Taxonomically diverse marine, freshwater and terrestrial organisms have evolved the
capacity to synthesize, accumulate and metabolize a variety of UV-absorbing substances …

Anthozoa is the most specious class of the phylum Cnidaria that is phylogenetically basal
within the Metazoa. It is an interesting group for studying the evolution of mutualisms and …

Life history theory seeks to explain the evolution of the major features of life cycles by
analyzing the ecological factors that shape age-specific schedules of growth, reproduction …

Sea anemones (order Actiniaria) are among the most diverse and successful members of
the anthozoan subclass Hexacorallia, being found at all depths and latitudes and in all …

Why we get sick is a complicated question (Nesse and Williams 1996, Stearns and Koella
2008). Immunologists, pathologists, parasitologists, and other practitioners of what have …

The data on different modes of reproduction in sea anemones are generalized. These
animals can reproduce sexually in an ordinary way or by parthenogenesis. Asexual …

Asexual propagation and whole body regeneration are forms of nonembryonic development
(NED) widespread across animal phyla and central in life history and evolutionary …

Phenotypic plasticity, or the ability to alter one's morphological, physiological, and behavior
phenotype in response to environmental change (Pigliucci 2001), is central to organismal …

The genetic structure of populations is often shaped by the reproductive system and larval
properties of the species. The waratah anemone (Actinia tenebrosa) reproduces through …

While sexual reproduction is conserved and almost ubiquitous, asexual reproduction in
forms of parthenogenesis or agametic cloning from somatic tissue is less conserved. The …