Adaptation to life in caves is often accompanied by dramatically convergent changes across
distantly related taxa, epitomized by the loss or reduction of eyes and pigmentation …

Nematomorpha, also known as Gordiacea or Gordian worms, are a phylum of parasitic
organisms that belong to the Ecdysozoa, a clade of invertebrate animals characterized by …

Chemical cues in subterranean habitats differ highly from those on the surface due to the
contrasting environmental conditions, such as absolute darkness, high humidity or food …

One of the most important physiological challenges animals had to overcome during
terrestrialization (ie, the transition from sea to land) was water loss, which alters their osmotic …

Animals abandoned their marine niche and successfully adapted to life on land multiple
times throughout evolution, providing a rare opportunity to study the mechanisms driving …

Recent advances in high throughput sequencing have exponentially increased the number
of genomic data available for animals (Metazoa) in the last decades, with high-quality …

Multiple sequence alignments and phylogenetic trees are rich in biological information and
are fundamental to research in biology. PhyKIT is a tool for processing and analyzing the …

Animals abandoned their ancestral marine niche and ventured into land multiple times
across evolution, repeatedly overcoming major ecological challenges. These replicated …

Chemical cues in subterranean habitats differ highly from those on the surface due to the
contrasting environmental conditions, such as absolute darkness, high humidity or food …

Adaptation to life in caves is often accompanied by dramatically convergent changes across
distantly related taxa, epitomized by the loss or reduction of eyes and pigmentation …