Publications

Keller L., Chapuisat M., In Press. The evolution of eusociality. in Princeton Guide to Evolution. Princeton University Press.

Purcell J, Chapuisat M, In Press. Bidirectional shifts in colony queen number in a socially polymorphic ant population. Evolution . [DOI]

Clavien C., Chapuisat M., 2013. Altruism across disciplines: one word, multiple meanings. Biology and Philosophy 28(1) pp. 125-140. [DOI] [Web of Science]

Brand N., Chapuisat M., 2012. Born to be bee, fed to be worker? The caste system of a primitively eusocial insect. Frontiers in Zoology 9(1) p. 35. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Clavien C., Chapuisat M, 03-2012. Altruism - a philosophical analysis. p. 6 in eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, http://www.els.net, Chichester. [DOI]

Clavien C., Tanner C.J., Clément F., Chapuisat M., 2012. Choosy moral punishers. PLoS One 7(6) pp. e39002. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Purcell J., Brütsch T., Chapuisat M., 2012. Effects of the social environment on the survival and fungal resistance of ant brood. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66(3) pp. 467-474. [DOI] [Web of Science]

Purcell J., Chapuisat M., 2012. The influence of social structure on brood survival and development in a socially polymorphic ant: insights from a cross-fostering experiment. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25(11) pp. 2288-2297. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Reber A., Chapuisat M, 2012. Diversity, prevalence and virulence of fungal entomopathogens in colonies of the ant Formica selysi. Insectes Sociaux 59(2) pp. 231-239. [DOI] [Web of Science]

Reber A., Chapuisat M., 2012. No evidence for immune priming in ants exposed to a fungal pathogen. PLoS One 7(4) pp. e35372. [DOI] [Pubmed]

Abbot P., Abe J., Alcock J., Alizon S., Alpedrinha J.A., Andersson M., Andre J.B., van Baalen M., Balloux F., Balshine S., Barton N., Beukeboom L.W., Biernaskie J.M., Bilde T., Borgia G., Breed M., Brown S., Bshary R., Buckling A., Burley N.T., Burton-Chellew M.N., Cant M.A., Chapuisat M., Charnov E.L., Clutton-Brock T., Cockburn A., Cole B.J., Colegrave N., Cosmides L., Couzin I.D., Coyne J.A., Creel S., Crespi B., Curry R.L., Dall S.R., Day T., Dickinson J.L., Dugatkin L.A., El Mouden C., Emlen S.T., Evans J., Ferriere R., Field J., Foitzik S., Foster K., Foster W.A., Fox C.W., Gadau J., Gandon S., Gardner A., Gardner M.G., Getty T., Goodisman M.A., Grafen A., Grosberg R., Grozinger C.M., Gouyon P.H., Gwynne D., Harvey P.H., Hatchwell B.J., Heinze J., Helantera H., Helms K.R., Hill K., Jiricny N., Johnstone R.A., Kacelnik A., Kiers E.T., Kokko H., Komdeur J., Korb J., Kronauer D., Kümmerli R., Lehmann L., Linksvayer T.A., Lion S., Lyon B., Marshall J.A., McElreath R., Michalakis Y., Michod R.E., Mock D., Monnin T., Montgomerie R., Moore A.J., Mueller U.G., Noë R., Okasha S., Pamilo P., Parker G.A., Pedersen J.S., Pen I., Pfennig D., Queller D.C., Rankin D.J., Reece S.E., Reeve H.K., Reuter M., Roberts G., Robson S.K., Roze D., Rousset F., Rueppell O., Sachs J.L., Santorelli L., Schmid-Hempel P., Schwarz M.P., Scott-Phillips T., Shellmann-Sherman J., Sherman P.W., Shuker D.M., Smith J., Spagna J.C., Strassmann B., Suarez A.V., Sundström L., Taborsky M., Taylor P., Thompson G., Tooby J., Tsutsui N.D., Tsuji K., Turillazzi S., Ubeda F., Vargo E.L., Voelkl B., Wenseleers T., West S.A., West-Eberhard M.J., Westneat D.F., Wiernasz D.C., Wild G., Wrangham R., Young A.J., Zeh D.W., Zeh J.A., Zink A., 2011. Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality. Nature 471(7339) pp. E1-E4; author reply E9-E10. [DOI] [Pubmed]

Chapuisat M., Dubochet J., 2011. La révolution darwinienne. pp. 23-58 in Bornet P. (eds.) Et Dieu créa Darwin: théorie de l'évolution et créationnisme en Suisse aujourd'hui. Religions et modernités 7. Labor et Fides, Genève.

