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David K. Yeates is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research spans diverse areas within Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, and Systematics. Within these fields, their work prominently addresses insect science and ecological modeling.

The scientist's primary research topics include Diptera species taxonomy and behavior, insect behavior and control techniques, and forensic entomology related to Diptera studies. Additional areas of interest cover fossil insects in amber, hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny, forest insect ecology and management, and broader plant and animal studies.

David K. Yeates has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

  • Beyond Drosophila: resolving the rapid radiation of schizophoran flies with phylotranscriptomics, 2021, BMC Biology
  • Phylogenomics reveals the history of host use in mosquitoes, 2023, Nature Communications
  • BILBI: Supporting global biodiversity assessment through high-resolution macroecological modelling, 2020, Environmental Modelling & Software
  • Similar pattern, different paths: tracing the biogeographical history of Megaloptera (Insecta: Neuropterida) using mitochondrial phylogenomics, 2021, Cladistics
  • Options for reducing uncertainty in impact classification for alien species, 2021, Ecosphere

The scientist frequently coauthors with Brian M. Wiegmann, Keith M. Bayless, Michelle Trautwein, Xuankun Li, and Bryan D. Lessard.

Common publication venues for David K. Yeates include:

  • Austral Entomology
  • Cladistics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMC Biology
  • Nature Communications

David K. Yeates' body of work strongly reflects their engagement with insect taxonomy, systematics, and ecological modeling through multiple high-impact journals and collaborations. Their research emphasizes evolutionary biology and environmental science perspectives, contributing to the understanding of insect diversity, behavior, and ecological impacts.

Best Publications

  • Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution

    Bernhard Misof;Shanlin Liu;Karen Meusemann;Ralph S. Peters

  • Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life

    Brian M. Wiegmann;Michelle D. Trautwein;Isaac S. Winkler;Norman B. Barr

  • Invasive phytophagous pests arising through a recent tropical evolutionary radiation: the Bactrocera dorsalis complex of fruit flies.

    Anthony R Clarke;Karen F Armstrong;Amy E Carmichael;John R Milne

  • Birth of a biome: insights into the assembly and maintenance of the Australian arid zone biota.

    M. Byrne;D.K. Yeates;L. Joseph;M. Kearney

  • Decline of a biome: Evolution, contraction, fragmentation, extinction and invasion of the Australian mesic zone biota

    Margaret Byrne;Dorothy Steane;Leo Joseph;David K. Yeates

  • Integrative taxonomy, or iterative taxonomy?

    David K. Yeates;Ainsley Seago;Leigh Nelson;Stephen L. Cameron

  • CONGRUENCE AND CONTROVERSY: Toward a Higher-Level Phylogeny of Diptera

    D. K. Yeates;B. M. Wiegmann

  • Single-copy nuclear genes resolve the phylogeny of the holometabolous insects

    Brian M Wiegmann;Michelle D. Trautwein;Jung Wook Kim;Brian K Cassel

  • Advances in insect phylogeny at the dawn of the postgenomic era.

    Michelle D. Trautwein;Brian M. Wiegmann;Rolf Beutel;Karl M. Kjer

  • Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation

    Scott A. Thomson;Richard L. Pyle;Shane T Ahyong;Shane T Ahyong;Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga

  • Phylogeny and systematics of Diptera: Two decades of progress and prospects

    David K. Yeates;Brian M. Wiegmann;Gregory W. Courtney;Rudolf Meier

  • Beyond barcoding: A mitochondrial genomics approach to molecular phylogenetics and diagnostics of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

    Leigh A. Nelson;Christine L. Lambkin;Philip Batterham;James F. Wallman

  • Time flies, a new molecular time-scale for brachyceran fly evolution without a clock.

    Brian M. Wiegmann;David K. Yeates;Jeffrey L. Thorne;Hirohisa Kishino

  • Amplification of DNA from preserved specimens shows blowflies were preadapted for the rapid evolution of insecticide resistance

    C. J. Hartley;R. D. Newcomb;R. J. Russell;C. G. Yong

  • The cladistics and classification of the Bombyliidae (Diptera : Asiloidea)

    D. K. Yeates

  • Insects ‘Down Under’– Diversity, endemism and evolution of the Australian insect fauna: examples from select orders

    Andrew D Austin;David K Yeates;Gerasimos Cassis;Murray J Fletcher

  • Groundplans and exemplars: Paths to the tree of life

    D.K. Yeates

  • Evolution and Systematics ofAnopheles:Insights from a Molecular Phylogeny of Australasian Mosquitoes☆

    Desmond H Foley;Joan H Bryan;David Yeates;Allan Saul

  • Relationships of extant lower Brachycera (Diptera): a quantitative synthesis of morphological characters

    David K. Yeates

  • The phylogenetic relationships among infraorders and superfamilies of Diptera based on morphological evidence

    Christine L. Lambkin;Bradley J. Sinclair;Thomas Pape;Gregory W. Courtney

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen Meusemann
Karen Meusemann University of Freiburg
Stephen L. Cameron
Stephen L. Cameron Purdue University West Lafayette
Bernhard Misof
Bernhard Misof Universität Hamburg
Xin Zhou
Xin Zhou China Agricultural University
Lars S. Jermiin
Lars S. Jermiin Australian National University
Oliver Niehuis
Oliver Niehuis University of Freiburg
Rudolf Meier
Rudolf Meier Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Rolf G. Beutel
Rolf G. Beutel Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Craig Moritz
Craig Moritz Australian National University
Robert Lanfear
Robert Lanfear Australian National University

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