Venomics research is being revolutionized by the increased use of sensitive-omics
techniques to identify venom toxins and their transcripts in both well studied and neglected …

Lophotrochozoa is a protostome clade that includes disparate animals such as molluscs,
annelids, bryozoans, and flatworms, giving it the distinction of including the most body plans …

The application of traditional morphological and ecological species concepts to closely
related, asexual fungal taxa is challenging due to the lack of distinctive morphological …

Comparative population genetics in asexual vs. sexual species offers the opportunity to
investigate the impact of asexuality on genome evolution. Here, we analyse coding …

During the research cruises aboard the R/V Akademik MA Lavrentyev in 2016, 2018, and
2021 four nemertean species were collected from the bathyal zone of the Bering Sea …

Evolutionary transitions from water to land are infrequent. The physical contrasts between
these media are amplified by biological differences in the patterns of selection. A new …

Animals vary widely in their ability to regenerate, suggesting that regenerative ability has a
rich evolutionary history. However, our understanding of this history remains limited because …

Resolving the deep relationships of ancient animal lineages has proven difficult using
standard Sanger-sequencing approaches with a handful of markers. We thus reassess the …

The benthic and plankton samples collected during the KuramBioII expedition (August–
September 2016) along the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench contained 117 benthic and 6 pelagic …

It is widely held that the bilaterian tubular gut with mouth and anus evolved from a simple gut
with one major gastric opening. However, there is no consensus on how this happened. Did …