Infection}. In: Frontiers in Genetics, 11, 2020, 566320
2020Amiri, Esmaeil and Waiker, Prashant and Rueppell, Olav and Manda, Prashanti: Using manual and computer-based text-mining to uncover research trends for \textit{{Apis} mellifera}. In: Veterinary Sciences, 7, 2020, 61
2019Wu, Fan and Ma, Chuan and Han, Bin and Meng, Lifeng and Hu, Han and Fang, Yu and Feng, Mao and Zhang, Xufeng and Rueppell, Olav and Li, Jianke: Behavioural, physiological and molecular changes in alloparental caregivers may be responsible for selection response for female reproductive investment in honey bees. In: Molecular Ecology, 28, 2019, 4212--4227
2019Amiri, E. and Seddon, G. and Zuluaga Smith, W. and Strand, M.K. and Tarpy, D.R. and Rueppell, O.: Israeli acute paralysis virus: {Honey} bee queen–worker interaction and potential virus transmission pathways. In: Insects, 10, 2019, 9
2019Wagoner, K. and Spivak, M. and Hefetz, A. and Reams, T. and Rueppell, O.: Stock-specific chemical brood signals are induced by {Varroa} and {Deformed} {Wing} {Virus}, and elicit hygienic response in the honey bee. In: Scientific Reports, 9, 2019, 8753
2018Wagoner, K.M. and Spivak, M. and Rueppell, O.: Brood affects hygienic behavior in the honey bee ({Hymenoptera}: {Apidae}). In: Journal of Economic Entomology, 111, 2018, 2520--2530
2018Quigley, T.P. and Amdam, G.V. and Rueppell, O.: Honeybee {Workers} as {Models} of {Aging}. Conn's {Handbook} of {Models} for {Human} {Aging} ({Second} {Edition}). Elsevier, 2018. 533--547
2018Amiri, E. and Kryger, P. and Meixner, M. and Strand, M.K. and Tarpy, D.R. and Rueppell, O.: Quantitative patterns of vertical transmission of deformed wing virus in honey bees.. In: PLoS One, 13, 2018, e0195283
2018Lawhorn, C.M. and Schomaker, R. and Rowell, J.T. and Rueppell, O.: Simple comparative analyses of differentially expressed gene lists may overestimate gene overlap. In: Journal of Computational Biology, 25, 2018, 606--612
2018Langberg, K. and Phillips, M. and Rueppell, O.: Testing the effect of paraquat exposure on genomic recombination rates in queens of the western honey bee, {Apis} mellifera. In: Genetica, 146, 2018, 171--178
2017Rueppell, O. and Yousefi, B. and Collazo, J. and Smith, D.: Early life stress affects mortality rate more than social behavio, gene expression or oxidative damage in honey bee workers.. In: Exp Gerontol, 90, 2017, 19--25
2017Wagoner, K.M. and Rueppell, O.: Effects of steel foundation wire on elemental content and hygienic removal of honey bee (\textit{{Apis} mellifera}) brood. In: Journal of Apicultural Research, 56, 2017, 270--277
2017Amiri, E. and Strand, M.K. and Rueppell, O. and Tarpy, D.R.: Reduced queen quality and honey bee diseases: interactions between two major threats to colony health. In: Insects, 8, 2017, 48
2016Rueppell, O. and Kuster, R. and Miller, K. and Fouks, B. and Rubio Correa, S. and Collazo, J. and Phaincharoen, M. and Tingek, S. and Koeniger, N.: A new metazoan recombination rate record and consistently high recombination rates in the honey bee genus \textit{{Apis}} accompanied by frequent inversions but not translocations. In: Genome Biology and Evolution, 8, 2016, 3653--3660
2016Li-Byarlay, H. and Huang, M.H. and Simone-Finstrom, M.D. and Strand, M.K. and Tarpy, D.R. and Rueppell, O.: Honey bee ({Apis} mellifera) drones survive oxidative stress due to increased tolerance instead of avoidance or repair of oxidative damage. In: Exp Gerontol, 83, 2016, 15--21
2016Simone-Finstrom, M. and Li-Byarlay, H. and Huang, M.H. and Strand, M.K. and Rueppell, O. and Tarpy, D.R.: Migratory management and environmental conditions affect lifespan and oxidative stress in honey bees. In: Scientific Reports, 6, 2016, 32023
2016Rueppell, O. and Aumer, D. and Moritz, R.F.: Ties between ageing plasticity and reproductive physiology in honey bees (\textit{{Apis} mellifera}) reveal a positive relation between fecundity and longevity as consequence of advanced social evolution. In: Current Opinion in Insect Science, 16, 2016, 64--68
