Graham J Thompson
Professor
Department of Biology
Western University
1151 Richmond St. N
London, Ontario, Canada
N6A 5B7
Publications
Quinn MW, Daisley BA, Vancuren S, Bouchema A, Niño E, Reid G, Thompson GJ, Allen-Vercoe E. (submitted) Apirhabdus apintestini gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of a novel genus of the family Enterobacteriaceae, isolated from the gut of the western honeybee Apis mellifera. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Thompson GJ. 2023. Striking variation: A universal scale for worker aggression in ants. Insectes Sociaux. 70: 391-392
Rodríguez MA, Fernández LA, Daisley BA, Reynaldi FJ, Allen-Vercoe E, Thompson GJ 2023. Probiotics and in-hive fermentation as a source of beneficial microbes to support the gut microbial health of honey bees. Journal of Insect Science. 23: DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/iead093
Cristancho S, Thompson GJ 2023. Building resilient healthcare teams: Insights from analogy to the social biology of ants, honey bees and other social insects. Perspectives on Medical Education. 12: 253–260.
Daisley BA, Pitek AP, Torres C, Lowery R, Adair BA, Al KF, Niño B, Burton JP, Allen-Vercoe E, Thompson GJ, Reid G, Niño E. 2023. Delivery mechanism can enhance probiotic activity against honey bee pathogens. The ISME Journal. 17: 1382-1395
Wild G, Flear VJ, Thompson GJ 2023. A kin-selection model of fairness in heterogenous populations. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 565: Article 111469
Daisley BA, Pitek AP, Mallory E, Chernyshova AM, Allen-Vercoe E, Reid G, Thompson GJ 2022. Disentangling the microbial ecological factors impacting honey bee susceptibility to Paenibacillus larvae infection. Trends in Microbiology 31: 521-534
Cristancho S, Field E, Lingard L, Taylor T, Hibbert K, Thompson GJ, Hibbert W. 2022. Ecological Interchangeability: Supporting team adaptive expertise in moments of disruption. Advances in Health Sciences Education 27: 1361-1382
Radford JM, Chen D, Chernyshova AM, Taylor C, Guoth AW, Wu T, Hill KA, Thompson GJ. 2022. Differential selection on caste-associated genes in a subterranean termite. Insects 13:224 https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13030224.
Daisley BA, Chernyshova AM, Thompson GJ, Allen-Vercoe E 2022. Deteriorating microbiomes in agriculture - the unintended effects of pesticides on microbial life. Microbiome Research Reports 1:6. https://dx.doi.org/10.20517/mrr.2021.08
Chmiel JA, Pitek AP, Burton J, Thompson GJ, Reid G. 2021. Meta-analysis on the effect of bacterial interventions on honey bee productivity and the treatment of infection. Apidologie 52: 960–972
Thompson GJ. 2021. Termites reigned by royals close ranks. Insectes Sociaux 68: 1-2
Thompson GJ, Chernyshova AM. 2021. Caste Differentiation: Genetic and Epigenetic Factors. pp 165-176. In: Starr C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28102-1_178
Harrison MC, Chernyshova AM, Thompson GJ. 2020. No obvious transriptome-wide signature of indirect selection in termites. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 34: 403-415
Daisley BA, Pitek AP, Chmiel JA, Gibbons S, Chernyshova AM, Al KF, Faragalla KM, Burton JP, Thompson GJ, Reid G. 2020. Lactobacillus spp. attenuate antibiotic-induced immune and microbiota dysregulation in honey bees. Communications Biology 3: Article 534
Guoth AW, Chernyshova AM, Thompson GJ. 2020. Gene-regulatory context of honey bee worker sterility. BioSystems 198: 104235
Daisley BA, Chmiel JA, Pitek AP, Thompson GJ, Reid G. 2020. Missing microbes in bees: how systematic depletion of key symbionts erodes immunity. Trends in Microbiology 28: 1010-1021
Cole EL, Empringham JS, Biro C, Thompson GJ, Rosengaus RB. 2020. Relish as a candidate marker for transgenerational immune priming in a dampwood termite (Blattodea; Archeotermopsidae). Insects 11: Article 149
Chmiel JA, Daisley BA, Pitek AP, Thompson GJ, Reid G. 2020. Understanding the effects of sublethal pesticide exposure on honey bees: a role for probiotics as mediators of environmental stress. Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution 8: Article 22
