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Enriching the ant tree of life: enhanced UCE bait set for genome‐scale phylogenetics of ants and other Hymenoptera by Branstetter, Michael G., Longino, John T., Ward, Philip S., Faircloth, Brant C., Price, Samantha

“…Summary Targeted enrichment of conserved genomic regions (e.g. ultraconserved elements or UCEs) has emerged as a promising tool for inferring evolutionary…”
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Target enrichment of ultraconserved elements from arthropods provides a genomic perspective on relationships among Hymenoptera by Faircloth, Brant C., Branstetter, Michael G., White, Noor D., Brady, Seán G.

“…Gaining a genomic perspective on phylogeny requires the collection of data from many putatively independent loci across the genome. Among insects, an…”
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Phylogenomics, biogeography and diversification of obligate mealybug-tending ants in the genus Acropyga by Blaimer, Bonnie B., LaPolla, John S., Branstetter, Michael G., Lloyd, Michael W., Brady, Seán G.

“…[Display omitted] •A phylogeny for Acropyga ants is reconstructed based on 944 UCE loci.•A phylogenetic split between Old World and New World Acropyga species…”
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How ants drop out: ant abundance on tropical mountains by Longino, John T, Branstetter, Michael G, Colwell, Robert K

“…In tropical wet forests, ants are a large proportion of the animal biomass, but the factors determining abundance are not well understood. We characterized ant…”
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Origin and diversification of the cryptic ant genus Stenamma Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), inferred from multilocus molecular data, biogeography and natural history by BRANSTETTER, MICHAEL G.

“…The genus Stenamma Westwood comprises a group of cryptic, cold tolerant ants that occur throughout the Holarctic and Middle American regions. Traditional…”
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Functional trait mismatch between native and introduced bee pollinators servicing a global fruit crop by Bernauer, Olivia M, Branstetter, Michael G, Cook, James M, Tierney, Simon M

“…Understanding connections between biodiversity and ecosystem services can be enhanced by shifting focus from species richness to functional trait-based…”
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Ant diversity patterns across tropical elevation gradients: effects of sampling method and subcommunity by Longino, John T., Branstetter, Michael G., Ward, Philip S.

“…Local diversity may be influenced by niche assembly processes involving competition for limited resources, or by niche conservatism and the length of time…”
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Integrative approach resolves the taxonomy of Eulaema cingulata (Hymenoptera, Apidae), an important pollinator in the Neotropics by de Oliveira Andrade, Tamires, dos Santos Ramos, Kelli, López-Uribe, Margarita M, Branstetter, Michael G, Brandão, Carlos Roberto F

“…Species delimitation is a rich scientific field that often uses different sources of data to identify independently evolving lineages that might be recognized…”
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Ants in the clouds: A preliminary checklist of the ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) fauna of a Honduran cloud forest ecosystem, featuring a key to country genera by De Wint, Frederik C., Oorts, Dominik, Branstetter, Michael G., De Graaf, Dario, Dekoninck, Wouter, Jocque, Merlijn, Martin, Thomas E., Sudworth, Jennifer, Van Osselaer, Ronja, Hamer, Matthew T.

“…Ant diversity in tropical montane rainforests is globally understudied. This is true for Cusuco National Park (CNP), a cloud forest ecosystem in northwestern…”
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Contribution to the knowledge of the bumblebee fauna of Afghanistan (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus Latreille) by Ghisbain, Guillaume, Williams, Paul H, Michez, Denis, Branstetter, Michael G, Rasmont, Pierre

“…Bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: genus Bombus Latreille, 1802) constitute an important group of pollinators for many wild plants and crops in north temperate…”
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Agriculturally dominated landscapes reduce bee phylogenetic diversity and pollination services by Grab, Heather, Branstetter, Michael G, Amon, Nolan, Urban-Mead, Katherine R, Park, Mia G, Gibbs, Jason, Blitzer, Eleanor J, Poveda, Katja, Loeb, Greg, Danforth, Bryan N

“…Land-use change threatens global biodiversity and may reshape the tree of life by favoring some lineages over others. Whether phylogenetic diversity loss…”
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Phylogenomic Insights into the Evolution of Stinging Wasps and the Origins of Ants and Bees by Branstetter, Michael G., Danforth, Bryan N., Pitts, James P., Faircloth, Brant C., Ward, Philip S., Buffington, Matthew L., Gates, Michael W., Kula, Robert R., Brady, Seán G.

“…The stinging wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) are an extremely diverse lineage of hymenopteran insects, encompassing over 70,000 described species and a diversity…”
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Evolutionary déjà vu? A case of convergent evolution in an ant-plant association by Probst, Rodolfo S, Longino, John T, Branstetter, Michael G

“…Obligatory ant-plant symbioses often appear to be single evolutionary shifts within particular ant lineages; however, convergence can be revealed once natural…”
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The acacia ants revisited: convergent evolution and biogeographic context in an iconic ant/plant mutualism by Ward, Philip S., Branstetter, Michael G.

“…Phylogenetic and biogeographic analyses can enhance our understanding of multispecies interactions by placing the origin and evolution of such interactions in…”
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Dry habitats were crucibles of domestication in the evolution of agriculture in ants by Branstetter, Michael G., Ješovnik, Ana, Sosa-Calvo, Jeffrey, Lloyd, Michael W., Faircloth, Brant C., Brady, Seán G., Schultz, Ted R.

“…The evolution of ant agriculture, as practised by the fungus-farming ‘attine’ ants, is thought to have arisen in the wet rainforests of South America about…”
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Partitioned Gene-Tree Analyses and Gene-Based Topology Testing Help Resolve Incongruence in a Phylogenomic Study of Host-Specialist Bees (Apidae: Eucerinae) by Freitas, Felipe V, Branstetter, Michael G, Griswold, Terry, Almeida, Eduardo A B

“…Abstract Incongruence among phylogenetic results has become a common occurrence in analyses of genome-scale data sets. Incongruence originates from uncertainty…”
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Phylogenomics and historical biogeography of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Nomada (Hymenoptera: Apidae) using ultraconserved elements by Odanaka, Katherine A., Branstetter, Michael G., Tobin, Kerrigan B., Rehan, Sandra M.

“…[Display omitted] •First molecular phylogeny of the worldwide cleptoparasitic bee genus Nomada.•Holarctic origin around 65 million years ago.•Global dispersal…”
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Phylogenomics and biogeography of the small carpenter bees (Apidae: Xylocopinae: Ceratina) by Sless, Trevor J.L., Branstetter, Michael G., Mikát, Michael, Odanaka, Katherine A., Tobin, Kerrigan B., Rehan, Sandra M.

“…[Display omitted] •Ultraconserved element phylogeny of the small carpenter bees, genus Ceratina, including nearly all known subgenera.•Ceratina originated in…”
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Out of the temperate zone: A phylogenomic test of the biogeographical conservatism hypothesis in a contrarian clade of ants by Branstetter, Michael G., Longino, John T., Reyes‐López, Joaquín L., Brady, Seán G., Schultz, Ted R.

“…Aim The standard latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG), in which species richness decreases from equator to pole, is a pervasive pattern observed in most…”
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Phylogenomic dating and Bayesian biogeography illuminate an antitropical pattern for eucerine bees by Freitas, Felipe V., Branstetter, Michael G., Casali, Daniel M., Aguiar, Antonio J. C., Griswold, Terry, Almeida, Eduardo A. B.

“…Aim An antitropical pattern is characterized by the occurrence of closely related taxa south and north of the tropics but absent or uncommonly represented…”
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