There is increasing evidence, particularly from plants, that epigenetic mechanisms can
contribute to environmental adaptation and evolution. The present article provides an …

Laboratory experiments and fieldwork with asexually reproducing invertebrates and
vertebrates clearly revealed that animal populations can produce substantial phenotypic …

The marbled crayfish Procambarus virginalis is a unique freshwater crayfish characterized
by very recent speciation and parthenogenetic reproduction. Marbled crayfish also represent …

Marbled crayfish are a globally expanding population of parthenogenetically reproducing
freshwater decapods. They are closely related to the sexually reproducing slough crayfish …

Since the mid-twentieth century, numerous vertebrates and invertebrates have been used as
model organisms and become indispensable tools for exploring a broad range of biological …

Freshwater ecosystems are amongst the most threatened ecosystems on Earth. Currently,
climate change is one of the most important drivers of freshwater transformation and its …

Background The parthenogenetic marbled crayfish (Procambarus virginalis) is a novel
species that has rapidly invaded and colonized various different habitats. Adaptation to …

There is a long history of crayfish introductions in Europe and numbers keep increasing. In
Hungary, spiny-cheek crayfish Faxonius limosus, signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus …

Abstract Background The marbled crayfish (Procambarus virginalis) is a monoclonal,
parthenogenetically reproducing freshwater crayfish species that has formed multiple stable …

There is a close association between parthenogenesis and polyploidy. For this reason, we
undertook a karyological analysis to test whether the parthenogenetic Marmorkrebs …