In Progress
Jones, B. M., Rubin, B. E., Dudchenko, O., Kingwell, C. J., Traniello, I. M., Wang, Z. Y., Kapheim, K. M., Wyman, E. S., St Hilaire, B. G., Liu, W., Parsons, L. R., Jackson, S.R., Goodwin, K., Davidson, S. M., McBride, M. J., Webb, A. E., Omufwoko, K. S. Van Dorp, N., Otárola, F. M., Pham, M., Omer, A. D., Weisz, D., Schraiber, J., Villanea, F., Wcislo, W. T., Paxton, R. J., Hunt, B. G., Lieberman, A. E., Kocher, S. D.. (Accepted) Convergent selection on hormone signaling shaped social evolution in bees. Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Hagadorn, M. A., Hunter, F. K., DeLory, T., Johnson, M. M., Pitts-Singer, T. L., Kapheim, K. M. (Accepted) Maternal body condition and season influence RNA deposition in the oocytes of alfalfa leafcutting bees (Megachile rotundata). Frontiers in Genetics.
2021
Hagadorn, M. A., Eck, K., Del Grosso, M., Haemmerle, X., Wcislo, W. T., Kapheim, K. M. (In Revision) Age-related mushroom body expansion in male sweat bees and bumble bees. Scientific Reports 11: 17039 [doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-96268-w].
Kapheim, K. M., Johnson, M. M., Jolley, M. Composition and acquisition of the microbiome in solitary, ground-nesting alkali bees. Scientific Reports. 11: 2993 [doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-82573-x].
Hagadorn, M. A., Johnson, M. M., Smith, A. R., Seid, M. A., Kapheim, K. M. (2021) Experience, but not age, is associated with volumetric mushroom body expansion in solitary alkali bees. Journal of Experimental Biology 224: jeb238899. [doi: 10.1242/jeb.238899].
2020
Kapheim, K. M., Jones, B. M., Søvik, E., Stolle, E., Waterhouse, R. M., Bloch, G., Ben-Shahar, Y. (2020) Brain microRNAs among social and solitary bees. Proc Roy Soc Open Sci. [doi: 10.1098/rsos.200517].
Kapheim, K. M., Jones, B. M., Pan, H., Cai, L., Harpur, B. A., Kent, C. F., Zayed, A., Ioannidis, P., Waterhouse, R. M., Kingwell, C., Stolle, E., Zhang, G., McMillan, W. O., Wcislo, W. T. (2020) Developmental plasticity shapes social traits and selection in a facultatively eusocial bee. PNAS.. 117: 13615-13625 [doi: 10.1073/pnas.2000344117].
Rêgo, A., Chaturvedi, S., Springer, A., Lish, A. M., Barton, C. L., Kapheim, K. M., Messina, F. J., Gompert, Z. (2020) Combining experimental evolution and genomics to understand how seed beetles adapt to a marginal host plant. Genes. 11: 400.
2019
Santos, P. K. F., Arias, M. C., Kapheim, K. M. (2019) Loss of developmental diapause as a prerequisite for social evolution in bees. Biology Letters 15: 20190398. [doi: 10.1101/649897].
Smith, A. R., DeLory, T. , Johnson, M. M. , Figgins, A. C., Hagadorn, M. A. , Kapheim, K. M. (2019) Small body size is associated with increased aggression in the solitary sweat bee Nomia melanderi (Hymenoptera, Halictidae). J Insect Behav. 32: 306-314 [doi: 10.1007/s10905-019-09736-7]..
Smith, A. R., Kapheim, K. M., Wcislo, W. T. (2019) Survival and productivity benefits of sociality vary seasonally in the tropical, facultatively eusocial bee Megalopta genalis. Insectes Sociaux. 66:555-568 [doi: 10.1007/s00040-019-00713-z].
Jones, J. C. Wallberg, A., Christmas, M. J., Kapheim, K. M., Webster, M. T. (2019) Extreme differences in recombination rate between the genomes of a solitary and a social bee. Molecular Biology and Evolution 36:2277-2291. [doi: 10.1093/molbev/msz130].
