Alexander Blanke

Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution

Bernhard Misof, Shanlin Liu, Karen Meusemann et al. · Science · 2014 · 2.7K citations

Biology, Phylogenetics, ~406 Ma +10

The First Venomous Crustacean Revealed by Transcriptomics and Functional Morphology: Remipede Venom Glands Express a Unique Toxin Cocktail Dominated by Enzymes and a Neurotoxin

Björn M. von Reumont, Alexander Blanke, Sandy Richter et al. · Molecular Biology and Evolution · 2013 · 120 citations · Full text

Biology, Venomous Species, Myriapoda +13

Revival of Palaeoptera—head characters support a monophyletic origin of Odonata and Ephemeroptera (Insecta)

Alexander Blanke, Benjamin Wipfler‍, Harald Letsch et al. · Cladistics · 2012 · 88 citations · Full text

Earliest Branching Event, Genetics, Entomology +16

Reanalyzing the Palaeoptera problem – The origin of insect flight remains obscure

Sabrina Simon, Alexander Blanke, Karen Meusemann · Arthropod Structure & Development · 2018 · 78 citations · Full text

Biology, Insect Biomechanics, Natural Sciences +6

Revival of forgotten characters and modern imaging techniques help to produce a robust phylogeny of the Diplopoda (Arthropoda, Myriapoda)

Alexander Blanke, Thomas Wesener‍ · Arthropod Structure & Development · 2013 · 63 citations

Biology, Myriapoda, Morphological Evidence +11