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Filtering by: Alternative title ssim 1956 Annual report Game Division Contributor Maddison, David R. Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Phylogenomics and Evolution of Ground Beetles, with an Emphasis on the Speciose Tribes Chlaeniini and Bembidiini (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Creator:

Pflug, James M.

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In this dissertation, I investigate the evolution and genomes of carabid beetles, a worldwide family of over 38,000 species. I focus on two species-rich groups, the tribes Chlaeniini and Bembidiini, both of which are primarily found on the shores of bodies of water. The former are distinctive for their defensive...

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Dissertation
Diversity and Evolution of Sexual Traits in Ground Beetles (Family Carabidae)

Creator:

Gomez, R. Antonio

Abstract:

Biologists have long been fascinated with reproductive traits, in part because they are frequently exaggerated or showy, and they commonly vary among closely related species. Exaggerated sexual traits, in particular, have been the focus of intense empirical and theoretical research, but most of this work has focused on traits involved...

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Dissertation

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(Franzén 1956; Lüpold and Pitnick 2018). The form of the FRT is thought to drive sperm diversification