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A discussion of “The Leaf Cutter’s Tale” in Richard Dawkins’ and Yan Wong’s book The Ancestor’s Tale. All pictures are from Google.
“Terrestrial crustaceans (Arthropoda, Crustacea): taxonomic diversity, terrestrial adaptations, and ecological functions”: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10848873
“The Social Breeding System of the Jamaican Bromeliad Crab Metopaulias depressus”: researchgate.net/publication/29858509_The_Social_Breeding_System_of_the_Jamaican_Bromeliad_Crab_Metopaulias_depressus
“Maternal control of calcium concentration in the larval nursery of the bromeliad crab, Metopaulias depressus (Grapsidae)”: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1688703/pdf/EAW3UH3Y19P7Q2U7_264_1403.pdf
“Multiple origins of eusociality among sponge-dwelling shrimps (Synalpheus)”: academic.oup.com/evolut/article/54/2/503/6757496?login=false
“Pancrustacean Phylogeny in the Light of New Phylogenomic Data: Support for Remipedia as the Possible Sister Group of Hexapoda”: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/29/3/1031/1007908
“Respiratory system of crustacea”: slideshare.net/slideshow/respiratory-system-of-crustacea/238663265
“Exopodites, Epipodites and Gills in Crustaceans”: semanticscholar.org/paper/Exopodites%2C-epipodites-and-gills-in-crustaceans-Boxshall-Jaume/bca391fcdd95b5c4d403bca43925b2fe28b65331
“Comparisons of developmental processes of air- breathing organs among terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Oniscidea): implications for their evolutionary origins”: researchsquare.com/article/rs-4023002/v1
“The Lamprey’s Tale”: youtu.be/_6SOmRs_BT4
“Comparative Anatomy of the Insect Tracheal System Part 1: Introduction, Apterygotes, Paleoptera, Polyneoptera”: bioone.org/journals/bulletin-of-the-american-museum-of-natural-history/volume-459/issue-1/0003-0090.459.1.1/Comparative-Anatomy-of-the-Insect-Tracheal-System-Part-1/10.1206/0003-0090.459.1.1.full
“An introduction to the Rhynie chert”: cambridge.org/core/journals/geological-magazine/article/abs/an-introduction-to-the-rhynie-chert/8F6F361EF41FED11FA97C3448DE09458
“Early Terrestrial Animals, Evolution, and Uncertainty”: link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12052-011-0357-y.pdf
“The Harun Yahya Tactic”: youtu.be/4DdMa2Uj1ZU?si=8h_brweQ4TshsJlF
“Illusion of flight? Absence, evidence and the age of winged insects”: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/138/2/143/6936511?login=false
“The Lava Lizard’s Tale”: youtu.be/fZTUbbNZffo
“Palaeodictyopterida”: cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(19)30226-X.pdf
“Paleozoic Nymphal Wing Pads Support Dual Model of Insect Wing Origins”: cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)31346-X?code=cell-site&innerTabgraphical_S096098221631346X=
“Thoracic and abdominal outgrowths in early pterygotes: a clue to the common ancestor of winged insects?”: nature.com/articles/s42003-023-05568-6.pdf
“How Many Species Are There on Earth and in the Ocean?”: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1001127&utm_source=salmon%20arm%20observer&utm_campaign=salmon%20arm%20observer%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral
“Biological diversity: How many species are there?”: nature.com/articles/324514a0
“The Evolution of Insect Metamorphosis”: cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(19)31315-6.pdf
“The Axolotl’s Tale” : youtu.be/SXM_nUpD0v4
“Evolutionary History of the Hymenoptera”: cell.com/current-biology/pdfExtended/S0960-9822(17)30059-3
“New Archexyelinae (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae) from the Triassic Madygen Formation of Kyrgyzstan”: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-023-00666-6
“The First Mesozoic Ants”: science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.157.3792.1038
“Sensory evidence for complex communication and advanced sociality in early ants”: science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adp3623?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_content=alert&utm_campaign=ADVeToc&et_rid=329100507&et_cid=5246932
“A unified model of Hymenopteran preadaptations that trigger the evolutionary transition to eusociality”: nature.com/articles/ncomms15920
“The Seal’s Tale”: youtu.be/NAkaWRvmP4A
“The Farmer’s Tale”: youtu.be/HWjEOqtJYpY
“Biogeography of mutualistic fungi cultivated by leafcutter ants”: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/mec.14431
“Major evolutionary transitions in ant agriculture”: pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.0711024105
“The evolution and ecology of interactions between ants and honeydew-producing hemipteran insects”: drive.google.com/file/d/14G9x9cZ0ko0t_3czketr7A4pwZDOp-Lq/view
“Ant-induced evolutionary patterns in aphids”: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/brv.12629
“The evolution of fungus-growing termites and their mutualistic fungal symbionts”: pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.222313099
A discussion of “The Leaf Cutter’s Tale” in Richard Dawkins’ and Yan Wong’s book The Ancestor’s Tale. All pictures are from Google.
