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Michael Branstetter

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Michael Branstetter @mgbranstetter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
New ant paper with important taxonomic implications: John T Longino, Michael G Branstetter, Wasmannia is Allomerus: taxonomy confounded by a shift to being a plant ant, Insect Systematics and Diversity, Volume 10, Issue 4, July 2026, ixag033, doi.org/10.1093/isd/...
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Michael Branstetter @mgbranstetter.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
New preprint on biorxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Low-Coverage Genome Sequencing Outperforms Target Enrichment Phylogenomics
Genome-scale data have transformed phylogenetic inference, yet most studies continue to rely on reduced-representation approaches that target a subset of loci to reduce cost and increase taxon samplin...
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Michael Branstetter @mgbranstetter.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
New paper drop! 🚨 Led by my awesome postdoc @renamschweizer.bsky.social — we used genomics + museum DNA to explore the decline of Bombus franklini, a bee not seen in the wild since 2006 🐝 Now out in @PNASNews! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Museum genomics suggests long-term population decline in a putatively extinct bumble bee | PNAS
Pollinator declines globally threaten ecosystem stability and agricultural productivity. Reconstructing pollinator historic demographies provides a...
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Michael Branstetter @mgbranstetter.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
New ant pub! academic.oup.com/isd/article/... #ants #phylogenomics #biogeography
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A phylogenomic overview of the ant genus Tapinoma Foerster, 1850 (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae), with the phylogeographic history of the ghost ant Tapinoma melanocephalum
Abstract. The ant genus Tapinoma Foerster, 1850 is a moderately diverse group (81 valid species) that occurs worldwide. It includes the tramp species T. me
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Michael Branstetter @mgbranstetter.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Timing is everything in the evolution of ponerine ants! Happy to see this paper out. Great work by Maël Doré et al. rdcu.be/eGGRg
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Evolutionary history of ponerine ants highlights how the timing of dispersal events shapes modern biodiversity
Nature Communications - The diversity of ponerine ants varies widely across the globe. This study finds that the origin and early colonization in Gondwana’s tropical regions mainly shaped...
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