All animals have evolved solutions to manage their genomes, enabling the efficient
organization of meters of DNA strands in the nucleus and allowing for nuanced regulation of …

Eusocial insects exemplify a remarkable system of division of labor within the same colony.
This behavioral range, which is sometimes accompanied by morphological or physiological …

Eukaryotes have varying numbers and structures of characteristic chromosomes across
lineages or species. The evolutionary trajectory of species may have been affected by …

The process of aging is an evolutionary incongruity. Life-history traits such as lifespan and
reproduction are traded-off in most living organisms. Social insects challenge this view as …

This chapter is the story of how I pioneered ants as a system for studying eco-evo-devo, a
field that integrates developmental biology with ecology and evolutionary biology. One aim …

Living organisms possess the ability to respond to environmental cues and adapt their
behaviors and physiologies for survival. Eusocial insects, such as ants, bees, wasps, and …