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Publications

  1. Chuanxin Y., Hodapp D., Moog S., Dupont S., Darrouzet E., Keller Valsecchi C.E., Colgan T.J , Pan Q (‡), Darras H. (‡). 2026. Deep evolutionary conservation of a sex-determining locus without sequence homology. PNAS, 123 (2).
  2. Darras H., Pan Q. 2024. Clonal ants reveal a potentially hidden meiotic feature. Trends in Genetics, 40(11).
  3. Pan Q. (‡), Darras H. (‡), Keller L. 2024. LncRNA gene ANTSR coordinates complementary sex determination in the Argentine ant. Science Advances, 10(22).
  4. Darras H., Berney C., Hasin S., Drescher J., Feldhaar H., Keller L. 2023. Obligate chimerism in male yellow crazy ants. Science, 380(6640): 55–58.
  5. Tseng S.-P. (‡), Darras H. (‡), Hsu P.-W., Yoshimura T., Lee C.-Y., Wetterer J.K., Keller L., Yang C.C.S. 2022. Genetic analysis reveals the putative native range and widespread double-clonal reproduction in the invasive longhorn crazy ant. Molecular Ecology, 32(5).
  6. Darras H., de Souza Araujo N., Baudry L., Guiglielmoni N., Lorite P., Marbouty M., Rodriguez F., Arkhipova I., Koszul R., Flot J.F., Aron S. 2022. Chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation of two lineages of the ant Cataglyphis hispanica. PCI Genomics, 2(e40).
  7. Pan Q., Feron R., Jouanno E., Darras H., Herpin A., Koop B., Rondeau E., Goetz F.W., Larson W.A., Bernatchez L., et al. 2021. The rise and fall of the ancient northern pike master sex-determining gene. eLife, 10: e62858.
  8. Bujan J., Charavel E., Bates O.K., Gippet J.M.W., Darras H., Lebas C., Bertelsmeier C. 2021. Increased acclimation ability accompanies a thermal niche shift of a recent invasion. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90(2): 483–491.
  9. Kuhn A. (‡), Darras H. (‡), Paknia O., Aron S. 2020. Repeated evolution of queen parthenogenesis and social hybridogenesis in Cataglyphis desert ants. Molecular Ecology, 29(3): 549–564.
  10. Tseng S.-P., Darras H., Lee C.-Y., Yoshimura T., Keller L., Yang C.C.S. 2019. Isolation and characterization of novel microsatellite markers for Paratrechina longicornis. European Journal of Entomology, 116: 253–257.
  11. Darras H., Kuhn A., Aron S. 2019. Evolution of hybridogenetic lineages in Cataglyphis ants. Molecular Ecology, 28(12): 3073–3088.
  12. Kuhn A. (‡), Darras H. (‡), Aron S. 2018. Phenotypic plasticity in an ant with strong caste-genotype association. Biology Letters, 14(1): 20170705.
  13. Kuhn A., Bauman D., Darras H., Aron S. 2017. Sex-biased dispersal creates spatial genetic structure in a parthenogenetic ant with a dependent-lineage reproductive system. Heredity, 119(4): 207–213.
  14. Norman V. (‡), Darras H. (‡), Tranter C., Aron S., Hughes W.O.H. 2016. Cryptic lineages hybridize for worker production in the harvester ant Messor barbarus. Biology Letters, 12(11): 20160542.
  15. Darras H., Aron S. 2015. Introgression of mitochondrial DNA among lineages in a hybridogenetic ant. Biology Letters, 11(2): 20140971.
  16. Darras H., Kuhn A., Aron S. 2014. Genetic determination of female castes in a hybridogenetic desert ant. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27(10): 2265–2271.
  17. Darras H., Leniaud L., Aron S. 2013. Large-scale distribution of hybridogenetic lineages in a Spanish desert ant. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 281(1774): 20132396.
  18. Eyer P.A., Leniaud L., Darras H., Aron S. 2013. Hybridogenesis through thelytokous parthenogenesis in two Cataglyphis desert ants. Molecular Ecology, 22(4): 947–955.
  19. Leniaud L. (‡), Darras H. (‡), Boulay R., Aron S. 2012. Social hybridogenesis in the clonal ant Cataglyphis hispanica. Current Biology, 22(13): 1188–1193.

‡ equal contributions