Joint effects of group sex-ratio and Wolbachia infection on female reproductive success in the terrestrial isopod Armadi...
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Identification and assessment of variable single-copy orthologous (SCO) nuclear loci for low-level phylogenomics: a case...
Background: With an ever-growing number of published genomes, many low levels of the Tree of Life now contain several species with enough molecular data to perform shallow-scale phylogenomic studies. Moving away from using just a few universal phylogenetic markers, we can now target thousands of other loci to decipher taxa relationships. Making the...
Selection for small body size favours contrasting sex-specific life histories, boldness and feeding in medaka, Oryzias l...
Background : Studying variation in life-history traits and correlated behaviours, such as boldness and foraging (i.e., pace-of-life syndrome), allows us to better understand how these traits evolve in a changing environment. In fish, it is particularly relevant studying the interplay of resource abundance and size-selection. These are two environme...
Virulence structure and its genetic diversity analyses of Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici isolates in China
Published in BMC Evolutionary Biology
BackgroundBlumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (Bgt), the causal agent of wheat powdery mildew severely affects yield security wheat production in China. Understanding the virulence structure and genetic variations of this pathogen is important for breeding wheat lines resistant to wheat powdery mildew. However, information related to genes controlling...
A newly discovered radiation of endoparasitic gastropods and their coevolution with asteroid hosts in Antarctica
Published in BMC Evolutionary Biology
BackgroundMarine invertebrates are abundant and diverse on the continental shelf in Antarctica, but little is known about their parasitic counterparts. Endoparasites are especially understudied because they often possess highly modified body plans that pose problems for their identification. Asterophila, a genus of endoparasitic gastropod in the fa...
Phylogenomics resolves major relationships and reveals significant diversification rate shifts in the evolution of silk ...
Published in BMC Evolutionary Biology
BackgroundSilkmoths and their relatives constitute the ecologically and taxonomically diverse superfamily Bombycoidea, which includes some of the most charismatic species of Lepidoptera. Despite displaying spectacular forms and diverse ecological traits, relatively little attention has been given to understanding their evolution and drivers of thei...
Satellites in the prokaryote world
Published in BMC Evolutionary Biology
BackgroundSatellites or tandem repeats are very abundant in many eukaryotic genomes. Occasionally they have been reported to be present in some prokaryotes, but to our knowledge there is no general comparative study on their occurrence. For this reason we present here an overview of the distribution and properties of satellites in a set of represen...
Impact of transition to a subterranean lifestyle on morphological disparity and integration in talpid moles (Mammalia, T...
Published in BMC Evolutionary Biology
BackgroundUnderstanding the mechanisms promoting or constraining morphological diversification within clades is a central topic in evolutionary biology. Ecological transitions are of particular interest because of their influence upon the selective forces and factors involved in phenotypic evolution. Here we focused on the humerus and mandibles of ...
The first known fossil Uma: ecological evolution and the origins of North American fringe-toed lizards
Published in BMC Evolutionary Biology
BackgroundFossil evidence suggests that extant North American lizard genera (north of Mexico) evolved during the Miocene. Although fossils of the clade Phrynosomatidae (spiny lizards and sand lizards) have been reported, there have been no previously described fossils of the fringe-toed sand lizards (Uma). In the extant biota, Uma inhabit arid dese...
Multiple convergent events created a nominal widespread species: Triplophysa stoliczkae (Steindachner, 1866) (Cobitoidea...
Published in BMC Evolutionary Biology
BackgroundTriplophysa stoliczkae is the most widespread species in the genus Triplophysa and may have originated from morphological convergence. To understand the evolutionary history of T. stoliczkae, we employed a multilocus approach to investigate the phylogenetics and the morphological evolution of T. stoliczkae on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.R...