Rubenstein, D. R., Ågren, J. A., Carbone, L., Hoekstra, H. E., Elde, N. C., Kapheim, K. M., Keller, L., Moreau, C. S., Toth, A. L., Yeaman, S., Hofmann, H. A. (2019) Coevolution of genome architecture and social behavior. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 34:844-855 [doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2019.04.011]
Smith, A. R., Kapheim, K. M., Kingwell, C. J., Wcislo, W. T. (2019) A split sex ratio in solitary and social nests of a facultatively social bee. Biology Letters. 15: 20180740. [doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0740].
Kapheim, K. M., Pan, H., Cai, L., Blatti III, C. E., Harpur, B. A., Ioannidis, P., Jones, B. M., Kent, C. F., Sloofman, L., Stolle, E., Waterhouse, R. M., Zayed, A., Zhang, G., Wcislo, W. T. (2019) Draft genome assembly and population genetics of an agricultural pollinator, the solitary alkali bee (Halictidae: Nomia melanderi). G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 9: g3.200865.2018. [doi: 10.1534/g3.118.200865]
Nigenda-Morales, S. F., Gompper, M. E., Valenzuela-Galván, D., Lay, A. R., Kapheim, K. M., Hass, C., Booth-Binczik, S. D., Binczik,G. A., Hirsch, B. T., McColgin, M., Koprowski, J. L., McFadden, K., Wayne, R. K., Koepfli, K. P. (2019) Phylogeographic and diversification patterns of the white-nosed coati (Nasua narica): Evidence for south-to-north colonization of North America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 131:149-163. [doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.11.011]
Kapheim, K. M. (2019) Synthesis of Tinbergen's four questions and the future of sociogenomics. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology. 72: 186. [doi: 10.1007/s00265-018-2606-3].
2018
Galbraith, D. A., Fuller, Z. L., Ray, A. M., Brockmann, A., Frazier, M., Gikungu, M. W., Martinez, J. F. I., Kapheim, K. M., Kerby, J. T., Kocher, S. D., Losyev, O., Muli, E., Patch, H., Rosa, C., Sakamoto, J. M., Stanley, S., Vaudo, A. D., Grozinger, C. M. (2018) Investigating the viral ecology of global bee communities with high-throughput metagenomics Scientific Reports 8:8879 [doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-27164-z]
Smith, A. R., Harper, C., Kapheim, K. M., Simons, M., Kingwell, C. & Wcislo, W. T. (2018) Effects of social organization and resource availability on brood parasitism in the facultatively social nocturnal bee Megalopta genalis. Insectes Sociaux. 65: 85-93. [doi: 10.1007/s00040-017-0590-7]
Branstetter, M.G., Childers, A.K., Cox-Foster, D., Hopper, K.R., Kapheim, K.M., Toth, A.L. & Worley, K.C. (2018) Genomes of the Hymenoptera. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 25, 65-75. [doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2017.11.008].
2017
Kapheim, K. M., Johnson, M. M. (2017). Juvenile hormone, but not nutrition of social cues, affects reproductive maturation in solitary alkali bees (Nomia melanderi). Journal of Experimental Biology. 220: 3794-3801. [doi: 10.1242/jeb.162255]
Kapheim, K. M. (2017) Nutritional, endocrine, and social influences on reproductive physiology at the origins of social behavior Current Opinion in Insect Science. 22: 62-70.
Kapheim, K.M. & Johnson, M.M. (2017) Support for the reproductive ground plan hypothesis in a solitary bee: links between sucrose response and reproductive status. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 284: 20162406.
Rodgers, T. W., Xu, C. Giacalone, J., Kapheim, K. M., Saltonstall, K., Vargas, M., Yu, D., Somervuo, P., McMillan, W. O.*, Jansen, P.* (2017) Carrion fly-derived DNA metabarcoding is an effective tool for mammal surveys: evidence from a known tropical mammal community. Molecular Ecology Resources 17: e133–e145 [doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12701].
Brand, P., Saleh, N., Pan, H., Li, C., Kapheim, K. M., Ramírez, S. R. (2017). The nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of the facultatively eusocial orchid bee Euglossa dilemma. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 7: 2891-2898. [doi: 10.1534/g3.117.043687]
Rodgers, T. W., Kapheim, K. M. (2017) A high elevation record of the little spotted cat Leopardus tigrinus oncilla from western Panama. Southwestern Naturalist. 62: 225-227 [doi: 10.1894/SWNAT-D-17-00024.1].
