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Michael S. Engel

University of Colorado Denver · US
Area of research
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics · Genetics
Research interest
Research interests include Biology, Evolutionary biology, Zoology, Hymenoptera, Extant taxon, and Phylogenetic tree.
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1,376
works
20
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Recent publications

Genomic data provide insights into the classification of extant termites
Nature Communications 2024cited by 53position: middledoi
Revisiting the four Hexapoda classes: Protura as the sister group to all other hexapods
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2024cited by 19position: middledoi
Modeling compositional heterogeneity resolves deep phylogeny of flowering plants
Plant Diversity 2024cited by 8position: middledoi
Comparative analysis of 12 water lily plastid genomes reveals genomic divergence and evolutionary relationships in early flowering plants
Marine Life Science & Technology 2024cited by 7position: middledoi
Extinct and extant termites reveal the fidelity of behavior fossilization in amber
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2024cited by 5position: middledoi
A genome-scale phylogeny of scorpions: model comparison and modeling among-site compositional heterogeneity
Palaeoentomology 2024cited by 2position: middledoi
Asteroid Collisions: Expected Visibility and Rate
The Astronomical Journal 2024cited by 0position: middledoi
Insect pollination in deep time
Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2023cited by 47position: middledoi
Fire-prone Rhamnaceae with South African affinities inCretaceous Myanmar amber
Nature Plants 2022cited by 38position: middledoi
Comparative Analysis of Complete Chloroplast Genomes of Nine Species of Litsea (Lauraceae): Hypervariable Regions, Positive Selection, and Phylogenetic Relationships
Genes 2022cited by 36position: middledoi
The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2021cited by 365position: firstdoi
The mid-Miocene Zhangpu biota reveals an outstandingly rich rainforest biome in East Asia
Science Advances 2021cited by 88position: lastdoi
Balance scientific and ethical concerns to achieve a nuanced perspective on ‘blood amber’
Nature Ecology & Evolution 2021cited by 33position: middledoi
The Cleptoparasitic Bee Genus Chiasmognathus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Kenya, with the Description of Two New Species
Journal of East African Natural History 2019cited by 3position: firstdoi
Diverse Cretaceous larvae reveal the evolutionary and behavioural history of antlions and lacewings
Nature Communications 2018cited by 99position: middledoi
A primitive honey bee from the Middle Miocene deposits of southeastern Yunnan, China (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
ZooKeys 2018cited by 10position: firstdoi
Evolution of lacewings and allied orders using anchored phylogenomics ( <scp>N</scp> europtera, <scp>M</scp> egaloptera, <scp>R</scp> aphidioptera)
Systematic Entomology 2017cited by 175position: middledoi
Morphologically Specialized Termite Castes and Advanced Sociality in the Early Cretaceous
Current Biology 2016cited by 113position: firstdoi
&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Order Hymenoptera&lt;em&gt;. In&lt;/em&gt;: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013) &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
Zootaxa 2013cited by 237position: middledoi
The earliest known holometabolous insects
Nature 2013cited by 208position: middledoi
A new species of &lt;i&gt;Chiasmognathus&lt;/i&gt; from Kazakhstan (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Journal of Melittology 2013cited by 5position: firstdoi

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Frequent collaborators

Chenyang Cai · Twitter (United States)3 papers (2024–2024)Shuo Wang · Shandong University3 papers (2022–2024)Laurence Packer · York University2 papers (2013–2019)Erik Tihelka · University of Bristol2 papers (2024–2024)Shiyu Du · Nanjing Agricultural University2 papers (2024–2024) · 2 papers (2013–2018)Bó Wáng · Shandong University2 papers (2018–2018)Chao Shi · Harbin Medical University2 papers (2022–2024)Wenbo Shi · Nanchang University2 papers (2022–2024)Weicai Song · Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine2 papers (2022–2024)Davide Badano · Ithaca College2 papers (2017–2018)Jakub Prokop · Twitter (United States)1 papers (2013–2013)Feng Zhang · Nanjing Agricultural University1 papers (2024–2024)RI-XIN JIANG · Guizhou University1 papers (2021–2021)Xingyue Liu · The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University1 papers (2017–2017)Xavier Delclòs · Universitat de Barcelona1 papers (2023–2023)Enrique Peñalver · Twitter (United States)1 papers (2023–2023)Qi Feng · Ningbo University1 papers (2022–2022) · 1 papers (2013–2013) · 1 papers (2018–2018)