Seirian Sumner - Publications

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CBER University College London 

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2023 Manfredini F, Wurm Y, Sumner S, Leadbeater E. Transcriptomic responses to location learning by honeybee dancers are partly mirrored in the brains of dance-followers. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 290: 20232274. PMID 38113935 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.2274  0.641
2023 Taylor BA, Taylor D, Bodrug-Schepers A, Câmara Ferreira F, Stralis-Pavese N, Himmelbauer H, Guigó R, Reuter M, Sumner S. Molecular signatures of alternative reproductive strategies in a facultatively social hover wasp. Molecular Ecology. PMID 38014715 DOI: 10.1111/mec.17217  0.847
2023 Cunningham-Eurich I, Kontou D, Yordanova M, Maeda-Obregon A, Favreau E, Wang J, Hart AG, Sumner S. Using citizen science data to assess the population genetic structure of the common yellowjacket wasp, Vespula vulgaris. Insect Molecular Biology. PMID 37599385 DOI: 10.1111/imb.12862  0.809
2023 Favreau E, Cini A, Taylor D, Câmara Ferreira F, Bentley MA, Cappa F, Cervo R, Privman E, Schneider J, Thiéry D, Mashoodh R, Wyatt CDR, Brown RL, Bodrug-Schepers A, Stralis-Pavese N, ... ... Sumner S, et al. Putting hornets on the genomic map. Scientific Reports. 13: 6232. PMID 37085574 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-31932-x  0.789
2023 Wyatt CDR, Bentley MA, Taylor D, Favreau E, Brock RE, Taylor BA, Bell E, Leadbeater E, Sumner S. Social complexity, life-history and lineage influence the molecular basis of castes in vespid wasps. Nature Communications. 14: 1046. PMID 36828829 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36456-6  0.808
2023 Sumner S, Favreau E, Geist K, Toth AL, Rehan SM. Molecular patterns and processes in evolving sociality: lessons from insects. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 378: 20220076. PMID 36802779 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0076  0.824
2023 Favreau E, Geist KS, Wyatt CDR, Toth AL, Sumner S, Rehan SM. Co-expression Gene Networks and Machine-learning Algorithms Unveil a Core Genetic Toolkit for Reproductive Division of Labour in Rudimentary Insect Societies. Genome Biology and Evolution. 15. PMID 36527688 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evac174  0.852
2022 Patalano S, Alsina A, Gregorio-Rodríguez C, Bachman M, Dreier S, Hernando-Herraez I, Nana P, Balasubramanian S, Sumner S, Reik W, Rulands S. Self-organization of plasticity and specialization in a primitively social insect. Cell Systems. PMID 36044898 DOI: 10.1016/j.cels.2022.08.002  0.809
2021 Lengronne T, Mlynski D, Patalano S, James R, Keller L, Sumner S. Multi-level social organization and nest-drifting behaviour in a eusocial insect. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 288: 20210275. PMID 33947238 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0275  0.789
2021 Brock RE, Cini A, Sumner S. Ecosystem services provided by aculeate wasps. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. PMID 33913243 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12719  0.635
2021 Taylor BA, Cini A, Wyatt CDR, Reuter M, Sumner S. The molecular basis of socially mediated phenotypic plasticity in a eusocial paper wasp. Nature Communications. 12: 775. PMID 33536437 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21095-6  0.813
2021 Revely L, Sumner S, Eggleton P. The Plasticity and Developmental Potential of Termites Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.552624  0.474
2020 Southon RJ, Radford AN, Sumner S. Hormone-mediated dispersal and sexual maturation in males of the social paper wasp . The Journal of Experimental Biology. 223. PMID 33139391 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.226472  0.811
2020 Taylor BA, Cini A, Cervo R, Reuter M, Sumner S. Queen succession conflict in the paper wasp Polistes dominula is mitigated by age-based convention Behavioral Ecology. 31: 992-1002. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/araa045  0.822
2020 Southon RJ, Radford AN, Sumner S. High reproductive skew in the Neotropical paper wasp Polistes lanio Insectes Sociaux. 67: 451-456. DOI: 10.1007/s00040-020-00780-7  0.777
2019 Southon RJ, Fernandes OA, Nascimento FS, Sumner S. Social wasps are effective biocontrol agents of key lepidopteran crop pests. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 286: 20191676. PMID 31690237 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.1676  0.811
2019 Taylor BA, Reuter M, Sumner S. Patterns of reproductive differentiation and reproductive plasticity in the major evolutionary transition to superorganismality. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 34: 40-47. PMID 31247416 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2019.02.007  0.795
