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Bossert, S., Murray, E.A., Pauly, A., Chernyshov, K., Brady, S.G. & Danforth, B.N. (2021) Gene tree estimation error with ultraconserved elements: An empirical study on Pseudapis bees. Systematic Biology, 70, 803-821. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syaa097
Check out this paper to learn more about how various methodologies and model choice affect gene tree and species tree accuracy.
***Very exciting to have the cover image! Nice design of the various components of the study (to accompany a great paper) by Silas Bossert. |
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Heraty, J.M., Rogers, D.V., Johnson, M.T., Perreira, W.D., Baker, A.J., Bitume, E., Murray, E. & Varone, L. (2021) New record in the Hawaiian Islands of Orasema minutissima (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae), an ant-parasitic wasp and a potential biocontrol agent against the Little Fire Ant, Wasmannia auropunctata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, 137, 7-18. http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/op137p7-18.pdf
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Pan trap samples, from Fig. 1.
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Fig. 4 shows seasonality and host records in a phylogenetic framework.
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Murray, E.A., Evanhoe, L., Bossert, S., Geber, M.A., Griswold, T. & McCoshum, S.M. (2021) Phylogeny, phenology, and foraging breadth of Ashmeadiella (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Insect Systematics and Diversity, 5. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixab010
Research taking a unique perspective on a bee genus, thanks to the combined expertise of co-authors who are phylogeneticists, taxonomists, conservationists, and ecologists.
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Murray, E.A. & Heraty, J.M. (2020) Neotropical ant parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae): interpreting taxonomy, phylogeny and divergent morphologies. Systematic Entomology, 45, 464-480. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/syen.12407
Genera of the ant parasitoid "Kapala Clade" shown at right. Updated work based on a chapter from my PhD at UCR. These wasps are a fabulous group! More info on another of my pages.
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Bossert, S., Murray, E.A., Almeida, E.A., Brady, S.G., Blaimer, B.B. & Danforth, B.N. (2019) Combining transcriptomes and ultraconserved elements to illuminate the phylogeny of Apidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 130, 121-131. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790318304317
More gorgeous images, from Fig. 4. The well-supported
sister grouping of Epicharis and Centris affirms the previously contested tribe Centridini as a monophyletic group. Sister to the corbiculates. |
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Murray, E.A., Burand, J., Trikoz, N., Schnabel, J., Grab, H. & Danforth, B.N. (2019) Viral transmission in honey bees and native bees, supported by a global black queen cell virus phylogeny. Environmental Microbiology, 10.1111/1462-2920.14501. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30537211
We measured honey bees and native bees (Andrena) for presence / absence of three different viruses. We sequenced the BQCV and built a phylogeny from all available global data. See this webpage for more info!
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Murray, E.A., Bossert, S. & Danforth, B.N. (2018) Pollinivory and the diversification dynamics of bees. Biology Letters, 14, 20180530. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0530
The ancestor of bees is a predator (like crabronid wasps, sensu lato). It's often been assumed that bees diversified to the 20,000+ species we see today because they made the diet switch to eating pollen. We show that there isn't evidence to support that, and that pollen provisioning is likely a necessary but not sufficient explanation to bee diversity today.
***Love our cover image -- in big part because my little brother took the photo! |
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Bossert, S., Murray, E.A., Blaimer, B.B. & Danforth, B.N. (2017) The impact of GC bias on phylogenetic accuracy using targeted enrichment phylogenomic data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 111, 149-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.03.022
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Kahnt, B., Montgomery, G.A., Murray, E., Kuhlmann, M., Pauw, A., Michez, D., Paxton, R.J. & Danforth, B.N. (2017) Playing with extremes: Origins and evolution of exaggerated female forelegs in South African Rediviva bees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 115, 95-105. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28757446
Fig 1. to the right. The bee that has the long 'extension'?... That's the fore leg! The female Rediviva emdeorum leg can be 26 mm long. They use long front legs to reach into flower spur for the oil rewards. (Seen in color images below).
