Variation in genomes occurs in many forms, from single nucleotide changes to gains and losses of entire chromosomes. Large-scale rearrangements, called structural variants (SVs), are …
Germ cell specification is required for reproduction in all sexually reproducing animals. During animal development, animals can specify their germ cells through inheritance of maternal …
Despite the enormous amount of biological variation and technical uncertainty in sequence data, most phylogenetic workflows propagate a single point estimate throughout the numerous analysis …
Environmental variation limits the distributions of species across space and affects the outcome of biotic interactions and population dynamics over time. It is unclear which …
Locomotion is an essential component of animal life history, and is strongly linked to morphology and physiology. Frog locomotion represents an ideal system in which …
Understanding the mechanisms used by organisms living in extreme environments on Earth is a first step towards rationally designing organisms for living in space. The …
Most of the over 30,000 species of ray-finned fishes capture food with suction: explosively expanding the mouth cavity to suck in water and prey. This …
Succulence, the specialization of plant tissues for the storage of water, is a prominent adaptation in plants of water-limited habitats. The physiology of succulent water …