Implication of the mosquito midgut microbiota in the defense against malaria parasites Y Dong, F Manfredini, G Dimopoulos PLoS pathogens 5 (5), e1000423, 2009 | 826 | 2009 |
Unity in defence: honeybee workers exhibit conserved molecular responses to diverse pathogens V Doublet, Y Poeschl, A Gogol-Döring, C Alaux, D Annoscia, C Aurori, ... BMC genomics 18 (1), 207, 2017 | 136 | 2017 |
A potential role for phenotypic plasticity in invasions and declines of social insects F Manfredini, M Arbetman, AL Toth Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7, 375, 2019 | 64 | 2019 |
Deconstructing superorganisms and societies to address big questions in biology P Kennedy, G Baron, B Qiu, D Freitak, H Helanterä, ER Hunt, F Manfredini, ... Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2017 | 62 | 2017 |
Molecular and social regulation of worker division of labour in fire ants F Manfredini, C Lucas, M Nicolas, L Keller, DW Shoemaker, ... Molecular ecology 23 (3), 660-672, 2014 | 55 | 2014 |
When a parasite breaks all the rules of a colony: morphology and fate of wasps infected by a strepsipteran endoparasite L Beani, R Dallai, D Mercati, F Cappa, F Giusti, F Manfredini Animal Behaviour 82 (6), 1305-1312, 2011 | 46 | 2011 |
Sociogenomics of cooperation and conflict during colony founding in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta F Manfredini, O Riba-Grognuz, Y Wurm, L Keller, DW Shoemaker, ... PLoS genetics 9 (8), e1003633, 2013 | 44 | 2013 |
RNA-sequencing elucidates the regulation of behavioural transitions associated with the mating process in honey bee queens F Manfredini, MJF Brown, V Vergoz, BP Oldroyd BMC genomics 16 (1), 563, 2015 | 43 | 2015 |
Transcriptomics of an extended phenotype: parasite manipulation of wasp social behaviour shifts expression of caste-related genes AC Geffre, R Liu, F Manfredini, L Beani, J Kathirithamby, CM Grozinger, ... Proc. R. Soc. B 284 (1852), 20170029, 2017 | 42 | 2017 |
The midgut ultrastructure of the endoparasite Xenos vesparum (Rossi)(Insecta, Strepsiptera) during post-embryonic development and stable carbon isotopic analyses of the … F Giusti, L Dallai, L Beani, F Manfredini, R Dallai Arthropod structure & development 36 (2), 183-197, 2007 | 39 | 2007 |
Developmental strategy of the endoparasite Xenos vesparum (Strepsiptera, Insecta): host invasion and elusion of its defense reactions F Manfredini, F Giusti, L Beani, R Dallai Journal of Morphology 268 (7), 588-601, 2007 | 38 | 2007 |
Dynamic changes in host–virus interactions associated with colony founding and social environment in fire ant queens (Solenopsis invicta) F Manfredini, DW Shoemaker, CM Grozinger Ecology and evolution 6 (1), 233-244, 2016 | 36 | 2016 |
Circulating hemocytes from larvae of the paper wasp Polistes dominulus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) F Manfredini, R Dallai, E Ottaviani Tissue and Cell 40 (2), 103-112, 2008 | 29 | 2008 |
Candidate genes for cooperation and aggression in the social wasp Polistes dominula F Manfredini, MJF Brown, AL Toth Journal of Comparative Physiology A 204 (5), 449-463, 2018 | 27 | 2018 |
Parasitic castration by Xenos vesparum depends on host gender F Cappa, F Manfredini, R Dallai, M Gottardo, L Beani Parasitology 141 (8), 1080-1087, 2014 | 26 | 2014 |
Parasitic infection protects wasp larvae against a bacterial challenge F Manfredini, L Beani, M Taormina, L Vannini Microbes and Infection 12 (10), 727-735, 2010 | 26 | 2010 |
Testing male immunocompetence in two hymenopterans with different levels of social organization:‘live hard, die young?’ F Cappa, L Beani, R Cervo, C Grozinger, F Manfredini Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 114 (2), 274-278, 2015 | 21 | 2015 |
Examining the “evolution of increased competitive ability” hypothesis in response to parasites and pathogens in the invasive paper wasp Polistes dominula F Manfredini, CM Grozinger, L Beani Naturwissenschaften 100 (3), 219-228, 2013 | 21 | 2013 |
Preference of Polistes dominula wasps for trumpet creepers when infected by Xenos vesparum: A novel example of co-evolved traits between host and parasite L Beani, F Cappa, F Manfredini, M Zaccaroni PloS one 13 (10), e0205201, 2018 | 18 | 2018 |
The strepsipteran endoparasite Xenos vesparum alters the immunocompetence of its host, the paper wasp Polistes dominulus F Manfredini, D Benati, L Beani Journal of insect physiology 56 (3), 253-259, 2010 | 18 | 2010 |