A large-scale, higher-level, molecular phylogenetic study of the insect order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)

JC Regier, C Mitter, A Zwick, AL Bazinet… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Higher-level relationships within the Lepidoptera, and particularly within the
species-rich subclade Ditrysia, are generally not well understood, although recent studies …

Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial genome sequences indicates that the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, contains a cryptic species

TD Burger, R Shao, SC Barker - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2014 - Elsevier
Cattle ticks of the subgenus Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) are major agricultural pests
worldwide, causing billions of dollars in losses annually. Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) …

The evolutionary history of ferns inferred from 25 low‐copy nuclear genes

CJ Rothfels, FW Li, EM Sigel, L Huiet… - American Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
• Premise of the study: Understanding fern (monilophyte) phylogeny and its evolutionary
timescale is critical for broad investigations of the evolution of land plants, and for providing …

A gateway for phylogenetic analysis powered by grid computing featuring GARLI 2.0

AL Bazinet, DJ Zwickl, MP Cummings - Systematic biology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We introduce molecularevolution. org, a publicly available gateway for high-throughput,
maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analysis powered by grid computing. The gateway …

The impact of anchored phylogenomics and taxon sampling on phylogenetic inference in narrow‐mouthed frogs (Anura, Microhylidae)

PLV Peloso, DR Frost, SJ Richards, MT Rodrigues… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Despite considerable progress in unravelling the phylogenetic relationships of microhylid
frogs, relationships among subfamilies remain largely unstable and many genera are not …

Molecular phylogeny of soft ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae) inferred from mitochondrial genome and nuclear rRNA sequences

TD Burger, R Shao, MB Labruna, SC Barker - Ticks and Tick-borne …, 2014 - Elsevier
The genus-level classification of soft ticks (Argasidae) is controversial. A previous
phylogenetic analysis of morphological and developmental characters found that the genus …

Comparative Genomic Analysis and Virulence Differences in Closely Related Salmonella enterica Serotype Heidelberg Isolates from Humans, Retail Meats, and …

M Hoffmann, S Zhao, J Pettengill, Y Luo… - Genome biology and …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Heidelberg (S. Heidelberg) is one of the top
serovars causing human salmonellosis. Recently, an antibiotic-resistant strain of this serovar …

A molecular phylogeny for Yponomeutoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Ditrysia) and its implications for classification, biogeography and the evolution of host plant use

JC Sohn, JC Regier, C Mitter, D Davis, JF Landry… - Plos one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Yponomeutoidea, one of the early-diverging lineages of ditrysian Lepidoptera,
comprise about 1,800 species worldwide, including notable pests and insect-plant …

Can RNA-Seq resolve the rapid radiation of advanced moths and butterflies (Hexapoda: Lepidoptera: Apoditrysia)? An exploratory study

AL Bazinet, MP Cummings, KT Mitter, CW Mitter - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Recent molecular phylogenetic studies of the insect order Lepidoptera have robustly
resolved family-level divergences within most superfamilies, and most divergences among …

Phylogenetic analysis of ticks (Acari: Ixodida) using mitochondrial genomes and nuclear rRNA genes indicates that the genus Amblyomma is polyphyletic

TD Burger, R Shao, L Beati, H Miller… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2012 - Elsevier
Our understanding of the phylogenetic relationships among tick lineages has been limited
by the lack of resolution provided by the most commonly used phylogenetic markers …