Soil organisms drive major ecosystem functions by mineralising carbon and releasing
nutrients during decomposition processes, which supports plant growth, aboveground …

Relict species have always beguiled evolutionary biologists and biogeographers, who often
view them as fascinating 'living fossils' or remnants of old times. Consequently, they are …

Understanding the origin and diversification of organisms requires a good phylogenetic
estimate of their age and diversification rates. This estimate can be difficult to obtain when …

A phylogenetic hypothesis of termite relationships was inferred from DNA sequence data.
Seven gene fragments (12S rDNA, 16S rDNA, 18S rDNA, 28S rDNA, cytochrome oxidase I …

Despite their ecological significance as decomposers and their evolutionary significance as
the most speciose eusocial insect group outside the Hymenoptera, termite (Blattodea …

Cockroaches are among the most recognizable of all insects. In addition to their role as
pests, they play a key ecological role as decomposers. Despite numerous studies of …

Blaberoidea, comprised of Ectobiidae and Blaberidae, is the most speciose cockroach clade
and exhibits immense variation in life history strategies. We analysed the phylogeny of …

Termites (Isoptera) offer an alternative model for the development of eusociality which is not
dependent on a high degree of relatedness as found between sisters in hymenopterans …

We addressed the phylogeny of cockroaches using DNA sequence data from a broad taxon
sample of Dictyoptera and other non‐endopterygotan insect orders. We paid special …

Cockroaches are an ecologically and economically important insect group, but some
fundamental aspects of their evolutionary history remain unresolved. In particular, there are …