Selected Recent Publications:

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Banks, J. C. & J. B. Whitfield. 2006. Dissecting the ancient rapid radiation of microgastrine wasp genera using additional nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 690-703. (pdf)

Choi, W.-Y. & J. B. Whitfield. 2006. Cuneogaster, a new genus of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from South America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 108: 119-124. (pdf)

De Boer, J. G., P. J. Ode, L. E. M. Vet, J. Whitfield & G. E. Heimpel. 2007. Complementary sex determination in the parasitoid wasp Cotesia vestalis (C. plutellae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20: 340-348. (pdf)

De Boer, J. G., P. J. Ode, L. E. M. Vet, J. B. Whitfield & G. E. Heimpel. 2007. Diploid males sire triploid daughters and sons in the parasitoid wasp Cotesia vestalis. Heredity: 288-294. (pdf)

Hajibabaei, M., M. A. Smith, D. H. Janzen, J. J. Rodriguez, J. B. Whitfield & P. D. N. Hebert. 2006. A minimalist barcode can identify a specimen whose DNA is degraded. Molecular Ecology Notes 6: 959-964. (pdf)

Huson, D. H., M. A. Steel, & J. Whitfield. 2006. Reducing distortion in phylogenetic networks. In WABI 2006. Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics 4175: 150-161. (pdf) 

Lapointe, R., K. Tanaka, W. E. Barney, J. B. Whitfield, J. C. Banks, C. Beliveau, D. Stoltz, B. A. Webb & M. Cusson. 2007. Genomic and Morphological Features of a Banchine Polydnavirus: Comparison with Bracoviruses and Ichnoviruses. Journal of Virology 81: 6491-6501. (pdf) 

Whitfield, J. B. & K. Kjer. 2008. Ancient rapid radiations of insects: challenges for phylogenetic analysis. Annual Review of Entomology 53: 449-472. (pdf) and (supplementary table)

Whitfield, J. B. 2006. Revision of the Nearctic Species of the Genus Pholetesor Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).  Zootaxa 1144: 1-94. (pdf) 

Whitfield, J. B. and P. J. Lockhart. 2007. Deciphering ancient rapid radiations. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22: 258-265. (pdf)

*(Boldface denotes current/former lab members, some shared with the Cameron lab.)