The Genome 10K Project was established in 2009 by a consortium of biologists and
genome scientists determined to facilitate the sequencing and analysis of the complete …

The role of colours and colour patterns in behavioural ecology has been extensively studied
in a variety of contexts and taxa, while almost overlooked in many others. For decades …

The discipline of molecular ecology has undergone enormous changes since the journal
bearing its name was launched approximately two decades ago. The field has seen great …

Sexual imprinting—a phenomenon in which offspring learn parental traits and later use them
as a model for their own mate preferences—can generate reproductive barriers between …

Amphibians, ie salamanders, frogs and caecilians show a wide range of bright colours in
combination with contrasting patterns. There is variation among species, populations and …

We sequenced the genome of the strawberry poison frog, Oophaga pumilio, at a depth of
127.5× using variable insert size libraries. The total genome size is estimated to be 6.76 Gb …

The accumulation of red ketocarotenoids is an important component of coloration in many
organisms, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. In some organisms …

While divergent ecological adaptation can drive speciation, understanding the factors that
facilitate or constrain this process remains a major goal in speciation research. Here, we …

Aposematic signals represent one of the most accessible traits to evaluate the interaction of
natural and sexual selection on signal evolution. Here we investigate the contributions of …

Ambotuy Favoring males' specific sexual signals, female preferences play a major role in
frogs' evolutionary process by selecting traits linked to those signals. However, the factors …