Nematodes are remarkably successful, both as free-living organisms and as parasites. The
diversity of parasitic lifestyles displayed by nematodes, and the diversity of hosts used …

Although sexual antagonism may have played a role in forming some sex chromosome
systems, there appears to be little empirical or theoretical justification in assuming that it is …

Summary In Drosophila melanogaster, Hox genes are organized in an anterior and a
posterior cluster, called Antennapedia complex and bithorax complex, located on the same …

A vertebrate securin (vSecurin) was identified on the basis of its biochemical analogy to the
Pds1p protein of budding yeast and the Cut2p protein of fission yeast. The vSecurin protein …

We have sequenced the genome of a second Drosophila species, Drosophila
pseudoobscura, and compared this to the genome sequence of Drosophila melanogaster, a …

The availability of 12 complete genomes of various species of genus Drosophila provides a
unique opportunity to analyze genome-scale chromosomal rearrangements among a group …

That closely related species often differ by chromosomal inversions was discovered by
Sturtevant and Plunkett in 1926. Our knowledge of how these inversions originate is still very …

Although polymorphic inversions in Drosophila are very common, the origin of these
chromosomal rearrangements is unclear. The breakpoints of the cosmopolitan inversion 2j …

During the evolution of the genus Drosophila, the molecular organization of the major
chromosomal elements has been repeatedly rearranged via the fixation of paracentric …

Recombination is a main factor determining nucleotide variability in different regions of the
genome. Chromosomal inversions, which are ubiquitous in the genus Drosophila, are …