Refereed Publications: USDA-ARS

2009

Ascunce, M. S., C. C. Yang, C. Geden, and D. D. Shoemaker. 2009. Twenty-three new microsatellite loci in the stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans (L.) (Diptera: Muscidae). Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 271-273.

Hahn, D. A., G. J. Ragland, D. D. Shoemaker, and D. L. Denlinger. 2009. Gene discovery using massively parallel pyrosequencing to develop ESTs for the flesh fly Sarcophaga crassipalpis. BMC Genomics 10: 234.

2008

Caldera, E. J., K. G. Ross, C. DeHeer, and D. D. Shoemaker. 2008. Putative native source of the invasive fire ant Solenopsis invicta in the USA. Biol. Invasions 10: 1457-1479.

Ross, K. G., and D. D. Shoemaker. 2008. Estimation of the number of founders of an invasive pest insect population: the fire ant Solenopsis invicta in the USA. Proceedings Royal Soc. B 275: 2231-2240.

Yang, C. C., D. D. Shoemaker, W. J. Wu, and C. J. Shih. 2008. Population genetic structure of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, in Taiwan. Insectes Sociaux 55: 54-65.

2007

Gotzek, D., D. D. Shoemaker, and K. G. Ross. 2007. Molecular variation at a candidate implicated in the regulation of fire ant social behavior. PLoS ONE 2(11): 1-16 (e1088. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001088).

Ross, K. G., M. J. B. Krieger, L. Keller, and D. D. Shoemaker. 2007. Genetic variation and structure in native populations of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta: evolutionary and demographic implications. Biol. J. Linnean Soc. 92: 541-560.

2006

Shoemaker, D. D., C. DeHeer, M. J. B. Krieger, and K. G. Ross. 2006. Population genetics of the invasive fire ant Solenopsis invicta in the U.S.A. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 99: 1213-1233.

Refereed Publications: Pre-USDA

Bouwma, A., Ahrens, M. E., DeHeer, C. J., Shoemaker, D. D. 2006. Distribution and prevalence of Wolbachia in introduced populations of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insect Molecular Biology, 15:89-93.

Shoemaker, D. D., Ahrens, M. E., Ross, K. G. 2006. Molecular phylogeny of fire ants of the Solenopsis saevissima species-group based on mtDNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 38:200-215.

Ahrens, M. E., Ross, K. G., Shoemaker, D. D. 2005. Phylogeographic structure of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta in its native South American range: Roles of natural barriers and habitat connectivity. Evolution, 59: 1733-1743.

Ross, K. G., Shoemaker, D. D. 2005. Species delimination in native South American fire ants. Molecular Ecology, 14:3419-3438.

Ahrens, M. E., Shoemaker, D. D. 2005. Evolutionary history of Wolbachia infections in the fire ant S. invicta. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 5:35.

Dedeine, F., Ahrens, M. E., Calcaterra, L., Shoemaker, D. D. 2005. Social parasitism in fire ants (Solenopsis spp.): A potential mechanism for interspecies transfer of Wolbachia. Molecular Ecology, 14:1543-1548.

Dedeine, F., Vavre, F., Shoemaker, D. D., Boulétreau, M. 2004. Intra-individual coexistence of a Wolbachia strain required for host oogenesis with two strains inducing cytoplasmic incompatibility in the wasp Asobara tabida. Evolution, 58: 2167-2174.

Shoemaker, D. D., Dyer, K., Ahrens, M., McAbee, K., and Jaenike, J. 2004. Decreased diversity but increased substitution rate in host mtDNA as a consequence of Wolbachia endosymbiont infection. Genetics, 168: 2049-2058.

Shoemaker, D. D., Ahrens, M., Sheill, L., Mescher, M., Keller, L., Ross, K. G. 2003. Distribution and prevalence of Wolbachia infections in native populations of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Environmental Entomology, 32: 1329-1336.

Shoemaker, D. D., G. Keller, and K. G. Ross. 2003. Effects of Wolbachia on mtDNA variation in the two native fire ants Solenopsis invicta and S. richteri. Molecular Ecology, 12: 1757-1771.

