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A Plea for Standardized Nuclear Markers in Metazoan DNA Taxonomy by Eberle, Jonas, Ahrens, Dirk, Mayer, Christoph, Niehuis, Oliver, Misof, Bernhard

“…The ease of sequencing DNA barcodes promoted a species identification system universally applicable across animal phyla. However, relying on a single…”
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The evolution and genomic basis of beetle diversity by McKenna, Duane D., Shin, Seunggwan, Ahrens, Dirk, Balke, Michael, Beza-Beza, Cristian, Clarke, Dave J., Donath, Alexander, Escalona, Hermes E., Friedrich, Frank, Letsch, Harald, Liu, Shanlin, Maddison, David, Mayer, Christoph, Misof, Bernhard, Murin, Peyton J., Niehuis, Oliver, Peters, Ralph S., Podsiadlowski, Lars, Pohl, Hans, Scully, Erin D., Yan, Evgeny V., Zhou, Xin, Ślipiński, Adam, Beutel, Rolf G.

“…The order Coleoptera (beetles) is arguably the most speciose group of animals, but the evolutionary history of beetles, including the impacts of plant feeding…”
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Phylogenomic analysis of Apoidea sheds new light on the sister group of bees by Sann, Manuela, Niehuis, Oliver, Peters, Ralph S, Mayer, Christoph, Kozlov, Alexey, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Bank, Sarah, Meusemann, Karen, Misof, Bernhard, Bleidorn, Christoph, Ohl, Michael

“…Apoid wasps and bees (Apoidea) are an ecologically and morphologically diverse group of Hymenoptera, with some species of bees having evolved eusocial…”
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Diversity and evolution of the transposable element repertoire in arthropods with particular reference to insects by Petersen, Malte, Armisén, David, Gibbs, Richard A, Hering, Lars, Khila, Abderrahman, Mayer, Georg, Richards, Stephen, Niehuis, Oliver, Misof, Bernhard

“…Transposable elements (TEs) are a major component of metazoan genomes and are associated with a variety of mechanisms that shape genome architecture and…”
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Signatures of DNA Methylation across Insects Suggest Reduced DNA Methylation Levels in Holometabola by Provataris, Panagiotis, Meusemann, Karen, Niehuis, Oliver, Grath, Sonja, Misof, Bernhard

“…It has been experimentally shown that DNA methylation is involved in the regulation of gene expression and the silencing of transposable element activity in…”
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Orthograph: a versatile tool for mapping coding nucleotide sequences to clusters of orthologous genes by Petersen, Malte, Meusemann, Karen, Donath, Alexander, Dowling, Daniel, Liu, Shanlin, Peters, Ralph S, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Vasilikopoulos, Alexandros, Zhou, Xin, Misof, Bernhard, Niehuis, Oliver

“…Orthology characterizes genes of different organisms that arose from a single ancestral gene via speciation, in contrast to paralogy, which is assigned to…”
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Evolutionary history of Polyneoptera and its implications for our understanding of early winged insects by Wipfler, Benjamin, Letsch, Harald, Frandsen, Paul B., Kapli, Paschalia, Mayer, Christoph, Bartel, Daniela, Buckley, Thomas R., Donath, Alexander, Edgerly-Rooks, Janice S., Fujita, Mari, Liu, Shanlin, Machida, Ryuichiro, Mashimo, Yuta, Misof, Bernhard, Niehuis, Oliver, Peters, Ralph S., Petersen, Malte, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Schütte, Kai, Shimizu, Shota, Uchifune, Toshiki, Wilbrandt, Jeanne, Yan, Evgeny, Zhou, Xin, Simon, Sabrina

“…Polyneoptera represents one of the major lineages of winged insects, comprising around 40,000 extant species in 10 traditional orders, including grasshoppers,…”
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Transcriptome sequence-based phylogeny of chalcidoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) reveals a history of rapid radiations, convergence, and evolutionary success by Peters, Ralph S., Niehuis, Oliver, Gunkel, Simon, Bläser, Marcel, Mayer, Christoph, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Kozlov, Alexey, Donath, Alexander, van Noort, Simon, Liu, Shanlin, Zhou, Xin, Misof, Bernhard, Heraty, John, Krogmann, Lars

“…[Display omitted] •Phylogenomic approach to infer chalcidoid wasp phylogenetic relationships.•First molecular clock-based estimation of deep Chalcidoidea…”
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An integrative phylogenomic approach to elucidate the evolutionary history and divergence times of Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola) by Vasilikopoulos, Alexandros, Misof, Bernhard, Meusemann, Karen, Lieberz, Doria, Flouri, Tomáš, Beutel, Rolf G, Niehuis, Oliver, Wappler, Torsten, Rust, Jes, Peters, Ralph S, Donath, Alexander, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Mayer, Christoph, Bartel, Daniela, Böhm, Alexander, Liu, Shanlin, Kapli, Paschalia, Greve, Carola, Jepson, James E, Liu, Xingyue, Zhou, Xin, Aspöck, Horst, Aspöck, Ulrike

“…The latest advancements in DNA sequencing technologies have facilitated the resolution of the phylogeny of insects, yet parts of the tree of Holometabola…”
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Polyandry and sperm competition in two traumatically inseminating species of Strepsiptera (Insecta) by Jandausch, Kenny, Wanjura, Nico, Escalona, Hermes, Sann, Manuela, Beutel, Rolf G., Pohl, Hans, Niehuis, Oliver