2016
Kapheim, K. M. (2016) Genomic sources of phenotypic novelty in the evolution of eusociality in insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 13: 24-32.
McNeill, M. S.*, Kapheim, K. M.*, Brockmann, A., McGill, T. A. W., Robinson, G. E. (2016) Brain regions and molecular pathways responding to food reward type and value in honey bees. Genes, Brain, Behavior. 15: 305-317.
Kapheim, K. M., Chan, T. Y., Smith, A. R., Nonacs, P., Wcislo, W. T. (2016) Ontogeny of division of labor in a facultatively eusocial sweat bee Megalopta genalis. Insectes Sociaux. 63: 185-191.
2015
Kapheim, K. M.*, Pan, H.*, Li, C., Salzberg, S. L., Puiu, D., Magoc, T., Robertson, H. M., Hudson, M. E., Venkat, A., Fischman, B. J., Hernandez, A., Yandell, M., Ence, D., Holt, C., Yocum, G. D., Kemp, W. P., Bosch, J., Waterhouse, R. M., Zdobnov, E. M., Stolle, E., Kraus, F. B., Helbing, S., Moritz, R. F. A., Glastad, K. M., Hunt, B. G., Goodisman, M. A. D., Hauser, F., Grimmelikhuijzen, C. J. P., Pinheiro, D. G., Nunes, F. M. F., Soares, M. P. M., Tanaka, E. D., Simões, Z. L. P., Hartfelder, K., Evans, J. D., Barribeau, S. M., Johnson, R. M., Massey, J. H., Southey, B. R., Hasselmann, M., Hamacher, D., Biewer, M., Kent, C. F., Zayed, A., Blatti III, C., Sinha, S., Johnston, J. S., Hanrahan, S. J., Kocher, S. D., Wang, J., Robinson, G. E., Zhang, G. (2015) Genomic signatures of evolutionary transitions from solitary to group living. Science. 348: 1139-1143. [pdf]
Kapheim, K. M.*, Rao, V. D.*, Yeoman, C. J., Wilson, B. A., White, B. A., Goldenfeld, N., Robinson, G. E. (2015) Caste-specific differences in hindgut microbial communities of honey bees (Apis mellifera). PLoS ONE. 10(4): e0123911.
Kapheim, K. M., Nonacs, P., Smith, A. R., Wayne, R. K., Wcislo, W. T. (2015) Kinship, parental manipulation, and evolutionary origins of eusociality. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 282: 20142886.
2014
Nonacs, P., Kapheim, K. M. (2014) The cultural evolution of emergent group-level traits. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 37: 266-267.
2013
Tierney, S. M., Fischer, C. N., Rehan, S. M., Kapheim, K. M., Wcislo, W. T. (2013) Facultative social nesting does not vary across a climate gradient, despite disparity in brood production and body size. Insectes Sociaux 60: 163-172.
Kapheim, K. M., Smith, A. R., Nonacs, P., Wcislo, W. T., Wayne, R. K. (2013) Foundress polyphenism and the origins of eusociality in a facultatively eusocial sweat bee, Megalopta genalis (Halictidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 331-340.
Smith, A. R*. Kapheim, K. M*., Pérez-Ortega, B., Brent, C. S., Wcislo, W. T. (2013) Juvenile hormone levels reflect social opportunities in the facultatively eusocial bee Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Hormones and Behavior 63: 1-4.
2012
Nonacs, P. and Kapheim, K. M. (2012) Modeling disease evolution with multilevel selection: HIV as a quasispecies genome. Journal of Evolutionary Medicine. 1 (235553): 1-13.
Enzmann, B. L., Kapheim, K. M., Wang, T. B., Nonacs, P. (2012) Giving them what they want: manipulating Argentine ant activity patterns with water. Journal of Applied Entomology. 136: 588-595.
Kapheim, K. M., Smith, A. R., Ihle, K. I., Amdam, G. V., Nonacs, P., Wcislo, W. T. (2012) Physiological variation as a mechanism for developmental caste-biasing in a facultatively eusocial sweat bee. Proceedings of the Royal Society B – Biological Sciences. 279: 1437-1446.
