Water fleas of the genus Daphnia have been a model system for hundreds of years and is
among the best studied ecological model organisms to date. Daphnia are planktonic …

Recombination, the exchange of DNA between maternal and paternal chromosomes during
meiosis, is an essential feature of sexual reproduction in nearly all multicellular organisms …

Recombination is a central biological process with implications for many areas in the life
sciences. Yet we are only beginning to appreciate variation in the recombination rate along …

Comparing genomes of closely related genotypes from populations with distinct
demographic histories can help reveal the impact of effective population size on genome …

Recombination is an engine of genetic diversity and therefore constitutes a key process in
evolutionary biology and genetics. While the outcome of crossover recombination can …

Clostridium perfringens is both an ubiquitous environmental bacterium and the fourth most
common causative agent of foodborne outbreaks (FBOs) in France and Europe. These …

Mechanisms underlying sex determination and differentiation in animals are known to
encompass a diverse array of molecular clues. Recent innovations in high-throughput …

The pace of the sequencing and computational assembly of novel reference genomes is
accelerating. Though DNA sequencing technologies and assembly software tools continue …

Evolutionary rates and strength of selection differ markedly between haploid and diploid
genomes. Any genes expressed in a haploid state will be directly exposed to selection …

Understanding the rates, spectra, and fitness effects of spontaneous mutations is
fundamental to answering key questions in evolution, molecular biology, disease genetics …