Michael F. Whiting
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Michael F. Whiting's Degrees
- PhD Entomology University of California, Davis
- Masters Entomology University of California, Davis
- Bachelors Biology Brigham Young University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Michael Frank Whiting is the director of the Brigham Young University DNA Sequencing Center and an associate professor in BYU's Department of Integrative Biology. Whiting received his bachelor's degree from BYU and his Ph.D. from Cornell University.
Michael F. Whiting's Published Works
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- The Strepsiptera problem: phylogeny of the holometabolous insect orders inferred from 18S and 28S ribosomal DNA sequences and morphology. (1997) (893)
- Many species in one: DNA barcoding overestimates the number of species when nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes are coamplified (2008) (878)
- The Phylogeny of the Extant Hexapod Orders (2001) (490)
- Mecoptera is paraphyletic: multiple genes and phylogeny of Mecoptera and Siphonaptera (2002) (479)
- The beetle tree of life reveals that Coleoptera survived end‐Permian mass extinction to diversify during the Cretaceous terrestrial revolution (2015) (404)
- Loss and recovery of wings in stick insects (2003) (393)
- The complete mitochondrial genome of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), and an examination of mitochondrial gene variability within butterflies and moths. (2008) (329)
- Fleas and flea-borne diseases. (2010) (313)
- A mitochondrial genome phylogeny of Diptera: whole genome sequence data accurately resolve relationships over broad timescales with high precision (2007) (252)
- Mantophasmatodea and phylogeny of the lower neopterous insects (2005) (230)
- A Comparative Analysis of Mitochondrial Genomes in Coleoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta) and Genome Descriptions of Six New Beetles (2008) (210)
- Long‐Branch Abstractions (1999) (208)
- 300 million years of diversification: elucidating the patterns of orthopteran evolution based on comprehensive taxon and gene sampling (2015) (203)
- A molecular phylogeny of fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera): origins and host associations (2008) (203)
- A preliminary mitochondrial genome phylogeny of Orthoptera (Insecta) and approaches to maximizing phylogenetic signal found within mitochondrial genome data. (2008) (187)
- Characterization of 67 mitochondrial tRNA gene rearrangements in the Hymenoptera suggests that mitochondrial tRNA gene position is selectively neutral. (2009) (174)
- The phylogeny of termites (Dictyoptera: Isoptera) based on mitochondrial and nuclear markers: Implications for the evolution of the worker and pseudergate castes, and foraging behaviors. (2008) (174)
- The evolution of food preferences in Coccinellidae (2009) (169)
- Morphological and molecular evidence converge upon a robust phylogeny of the megadiverse Holometabola (2011) (168)
- The problem with “the Paleoptera Problem:” sense and sensitivity (2003) (162)
- Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia) (2015) (158)
- Phylogeny of Mantodea based on molecular data: evolution of a charismatic predator (2004) (157)
- Mitochondrial genome data alone are not enough to unambiguously resolve the relationships of Entognatha, Insecta and Crustacea sensu lato (Arthropoda) (2004) (152)
- Mitochondrial genomics and the new insect order Mantophasmatodea. (2006) (150)
- Reconstructing the origins of praying mantises (Dictyoptera, Mantodea): the roles of Gondwanan vicariance and morphological convergence (2009) (150)
- Nonstationary evolution and compositional heterogeneity in beetle mitochondrial phylogenomics. (2009) (149)
- Phylogeny of the holometabolous insect orders: molecular evidence (2002) (147)
- Molecules, morphology and fossils: a comprehensive approach to odonate phylogeny and the evolution of the odonate wing (2008) (141)
- Beyond barcoding: a mitochondrial genomics approach to molecular phylogenetics and diagnostics of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae). (2012) (136)
- Assessing the effects of primer specificity on eliminating numt coamplification in DNA barcoding: a case study from Orthoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta) (2010) (119)
- Molecular phylogenetic analysis of nycteribiid and streblid bat flies (Diptera: Brachycera, Calyptratae): implications for host associations and phylogeographic origins. (2006) (115)
- The Mitochondrial Genome of the Screamer Louse Bothriometopus (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera): Effects of Extensive Gene Rearrangements on the Evolution of the Genome (2007) (110)
