Chapela, I. H.; Rehner, S. A.; Schultz, T. R.; Mueller, U. G. 1994. Evolutionary history of the symbiosis between fungus-growing ants and their fungi. Science (Washington, D. C.) 266:1691-1694.

Mueller, U. G.; Wcislo, W. T. 1998. Nesting biology of the fungus-growing ant Cyphomyrmex longiscapus Weber (Attini, Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 45:181-189.

Mueller, U. G.; Rehner, S. A.; Schultz, T. R. 1998. The evolution of agriculture in ants. Science (Washington, D. C.) 281:2034-2038.

Villesen, P.; Gertsch, P.; Müller, U. G.; Boomsma, J. J. 1998. Mating system evolution in fungus-growing ants. [Abstract.]. P. 493 in: Schwarz, M. P.; Hogendoorn, K. (eds.) 1998. Social insects at the turn of the millennium. Proceedings of the XIII International Congress of IUSSI. Adelaide, Australia. 29 December 1998 - 3 January 1999. Adelaide: XIII Congress of IUSSI, 535 pp.

Mueller, U. G.; Schultz, T. R.; Currie, C. R.; Adams, R. M. M.; Malloch, D. 2001. The origin of the attine ant-fungus mutualism. Quarterly Review of Biology 76:171-197.

Green, A. M.; Mueller, U. G.; Adams, R. M. M. 2002. Extensive exchange of fungal cultivars between sympatric species of fungus-growing ants. Molecular Ecology 11:191-195.

LaPolla, J. S.; Cover, S. P.; Mueller, U. G. 2002. Natural history of the mealybug-tending ant, Acropyga epedana, with descriptions of the male and queen castes. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 128:367-376.

Mueller, U. G.; Gerardo, N. 2002. Fungus-farming insects: multiple origins and diverse evolutionary histories. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 99:15247-15249. PDF

Schultz, T. R.; Solomon, S. A.; Mueller, U. G.; Villesen, P.; Boomsma, J. J.; Adams, R. M. M.; Norden, B. 2002. Cryptic speciation in the fungus-growing ants Cyphomyrmex longiscapus Weber and Cyphomyrmex muelleri Schultz and Solomon, new species (Formicidae, Attini). Insectes Sociaux 49:331-343. PDF

Villesen, P.; Mueller, U. G.; Schultz, T. R.; Adams, R. M. M.; Bouck, A. C. 2002. The cophylogenetics of the fungus-growing ant genus Apterostigma and its fungal symbionts. [Abstract.]. P. 160 in: Billen, J. P. J. 2002. XIV International Congress of IUSSI. The Golden Jubilee Proceedings. 27 July - 3 August 2002, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. Sapporo: XIV International Congress of IUSSI, 233 pp.

Mikheyev, A. S.; Mueller, U. G.; Abbot, P. 2006. Cryptic sex and many-to-one coevolution in the fungus-growing ant symbiosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103:10702-10706. PDF

Martins, J., Jr.; Solomon, S. E.; Mikheyev, A. S.; Mueller, U. G.; Ortiz, A.; Bacci, M., Jr. 2007. Nuclear mitochondrial-like sequences in ants: evidence from Atta cephalotes (Formicidae: Attini). Insect Molecular Biology 16:777-784. PDF

Mikheyev, A. S.; Mueller, U. G. 2007. Genetic relationships between native and introduced populations of the little fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata. Diversity and Distributions 13:573-579. PDF

Rabeling, C.; Cover, S. P.; Johnson, R. A.; Mueller, U. G. 2007. A review of the North American species of the fungus-gardening ant genus Trachymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1664:1-53. PDF

Mueller, U. G.; Rabeling, C. 2008. A breakthrough innovation in animal evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105:5287-5288. PDF

Mueller, U. G.; Dash, D.; Rabeling, C.; Rodrigues, A. 2008. Coevolution between attine ants and actinomycete bacteria: a reevaluation. Evolution 62:2894-2912. PDF

Solomon, S. E.; Bacci, M., Jr.; Martins, J., Jr.; Vinha, G. G.; Mueller, U. G. 2008. Paleodistributions and comparative molecular phylogeography of leafcutter ants (Atta spp.) provide new insight into the origins of Amazonian diversity. PLoS ONE 3(7):e2738. 10.1371/journal.pone.0002738 PDF

Bacci, M., Jr.; Solomon, S. E.; Mueller, U. G.; Martins, V. G.; Carvalho, A. O. R.; Vieira, L. G. E.; Silva-Pinhati, A. C. O. 2009. Phylogeny of leafcutter ants in the genus Atta Fabricius (Formicidae: Attini) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 51:427-437. PDF

Rabeling, C.; Lino-Neto, J.; Cappellari, S. C.; Dos-Santos, I. A.; Mueller, U. G.; Bacci, M. 2009. Thelytokous parthenogenesis in the fungus-gardening ant Mycocepurus smithii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). PLoS ONE 4(8):e6781. 10.1371/journal.pone.0006781 PDF

Yek, S. H.; Mueller, U. G. 2011. The metapleural gland of ants. Biological Reviews 86:774-791. PDF

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Solomon, S. E.; Rabeling, C.; Sosa-Calvo, J.; Lopes, C. T.; Rodrigues, A.; Vasconcelos, H. L.; Bacci, M., Jr.; Mueller, U. G.; Schultz, T. R. 2019. The molecular phylogenetics of Trachymyrmex Forel ants and their fungal cultivars provide insights into the origin and coevolutionary history of ‘higher-attine’ ant agriculture. Systematic Entomology 44:939-956. 10.1111/syen.12370 PDF

Mueller, U. G.; Himler, A. G.; Farrior, C. E. 2023. Life history, nest longevity, sex ratio, and nest architecture of the fungus-growing ant Mycetosoritis hartmanni (Formicidae: Attina). PLoS ONE 18 (7): e0289146:1-23. 10.1371/journal.pone.0289146 PDF