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Phylogeny and Evolution of Lepidoptera by Mitter, Charles, Davis, Donald R, Cummings, Michael P

“…Until recently, deep-level phylogeny in Lepidoptera, the largest single radiation of plant-feeding insects, was very poorly understood. Over the past two…”
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A Gateway for Phylogenetic Analysis Powered by Grid Computing Featuring GARLI 2.0 by Bazinet, Adam L., Zwickl, Derrick J., Cummings, Michael P.

“…We introduce molecularevolution. org, a publicly available gateway for high-throughput, maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analysis powered by grid computing. The…”
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BEAGLE: An Application Programming Interface and High-Performance Computing Library for Statistical Phylogenetics by Ayres, Daniel L, Darling, Aaron, Zwickl, Derrick J, Beerli, Peter, Holder, Mark T, Lewis, Paul O, Huelsenbeck, John P, Ronquist, Fredrik, Swofford, David L, Cummings, Michael P, Rambaut, Andrew, Suchard, Marc A

“…Phylogenetic inference is fundamental to our understanding of most aspects of the origin and evolution of life, and in recent years, there has been a…”
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Can RNA-Seq resolve the rapid radiation of advanced moths and butterflies (Hexapoda: Lepidoptera: Apoditrysia)? An exploratory study by Bazinet, Adam L, Cummings, Michael P, Mitter, Kim T, Mitter, Charles W

“…Recent molecular phylogenetic studies of the insect order Lepidoptera have robustly resolved family-level divergences within most superfamilies, and most…”
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A comparative evaluation of sequence classification programs by Bazinet, Adam L, Cummings, Michael P

“…A fundamental problem in modern genomics is to taxonomically or functionally classify DNA sequence fragments derived from environmental sampling (i.e.,…”
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Large-Scale, Higher-Level, Molecular Phylogenetic Study of the Insect Order Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies) by Regier, Jerome C, Mitter, Charles, Zwick, Andreas, Bazinet, Adam L, Cummings, Michael P, Kawahara, Akito Y, Sohn, Jae-Cheon, Zwickl, Derrick J, Cho, Soowon, Davis, Donald R, Baixeras, Joaquin, Brown, John, Parr, Cynthia, Weller, Susan, Lees, David C, Mitter, Kim T, Moreau, Corrie S

“…Higher-level relationships within the Lepidoptera, and particularly within the species-rich subclade Ditrysia, are generally not well understood, although…”
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Prey preference follows phylogeny: evolutionary dietary patterns within the marine gastropod group Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia) by Goodheart, Jessica A, Bazinet, Adam L, Valdés, Ángel, Collins, Allen G, Cummings, Michael P

“…The impact of predator-prey interactions on the evolution of many marine invertebrates is poorly understood. Since barriers to genetic exchange are less…”
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Machine learning-driven multifunctional peptide engineering for sustained ocular drug delivery by Hsueh, Henry T., Chou, Renee Ti, Rai, Usha, Liyanage, Wathsala, Kim, Yoo Chun, Appell, Matthew B., Pejavar, Jahnavi, Leo, Kirby T., Davison, Charlotte, Kolodziejski, Patricia, Mozzer, Ann, Kwon, HyeYoung, Sista, Maanasa, Anders, Nicole M., Hemingway, Avelina, Rompicharla, Sri Vishnu Kiran, Edwards, Malia, Pitha, Ian, Hanes, Justin, Cummings, Michael P., Ensign, Laura M.

“…Sustained drug delivery strategies have many potential benefits for treating a range of diseases, particularly chronic diseases that require treatment for…”
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Simplification of Mobility Tests and Data Processing to Increase Applicability of Wearable Sensors as Diagnostic Tools for Parkinson's Disease by Khalil, Rana M, Shulman, Lisa M, Gruber-Baldini, Ann L, Shakya, Sunita, Fenderson, Rebecca, Van Hoven, Maxwell, Hausdorff, Jeffrey M, von Coelln, Rainer, Cummings, Michael P

“…Quantitative mobility analysis using wearable sensors, while promising as a diagnostic tool for Parkinson's disease (PD), is not commonly applied in clinical…”
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A molecular phylogeny for yponomeutoidea (insecta, Lepidoptera, ditrysia) and its implications for classification, biogeography and the evolution of host plant use by Sohn, Jae-Cheon, Regier, Jerome C, Mitter, Charles, Davis, Donald, Landry, Jean-François, Zwick, Andreas, Cummings, Michael P