- The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the Mormon cricket (Anabrus simplex: Tettigoniidae: Orthoptera) and an analysis of control region variability (2007) (108)
- Association of insect life stages using DNA sequences: the larvae of Philodytes umbrinus (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) (2005) (103)
- Mitochondrial genome deletions and minicircles are common in lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) (2011) (100)
- Towards a new paradigm in mayfly phylogeny (Ephemeroptera): combined analysis of morphological and molecular data (2009) (99)
- Mitochondrial genomic comparisons of the subterranean termites from the Genus Reticulitermes (Insecta: Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). (2007) (96)
- Phylogeny of thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) based on five molecular loci (2013) (96)
- Phylogenetic approaches for the analysis of mitochondrial genome sequence data in the Hymenoptera--a lineage with both rapidly and slowly evolving mitochondrial genomes. (2009) (96)
- Phylogeny of earwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera) based on molecular and morphological evidence: reconsidering the classification of Dermaptera (2005) (94)
- Phylogeny of Ephemeroptera (mayflies) based on molecular evidence. (2005) (92)
- Mitochondrial genome organization and phylogeny of two vespid wasps. (2008) (92)
- A mitochondrial genome phylogeny of the Neuropterida (lace‐wings, alderflies and snakeflies) and their relationship to the other holometabolous insect orders (2009) (87)
- Assessing Macroinvertebrate Biodiversity in Freshwater Ecosystems: Advances and Challenges in DNA-based Approaches (2010) (82)
- Insect homeotic transformation (1994) (82)
- Fleas (Siphonaptera) are Cretaceous, and evolved with Theria. (2015) (82)
- Searching for the optimal data partitioning strategy in mitochondrial phylogenomics: a phylogeny of Acridoidea (Insecta: Orthoptera: Caelifera) as a case study. (2013) (75)
- Total evidence phylogeny and the evolution of adult bioluminescence in fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). (2017) (66)
- Evidence from mitochondrial genomics on interordinal relationships in insects (2006) (66)
- A century of paraphyly: a molecular phylogeny of katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) supports multiple origins of leaf-like wings. (2013) (63)
- When phylogenetic assumptions are violated: base compositional heterogeneity and among‐site rate variation in beetle mitochondrial phylogenomics (2010) (62)
- Phylogeny of the lice (Insecta, Phthiraptera) inferred from small subunit rRNA (2003) (61)
- A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the pleasing fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae): evolution of colour patterns, gregariousness and mycophagy (2004) (61)
- Searching for natural lineages within the Cerylonid Series (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). (2008) (59)
- Mitochondrial genomics in Orthoptera using MOSAS (2010) (59)
- A molecular phylogeny of Phasmatodea with emphasis on Necrosciinae, the most species‐rich subfamily of stick insects (2014) (54)
- All the better to see you with: a review of odonate color vision with transcriptomic insight into the odonate eye (2012) (52)
- Evolution of Oviposition Techniques in Stick and Leaf Insects (Phasmatodea) (2018) (51)
- Head morphology of Caurinus (Boreidae, Mecoptera) and its phylogenetic implications. (2008) (51)
- Treehopper trees: phylogeny of Membracidae (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Membracoidea) based on molecules and morphology (2004) (51)
- Multiple genes and the monophyly of Ischnocera (Insecta: Phthiraptera). (2002) (48)
- A phylogeny of robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) at the subfamilial level: molecular evidence. (2004) (46)
- Techniques of DNA-studies on prehispanic ectoparasites (Pulex sp., Pulicidae, Siphonaptera) from Animal mummies of the Chiribaya culture, southern Peru. (2003) (44)
- Rampant Nuclear Insertion of mtDNA across Diverse Lineages within Orthoptera (Insecta) (2014) (44)
- Identification and phylogenetic analysis of Arsenophonus- and Photorhabdus-type bacteria from adult Hippoboscidae and Streblidae (Hippoboscoidea). (2006) (41)
- Genetic and phylogeographic structure of populations of Pulex simulans (Siphonaptera) in Peru inferred from two genes (CytB and CoII) (2003) (39)
- Molecular phylogeny of Nitidulidae: assessment of subfamilial and tribal classification and formalization of the family Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) (2014) (38)
- Pupal Deposition and Ecology of Bat Flies (Diptera: Streblidae): Trichobius sp. (Caecus Group) in a Mexican Cave Habitat (2009) (38)
- The phylogeny and classification of Embioptera (Insecta) (2012) (37)
