Lucas, Christophe

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
CNRS Research Scientist, Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, UMR 7261 CNRS – Université de Tours, 37200 Tours, France

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PUBLICATIONS

 * [[Media:Fresneau D 2002.pdf|Lucas, C.; Fresneau, D.; Kolmer, K.; Heinze, J.; Delabie, J. H. C.; Pho, D. B. 2002. A multidisciplinary approach to discriminating different taxa in the species complex Pachycondyla villosa (Formicidae). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 75: 249-259.]]


 * Lucas C, Pho DB, Fresneau D, Jallon JM. 2004. Hydrocarbon circulation and colonial signature in Pachycondyla villosa. Journal of Insect Physiology 50:595-607


 * Soroker V, Lucas C, Simon T, Fresneau D, Durand JL, Hefetz A. 2003. Hydrocarbon distribution and colony odour homogenisation in Pachycondyla apicalis. Insectes Sociaux 50 (3): 212-217


 * Lucas C, Pho DB, Jallon JM, Fresneau D. 2005. Role of cuticular hydrocarbons in the chemical recognition between ant species in the Pachycondyla villosa species complex. Journal of Insect Physiology 51:1148-1157.


 * Lucas C, Hugson NB, Sokolowski MB. 2010. Job switching in ants: role of a kinase. Communicative & Integrative Biology 3 (1), 6-8.


 * Lucas C, Sokolowski MB. 2009. Molecular basis for changes in behavioral state in ant social behaviors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (15), 6351-6356.


 * Meunier J, Delémont O, Lucas C. 2011. Recognition in ants: social origin matters. PLoS ONE 6 (5): e19347.


 * Manfredini F, Lucas C, Nicolas M, Keller L, Shoemaker DW, Grozinger C. 2014. Molecular and social regulation of worker division of labor in fire ants. Molecular Ecology 23 (3): 660-672.


 * Csata E*, Timuș N*, Witek M*, Casacci LP*, Lucas C, Bagnères AG, Sztencel-Jabłonka A, Barbero F, Bonelli S, Rákosy L, Markó B. 2017. Lock-picks: fungal infection facilitates the intrusion of strangers into ant colonies. Scientific Reports 7: 46323.