Selected Recent Publications:

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Asplen, M. K., J. B. Whitfield, J. G. de Boer & G. E. Heimpel. 2009. Ancestral state reconstruction of hymenopteran sex determination mechanisms. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 1762-1769. (pdf)

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 99: 288-294. (pdf)

De Boer, J. G., P. J. Ode, A. K. Rendahl, L. E. M. Vet, J. B. Whitfield & G. E. Heimpel. 2008. Experimental support for multiple locus complementary sex determination in the parasitoid Cotesia vestalis. Genetics published ahead of print on September 14, 2008. (pdf)

Grinter, C., J. B. Whitfield, H. Connahs, L. A. Dyer, W. Hallwachs &D. H. Janzen. 2009. A key to Neotropical Distatrix Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with descriptions of six newreared species. Journal of Insect Science 9 (25): 1- 17. (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) 

Janzen, D. H., W. Hallwachs, P. Blandin, J. M. Burns, J.-M. Cadiou, I. Chacon, T. Dapkey, A. R. Deans, M. E. Epstein, B. Espinoza, J. G. Franclemont, W. A. Haber, M. Hajibabaei, J.P.W. Hall, P.D.N. Hebert, I.D. Gauld, D.J. Harvey, A. Hausmann, I.J. Kitching, D. LaFontaine, J.F-Landry, C. Lemaire, J.Y. Miller, J. S. Miller, L. Miller, S.E. Miller, J. Montero, E. Munroe, S. R. Green, S. Ratnasingham, J. E. Rawlins, R. K. Robbins, J. J. Rodriguez, R. Rougerie, M. J. Sharkey, M. A. Smith, M. A. Solis, J. B. Sullivan, P. Thiaucourt, D.B. Wahl, S.J. Weller, J. B. Whitfield, K. R. Willmott, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & J. J. Wilson. 2009. Integration of DNA barcoding into an ongoing inventory of tropical complex biodiversity. Molecular Ecology Resources 9 (supplement 1): 1-26. (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) 

Pexton, J. J., J. G. De Boer, G. E. Heimpel, L. E. M. Vet, J. B. Whitfield & P. J. Ode. 2008. Competition and brood reduction: testing alternative models of clutch-size evolution in parasitoids. Behavioral Ecology Advance Access published December 4, 2008. (pdf) 

Pexton, J. J., G. E. Heimpel, L. E. M. Vet, J. B. Whitfield & P. J. Ode. 2009. Competition and brood reduction: testing alternative models of clutch-size evolution in parasitoids. Behavioral Ecology 20: 403-409. (pdf) 

Sharkey M., S. van Noort &, J. Whitfield. 2009. Revision of Khoikhoiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). In: Johnson N (Ed) Advances in the systematics of Hymenoptera. Festschrift in honour of Lubomír Masner. ZooKeys 20: 299–348. (pdf) 

Smith, M.A., J. J. Rodriguez, J. B. Whitfield, A. R. Deans, D.H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs & P.D.N. Hebert. 2008. Extreme diversity of tropical parasitoid wasps exposed by iterative integration of natural history, DNA barcoding, morphology and collections.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 105:12359-12364 (Open Access) (pdf) 

Stoltz, D. B. & J. B. Whitfield. 2009. Making nice with viruses. Science 323: 884-885. (pdf) 

Valerio, A. A., J. B. Whitfield & D. H. Janzen. 2009. Review of world Parapanteles Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), with description of fourteen new Neotropical species and the first description of the final instar larvae. Zootaxa 2084: 1-49. (pdf) 

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

Whitfield, J. B. 2008. Review of: Mathematics of Evolution and Phylogeny, Edited by Olivier Gascuel, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK; 2005 (Hardcover), 2007 (Softcover); 416 pp.; ISBN: 978-0-19-923134-8. Briefings in Bioinformatics Advance Access published December 6, 2008. (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. & P. J. Lockhart. 2007. Deciphering ancient rapid radiations. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22: 258-265. (pdf)

Whitfield, J. B., S. A. Cameron, D. H. Huson & M. A. Steel. 2008. Filtered Z-Closure Supernetworks for Extracting and Visualizing Recurrent Signal from Incongruent Gene Trees. Systematic Biology 57: 939-947. (pdf)

Whitfield, J. B., J. J. Rodriguez & P. K. Masonick. 2009. Reared microgastrine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Yanayacu Biological Station and environs (Napo Province, Ecuador): diversity and host specialization. Journal of Insect Science 9 (27): 1-22. (pdf)

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