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Publications by the team 

• Katherine A Parys, Rena M Schweizer, Ligia Benavides, Scott M Geib, Sheina B Sim, Jay D Evans, Michael G Branstetter, Chromosome-level genome assembly of Protandrena (Anthemurgus) passiflorae (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), a host-plant specialist bee, G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 2025;, jkaf096, https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkaf096

• McLaughlin, C.M., Hinshaw, C., Sandoval-Arango, S. et al. Redlisting genetics: towards inclusion of genetic data in IUCN Red List assessments. Conserv Genet 26, 213–223 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-024-01671-1

• Jonathan Berenguer Uhuad Koch, Sheina B Sim, Brian Scheffler, Scott M Geib, Tamara A Smith, Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the rusty patched bumble bee, Bombus affinis (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), an endangered North American pollinator, G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, Volume 13, Issue 8, August 2023, jkad119, https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkad119

• Rena M Schweizer, Colleen G Meidt, Ligia R Benavides, Joseph S Wilson, Terry L Griswold, Sheina B Sim, Scott M Geib, Michael G Branstetter, Reference genome for the Mojave poppy bee (Perdita meconis), a specialist pollinator of conservation concern, Journal of Heredity, Volume 115, Issue 4, July 2024, Pages 470–479, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esad076

• López-Uribe, Margarita M., Eduardo AB Almeida, and Denise Araujo Alves. "Adapting to change: Bee pollinator signatures in anthropized environments." Current Opinion in Insect Science (2024): 101297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2024.101297

• Jonathan Berenguer Uhuad Koch, Sheina B Sim, Brian Scheffler, Jeffrey D Lozier, Scott M Geib, Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the hunt bumble bee, Bombus huntii Greene, 1860, a species of agricultural interest, G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, Volume 14, Issue 10, October 2024, jkae160, https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkae160

• Beryl M Jones, Andrew E Webb, Scott M Geib, Sheina Sim, Rena M Schweizer, Michael G Branstetter, Jay D Evans, Sarah D Kocher, Repeated Shifts in Sociality Are Associated With Fine-tuning of Highly Conserved and Lineage-Specific Enhancers in a Socially Flexible Bee, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 41, Issue 11, November 2024, msae229, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae229

Publications that reference Beenome100

• Leonardo Tresoldi Gonçalves, Pedro Henrique Pezzi, Flávia Regina Girardi Montagner, Wellington Vasconcelos de Souza, Elaine Françoso, and Maríndia Deprá. 2025. The nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of the bellicose bumblebee (Bombus bellicosus, Hymenoptera: Apidae), a threatened pollinator in a changing South American landscape. Genome. 68: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1139/gen-2024-0166

• Smith CD, Cornman RS, Fike JA, Kraus JM, Oyler-McCance SJ, et al. (2024) Comparing modern identification methods for wild bees: Metabarcoding and image-based morphological taxonomic assignment. PLOS ONE 19(4): e0301474. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301474

• Böhne, A., Fernández, R., Leonard, J.A. et al. Contextualising samples: supporting reference genomes of European biodiversity through sample and associated metadata collection. npj biodivers 3, 26 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44185-024-00053-7

• David C Molik, Amanda R Stahlke, Sharu P Sharma, Tyler J Simmonds, Renee L Corpuz, Angela N Kauwe, Jeremy E Schrader, Charles J Mason, Sheina B Sim, Scott M Geib, otb: an automated HiC/HiFi pipeline assembles the Prosapia bicincta Genome, G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, Volume 14, Issue 8, August 2024, jkae129, https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkae129

• Smith CD, Cornman RS, Fike JA, Kraus JM, Oyler-McCance SJ, Givens CE, et al. (2024) Comparing modern identification methods for wild bees: Metabarcoding and image-based morphological taxonomic assignment. PLoS ONE 19(4): e0301474. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301474