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Ethan Tolman

@ethantolman.bsky.social
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Entomologist and Evolutionary Biologist

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The Great Dividing Range as a driver of genetic divergence in a low‐dispersing dragonfly - Goodman - Ecological Entomology - Wiley Online Library resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Years of fun collaboration, led by Dr. Lacie Newton together with our #GEODE #NSF #DRAGONFLY #phylogeny #systematics team, Seth Bybee, John Abbott, Rob Guralnick, Vincent Kalkman, and rest of #GEODE community! track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...
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Soaring Systematics: an evaluation of biogeography and flight behavior in dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) using phylogenomics
Abstract. Dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) are descended from what were most likely the first winged animals, which flew ∼320 million years a
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Anton Suvorov @antonsuvorov.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
My very first post on here. I am stoked to share lab's latest paper led by @ethantolman.bsky.social. Ethan developed a highly scalable pipeline to differentiate between various gene flow models, including ghost introgression in phylogenomic datasets. Check it out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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GhostParser: A highly scalable phylogenomic approach for the identification of ghost introgression
A growing body of empirical research shows that interspecific gene flow is a widespread biological force that shapes evolutionary histories across the Tree of Life. Computational approaches designed t...
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Ethan Tolman @ethantolman.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
So great to see our work on blue dasher dragonflies highlighted in the New York Times. Excellent piece by @cjgiaimo.bsky.social! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/s...
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Meet the Beautiful Dragonfly That Thrives in Your Pollution
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
So excited to have this #dragonfly paper out! #Odonata systematics: past, present, and future: a review of the phylogenetic works in #Anisoptera (dragonflies) url: academic.oup.com/isd/article/... @ethantolman.bsky.social
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Odonata systematics: past, present, and future: a review of the phylogenetic works in Anisoptera (dragonflies)
Abstract. Odonata is an insect order that comprises ~6420 described species distributed among three suborders. Here we review the dragonflies, or Anisopter
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
So excited to have this #eDNA #Aquatics paper out led by Rhema Uche Dike, @ethantolman.bsky.social, @chrisdbeatty.bsky.social and many others! doi.org/10.1111/icad...
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Integrating eDNA and community science to monitor urban Odonata diversity
Environmental DNA captured rare and underrepresented taxa often missed by community science observations. Community science revealed adult-stage observations across a broader temporal window. Integr.....
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Ethan Tolman @ethantolman.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Last PhD chapter is published! academic.oup.com/isd/article-...
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Newly sequenced genomes reveal patterns of gene family expansion in select dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera)
Abstract. Gene family evolution plays a key role in shaping patterns of biodiversity across the tree of life. In Insecta, adaptive gene family turnover has
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
#Dragonflies! With @taramcallister.bsky.social @ethantolman.bsky.social and colleagues! Elevational and Oceanic Barriers Shape the Distribution, Dispersal and Diversity of Aotearoa's Kapokapowai (Uropetala) Dragonflies url: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
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Elevational and Oceanic Barriers Shape the Distribution, Dispersal and Diversity of Aotearoa's Kapokapowai (Uropetala) Dragonflies
Abstract. Mountains and islands provide an opportunity for studying the biogeography of diversification and population fragmentation. Aotearoa (New Zealand
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Ethan Tolman @ethantolman.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Glad to see the Idaho Statesmen cover the cool work @gracie-castillo.bsky.social @harrisonpardue.bsky.social @eredman3.bsky.social @jiaweiz.bsky.social @bengallafent.bsky.social @maleahwei.bsky.social and others are doing in Boise!
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Excited to have this #entomology #dragonfly paper out! Congratulations to @ethantolman.bsky.social Ellie Gamett and team! bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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The blueprint for survival: the blue dasher dragonfly as a model for urban adaptation - BMC Ecology and Evolution
Background Human alteration of natural environments and habitats is a major driver of species decline. However, a handful of species thrive in human altered environments. The biology, distribution, po...
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Ethan Tolman @ethantolman.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Excited to see @gracie-castillo.bsky.social @harrisonpardue.bsky.social @eredman3.bsky.social @isaaclevesque.bsky.social @jiaweiz.bsky.social @bengallafent.bsky.social and others present at the annual conference of @odonataamericas.bsky.social after a week of research!
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
#fieldwork @ethantolman.bsky.social @willkuhn.bsky.social
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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
The Blueprint for Survival: The Blue Dasher Dragonfly as a Model for Urban Adaptation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Ethan Tolman @ethantolman.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Excited to have another preprint out with @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social, @chrisdbeatty.bsky.social and others! We explore why the blue dasher dragonfly is so successful in our cities. #dragonflies #entomology🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The Blueprint for Survival: The Blue Dasher Dragonfly as a Model for Urban Adaptation
Human alteration of natural environments and habitats is a major driver of species decline. However, a handful of species thrive in human altered environments. The biology, distribution, population st...
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Ethan Tolman @ethantolman.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Very excited to have two new, and very different, preprints out this Thanksgiving! Special thanks to @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social @paulbfrandsen.bsky.social and others! 🧪 #eDNA #PopulationGenomics #Dragonflies www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
#Dragonfly nymph habitat is sometimes more just plain muddy than #lentic or #lotic! #fieldwork #entomology 🧪
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