“…Yponomeutoidea, one of the early-diverging lineages of ditrysian Lepidoptera, comprise about 1,800 species worldwide, including notable pests and insect-plant…”
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Toward reconstructing the evolution of advanced moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia): an initial molecular study by Regier, Jerome C, Zwick, Andreas, Cummings, Michael P, Kawahara, Akito Y, Cho, Soowon, Weller, Susan, Roe, Amanda, Baixeras, Joaquin, Brown, John W, Parr, Cynthia, Davis, Donald R, Epstein, Marc, Hallwachs, Winifred, Hausmann, Axel, Janzen, Daniel H, Solis, M. Alma

“…Background: In the mega-diverse insect order Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths; 165,000 described species), deeper relationships are little understood within…”
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Plasmodium vivax antigen candidate prediction improves with the addition of Plasmodium falciparum data by Chou, Renee Ti, Ouattara, Amed, Takala-Harrison, Shannon, Cummings, Michael P.

“…Intensive malaria control and elimination efforts have led to substantial reductions in malaria incidence over the past two decades. However, the reduction in…”
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molecular phylogeny for the leaf-roller moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and its implications for classification and life history evolution by Regier, Jerome C, Brown, John W, Mitter, Charles, Baixeras, Joaquin, Cho, Soowon, Cummings, Michael P, Zwick, Andreas

“…Background: Tortricidae, one of the largest families of microlepidopterans, comprise about 10,000 described species worldwide, including important pests,…”
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Comparative morphology and evolution of the cnidosac in Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia) by Goodheart, Jessica A, Bleidißel, Sabrina, Schillo, Dorothee, Strong, Ellen E, Ayres, Daniel L, Preisfeld, Angelika, Collins, Allen G, Cummings, Michael P, Wägele, Heike

“…A number of shelled and shell-less gastropods are known to use multiple defensive mechanisms, including internally generated or externally obtained…”
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Further progress on the phylogeny of Noctuoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) using an expanded gene sample by REGIER, JEROME C., MITTER, CHARLES, MITTER, KIM, CUMMINGS, MICHAEL P., BAZINET, ADAM L., HALLWACHS, WINIFRED, JANZEN, DANIEL H., ZWICK, ANDREAS

“…Major progress has been made recently toward resolving the phylogeny of Noctuoidea, the largest superfamily of Lepidoptera. However, numerous questions and…”
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Increased gene sampling yields robust support for higher-level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera) by ZWICK, ANDREAS, REGIER, JEROME C., MITTER, CHARLES, CUMMINGS, MICHAEL P.

“…This study has as its primary aim the robust resolution of higher‐level relationships within the lepidopteran superfamily Bombycoidea. Our study builds on an…”
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Can Deliberately Incomplete Gene Sample Augmentation Improve a Phylogeny Estimate for the Advanced Moths and Butterflies (Hexapoda: Lepidoptera)? by Cho, Soowon, Zwick, Andreas, Regier, Jerome C, Mitter, Charles, Cummings, Michael P, Yao, Jianxiu, Du, Zaile, Zhao, Hong, Kawahara, Akito Y, Weller, Susan, Davis, Donald R, Baixeras, Joaquin, Brown, John W, Parr, Cynthia

“…This paper addresses the question of whether one can economically improve the robustness of a molecular phylogeny estimate by increasing gene sampling in only…”
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Phylotranscriptomics resolves ancient divergences in the Lepidoptera by BAZINET, ADAM L., MITTER, KIM T., DAVIS, DONALD R., NIEUKERKEN, ERIK J., CUMMINGS, MICHAEL P., MITTER, CHARLES

“…Classic morphological studies of the oldest, so‐called nonditrysian lineages of Lepidoptera yielded a well‐resolved phylogeny, supported by the stepwise origin…”
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Resolving Arthropod Phylogeny: Exploring Phylogenetic Signal within 41 kb of Protein-Coding Nuclear Gene Sequence by Regier, Jerome C., Shultz, Jeffrey W., Ganley, Austen R. D., Hussey, April, Shi, Diane, Ball, Bernard, Zwick, Andreas, Stajich, Jason E., Cummings, Michael P., Martin, Joel W., Cunningham, Clifford W.

“…This study attempts to resolve relationships among and within the four basal arthropod lineages (Pancrustacea, Myriapoda, Euchelicerata, Pycnogonida) and to…”
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Extreme polymorphism in a vaccine antigen and risk of clinical malaria: implications for vaccine development by Takala, Shannon L, Coulibaly, Drissa, Thera, Mahamadou A, Batchelor, Adrian H, Cummings, Michael P, Escalante, Ananias A, Ouattara, Amed, Traoré, Karim, Niangaly, Amadou, Djimdé, Abdoulaye A, Doumbo, Ogobara K, Plowe, Christopher V

“…Vaccines directed against the blood stages of Plasmodium falciparum malaria are intended to prevent the parasite from invading and replicating within host…”
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