Eusocial insects as emerging models for behavioural epigenetics
Understanding the molecular basis of how behavioural states are established, maintained
and altered by environmental cues is an area of considerable and growing interest …
and altered by environmental cues is an area of considerable and growing interest …
The phylogeny and evolution of ants
PS Ward - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Originating most likely in the early Cretaceous, ants have diversified to become the world's
most successful eusocial insects, occupying most terrestrial ecosystems and acquiring a …
most successful eusocial insects, occupying most terrestrial ecosystems and acquiring a …
Worldwide occurrence records suggest a global decline in bee species richness
EE Zattara, MA Aizen - One Earth, 2021 - cell.com
Wild and managed bees are key pollinators, ensuring or enhancing the reproduction of a
large fraction of the world's wild flowering plants and the yield of∼ 85% of all cultivated …
large fraction of the world's wild flowering plants and the yield of∼ 85% of all cultivated …
Evolutionary history of the Hymenoptera
Summary Hymenoptera (sawflies, wasps, ants, and bees) are one of four mega-diverse
insect orders, comprising more than 153,000 described and possibly up to one million …
insect orders, comprising more than 153,000 described and possibly up to one million …
Phylogenomic insights into the evolution of stinging wasps and the origins of ants and bees
Summary The stinging wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) are an extremely diverse lineage of
hymenopteran insects, encompassing over 70,000 described species and a diversity of life …
hymenopteran insects, encompassing over 70,000 described species and a diversity of life …
[HTML][HTML] AMAS: a fast tool for alignment manipulation and computing of summary statistics
ML Borowiec - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
The amount of data used in phylogenetics has grown explosively in the recent years and
many phylogenies are inferred with hundreds or even thousands of loci and many taxa …
many phylogenies are inferred with hundreds or even thousands of loci and many taxa …
Analysis of phylogenomic datasets reveals conflict, concordance, and gene duplications with examples from animals and plants
Background The use of transcriptomic and genomic datasets for phylogenetic reconstruction
has become increasingly common as researchers attempt to resolve recalcitrant nodes with …
has become increasingly common as researchers attempt to resolve recalcitrant nodes with …
Enriching the ant tree of life: enhanced UCE bait set for genome‐scale phylogenetics of ants and other Hymenoptera
MG Branstetter, JT Longino, PS Ward… - Methods in Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Targeted enrichment of conserved genomic regions (eg ultraconserved elements or UCEs)
has emerged as a promising tool for inferring evolutionary history in many organismal …
has emerged as a promising tool for inferring evolutionary history in many organismal …
Phylogenomic analysis of Apoidea sheds new light on the sister group of bees
Background Apoid wasps and bees (Apoidea) are an ecologically and morphologically
diverse group of Hymenoptera, with some species of bees having evolved eusocial …
diverse group of Hymenoptera, with some species of bees having evolved eusocial …
Orthology inference in nonmodel organisms using transcriptomes and low-coverage genomes: improving accuracy and matrix occupancy for phylogenomics
Orthology inference is central to phylogenomic analyses. Phylogenomic data sets commonly
include transcriptomes and low-coverage genomes that are incomplete and contain errors …
include transcriptomes and low-coverage genomes that are incomplete and contain errors …