--- _id: '3242' abstract: - lang: eng text: Due to the omnipresent risk of epidemics, insect societies have evolved sophisticated disease defences at the individual and colony level. An intriguing yet little understood phenomenon is that social contact to pathogen-exposed individuals reduces susceptibility of previously naive nestmates to this pathogen. We tested whether such social immunisation in Lasius ants against the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae is based on active upregulation of the immune system of nestmates following contact to an infectious individual or passive protection via transfer of immune effectors among group members—that is, active versus passive immunisation. We found no evidence for involvement of passive immunisation via transfer of antimicrobials among colony members. Instead, intensive allogrooming behaviour between naive and pathogen-exposed ants before fungal conidia firmly attached to their cuticle suggested passage of the pathogen from the exposed individuals to their nestmates. By tracing fluorescence-labelled conidia we indeed detected frequent pathogen transfer to the nestmates, where they caused low-level infections as revealed by growth of small numbers of fungal colony forming units from their dissected body content. These infections rarely led to death, but instead promoted an enhanced ability to inhibit fungal growth and an active upregulation of immune genes involved in antifungal defences (defensin and prophenoloxidase, PPO). Contrarily, there was no upregulation of the gene cathepsin L, which is associated with antibacterial and antiviral defences, and we found no increased antibacterial activity of nestmates of fungus-exposed ants. This indicates that social immunisation after fungal exposure is specific, similar to recent findings for individual-level immune priming in invertebrates. Epidemiological modeling further suggests that active social immunisation is adaptive, as it leads to faster elimination of the disease and lower death rates than passive immunisation. Interestingly, humans have also utilised the protective effect of low-level infections to fight smallpox by intentional transfer of low pathogen doses (“variolation” or “inoculation”). acknowledgement: Funding for this project was obtained by the German Research Foundation DFG (http://www.dfg.de/en/index.jsp) as an Individual Research Grant (CR118/2-1 to SC) and the European Research Council (http://erc.europa.eu/) in form of two ERC Starting Grants (ERC-2009-StG240371-SocialVaccines to SC and ERC-2010-StG259294-LatentCauses to FJT). In addition, the Junge Akademie (Young Academy of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (http://www.diejungeakademie.de/english/i​ndex.html) funded this joint Antnet project of SC and FJT. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. article_number: e1001300 author: - first_name: Matthias full_name: Konrad, Matthias id: 46528076-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Konrad - first_name: Meghan full_name: Vyleta, Meghan id: 418901AA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Vyleta - first_name: Fabian full_name: Theis, Fabian last_name: Theis - first_name: Miriam full_name: Stock, Miriam id: 42462816-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Stock - first_name: Simon full_name: Tragust, Simon id: 35A7A418-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tragust - first_name: Martina full_name: Klatt, Martina id: E60F29C6-E9AE-11E9-AF6E-D190C7302F38 last_name: Klatt - first_name: Verena full_name: Drescher, Verena last_name: Drescher - first_name: Carsten full_name: Marr, Carsten last_name: Marr - first_name: Line V full_name: Ugelvig, Line V id: 3DC97C8E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Ugelvig orcid: 0000-0003-1832-8883 - first_name: Sylvia full_name: Cremer, Sylvia id: 2F64EC8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Cremer orcid: 0000-0002-2193-3868 citation: ama: Konrad M, Vyleta M, Theis F, et al. Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies. PLoS Biology. 2012;10(4). doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001300 apa: Konrad, M., Vyleta, M., Theis, F., Stock, M., Tragust, S., Klatt, M., … Cremer, S. (2012). Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies. PLoS Biology. Public Library of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001300 chicago: Konrad, Matthias, Meghan Vyleta, Fabian Theis, Miriam Stock, Simon Tragust, Martina Klatt, Verena Drescher, Carsten Marr, Line V Ugelvig, and Sylvia Cremer. “Social Transfer of Pathogenic Fungus Promotes Active Immunisation in Ant Colonies.” PLoS Biology. Public Library of Science, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001300. ieee: M. Konrad et al., “Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies,” PLoS Biology, vol. 10, no. 4. Public Library of Science, 2012. ista: Konrad M, Vyleta M, Theis F, Stock M, Tragust S, Klatt M, Drescher V, Marr C, Ugelvig LV, Cremer S. 2012. Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies. PLoS Biology. 10(4), e1001300. mla: Konrad, Matthias, et al. “Social Transfer of Pathogenic Fungus Promotes Active Immunisation in Ant Colonies.” PLoS Biology, vol. 10, no. 4, e1001300, Public Library of Science, 2012, doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001300. short: M. Konrad, M. Vyleta, F. Theis, M. Stock, S. Tragust, M. Klatt, V. Drescher, C. Marr, L.V. Ugelvig, S. Cremer, PLoS Biology 10 (2012). date_created: 2018-12-11T12:02:13Z date_published: 2012-04-03T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-02-23T14:07:11Z day: '03' ddc: - '570' - '579' department: - _id: SyCr doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001300 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 4ebacefd9fbab5c68adf829124115fd1 content_type: application/pdf creator: system date_created: 2018-12-12T10:08:28Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:46:04Z file_id: '4689' file_name: IST-2012-96-v1+1_journal.pbio.1001300.pdf file_size: 674228 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:46:04Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 10' issue: '4' language: - iso: eng month: '04' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version project: - _id: 25DAF0B2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: CR-118/3-1 name: Host-Parasite Coevolution - _id: 25DC711C-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '243071' name: 'Social Vaccination in Ant Colonies: from Individual Mechanisms to Society Effects' - _id: 25E0E184-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 name: Antnet publication: PLoS Biology publication_status: published publisher: Public Library of Science publist_id: '3434' pubrep_id: '96' quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '9755' relation: research_data status: public scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 10 year: '2012' ... --- _id: '9755' abstract: - lang: eng text: Due to the omnipresent risk of epidemics, insect societies have evolved sophisticated disease defences at the individual and colony level. An intriguing yet little understood phenomenon is that social contact to pathogen-exposed individuals reduces susceptibility of previously naive nestmates to this pathogen. We tested whether such social immunisation in Lasius ants against the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae is based on active upregulation of the immune system of nestmates following contact to an infectious individual or passive protection via transfer of immune effectors among group members—that is, active versus passive immunisation. We found no evidence for involvement of passive immunisation via transfer of antimicrobials among colony members. Instead, intensive allogrooming behaviour between naive and pathogen-exposed ants before fungal conidia firmly attached to their cuticle suggested passage of the pathogen from the exposed individuals to their nestmates. By tracing fluorescence-labelled conidia we indeed detected frequent pathogen transfer to the nestmates, where they caused low-level infections as revealed by growth of small numbers of fungal colony forming units from their dissected body content. These infections rarely led to death, but instead promoted an enhanced ability to inhibit fungal growth and an active upregulation of immune genes involved in antifungal defences (defensin and prophenoloxidase, PPO). Contrarily, there was no upregulation of the gene cathepsin L, which is associated with antibacterial and antiviral defences, and we found no increased antibacterial activity of nestmates of fungus-exposed ants. This indicates that social immunisation after fungal exposure is specific, similar to recent findings for individual-level immune priming in invertebrates. Epidemiological modeling further suggests that active social immunisation is adaptive, as it leads to faster elimination of the disease and lower death rates than passive immunisation. Interestingly, humans have also utilised the protective effect of low-level infections to fight smallpox by intentional transfer of low pathogen doses (“variolation” or “inoculation”). article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Matthias full_name: Konrad, Matthias id: 46528076-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Konrad - first_name: Meghan full_name: Vyleta, Meghan id: 418901AA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Vyleta - first_name: Fabian full_name: Theis, Fabian last_name: Theis - first_name: Miriam full_name: Stock, Miriam id: 42462816-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Stock - first_name: Martina full_name: Klatt, Martina id: E60F29C6-E9AE-11E9-AF6E-D190C7302F38 last_name: Klatt - first_name: Verena full_name: Drescher, Verena last_name: Drescher - first_name: Carsten full_name: Marr, Carsten last_name: Marr - first_name: Line V full_name: Ugelvig, Line V id: 3DC97C8E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Ugelvig orcid: 0000-0003-1832-8883 - first_name: Sylvia full_name: Cremer, Sylvia id: 2F64EC8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Cremer orcid: 0000-0002-2193-3868 citation: ama: 'Konrad M, Vyleta M, Theis F, et al. Data from: Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies. 2012. doi:10.5061/dryad.sv37s' apa: 'Konrad, M., Vyleta, M., Theis, F., Stock, M., Klatt, M., Drescher, V., … Cremer, S. (2012). Data from: Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.sv37s' chicago: 'Konrad, Matthias, Meghan Vyleta, Fabian Theis, Miriam Stock, Martina Klatt, Verena Drescher, Carsten Marr, Line V Ugelvig, and Sylvia Cremer. “Data from: Social Transfer of Pathogenic Fungus Promotes Active Immunisation in Ant Colonies.” Dryad, 2012. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.sv37s.' ieee: 'M. Konrad et al., “Data from: Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies.” Dryad, 2012.' ista: 'Konrad M, Vyleta M, Theis F, Stock M, Klatt M, Drescher V, Marr C, Ugelvig LV, Cremer S. 2012. Data from: Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies, Dryad, 10.5061/dryad.sv37s.' mla: 'Konrad, Matthias, et al. Data from: Social Transfer of Pathogenic Fungus Promotes Active Immunisation in Ant Colonies. Dryad, 2012, doi:10.5061/dryad.sv37s.' short: M. Konrad, M. Vyleta, F. Theis, M. Stock, M. Klatt, V. Drescher, C. Marr, L.V. Ugelvig, S. Cremer, (2012). date_created: 2021-07-30T08:39:13Z date_published: 2012-09-27T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-02-23T11:18:41Z day: '27' department: - _id: SyCr doi: 10.5061/dryad.sv37s main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.sv37s month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publisher: Dryad related_material: record: - id: '3242' relation: used_in_publication status: public status: public title: 'Data from: Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies' type: research_data_reference user_id: 6785fbc1-c503-11eb-8a32-93094b40e1cf year: '2012' ... --- _id: '9758' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'We propose a two-step procedure for estimating multiple migration rates in an approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) framework, accounting for global nuisance parameters. The approach is not limited to migration, but generally of interest for inference problems with multiple parameters and a modular structure (e.g. independent sets of demes or loci). We condition on a known, but complex demographic model of a spatially subdivided population, motivated by the reintroduction of Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) into Switzerland. In the first step, the global parameters ancestral mutation rate and male mating skew have been estimated for the whole population in Aeschbacher et al. (Genetics 2012; 192: 1027). In the second step, we estimate in this study the migration rates independently for clusters of demes putatively connected by migration. For large clusters (many migration rates), ABC faces the problem of too many summary statistics. We therefore assess by simulation if estimation per pair of demes is a valid alternative. We find that the trade-off between reduced dimensionality for the pairwise estimation on the one hand and lower accuracy due to the assumption of pairwise independence on the other depends on the number of migration rates to be inferred: the accuracy of the pairwise approach increases with the number of parameters, relative to the joint estimation approach. To distinguish between low and zero migration, we perform ABC-type model comparison between a model with migration and one without. Applying the approach to microsatellite data from Alpine ibex, we find no evidence for substantial gene flow via migration, except for one pair of demes in one direction.' article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Simon full_name: Aeschbacher, Simon id: 2D35326E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Aeschbacher - first_name: Andreas full_name: Futschik, Andreas last_name: Futschik - first_name: Mark full_name: Beaumont, Mark last_name: Beaumont citation: ama: 'Aeschbacher S, Futschik A, Beaumont M. Data from: Approximate Bayesian computation for modular inference problems with many parameters: the example of migration rates. 