From microbes in the human gut to symbiotic algae in coral reefs, research in recent decades has increasingly revealed the pivotal roles that microorganisms (or microbial species) play in shaping the ...

An international research team has shown that parthenogenesis, a form of asexual reproduction, negatively affects the genome evolution of the animals that practice it. In this type of reproduction, ...

Scientists have uncovered a set of neurons in fruit flies that shut down in cold temperatures and slow reproduction, a system conserved in many insects, including mosquitoes, which could provide a ...

Social insects exhibit a remarkable array of genetic systems that underpin their complex reproductive ecologies and eusocial organisation. Among these, haplodiploidy and paternal genome elimination ...

On a hot summer day, strolling down a city street with concrete in every direction can feel like walking into an oven. It ...

Chapter 1. Overview of polyembryony -- Chapter 2. Polyembryony in encyrtid parasitoids. Chapter 3. Host-polyembryonic parasitoid interactions -- Chapter 4. Sociality in polyembryonic parasitoids -- ...

Insects display extraordinary diversity in sperm form and reproductive anatomy, reflecting a complex interplay of evolutionary pressures from mating systems, sperm competition and cryptic female ...

SMBE Journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution) Further analysis of PifA and PifB revealed that they exhibit many of the characteristics of eukaryotic host-associated ...

Stick insects that reproduce asexually cannot adapt as quickly in the course of evolution as sexually reproducing species, leading to a decrease in biological diversity, according to new research. An ...