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Publications

  1. Ronai, I.*, Frederick, J.C.*, Thompson, A.T., Sharma, P., Yabsley, M.J., Pal, P., Extavour, C.G. and Glenn, T.C. Duplex PCR assay to determine sex and mating status of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae), vector of the Lyme disease pathogen. (in press) Journal of Medical Entomology. BioRxiv preprint: 10.1101/2024.10.23.619921 [OA].

  2. Robbins, R.G., Nava, S., Ronai, I., Chong, K.L., and Guglielmone, A.A. (2025) Type specimens of the world's hard tick species (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae): collection data and depositories for all valid names and the current status of invalid names. Zootaxa. 5606: 1-287. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5606.1.1 [PDF].

  3. Frederick, J., Thompson, A., Sharma, P., Dharmarajan, G., Ronai, I., Pesapane, R., Smith, R., Sundstrom, K., Tsao, J., Tuten, H., Yabsley, M.J. and Glenn, T. (2023) Phylogeography of the blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis throughout the United States identifies candidate loci for differences in vectorial capacity. Molecular Ecology 32: 3133–3149. DOI: 10.1111/mec.16921 [OA].

  4. Ronai, I. How molecular techniques are developed from natural systems. (2023) Genetics 224: iyad067. DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyad067 [OA].

  5. Aamidor, S.E., Cardoso-Júnior, C., Harianto, J., Nowell, C.J., Cole, L., Oldroyd, B.P. and Ronai, I. (2022) Reproductive plasticity and oogenesis in the queen honey bee (Apis mellifera). Journal of Insect Physiology 136: 104347. DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2021.104347 [PDF].

  6. Ronai, I. (2021) The impact of climate change on tick host-seeking behaviour. In: Nuttall, P. (ed.) Climate, Ticks and Disease, CAB International, chapter 09: 56–60. ePub: 9781789249651 [PDF].

  7. Oskam, C., Ronai, I. and Irwin, P. (2021) The emergence of tick-borne diseases in domestic animals in Australia. In: Nuttall, P. (ed.) Climate, Ticks and Disease, CAB International, chapter 61: 424–429. ePub: 9781789249651 [PDF].

  8. Cardoso-Júnior, C., Yagound, B., Ronai, I., Remnant, E., Hartfelder, K. and Oldroyd, B.P. (2021) DNA methylation is not a driver of gene expression reprogramming in young honey bee workers. Molecular Ecology 30: 4804–4818. DOI: 10.1111/mec.16098 [PDF].

  9. Cardoso-Júnior, C., Oldroyd, B.P. and Ronai, I. (2021) Vitellogenin expression in the ovaries of adult honeybee workers provides insights into the evolution of reproductive and social traits. Insect Molecular Biology 30: 277–286. DOI: 10.1111/imb.12694 [PDF].

  10. Ronai, I.* Tufts, D.M.*, and Diuk-Wasser, M. (2020) Aversion of the invasive Asian longhorned tick to the white-footed mouse, the dominant reservoir of tick-borne pathogens in the U.S.A.. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 34: 369–373. DOI: 10.1111/mve.12441 [PDF].

  11. Ronai, I.*, Greslehner, G.P.*, Boem, F.*, Carlisle, J.*, Stencel, A.*, Suárez, J.*, et al. (2020) “Microbiota, Symbiosis and Individuality Summer School” meeting report. Microbiome 8: 117. DOI: 10.1186/s40168-020-00898-7 [OA].

  12. Garcia Bulle Bueno, F., Gloag, R., Latty, T. and Ronai, I. (2020) Irreversible sterility of workers and high-volume egg production by queens in the stingless bee Tetragonula carbonaria. Journal of Experimental Biology 223: jeb230599. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.230599 [OA].

  13. Cardoso-Júnior, C., Ronai, I., Hartfelder, K. and Oldroyd, B. (2020) Queen pheromone modulates the expression of epigenetic modifier genes in the brain of honey bee workers. Biology Letters. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0440 [PDF].

  14. Ronai, I. and Griffiths, P.E. (2019) The case for basic research in the biological sciences. Trends in Molecular Medicine 25: 65–69. DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2018.12.003 [OA].

  15. Aamidor, S.E., Yagound, B., Ronai, I. and Oldroyd, B. (2018) Sex mosaics in the honeybee: how haplodiploidy makes possible the evolution of novel forms of reproduction in social Hymenoptera. Biology Letters 14: 20180670. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0670 [OA].

  16. Ronai, I., Allsopp, M.H., Tan, K., Dong, S., Liu, X., Vergoz, V. and Oldroyd, B.P. (2017) The dynamic association between ovariole loss and sterility in adult honeybee workers. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284: 20162693. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2693 [OA].

  17. Cole-Clarke, M.P., Barton, D.A., Allsopp, M.H., Beekman, M., Gloag, R.S., Wossler, T.C., Ronai, I., Smith, N., Reid, R.J. and Oldroyd, B.P. (2017) Cytogenetic basis of thelytoky in Apis mellifera capensis. Apidologie 1–12. DOI: 10.1007/s13592-017-0505-7 [OA].

  18. Ronai, I., Oldroyd, B.P. and Vergoz, V. (2016) Queen pheromone regulates programmed cell death in the honey bee worker ovary. Insect Molecular Biology 33: 134–142. DOI: 10.1111/imb.12250 [PDF].

  19. Ronai, I., Vergoz, V. and Oldroyd, B.P. (2016) The mechanistic, genetic and evolutionary basis of worker sterility in the social Hymenoptera. Advances in the Study of Behaviour 48: 251–317. DOI: 10.1016/bs.asb.2016.03.002 [PDF].

  20. Ronai, I., Oldroyd, B.P., Barton, D.A., Cabanes, G., Lim, J. and Vergoz, V. (2016) Anarchy is a molecular signature of worker sterility in the honey bee. Molecular Biology and Evolution 33: 134–142. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msv202 [OA].

  21. Ronai, I., Barton, D.A., Oldroyd, B.P. and Vergoz, V. (2015) Regulation of oogenesis in honey bee workers via programed cell death. Journal of Insect Physiology 81: 36–41. DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2015.06.014 [PDF].

Manuscripts (under revision & under review)

  • Ronai, I.*, de Paula Baptista, R.*, Paulat, N.S., Frederick, J.C., Azagi, T., Bakker, J.W., Dillon, K.C., Sprong, H.*, Ray, D.A.* and Glenn, T.C.* The repetitive genome of the Ixodes ricinus tick reveals transposable elements have driven genome evolution in ticks. BioRxiv preprint: 10.1101/2024.03.13.584159 [OA].

  • Cardoso-Júnior, C., Tibério, G.J., Lago, C.D., Vieira, L.C., Rosa, J.C., Paschoal, A.R., Ronai, I., Oldroyd, B.P. and Hartfelder, K. A long non-coding RNA is a key factor in the evolution of insect eusociality. BioRxiv preprint: 10.1101/2022.05.10.491402 [OA].

Policy documents

  1. Writing committee (2020) ESA Position Statement on the Importance of Continued Innovation in Gene Drive Technology. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 113: 486–487. DOI: doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saaa029 [OA].

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