In biogeography, vicariance and long‐distance dispersal are often characterised as
competing scenarios. However, they are related concepts, both relying on collective …

 Abstract Recently, hypotheses regarding the evolutionary patterns of ribosomal genes in ant
chromosomes have been under discussion. One of these hypotheses proposes a …

Sustaining beneficial gut symbioses presents a major challenge for animals, including
holometabolous insects. Social insects may meet such challenges through partner fidelity …

While genome sequencing has expanded our knowledge of symbiosis, role assignment
within multi-species microbiomes remains challenging due to genomic redundancy and the …

The Neotropical region is the most diverse on the planet, largely owing to its mosaic of
tropical rainforests. Multiple tectonic and climatic processes have been hypothesized to …

Bacterial communities in animals are often necessary for hosts to survive, particularly for
hosts with nutrient-limited diets. The composition, abundance, and richness of these …

Background To understand the patterns of biodiversity it is important to consider symbiotic
interactions as they can shape animal evolution. In several ant genera symbiotic interactions …

Ants are a globally distributed and highly diverse group of eusocial animals, playing key
ecological roles in most of the world's terrestrial ecosystems. Our understanding of the …

The evolution of animals and their gut symbionts is a complex phenomenon, obscured by
lability and diversity. In social organisms, transmission of symbionts among relatives may …

The Lycidae genera have seldom been tested with phylogenetic analyses. Therefore, we
assembled genomic data to estimate the phylogenetic backbone of the porrostomines, one …