Neil Tsutsui

Associate Professor
PhD  Ecology and Evolutionary Biology    UC-San Diego, 2000
B.S.   Biology, specializing in Marine Science    Boston University, 1995

5028 VLSB
Berkeley, California 94720-3114
ntsutsui at berkeley dot edu
office: 510-642-9012   lab: 510-642-9013   fax:  510-643-9013

Web site         Recent publications     

van Wilgenburg, E., J. Clémencet and N. D. Tsutsui. 2009. Experience influences aggressive behaviour in the Argentine ant. BIOLOGY LETTERS.

Brandt, M., E. van Wilgenburg, R. Sulc, K. J. Shea and N. D. Tsutsui. 2009. The scent of supercolonies: The discovery, synthesis and verification of ant colony recognition cues. BMC BIOLOGY 7:71.

Brandt, M., E. van Wilgenburg and N. D. Tsutsui. 2009. Global-scale analyses of chemical ecology and population genetics in the invasive Argentine ant. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY 18:997-1005.

Suarez, A. V., D. A. Holway and N. D. Tsutsui. 2008. Genetics of colonizing species – The invasive Argentine ant. AMERICAN NATURALIST. 172:S72-S84.

Tsutsui, N. D., A. V. Suarez, J. C. Spagna and J. S. Johnston. 2008. The evolution of genome size in ants. BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 8:64.

Torres, C. W., M. Brandt and N. D. Tsutsui. 2007. The role of cuticular hydrocarbons as chemical cues for nestmate recognition in the invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile). INSECTES SOCIAUX. 54:363-373.

Suarez, A. V. and N. D. Tsutsui. 2007. The evolutionary consequences of biological invasions. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY. 17:351-360.

Thomas, M., C. M. Payne-Makrisa, A. V. Suarez, N. D. Tsutsui, and D. A. Holway. 2006. When supercolonies collide: Territorial aggression in an invasive and unicolonial social insect. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY. 15:4303-4315.

Whitfield, C. W., S. K. Behura, S. H. Berlocher, A. G. Clark, S. Johnston, W. S. Sheppard, D. Smith, A. V. Suarez, D. Weaver, and N. D. Tsutsui. 2006. Thrice out of Africa: Ancient and recent expansions of the honey bee, Apis mellifera. SCIENCE. 314:642-645.

The Honeybee Genome Sequencing Consortium. 2006. Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera. NATURE. 443:931-949.

Tsutsui, N. D. 2004. Scents of self: The expression component of self/non-self recognition systems. ANNALES ZOOLOGICI FENNICI 41:713-727.

Thomas, M., N. D. Tsutsui and D. A. Holway. 2005. Intraspecific competition influences the symmetry and intensity of aggression in the invasive Argentine ant. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY. 16:672-481.

Suarez, A. V. and N. D. Tsutsui. 2004. The value of museum collections for research and society. BIOSCIENCE 54:66-74.

Tsutsui, N. D., S. N. Kauppinen, A. F. Oyafuso, and R. K. Grosberg. 2003. The distribution and evolutionary history of Wolbachia infection in native and introduced populations of the invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile). MOLECULAR ECOLOGY 12:3057-3068.

Tsutsui, N. D. and A. V. Suarez. 2003. The colony structure and population biology of invasive ants. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 17:48-58.

Tsutsui, N. D., A. V. Suarez, and R. K. Grosberg. 2003. Genetic diversity, asymmetrical aggression, and recognition in a widespread invasive species. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, USA 100:1078-1083.

Suarez, A. V., D. A. Holway, D. Liang, N. D. Tsutsui, and T. J. Case. 2002. Spatio-temporal patterns of intraspecific aggression in the invasive Argentine ant. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 64:697-708.

Holway, D. A., L. Lach, A. V. Suarez, N. D. Tsutsui, and T. J. Case. 2002. The ecological causes and consequences of ant invasions. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ECOLOGY AND SYSTEMATICS 33:181-233.

Tsutsui, N. D., A. V. Suarez, D. A. Holway, and T. J. Case. 2001. Relationships among native and introduced populations of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile and the source of introduced populations. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY 10:2151-2161.

Tsutsui, N. D. and T. J. Case. 2001. Population genetics and colony structure of the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) in its native and introduced ranges. EVOLUTION 55:976-985.

Tsutsui, N. D., A. V. Suarez, D. A. Holway and T. J. Case. 2000. Reduced genetic variation and the success of an invasive species. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, USA 97:5948-5953.

Suarez, A. V., N. D. Tsutsui, D. A. Holway and T.J. Case. 1999. Behavioral and genetic differentiation between native and introduced populations of the Argentine ant. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS 1:43-53.