“…Polyandry, the practice of females mating with multiple males, is a strategy found in many insect groups. Whether it increases the likelihood of receiving…”
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COGNATE: comparative gene annotation characterizer by Wilbrandt, Jeanne, Misof, Bernhard, Niehuis, Oliver

“…The comparison of gene and genome structures across species has the potential to reveal major trends of genome evolution. However, such a comparative approach…”
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Repertoire-wide gene structure analyses: a case study comparing automatically predicted and manually annotated gene models by Wilbrandt, Jeanne, Misof, Bernhard, Panfilio, Kristen A, Niehuis, Oliver

“…The location and modular structure of eukaryotic protein-coding genes in genomic sequences can be automatically predicted by gene annotation algorithms. These…”
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The evolutionary history of holometabolous insects inferred from transcriptome-based phylogeny and comprehensive morphological data by Peters, Ralph S, Meusemann, Karen, Petersen, Malte, Mayer, Christoph, Wilbrandt, Jeanne, Ziesmann, Tanja, Donath, Alexander, Kjer, Karl M, Aspöck, Ulrike, Aspöck, Horst, Aberer, Andre, Stamatakis, Alexandros, Friedrich, Frank, Hünefeld, Frank, Niehuis, Oliver, Beutel, Rolf G, Misof, Bernhard

“…Despite considerable progress in systematics, a comprehensive scenario of the evolution of phenotypic characters in the mega-diverse Holometabola based on a…”
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Mitochondrial capture enriches mito‐DNA 100 fold, enabling PCR‐free mitogenomics biodiversity analysis by Liu, Shanlin, Wang, Xin, Xie, Lin, Tan, Meihua, Li, Zhenyu, Su, Xu, Zhang, Hao, Misof, Bernhard, Kjer, Karl M., Tang, Min, Niehuis, Oliver, Jiang, Hui, Zhou, Xin

“…Biodiversity analyses based on next‐generation sequencing (NGS) platforms have developed by leaps and bounds in recent years. A PCR‐free strategy, which can…”
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Molecular phylogeny reveals food plasticity in the evolution of true ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellini) by Escalona, Hermes E, Zwick, Andreas, Li, Hao-Sen, Li, Jiahui, Wang, Xingmin, Pang, Hong, Hartley, Diana, Jermiin, Lars S, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Misof, Bernhard, Niehuis, Oliver, Ślipiński, Adam, Tomaszewska, Wioletta

“…The tribe Coccinellini is a group of relatively large ladybird beetles that exhibits remarkable morphological and biological diversity. Many species are…”
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Standardized nuclear markers improve and homogenize species delimitation in Metazoa by Dietz, Lars, Eberle, Jonas, Mayer, Christoph, Kukowka, Sandra, Bohacz, Claudia, Baur, Hannes, Espeland, Marianne, Huber, Bernhard A., Hutter, Carl, Mengual, Ximo, Peters, Ralph S., Vences, Miguel, Wesener, Thomas, Willmott, Keith, Misof, Bernhard, Niehuis, Oliver, Ahrens, Dirk

“…Species are the fundamental units of life and evolution. Their recognition is essential for science and society. Molecular methods have been increasingly used…”
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Genomic and Morphological Evidence Converge to Resolve the Enigma of Strepsiptera by Niehuis, Oliver, Hartig, Gerrit, Grath, Sonja, Pohl, Hans, Lehmann, Jörg, Tafer, Hakim, Donath, Alexander, Krauss, Veiko, Eisenhardt, Carina, Hertel, Jana, Petersen, Malte, Mayer, Christoph, Meusemann, Karen, Peters, Ralph S., Stadler, Peter F., Beutel, Rolf G., Bornberg-Bauer, Erich, McKenna, Duane D., Misof, Bernhard

“…The phylogeny of insects, one of the most spectacular radiations of life on earth, has received considerable attention [1–3]. However, the evolutionary roots…”
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The molecular evolutionary dynamics of oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) genes in Hymenoptera by Li, Yiyuan, Zhang, Rui, Liu, Shanlin, Donath, Alexander, Peters, Ralph S, Ware, Jessica, Misof, Bernhard, Niehuis, Oliver, Pfrender, Michael E, Zhou, Xin

“…The primary energy-producing pathway in eukaryotic cells, the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system, comprises proteins encoded by both mitochondrial and…”
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Beyond Drosophila: resolving the rapid radiation of schizophoran flies with phylotranscriptomics by Bayless, Keith M, Trautwein, Michelle D, Meusemann, Karen, Shin, Seunggwan, Petersen, Malte, Donath, Alexander, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Mayer, Christoph, Niehuis, Oliver, Peters, Ralph S, Meier, Rudolf, Kutty, Sujatha Narayanan, Liu, Shanlin, Zhou, Xin, Misof, Bernhard, Yeates, David K, Wiegmann, Brian M

“…The most species-rich radiation of animal life in the 66 million years following the Cretaceous extinction event is that of schizophoran flies: a third of fly…”
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Hybrid capture data unravel a rapid radiation of pimpliform parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimpliformes) by Klopfstein, Seraina, Langille, Barbara, Spasojevic, Tamara, Broad, Gavin R., Cooper, Steven J. B., Austin, Andrew D., Niehuis, Oliver

“…Abstract The parasitoid wasp family Ichneumonidae is among the most diverse groups of organisms, with conservative estimates suggesting that it contains more…”
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