Daisley BA, Pitek AP, Chmiel JA, Al KF, Chernyshova AM, Faragalla KM, Burton JP, Thompson GJ, Reid G. 2019. Novel probiotic approach to counter Paenibacillus larvae infection in honey bees. The ISME Journal 14: 476-491
Syaukani S, Thompson GJ, Yamasaki T, Othman AS, Muarrif S, Sarong MA, Djufri D, Eguchi K. 2019. Taxonomy of the genus Longipeditermes Holmgren (Termitidae: Nautitermitinae) from the Greater Sundas, Southeast Asia. Zoosystematics and Evolution 95: 309-318
Galang KC, Croft JR, Thompson GJ, Percival-Smith A. 2019. Analysis of the Drosophila anti-ovarian response to honey bee queen mandibular pheromone. Insect Molecular Biology 28: 99-111
Thompson GJ 2019 Termites of Toronto: The social biology of an invasive home-wrecking insect. Ontario Insects 24: 29-30
Faragalla KM, Chernyshova AM, Gallo AJ, Thompson GJ. 2018. From gene list to gene network: Recognizing functional connections that regulate behavioral traits. Journal of Experimental Zoology - Series B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 330: 317-329 [Cover issue]
Chernyshova AM, Saraceni J, Thompson GJ. 2018. Soldier-biased gene expression in a termite implies indirect selection for defensiveness. Biology and Genomics of Social Insects, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 5-9 May. p 42 https://doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.18970.95683 [abstract only]
Behl S, Wu T, Chernyshova AM, Thompson GJ. 2018. Caste-biased genes in a subterranean termite are taxonomically restricted: implications for novel gene recruitment during termite caste evolution. Insectes Sociaux 65: 593-599
Wu T, Dhami GK, Thompson GJ. 2018. Soldier-biased gene expression in a subterranean termite implies functional specialization of the defensive caste. Evolution and Development 20: 3-16 [Cover issue]
Simkovic V, Thompson GJ, McNeil JN. 2018. Testing for aggression and nestmate recognition in the Eastern subterranean termite (Reticulitermes flavipes). Insectes Sociaux 65: 281-288
Vinnai JR, Cumming RC, Thompson GJ, Timoshenko AV. 2017. The association between oxidative stress-induced galectins and differentiation of human promyelocytic HL-60 cells. Experimental Cell Research 355: 113-123
Croft JR, Liu T, Camiletti AL, Simon AF, Thompson GJ. 2017. Sexual response of male Drosophila to honey bee queen mandibular pheromone: implications for genetic studies of social insects. Journal of Comparative Physiology - A 203: 143-149
Camiletti AL, Percival-Smith A, Croft JR, Thompson GJ. 2016. A novel screen for genes associated with pheromone-induced sterility. Scientific Reports 6: Article 36041
Thompson GJ, Richards MH. 2016. Editorial: Genetic effects on social traits. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 4: Article 91
Richards MH, Thompson GJ (Eds.) 2016. Genetic Effects on Social Traits: Empirical Studies from Social Animals. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Series in Social Evolution, Lausanne: Frontiers Media S.A. http://tinyurl.com/jppuwhf
Camiletti AL, Thompson GJ. 2016. Drosophila as a genetically tractable model for social insect behaviour. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 4: Article 40
Sobotka JA, Daley M, Chandrasekaran S, Rubin BD, Thompson GJ. 2016. Structure and function of gene regulatory networks associated with worker sterility in honeybees. Ecology and Evolution 6: 1692-1701
Syaukani S, Thompson GJ, Zettel H, Pribadi T. 2016. A new species of open-air processional column termite, Hospitalitermes nigriantennalis sp. n., from Borneo. ZooKeys 554: 27-36
Wu T, Simkovic V, Thompson GJ. 2015. Damage through division of labour: Termites as social pests. Canadian Wood Preservation Association, Proceedings. 36th Annual General Meeting, Ottawa, pgs 59-61. Available on-line: http://www.cwpa.ca/publications/#tab-2015-tab
Wu T, Simkovic V, Thompson GJ. 2015. Subterranean termites: The evolution of a pest. PCT Canada 3: 34-42. Available on-line: http://www.pctonline.com/Digital/pcc/pccanada201503/index.html
