Morphology has traditionally played a pivotal role in animal phylogeny since the first
evolutionary biologists began to decipher the animal tree of life. In recent times, however …

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 …

Annelid disparity has resulted in morphological-based classifications that disagree with
phylogenies based on Sanger sequencing and phylogenomic analyses. However, the data …

Incongruence between different phylogenomic analyses is the main challenge faced by
phylogeneticists in the genomic era. To reduce incongruence, phylogenomic studies …

Current sequencing technologies are making available unprecedented amounts of genetic
data for a large variety of species including nonmodel organisms. Although many …

Neuropeptides are diverse signaling molecules in animals commonly acting through G-
protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). Neuropeptides and their receptors underwent extensive …

Molecular biology has provided a rich dataset to develop hypotheses of nervous system
evolution. The startling patterning similarities between distantly related animals during the …

Eriophyoid mites (superfamily Eriophyoidea) comprise> 4400 species worldwide. Despite
over a century of study, the phylogenetic position of these mites within Acariformes is still …

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

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 …