Despite the importance of polyploidy and the increasing availability of new genomic data,
there remain important gaps in our knowledge of polyploid population genetics. These gaps …

Though polyploidy is an important aspect of the evolutionary genetics of both plants and
animals, the development of population genetic theory of polyploids has seriously lagged …

Early detection of aquatic invasive species is a critical task for management of aquatic
ecosystems. This task is hindered by the difficulty and cost of surveying aquatic systems …

The persistence of sexual reproduction in the face of competition from asexual invaders is
more likely if asexual lineages are produced infrequently or have low fitness. The generation …

Genome size (GS) variation is a fundamental biological characteristic; however, its
evolutionary causes and consequences are the topic of ongoing debate. Whether GS is a …

Recent advances in long-read sequencing technology have allowed for single-molecule
sequencing of entire mitochondrial genomes, opening the door for direct investigation of the …

The parthenogenetic all-female marbled crayfish is a novel research model and potent
invader of freshwater ecosystems. It is a triploid descendant of the sexually reproducing …

Over four decades ago, John Maynard Smith showed that a mutation causing asexual
reproduction should rapidly spread in a dioecious sexual population. His reasoning was that …

The processes that lead to a successful invasion are complex. Here, we investigated life
history characteristics potentially explaining the invasion success of Potamopyrgus …

Endopolyploidy–the existence of higher‐ploidy cells within organisms that are otherwise of a
lower ploidy level (generally diploid)–was discovered decades ago, but remains poorly …