2015Ross, C. and DeFelice, D. and Hunt, G. and Ihle, K. and Rueppell, O.: A comparison of multiple genome-wide recombination maps in \textit{{Apis} mellifera}. Collaborative {Mathematics} and {Statistics} {Research}. Springer International Publishing, 2015. 91--98
2015Ross, C. and Rychtář, J. and Rueppell, O.: A structured population model suggests that long life and post-reproductive lifespan promote the evolution of cooperation. In: Journal of Theoretical Biology, 369, 2015, 85--94
2015Ihle, K.E. and Rueppell, O. and Huang, Z.Y. and Wang, Y. and Fondrk, M.K. and Page, R.E. and Amdam, G.V.: Genetic architecture of a hormonal response to gene knockdown in honey bees. In: Journal of Heredity, 106, 2015, 155--165
2015Ross, C.R. and DeFelice, D.S. and Hunt, G.J. and Ihle, K.E. and Amdam, G.V. and Rueppell, O.: Genomic correlates of recombination rate and its variability across eight recombination maps in the western honey bee ({Apis} mellifera {L}.). In: BMC Genomics, 16, 2015, 107
2015DeFelice, D. and Ross, C. and Simone-Finstrom, M. and Warrit, N. and Smith, D.R. and Burgett, M. and Sukumalanand, P. and Rueppell, O.: Geographic variation in polyandry of the {Eastern} {Honey} {Bee}, {Apis} cerana, in {Thailand}. In: Insectes Sociaux, 62, 2015, 37--42
2015Rueppell, O. and Königseder, F. and Heinze, J. and Schrempf, A.: Intrinsic survival advantage of social insect queens depends on reproductive activation. In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28, 2015, 2349--2354
2015von Wyschetzki, K. and Rueppell, O. and Oettler, J. and Heinze, J.: Transcriptomic signatures mirror the lack of the fecundity/longevity trade-off in ant queens. In: Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32, 2015, 3173--3185
2014Kuster, R.D. and Boncristiani, H.F. and Rueppell, O.: Immunogene and viral transcript dynamics during parasitic \textit{{Varroa} destructor} mite infection of developing honey bee (\textit{{Apis} mellifera}) pupae. In: Journal of Experimental Biology, 217, 2014, 1710--1718
2014Dixon, L. and Kuster, R. and Rueppell, O.: Reproduction, social behavior, and aging trajectories in honeybee workers. In: Age (Dordr), 36, 2014, 89--101
2014Michaud, S. and Boncristiani, Jr., H.F. and Gouw, J.W. and Strand, M. and Pettis, J. and Rueppell, O. and Foster, L.J.: Response of the honey bee ({Apis} mellifera {L}.) proteome to {Israeli} acute paralysis virus infection.. In: Canadian Journal of Zoology, in press, 2014,
2014Rueppell, Olav: The architecture of the pollen hoarding syndrome in honey bees: implications for understanding social evolution, behavioral syndromes, and selective breeding. In: Apidologie, 45, 2014, 364--374
2014Forkpah, C. and Dixon, L.R. and Fahrbach, S.E. and Rueppell, O.: Xenobiotic effects on intestinal stem cell proliferation in adult honey bee ({Apis} mellifera {L}) workers. In: PLoS One, 9, 2014, e91180
2013Ross, C. and Rueppell, O. and Rychtář, J.: A spatially organized population model to study the evolution of cooperation in species with discrete life-history stages.. In: Rychtář, J. and Gupta, S. and Shivaji, R. and Chhetri, M., Topics from the 8th {Annual} {UNCG} {Regional} {Mathematics} and {Statistics} {Conference}. 2013. 147--154
2013Boncristiani, H.F. and Evans, J.D. and Chen, Y. and Pettis, J. and Murphy, C. and Lopez, D.L. and Simone-Finstrom, M.D. and Strand, M. and Tarpy, D.R. and Rueppell, O.: In-vitro infection of pupae with {Israeli} {Acute} {Paralysis} {Virus} suggests variation for susceptibility and disturbance of transcriptional homeostasis in honey bees (\textit{{Apis} mellifera}).. In: PLoS One, 8, 2013, e73429
2013Crowe, M. and Rychtar, J. and Rueppell, O. and Chhetri, M. and Remington, D.L. and Gupta, S.N.: Proving the “proof”: {Interdisciplinary} undergraduate research positively impacts students.. In: Springer Proceedings in Mathematics \& Statistics - Topics from the 8th Annual UNCG Regional Mathematics and Statistics Conference, 64, 2013, 25--29
