Molluscs are among the most ancient, diverse, and important of all animal taxa. Even so, no
individual mollusc species has emerged as a broadly applied model system in biology. We …

Why and how sexual reproduction is maintained in natural populations, the so-called “queen
of problems,” is a key unanswered question in evolutionary biology. Recent efforts to solve …

Recent advances in long-read sequencing technology have allowed for single-molecule
sequencing of entire mitochondrial genomes, opening the door for direct investigation of the …

De novo transcriptome assembly is a powerful tool, and has been widely used over the last
decade for making evolutionary inferences. However, it relies on two implicit assumptions …

Target‐capture approaches have facilitated a rapid growth in the field of phylogenomics but
few probe sets exist for molluscs, an exceptionally rich phylum with unparalleled ecological …

Organisms featuring wide trait variability and occurring in a wide range of habitats, such as
the ovoviviparous New Zealand freshwater snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum, are ideal …

Selective pressures between hosts and their parasites can result in reciprocal evolution or
adaptation of specific life history traits. Local adaptation of resident hosts and parasites …

How changes in selective regimes affect trait evolution is an important open biological
question. We take advantage of naturally occurring and repeated transitions from sexual to …

Gastropod molluscs are among the most abundant species that inhabit coral reef
ecosystems. Many are specialist predators, along with the giant triton snail Charonia tritonis …

Parasites threaten all free-living organisms, including molluscs. Understanding the evolution
of immune defence traits in natural host populations is crucial for predicting their long-term …