Gao Q, Thompson GJ. 2015. Social context affects immune gene expression in a subterranean termite. Insectes Sociaux 62: 167-179
Mullen EK, Thompson GJ. 2015. Understanding honey bee worker self-sacrifice: a conceptual-empirical framework. Advances in Insect Physiology 48: 325-354
Mullen EK, Daley M, Backx AG, Thompson GJ. 2014. Gene co-citation networks associated with worker sterility in honey bees. BMC Systems Biology 8: Article 38
Camiletti AL, Thompson GJ. 2014. Can social pheromones regulate reproduction in non-social insects? XVII IUSSI Congress, Cairns Australia, pg 58. [abstract only]
Camiletti AL, Awde DN, Thompson GJ. 2014. How flies respond to honey bee pheromone: The role of the foraging gene on reproductive response to queen mandibular pheromone. Naturwissenschaften 101: 25-31
Thompson GJ, Hurd PL, Crespi BJ. 2013. Genes underlying altruism. Biology Letters 9: 20130395
Clarke MW, Thompson GJ, Sinclair BJ. 2013. Cold tolerance of the Eastern subterranean termite, Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), in Ontario. Environmental Entomology 42: 805-810
Richards MH, Thompson GJ. 2013. Editorial: The evolution of social behaviour. Canadian Society for Ecology & Evolution Bulletin 14: 14-15
Mizzau TW, Garner SR, Marklevitz SAC, Thompson GJ, Morbey YE. 2013. A genetic test of sexual size dimorphism in pre-emergent Chinook salmon. PLoS ONE 8: e78421
Camiletti AL, Percival-Smith A, Thompson GJ. 2013. Honey bee queen mandibular pheromone inhibits ovary development and fecundity in a fruit fly. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 147: 262-268
Scaduto DA, Garner SR, Leach EL, Thompson GJ. 2012. Genetic evidence for multiple invasions of the Eastern subterranean termite into Canada. Environmental Entomology 41: 1680-1686
Backx AG, Guzman-Novoa E, Thompson GJ. 2012. Factors affecting ovary activation in honeybee workers: a meta-analysis. Insectes Sociaux - International Journal for the Study of Social Arthropods 59: 381-388
Gao Q, Tancredi SE, Thompson GJ. 2012. Identification of mycosis-related genes in the Eastern subterranean termite by suppression subtractive hybridization. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 80: 63-76
Gao Q, Bidochka MJ, Thompson GJ. 2012. Effect of group size and caste ratio on individual survivorship and social immunity in a subterranean termite. Acta Ethologica: 15: 55-63
Syaukani S and Thompson GJ. 2011. Taxonomic notes on Nasutitermes and Bulbitermes (Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) from Southeast Asia based on morphological and molecular characters. ZooKeys 148: 135-160
Thompson GJ. 2011 Book Review. Bignell DE, Roisin Y, Lo N. (Eds.) Biology of Termites: a Modern Synthesis. Myrmecological News 16: 60
Syaukani S, Thompson GJ, Yamane S 2011. Hospitalitermes krishnai, a new nasute termite (Nasutitermitinae, Termitidae, Isoptera) from southern Sumatra, Indonesia. ZooKeys 148: 161-169
Nebel S, Thompson GJ. 2011. Evolution of sexual bill-size dimorphism in shorebirds: a morphometric test of the resource partitioning hypothesis. Evolutionary Ecology Research 13: 35-44
Raffoul M, Hecnar SJ, Prezioso S, Hecnar DR, Thompson GJ. 2011. Trap response and genetic structure of Eastern subterranean termites (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae) in Point Pelee National Park, Ontario, Canada. The Canadian Entomologist 143: 263-271.
Abbot P, et al. (Thompson GJ co-author). 2011. Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality. Nature 471: E1-E4
Thompson GJ. 2010. Professor Rossiter H. Crozier 1943-2009 Obituary. Evolution 64: 869-870
Thompson GJ 2009. Book Review. Gadau, J. and Fewell, J. (Eds.) 2009: Organization of insect societies: from genome to sociocomplexity. Myrmecological News 12: 182
Thompson GJ, Kucharski R, Maleszka R, Oldroyd BP 2008. Genome-wide analysis of genes related to ovary activation in worker honey bees. Insect Molecular Biology 17: 657–665
Oxley PP, Thompson GJ, Oldroyd BP 2008. Four quantitative trait loci that influence worker sterility in the honey bee (Apis mellifera). Genetics 179: 1337–1343.