2019 Southon RJ, Bell EF, Graystock P, Wyatt CDR, Radford AN, Sumner S. High indirect fitness benefits for helpers across the nesting cycle in the tropical paper wasp Polistes canadensis. Molecular Ecology. PMID 31141235 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15137  0.832
2019 Cini A, Sumner S, Cervo R. Inquiline social parasites as tools to unlock the secrets of insect sociality. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 374: 20180193. PMID 30967091 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0193  0.734
2018 Taylor D, Bentley MA, Sumner S. Social wasps as models to study the major evolutionary transition to superorganismality. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 28: 26-32. PMID 30551764 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2018.04.003  0.823
2018 Miller SE, Bluher SE, Bell E, Cini A, da Silva RC, de Souza AR, Gandia KM, Jandt J, Loope K, Prato A, Pruitt JN, Rankin D, Rankin E, Southon RJ, Uy FMK, ... ... Sumner S, et al. WASPnest: A worldwide assessment of social Polistine nesting behavior. Ecology. PMID 29999519 DOI: 10.1002/Ecy.2448  0.821
2018 Sumner S, Bell E, Taylor D. A molecular concept of caste in insect societies. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 25: 42-50. PMID 29602361 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2017.11.010  0.835
2018 Kennedy P, Higginson AD, Radford AN, Sumner S. Altruism in a volatile world. Nature. PMID 29513655 DOI: 10.1038/nature25965  0.565
2018 Sumner S, Law G, Cini A. Why we love bees and hate wasps Ecological Entomology. 43: 836-845. DOI: 10.1111/een.12676  0.663
2017 Kennedy P, Baron G, Qiu B, Freitak D, Helanterä H, Hunt ER, Manfredini F, O'Shea-Wheller T, Patalano S, Pull CD, Sasaki T, Taylor D, Wyatt CDR, Sumner S. Deconstructing Superorganisms and Societies to Address Big Questions in Biology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. PMID 28899581 DOI: 10.1016/J.Tree.2017.08.004  0.816
2017 Carvell C, Bourke AF, Dreier S, Freeman SN, Hulmes S, Jordan WC, Redhead JW, Sumner S, Wang J, Heard MS. Bumblebee family lineage survival is enhanced in high-quality landscapes. Nature. PMID 28297711 DOI: 10.1038/nature21709  0.794
2016 Toth AL, Sumner S, Jeanne RL. Patterns of longevity across a sociality gradient in vespid wasps. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 16: 28-35. PMID 27720047 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cois.2016.05.006  0.457
2016 Redhead JW, Dreier S, Bourke AF, Heard MS, Jordan WC, Sumner S, Wang J, Carvell C. Effects of habitat composition and landscape structure on worker foraging distances of five bumble bee species. Ecological Applications : a Publication of the Ecological Society of America. 26: 726-39. PMID 27411246  0.8
2016 Toth AL, Sumner S, Jeanne RL. Patterns of longevity across a sociality gradient in vespid wasps Current Opinion in Insect Science. 16: 28-35. DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2016.05.006  0.457
2015 Patalano S, Vlasova A, Wyatt C, Ewels P, Camara F, Ferreira PG, Asher CL, Jurkowski TP, Segonds-Pichon A, Bachman M, González-Navarrete I, Minoche AE, Krueger F, Lowy E, Marcet-Houben M, ... ... Sumner S, et al. Molecular signatures of plastic phenotypes in two eusocial insect species with simple societies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112: 13970-5. PMID 26483466 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1515937112  0.812
2015 Sadd BM, Barribeau SM, Bloch G, de Graaf DC, Dearden P, Elsik CG, Gadau J, Grimmelikhuijzen CJ, Hasselmann M, Lozier JD, Robertson HM, Smagghe G, Stolle E, Van Vaerenbergh M, Waterhouse RM, ... ... Sumner S, et al. The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization. Genome Biology. 16: 76. PMID 25908251 DOI: 10.1186/S13059-015-0623-3  0.826
2015 Southon RJ, Bell EF, Graystock P, Sumner S. Long live the wasp: adult longevity in captive colonies of the eusocial paper wasp Polistes canadensis (L.). Peerj. 3: e848. PMID 25825677 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.848  0.789
2015 Cini A, Patalano S, Segonds-Pichon A, Busby GB, Cervo R, Sumner S. Social parasitism and the molecular basis of phenotypic evolution. Frontiers in Genetics. 6: 32. PMID 25741361 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00032  0.827
2014 Ferguson-Gow H, Sumner S, Bourke AF, Jones KE. Colony size predicts division of labour in attine ants. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 281. PMID 25165765 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2014.1411  0.359
2014 Dreier S, Redhead JW, Warren IA, Bourke AF, Heard MS, Jordan WC, Sumner S, Wang J, Carvell C. Fine-scale spatial genetic structure of common and declining bumble bees across an agricultural landscape. Molecular Ecology. 23: 3384-95. PMID 24980963 DOI: 10.1111/mec.12823  0.788
2014 Sumner S. The importance of genomic novelty in social evolution Molecular Ecology. 23: 26-28. PMID 24372753 DOI: 10.1111/mec.12580  0.331
