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Overview

Michael F. Whiting is affiliated with Brigham Young University in the United States and specializes in research within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work predominantly focuses on Molecular Biology and Genetics, with additional contributions to Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecological Modeling.

The main research topics covered by Michael F. Whiting include:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Machine Learning in Bioinformatics

Michael F. Whiting has published in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Systematic Biology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Scientific Reports

The following are selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Michael F. Whiting, presenting the title, year of publication, and publishing venue:

  • Deep Ancestral Introgression Shapes Evolutionary History of Dragonflies and Damselflies, 2021, Systematic Biology
  • Deep ancestral introgression shapes evolutionary history of dragonflies and damselflies, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Codon Pairs are Phylogenetically Conserved: A comprehensive analysis of codon pairing conservation across the Tree of Life, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • A comprehensive analysis of the phylogenetic signal in ramp sequences in 211 vertebrates, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • On seven undescribed leaf insect species revealed within the recent "Tree of Leaves" (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae), 2023, ZooKeys

Michael F. Whiting frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Jorrit H. Poelen
  • Katja C. Seltmann
  • Mariel Campbell
  • Sarah A. Orlofske
  • Jessica E. Light

Best Publications

  • Many species in one: DNA barcoding overestimates the number of species when nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes are coamplified

    Hojun Song;Jennifer E. Buhay;Michael F. Whiting;Keith A. Crandall

  • The Strepsiptera problem: phylogeny of the holometabolous insect orders inferred from 18S and 28S ribosomal DNA sequences and morphology.

    Michael F. Whiting;James C. Carpenter;Quentin D. Wheeler;Ward C. Wheeler

  • Mecoptera is paraphyletic: multiple genes and phylogeny of Mecoptera and Siphonaptera

    Michael F. Whiting

  • The Phylogeny of the Extant Hexapod Orders

    Ward C. Wheeler;Michael Whiting;Quentin D. Wheeler;James M. Carpenter

  • The beetle tree of life reveals that Coleoptera survived end‐Permian mass extinction to diversify during the Cretaceous terrestrial revolution

    Duane D. Mckenna;Duane D. Mckenna;Alexander L. Wild;Alexander L. Wild;Kojun Kanda;Kojun Kanda;Charles L. Bellamy

  • Fleas and flea-borne diseases.

    Idir Bitam;Katharina Dittmar;Philippe Parola;Michael F. Whiting

  • Loss and recovery of wings in stick insects

    Michael F. Whiting;Sven Bradler;Taylor Maxwell

  • The complete mitochondrial genome of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), and an examination of mitochondrial gene variability within butterflies and moths.

    Stephen L. Cameron;Stephen L. Cameron;Michael F. Whiting

  • Assembling the tree of life

    M. F. Whiting;J. Cracraft;M. Donoghue

  • 300 million years of diversification: Elucidating the patterns of orthopteran evolution based on comprehensive taxon and gene sampling

    Hojun Song;Hojun Song;Christiane Amédégnato;María Marta Cigliano;Laure Desutter-Grandcolas

  • Mantophasmatodea and phylogeny of the lower neopterous insects

    Matthew D. Terry;Michael F. Whiting

  • A molecular phylogeny of fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera): origins and host associations

    Michael F. Whiting;Alison S. Whiting;Michael W. Hastriter;Katharina Dittmar;Katharina Dittmar

  • A mitochondrial genome phylogeny of Diptera: whole genome sequence data accurately resolve relationships over broad timescales with high precision

    Stephen L. Cameron;Christine L. Lambkin;Stephen C. Barker;Michael F. Whiting

  • The evolution of food preferences in Coccinellidae

    José Adriano Giorgi;Natalia J. Vandenberg;Joseph V. McHugh;Juanita A. Forrester

  • Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)

    James A. Robertson;James A. Robertson;Adam Ślipiński;Matthew Moulton;Floyd W. Shockley

  • A Comparative Analysis of Mitochondrial Genomes in Coleoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta) and Genome Descriptions of Six New Beetles

    Nathan Sheffield;Hojun Song;Stephen Cameron;Michael Whiting

  • Long-branch abstractions

    Mark E Siddall;Michael F Whiting

  • 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

    Frédéric Legendre;Michael F. Whiting;Christian Bordereau;Eliana M. Cancello

  • A preliminary mitochondrial genome phylogeny of Orthoptera (Insecta) and approaches to maximizing phylogenetic signal found within mitochondrial genome data.

    J. Daniel Fenn;Hojun Song;Stephen L. Cameron;Michael F. Whiting

  • Characterization of 67 Mitochondrial tRNA Gene Rearrangements in the Hymenoptera Suggests That Mitochondrial tRNA Gene Position Is Selectively Neutral

    Mark Dowton;Stephen L. Cameron;Stephen L. Cameron;Jessica I. Dowavic;Andy D. Austin

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen L. Cameron
Stephen L. Cameron Purdue University West Lafayette
Mark Dowton
Mark Dowton University of Wollongong
Kevin P. Johnson
Kevin P. Johnson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Philippe Grandcolas
Philippe Grandcolas French National Museum of Natural History
Ward C. Wheeler
Ward C. Wheeler American Museum of Natural History
John S. K. Kauwe
John S. K. Kauwe Brigham Young University
Stephen C. Barker
Stephen C. Barker University of Queensland
Keith A. Crandall
Keith A. Crandall George Washington University
Andrew D. Austin
Andrew D. Austin University of Adelaide
Rolf G. Beutel
Rolf G. Beutel Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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