2012Shorter, J.R. and Rueppell, O.: A review on self-destructive defense behaviors in social insects. In: Insectes Sociaux, 59, 2012, 1--10
2012Page, R.E. and Fondrk, M.K. and Rueppell, O.: Complex pleiotropy characterizes the pollen hoarding syndrome in honey bees ({Apis} mellifera {L}.). In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 66, 2012, 1459--1466
2012Page, R.E. and Rueppell, O. and Amdam, G.V.: Genetics of reproduction and regulation of honeybee (\textit{{Apis} mellifera} {L}.) social behavior. In: Annual Review of Genetics, 46, 2012, 97--119
2012Sackey-Mensah, C. and Rueppell, O.: Investigating intestinal stem cell proliferation rate as an indicator of honey bee ({Apis} mellifera) health.. In: Integrative and Comparative Biology, 52, 2012, E151--E151
2012Rueppell, O. and Meier, S. and Deutsch, R.: Multiple mating but not recombination causes quantitative increase in offspring genetic diversity for varying genetic architectures. In: PLoS One, 7, 2012, e47220
2012Munday, M. and Rinderer, T.E. and Rueppell, O.: Ovariole number and ovary activation of {Russian} honeybee workers ({Apis} mellifera {L}.). In: Journal of Apicultural Research, 51, 2012, 147--149
2012Dixon, L.R. and McQuage, M.R. and Lonon, E.J. and Buehler, D. and Seck, O. and Rueppell, O.: Pleiotropy of segregating genetic variants that affect honey bee worker life expectancy. In: Experimental Gerontology, 47, 2012, 631--637
2011Rychtar, J. and Wilhelm, M. and Chhetri, M. and Rueppell, O.: A game theoretical analysis of the mating sign behavior in the honey bee. In: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 73, 2011, 626--638
2011Martinson, V.G. and Danforth, B.N. and Minckley, R.L. and Rueppell, O. and Tingek, S. and Moran, N.A.: A simple and distinctive microbiota associated with honey bees and bumble bees. In: Molecular Ecology, 20, 2011, 619--28
2011Rueppell, O. and Phaincharoen, M. and Kuster, R. and Tingek, S.: Cross-species correlation between queen mating numbers and worker ovary sizes suggests kin conflict may influence ovary size evolution in honeybees. In: Naturwissenschaften, 98, 2011, 795--799
2011Willard, L.E. and Hayes, A.M. and Wallrichs, M.A. and Rueppell, O.: Food manipulation in honeybees induces physiological responses at the individual and colony level. In: Apidologie, 42, 2011, 508--518
2011Rueppell, O. and Metheny, J.D. and Linksvayer, T. and Fondrk, M.K. and Page, R. and Amdam, G.V.: Genetic architecture of ovary size and asymmetry in {European} honeybee workers. In: Heredity, 106, 2011, 894--903
2011Abbot, P. and Abe, J. and Alcock, J. and Alizon, S. and Alpedrinha, J. A. C. and Andersson, M. and Andre, J. B. and van Baalen, M. and Balloux, F. and Balshine, S. and Barton, N. and Beukeboom, L. W. and Biernaskie, J. M. and Bilde, T. and Borgia, G. and Breed, M. and Brown, S. and Bshary, R. and Buckling, A. and Burley, N. T. and Burton-Chellew, M. N. and Cant, M. A. and Chapuisat, M. and Charnov, E. L. and Clutton-Brock, T. and Cockburn, A. and Cole, B. J. and Colegrave, N. and Cosmides, L. and Couzin, I. D. and Coyne, J. A. and Creel, S. and Crespi, B. and Curry, R. L. and Dall, S. R. X. and Day, T. and Dickinson, J. L. and Dugatkin, L. A. and El Mouden, C. and Emlen, S. T. and Evans, J. and Ferriere, R. and Field, J. and Foitzik, S. and Foster, K. and Foster, W. A. and Fox, C. W. and Gadau, J. and Gandon, S. and Gardner, A. and Gardner, M. G. and Getty, T. and Goodisman, M. A. D. and Grafen, A. and Grosberg, R. and Grozinger, C. M. and Gouyon, P. H. and Gwynne, D. and Harvey, P. H. and Hatchwell, B. J. and Heinze, J. and Helantera, H. and Helms, K. R. and Hill, K. and Jiricny, N. and Johnstone, R. A. and Kacelnik, A. and Kiers, E. T. and Kokko, H. and Komdeur, J. and Korb, J. and Kronauer, D. and Kummerli, R. and Lehmann, L. and Linksvayer, T. A. and Lion, S. and Lyon, B. and Marshall, J. A. R. and McElreath, R. and Michalakis, Y. and Michod, R. E. and