- Characterization of the long-wavelength opsin from Mecoptera and Siphonaptera: does a flea see? (2005) (37)
- One hundred years of instability in ensiferan relationships (2010) (36)
- Evaluation of relationships within the endemic Hawaiian Platynini (Coleoptera: Carabidae) based on molecular and morphological evidence. (2001) (34)
- Comparison of two alignment techniques within a single complex data set: POY versus Clustal (2005) (33)
- Phylogeny of the holometabolous insect orders based on 18S ribosomal DNA: when bad things happen to good data. (2002) (33)
- Phylogeny and classification of diving beetles in the tribe Cybistrini (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Dytiscinae) (2007) (31)
- Phylogenetic position of the Strepsiptera: Review of molecular and morphological evidence (1998) (31)
- Phylogeny and biogeography of ice crawlers (Insecta: Grylloblattodea) based on six molecular loci: designating conservation status for Grylloblattodea species. (2006) (30)
- NEW WOLBACHIA ENDOSYMBIONTS FROM NEARCTIC AND NEOTROPICAL FLEAS (SIPHONAPTERA) (2004) (30)
- A Comprehensive Phylogeny ofTettigoniidae (Orthoptera: Ensifera) Reveals Extensive Ecomorph Convergence and Widespread Taxonomic Incongruence (2018) (29)
- A molecular phylogenetic study of Cucujidae s.l. (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) (2015) (29)
- Poor taxon sampling, poor character sampling, and non‐repeatable analyses of a contrived dataset do not provide a more credible estimate of insect phylogeny: a reply to Kjer (2005) (28)
- Long-branch distraction and the Strepsiptera. (1998) (27)
- Intron retention in the Drosophila melanogaster Rieske iron sulphur protein gene generated a new protein (2011) (26)
- Molecules, morphology and minute hooded beetles: a phylogenetic study with implications for the evolution and classification of Corylophidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) (2013) (26)
- Life on the fly: phylogenetics and evolution of the helicopter damselflies (Odonata, Pseudostigmatidae) (2012) (24)
- Caelestiventus hanseni gen. et sp. nov. extends the desert-dwelling pterosaur record back 65 million years (2018) (23)
- Phylogenetic analyses of termite post‐embryonic sequences illuminate caste and developmental pathway evolution (2013) (22)
- Reassessing the phylogenetic position of the epizoic earwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera). (2016) (22)
- Phylogenetic analysis of the minute brown scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Latridiidae), and recognition of a new beetle family, Akalyptoischiidae fam.n. (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) (2010) (21)
- Is Wing Recurrence really impossible?: a reply to Trueman et al. (2004) (21)
- The evolution of social behaviour in Blaberid cockroaches with diverse habitats and social systems: phylogenetic analysis of behavioural sequences (2014) (20)
- Reinventing the leaf: multiple origins of leaf-like wings in katydids (Orthoptera : Tettigoniidae) (2016) (19)
- Combined molecular and morphological phylogeny of Ephemerellinae (Ephemerellidae: Ephemeroptera), with remarks about classification (2009) (18)
- Polyphyly of the Pikeminnows (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) Inferred Using Mitochondrial DNA Sequences (2010) (17)
- Phylogenetic analysis of non-stereotyped behavioural sequences with a successive event-pairing method (2008) (17)
- Phylogeny and classification of the tribe Hydaticini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae): partition choice for Bayesian analysis with multiple nuclear and mitochondrial protein‐coding genes (2009) (17)
- Phylogeny and evolution of male genitalia within the praying mantis genus Tenodera (Mantodea:Mantidae) (2009) (16)
- MOABOSAURUS UTAHENSIS, N. Gen., N. SP., A New Sauropod From The Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of North America (2017) (16)
- Deep Ancestral Introgression Shapes Evolutionary History of Dragonflies and Damselflies (2020) (16)
- Uncovering historical signature of mitochondrial DNA hidden in the nuclear genome: the biogeography of Schistocerca revisited (2013) (15)
- Cladistic analysis of the alderflies of America north of Mexico (Megaloptera: Sialidae) (1994) (15)
- Parallel Phylogenetic Inference (2000) (15)
- Strepsiptera Do Not Share Hind Wing Venational Synapomorphies with Coleoptera: A Reply to Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence (1995) (14)
- Description of the Larva of Notaticus fasciatus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) Associated with Adults Using DNA Sequence Data (2007) (14)
- Identification of a developmentally and hormonally regulated Delta-Class glutathione S-transferase in rice moth Corcyra cephalonica. (2010) (14)
