A5003935183- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Plant and animal studies
- Fossil Insects in Amber
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Data Analysis with R
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Hemiptera Insect Studies
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
Colorado State University
2022-2025
Google (United States)
2023
University of Idaho
2018-2022
Arizona State University
2017-2022
University of California, Davis
2012-2022
Washington State University
2021
University of Rochester
2016
Wrocław Zoo
2007-2013
University of Wrocław
1989-2013
The amount of data used in phylogenetics has grown explosively the recent years and many phylogenies are inferred with hundreds or even thousands loci taxa. These modern phylogenomic studies often entail separate analyses each addition to multiple subsets genes concatenated sequences. Computationally efficient tools for handling computing properties single-locus large alignments needed. Here I present AMAS (Alignment Manipulation And Summary), a tool that can be either as stand-alone...
Abstract Deep learning is driving recent advances behind many everyday technologies, including speech and image recognition, natural language processing autonomous driving. It also gaining popularity in biology, where it has been used for automated species identification, environmental monitoring, ecological modelling, behavioural studies, DNA sequencing population genetics phylogenetics, among other applications. relies on artificial neural networks predictive modelling excels at...
Understanding the phylogenetic relationships among major lineages of multicellular animals (the Metazoa) is a prerequisite for studying evolution complex traits such as nervous systems, muscle tissue, or sensory organs. Transcriptome-based phylogenies have dramatically improved our understanding metazoan in recent years, although several important questions remain. The branching order near base tree, particular placement poriferan (sponges, phylum Porifera) and ctenophore (comb jellies,...
The generic classification of the ant subfamily Dorylinae is revised, with aim facilitating identification easily-diagnosable monophyletic genera. new based on recent molecular phylogenetic evidence and a critical reappraisal doryline morphology. New keys diagnoses workers males are provided, along reviews natural history relationships, distribution maps, list valid species for each lineage. Twenty-eight genera (27 extant 1 extinct) recognized within subfamily, an increase from 20 in...
Borowiec, (2019). Spruceup: fast and flexible identification, visualization, removal of outliers from large multiple sequence alignments. Journal Open Source Software, 4(42), 1635, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.01635
Army ants are a charismatic group of organisms characterized by suite morphological and behavioral adaptations that includes obligate collective foraging, frequent colony relocation, highly specialized wingless queens. This army ant syndrome underlies the ecological success its evolution has been subject considerable debate. It argued to have arisen once or multiple times within subfamily Dorylinae. To address this question in phylogenetic framework I generated data from 2166 loci...
Studying the behavioral and life history transitions from a cooperative, eusocial to exploitative social parasitism allows for deciphering conditions under which changes in behavior organization lead diversification. The Holarctic ant genus Formica is ideally suited studying evolution of because half its 172 species are confirmed or suspected parasites, includes all three major classes known ants. However, associated with this largely unexplored. To test competing hypotheses regarding...
Abstract Within the Formicidae, higher classification of nearly all subfamilies has been recently revised given findings molecular phylogenetics. Here, we integrate morphology and data to holistically address evolution, classification, identification ant genus Lasius , its tribe Lasiini, their subfamily Formicinae. We find that crown Lasiini originated around end Cretaceous on Eurasian continent is divisible into four morphologically distinct clades: Cladomyrma group, Prenolepis a previously...
Abstract While some relationships in phylogenomic studies have remained stable since the Sanger sequencing era, many challenging nodes remain, even with genome-scale data. Incongruence or lack of resolution era is frequently attributed to inadequate data modeling and analytical issues that lead systematic biases. However, few investigate potential for random error establish expectations level achievable a given empirical dataset integrate uncertainties across methods when faced conflicting...
Abstract While some relationships in phylogenomic studies have remained stable since the era of Sanger sequencing, many challenging nodes elude resolution, even with genome-scale data. As early grappled random error and insufficient information, incongruence or lack resolution phylogenomics is generally associated inadequate modeling biological phenomena combined analytical issues leading to systematic biases. Few studies, however, explore potential for establish an expectation what level...
Supergenes, regions of the genome with suppressed recombination between sets functional mutations, contribute to evolution complex phenotypes in diverse systems. Excluding sex chromosomes, most supergenes discovered so far appear be young, being found one species or a few closely related species. Here, we investigate how chromosome harbouring an ancient supergene has evolved over about 30 million years (Ma). The Formica underlies variation colony queen number at least five We expand previous...
The amount of data used in phylogenetics has grown explosively the recent years and many phylogenies are inferred with hundreds or even thousands loci taxa. These modern phylogenomic studies often entail separate analyses each addition to multiple subsets genes concatenated sequences. Computationally efficient tools for handling computing properties single-locus large alignments needed. Here I present AMAS (Alignment Manipulation And Summary), a tool that can be either as stand-alone...
The New World ant genus Myrmecocystus Wesmael, 1838 (Formicidae: Formicinae: Lasiini) is endemic to arid and semi-arid habitats of the western United States Mexico. Several intriguing life history traits have been described for genus, best-known which are replete workers, that store liquified food in their largely expanded crops colloquially referred as "honeypots". Despite interesting biology ecological importance ecosystems, evolutionary ants unknown current taxonomy presents an...
Abstract Transcriptome-enabled phylogenetic analyses have dramatically improved our understanding of metazoan phylogeny in recent years, although several important questions remain. The branching order near the base tree is one such outstanding issue. To address this question we assemble a novel data set comprised 1,080 orthologous loci derived from 36 publicly available genomes and dissect signal present each individual partition. size allows for closer look at potential biases sources...