| Phylogenomic methods outperform traditional multi-locus approaches in resolving deep evolutionary history: a case study of formicine ants BB Blaimer, SG Brady, TR Schultz, MW Lloyd, BL Fisher, PS Ward BMC evolutionary biology 15 (1), 271, 2015 | 205 | 2015 |
| Sequence Capture and Phylogenetic Utility of Genomic Ultraconserved Elements Obtained from Pinned Insect Specimens BB Blaimer, MW Lloyd, WX Guillory, SG Brady PLOS ONE 11 (8), e0161531, 2016 | 164 | 2016 |
| Combining transcriptomes and ultraconserved elements to illuminate the phylogeny of Apidae S Bossert, EA Murray, EAB Almeida, SG Brady, BB Blaimer, BN Danforth Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 130, 121-131, 2019 | 154 | 2019 |
| A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex PS Ward, BB Blaimer, BL Fisher Zootaxa 4072 (3), 343-357, 2016 | 151 | 2016 |
| How do cuticular hydrocarbons evolve? Physiological constraints and climatic and biotic selection pressures act on a complex functional trait F Menzel, BB Blaimer, T Schmitt Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284 (1850), 20161727, 2017 | 128 | 2017 |
| A re‐analysis of the data in Sharkey et al.’s (2021) minimalist revision reveals that BINs do not deserve names, but BOLD Systems needs a stronger commitment to open science R Meier, BB Blaimer, E Buenaventura, E Hartop, T von Rintelen, ... Cladistics 38 (2), 264-275, 2022 | 104 | 2022 |
| Acrobat ants go global–Origin, evolution and systematics of the genus Crematogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) BB Blaimer Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 65 (2), 421-436, 2012 | 77 | 2012 |
| Phylogenomics, biogeography and diversification of obligate mealybug-tending ants in the genus Acropyga BB Blaimer, JS LaPolla, MG Branstetter, MW Lloyd, SG Brady Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 102, 20-29, 2016 | 72 | 2016 |
| The impact of GC bias on phylogenetic accuracy using targeted enrichment phylogenomic data S Bossert, EA Murray, BB Blaimer, BN Danforth Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 111, 149-157, 2017 | 60 | 2017 |
| Paleotropical Diversification Dominates the Evolution of the Hyperdiverse Ant Tribe Crematogastrini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) BB Blaimer, PS Ward, TR Schultz, BL Fisher, SG Brady Insect Systematics and Diversity 2 (5), 3, 2018 | 58 | 2018 |
| A subgeneric revision of Crematogaster and discussion of regional species-groups (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) BB Blaimer Zootaxa 3482 (1), 47-67, 2012 | 51 | 2012 |
| Key innovations and the diversification of Hymenoptera BB Blaimer, BF Santos, A Cruaud, MW Gates, RR Kula, I Mikó, ... Nature Communications 14 (1), 1212, 2023 | 49 | 2023 |
| Comprehensive phylogenomic analyses re-write the evolution of parasitism within cynipoid wasps BB Blaimer, D Gotzek, SG Brady, ML Buffington BMC Evolutionary Biology 20, 1-22, 2020 | 48 | 2020 |
| Taxonomy and natural history of the Crematogaster (Decacrema)-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Madagascar BB Blaimer Zootaxa 2714, 1-39, 2010 | 40 | 2010 |
| Ultra‐Conserved Elements and morphology reciprocally illuminate conflicting phylogenetic hypotheses in Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) A Cruaud, G Delvare, S Nidelet, L Sauné, S Ratnasingham, M Chartois, ... Cladistics 37 (1), 1-35, 2021 | 37 | 2021 |
| Untangling complex morphological variation: taxonomic revision of the subgenus Crematogaster (Oxygyne) in Madagascar, with insight into the evolution and biogeography of this … BB Blaimer Systematic Entomology 37 (2), 240-260, 2012 | 32 | 2012 |
| Phylogenomics of braconid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) sheds light on classification and the evolution of parasitoid life history traits JM Jasso-Martínez, BF Santos, A Zaldívar-Riverón, JL Fernández-Triana, ... Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 173, 107452, 2022 | 28 | 2022 |
| The evolution of a complex trait: cuticular hydrocarbons in ants evolve independent from phylogenetic constraints F Menzel, T Schmitt, BB Blaimer Journal of evolutionary biology 30 (7), 1372-1385, 2017 | 26 | 2017 |
| A first phylogenomic hypothesis for Eulophidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) JY Rasplus, BB Blaimer, SG Brady, RA Burks, G Delvare, N Fisher, ... Journal of Natural History 54 (9-12), 597-609, 2020 | 23 | 2020 |
| Functional and phylogenetic approaches reveal the evolution of diversity in a hyper diverse biota BB Blaimer, SG Brady, TR Schultz, BL Fisher Ecography 38 (9), 901-912, 2015 | 22 | 2015 |
