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Philip S. Ward

University of California, DavisORCID 0000-0002-9019-0383Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Understanding cryptic diversity within the honeypot ant species complex of Myrmecocystus mendax

Magnus Wolf, Nils Rensing, Hannah Neuhaus, Tobias van Elst, Ti H. Eriksson, Marek L. Borowiec, Philip S. Ward, Robert A. Johnson, Jürgen R. Gadau

This study identifies cryptic species within the honeypot ant M. mendax complex using phylogenomic and population genomic analyses of UCE data.

bioRxiv · Apr 22, 2026 · PreprintGenomics

Reference genome of the bicolored carpenter ant, Camponotus vicinus

Philip S. Ward, Elizabeth I. Cash, Kailey Ferger, Merly Escalona, Ruta Madhusudan Sahasrabudhe, Courtney Miller, Erin M. Toffelmier, Colin W Fairbairn, William Seligmann, Howard Bradley Shaffer, Neil Durie Tsutsui

The paper presents a high-quality genome assembly of the bicolored carpenter ant, C. vicinus, providing a resource for evolutionary ecology studies and clarifying cryptic diversity within the species complex.

Journal of Heredity · Sep 19, 2023Peer-reviewedGenomics