Seán Brady
Chair of the Department of Entomology
Entomology
National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology
United States of America
Biography
Seán Brady, Chair of the Department of Entomology and Curator of Hymenoptera (Bees & Aculeate Wasps), Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History NMNH, United States. Ph.D. University of California, Davis
Research Interest
Phylogenetics, molecular evolution, systematics, and historical biogeography of Hymenoptera, especially bees and ants; Coevolutionary patterns and dynamics between Hymenoptera and their symbionts (e.g., other arthropods, fungi, bacteria); Evolution of sociality in insects; Phylogenetic theory and methodology, including applications to large-scale evolutionary questions
Publications
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Danforth BN, Sipes S, Fang J, Brady SG. The history of early bee diversification based on five genes plus morphology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2006 Oct 10;103(41):15118-23.
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Schultz TR, Brady SG. Major evolutionary transitions in ant agriculture. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2008 Apr 8;105(14):5435-40.
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Brady SG, Schultz TR, Fisher BL, Ward PS. Evaluating alternative hypotheses for the early evolution and diversification of ants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2006 Nov 28;103(48):18172-7.