2013 Ferreira PG, Patalano S, Chauhan R, Ffrench-Constant R, Gabaldón T, Guigó R, Sumner S. Transcriptome analyses of primitively eusocial wasps reveal novel insights into the evolution of sociality and the origin of alternative phenotypes. Genome Biology. 14: R20. PMID 23442883 DOI: 10.1186/Gb-2013-14-2-R20  0.834
2012 Lengronne T, Leadbeater E, Patalano S, Dreier S, Field J, Sumner S, Keller L. Little effect of seasonal constraints on population genetic structure in eusocial paper wasps. Ecology and Evolution. 2: 2615-24. PMID 23145345 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.366  0.778
2012 Patalano S, Hore TA, Reik W, Sumner S. Shifting behaviour: epigenetic reprogramming in eusocial insects. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 24: 367-73. PMID 22429916 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2012.02.005  0.813
2012 Sumner S, Patalano S. A switch that controls cells also controls insects New Scientist. 214: 28-29. DOI: 10.1016/S0262-4079(12)61351-7  0.67
2011 Colgan TJ, Carolan JC, Bridgett SJ, Sumner S, Blaxter ML, Brown MJ. Polyphenism in social insects: insights from a transcriptome-wide analysis of gene expression in the life stages of the key pollinator, Bombus terrestris. Bmc Genomics. 12: 623. PMID 22185240 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-623  0.331
2010 Sumner S, Kelstrup H, Fanelli D. Reproductive constraints, direct fitness and indirect fitness benefits explain helping behaviour in the primitively eusocial wasp, Polistes canadensis. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 277: 1721-8. PMID 20129991 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2009.2289  0.366
2008 Sumner S, Keller L. Social evolution: reincarnation, free-riding and inexplicable modes of reproduction. Current Biology : Cb. 18: R206-7. PMID 18334194 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2008.01.004  0.313
2007 Sumner S, Lucas E, Barker J, Isaac N. Radio-tagging technology reveals extreme nest-drifting behavior in a eusocial insect. Current Biology : Cb. 17: 140-5. PMID 17240339 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2006.11.064  0.417
2006 Sumner S, Pereboom JJ, Jordan WC. Differential gene expression and phenotypic plasticity in behavioural castes of the primitively eusocial wasp, Polistes canadensis. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 273: 19-26. PMID 16519229 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3291  0.353
2006 Bolton A, Sumner S, Shreeves G, Casiraghi M, Field J. Colony genetic structure in a facultatively eusocial hover wasp Behavioral Ecology. 17: 873-880. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl020  0.634
2004 Sumner S, Aanen DK, Delabie J, Boomsma JJ. The evolution of social parasitism in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants: A test of Emery's rule Insectes Sociaux. 51: 37-42. DOI: 10.1007/s00040-003-0723-z  0.391
2003 Hughes WOH, Sumner S, Van Borm S, Boomsma JJ. Worker caste polymorphism has a genetic basis in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 100: 9394-9397. PMID 12878720 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1633701100  0.343
2003 Sumner S, Nash DR, Boomsma JJ. The adaptive significance of inquiline parasite workers Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 270: 1315-1322. PMID 12816646 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2362  0.309
2003 Sumner S, Hughes WOH, Boomsma JJ. Evidence for differential selection and potential adaptive evolution in the worker caste of an inquiline social parasite Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 54: 256-263. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0633-0  0.348
2002 Sumner S, Casiraghi M, Foster W, Field J. High reproductive skew in tropical hover wasps Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 269: 179-186. PMID 11798434 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2001.1884  0.702
2001 Sumner S, Field J. Highly polymorphic microsatellite loci in the facultatively eusocial hover wasp, Liostenogaster flavolineata and cross-species amplification Molecular Ecology Notes. 1: 229-231. DOI: 10.1046/J.1471-8278.2001.00081.X  0.574
2000 Field J, Shreeves G, Sumner S, Casiraghi M. Insurance-based advantage to helpers in a tropical hover wasp Nature. 404: 869-871. PMID 10786792 DOI: 10.1038/35009097  0.598
1999 Field J, Shreeves G, Sumner S. Group size, queuing and helping decisions in facultatively eusocial hover wasps Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 45: 378-385. DOI: 10.1007/s002650050574  0.559
1998 Field J, Foster W, Shreeves G, Sumner S. Ecological constraints on independent nesting in facultatively eusocial hover wasps Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 265: 973-977. DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.1998.0386  0.751
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