Empirical evidence of the host–parasite arms race
Tag: Evolutionary theory
Origin and stepwise evolution of vertebrate lungs
Lungs are essential respiratory organs in terrestrial vertebrates, present in most bony fishes but absent in cartilaginous fishes, making them an i…
Transitions in sex determination mechanisms through parental and sexual antagonism
Sex chromosomes carry the sex-determining locus, causing them to be differently transmitted to and from females and males. These differences lead t…
Pervasive heteroplasmy in an invasive ambrosia beetle (Scolytinae) in southern California
Heteroplasmy, the presence of multiple mitochondrial genotypes (mitotypes) within an individual, has long been thought to be a rare aberrance that …