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Phylogeny of the Tachinidae World Tour, Part 1: South Africa

Posted on November 25, 2012 by stireman

One of the major pursuits in the Stireman lab right now is to assemble and analyze a phylogeny of Tachinidae of the world. If you know what tachinid flies are (i.e., awesomely diverse parasitoid flies, again I refer you to … Continue reading →

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Paper on adaptive radiation in gall midges published in Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Posted on September 18, 2012 by stireman

Stireman, collaborator Patrick Abbot, and Lab technician Hilary Devlin have just published a paper analyzing the extraordinary radiation of Asteromyia carbonifera gall midges on their Solidago hosts across North America. We show that this nominal species is actually comprised of a … Continue reading →

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Stireman attends the International Congress of Entomology in South Korea

Posted on September 4, 2012 by stireman

For a first real report from the Stireman lab, I thought I might say a few words about my recent trip to South Korea to attend the XXIV International Congress of Entomology. This meeting, my first ICE actually, was held … Continue reading →

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New lab page (in progress)

Posted on March 26, 2012 by stireman

This is the *New* web page for the Stireman lab in Biological Sciences at Wright State University. I though perhaps the blog format might encourage more frequent updates, as my old lab web page has not been updated for a … Continue reading →

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