- Missing something? Codon aversion as a new character system in phylogenetics (2017) (12)
- Zorotypus novobritannicus n. sp., the first species of the order Zoraptera (Zorotypidae) from the Australasian Ecozone (2012) (12)
- DNA and the Book of Mormon: A Phylogenetic Perspective (2003) (12)
- On the probability of dinosaur fleas (2016) (11)
- A collection of fleas (Siphonaptera) from the San Martin reserve, Valdivia Province, Chile (2001) (10)
- XXI International Congress of Entomology, Iguassu Falls, Brazil, August, 2000 (2002) (9)
- Fleas (Siphonaptera) from Ancash Department, Peru with the description of a new species, Ectinorus alejoi (Rhopalopsyllidae), and the description of the male of Plocopsylla pallas (Rothschild, 1914) (Stephanocircidae) (2002) (8)
- CAM: an alignment-free method to recover phylogenies using codon aversion motifs (2019) (8)
- A brief survey of invertebrates in caves of Peninsular Malaysia (2005) (7)
- Codon Use and Aversion is Largely Phylogenetically Conserved Across the Tree of Life. (2019) (7)
- New species of Sialis from Southern California (Megaloptera: Sialidae) (1991) (7)
- Codon Pairs are Phylogenetically Conserved: A comprehensive analysis of codon pairing conservation across the Tree of Life (2020) (7)
- Macropsylla novaehollandiae (Siphonaptera: Hystrichopsyllidae), a new species of flea from Tasmania (2002) (6)
- Pisciforma, Setisura, and Furcatergalia (Order: Ephemeroptera) Are Not Monophyletic Based on 18S rDNA Sequences: A Response to Sun et al. (2006) (2008) (6)
- How Codon Usage Bias Affects Our Ability to Recover the Tree of Life (2019) (4)
- Nycteridopsylla quadrispina Lu and Wu, a Junior Synonym of Nycteridopsylla iae Beaucournu and Kock (Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae) as Determined by Morphological and DNA Analyses (2009) (4)
- Records of fleas (Siphonaptera) of carnivores from Idaho (2005) (4)
- Investigation of taxonomically important morphological features of endoparasitic bat flies of the subfamily Ascodipterinae (Diptera: Streblidae) by scanning electron microscopy (2006) (4)
- New record of a phoretic flea associated with earwigs (Dermaptera, Arixeniidae) and a redescription of the bat flea Lagaropsylla signata (Siphonaptera, Ischnopsyllidae) (2017) (3)
- Evidence from Mitochondrial Genomics on Interordinal Relationships (2006) (3)
- A study of common scorpionfly (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) visual systems reveals the expression of a single opsin (2016) (3)
- A collection of Norwegian fleas (Siphonaptera) north of the Arctic circle (2004) (3)
- Multiple Genes and the Monophyly of Ischnocera (2002) (3)
- Phylogenetic search through partial tree mixing (2012) (3)
- Parasite Diversity and Diversification: Evolutionary history of Siphonaptera: fossils, origins, vectors (2015) (3)
- A comprehensive analysis of the phylogenetic signal in ramp sequences in 211 vertebrates (2020) (3)
- High-Throughput DNA Sequencing for Systematics (2002) (2)
- HENNIG86 and PAUP are reliable: A reply to Lorenzen and Sieg (1992) (2)
- All the better to see you with: a review of odonate color vision with transcriptomic insight into the odonate eye (2012) (2)
- Codon Use and Aversion is Largely Phylogenetically Conserved Across the Tree of Life (2019) (2)
- Chapter 246 – Strepsiptera (2009) (2)
- High performance phylogenetic inference (1999) (2)
- A study of common scorpionfly (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) visual systems reveals the expression of a single opsin (2015) (1)
- Scanning electron microscopic study of the male genitalia of the North American alderfly genus Sialis (Megaloptera: Sialidae) (1991) (1)
- Codon Pairs are Phylogenetically Conserved: Codon pairing as a new class of phylogenetic characters (2019) (1)
- Fleas (Siphonaptera) are Cretaceous, and Evolved with Theria (2015) (1)
- Synamorphy, monophyly, and cladistic analysis: A reply to Wilkinson (1995) (1)
- Chapter 236 – Siphonaptera: (Fleas) (2009) (1)
- Genomic Resources Notes accepted 1 February 2014 – 31 March 2014 (2014) (0)
- New record of a phoretic flea associated with earwigs (Dermaptera, Arixeniidae) and a redescription of the bat flea (Siphonaptera, Ischnopsyllidae). (2017) (0)
- The evolution of phasmid oviposition techniques and a convergent ant mutualism between stick insects and angiosperms (2016) (0)
- Caelestiventus hanseni gen. et sp. nov. extends the desert-dwelling pterosaur record back 65 million years (2018) (0)
- On the probability of dinosaur fleas (2016) (0)
- Partial Tree Mixing – a Novel Approach to Phylogenetic Search (2011) (0)
- A comprehensive analysis of the phylogenetic signal in ramp sequences in 211 vertebrates (2021) (0)
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