Meunier J., Reber A., Chapuisat M., 2011. Queen acceptance in a socially polymorphic ant. Animal Behaviour 81(1) pp. 163-168. [DOI] [Web of Science]

Reber A., Purcell J., Buechel S.D., Buri P., Chapuisat M., 2011. The expression and impact of antifungal grooming in ants. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24(5) pp. 954-964. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Castella G., Christe P., Chapuisat M., 2010. Covariation between colony social structure and immune defences of workers in the ant Formica selysi. Insectes Sociaux 57(2) pp. 233-238. [DOI] [Web of Science]

Chapuisat M., 2010. Evolution: plastic sociality in a sweat bee. Current Biology 20(22) pp. R977-R979. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Chapuisat M., 2010. Social evolution: sick ants face death alone. Current Biology 20(3) pp. R104-R105. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Keller L., Chapuisat M, 2010. Eusociality and cooperation. p. 9 in eLS. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd,, Chichester. [url editor site] [DOI]

Meunier J., Delaplace L., Chapuisat M., 2010. Reproductive conflicts and egg discrimination in a socially polymorphic ant. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64(10) pp. 1655-1663. [DOI]

Reber A., 2010. Parasites and sociality in ants. 137 p., Université de Lausanne, Faculté de biologie et médecine, Chapuisat M. (dir.).

Reber A., Meunier J., Chapuisat M., 2010. Flexible colony-founding strategies in a socially polymorphic ant. Animal Behaviour 79(2) pp. 467-472. [DOI] [Web of Science]

Castella G., Christe P., Chapuisat M., 2009. Mating triggers dynamic immune regulations in wood ant queens. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(3) pp. 564-570. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Chapuisat M., 2009. Social evolution: the smell of cheating. Current Biology 19(5) pp. R196-R198. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Devevey G., Chapuisat M., Christe P., 2009. Longevity differs among sexes but is not affected by repeated immune activation in voles (Microtus arvalis). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 97(2) pp. 328-333. [DOI] [Web of Science]

Holzer B., Keller L., Chapuisat M., 2009. Genetic clusters and sex-biased gene flow in a unicolonial Formica ant. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9 p. 69. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Meunier J., 06-2009. Conflict resolution and evolution of social structures in insect societies. 144 p., Université de Lausanne, Faculté de biologie et médecine, Chapuisat M. (dir.).

Meunier J., Chapuisat M., 2009. The determinants of queen size in a socially polymorphic ant. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(9) pp. 1906-1913. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Ulrich Y., Perrin N., Chapuisat M., 2009. Flexible social organization and high incidence of drifting in the sweat bee, Halictus scabiosae. Molecular Ecology 18(8) pp. 1791-1800. [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Castella G., Chapuisat M., Christe P., 2008. Prophylaxis with resin in wood ants. Animal Behaviour 75(4) pp. 1591-1596. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]

Castella G., Chapuisat M., Moret Y., Christe P., 2008. The presence of conifer resin decreases the use of the immune system in wood ants. Ecological Entomology 33(3) pp. 408-412. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]

Chapuisat M., 2008. Sex allocation. pp. 466-499 in Danchin E., Giraldeau L. A., Cézilly F. (eds.) Behavioural ecology. Oxford University Press, Oxford. [url editor site]

Devevey G., Niculita-Hirzel H., Biollaz F., Candice Y., Chapuisat M., Christe P., 2008. Developmental, metabolic and immunological costs of flea infestation in the common vole. Functional Ecology 22(6) pp. 1091-1098. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]

Holzer B., 2008. The evolution of unicoloniality in ant societies : recognition, dispersal and population genetic structure. 101 p., Université de Lausanne, Faculté de biologie et médecine, Chapuisat M. (dir.).

