The relationship between genotype (which is inherited) and phenotype (the target of
selection) is mediated by environmental inputs on gene expression, trait development, and …

Obligate eusociality with distinct caste phenotypes has evolved from strictly monogamous
sub-social ancestors in ants, some bees, some wasps and some termites. This implies that …

Symbiotic associations occur in every habitat on earth, but we know very little about their
evolutionary histories. Current models of trait evolution cannot adequately reconstruct the …

Trophallaxis is a complex social fluid exchange emblematic of social insects and of ants in
particular. Trophallaxis behaviors are present in approximately half of all ant genera …

The origin of tetrapods from their fish antecedents, approximately 400 million years ago, was
coupled with the origin of terrestrial locomotion and the evolution of supporting limbs …

Understanding the molecular basis of how behavioural states are established, maintained
and altered by environmental cues is an area of considerable and growing interest …

Here, we reveal an unanticipated role of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in regulating complex
social behavior in ants. Using scRNA-seq, we find localization in the BBB of a key hormone …

The purpose of this book is to present a new mechanistic theory of mutation-driven evolution
based on recent advances in genomics and evolutionary developmental biology. The theory …

Convergent evolution is a process that has occurred throughout the tree of life, but the
historical genetic and biochemical context promoting the repeated independent origins of a …

An annual life cycle is characterized by growth, maturity, and reproduction condensed into a
single, short season favourable to development, with production of embryos (seeds, cysts, or …