Wyatt A. Shell
University of New Hampshire
15 Papers
27 Citations
Wyatt A. Shell is an academic researcher from University of New Hampshire. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ceratina & Biology. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 13 publications. Previous affiliations of Wyatt A. Shell include University of Maryland, College Park & York University.
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Papers
Sociality sculpts similar patterns of molecular evolution in two independently evolved lineages of eusocial bees
Wyatt A. Shell,Michael A. Steffen,Hannah K. Pare,Arun S. Seetharam,Andrew J. Severin,Amy L. Toth,Sandra M. Rehan +6 more
- 26 Feb 2021
TL;DR: This article performed the most phylogenetically comprehensive comparative analysis of 16 bee genomes to date, incorporating two published and four new carpenter bee genomes (Apidae: Xylocopinae) for a firstever genomic comparison with a monophyletic clade containing solitary through advanced eusocial taxa.
Haldane’s Rule Is Linked to Extraordinary Sex Ratios and Sperm Length in Stalk-Eyed Flies
TL;DR: The results indicate the presence of a “cryptic” drive system that is currently masked by suppressing elements that are associated with sterility and sperm length within but not between populations and, therefore, must have evolved since the populations became isolated, i.e., in <100,000 years.
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Invasive range expansion of the small carpenter bee, Ceratina dentipes (Hymenoptera: Apidae) into Hawaii with implications for native endangered species displacement
Wyatt A. Shell,Sandra M. Rehan +1 more
TL;DR: Bayesian phylogenetic reconstruction and analyses of molecular variation both indicate that C. dentipes is very recently introduced in Hawaii and likely originated in Borneo or mainland Southeast Asia before being widely and rapidly dispersed, most likely through anthropogenic transport.
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Phylogeography and population genetics of the Australian small carpenter bee, Ceratina australensis
TL;DR: Evidence is provided for the hypothesis that expansion of C. australensis into Australia might have been aided by the introduction of non-native pithy stemmed plants and the possibilities of male-biased dispersal and limited interpopulation migration are inferred.
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Recent and rapid diversification of the small carpenter bees in eastern North America
Wyatt A. Shell,Sandra M. Rehan +1 more
TL;DR: This phylogeographical study employs molecular barcoding of the most comprehensive specimen collection yet assembled to confirm the identities of these recently diverged eastern North American Ceratina (Zadontomerus) species.