Das Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels
ist ein Forschungsmuseum der Leibniz Gemeinschaft
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ButterflyNet is a project funded by the National Science Fundation and aims to sequence ~400 genes for one member of all genera and 13 genes for one member of all other species using target enrichment.
Butterflies are the best known of all insect taxa, making them the ideal target for comparative studies. We will produce the first fully resolved species level phylogeny of a major insect clade and synthesize available databases on host associations, lifehistory traits and distribution data in order to provide new knowledge products to the broad community of researchers and the general public
David Lohman, City College of New York (lead-PI)
Akito Kawahara, University of Florida
Naomi Pierce, Harvard University
Rob Guralnick, University of Florida
Jesse Breinholt, University of Florida
Leslie Ries, Georgetown University
Marta Jarzyna, Yale University