Thompson GJ, Yockey H, Lim J, Oldroyd BP 2007 Experimental manipulation of ovary activation and gene expression in honey bee (Apis mellifera) queens and workers: testing hypotheses of reproductive regulation. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A – Ecological Genetics & Physiology 307: 600-610
Thompson GJ, Lenz M, Crozier RH, Crespi BJ 2007. Molecular-genetic analyses of dispersal and breeding behaviour in the Australian termite Coptotermes lacteus: evidence for non-random mating in a swarm-dispersal mating system. Australian Journal of Zoology 55: 219-227.
Lo N, Engel MS, Cameron S, Nalepa CA, Tokuda G, Grimaldi D, Kitade O, Krishna K, Klass K, Maekawa K, Miura T, Thompson GJ 2007. Save Isoptera: a comment on Inward et al. Biology Letters 3: 562-563
Oldroyd BP, Thompson GJ 2007. Behavioural genetics of the honey bee, Apis mellifera. In: Advances in Insect Physiology (Simpson, SJ, Ed.) 33: 1-49
Thompson GJ. 2006 Kin selection in disguise? Insectes Sociaux 53: 496-497
Evans JD, Aronstein K, Chen YP, Hetru C, Imler J-L, Jiang H, Kanost, M, Thompson GJ, Zou Z, Hultmark D 2006. Immune pathways and defense mechanisms in honey bees, Apis mellifera. Insect Molecular Biology 15: 645-656
Thompson GJ, Kucharski R, Maleszka R, Oldroyd BP 2006 Towards a molecular definition of worker sterility: differential gene expression and reproductive plasticity in honey bees. Insect Molecular Biology 15: 637-644
Honey Bee Genome Sequencing Consortium 2006. Insights into social insects from the genome of the honey bee Apis mellifera. Nature 443: 931-949.
Oldroyd BP, Reddy MS, Chapman NC, Thompson GJ, Beekman M 2006. Evidence for reproductive isolation between two ecotypes of cavity nesting honey bees (Apis) in south India. Insectes Sociaux 53: 428–434
Koywiwattrakul P, Thompson GJ, Sitthipraneed S, Oldroyd BP, Maleszka R 2005. Effects of carbon dioxide narcosis on ovary activation and gene expression in worker honey bees. Journal of Insect Science 5:36, available online: insectscience.org/5.36
Nebel S, Thompson GJ. 2005. Foraging behaviour of Western Sandpipers changes with sediment temperature: implications for their hemispheric distribution. Ecological Research 20: 503-507
Thompson GJ, Oldroyd BP 2004. Evaluating alternative hypotheses for the origin of eusociality in corbiculate bees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 452-456
Nebel S, Cloutier A, Thompson GJ. 2004. Molecular sexing of prey-remains permits a test of sex-biased predation in a wintering population of Western Sandpipers. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B 271: S321-S323
Thompson GJ, Kitade O, Lo N, Crozier RH. 2004. On the origin of termite workers: Weighing up the phylogenetic evidence. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17: 217-220 [with an Erratum 17: 720].
Thompson GJ, Crozier YC, Crozier RH. 2003. Isolation and characterisation of a termite transferrin gene up-regulated on infection. Insect Molecular Biology 12: 1-7
Thompson GJ, Kitade O, Lo N, Crozier RH. 2000. Phylogenetic evidence for a single, ancestral origin of a 'true' worker caste in termites. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 13: 869-881
Thompson GJ, Miller LR, Lenz M, Crozier RH. 2000. Phylogenetic analysis and trait evolution in Australian lineages of drywood termites (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 17: 419-429
Thompson GJ, Lenz M, Crozier RH. 2000. Microsatellites in the subterranean, mound-building termite Coptotermes lacteus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Molecular Ecology 9: 1932-1934
Thompson GJ, Hebert PDN. 1998 Probing termite social systems through allozyme and mtDNA analysis: a case study of Nasutitermes nigriceps and N. costalis (Isoptera, Termitidae). Insectes Sociaux - International Journal for the Study of Social Arthropods 45:289-299
Thompson GJ, Hebert PDN. 1998. Population genetic structure of the Neotropical termite Nasutitermes nigriceps (Isoptera, Termitidae). Heredity 80: 48-55