Mescher, M. C., Ross, K. G., Shoemaker, D. D., Keller, L., Krieger, M. J. B. 2003. Distribution of the two social forms of the fire ant S. invicta in the native South American range. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 96: 810-817.

Ross, K. G., Krieger, M. J. B., Shoemaker, D. D. 2003. Alternative genetic foundations for a key social polymorphism in fire ants. Genetics, 165: 1853-1867.

Perlman, S. J., G. S. Spicer, D. D. Shoemaker, and J. Jaenike. 2003. Associations between mycophagous Drosophila and their Howardula nematode parasites: A worldwide phylogenetic shuffle. Molecular Ecology, 12: 237-249.

Stahlhut, J. K, D. P. Cowan, K. Essani, D. D. Shoemaker, and T. J. Barkman. 2002. Microsatellite markers for the wasp Euodynerus foraminatus (Hymenoptera: Eumininae). Molecular Ecology Notes, 2:467-468.

Shoemaker, D. D., Molbo, D., Machado, C., Werren, J. H., Herre, E. A. 2002. The distribution of Wolbachia in fig wasps: correlations with host phylogeny, ecology, and population structure. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Series B, Biological Sciences 269:2257-2267.

Shoemaker, D. D., Ross, K. G., Werren, J. H., Keller, L., Vargo, E. L. 2000. Wolbachia infections in native and introduced populations of fire ants (Solenopsis spp.). Insect Molecular Biology 9:661-673.

Ross, K. G., Shoemaker, D. D., Krieger, M. J. B., DeHeer, C. J., Keller, L. 1999. Assessing genetic structure with multiple classes of molecular markers: A case study involving the introduced fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Molecular Biology and Evolution 16:525-543.

Shoemaker, D. D., Katju, V., Jaenike, J. 1999. Wolbachia and the evolution of reproductive isolation between Drosophila recens and Drosophila subquinaria. Evolution 53: 1157-1164.

Poinar, G. O. Jr, Jaenike, J, Shoemaker, D. D. 1998. Howardula neocosmis sp. N. parasitizing North American Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae) with a listing of the species of Howardula Cobb, 1921 (Tylenchida: Allantonematidae). Fundamental and Applied Nematology, 21: 547-552.

Goodisman, M. A. D., Shoemaker, D. D., Asmussen, M. A. 1998. Cytonuclear theory for haplodiploid species and X-linked genes II. Hybrid-zone, stepping-stone models of gene flow. Evolution 52:1423-1440.

Ross, K. G., Krieger, M. J. B., Shoemaker, D. D., Vargo, E. L., Keller, L. 1997. Hierarchal analysis of genetic structure in native fire ant populations: Results from three classes of molecular markers. Genetics, 147: 643-655.

Shoemaker, D. D., Jaenike, J. 1997. Habitat continuity and the genetic structure of Drosophila populations. Evolution, 51: 1326-1332.

Ross, K. G., Shoemaker, D. D. 1997. Nuclear and mitochondrial genetic structure in two social forms of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta: Insights into transitions to an alternate social organization. Heredity 78: 590-602.

Shoemaker, D. D., Ross, K. G. 1996. Effects of social organization on gene flow in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Nature 383:613-616.

Shoemaker, D. D., Ross, K. G., Arnold, M. L. 1996. Genetic structure and evolution of a fire ant hybrid zone. Evolution 50:1958-1976.

Shoemaker, D. D., Ross, K. G., Arnold, M. L. 1994. Development of RAPD markers in the two introduced fire ants Solenopsis invicta and S. richteri and their application to the study of a hybrid zone. Molecular Ecology 3: 531-539.

Ross, K. G., Shoemaker, D. D. 1993. An unusual pattern of gene flow between the two social forms of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Evolution 47:1595-1605.

Shoemaker, D. D., Costa, J. T., Ross, K. G. 1992. Estimates of heterozygosity in two social insects using a large number of electrophoretic markers. Heredity 69:573-582.