Evolutionary theory for expenditure on gonads attracted little attention until studies in the
past 3–4 decades of allocation to male and female function in hermaphrodites, and of …

Macrostomum lignano is a free-living flatworm that is emerging as an attractive experimental
animal for research on a broad range of biological questions. One feature setting it apart …

The free-living flatworm, Macrostomum lignano has an impressive regenerative capacity.
Following injury, it can regenerate almost an entirely new organism because of the presence …

Regeneration-capable flatworms are informative research models to study the mechanisms
of stem cell regulation, regeneration, and tissue patterning. However, the lack of …

Background Ejaculates contain a diverse mixture of sperm and seminal fluid proteins, the
combination of which is crucial to male reproductive success under competitive conditions …

Ageing and sexual selection are intimately linked. There is by now compelling evidence
from studies performed across diverse organisms that males allocating resources to mating …

Sexual selection operates through consecutive episodes of selection that ultimately
contribute to the observed variance in reproductive success between individuals …

The flatworm Macrostomum lignano features a duo-gland adhesive system that allows it to
repeatedly attach to and release from substrates in seawater within a minute. However, little …

Over the past decade, the free-living flatworm Macrostomum lignano has been successfully
used in many areas of biology, including embryology, stem cells, sexual selection …

Sedentary broadcast‐spawning marine invertebrates, which release both eggs and sperm
into the water for fertilization, are of special interest for sexual selection studies. They …