Variability in the way organisms reproduce raises numerous, and still unsolved, questions in
evolutionary biology. In this study, we emphasize that fungi deserve a much greater …

Sexual reproduction is a nearly universal feature of eukaryotic organisms. Given its ubiquity
and shared core features, sex is thought to have arisen once in the last common ancestor to …

Mycorrhizal fungi are mutualists that play crucial roles in nutrient acquisition in terrestrial
ecosystems. Mycorrhizal symbioses arose repeatedly across multiple lineages of …

Sexual reproduction is a fundamental aspect of life. It is defined by the occurrence of meiosis
and the fusion of two gametes of different sexes or mating types. Sex-determination …

Sexual reproduction and clonality in eukaryotes are mostly seen as exclusive, the latter
being rather exceptional. This view might be biased by focusing almost exclusively on …

At a glance, most species seem adapted to the environment in which they live. Yet species
relentlessly evolve, and populations within species evolve in different ways. Evolution, as it …

The extreme rarity of asexual vertebrates in nature is generally explained by genomic decay
due to absence of meiotic recombination, thus leading to extinction of such lineages. We …

Root-knot nematodes (RKNs)(Meloidogyne spp.) are obligate endoparasites of major
worldwide economic importance. They exhibit a wide continuum of variation in their …

We propose that clonal evolution in micropathogens be defined as restrained recombination
on an evolutionary scale, with genetic exchange scarce enough to not break the prevalent …

To reveal impacts of sexual mode on genome content, we compared chromosome-scale
assemblies of the outcrossing nematode Caenorhabditis nigoni to its self-fertile sibling …