Andrew T. Beckenbach

Simon Fraser University — Canada

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Genetic diversity and population structure(24), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies(16), Plant and animal studies(15), Identification and Quantification in Food(12), Fish Ecology and Management Studies(9)

Publications64 total

Evolutionary transitions of complex labile traits: Silk weaving and arboreal nesting in Polyrhachis ants
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology·2015· 15 cited
The evolution and loss of complex behaviours in social insects: silk weaving and arboreal nesting in Polyrhachis ants
ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University)·2013Open Access
Mitochondrial Genome Sequences of Nematocera (Lower Diptera): Evidence of Rearrangement following a Complete Genome Duplication in a Winter Crane Fly
Genome Biology and Evolution·2011· 107 citedOpen Access
Mitochondrial genome sequences of representatives of three families of scorpionflies (Order Mecoptera) and evolution in a major duplication of coding sequence
Genome·2011· 28 citedOpen Access
Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2011· 922 citedOpen Access
Characterization of mature mitochondrial transcripts in Drosophila, and the implications for the tRNA punctuation model in arthropods
Gene·2009· 102 cited
Evolution of the Mitochondrial Genomes of Gall Midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae): Rearrangement and Severe Truncation of tRNA Genes
Genome Biology and Evolution·2009· 73 citedOpen Access
Insect mitochondrial genomics 3: the complete mitochondrial genome sequences of representatives from two neuropteroid orders: a dobsonfly (order Megaloptera) and a giant lacewing and an owlfly (order Neuroptera)
Genome·2009· 59 citedOpen Access
Recoding of Translation in Turtle Mitochondrial Genomes: Programmed Frameshift Mutations and Evidence of a Modified Genetic Code
Journal of Molecular Evolution·2008· 91 citedOpen Access
A mitochondrial DNA analysis of vicariant speciation in two lineages in the Drosophila mulleri subgroup.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2008· 11 citedOpen Access
Evidence from mitochondrial genomics on interordinal relationships in insects
Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny·2006· 60 citedOpen Access
Incorporating Molecular Evolution into Phylogenetic Analysis, and a New Compilation of Conserved Polymerase Chain Reaction Primers for Animal Mitochondrial DNA
Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics·2006· 648 cited
Insect mitochondrial genomics 2: the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a giant stonefly,<i>Pteronarcys princeps</i>, asymmetric directional mutation bias, and conserved plecopteran A+T-region elements
Genome·2006· 58 cited
Evidence from Mitochondrial Genomics on Interordinal Relationships
2006
The phylogeny of the subgroups within the melanogaster species group: Likelihood tests on COI and COII sequences and a Bayesian estimate of phylogeny
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution·2005· 44 cited
Insect mitochondrial genomics: the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the meadow spittlebug<i>Philaenus spumarius</i>(Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cercopoidae)
Genome·2005· 110 cited
Single Nucleotide +1 Frameshifts in an Apparently FunctionalMitochondrial Cytochrome b Gene in Ants of the Genus Polyrhachis
Journal of Molecular Evolution·2005· 50 cited
Molecular analysis of the biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit 2
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution·2003· 54 cited
Phylogenetic and genomic analysis of the complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the spotted asparagus beetle Crioceris duodecimpunctata
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution·2003· 88 cited
mtDNA Sequence Diversity of Orangutans from the Islands of Borneo and Sumatra
Journal of Molecular Evolution·2000· 54 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

James R. Brown(7), Michael J. Smith(7), James B. Stewart(6), W. Kelley Thomas(5), Norman E. Buroker(3), Patrick J. O’Hara(3), Chris Simon(2), Francesco Frati(2), Hong Liu(2), Stephen H. Bryant(2), Cam Muir(2), Biruté M. F. Galdikas(2), Gary M. Wilson(2), Elizabeth G. Boulding(2), Teresa Gilbert(2), Bernie Crespi(1), P.K. Flook(1), Brian M. Wiegmann(1), Michelle Trautwein(1), Isaac S. Winkler(1)