The degree to which developmental systems bias the phenotypic effects of environmental
and genetic variation, and how these biases affect evolution, is subject to much debate …

1. The significance of host–microbe interactions is increasingly appreciated across
biological disciplines, yet to what extent these interactions influence developmental …

Morphological traits can be highly variable over time in a particular geographical area.
Different selective pressures shape those traits, which is crucial in evolutionary biology …

Many dung beetle communities are characterized by species that share very similar
morphological, ecological, and behavioral traits and requirements yet appear to be stably …

1. Microbial symbionts play a crucial role in the development, health, and homeostasis of
their hosts. However, the eco‐evolutionary conditions shaping these relationships and the …

In this study, we explored the potential contribution of the gut microbiome to reproductive
isolation in tunnelling dung beetles, using Onthophagus taurus (Schreber, 1759) and its …

Abstract Brygadyrenko, VV, Reshetniak, DY 2014. Morphological variability among
populations of Harpalus rufipes (Coleoptera, Carabidae): What is more important–the mean …

Genitalia are among the fastest evolving morphological traits in arthropods. Among the
many hypotheses aimed at explaining this observation, some explicitly or implicitly predict …

Abstract The European stag beetle Lucanus cervus, widely distributed across Europe and in
some Near East countries, is one of the best known coleopteran species listed in the …

Understanding why and how certain clades emerge as speciation hotspots is a fundamental
objective of evolutionary biology. Here we investigate divergences between exotic …