The ability to sense and localize sound is so advantageous for survival that it is difficult to
understand the almost 100 million year gap separating the appearance of early tetrapods …

Observations on the ontogeny and diversity of salamanders provided some of the earliest
evidence that shifts in developmental trajectories have made a substantial contribution to the …

Variation in genome size spans multiple orders of magnitude among animals. Despite the
longstanding debate regarding the adaptive value or costs of genomic complexity, genome …

The diversity of genome sizes across the tree of life is of key interest in evolutionary biology.
Various correlates of variation in genome size, such as accumulation of transposable …

Simple Summary The amount of hereditary information (DNA) contained in the cell nuclei of
larger or more complex organisms is often no greater than that of smaller or simpler …

Genome size variation in eukaryotes has myriad effects on organismal biology from the
genomic to whole-organism level. Large genome size may be associated with lower …

Emergent infectious disease caused by the fungal pathogens Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis (Bd) and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) represents one of the …

Abstract Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) are known for their significantly enlarged
genome compared to other insects. However, our understanding of the evolutionary …

Background Salamanders stand out among vertebrate animals in two key characteristics:
their ability to regenerate body parts, and their large and variable genome sizes. Results …

Amphibians are the most threatened group of vertebrates and are in dire need of
conservation intervention to ensure their continued survival. They exhibit unique features …