We present SequenceMatrix, software that is designed to facilitate the assembly and
analysis of multi‐gene datasets. Genes are concatenated by dragging and dropping FASTA …

Background The species-specificity of male genitalia has been well documented in many
insect groups and sexual selection has been proposed as the evolutionary force driving the …

Few disciplines in science are as obsessed with 'going digital'as taxonomy. This is not
surprising given that 'taxonomy is made for the web: it is an information-rich subject, often …

Our understanding of how fast mating behaviour evolves in insects is rather poor due to a
lack of comparative studies among insect groups for which phylogenetic relationships are …

The Sepsidae is, with approximately 300 described species, a relatively small family of
cyclorrhaphan flies whose behaviour, morphology, and development have been extensively …

Background Sexually dimorphic structures contribute the largest number of morphological
differences between closely related insect species thus implying that these structures evolve …

We here present a phylogenetic hypothesis for Sepsidae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha), a group of
schizophoran flies with ca. 320 described species that is widely used in sexual selection …

Sepsid flies (Diptera: Sepsidae) are important model insects for sexual selection research. In
order to develop mitochondrial (mt) genome data for this significant group, we sequenced …

Many species descriptions, especially older ones, consist mostly of text and have few
illustrations. Only the most conspicuous morphological features needed for species …

Sexual selection is generally held responsible for the exceptional diversity in secondary
sexual traits in animals. Mating system evolution is therefore expected to profoundly affect …