Holzer B., Chapuisat M., Keller L., 2008. Foreign ant queens are accepted but produce fewer offspring. Oecologia 157(4) pp. 717-723. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Holzer B., Meunier J., Keller L., Chapuisat M., 2008. Stay or drift? Queen acceptance in the ant Formica paralugubris. Insectes Sociaux 55(4) pp. 392-396. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]

Meunier J., West S., Chapuisat M., 2008. Split sex ratios in the social Hymenoptera: a meta-analysis. Behavioral Ecology 19(2) pp. 382-390. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]

Reber A., Castella G., Christe P., Chapuisat M., 2008. Experimentally increased group diversity improves disease resistance in an ant species. Ecology Letters 11(7) pp. 682-689. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Chapuisat M., Keller L., 2007. Les fourmis, en froid avec Darwin? Les Dossiers de La Recherche 27 pp. 56-63. [Document]

Chapuisat M., Oppliger A., Magliano P., Christe P., 2007. Wood ants use resin to protect themselves against pathogens. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 274(1621) pp. 2013-2017. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Rosset H., Chapuisat M., 2007. Alternative life-histories in a socially polymorphic ant. Evolutionary Ecology 21(5) pp. 577-588. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]

Rosset H., Schwander T., Chapuisat M., 2007. Nestmate recognition and levels of aggression are not altered by changes in genetic diversity in a socially polymorphic ant. Animal Behaviour 74(4) pp. 951-956. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]

Holzer B., Chapuisat M., Kremer N., Finet C., Keller L., 2006. Unicoloniality, recognition and genetic differentiation in a native Formica ant. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19(6) pp. 2031-2039. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Holzer B., Kümmerli R., Keller L., Chapuisat M., 2006. Sham nepotism as a result of intrinsic differences in brood viability in ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 273(1597) pp. 2049-2052. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Regnaut S., Christe P., Chapuisat M., Fumagalli L., 2006. Genotyping faeces reveals facultative kin association on capercaillie's leks. Conservation Genetics 7(5) pp. 665-674. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]

Rosset H., 2006. Impact of social structure variation on population genetics, social conflicts and life histories in ants. 94 p., Université de Lausanne, Faculté de biologie et médecine, Chapuisat M. (dir.).

Rosset H., Chapuisat M., 2006. Sex allocation conflict in ants: when the queen rules. Current Biology 16(3) pp. 328-331. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Chapuisat M., 2005. Allocation des ressources dans la progéniture mâle et femelle. pp. 331-363 in Danchin E., Giraldeau L.A., Cézilly F. (eds.) Ecologie comportementale : cours et questions de réflexion. Dunod, Paris. [url editor site]

Chapuisat M., Bernasconi C., Hoehn S., Reuter M., 2005. Nestmate recognition in the unicolonial ant Formica paralugubris. Behavioral Ecology 16(1) pp. 15-19. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]

Dronnet S., Chapuisat M., Vargo E.L., Bagnères A.G., Lohou C., 2005. Genetic analysis of the breeding system of an invasive subterranean termite, Reticulitermes santonensis, in urban and natural habitats. Molecular Ecology 14(5) pp. 1311-1320. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Jemielity S., Chapuisat M., Parker J. D., Keller L., 2005. Long live the queen: studying aging in social insects. Age 27(3) pp. 241-248. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]

Rosset H., Keller L., Chapuisat M., 2005. Experimental manipulation of colony genetic diversity had no effect on short-term task efficiency in the Argentine ant Linepithema humile. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 58(1) pp. 87-98. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]

Schwander T., Rosset H., Chapuisat M., 2005. Division of labour and worker size polymorphism in ant colonies: the impact of social and genetic factors. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 59(2) pp. 215-221. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Chapuisat M., 2004. Evolution: social selection for eccentricity. Current Biology 14(23) pp. R1003-R1004. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Chapuisat M., Bocherens S., Rosset H., 2004. Variable queen number in ant colonies: no impact on queen turnover, inbreeding, and population genetic differentiation in the ant Formica selysi. Evolution 58(5) pp. 1064-1072. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Christe P., Oppliger A., Bancala F., Castella G., Chapuisat M., 2003. Evidence for collective medication in ants. Ecology Letters 6(1) pp. 19-22. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]

Sundström L., Keller L., Chapuisat M., 2003. Inbreeding and sex-biased gene flow in the ant Formica exsecta. Evolution 57(7) pp. 1552-1561. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Zhu D., Chapuisat M., Pamilo P., 2003. Highly variable social organisation of colonies in the ant Formica cinerea. Hereditas 139(1) pp. 7-12. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Chapuisat M., Keller L., 2002. Division of labour influences the rate of ageing in weaver ant workers. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 269(1494) pp. 909-913. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Chapuisat M., Crozier R., 2001. Low relatedness among cooperatively breeding workers of the greenhead ant Rhytidoponera metallica. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 14(4) pp. 564-573. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]

Keller L., Chapuisat M., 2001. Eusociality and cooperation. pp. 1-9 in Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester. [Document] [url editor site] [DOI]

