Manpreet Kaur Kohli

Education

Ph.D., Biology, Rutgers University Newark United States

M.Sc., Biology, New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark United States

Journal Articles

(2024). A molecular phylogeny of the Petaluridae (Odonata: Anisoptera): A 160-Million-Year-Old story of drift and extinction. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 108185.

(2024). Newly Sequenced Genomes Reveal Patterns of Gene Family Expansion in select Dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera). Heliyon, 2023--12.

(2024). Interactions between sexual signaling and body size drive ecology and evolution of wing colors in Odonata. Scientific Reports,

(2023). Exploring chromosome evolution in 250 million year old groups of dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata). Molecular Ecology,

Tolman, E., Beatty, C., Bush, J., Kohli, M., Moreno, C., Ware, J., Webber, K., Khan, R., Maheshwari, C., Weisz, D., Dudchenko, O., Aiden, E., & Frandsen, P. (2023). A Chromosome-length Assembly of the Black Petaltail (Tanypteryx hageni) Dragonfly. Genome Biology and Evolution,

(2023). Assessment of targeted enrichment locus capture across time and museums using odonate specimens. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 7(3). 5.

(2023). Evolution of Odonata: Genomic insights. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 101073.

(2022). Evidence for widespread gene flow and migration in the Globe Skimmer dragonfly Pantala flavescens. International Journal of Odonatology, 25. 43--55.

(2021). Evolutionary history and divergence times of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) revealed through transcriptomics. ISCIENCE, 24(11).

(2021). Comparative phylogeography uncovers evolutionary past of Holarctic dragonflies. PEERJ, 9.

(2021). Assessing support forBlaberoideaphylogeny suggests optimal locus quality. SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY, 46(1). 157-171.

(2020). Why diversity matters among those who study diversity. American Entomologist, 66(3). 42--49.

(2019). An integrative phylogenomic approach illuminates the evolutionary history of cockroaches and termites (Blattodea). PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 286(1895).

(2018). Topological support and data quality can only be assessed through multiple tests in reviewing Blattodea phylogeny. MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 128. 112-122.

(2018). Extremely low genetic diversity in a circumpolar dragonfly species, Somatochlora sahlbergi (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera). SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 8.

(2017). Fossil calibrations for the cockroach phylogeny (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Blattodea), comments on the use of wings for their identification, and a redescription of the oldest Blaberidae. PALAEONTOLOGIA ELECTRONICA, 20(3).

(2016). How to date a dragonfly: Fossil calibrations for odonates. PALAEONTOLOGIA ELECTRONICA, 19(1).

(2015). The Fossil Calibration Database-A New Resource for Divergence Dating. SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY, 64(5). 853-859.

(2014). Counting the spots: a molecular and morphological phylogeny of the spotted darner Boyeria (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) with an emphasis on European taxa. SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY, 39(1). 190-195.

Goodman, A., Abbott, J., Breinholt, J., Bybee, S., Frandsen, P., Kalkman, V., Kohli, M., Newton, L., & Ware, J. Systematics and Biogeography of the Holarctic Dragonfly Genus Somatochlora(Anisoptera: Corduliidae). Systematic Entomology,

Book Chapters

Kohli, M., & Ware, J. (2022). Odonata Systematics. Dragonflies and Damselflies: A model organism for Ecological and Evolutionary reserach

Sanchez Herrera, M., Vega-Sanchez, Y., Beatty, C., & Kohli, M. (2022). Phylogeography: A spatiotermporal perspective on Odonata distribution. Dragonflies and Damselflies: A model organism for Ecological and Evolutionary reserach Oxford.

Conference Proceedings

Kohli, M. (2021). Entomology at American Museum of Natural History. 2021 Virtual Eastern, Southeastern, Pacific, North Central, and Southwestern Branch Meetings.

Kohli, M. K., Djernaes, M., Herrera, M. S., Pilgrim, E. M., S^ahlen, G., Simonsen, T. J., & Ware, J. L. (2019). Comparative phylogeography uncovers evolutionary past of circumboreal dragonflies. Entomology 2019.

Kohli, M. K., Kuhn, W. R., & Wilson, M. M. (2019). The Digital Future of Entomology. 2019 Eastern Branch Meeting.

S^ahlen, G., & Kohli, M. K. (2018). Comparative phylogenetic of circumboreal dragonflies. Entomology 2018.

Kohli, M., & Ware, J. L. (2018). Fossil calibration tips for divergence estimation: A case study from insects. Entomology 2018.

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