Mock, D. and Monnin, T. and Montgomerie, R. and Moore, A. J. and Mueller, U. G. and Noe, R. and Okasha, S. and Pamilo, P. and Parker, G. A. and Pedersen, J. S. and Pen, I. and Pfennig, D. and Queller, D. C. and Rankin, D. J. and Reece, S. E. and Reeve, H. K. and Reuter, M. and Roberts, G. and Robson, S. K. A. and Roze, D. and Rousset, F. and Rueppell, O. and Sachs, J. L. and Santorelli, L. and Schmid-Hempel, P. and Schwarz, M. P. and Scott-Phillips, T. and Shellmann-Sherman, J. and Sherman, P. W. and Shuker, D. M. and Smith, J. and Spagna, J. C. and Strassmann, B. and Suarez, A. V. and Sundstrom, L. and Taborsky, M. and Taylor, P. and Thompson, G. and Tooby, J. and Tsutsui, N. D. and Tsuji, K. and Turillazzi, S. and Ubeda, F. and Vargo, E. L. and Voelkl, B. and Wenseleers, T. and West, S. A. and West-Eberhard, M. J. and Westneat, D. F. and Wiernasz, D. C. and Wild, G. and Wrangham, R. and Young, A. J. and Zeh, D. W. and Zeh, J. A. and Zink, A.: Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality. In: Nature, 471, 2011, E1--E4
2011Rueppell, O. and Hayes, A.M. and Warrit, N. and Smith, D.R.: Population structure of {Apis} cerana in {Thailand} reflects biogeography and current gene flow rather than {Varroa} mite association. In: Insectes Sociaux, 58, 2011, 445--452
2011Graham, A. and Munday, M. and Kaftanoglu, O. and Page, R. and Amdam, G. and Rueppell, O.: Support for the reproductive ground plan hypothesis of social evolution and major {QTL} for ovary traits of {Africanized} worker honey bees (\textit{{Apis} mellifera} {L}.). In: BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11, 2011, 95
2010Rueppell, O. and Hayworth, M. and Ross, N.: Altruistic self‐removal of health‐compromised honey bee workers from their hive. In: Journal of evolutionary biology, 23, 2010, 1538--1546
2010Meznar, E.R. and Gadau, J. and Koeniger, N. and Rueppell, O.: Comparative linkage mapping suggests a high recombination rate in all honey bees.. In: Journal of Heredity, 101, 2010, S118--S126
2009Hayworth, M.K. and Johnson, N.G. and Wilhelm, M.E. and Gove, R.P. and Metheny, J.D. and Rueppell, O.: Added weights lead to reduced flight behavior and mating success in polyandrous honey bee queens ({Apis} mellifera). In: Ethology, 115, 2009, 698--706
2009Rueppell, O.: Aging in social insects.. In: Gadau, J. and Fewell, J.H., Organization of {Insect} {Societies}.. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009. 51--73
2009Rueppell, O.: Characterization of quantitative trait loci for the age of first foraging in honey bee workers.. In: Behavior Genetics, 39, 2009, 541--553
2009Gove, R. and Hayworth, M. and Chhetri, M. and Rueppell, O.: Division of labour and social insect colony performance in relation to task and mating number under two alternative response threshold models. In: Insectes Sociaux, 56, 2009, 319--331
2009Rueppell, O. and Kaftanouglu, O. and Page, R.E.: Honey bee (\textit{{Apis} mellifera}) workers live longer in small than in large colonies. In: Experimental Gerontology, 44, 2009, 447--452
2009Viljakainen, L. and Evans, J.D. and Hasselmann, M. and Rueppell, O. and Tingek, S. and Pamilo, P.: Rapid evolution of immune proteins in social insects. In: Molecular Biology and Evolution, 26, 2009, 1791--1801
2009Chhetri, M. and Johnson, N. and Rueppell, O. and Rychtár, J.: Revisiting the variance-based selection model of diploid drone production for multiple mating in honey bees.. In: Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics, 12, 2009, 141--160
2009Linksvayer, T.A. and Rueppell, O. and Siegel, A. and Kaftanoglu, O. and Page, R.E. and Amdam, G.V.: The genetic basis of transgressive ovary size in honey bee workers.. In: Genetics, 183, 2009, 693--707
2009Amdam, G.V. and Rueppell, O. and Fondrk, M.K. and Page, R.E. and Nelson, C.M.: The nurse’s load: {Early}-life exposure to brood-rearing affects behavior and lifespan in honey bees (\textit{{Apis} mellifera}). In: Experimental Gerontology, 44, 2009, 467--471