2011
Kapheim, K. M., Bernal, S. V., Smith, A. R., Nonacs, P., Wcislo, W. T. (2011) Support for maternal manipulation of developmental nutrition in a facultatively eusocial bee, Megalopta genalis (Halictidae) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 65: 1179-1190.
2009
Smith, A. R., Kapheim, K. M., O’Donnell, S., and Wcislo, W. T. (2009) Social competition but not subfertility leads to a division of labour in the facultatively social sweat bee Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Animal Behaviour. 78: 1043-1050.
Kapheim, K. M., Pollinger, J. P., Wcislo, W. T., and Wayne, R. K. (2009) Characterization of 12 polymorphic microsatellite markers for a facultatively eusocial sweat bee (Megalopta genalis). Molecular Ecology Resources. 9: 1527-1529.
2008-2005
Nonacs, P. and Kapheim, K. M. (2008) Social heterosis and the maintenance of genetic diversity at the genome level. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 21: 631-635.
Nonacs, P. and Kapheim, K. M. (2007) Social heterosis and the maintenance of genetic diversity. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 20: 2253-2265.
Boydston, E.E., Kapheim, K.M., Holekamp, K.E. (2006). Patterns of den occupation by the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta). African Journal of Ecology. 44: 72-76.
Boydston, E.E., Kapheim, K.M., Van Horn, R.C., Smale, L., and Holekamp, K.E. (2005). Sexually dimorphic patterns of space use throughout ontogeny in the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta). Journal of Zoology. 267: 271-281.
Boydston, E. E., Kapheim, K.M., Szykman, M., & Holekamp, K. E. (2003). Individual variation in space use by female spotted hyenas. Journal of Mammalogy. 84: 1006-1018.
Boydston, E. E., Kapheim, K.M., Watts, H.E., Szykman, M., & Holekamp, K. E. (2003). Altered behavior in spotted hyenas associated with increased human activity. Animal Conservation. 6: 207-219.
* These authors contributed equally
Jones, B. M., Rubin, B. E., Dudchenko, O., Kingwell, C. J., Traniello, I. M., Wang, Z. Y., Kapheim, K. M., Wyman, E. S., St Hilaire, B. G., Liu, W., Parsons, L. R., Jackson, S.R., Goodwin, K., Davidson, S. M., McBride, M. J., Webb, A. E., Omufwoko, K. S. Van Dorp, N., Otárola, F. M., Pham, M., Omer, A. D., Weisz, D., Schraiber, J., Villanea, F., Wcislo, W. T., Paxton, R. J., Hunt, B. G., Lieberman, A. E., Kocher, S. D.. (Accepted) Convergent selection on hormone signaling shaped social evolution in bees. Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Hagadorn, M. A., Hunter, F. K., DeLory, T., Johnson, M. M., Pitts-Singer, T. L., Kapheim, K. M. (Accepted) Maternal body condition and season influence RNA deposition in the oocytes of alfalfa leafcutting bees (Megachile rotundata). Frontiers in Genetics.
2021
Hagadorn, M. A., Eck, K., Del Grosso, M., Haemmerle, X., Wcislo, W. T., Kapheim, K. M. (In Revision) Age-related mushroom body expansion in male sweat bees and bumble bees. Scientific Reports 11: 17039 [doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-96268-w].
Kapheim, K. M., Johnson, M. M., Jolley, M. Composition and acquisition of the microbiome in solitary, ground-nesting alkali bees. Scientific Reports. 11: 2993 [doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-82573-x].
Hagadorn, M. A., Johnson, M. M., Smith, A. R., Seid, M. A., Kapheim, K. M. (2021) Experience, but not age, is associated with volumetric mushroom body expansion in solitary alkali bees. Journal of Experimental Biology 224: jeb238899. [doi: 10.1242/jeb.238899].
2020
Kapheim, K. M., Jones, B. M., Søvik, E., Stolle, E., Waterhouse, R. M., Bloch, G., Ben-Shahar, Y. (2020) Brain microRNAs among social and solitary bees. Proc Roy Soc Open Sci. [doi: 10.1098/rsos.200517].
