Browsing University Museum of Bergen by Author "Cognato, Anthony Ignacio"

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The Essential Role of Taxonomic Expertise in the Creation of DNA Databases for the Identification and Delimitation of Southeast Asian Ambrosia Beetle Species (Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini)

Cognato, Anthony Ignacio; Sari, G; Smith, Sarah M.; Beaver, Roger A.; Li, Yousheng; Hulcr, Jiri; Jordal, Bjarte Henry; Kajimura, Hisashi; Lin, C-S; Pham, T; Singh, S; Sittichaya, Wisut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

DNA holds great potential for species identification and efforts to create a DNA database of all animals and plants currently contains >7.5 million sequences representing ~300,000 species. This promise of a universally ...
Molecular phylogeny of bark and ambrosia beetles reveals multiple origins of fungus farming during periods of global warming

Jordal, Bjarte Henry; Cognato, Anthony Ignacio (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-08-01)

Background: Fungus farming is an unusual life style in insects that has evolved many times in the wood boring weevils named ‘ambrosia beetles’. Multiple occurrences of this behaviour allow for a detailed comparison of the ...