In many insects, X‐linked inversions fix at a higher rate and are much less polymorphic than
autosomal inversions. Here, we report that in Drosophila, X‐linked inversions also capture …

Estimates of susceptibility to inbreeding depression for total fitness are needed for predicting
the cost of inbreeding and for use in population viability analyses, but no such valid …

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The pigmentation mutation speck is a commonly used recombination marker characterized
by a darkly pigmented region at the wing hinge. Identified in 1910 by Thomas Hunt Morgan …

The production of male and female offspring is often determined by the presence of specific
sex chromosomes which control sex-specific expression, and sex chromosomes evolve …

Moffatt argues that the “plurality of distinct accounts of scientific authorship” necessitates
caution in attempts to identify unethical authorship practices, and urges that considerations …

Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have gained traction as
effective ways to expand the impact of undergraduate research while fulfilling pedagogical …

The current trend of grading scientists depending on the amount and quality of scientific
papers led to a pressure in publishing, which now tends to be reduced by opting for high …

The sophistication of gene prediction algorithms and the abundance of RNA-based
evidence for the maize genome may suggest that manual curation of gene models is no …

The chromosome biology field at large has benefited from studies of the cell cycle
components, protein cascades and genomic landscape that are required for centromere …