Kapheim, K. M., Jones, B. M., Pan, H., Cai, L., Harpur, B. A., Kent, C. F., Zayed, A., Ioannidis, P., Waterhouse, R. M., Kingwell, C., Stolle, E., Zhang, G., McMillan, W. O., Wcislo, W. T. (2020) Developmental plasticity shapes social traits and selection in a facultatively eusocial bee. PNAS.. 117: 13615-13625 [doi: 10.1073/pnas.2000344117].
Rêgo, A., Chaturvedi, S., Springer, A., Lish, A. M., Barton, C. L., Kapheim, K. M., Messina, F. J., Gompert, Z. (2020) Combining experimental evolution and genomics to understand how seed beetles adapt to a marginal host plant. Genes. 11: 400.
2019
Santos, P. K. F., Arias, M. C., Kapheim, K. M. (2019) Loss of developmental diapause as a prerequisite for social evolution in bees. Biology Letters 15: 20190398. [doi: 10.1101/649897].
Smith, A. R., DeLory, T. , Johnson, M. M. , Figgins, A. C., Hagadorn, M. A. , Kapheim, K. M. (2019) Small body size is associated with increased aggression in the solitary sweat bee Nomia melanderi (Hymenoptera, Halictidae). J Insect Behav. 32: 306-314 [doi: 10.1007/s10905-019-09736-7]..
Smith, A. R., Kapheim, K. M., Wcislo, W. T. (2019) Survival and productivity benefits of sociality vary seasonally in the tropical, facultatively eusocial bee Megalopta genalis. Insectes Sociaux. 66:555-568 [doi: 10.1007/s00040-019-00713-z].
Jones, J. C. Wallberg, A., Christmas, M. J., Kapheim, K. M., Webster, M. T. (2019) Extreme differences in recombination rate between the genomes of a solitary and a social bee. Molecular Biology and Evolution 36:2277-2291. [doi: 10.1093/molbev/msz130].
Rubenstein, D. R., Ågren, J. A., Carbone, L., Hoekstra, H. E., Elde, N. C., Kapheim, K. M., Keller, L., Moreau, C. S., Toth, A. L., Yeaman, S., Hofmann, H. A. (2019) Coevolution of genome architecture and social behavior. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 34:844-855 [doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2019.04.011]
Smith, A. R., Kapheim, K. M., Kingwell, C. J., Wcislo, W. T. (2019) A split sex ratio in solitary and social nests of a facultatively social bee. Biology Letters. 15: 20180740. [doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0740].
Kapheim, K. M., Pan, H., Cai, L., Blatti III, C. E., Harpur, B. A., Ioannidis, P., Jones, B. M., Kent, C. F., Sloofman, L., Stolle, E., Waterhouse, R. M., Zayed, A., Zhang, G., Wcislo, W. T. (2019) Draft genome assembly and population genetics of an agricultural pollinator, the solitary alkali bee (Halictidae: Nomia melanderi). G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 9: g3.200865.2018. [doi: 10.1534/g3.118.200865]
Nigenda-Morales, S. F., Gompper, M. E., Valenzuela-Galván, D., Lay, A. R., Kapheim, K. M., Hass, C., Booth-Binczik, S. D., Binczik,G. A., Hirsch, B. T., McColgin, M., Koprowski, J. L., McFadden, K., Wayne, R. K., Koepfli, K. P. (2019) Phylogeographic and diversification patterns of the white-nosed coati (Nasua narica): Evidence for south-to-north colonization of North America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 131:149-163. [doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.11.011]
Kapheim, K. M. (2019) Synthesis of Tinbergen's four questions and the future of sociogenomics. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology. 72: 186. [doi: 10.1007/s00265-018-2606-3].
2018
Galbraith, D. A., Fuller, Z. L., Ray, A. M., Brockmann, A., Frazier, M., Gikungu, M. W., Martinez, J. F. I., Kapheim, K. M., Kerby, J. T., Kocher, S. D., Losyev, O., Muli, E., Patch, H., Rosa, C., Sakamoto, J. M., Stanley, S., Vaudo, A. D., Grozinger, C. M. (2018) Investigating the viral ecology of global bee communities with high-throughput metagenomics Scientific Reports 8:8879 [doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-27164-z]
Smith, A. R., Harper, C., Kapheim, K. M., Simons, M., Kingwell, C. & Wcislo, W. T. (2018) Effects of social organization and resource availability on brood parasitism in the facultatively social nocturnal bee Megalopta genalis. Insectes Sociaux. 65: 85-93. [doi: 10.1007/s00040-017-0590-7]
Branstetter, M.G., Childers, A.K., Cox-Foster, D., Hopper, K.R., Kapheim, K.M., Toth, A.L. & Worley, K.C. (2018) Genomes of the Hymenoptera. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 25, 65-75. [doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2017.11.008].
2017
Kapheim, K. M., Johnson, M. M. (2017). Juvenile hormone, but not nutrition of social cues, affects reproductive maturation in solitary alkali bees (Nomia melanderi). Journal of Experimental Biology. 220: 3794-3801. [doi: 10.1242/jeb.162255]
Kapheim, K. M. (2017) Nutritional, endocrine, and social influences on reproductive physiology at the origins of social behavior Current Opinion in Insect Science. 22: 62-70.
Kapheim, K.M. & Johnson, M.M. (2017) Support for the reproductive ground plan hypothesis in a solitary bee: links between sucrose response and reproductive status. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 284: 20162406.
Rodgers, T. W., Xu, C. Giacalone, J., Kapheim, K. M., Saltonstall, K., Vargas, M., Yu, D., Somervuo, P., McMillan, W. O.*, Jansen, P.* (2017) Carrion fly-derived DNA metabarcoding is an effective tool for mammal surveys: evidence from a known tropical mammal community. Molecular Ecology Resources 17: e133–e145 [doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12701].
Brand, P., Saleh, N., Pan, H., Li, C., Kapheim, K. M., Ramírez, S. R. (2017). The nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of the facultatively eusocial orchid bee Euglossa dilemma. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 7: 2891-2898. [doi: 10.1534/g3.117.043687]
Rodgers, T. W., Kapheim, K. M. (2017) A high elevation record of the little spotted cat Leopardus tigrinus oncilla from western Panama. Southwestern Naturalist. 62: 225-227 [doi: 10.1894/SWNAT-D-17-00024.1].
2016
Kapheim, K. M. (2016) Genomic sources of phenotypic novelty in the evolution of eusociality in insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 13: 24-32.
McNeill, M. S.*, Kapheim, K. M.*, Brockmann, A., McGill, T. A. W., Robinson, G. E. (2016) Brain regions and molecular pathways responding to food reward type and value in honey bees. Genes, Brain, Behavior. 15: 305-317.
Kapheim, K. M., Chan, T. Y., Smith, A. R., Nonacs, P., Wcislo, W. T. (2016) Ontogeny of division of labor in a facultatively eusocial sweat bee Megalopta genalis. Insectes Sociaux. 63: 185-191.
2015
Kapheim, K. M.*, Pan, H.*, Li, C., Salzberg, S. L., Puiu, D., Magoc, T., Robertson, H. M., Hudson, M. E., Venkat, A., Fischman, B. J., Hernandez, A., Yandell, M., Ence, D., Holt, C., Yocum, G. D., Kemp, W. P., Bosch, J., Waterhouse, R. M., Zdobnov, E. M., Stolle, E., Kraus, F. B., Helbing, S., Moritz, R. F. A., Glastad, K. M., Hunt, B. G., Goodisman, M. A. D., Hauser, F., Grimmelikhuijzen, C. J. P., Pinheiro, D. G., Nunes, F. M. F., Soares, M. P. M., Tanaka, E. D., Simões, Z. L. P., Hartfelder, K., Evans, J. D., Barribeau, S. M., Johnson, R. M., Massey, J. H., Southey, B. R., Hasselmann, M., Hamacher, D., Biewer, M., Kent, C. F., Zayed, A., Blatti III, C., Sinha, S., Johnston, J. S., Hanrahan, S. J., Kocher, S. D., Wang, J., Robinson, G. E., Zhang, G. (2015) Genomic signatures of evolutionary transitions from solitary to group living. Science. 348: 1139-1143. [pdf]
Kapheim, K. M.*, Rao, V. D.*, Yeoman, C. J., Wilson, B. A., White, B. A., Goldenfeld, N., Robinson, G. E. (2015) Caste-specific differences in hindgut microbial communities of honey bees (Apis mellifera). PLoS ONE. 10(4): e0123911.
