A Comprehensive Phylogeny of Beetles Reveals the Evolutionary Origins of a Superradiation
- T. Hunt, J. Bergsten, A. Vogler
- Biology, Environmental ScienceScience
- 21 December 2007
The phylogeny of Coleoptera found that the success of beetles is explained neither by exceptional net diversification rates nor by a predominant role of herbivory and the Cretaceous rise of angiosperms, suggesting that beetle species richness is due to high survival of lineages and sustained diversification in a variety of niches.
Building the Coleoptera tree‐of‐life for >8000 species: composition of public DNA data and fit with Linnaean classification
- L. Bocak, Christopher Barton, A. Crampton-Platt, D. Chesters, D. Ahrens, A. Vogler
- Biology
- 1 January 2014
A supermatrix based on all gene sequences of Coleoptera available in Genbank for two nuclear and two mitochondrial genes supports the basal split of Derodontidae and Scirtoidea from the remaining Polyphaga, and the broad paraphyly of Cucujoidea.
Why barcode? High-throughput multiplex sequencing of mitochondrial genomes for molecular systematics
- M. Timmermans, S. Dodsworth, A. Vogler
- BiologyNucleic Acids Research
- 28 September 2010
The 454/Roche platform procedure could be employed routinely for mitochondrial genome sequencing at the species level, to provide improved species ‘barcodes’ that currently use the cox1 gene only.
Molecular phylogenetics of Elateriformia (Coleoptera): evolution of bioluminescence and neoteny
- M. Bocakova, L. Bocak, T. Hunt, Marianna Teraväinen, A. Vogler
- Biology
- 1 October 2007
Although key features as soft‐bodiedness, neoteny and bioluminescence in Coleoptera are largely confined to the Elateriformia, they appear to result from multiple origins, showing the propensity of closely related lineages to acquire similar features independently.
Family-Level Sampling of Mitochondrial Genomes in Coleoptera: Compositional Heterogeneity and Phylogenetics
- M. Timmermans, Christopher Barton, A. Vogler
- BiologyGenome Biology and Evolution
- 8 December 2015
The study shows that, although compositional heterogeneity is not universal, it cannot be eliminated for some mitochondrial genes, but dense taxon sampling and the use of appropriate Bayesian analyses can still produce robust phylogenetic trees.
If Dung Beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) Arose in Association with Dinosaurs, Did They Also Suffer a Mass Co-Extinction at the K-Pg Boundary?
- N. Gunter, T. Weir, Adam Slipinksi, L. Bocak, S. Cameron
- Environmental Science, GeographyPLoS ONE
- 4 May 2016
Molecular evidence is presented to show that the origin of dung beetles occurred in the middle of the Cretaceous, likely in association with dinosaur dung, but more surprisingly the timing is consistent with the rise of the angiosperms.
The comprehensive phylogeny of the superfamily Elateroidea (Coleoptera: Elateriformia).
- R. Kundrata, M. Bocakova, L. Bocak
- BiologyMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- 1 July 2014
The phylogeny and limits of Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera): is there a common tendency of click beetles to soft‐bodiedness and neoteny?
- R. Kundrata, L. Bocak
- Biology
- 1 July 2011
Kundrata, R. & Bocak, L. (2011). The phylogeny and limits of Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera): is there a common tendency of click beetles to soft‐bodiedness and neoteny? —Zoologica Scripta, 40,…
Multiple ancient origins of neoteny in Lycidae (Coleoptera): consequences for ecology and macroevolution
- L. Bocak, M. Bocakova, T. Hunt, A. Vogler
- BiologyProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological…
- 7 September 2008
A phylogenetic analysis of Lycidae based on DNA sequences from nuclear (18S and 28S rRNA) and mitochondrial (rrnL, cox1, cob and nad5) genes from a representative set of lineages supported three independent origins of neotenic taxa, contradicting earlier suggestions of recent evolution from dispersive non-neotenics.
Molecular phylogenetics of the melyrid lineage (Coleoptera: Cleroidea)
- M. Bocakova, R. Constantin, L. Bocak
- BiologyCladistics
- 1 April 2012
Three terminal lineages—the true melyrids, dasytids, and malachiids—are well supported by all analyses, but their mutual relationships remain uncertain as MP analysis proposed alternative topologies to that of the ML and BA trees, with often low node support in the latter two methods.
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