Synopsis “Sex” is often used to describe a suite of phenotypic and genotypic traits of an
organism related to reproduction. However, these traits—gamete type, chromosomal …

Simple Summary With a growing human population, global climate change and diminishing
natural resources, the need for sustainable agricultural systems is evident. Insect farming …

Highlights•Boldness is repeatable for R. tridactyla and can be considered
personality.•Boldness scores of the mating pair influenced overall reproductive …

Color varies in pattern and degree across the tree of life. In animals, genetic variation in
color is hypothesized to have pleiotropic effects on a variety of behaviors due to shared …

Colour polymorphism is a widespread phenomenon in natural populations of several
species. In particular, it is especially common on marine gastropod species from the genus …

Natural color polymorphisms are widespread across animal species and usually have a
simple genetic basis. This makes them an ideal system to study the evolutionary …

Mate choice is a key process in animals to optimize the fitness benefits of reproduction, and
it is generally guided by phenotypic features of potential partners that mirror reproductive …

Conservation genetic theory suggests that small and isolated populations should be subject
to reduced genetic diversity ie, heterozygosity and allelic diversity. Our 34 years study of an …

How colour polymorphisms are maintained in natural populations constitutes a key subject
of study for evolutionary ecologists. One of the mechanisms that has been put forward to …

The giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, is a very economically important
species cultured in tropical and sub-tropical countries. Previous studies on the prawn …