Keller L., Liautard C., Reuter M., Brown W.D., Sundström L., Chapuisat M., 2001. Sex ratio and Wolbachia infection in the ant Formica exsecta. Heredity 87(2) pp. 227-233. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Chapuisat M., Painter J.N., Crozier R.H., 2000. Microsatellite markers for Rhytidoponera metallica and other ponerine ants. Molecular Ecology 9(12) pp. 2219-2221. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Wedekind C., Bettens F., Chapuisat M., Füri S., Homberger F.R., Macas E., Paepke A.J., Rülicke T., Seebeck T., 2000. Examples of MHC-correlated sexual selection in mice and humans. pp. 437-444 in Espmark Y., Amundsen T., Rosenqvist G. (eds.) Animal signals: signalling and signal design in animal communication. Tapir Academic Press, Trondheim.

Chapuisat M., Keller L., 1999. Extended family structure in the ant Formica paralugubris: the role of the breeding system. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 46(6) pp. 405-412. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]

Chapuisat M., Keller L., 1999. Testing kin selection with sex allocation data in eusocial hymenoptera. Heredity 82(5) pp. 473-478. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Keller L., Chapuisat M., 1999. Cooperation among selfish individuals in insect societies. Bioscience 49(11) pp. 899-909. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]

Beye M., Neumann P., Chapuisat M., Pamilo P., Moritz R. F. A., 1998. Nestmate recognition and the genetic relatedness of nests in the ant Formica pratensis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 43(1) pp. 67-72. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]

Chapuisat M., 1998. Mating frequency of ant queens with alternative dispersal strategies, as revealed by microsatellite analysis of sperm. Molecular Ecology 7(9) pp. 1097-1105. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]

Rülicke T., Chapuisat M., Homberger F.R., Macas E., Wedekind C., 1998. MHC-genotype of progeny influenced by parental infection. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B Biological Sciences 265(1397) pp. 711-716. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Chapuisat M., Goudet J., Keller L., 1997. Microsatellites reveal high population viscosity and limited dispersal in the ant Formica paralugubris. Evolution 51(2) pp. 475-482. [Document] [Web of Science]

Chapuisat M., Keller L., 1997. Las hormigas: Aún en contradicción con Darwin? (Translation of Les fourmis sont-elles encore en froid avec Darwin? La Recherche, 296, 90-93). Mundo Scientifico, 179 pp. 472-475.

Chapuisat M., Keller L., 03-1997. Les fourmis sont-elles encore en froid avec Darwin ? La Recherche 296 pp. 90-93. [Web of Science]

Chapuisat M., Sundstrom L., Keller L., 1997. Sex-ratio regulation: the economics of fratricide in ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 264(1385) pp. 1255-1260. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]

Keller L., Sundstrom L., Chapuisat M., 1997. Male reproductive success: paternity contribution to queens and workers in Formica ants. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 41(1) pp. 11-15. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science]

McRae S. B., Chapuisat M., Komdeur J., 1997. The ant and the lion: common principles and idiosyncratic differences in social evolution. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12(12) pp. 463-465. [DOI] [Web of Science]

Chapuisat M., 1996. Characterization of microsatellite loci in Formica lugubris B and their variability in other ant species. Molecular Ecology 5(4) pp. 599-601. [Document] [DOI] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Chapuisat M., Brown W. D., 1996. Social Evolution in ants. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 9(6) pp. 1032-1034. [DOI]

Sundstrom L., Chapuisat M., Keller L., 1996. Conditional manipulation of sex ratios by ant workers: A test of kin selection theory. Science 274(5289) pp. 993-995. [Document] [Web of Science] [Pubmed]

Wedekind C., Chapuisat M., Macas E., Rulicke T., 1996. Non-random fertilization in mice correlates with the MHC and something else. Heredity 77(4) pp. 400-409. [Document] [DOI] [Pubmed]

Ruedi M., Chapuisat M., Iskandar D., 1994. Taxonomic status of Hylomys parvus and Hylomys suillus (Insectivora: Erinaceidae): biochemical and morphological analyses. Journal of Mammalogy 75(4) pp. 965-978. [DOI] [Web of Science]

Ruedi M., Chapuisat M., Iskandar D.T., 1992. Genetic structure of the Lesser Gymnure (Genus Hylomys) in SE-Asia: evidence for two species. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 99(4) pp. 732-733. [Web of Science]