2012. doi:10.5061/dryad.274b1' apa: 'Aeschbacher, S., Futschik, A., & Beaumont, M. (2012). Data from: Approximate Bayesian computation for modular inference problems with many parameters: the example of migration rates. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.274b1' chicago: 'Aeschbacher, Simon, Andreas Futschik, and Mark Beaumont. “Data from: Approximate Bayesian Computation for Modular Inference Problems with Many Parameters: The Example of Migration Rates.” Dryad, 2012. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.274b1.' ieee: 'S. Aeschbacher, A. Futschik, and M. Beaumont, “Data from: Approximate Bayesian computation for modular inference problems with many parameters: the example of migration rates.” Dryad, 2012.' ista: 'Aeschbacher S, Futschik A, Beaumont M. 2012. Data from: Approximate Bayesian computation for modular inference problems with many parameters: the example of migration rates, Dryad, 10.5061/dryad.274b1.' mla: 'Aeschbacher, Simon, et al. Data from: Approximate Bayesian Computation for Modular Inference Problems with Many Parameters: The Example of Migration Rates. Dryad, 2012, doi:10.5061/dryad.274b1.' short: S. Aeschbacher, A. Futschik, M. Beaumont, (2012). date_created: 2021-07-30T12:36:39Z date_published: 2012-11-14T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-02-23T11:05:19Z day: '14' department: - _id: NiBa doi: 10.5061/dryad.274b1 main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.274b1 month: '11' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publisher: Dryad related_material: record: - id: '2944' relation: used_in_publication status: public status: public title: 'Data from: Approximate Bayesian computation for modular inference problems with many parameters: the example of migration rates' type: research_data_reference user_id: 6785fbc1-c503-11eb-8a32-93094b40e1cf year: '2012' ... --- _id: '9757' abstract: - lang: eng text: To fight infectious diseases, host immune defences are employed at multiple levels. Sanitary behaviour, such as pathogen avoidance and removal, acts as a first line of defence to prevent infection [1] before activation of the physiological immune system. Insect societies have evolved a wide range of collective hygiene measures and intensive health care towards pathogen-exposed group members [2]. One of the most common behaviours is allogrooming, in which nestmates remove infectious particles from the body surfaces of exposed individuals [3]. Here we show that, in invasive garden ants, grooming of fungus-exposed brood is effective beyond the sheer mechanical removal of fungal conidiospores as it also includes chemical disinfection through the application of poison produced by the ants themselves. Formic acid is the main active component of the poison. It inhibits fungal growth of conidiospores remaining on the brood surface after grooming and also those collected in the mouth of the grooming ant. This dual function is achieved by uptake of the poison droplet into the mouth through acidopore self-grooming and subsequent application onto the infectious brood via brood grooming. This extraordinary behaviour extends current understanding of grooming and the establishment of social immunity in insect societies. article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Simon full_name: Tragust, Simon id: 35A7A418-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tragust - first_name: Barbara full_name: Mitteregger, Barbara id: 479DDAAC-E9CD-11E9-9B5F-82450873F7A1 last_name: Mitteregger - first_name: Vanessa full_name: Barone, Vanessa id: 419EECCC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Barone orcid: 0000-0003-2676-3367 - first_name: Matthias full_name: Konrad, Matthias id: 46528076-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Konrad - first_name: Line V full_name: Ugelvig, Line V id: 3DC97C8E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Ugelvig orcid: 0000-0003-1832-8883 - first_name: Sylvia full_name: Cremer, Sylvia id: 2F64EC8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Cremer orcid: 0000-0002-2193-3868 citation: ama: 'Tragust S, Mitteregger B, Barone V, Konrad M, Ugelvig LV, Cremer S. Data from: Ants disinfect fungus-exposed brood by oral uptake and spread of their poison. 2012. doi:10.5061/dryad.61649' apa: 'Tragust, S., Mitteregger, B., Barone, V., Konrad, M., Ugelvig, L. V., & Cremer, S. (2012). Data from: Ants disinfect fungus-exposed brood by oral uptake and spread of their poison. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.61649' chicago: 'Tragust, Simon, Barbara Mitteregger, Vanessa Barone, Matthias Konrad, Line V Ugelvig, and Sylvia Cremer. “Data from: Ants Disinfect Fungus-Exposed Brood by Oral Uptake and Spread of Their Poison.” Dryad, 2012. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.61649.' ieee: 'S. Tragust, B. Mitteregger, V. Barone, M. Konrad, L. V. Ugelvig, and S. Cremer, “Data from: Ants disinfect fungus-exposed brood by oral uptake and spread of their poison.” Dryad, 2012.' ista: 'Tragust S, Mitteregger B, Barone V, Konrad M, Ugelvig LV, Cremer S. 2012. Data from: Ants disinfect fungus-exposed brood by oral uptake and spread of their poison, Dryad, 10.5061/dryad.61649.' mla: 'Tragust, Simon, et al. Data from: Ants Disinfect Fungus-Exposed Brood by Oral Uptake and Spread of Their Poison. Dryad, 2012, doi:10.5061/dryad.61649.' short: S. Tragust, B. Mitteregger, V. Barone, M. Konrad, L.V. Ugelvig, S. Cremer, (2012). date_created: 2021-07-30T12:31:31Z date_published: 2012-12-14T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-02-23T11:04:28Z day: '14' department: - _id: SyCr doi: 10.5061/dryad.61649 main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.61649 month: '12' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publisher: Dryad related_material: record: - id: '2926' relation: used_in_publication status: public status: public title: 'Data from: Ants disinfect fungus-exposed brood by oral uptake and spread of their poison' type: research_data_reference user_id: 6785fbc1-c503-11eb-8a32-93094b40e1cf year: '2012' ... --- _id: '8504' abstract: - lang: eng text: In this paper we present a surprising example of a Cr unimodal map of an interval f:I→I whose number of periodic points Pn(f)=∣{x∈I:fnx=x}∣ grows faster than any ahead given sequence along a subsequence nk=3k. This example also shows that ‘non-flatness’ of critical points is necessary for the Martens–de Melo–van Strien theorem [M. Martens, W. de Melo and S. van Strien. Julia–Fatou–Sullivan theory for real one-dimensional dynamics. Acta Math.168(3–4) (1992), 273–318] to hold. article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Vadim full_name: Kaloshin, Vadim id: FE553552-CDE8-11E9-B324-C0EBE5697425 last_name: Kaloshin orcid: 0000-0002-6051-2628 - first_name: O. S. full_name: KOZLOVSKI, O. S. last_name: KOZLOVSKI citation: ama: Kaloshin V, KOZLOVSKI OS. A Cr unimodal map with an arbitrary fast growth of the number of periodic points. Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems. 2012;32(1):159-165. doi:10.1017/s0143385710000817 apa: Kaloshin, V., & KOZLOVSKI, O. S. (2012). A Cr unimodal map with an arbitrary fast growth of the number of periodic points. Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0143385710000817 chicago: Kaloshin, Vadim, and O. S. KOZLOVSKI. “A Cr Unimodal Map with an Arbitrary Fast Growth of the Number of Periodic Points.” Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems. Cambridge University Press, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0143385710000817. ieee: V. Kaloshin and O. S. KOZLOVSKI, “A Cr unimodal map with an arbitrary fast growth of the number of periodic points,” Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems, vol. 32, no. 1. Cambridge University Press, pp. 159–165, 2012. ista: Kaloshin V, KOZLOVSKI OS. 2012. A Cr unimodal map with an arbitrary fast growth of the number of periodic points. Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems. 32(1), 159–165. mla: Kaloshin, Vadim, and O. S. KOZLOVSKI. “A Cr Unimodal Map with an Arbitrary Fast Growth of the Number of Periodic Points.” Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems, vol. 32, no. 1, Cambridge University Press, 2012, pp. 159–65, doi:10.1017/s0143385710000817. short: V. Kaloshin, O.S. KOZLOVSKI, Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems 32 (2012) 159–165. date_created: 2020-09-18T10:47:33Z date_published: 2012-02-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:19:44Z day: '01' doi: 10.1017/s0143385710000817 extern: '1' intvolume: ' 32' issue: '1' keyword: - Applied Mathematics - General Mathematics language: - iso: eng month: '02' oa_version: None page: 159-165 publication: Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems publication_identifier: issn: - 0143-3857 - 1469-4417 publication_status: published publisher: Cambridge University Press quality_controlled: '1' status: public title: A Cr unimodal map with an arbitrary fast growth of the number of periodic points type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 32 year: '2012' ...