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Alyssa's successful defense!

August 23, 2021

Congratulations to Alyssa for successfully defending her disseration, "Where the rubber meets the road: How do phytophagous beetles hold onto host plants?" 

Congratulations, Alyssa!

 

3 views of the palm weevil Macrocheirus prob. praetor

Cover article for Ecology and Evolution

March 30, 2021

Now available in Ecology and Evolution: Brian, Bruno, and colleague M. Lourdes Chamorro's article "First phylogenetic analysis of Dryophthorinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) based on structural alignment of ribosomal DNA reveals Cenozoic diversification."

"Dryophthorinae is an economically important, ecologically distinct, and ubiquitous monophyletic group of pantropical weevils with more than 1,200 species in 153 genera. This study provides the first comprehensive phylogeny of the group with the aim to provide insights into the...

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