“Terrestrial crustaceans (Arthropoda, Crustacea): taxonomic diversity, terrestrial adaptations, and ecological functions”: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10848873
“The Social Breeding System of the Jamaican Bromeliad Crab Metopaulias depressus”: researchgate.net/publication/29858509_The_Social_Breeding_System_of_the_Jamaican_Bromeliad_Crab_Metopaulias_depressus
“Maternal control of calcium concentration in the larval nursery of the bromeliad crab, Metopaulias depressus (Grapsidae)”: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1688703/pdf/EAW3UH3Y19P7Q2U7_264_1403.pdf
“Multiple origins of eusociality among sponge-dwelling shrimps (Synalpheus)”: academic.oup.com/evolut/article/54/2/503/6757496?login=false
“Pancrustacean Phylogeny in the Light of New Phylogenomic Data: Support for Remipedia as the Possible Sister Group of Hexapoda”: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/29/3/1031/1007908
“Respiratory system of crustacea”: slideshare.net/slideshow/respiratory-system-of-crustacea/238663265
“Exopodites, Epipodites and Gills in Crustaceans”: semanticscholar.org/paper/Exopodites%2C-epipodites-and-gills-in-crustaceans-Boxshall-Jaume/bca391fcdd95b5c4d403bca43925b2fe28b65331
“Comparisons of developmental processes of air- breathing organs among terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Oniscidea): implications for their evolutionary origins”: researchsquare.com/article/rs-4023002/v1
“The Lamprey’s Tale”: youtu.be/_6SOmRs_BT4
“Comparative Anatomy of the Insect Tracheal System Part 1: Introduction, Apterygotes, Paleoptera, Polyneoptera”: bioone.org/journals/bulletin-of-the-american-museum-of-natural-history/volume-459/issue-1/0003-0090.459.1.1/Comparative-Anatomy-of-the-Insect-Tracheal-System-Part-1/10.1206/0003-0090.459.1.1.full
“An introduction to the Rhynie chert”: cambridge.org/core/journals/geological-magazine/article/abs/an-introduction-to-the-rhynie-chert/8F6F361EF41FED11FA97C3448DE09458
“Early Terrestrial Animals, Evolution, and Uncertainty”: link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12052-011-0357-y.pdf
“The Harun Yahya Tactic”: youtu.be/4DdMa2Uj1ZU?si=8h_brweQ4TshsJlF
“Illusion of flight? Absence, evidence and the age of winged insects”: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/138/2/143/6936511?login=false
“The Lava Lizard’s Tale”: youtu.be/fZTUbbNZffo
“Palaeodictyopterida”: cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(19)30226-X.pdf
“Paleozoic Nymphal Wing Pads Support Dual Model of Insect Wing Origins”: cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)31346-X?code=cell-site&innerTabgraphical_S096098221631346X=
“Thoracic and abdominal outgrowths in early pterygotes: a clue to the common ancestor of winged insects?”: nature.com/articles/s42003-023-05568-6.pdf
“How Many Species Are There on Earth and in the Ocean?”: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1001127&utm_source=salmon%20arm%20observer&utm_campaign=salmon%20arm%20observer%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral
“Biological diversity: How many species are there?”: nature.com/articles/324514a0
“The Evolution of Insect Metamorphosis”: cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(19)31315-6.pdf
“The Axolotl’s Tale” : youtu.be/SXM_nUpD0v4
“Evolutionary History of the Hymenoptera”: cell.com/current-biology/pdfExtended/S0960-9822(17)30059-3
“New Archexyelinae (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae) from the Triassic Madygen Formation of Kyrgyzstan”: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-023-00666-6
“The First Mesozoic Ants”: science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.157.3792.1038
“Sensory evidence for complex communication and advanced sociality in early ants”: science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adp3623?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_content=alert&utm_campaign=ADVeToc&et_rid=329100507&et_cid=5246932
“A unified model of Hymenopteran preadaptations that trigger the evolutionary transition to eusociality”: nature.com/articles/ncomms15920
“The Seal’s Tale”: youtu.be/NAkaWRvmP4A
“The Farmer’s Tale”: youtu.be/HWjEOqtJYpY
“Biogeography of mutualistic fungi cultivated by leafcutter ants”: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/mec.14431
“Major evolutionary transitions in ant agriculture”: pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.0711024105
“The evolution and ecology of interactions between ants and honeydew-producing hemipteran insects”: drive.google.com/file/d/14G9x9cZ0ko0t_3czketr7A4pwZDOp-Lq/view
“Ant-induced evolutionary patterns in aphids”: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/brv.12629
“The evolution of fungus-growing termites and their mutualistic fungal symbionts”: pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.222313099
