Michael Goodisman, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Genetics, University of Georgia, 1998
michael.goodisman@biology.gatech.edu
Phone: (404) 385-6311
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Office: (Cherry Emerson) 110/C101
Publications
Hoffman EA, Kovacs JL, and Goodisman MAD. 2008. Population structure and breeding system in a social wasp and its social parasite. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 8: art. 239. pdf
Goodisman MAD, Kovacs JL, Hunt BH. 2008. Functional genetics and genomics in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): The interplay of genes and social life. Myrmecological News. 11: 107-117. pdf
Kovacs JL, Hoffman EA, and Goodisman MAD. 2008. Mating success in the polyandrous social wasp Vespula maculifrons. Ethology. 114:340-350. pdf
Kovacs JL, Goodisman MAD. 2007. Irregular brood patterns and worker reproduction in social wasps. Naturwissenschaften.
94:1011-1014.
Goodisman, M. A. D. 2007. A theoretical analysis of variation in multiple mating in social insects. Sociobiology 49:107-119.
Goodisman, M. A. D., J. L. Kovacs, and E. A. Hoffman. 2007. Lack of conflict during queen production in the social wasp Vespula maculifrons. Molecular Ecology. 16:2589-2595.
Goodisman, M. A. D., J. L. Kovacs, and E. A. Hoffman. 2007. The significance of multiple mating in the social wasp Vespula maculifrons. Evolution. 61:2260-2267..
Goodisman, M. A. D., K. A. Sankovich, and J. L. Kovacs. 2007. Genetic and morphological variation over space and time in the invasive fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Biological Invasions. 9:571-584.
Hoffman, E. A., and M. A. D. Goodisman. 2007. Gene expression and the evolution of phenotypic diversity in social wasps. BMC Biology 5:23.
Goodisman, M. A. D. and D. A. Hahn. 2005. Breeding system, colony structure, and genetic differentiation in the Camponotus festinatus species complex of desert carpenter ants. Evolution 59:2185-2199.
Goodisman, M. A. D. , J. Isoe, D. E. Wheeler, and M. A. Wells. 2005. Evolution of insect metamorphosis: A microarray-based study of larval and adult gene expression in the ant Camponotus festinatus. Evolution. 59:858-870.
Goodisman, M. A. D. and D. A. Hahn. 2004. Colony genetic structure of the ant Camponotus ocreatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology. 44:21-33.
Carew, M. E., M. A. D. Goodisman , and A. A. Hoffmann. 2004. Species status and population genetic structure of grape vine eriophyoid mites. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 11:87-96.
Goodisman, M. A. D. and R. H. Crozier. 2003. Association between caste and genotype in the termite Mastotermes darwiniensis (Isoptera: Mastotermitidae). Australian Journal of Entomology. 42:1-5.
Evans, T. A. and M. A. D. Goodisman . 2002. Nestmate relatedness and population genetic structure of the Australian social crab spider Diaea ergandros (Araneae: Thomisidae). Molecular Ecology. 11:2307-2316.
Goodisman, M. A. D. , R. W. Matthews, and R. H. Crozier. 2002. Mating and reproduction in the wasp Vespula germanica. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 51:497-502.
Goodisman, M. A. D. and R. H. Crozier. 2002. Population and colony genetic structure of the primitive termite Mastotermes darwiniensis. Evolution. 56:70-83.
Goodisman, M. A. D. , T. A. Evans, J. G. Ewen, and R. H. Crozier. 2001. Microsatellite markers in the primitive termite Mastotermes darwiniensis. Molecular Ecology Notes. 1:250-251.
Goodisman, M. A. D. , R. W. Matthews, and R. H. Crozier. 2001. Hierarchical genetic structure of the introduced wasp Vespula germanica in Australia. Molecular Ecology. 10:1423-1432.
Goodisman, M. A. D. , R. W. Matthews, J. P. Spradbery, M. E. Carew, and R. H. Crozier. 2001. Reproduction and recruitment in perennial colonies of the introduced wasp Vespula germanica. Journal of Heredity. 92:346-349. (Cover photo).
Goodisman, M. A. D. and R. H. Crozier. 2001. Clines maintained by overdominant selection in hybrid zones. Hereditas. 134:161-169.
Goodisman, M. A. D. , K. G. Ross, and M. A. Asmussen. 2000. A formal assessment of the effects of gene flow and selection in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Evolution. 54:606-616.
Goodisman, M. A. D. , C. J. DeHeer, and K. G. Ross. 2000. Unusual behavior of polygyne fire ant queens on nuptial flights. Journal of Insect Behavior. 13:455-468.
Matthews, R. W., M. A. D. Goodisman , A. D. Austin, and R. Bashford. 2000. The introduced English wasp Vespula vulgaris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) newly recorded invading native forests in Tasmania. The Australian Journal of Entomology. 39:177-179.
Goodisman, M. A. D. , P. D. Mack, D. E. Pearse, and K. G. Ross. 1999. Effects of a single gene on worker and male body mass in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 92:563-570.
DeHeer, C. J., M. A. D. Goodisman , and K. G. Ross. 1999. Queen dispersal strategies in the multiple-queen form of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. The American Naturalist. 153:660-675.
Goodisman, M. A. D. and K. G. Ross. 1999. Queen recruitment in a multiple-queen population of the introduced fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Behavioral Ecology. 10:428-435.
Goodisman, M. A. D. , D. D. Shoemaker, and M. A. Asmussen. 1998. Cytonuclear theory for haplodiploid species and X-linked genes II. Stepping-stone models of gene flow and application to a fire ant hybrid zone. Evolution. 52:1423-1440.
Goodisman, M. A. D. and K. G. Ross. 1998. A test of queen recruitment models using nuclear and mitochondrial markers in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Evolution. 52:1416-1422.
Goodisman, M. A. D. and K. G. Ross. 1997. Relationship of queen number and queen relatedness in multiple-queen colonies of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Ecological Entomology. 22:150-157.
Goodisman, M. A. D. and M. A. Asmussen. 1997. Cytonuclear theory for haplodiploid species and X-linked genes I. Hardy-Weinberg dynamics and continent-island, hybrid zone models. Genetics. 147:321-338.
Goodisman, M. A. D. and K. G. Ross. 1996. Relationship of worker size to queen number in polygyne colonies of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Insectes Sociaux. 43:303-307.