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Pauw, A., Kahnt, B., Kuhlmann, M., Michez, D., Montgomery, G.A., Murray, E. & Danforth, B.N. (2017) Long-legged bees make adaptive leaps: linking adaptation to coevolution in a plant–pollinator network. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284 20171707. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1707
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more publications. prior to 2017
Bisinotto, R.S., Filho, J.C., Narbus, C., Machado, V.S., Murray, E. & Bicalho, R.C. (2016) Identification of fimbrial subunits in the genome of Trueperella pyogenes and association between serum antibodies against fimbrial proteins and uterine conditions in dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 99, 3765-76. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26947291
Murray, E.A. & Heraty, J.M. (2016) Invading Africa: a novel transoceanic dispersal by a New World ant parasitoid. Journal of Biogeography, 43, 1750-1761. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12789
Torréns, J., Heraty, J.M., Murray, E. & Fidalgo, P. (2016) Biology and phylogenetic placement of a new species of Lasiokapala Ashmead from Argentina (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae). Systematic Entomology, 41, 596-606. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12176
Heraty, J. & Murray, E. (2013) The life history of Pseudometagea schwarzii, with a discussion of the evolution of endoparasitism and koinobiosis in Eucharitidae and Perilampidae (Chalcidoidea). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 35, 1-15. doi.org/10.3897/jhr.35.6025
Heraty, J.M., Burks, R.A., Cruaud, A., Gibson, G.A.P., Liljeblad, J., Munro, J., Rasplus, J.-Y., Delvareg, G., Jansˇtah, P., Gumovskyi, A., Huber, J., Woolley, J.B., Krogmann, L., Heydon, S., Polaszek, A., Schmidt, S., Darling, D.C., Gates, M.W., Mottern, J., Murray, E., DalnMolin, A., Triapitsyn, S., Baur, H., Pinto, J.D., van Noort, S., George, J. & Yoder, M. (2013) A phylogenetic analysis of the megadiverse Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). Cladistics, 29, 466-542. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12006
Murray, E.A., Carmichael, A.E. & Heraty, J.M. (2013) Ancient host shifts followed by host conservatism in a group of ant parasitoids. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 280, 20130495. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23554396
Bhanu, B., Li, R., Heraty, J. & Murray, E. (2008) Automated classification of skippers based on parts representation. American Entomologist, 54, 228-231. https://doi.org/10.1093/ae/54.4.228
Murray, E.A. & Heraty, J.M. (2016) Invading Africa: a novel transoceanic dispersal by a New World ant parasitoid. Journal of Biogeography, 43, 1750-1761. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12789
Torréns, J., Heraty, J.M., Murray, E. & Fidalgo, P. (2016) Biology and phylogenetic placement of a new species of Lasiokapala Ashmead from Argentina (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae). Systematic Entomology, 41, 596-606. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12176
Heraty, J. & Murray, E. (2013) The life history of Pseudometagea schwarzii, with a discussion of the evolution of endoparasitism and koinobiosis in Eucharitidae and Perilampidae (Chalcidoidea). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 35, 1-15. doi.org/10.3897/jhr.35.6025
Heraty, J.M., Burks, R.A., Cruaud, A., Gibson, G.A.P., Liljeblad, J., Munro, J., Rasplus, J.-Y., Delvareg, G., Jansˇtah, P., Gumovskyi, A., Huber, J., Woolley, J.B., Krogmann, L., Heydon, S., Polaszek, A., Schmidt, S., Darling, D.C., Gates, M.W., Mottern, J., Murray, E., DalnMolin, A., Triapitsyn, S., Baur, H., Pinto, J.D., van Noort, S., George, J. & Yoder, M. (2013) A phylogenetic analysis of the megadiverse Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). Cladistics, 29, 466-542. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12006
Murray, E.A., Carmichael, A.E. & Heraty, J.M. (2013) Ancient host shifts followed by host conservatism in a group of ant parasitoids. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 280, 20130495. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23554396
Bhanu, B., Li, R., Heraty, J. & Murray, E. (2008) Automated classification of skippers based on parts representation. American Entomologist, 54, 228-231. https://doi.org/10.1093/ae/54.4.228
