Sex in the wild: How and why field-based studies contribute to solving the problem of sex*

Genomic evidence for population-specific responses to co-evolving parasites in a New Zealand freshwater snail

(2017) Laura Bankers et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Why Sex? A Pluralist Approach Revisited

(2017) Maurine Neiman et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Mutation Accumulation in an Asexual Relative of Arabidopsis

(2017) John T. Lovell et al.   PLoS Genetics

Evolution of sex: Using experimental genomics to select among competing theories

(2016) Nathaniel P. Sharp et al.   BIOESSAYS

Within-population covariation between sexual reproduction and susceptibility to local parasites

(2016) Amanda K. Gibson et al.   EVOLUTION

Habitat heterogeneity favors asexual reproduction in natural populations of grassthrips

(2016) Guillaume Lavanchy et al.   EVOLUTION

Eco-evolutionary feedback promotes Red Queen dynamics and selects for sex in predator populations

(2016) Julia Haafke et al.   EVOLUTION

Population genomics of sexual and asexual lineages in fissiparous ribbon worms (Lineus, Nemertea): hybridization, polyploidy and the Meselson effect

(2016) S. L. Ament-Velásquez et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Sex speeds adaptation by altering the dynamics of molecular evolution

(2016) Michael J. McDonald et al.   NATURE

What does the geography of parthenogenesis teach us about sex?

(2016) Anaïs Tilquin et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

No Accumulation of Transposable Elements in Asexual Arthropods

(2015) Jens Bast et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Sexual selection protects against extinction

(2015) Alyson J. Lumley et al.   NATURE

Hybrid apomicts trapped in the ecological niches of their sexual ancestors

(2015) Martin Mau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fruit flies diversify their offspring in response to parasite infection

(2015) N. D. Singh et al.   SCIENCE

The laboratory domestication of Caenorhabditis elegans

(2015) Mark G. Sterken et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Infection Dynamics in Coexisting Sexual and Asexual Host Populations: Support for the Red Queen Hypothesis

(2014) Daniela Vergara et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

The ecology of sexual reproduction

(2014) C. M. Lively et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Faster clonal turnover in high-infection habitats provides evidence for parasite-mediated selection

(2014) D. Paczesniak et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Recurrent Loss of Sex Is Associated with Accumulation of Deleterious Mutations in Oenothera

(2014) Jesse D. Hollister et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A population of sexual Daphnia pulex resists invasion by asexual clones

(2014) D. J. Innes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Geographic Mosaic of Sex and Infection in Lake Populations of a New Zealand Snail at Multiple Spatial Scales

(2013) Daniela Vergara et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Geographic parthenogenesis and plant-enemy interactions in the common dandelion

(2013) Koen JF Verhoeven et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The distribution of sexual reproduction of the geographic parthenogen Eucypris virens (Crustacea: Ostracoda) matches environmental gradients in a temporary lake

(2013) O. Schmit et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Linking present environment and the segregation of reproductive modes (geographical parthenogenesis) inEucypris virens(Crustacea: Ostracoda)

(2013) Olivier Schmit et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Clonal diversity driven by parasitism in a freshwater snail

(2013) Y. Dagan et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Asexual genome evolution in the apomicticRanunculus auricomuscomplex: examining the effects of hybridization and mutation accumulation

(2013) Marco Pellino et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Population-genomic insights into the evolutionary origin and fate of obligately asexual Daphnia pulex

(2013) A. E. Tucker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Distribution of bulbil- and seed-producing plants of Poa alpina (Poaceae) and their growth and reproduction in common gardens suggest adaptation to different elevations

(2012) Bigna L. Steiner et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

LARGE POPULATION SIZE PREDICTS THE DISTRIBUTION OF ASEXUALITY IN SCALE INSECTS

(2012) Laura Ross et al.   EVOLUTION

Parthenogenetic populations of the freshwater snailCampeloma limumoccupy habitats with fewer environmental stressors than their sexual counterparts

(2012) LISA T. CRUMMETT et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Distribution of Sexual and Asexual Ostracoda (Crustacea) from Different Altitudinal Ranges in the Ordu Region of Turkey: Testing the Rapoport Rule

(2012) Okan Külköylüoğlu et al.   HIGH ALTITUDE MEDICINE & BIOLOGY

Low parasitism rates in parthenogenetic bagworm moths do not support the parasitoid hypothesis for sex

(2012) J. A. Elzinga et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The Costs Of Sex: Facing Real-world Complexities

(2012) Stephanie Meirmans et al.   QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY

The Evolution of Sex Is Favoured During Adaptation to New Environments

(2012) Lutz Becks et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Using Parthenogenetic Lineages to Identify Advantages of Sex

(2011) Maurine Neiman et al.   Evolutionary Biology

Deleterious Mutation Accumulation in Asexual Timema Stick Insects

(2011) Lee Henry et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Tangled Bank dismissed too early

(2011) Y. Song et al.   OIKOS

The many costs of sex

(2011) Jussi Lehtonen et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Unisexual rock lizard might be outcompeting its bisexual progenitors in the Caucasus

(2010) DAVID TARKHNISHVILI et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Few parasites, and no evidence for Wolbachia infections, in a freshwater ostracod inhabiting temporary ponds

(2010) RUŽA BRUVO et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

LTR retroelements in the genome of Daphnia pulex

(2010) Mina Rho et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Benefits of host genetic diversity for resistance to infection depend on parasite diversity

(2010) Holly H. Ganz et al.   ECOLOGY

PARASITES, SEX, AND CLONAL DIVERSITY IN NATURAL SNAIL POPULATIONS

(2010) Kayla C. King et al.   EVOLUTION

Ecological differentiation between coexisting sexual and asexual strains of Daphnia pulex

(2010) Mikko P. Lehto et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Why Are There So Many Theories for Sex, and What Do We Do with Them?

(2010) S. Meirmans et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

High Rate of Large-Scale Hemizygous Deletions in Asexually Propagating Daphnia: Implications for the Evolution of Sex

(2010) S. Xu et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Spatial Heterogeneity and the Evolution of Sex in Diploids

(2009) Aneil F. Agrawal   AMERICAN NATURALIST

The Maintenance of Sex, Clonal Dynamics, and Host‐Parasite Coevolution in a Mixed Population of Sexual and Asexual Snails

(2009) Jukka Jokela et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SELECTION ON SEX VERSUS RECOMBINATION IN RED QUEEN MODELS WITH DIPLOID HOSTS

(2009) Aneil F. Agrawal   EVOLUTION

Accelerated Mutation Accumulation in Asexual Lineages of a Freshwater Snail

(2009) M. Neiman et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Population genetic structure of diploid sexual and polyploid apomictic hawthorns (Crataegus; Rosaceae) in the Pacific Northwest

(2009) EUGENIA Y. Y. LO et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Geographic variation in sterilizing parasite species and the Red Queen

(2009) Kayla C. King et al.   OIKOS

Plant sex and the evolution of plant defenses against herbivores

(2009) M. T. J. Johnson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sex versus parasitism versus density

(2008) FRIDA BEN-AMI et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY