Genetic polymorphism varies among species and within genomes, and has important
implications for the evolution and conservation of species. The determinants of this variation …

The evolution of predominant self‐fertilisation frequently coincides with the evolution of a
collection of phenotypes that comprise the 'selfing syndrome', in both plants and animals …

Background Contamination is a well-known but often neglected problem in molecular
biology. Here, we investigated the prevalence of cross-contamination among 446 samples …

While components of the pathway that establishes left-right asymmetry have been identified
in diverse animals, from vertebrates to flies, it is striking that the genes involved in the first …

Evolutionary theory predicts that factors such as a small population size or low
recombination rate can limit the action of natural selection. The emerging field of …

The mating system shift from outcrossing to selfing is one of the most frequent evolutionary
trends in flowering plants. However, the genomic consequences of this shift remain poorly …

Explaining the selective forces that underlie different reproductive modes forms a major part
of evolution research. Many organisms are facultative sexuals, with the ability to reproduce …

Genome-wide surveys of nucleotide polymorphisms, obtained from next-generation
sequencing, have uncovered numerous examples of adaptation in self-fertilizing organisms …

The evolutionary transition from outcrossing to selfing can have important genomic
consequences. Decreased effective population size and the reduced efficacy of selection …

The origin and evolutionary dynamics of the spatial heterogeneity in genomic base
composition have been debated since its discovery in the 1970s. With the recent availability …