B.Sc. Zoology, University of Toronto,
Canada
M.Sc. Entomology, University of
Alberta, Canada;
Ph.D. Organismal and Evolutionary
Biology, Harvard University.
My research focuses on the evolution
of beetles, and phylogenetic biology
in general. I have concentrated
on the evolution of adult and larval
structure, and chromosomes, of ground
beetles (Carabidae). In my lab we
are now studying molecular phylogeny
of the major lineages of adephagan
beetles. My work in systematic theory
centers on developing phylogenetic
methods by which we can learn about
character evolution. One expression
of this work is the computer program
MacClade.
I am also the editor and coordinator
of the Tree
of Life, a distributed Internet
project containing information about
phylogeny and diversity of all organisms.
Will, K.W., J.K. Liebherr, D.R. Maddison, J. Galián.
2005. Absence Asymmetry: the Evolution of Monorchid Beetles (Insecta:
Coleoptera: Carabidae). Journal of Morphology, 264: 75-93.
Grebennikov, V.V., and D.R. Maddison. 2004. Phylogenetic
analysis of Trechitae (Coleoptera: Carabidae) based on larval morphology,
with description of first-instar Phrypeus larvae and a key
to genera. Systematic Entomology, 30:38-59.
Attygalle, A.B., W. Wu, J. Ruzicka, S. Rao, S. Garvia, K. Herath,
J. Meinwald, D.R. Maddison, K.W. Will. 2004. Defensive
chemicals of two species of Trachypachus Motschulski (Coleoptera:
Trachypachidae), Journal of Chemical Ecology, 30(3):577-588.
Shull, V., A.P. Vogler, M.D. Baker, D.R. Maddison,
and P.M. Hammond. 2001. Sequence alignment of 18S ribosomal RNA and
the basal relationships of adephagan beetles: Evidence for monophyly
of aquatic families and the placement of Trachypachidae. Systematic
Biology, 50:945-969.
Grebennikov, V.V., and D.R. Maddison. 2000. Larvae
of Bembidiini (Coleoptera: Carabidae): subtribes Tachyina and Xystosomina.
European Journal of Entomology, 97:223-240.
Maddison, D.R., M.D. Baker, and K.A. Ober. 1999.
Phylogeny of carabid beetles as inferred from 18S ribosomal DNA (Coleoptera:
Carabidae). Systematic Entomology, 24:103-138.
Maddison, D.R., M.D. Baker, and K.A. Ober. 1999
(1998). A preliminary phylogenetic analysis of 18S ribosomal DNA of
carabid beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera), pp. 229-250. In, Phylogeny
and classification of Caraboidea (Coleoptera: Adephaga) (G. E. Ball,
A. Casale, and A. Vigna-Taglianti, Eds.). Museo Regionale di Scienze
Naturali, Atti. Torino, Italy. 517 pp.
Beutel, R.G., D.R. Maddison, and A. Haas. 1999.
Phylogenetic analysis of Myxophaga (Coleoptera) using larval characters.
Systematic Entomology, 24:171-192.
Maddison, D.R., D.L. Swofford, and W.P. Maddison.
1997. NEXUS: an extendible file format for systematic information.
Systematic Biology, 46:590-621.
Maddison, D. R. 1994. Phylogenetic methods for inferring
the evolutionary history and processes of change in discretely valued
characters. Ann. Rev. Ent. 39: 267-292.
Maddison, D. R. 1993. Systematics of the Holarctic
beetle subgenus Bracteon and related Bembidion (Coleoptera:
Carabidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.
153(3): 143-299.
Maddison, W. P., and D. R. Maddison. MacClade: Analysis
of Phylogeny and Character Evolution. Version 3.0. Sinauer Associates,
Sunderland, Massachusetts.
Maddison, D. R., M. Ruvolo, an D. L. Swofford. 1992.
Geographic orgins of human mitochondrial DNA: phylogenetic evidence
from control region sequences. Systematic Biology. 41: 111-124.
Maddison, D. R. 1991. The discovery and importance
of multiple islands of most parsimonious trees. Systematic Zoology.
40: 315-328.
Maddison, D. R. 1985. Chromosomal diversity and
evolution in the ground beetle genus Bembidion and related
taxa (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechitae). Genetica. 66: 93-114.
