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James R. M. Bickerstaff

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationORCID 0000-0002-5795-7896Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Evolutionary Biology· 1 Genetics· 1 Genomics· 1

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Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintSep 24, 2026

Sociality in weevils is shaped by sheltering and convergent gene losses

Sarah Rinke, James R. M. Bickerstaff, Peter H. W. Biedermann…·Mark C. Harrison

This study investigates the molecular evolution of sociality in weevils, finding relaxed selection and gene loss rather than adaptive innovation in socially complex species.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.19.752859

whole-genome sequencingstatistical model

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintNov 1, 2024

Social family structure and biogeography contribute to genomic divergence and cryptic speciation in the only eusocial beetle species, Austroplatypus incompertus (Curculionidae: Platypodinae)

James R. M. Bickerstaff, Bjarte H. Jordal, Markus Riegler

The paper analyzes genomic data from Austroplatypus incompertus to show that social structure and biogeography drive genetic divergence and cryptic speciation.

DOI 10.1101/2024.11.01.621599

DNA methylationstatistical model

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintJun 25, 2024

Chromosome structural rearrangements in invasive haplodiploid ambrosia beetles revealed by the genomes of Euwallacea fornicatus and Euwallacea similis (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae)

James R. M. Bickerstaff, Tom Walsh, Leon N. Court…·Hermes E. Escalona

This study reports the chromosome-level genomes of two invasive ambrosia beetles, revealing chromosomal rearrangements and repetitive element differences linked to their life history traits.

DOI 10.1101/2024.06.25.600716

whole-genome sequencingstatistical model

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