Optical tweezers use the forces exerted by a strongly focused beam of light to trap and move
objects ranging in size from tens of nanometres to tens of micrometres. Since their …

Millions of years before we began to manipulate the flow of light using synthetic structures,
biological systems were using nanometre-scale architectures to produce striking optical …

Beim Studium der jüngeren Kontroversen über den Darwinismus fiel mir wiederholt auf, das
sie falsche Darstellungen enthielten, so als würde es sich um irgendetwas Umfassenderes …

We report a draft sequence for the genome of the domesticated silkworm (Bombyx mori),
covering 90.9% of all known silkworm genes. Our estimated gene count is 18,510, which …

Butterflies are exceptionally diverse but their potential as an experimental system has been
limited by the difficulty of deciphering heterozygous genomes and a lack of genetic …

Understanding how the spectacular diversity of colour patterns on butterfly wings is shaped
by natural selection, and how particular pattern elements are generated, has been the focus …

Invited Review Abstract Isolation from predators affects prey behavior, morphology, and life
history, but there is tremendous variation in the time course of these responses. Previous …

An important goal in evolutionary biology is to understand the genetic changes underlying
novel morphological structures. We investigated the origins of a complex wing pattern found …

Natural selection shapes the evolution of anti-predator defences, such as camouflage. It is
currently contentious whether crypsis and disruptive coloration are alternative mechanisms …

Sexual and natural selection pressures are thought to shape the characteristic wing patterns
of butterfly species. Here we test whether sexual selection by female choice plays a role in …