From protists to humans, all animals and plants are inhabited by microbial organisms. There
is an increasing appreciation that these resident microbes influence the fitness of their plant …

There is growing interest in the use of cnidarians (corals, sea anemones, jellyfish and
hydroids) to investigate the evolution of key aspects of animal development, such as the …

At the current rate of climate change, it is unlikely that multicellular organisms will be able to
adapt to changing environmental conditions through genetic recombination and natural …

Abstract Characterization of large numbers of single‐nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP s)
throughout a genome has the power to refine the understanding of population demographic …

A critical component of—and a limitation on—interpreting community structure is a detailed
understanding of the ecological and evolutionary history of the assemblage of species in …

In recent years, a handful of model systems from the basal metazoan phylum Cnidaria have
emerged to challenge long‐held views on the evolution of animal complexity. The most …

Clonally reproducing all-female lineages of plants and animals are often more frequent at
higher latitudes and altitudes, on islands, and in disturbed habitats. Attempts to explain this …

The establishment of host–bacterial colonization during development is a fundamental
process influencing the fitness of many organisms, but the factors controlling community …

Over the past 20 years, the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis, a small estuarine
animal, has emerged as a powerful model system for field and laboratory studies of …

Widespread non-native species tend to demonstrate an apparent lack of selectivity in habitat
requirements, feeding regimes, and reproductive needs, while displaying a tendency to …