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M. S. Engel

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Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 4 Approach:statistical model· 4 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:imaging· 1

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C. Cai· 3 shared E. Tihelka· 3 shared D. Huang· 2 shared D. Pisani· 2 shared M. Giacomelli· 2 shared A. Bucek· 1 shared A. F. Newton· 1 shared A. Slipinski· 1 shared

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A new story of four Hexapoda classes: Protura as the sister to all other hexapods

S. Du, E. Tihelka, D. Yu, W.-J. Chen, Y. Bu, C. Cai, M. S. Engel, Y.-X. Luan, F. Zhang

This study resolves the phylogenetic relationships of early hexapods, finding Protura as the earliest-diverging lineage and supporting a new classification of hexapod evolution.

bioRxiv · Jan 8, 2024Evolutionary Biology

Extinct and extant termites reveal the fidelity of behavior fossilization in amber

N. Mizumoto, S. Hellemans, M. S. Engel, T. Bourguignon, A. Bucek

The paper reconstructs mating behavior of extinct termites from a fossilized pair in amber, showing that behavioral interactions can be inferred despite fossilization distortions.

bioRxiv · May 22, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Compositional phylogenomic modelling resolves the 'Zoraptera problem': Zoraptera are sister to all other polyneopteran insects

E. Tihelka, M. S. Engel, J. Lozano-Fernandez, M. Giacomelli, Z. Yin, O. Rota-Stabelli, D. Huang, D. Pisani, P. Donoghue, C. Cai

This study resolves the Zoraptera placement in insect phylogeny, finding Zoraptera as the earliest-diverging polyneopteran order and providing a Devonian origin for winged insects.

bioRxiv · Sep 23, 2021 · PreprintZoology

Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles

C. Cai, E. Tihelka, M. Giacomelli, J. F. Lawrence, A. Slipinski, R. Kundrata, S. Yamamoto, M. K. Thayer, A. F. Newton, R. A. B. Leschen, M. L. Gimmel, L. Lu, M. S. Engel, D. Huang, D. Pisani, P. C. J. Donoghue

This paper integrates phylogenomic data and fossil records to refine the evolutionary timescale and classification of beetles, revealing a late Carboniferous origin and Cretaceous diversification.

bioRxiv · Sep 22, 2021Zoology

Evolution of leaf-cutter behavior in bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) as inferred from total-evidence tip-dating analyses

V. H. Gonzalez Betancourt, G. T. Gustafson, M. S. Engel

This study uses total-evidence tip-dating analyses to infer the origin of leaf-cutting behavior in bees and the evolution of interdental laminae structures.

bioRxiv · Feb 7, 2019 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology