Browsing by Author "Brewer, Michael S."
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HIGHER-LEVEL SYSTEMATICS OF THE MILLIPEDES (ARTHROPODA: MYRIAPODA: DIPLOPODA) EVALUATED USING TRANSCRIPTOMIC DATA, MITOCHONDRIAL GENOMICS, AND CLASSIFICATION ANALYSES
Brewer, Michael S. (East Carolina University, 2012)Knowledge of deep level phylogenetic relationships within and between many animal groups is currently lacking. Past attempts to reconstruct these ancient evolutionary relationships once relied chiefly on morphological ... -
Host And Geography Together Drive Early Adaptive Radiation Of Hawaiian Planthoppers
Brewer, Michael S. (2019-10-01) -
Immune Priming in A. Mellifera
Krentz, R. Starling (East Carolina University, 2017-12-13)Trans-generational immune priming (TgIP) is the transfer of maternal immune experience to progeny, producing offspring pathogen resistance and ultimately survival from infections. In colony-forming insects like the honey ... -
Millipede Taxonomy after 250 Years: Classification and Taxonomic Practices in a Mega-Diverse yet Understudied Arthropod Group
Brewer, Michael S.; Sierwald, Petra; Bond, Jason E. (2012)Background The arthropod class Diplopoda is a mega-diverse group comprising >12,000 described millipede species. The history of taxonomic research within the group is tumultuous and, consequently, has yielded a questionable ... -
Millipede taxonomy after 250 years: classification and taxonomic practices in a mega-diverse yet understudied arthropod group.
Brewer, Michael S.; Sierwald, Petra; Bond, Jason E. (2012-03-15)BACKGROUND: The arthropod class Diplopoda is a mega-diverse group comprising >12,000 described millipede species. The history of taxonomic research within the group is tumultuous and, consequently, has yielded a questionable ... -
MITOCHONDRIAL DNA VARIATION IN THE PITCHER PLANT FLY SARCOPHAGA SARRACENIAE: EXPLORING POSSIBLE INFLUENCES OF HOST SPECIFICITY AND GEOGRAPHIC STRUCTURING
Parker, Joshua David (East Carolina University, 2019-05-03)North American pitcher plants (Sarracenia) are a recently evolved (~3 my) assemblage of 11 carnivorous species. Sarracenia pitchers also provide resources (food, shelter) for certain arthropods, including two genera of ... -
Molecular evolution of venom proteins in Ctenidae (Order: Araneae) spiders
Cole, T. Jeffrey (East Carolina University, 2021-01-20)Spiders comprise the largest group of venomous animals and are a pivotal component of the global ecosystem with approximately 50,000 species spread across nearly every habitat on Earth. The family Ctenidae Keyserling, 1877 ... -
Multi-Omic Analysis of Stroke Recurrence in African Americans from the Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention (VISP) Clinical Trial
Armstrong, Nicole M. Davis; Spragley, Kelsey J.; Brewer, Michael S.; Horn, Patrick J.; Keene, Keith L.; Chen, Wei-Min; Hsu, Fang-Chi; Williams, Stephen R.; Sale, Michèle M.; Worrall, Bradford B. (2021-03-04) -
Natural History of the Social Millipede Brachycybe lecontii Wood, 1864
Brewer, Michael S. (2020-04-03) -
Ordinal-Level Phylogenomics of the Arthropod Class Diplopoda (Millipedes) Based on an Analysis of 221 Nuclear Protein-Coding Loci Generated Using Next-Generation Sequence Analyses
Brewer, Michael S.; Bond, Jason E. (2013-11-13)BACKGROUND: The ancient and diverse, yet understudied arthropod class Diplopoda, the millipedes, has a muddled taxonomic history. Despite having a cosmopolitan distribution and a number of unique and interesting characteristics, ... -
Ordinal-Level Phylogenomics of the Arthropod Class Diplopoda (Millipedes) Based on an Analysis of 221 Nuclear Protein-Coding Loci Generated Using Next-Generation Sequence Analyses
Brewer, Michael S.; Bond, Jason E. (2013)Background The ancient and diverse, yet understudied arthropod class Diplopoda, the millipedes, has a muddled taxonomic history. Despite having a cosmopolitan distribution and a number of unique and interesting ... -
Phylogeny and Classification of the Trapdoor Spider Genus : An Integrative Approach to Evaluating Taxonomic Hypotheses
Bailey, Ashley L.; Brewer, Michael S.; Hendrixson, Brent E.; Bond, Jason E. (2010)Background Revised by Bond and Platnick in 2007, the trapdoor spider genus Myrmekiaphila comprises 11 species. Species delimitation and placement within one of three species groups was based on modifications of the male ... -
Pick Your Poison: Molecular Evolution of Venom Proteins in Asilidae (Insecta: Diptera)
Brewer, Michael S.; Cole, T. Jeffrey (2020-11-24) -
Repeated Diversification of Ecomorphs in Hawaiian Stick Spiders
Brewer, Michael S. (2018-03-01) -
Sexually Dimorphic Venom Proteins in Long-Jawed Orb-Weaving Spiders ( Tetragnatha) Comprise Novel Gene Families
Zobel-Thropp, Pamela A.; Bulger, Emily A.; Cordes, Matthew H.J.; Binford, Greta J.; Gillespie, Rosemary G.; Brewer, Michael S. (2018-06-01)Venom has been associated with the ecological success of many groups of organisms, most notably reptiles, gastropods, and arachnids. In some cases, diversification has been directly linked to tailoring of venoms for dietary ... -
Sexually Dimorphic Venom Proteins in Long-Jawed Orb-Weaving Spiders (Tetragnatha) Comprise Novel Gene Families
Brewer, Michael S. (2018-06-01) -
Shifting Evolutionary Sands: Transcriptome Characterization of the Aptostichus Atomarius Species Complex
Brewer, Michael S. (2020-06-15) -
Shifts in Morphology, Gene Expression, and Selection Underlie Web Loss in Hawaiian Tetragnatha Spiders
Berger, Cory A.; Brewer, Michael S.; Kono, Nobuaki; Nakamura, Hiroyuki; Arakawa, Kazuharu; Kennedy, Susan R.; Wood, Hannah M.; Adams, Seira A.; Gillespie, Rosemary G. (2021) -
Step-Wise Evolution of Complex Chemical Defenses in Millipedes: A Phylogenomic Approach
Brewer, Michael S. (2018-02-16) -
Step-wise evolution of complex chemical defenses in millipedes: a phylogenomic approach
Rodriguez, Juanita; Jones, Tappey H.; Sierwald, Petra; Marek, Paul E.; Shear, William A.; Brewer, Michael S.; Kocot, Kevin M.; Bond, Jason E. (2018-02-16)With fossil representatives from the Silurian capable of respiring atmospheric oxygen, millipedes are among the oldest terrestrial animals, and likely the first to acquire diverse and complex chemical defenses against ...