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Jesse W. Breinholt is affiliated with the Florida Museum of Natural History in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, environmental science, and agricultural and biological sciences. The work emphasizes genetics, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, molecular biology, nature and landscape conservation, and ecology as subfields.

The main topics covered in Breinholt's research include:

  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

Breinholt's recent papers demonstrate active engagement in phylogeny, classification, and evolutionary biology using molecular techniques. Key publications include:

  • A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins (2023), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics (2021), published in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • A target enrichment probe set for resolving the flagellate land plant tree of life (2021), published in Applications in Plant Sciences
  • Anti-bat ultrasound production in moths is globally and phylogenetically widespread (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The western redcedar genome reveals low genetic diversity in a self-compatible conifer (2022), published in Genome Research

Frequent publication venues for Breinholt include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with seven publications, Systematic Biology and Systematic Entomology each with two publications, as well as venues like Zenodo and Nature Ecology & Evolution.

The scientist frequently collaborates with a consistent group of co-authors, including:

  • Akito Y. Kawahara
  • David Plotkin
  • Paul B. Frandsen
  • Nicholas T. Homziak
  • Marianne Espeland

The body of work shows a focus on molecular and ecological approaches to understanding evolutionary relationships and biodiversity in both plants and animals, with specific attention to Lepidoptera and other insect groups. Their research contributes to phylogenetic classification, conservation biology, and the development of genomic tools supporting these goals.

Best Publications

  • Phylogenomics Reveals the Evolutionary Timing and Pattern of Butterflies and Moths

    Akito Y Kawahara;David Plotkin;Marianne Espeland;Karen Meusemann;Karen Meusemann

  • A Comprehensive and Dated Phylogenomic Analysis of Butterflies

    Marianne Espeland;Marianne Espeland;Jesse Breinholt;Keith R. Willmott;Andrew D. Warren

  • Phylogenomics provides strong evidence for relationships of butterflies and moths.

    Akito Y. Kawahara;Jesse W. Breinholt

  • A phylogenomic framework, evolutionary timeline and genomic resources for comparative studies of decapod crustaceans.

    Joanna M. Wolfe;Jesse W. Breinholt;Keith A. Crandall;Alan R. Lemmon

  • Resolving Relationships among the Megadiverse Butterflies and Moths with a Novel Pipeline for Anchored Phylogenomics.

    Jesse W. Breinholt;Chandra Earl;Alan R. Lemmon;Emily Moriarty Lemmon

  • Evidence for common horizontal transmission of Wolbachia among butterflies and moths.

    Muhammad Z. Ahmed;Jesse W. Breinholt;Akito Y. Kawahara

  • A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins

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  • The emergence of lobsters: phylogenetic relationships, morphological evolution and divergence time comparisons of an ancient group (decapoda: achelata, astacidea, glypheidea, polychelida).

    Heather D. Bracken-Grissom;Shane T. Ahyong;Richard D. Wilkinson;Rodney M. Feldmann

  • Phylotranscriptomics: saturated third codon positions radically influence the estimation of trees based on next-gen data.

    Jesse W. Breinholt;Akito Y. Kawahara

  • Moth tails divert bat attack: Evolution of acoustic deflection

    Jesse R. Barber;Brian C. Leavell;Adam L. Keener;Jesse W. Breinholt

  • Underground evolution: New roots for the old tree of lumbricid earthworms

    Jorge Domínguez;Manuel Aira;Jesse W. Breinholt;Mirjana Stojanovic

  • A molecular phylogeny and revised higher-level classification for the leaf-mining moth family Gracillariidae and its implications for larval host-use evolution

    Akito Y. Kawahara;David Plotkin;David Plotkin;Issei Ohshima;Carlos Lopez‐Vaamonde;Carlos Lopez‐Vaamonde

  • Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics.

    Seth M. Bybee;Vincent J. Kalkman;Robert J. Erickson;Paul B. Frandsen

  • Using Phylogenetically-Informed Annotation (PIA) to search for light-interacting Genes in Transcriptomes from Non-Model Organisms

    Daniel I Speiser;Daniel I Speiser;M Sabrina Pankey;Alexander K Zaharoff;Barbara A Battelle

  • Phylogenomics resolves major relationships and reveals significant diversification rate shifts in the evolution of silk moths and relatives

    C. A. Hamilton;C. A. Hamilton;R. A. St Laurent;K. Dexter;I. J. Kitching

  • Unioverse: A phylogenomic resource for reconstructing the evolution of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionoida).

    John M. Pfeiffer;Jesse W. Breinholt;Larry M. Page

  • Body size affects the evolution of eyespots in caterpillars

    Thomas John Hossie;John Skelhorn;Jesse W. Breinholt;Akito Y. Kawahara

  • Anchored phylogenomics illuminates the skipper butterfly tree of life

    Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint;Jesse W. Breinholt;Chandra Earl;Andrew D. Warren

  • Phylogenetic evidence from freshwater crayfishes that cave adaptation is not an evolutionary dead-end

    David B Stern;Jesse Breinholt;Carlos Pedraza-Lara;Marilú López-Mejía

  • Phylogenetics of moth-like butterflies (Papilionoidea: Hedylidae) based on a new 13-locus target capture probe set

    Akito Y. Kawahara;Akito Y. Kawahara;Jesse W. Breinholt;Marianne Espeland;Caroline Storer

  • An earthworm riddle: systematics and phylogeography of the Spanish lumbricid Postandrilus.

    Marcos Pérez-Losada;Jesse W. Breinholt;Pablo G. Porto;Manuel Aira

  • Population genetic structure of an endangered Utah endemic, Astragalus ampullarioides (Fabaceae)

    Jesse W. Breinholt;Jesse W. Breinholt;Renee Van Buren;Olga R. Kopp;Catherine L. Stephen

  • Four hundred shades of brown: Higher level phylogeny of the problematic Euptychiina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) based on hybrid enrichment data.

    Marianne Espeland;Jesse W. Breinholt;Eduardo P. Barbosa;Mirna M. Casagrande

Frequent Co-Authors

Akito Y. Kawahara
Akito Y. Kawahara Florida Museum of Natural History
Keith A. Crandall
Keith A. Crandall George Washington University
Jesse R. Barber
Jesse R. Barber Boise State University
Ian J. Kitching
Ian J. Kitching Natural History Museum
Jorge Domínguez
Jorge Domínguez Universidade de Vigo
Marcos Pérez-Losada
Marcos Pérez-Losada George Washington University
Emily Moriarty Lemmon
Emily Moriarty Lemmon Florida State University
Alan R. Lemmon
Alan R. Lemmon Florida State University
Gerardo Lamas
Gerardo Lamas National University of San Marcos
Naomi E. Pierce
Naomi E. Pierce Harvard University

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