Kapheim, K. M., Nonacs, P., Smith, A. R., Wayne, R. K., Wcislo, W. T. (2015) Kinship, parental manipulation, and evolutionary origins of eusociality. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 282: 20142886.
2014
Nonacs, P., Kapheim, K. M. (2014) The cultural evolution of emergent group-level traits. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 37: 266-267.
2013
Tierney, S. M., Fischer, C. N., Rehan, S. M., Kapheim, K. M., Wcislo, W. T. (2013) Facultative social nesting does not vary across a climate gradient, despite disparity in brood production and body size. Insectes Sociaux 60: 163-172.
Kapheim, K. M., Smith, A. R., Nonacs, P., Wcislo, W. T., Wayne, R. K. (2013) Foundress polyphenism and the origins of eusociality in a facultatively eusocial sweat bee, Megalopta genalis (Halictidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 331-340.
Smith, A. R*. Kapheim, K. M*., Pérez-Ortega, B., Brent, C. S., Wcislo, W. T. (2013) Juvenile hormone levels reflect social opportunities in the facultatively eusocial bee Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Hormones and Behavior 63: 1-4.
2012
Nonacs, P. and Kapheim, K. M. (2012) Modeling disease evolution with multilevel selection: HIV as a quasispecies genome. Journal of Evolutionary Medicine. 1 (235553): 1-13.
Enzmann, B. L., Kapheim, K. M., Wang, T. B., Nonacs, P. (2012) Giving them what they want: manipulating Argentine ant activity patterns with water. Journal of Applied Entomology. 136: 588-595.
Kapheim, K. M., Smith, A. R., Ihle, K. I., Amdam, G. V., Nonacs, P., Wcislo, W. T. (2012) Physiological variation as a mechanism for developmental caste-biasing in a facultatively eusocial sweat bee. Proceedings of the Royal Society B – Biological Sciences. 279: 1437-1446.
2011
Kapheim, K. M., Bernal, S. V., Smith, A. R., Nonacs, P., Wcislo, W. T. (2011) Support for maternal manipulation of developmental nutrition in a facultatively eusocial bee, Megalopta genalis (Halictidae) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 65: 1179-1190.
2009
Smith, A. R., Kapheim, K. M., O’Donnell, S., and Wcislo, W. T. (2009) Social competition but not subfertility leads to a division of labour in the facultatively social sweat bee Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Animal Behaviour. 78: 1043-1050.
Kapheim, K. M., Pollinger, J. P., Wcislo, W. T., and Wayne, R. K. (2009) Characterization of 12 polymorphic microsatellite markers for a facultatively eusocial sweat bee (Megalopta genalis). Molecular Ecology Resources. 9: 1527-1529.
2008-2005
Nonacs, P. and Kapheim, K. M. (2008) Social heterosis and the maintenance of genetic diversity at the genome level. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 21: 631-635.
Nonacs, P. and Kapheim, K. M. (2007) Social heterosis and the maintenance of genetic diversity. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 20: 2253-2265.
Boydston, E.E., Kapheim, K.M., Holekamp, K.E. (2006). Patterns of den occupation by the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta). African Journal of Ecology. 44: 72-76.
Boydston, E.E., Kapheim, K.M., Van Horn, R.C., Smale, L., and Holekamp, K.E. (2005). Sexually dimorphic patterns of space use throughout ontogeny in the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta). Journal of Zoology. 267: 271-281.
Boydston, E. E., Kapheim, K.M., Szykman, M., & Holekamp, K. E. (2003). Individual variation in space use by female spotted hyenas. Journal of Mammalogy. 84: 1006-1018.
Boydston, E. E., Kapheim, K.M., Watts, H.E., Szykman, M., & Holekamp, K. E. (2003). Altered behavior in spotted hyenas associated with increased human activity. Animal Conservation. 6: 207-219.
* These authors contributed equally