The evolution and genomic basis of beetle diversity

Functional diversification of horizontally acquired glycoside hydrolase family 45 (GH45) proteins in Phytophaga beetles

(2019) André Busch et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Evolutionary rates and adaptive radiations

(2019) Tania Hernández-Hernández   BIOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY

Mixed evolutionary origins of endogenous biomass-depolymerizing enzymes in animals

(2018) Wai Hoong Chang et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Genome sequencing of Rhinorhipus Lawrence exposes an early branch of the Coleoptera

(2018) Dominik Kusy et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Is †Skleroptera (†Stephanastus) an order in the stemgroup of Coleopterida (Insecta)?

(2018) Rolf G. Beutel et al.   INSECT SYSTEMATICS & EVOLUTION

Phylogenomics clarifies repeated evolutionary origins of inbreeding and fungus farming in bark beetles (Curculionidae, Scolytinae)

(2018) Andrew J. Johnson et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Constraining uncertainty in the timescale of angiosperm evolution and the veracity of a Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution

(2018) Jose Barba-Montoya et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evolutionary history of Coleoptera revealed by extensive sampling of genes and species

(2018) Shao-Qian Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Beetle genomes in the 21st century: prospects, progress and priorities

(2018) Duane D McKenna   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Beetle Pollination of Cycads in the Mesozoic

(2018) Chenyang Cai et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Palaeoboganium gen. nov. from the Middle Jurassic of China (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Boganiidae): the first cycad pollinators?

(2017) Zhenhua Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

Anchored hybrid enrichment provides new insights into the phylogeny and evolution of longhorned beetles (Cerambycidae)

(2017) STEPHANIE HADDAD et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Late Permian wood-borings reveal an intricate network of ecological relationships

(2017) Zhuo Feng et al.   Nature Communications

SOAPnuke: a MapReduce acceleration-supported software for integrated quality control and preprocessing of high-throughput sequencing data

(2017) Yuxin Chen et al.   GigaScience

Evolution and functional characterization of CAZymes belonging to subfamily 10 of glycoside hydrolase family 5 (GH5_10) in two species of phytophagous beetles

(2017) André Busch et al.   PLoS One

Erratum to: Life habits, hox genes, and affinities of a 311 million-year-old holometabolan larva

(2016) Joachim T. Haug et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Horizontal Gene Transfer Contributes to the Evolution of Arthropod Herbivory

(2016) Nicky Wybouw et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

The peril of dating beetles

(2016) EMMANUEL F. A. TOUSSAINT et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Diet Evolution and Clade Richness in Hexapoda: A Phylogenetic Study of Higher Taxa

(2015) James L. Rainford et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Life habits, hox genes, and affinities of a 311 million-year-old holometabolan larva

(2015) Joachim T. Haug et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Lignocellulose degradation mechanisms across the Tree of Life

(2015) Simon M Cragg et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Bayesian molecular clock dating of species divergences in the genomics era

(2015) Mario dos Reis et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

A metacalibrated time-tree documents the early rise of flowering plant phylogenetic diversity

(2015) Susana Magallón et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Review of paleontological data on the evolution of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera)

(2015) A. G. Ponomarenko et al.   PALEONTOLOGICAL JOURNAL

The beetle tree of life reveals that Coleoptera survived end-Permian mass extinction to diversify during the Cretaceous terrestrial revolution

(2015) DUANE D. MCKENNA et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Herbivory increases diversification across insect clades

(2015) John J. Wiens et al.   Nature Communications

RAxML version 8: a tool for phylogenetic analysis and post-analysis of large phylogenies

(2014) Alexandros Stamatakis   BIOINFORMATICS

Functional genomics and microbiome profiling of the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) reveal insights into the digestive physiology and nutritional ecology of wood feeding beetles

(2014) Erin D Scully et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Is the Carboniferous a€ Adiphlebia lacoana really the "oldest beetle"? Critical reassessment and description of a new Permian beetle family

(2014) Jarmila KUKALOVA-PECK et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY

Identification and characterization of plant cell wall degrading enzymes from three glycoside hydrolase families in the cerambycid beetle Apriona japonica

(2014) Yannick Pauchet et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Horizontal gene transfer and functional diversification of plant cell wall degrading polygalacturonases: Key events in the evolution of herbivory in beetles

(2014) Roy Kirsch et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A novel β-fructofuranosidase in Coleoptera: Characterization of a β-fructofuranosidase from the sugarcane weevil, Sphenophorus levis

(2014) Rafael Pedezzi et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Characterization of horizontally transferred β-fructofuranosidase (ScrB) genes inAgrilus planipennis

(2014) C. Zhao et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

IQ-TREE: A Fast and Effective Stochastic Algorithm for Estimating Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies

(2014) Lam-Tung Nguyen et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution

(2014) B. Misof et al.   SCIENCE

Large-scale molecular phylogeny of metallic wood-boring beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea) provides new insights into relationships and reveals multiple evolutionary origins of the larval leaf-mining habit

(2014) AMANDA M. EVANS et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Evolution of the elytral venation and structural adaptations in the oldest Palaeozoic beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tshekardocoleidae)

(2013) Alexander G. Kirejtshuk et al.   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

The earliest known holometabolous insects

(2013) André Nel et al.   NATURE

Pfam: the protein families database

(2013) Robert D. Finn et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Characterization of an Ancient Lepidopteran Lateral Gene Transfer

(2013) David Wheeler et al.   PLoS One

Metagenomic Profiling Reveals Lignocellulose Degrading System in a Microbial Community Associated with a Wood-Feeding Beetle

(2013) Erin D. Scully et al.   PLoS One

The Amborella Genome and the Evolution of Flowering Plants

(2013) et al.   SCIENCE

Draft genome of the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, a major forest pest

(2013) Christopher I Keeling et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Endogenous Plant Cell Wall Digestion: A Key Mechanism in Insect Evolution

(2012) Nancy Calderón-Cortés et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Functional genomics of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) midguts and fat bodies

(2012) Tidiane Aw et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Rise to dominance of angiosperm pioneers in European Cretaceous environments

(2012) C. Coiffard et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life

(2011) B. M. Wiegmann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

cDNA cloning, homology modelling and evolutionary insights into novel endogenous cellulases of the borer beetle Oncideres albomarginata chamela (Cerambycidae)

(2010) N. Calderón-Cortés et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The scarab gut: A potential bioreactor for bio-fuel production

(2010) Sheng-Wei Huang et al.   Insect Science

On the systematic position of the family Gyrinidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga)

(2010) R. G. Beutel et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

Diversity of Beetle Genes Encoding Novel Plant Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes

(2010) Yannick Pauchet et al.   PLoS One

BLAST+: architecture and applications

(2009) Christiam Camacho et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

The earliest beetle identified

(2009) Olivier Béthoux   JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY

Temporal lags and overlap in the diversification of weevils and flowering plants

(2009) D. D. McKenna et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Macroevolution and the biological diversity of plants and herbivores

(2009) D. J. Futuyma et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Role of Glucosinolates in Insect-Plant Relationships and Multitrophic Interactions

(2008) Richard J. Hopkins et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

On the head morphology of Tetraphalerus, the phylogeny of Archostemata and the basal branching events in Coleoptera

(2008) Rolf G. Beutel et al.   CLADISTICS

The thoracic morphology of Archostemata and the relationships of the extant suborders of Coleoptera (Hexapoda)

(2008) Frank Friedrich et al.   CLADISTICS