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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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systematists to classify Chlaeniini and Panagaeini as sister taxa (Jeannel 1942; Lindroth 1969; Thompson 1979
Diversity and Evolution of Sexual Traits in Ground Beetles (Family Carabidae)

Creator:

Gomez, R. Antonio

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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