Ross, K. G.; Fletcher, D. J. C. 1985a. Genetic origin of male diploidy in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), and its evolutionary significance. Evolution 39:888-903.

Ross, K. G.; Fletcher, D. J. C. 1985b. Comparative study of genetic and social structure in two forms of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 17:349-356.

Ross, K. G.; Vander Meer, R. K.; Fletcher, D. J. C.; Vargo, E. L. 1987. Biochemical phenotypic and genetic studies of two introduced fire ants and their hybrid (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Evolution 41:280-293.

Ross, K. G.; Vargo, E. L.; Fletcher, D. J. C. 1987. Comparative biochemical genetics of three fire ant species in North America, with special reference to the two social forms of Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Evolution 41:979-990.

Ross, K. G.; Vargo, E. L.; Fletcher, D. J. C. 1988. Colony genetic structure and queen mating frequency in fire ants of the subgenus Solenopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 34:105-117.

Ross, K. G.; Robertson, J. L. 1990. Developmental stability, heterozygosity, and fitness in two introduced fire ants (Solenopsis invicta and S. richteri) and their hybrid. Heredity 64:93-103.

Ross, K. G.; Carpenter, J. M. 1991. Phylogenetic analysis and the evolution of queen number in eusocial Hymenoptera. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 4:117-130.

Ross, K. G.; Trager, J. C. 1991 ("1990"). Systematics and population genetics of fire ants (Solenopsis saevissima complex) from Argentina. Evolution 44:2113-2134.

Ross, K. G. 1992. Strong selection on a gene that influences reproductive competition in a social insect. Nature (London) 355:347-349.

Ross, K. G.; Vargo, E. L.; Keller, L.; Trager, J. C. 1993. Effect of a founder event on variation in the genetic sex-determining system of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Genetics 135:843-854.

Ross, K. G.; Shoemaker, D. D. 1994 ("1993"). An unusual pattern of gene flow between the two social forms of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Evolution 47:1595-1605.

Shoemaker, D. D.; Ross, K. G.; Arnold, M. L. 1994a. Macro- and microgeographic structure of a hybrid zone formed between the two introduced fire ants Solenopsis invicta and Solenopsis richteri. P. 39 in: Lenoir, A.; Arnold, G.; Lepage, M. (eds.) 1994. Les insectes sociaux. 12ème congrès de l'Union Internationale pour l'Étude des Insectes Sociaux. Paris, Sorbonne, 21-27 août 1994. Paris: Université Paris Nord, xxiv + 583 pp.

Shoemaker, D. D.; Ross, K. G.; Arnold, M. L. 1994b. Development of RAPD markers in two introduced fire ants, Solenopsis invicta and S. richteri, and their application to the study of a hybrid zone. Molecular Ecology 3:531-539.

Ross, K. G.; Keller, L. 1995a. Joint influence of gene flow and selection on a reproductively important genetic polymorphism in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. American Naturalist 146:325-348.

Ross, K. G.; Keller, L. 1995b. Ecology and evolution of social organization: insights from fire ants and other highly eusocial insects. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 26:631-656.

Shoemaker, D. D.; Ross, K. G. 1996. Effects of social organization on gene flow in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Nature (London) 383:613-616.

Shoemaker, D. D.; Ross, K. G.; Arnold, M. L. 1996. Genetic structure and evolution of a fire ant hybrid zone. Evolution 50:1958-1976.

Ross, K. G. 1997. Multilocus selection in fire ants: effects of selection, gene flow and recombination. Genetics 145:961-974.

Ross, K. G.; Krieger, M. J. B.; Shoemaker, D. D.; Vargo, E. L.; Keller, L. 1997. Hierarchical analysis of genetic structure in native fire ant populations: results from three classes of molecular markers. Genetics 147:643-655.

Ross, K. G.; Vargo, E. L.; Keller, L. 1997 ("1996"). Simple genetic basis for important social traits in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Evolution 50:2387-2399.

Ross, K. G.; Keller, L. 1998. Genetic control of social organization in an ant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 95:14232-14237.

Goodisman, M. A. D.; Ross, K. G. 1999. Queen recruitment in a multiple-queen population of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Behavioral Ecology 10(4):428-435. PDF

Krieger, M. J. B.; Ross, K. G. 2002. Identification of a major gene regulating complex social behavior. Science (Washington, D. C.) 295:328-332. PDF

Krieger, M. J. B.; Ross, K. G. 2003. Molecular evolutionary analyses of mariners and other transposable elements in fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insect Molecular Biology 12:155-165. PDF

Mescher, M. C.; Ross, K. G.; Shoemaker, D. D.; Keller, L.; Krieger, M. J. B. 2003. Distribution of the two social forms of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the native South American range. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 96:810-817. PDF

Krieger, M. J. B.; Ross, K. G. 2005. Molecular evolutionary analyses of the odorant-binding protein gene Gp-9 in fire ants and other Solenopsis species. Molecular Biology and Evolution 22:2090-2103. PDF

Pitts, J. P.; McHugh, J. V.; Ross, K. G. 2005. Cladistic analysis of the fire ants of the Solenopsis saevissima species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoologica Scripta 34:493-505. PDF

Ross, K. G.; Shoemaker, D. D. 2005. Species delimitation in native South American fire ants. Molecular Ecology 14:3419-3438. PDF

Gotzek, D.; Shoemaker, D. D.; Ross, K. G. 2007. Molecular variation at a candidate gene implicated in the regulation of fire ant social behavior. PLoS ONE 2(11):e1088. 10.1371/journal.pone.0001088 PDF

Ross, K. G.; Krieger, M. J. B.; Keller, L.; Shoemaker, D. D. 2007. Genetic variation and structure in native populations of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta: evolutionary and demographic implications. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 92:541-560. PDF