Understanding the origins of species richness patterns is a fundamental goal in ecology and
evolutionary biology. Much research has focused on explaining two kinds of species …

Males of Caenorhabditis elegans provide a crucial practical tool in the laboratory, but, as the
rarer and more finicky sex, have not enjoyed the same depth of research attention as …

Cooperative interactions among species, termed mutualisms, have played a crucial role in
the evolution of life on Earth. However, despite key potential benefits to partners, there are …

The shift from sexual reproduction to parthenogenesis has occurred repeatedly in animals,
but how the loss of sex affects genome evolution remains poorly understood. We generated …

Social insects have the highest rates of meiotic recombination among Metazoa, but there is
considerable variation within the Hymenoptera. We synthesize the literature to investigate …

Parthenogenesis is asexual reproduction without any required participation from males and,
as such, is a null model for sexual reproduction. In a comparative context, we can expand …

Abstract Changes in biodiversity patterns along environmental gradients are receiving
increased interest in context of climate change. Altitudinal changes in the diversity of plants …

The predominance of sex in eukaryotes is still enigmatic. Sex, a composed process of
meiosis and mixis cycles, confers high costs but the selective advantages remain unclear. In …

The processes that lead to a successful invasion are complex. Here, we investigated life
history characteristics potentially explaining the invasion success of Potamopyrgus …

Why and how sexual reproduction is maintained in natural populations, the so-called “queen
of problems,” is a key unanswered question in evolutionary biology. Recent efforts to solve …