Self-fertilization, sex allocation and spermatogenesis kinetics in the hypodermically inseminating flatwormMacrostomum pusillum

New data from the Middle Jurassic of China shed light on the phylogeny and origin of the proboscis in the Mesopsychidae (Insecta: Mecoptera)

(2016) Xiaodan Lin et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Sperm competition-induced plasticity in the speed of spermatogenesis

(2016) Athina Giannakara et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Reduced mate availability leads to evolution of self-fertilization and purging of inbreeding depression in a hermaphrodite

(2016) Elsa Noël et al.   EVOLUTION

Quantifying episodes of sexual selection: Insights from a transparent worm with fluorescent sperm

(2016) Lucas Marie-Orleach et al.   EVOLUTION

Exploring the sexual diversity of flatworms: Ecology, evolution, and the molecular biology of reproduction

(2016) Steven A. Ramm   MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

High Rates of Self-Fertilization in a Marine Ribbon Worm (Nemertea)

(2015) Serena A. Caplins et al.   BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

The first multi-gene phylogeny of the Macrostomorpha sheds light on the evolution of sexual and asexual reproduction in basal Platyhelminthes

(2015) Toon Janssen et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Genome and transcriptome of the regeneration-competent flatworm,Macrostomum lignano

(2015) Kaja Wasik et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hypodermic self-insemination as a reproductive assurance strategy

(2015) Steven A. Ramm et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Fluorescent sperm in a transparent worm: validation of a GFP marker to study sexual selection

(2014) Lucas Marie-Orleach et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

TRANSMISSION ADVANTAGE FAVORS SELFING ALLELE IN EXPERIMENTAL POPULATIONS OF SELF-INCOMPATIBLEWITHERINGIA SOLANACEA(SOLANACEAE)

(2014) Judy L. Stone et al.   EVOLUTION

Diet alters delayed selfing, inbreeding depression, and reproductive senescence in a freshwater snail

(2014) Josh R. Auld et al.   Ecology and Evolution

SEX ALLOCATION ADJUSTMENT TO MATING GROUP SIZE IN A SIMULTANEOUS HERMAPHRODITE

(2013) Tim Janicke et al.   EVOLUTION

Occurrence, costs and heritability of delayed selfing in a free-living flatworm

(2012) S. A. Ramm et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The relative importance of reproductive assurance and automatic selection as hypotheses for the evolution of self-fertilization

(2011) Jeremiah W. Busch et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Phenotypic plasticity in sex allocation for a simultaneously hermaphroditic coral reef fish

(2011) M. K. Hart et al.   CORAL REEFS

Mating behavior and the evolution of sperm design

(2011) L. Scharer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Goings-on inside a worm: functional hypotheses derived from sexual conflict thinking

(2010) DITA B. VIZOSO et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Sperm competition and sperm length influence the rate of mammalian spermatogenesis

(2009) S. A. Ramm et al.   Biology Letters

TESTS OF SEX ALLOCATION THEORY IN SIMULTANEOUSLY HERMAPHRODITIC ANIMALS

(2009) Lukas Schärer   EVOLUTION

The genetics of inbreeding depression

(2009) Deborah Charlesworth et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Prezygotic reproductive isolation between Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces paradoxus

(2008) Calum J Maclean et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

SPERM COMPETITION SELECTS BEYOND RELATIVE TESTES SIZE IN BIRDS

(2008) Stefan Lüpold et al.   EVOLUTION

The free-living flatworm Macrostomum lignano: A new model organism for ageing research

(2008) Stijn Mouton et al.   EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY

Dominance, Overdominance and Epistasis Condition the Heterosis in Two Heterotic Rice Hybrids

(2008) Lanzhi Li et al.   GENETICS

Determinants of mating and sperm-transfer success in a simultaneous hermaphrodite

(2008) T. JANICKE et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY