Bacci Jr., Mauricio

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Center for the Study of Social Insects, S˜ao Paulo State University, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil

PUBLICATIONS

 * Bacci, M., Jr.; Solomon, S. E.; Mueller, U. G.; Martins, V. G.; Carvalho, A. O. R.; Vieira, L. G. E.; Silva-Pinhati, A. C. O. 2009. Phylogeny of leafcutter ants in the genus Atta Fabricius (Formicidae: Attini) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 51:427-437. [2009-06]


 * Martins, J., Jr.; Solomon, S. E.; Mikheyev, A. S.; Mueller, U. G.; Ortiz, A.; Bacci, M., Jr. 2007. Nuclear mitochondrial-like sequences in ants: evidence from Atta cephalotes (Formicidae: Attini). Insect Molecular Biology 16:777-784. [2007-12]


 * [[Media:Rabeling & Bacci 2010.pdf|Rabeling, C. & Bacci M. 2010. A new workerless inquiline in the Lower Attini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a discussion of social parasitism in fungus-growing ants. Systematic Entomology 35:379-392. PDF]]


 * Rabeling, C.; Gonzales, O.; Schultz, T. R.; Bacci, M. 2011. Cryptic sexual populations account for genetic diversity and ecological success in a widely distributed, asexual fungus-growing ant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108:12366-12371. [2011-07-26


 * Rabeling C, Lino Neto J, Cappellari SC, Santos IA, Mueller UG & Bacci M. 2009. Thelytokous parthenogenesis in the fungus-gardening ant Mycocepurus smithii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). PLoS ONE 4(8): e6781. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006781.


 * Solomon, S. E.; Bacci, M., Jr.; Martins, J., Jr.; Vinha, G. G.; Mueller, U. G. 2008. Paleodistributions and comparative molecular phylogeography of leafcutter ants (Atta spp.) provide new insight into the origins of Amazonian diversity. PLoS ONE 3(7):e2738 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002738). [2008-07-03]