2009Wang, Y. and Amdam, G.V. and Rueppell, O. and Wallrichs, M.A. and Fondrk, M.K. and Kaftanoglu, O. and Page Jr, R.E.: {PDK1} and {HR46} gene homologs tie social behavior to ovary signals.. In: PLoS ONE, 4, 2009, e4899
2008Ward, K.N. and Coleman, J.L. and Clinnin, K. and Fahrbach, S. and Rueppell, O.: Age, caste, and behavior determine the replicative activity of intestinal stem cells in honeybees ({Apis} mellifera {L}.). In: Experimental Gerontology, 43, 2008, 530--537
2008Rueppell, O. and Linford, R. and Gardner, P. and Coleman, J. and Fine, K.: Aging and demographic plasticity in response to experimental age structures in honeybees (\textit{{Apis} mellifera} {L}).. In: Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 62, 2008, 1621--1631
2008Rueppell, O. and Hunggims, E. and Tingek, S.: Association between larger ovaries and pollen foraging in queenless {Apis} cerana workers supports the reproductive ground - plan hypothesis of social evolution.. In: Journal of Insect Behavior, 21, 2008, 317--321
2008Rueppell, O. and Johnson, N. and Rychtár, J.: Variance-based selection may explain general mating patterns in social insects.. In: Biology Letters, 4, 2008, 270--273
2007Rueppell, O. and Christine, S. and Mulcrone, C. and Groves, L.: Aging without functional senescence in honey bee workers. In: Current Biology, 17, 2007, R274--R275
2007Hunt, G.J. and Amdam, G.V. and Schlipalius, D. and Emore, C. and Sardesai, N. and Williams, C.E. and Rueppell, O. and Guzman-Novoa, E. and Arechavaleta-Velasco, M. and Chandra, S. and Fondrk, M.K. and Beye, M. and Page, R.E.: Behavioral genomics of honeybee foraging and nest defense. In: Naturwissenschaften, 94, 2007, 247--267
2007Rueppell, O. and Bachelier, C. and Fondrk, M.K. and Page Jr, R.E.: Regulation of life history determines lifespan of worker honey bees (\textit{{Apis} mellifera} {L}.). In: Exp. Gerontol., 42, 2007, 1020--1032
2006Beye, M. and Gattermeier, I. and Hasselmann, M. and Gempe, T. and Schioett, M. and Baines, J.F. and Schlipalius, D. and Mougel, F. and Emore, C. and Rueppell, O. and Sirviö, A. and Guzmán-Novoa, E. and Hunt, G. and Solignac, M. and Page, R.E.: Exceptionally high levels of recombination across the honey bee genome. In: Genome Research, 16, 2006, 1339--1344
2006Sirviö, A. and Gadau, J. and Rueppell, O. and Lamatsch, D. and Boomsma, J.J. and Pamilo, P. and Page, R.E.: High recombination frequency creates genotypic diversity in colonies of the leaf-cutting ant {Acromyrmex} echinatior. In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 19, 2006, 1475--1485
2006Rueppell, O. and Fondrk, M.K. and Page, R.E.: Male maturation response to selection of the pollen-hoarding syndrome in honey bees (\textit{{Apis} mellifera} {L}.).. In: Animal Behavior, 71, 2006, 227--234
2006Amdam, G.V. and Rueppell, O.: Models of aging in honeybee workers.. In: Conn, P.M., Handbook of {Models} for {Human} {Aging}.. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2006. 267--276
2006Rueppell, O. and Chandra, S.B.C. and Pankiw, T. and Fondrk, M.K. and Beye, M. and Hunt, G.J. and Page, R.E.: The genetic architecture of sucrose responsiveness in the honey bee ({Apis} mellifera {L}.). In: Genetics, 172, 2006, 243--251
2005Rueppell, O. and Fondrk, M.K. and E Page, R.: Biodemographic analysis of male honey bee mortality. In: Aging Cell, 4, 2005, 13--19
2005Rueppell, O. and Kirkman, R.W.: Extraordinary starvation resistance in {Temnothorax} rugatulus ({Hymenoptera}, {Formicidae}) colonies: {Demography} and adaptive behavior. In: Insectes Sociaux, 52, 2005, 282--290
2004Rueppell, O. and Amdam, G.V. and Page Jr., R.E. and Carey, J.R.: From genes to society: {Social} insects as models for research on aging.. In: Sci. Aging Knowl. Environ., 5, 2004, pe5
2004Rueppell, O. and Pankiw, T. and Nielson, D.I. and Fondrk, M.K. and Beye, M. and Page Jr., R.E.: The genetic architecture of the behavioral ontogeny of foraging in honey bee workers.. In: Genetics, 167, 2004, 1767--1779